Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

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ment of the nation being under the
scroll Of the sign Of the times, and
setting up its banners in the name
Of the Lord Of hosts ?
Our object has not been to recur
to many striking instances in histo-
ry; but a .few have thus been pro-
duced to prove that we can discern
the wonderful workings of Gods
providence among as; and these
should make us feel a security in
the hands Of the Judge of all the
earth, and lead us to be Maahful
to Him whose Tender mercies arc
over all His works"
Bat history is not the only con
Iscrvatory Of the extraordinary deal
ings Of God with us. We are now
reaping bountiful haryests from
fields where the seed had been
sown by the Almighty at the foun-
dation of the world. Not only our
political but the physical geogra-
| Iphy of our land is the handy work
manship Of the Lord, and in every
particular shows a design having a
relevancy to our prosperity. When
the Mississippi, in its infancy, lifted
its head over the bounds Of Lake
Itasca, God pointed her out a path
that enhances our commercial in
terests far above any other course
she could have taken on the cont
Inent. When vessels put into our
ports they float with a familiarity
and security, as if they we're con
scious Of an adaptation in the con
struct,on Of both harbor and sail
that had been wrought by super.
naturally benevolent being.
Our advantages have not been
anticipated with a sole relevancy to
material wants for though an area
Of earth has neither mind or voli-
ton, yet it may be q most potent
and kind educator of our finer ma
turc--tO instance our endowment
in broad, beautiful rivers with his
torioal associations that have facili-
tated the development, both of
morals and art, Our boundaries
are by two seas, groupcs Of lakes,
and gulf, and enough land annex
ing us to sister continent to re-
mind us that Of one blood He has
made all nations to dwell on the
face Of the earth.
BY kindly provisions made far
back in the ages we can husband !.
time and labor; not such economy :
of them, however, that we will have
eSS to do, but put them in other :,
directions. Thus, in the applica !.
ion Of the Mechanical arts we have =
inc and strength saved that we >,
nay devote to moral and intollec =,
nal pursuits; for instance, we tray =,
l. plough, thresh grain, and drain IN
ur farms by steam but steam -, ~
lust be generated by heat, heat by n +,
ombuslion. And our God has ~ ~
id up in the bowels of the earth e. e.
oal that we may be n more thought N
Il and holy people. r.
1t was an opportune moment, in
lc period of the rebellion, when
ur fisheries were inadequate for A
le supply Of oil, even for home til
consumption, much less for our he
)reign obligations, that we found if
nat an oil (that years before had sh
cen collected in small quantities nj
II medicinal purposes) could be 81
inverted into light, n lubricotor, of
osmetics, an export that supplied lis
ck of gold, and amounting in on
500, in q means Of purchase, to lie
45,000,00 Money value abroad, in To-
1861, was E3,250,000. This, long
nee, stored for us by 4 kindly
'ovIdcnce, ll9
Our gold fields, iron mountains, DR.
I'd vast mines Of less precious mi
etals, are among the more esti- Z
able material gifts with which she
evidence has endowed us. Be of
les the sprnkling Of gold over OOu
ost States, its mass is on the Pa
ic coast; our iron mountains are his
ntral, so that these magnets draw wa,
to portions of the I
untry that would otherwise be 'trC
elected long time in the dcvel- s1' sno
mcnt of agricultural and other '''
sources. So we see Gods good hoe
IS, not only in granting us these Gil,
lterial latents, butin placing them 7
lere they inducethe greatest good ee
the nation; for in reaching one be
the resources, we advance Others 7
cady attained, and create new cert &C.,
tional powers. '"I
Nations build babels. God sends mn,
so that men may dis kno
rse, replcnish, and multiply the I
'th Our fathers first touched wee
Atlantic coast; it had grown sew
endcar its inhabitants to its as, a
it became our batoL- S"a ,Sv"
Vi would allure us from such cen A
$ by spreading before us broad, alre
tile, and beautiful prairies, inter low
wen with clear streams, fringod T
-h forests, permitting the abort ing
les to call some Of the waters ''ec y,
5h names that has put tmany into dov
spell boad Of emigration. bus bus
So critical study into the dis s
sition Of every boon with which port
Lord has blessed us, will show tall
It 1t is located where its develop 7
mt viii produce the greatest 00G' 00o
cunt ofgood for our nation. !,
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