Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-07

saviny Truth ut The feet of the MASTER
The great Empire of the East, for con
turtles closed against intercourse with the
civilized word now opens it gates not
only for the ingress of the Gospel, but
for The egress of mullitudes of It's inhaR
| itants. whom Providence directs To our
shores. We could not find the men nor
the means to christinnlze them then, and
az the African steps out 1T tho cotLna
field and plantation 10 carry the GOsf~E
To Africa, the celestial" steps in to fill
the vacuum and lrarn the lessons Of
christianity, under the tutorship of free
dom, and returns again to bus home and
his race, with the truth that shall make
them - free indeed" And as these
times come and giants" in these DAYS
who shall he able To hold the standard
Of truth with firm grasp and carry it
forward against the powers of darkness.
So the time is near at hand, when no.
bier and wiser men than we shall be de-
manded to carry forward the work from
where we leave it. And see how Col
is manifesty providing for that emergen-
cy to day. Here in our midst are thrown
together people of all natior nliiies, and
every conceivable capacity. from every
nation. kindred and tongue under Heav-
en-, and these are all blending into OF.
nation. with one tongue, and one blood.
The "midde wall of partition the off
spring of superstition aud caste. and col
| or, breaking down, and the strong ele-
ment of every nation is being fused into
| one, and thus every man becomes broth
err to all nations 10y kindred tie. and as
it is universal law that the strong pre-
| dominates over the weak, so shall every
strong and desirable element of every
nation, unite TO form the compound of
the Z" coming man." This is the man
that Col is forming here to day. Put
ting his feet in the broadcast and lovliest
spot upon earth. developing his muscles.
in wilderness life, forming his brow
with the breezes from the hill of liberty,
and stirring his soul with the leaven Of a
pure Gospel, and giving his heart the
baptism of fire" from heaven. Once
formed, this nation, such one as the sun
has never before shone upon. shall move
forward at Gods command. and the
Kingdom of this world shall become the
"Kugdam of our Lord. and His
Chrisls" and :. nation shall be born in
day."
Has be not given us /" goo1ly heri
tage, and have not the" lines fallen to US
in pleasant places" We thank God for
This proyidential care We have = food
and rament" wherewith we should be
content. There has been some mortal
ty among us, but there has been al abun-
dant one The searching days of tho
former part of the season, gave way tn
the - latter, rains" which soon rIpened
and perfected the fru,tage of the land =
Especially in this locality, we can say
that ''seed time and harvest" have been
granted US, we have had "seed for the
sower and bread for the eater" Let ne
guard Against spirit OF murmuriug and
complaint, which might provoke the
Lord 10 deal with US as He dealt with
Israel. When they murmured without
cause. then He gave them cause to muir
muir. Let US be grateful that we have
'peace" combined with plenty. And
let US pray for our fellow men, who are
now reaping tears and grief. and blood,
The fruits of centuries of evil sowing
Look at France to day and see another
illustration of the truth that she has so
often Knocked. namely, "a Whatsoever ya
sow that shall We also reap" Soon you
will hear the cry for bread and help. and
let us be prompt to respond with mate
rial ai1 Let us be grateful for those
improvements which are opening our
fine growing country into communication
with the outside world, which are bring
ing New York and Boston into our freigh-
borhood and affordng us cheap freigIhs
add healthy competition Of carrying
Companies by the opening of the "Superi-
or" highway to the sea. We hail with
delight the commencement of the North
ern Pacific, that will enable US to put
our rich country along side of the Pacif-
ic coast, and shake hands with San Fran
cisco. We are grateful that God dwells
with us, IN our homes and sanctuaries,
AMI let us beseecb Him for the outpour-
ing of His Holy Spirit, that wa may
hsveahe 'fruits of the spirit" wilh the
fruits of tie Ianl. And above all do
we praise Him for the unspeakahle gift,
in the person of our Lord and Saviour
Jesu. Christ. Dear hearers, | trust that
you have saving faith in Him. If any
here have not found Him. LEI me px
hort you to acquaint yourselves with
Him aud be at peace. that good may
come unto you. 1t is He that csowlis
the year with goodness, and His pres
encs is the browning gloty of Heaven.
1t is His presence and blessing that
makes the fruitful year Those of you
who have ''entered into His courts" and
dwell with Him. enjoy holiday through
out the year. Dear bearers we shnIl not
,lmeet again upon an occasion like this.
Before another thanksgiving shall hs
proclaimed. some of US she'll be called la
heed proclamation that shall come
from Him who graciously gives US this
day. He will proclaim to some of Us
that our '.race is run," our ''course SIS
finished" and trust that We shall be
prepared, so that He may add. "come
up higher" Oh let Him not fad you
uDprepared. make Christ vour DaysmRn