The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-01
The American Union.
AN EXTRACT.

BY wM GLAND BOURNE.
o land of fertile fields! BY heaven endowed
With smiling Peace! Thy children here may
find fla-t- -.u-L VL-. H-f
Enraptured homes, and at the luscious vine
May eat in joy. Learn thou the heavenly law
Lift not the cleaning sword nor bloody spear;
Thy better triumphs shall be those of Peace!
Thy surest conquests shall be made in Love
The Northern hills, where rest the wintry
Shall seek thy mildersway.' The sunny South
Shall lave its felvid lips at cooling streams
The broader West shall stretch its toiling
Across the hills. and ask thv choicest boon
The isles that skirt the Gulf, or gem the waste
Of oceans bre asst, shall turn their longing
eyes H.H -E.r
The blessings that are thine. Supremest JOY
Shall thrill the nations that with love shall
come
And rest upon thy bosom! Joy supreme
Shall thrill thy children, as they freely give
To hoping millions Light, and Peace, and
And hear in Freedoms temple grateful vows
Land of the Sabbath and the Sabbath Bell
Land of the Gospel and RedemptiOn:s beam
My dear loved land! Thy glory not alone
Is found in numbers, nor in crowded States;
Not in the riches of the pregnant earth;
Not in the bloody splendors of the field
And wild Confusion reigns not in the pride
OF matchless ,nayies, as they fleck the SCI,
Like flying clouds: nor in the countless
Of regal cities as they rise and TEEN
With millions earnest in the strife for gold.
Glory IS not in-Senatc halls. where men = L-
Illustrlous shine, and oft where virtue dies
DishenoreF in the traitors vile embrace;
Sot IN the beam OF Science, OF the schools =
" iaqlttess Art Thy glory is not here.
Is poured on thee : Redemption's brighter
beam!
The Sabbath with its rest. The sacred hour
ana place OF humble prayer. The VOW of
In trusting Faith, and sweet exultins Hope,
with promises exceeding all the dreams
OF erIing man. q. Land of blessed Truth
Learn Wisdom from the page that opens wide
Immortal In gates, and in thy freedom learn
dhat ~ glory is not found in tieeting shades
VI things material that may change and fall
But IN the higher grandeur of the Truth
That God has given to bless the freer soul.
Q Land of happy Union! where the East
Smiles on the West in love, and Northern
SHOWS ..* .,t'-
Melt i'll the ardor of the genial South!
Forever turn to one bright central dome
Where all shall meet in UniOnl Let the bond
Be frmer as the hands of ffeeting J ime
Shall weld the links that lengthen out the
From Labrador to where the Isthmus ties
TWO worlds in one. Plant olives where the
Is rankly growing at the door of Doubt,
Till Liberty. and Love. and Sabbath VOWS,
And holy works, and glory's brightest beam,
-ahN sIhicss NoISHlp, anu tlNlHcSG uSuC,
And Union strong that marks the bounds of
Time,
Shall bless the glorious Truth that made us
free.
Oh come, thou Messenger of Hope divine;
Mighty Counsellor! o., Prince of Peace!
Breathe on our spirits from thy blissful
thrOnel
Give to us counsel, that We may not err
Give to lis wisdom, that we may not fall!
Dispel the clouds of night from every land,
And leading man from sin to holy paths,
Reign thou in peace. Bow down thy gracious
ear, ~ = -. ..t---= "a
And bless the songs of swift uniting tongues.
That our New Earth may be the door to
Heayeni