Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-18

'.whoop" of the Red man Of the for
est died upon the soft, evening breez
es, on the banks of the Sandusky, and
the tide of civilization set in to pos
sess the land, until the voice of the
christian was heard demanding an
organization, for the distribution and
OF the Nv ord of Life
and Light! With that object in view.
even here and then, i'll what was the
centre of wide and almost unbroken
wilderness, assembled the children Of
a common Father, and relying on the
promise that where two or three were
met together in His name, that there
He would be. and that in their
midst and to bless, in prayer, as well
as in the wilderness, they raised the
standard of that "N ord of Life"
which we have met again to unfurl TO
the breeze for the continued benefit
of fallen humanity.
How changed are our surroundings
now? The forests have yielded to the
woodman's axe! Poor Indians trails
are blotted out! The cabin of the
pioneer is seen no more! The mod.
est, one story church, plain in all its
parts, has given place TO those more
comfortable, commodious and invi
ting! The shrill whistle of the pass
ing engine, with its laundering train
of priceless value. with fiercer sound
than Indian "w@Oop" imparts new
life to the inhabitants of the valley
and the plain!
All, yes, and how changed is the
scene before us tonight, to us the
auditors and actors, in the Oath meet
ing ofthis Society Memory's eye
carries us back to that little band who
planted the seed, which, through
other years was watched with care,
and nurturcd now by us, for tie
benefit of those whom God, our Faith
Ell loves. Under the shadows of its
wide. spreading branches we meet to
night! The whitened locks of the
aged, then, with many who were
young in years, now lie almost forgot
ten in the grave; while some, yet
spared, with % years more added to
their cares and tolls, must soon fall
by the stroke OF the sickle, like gold
en- grain, in the hand of that stern,
relentless, reaper, time. And still
others, who would gladly be with us
tonight, have gone forth to battle
with the world in milder and more
inviting climeS than here.
But why, fellow citizens, was this
society organized? Why has there,
already, been % meetings like this
Why are ,ce hero to night? And why
are the aged, middleaged and young
here tonight? Although SO few
seemingly, when the number is com
pared with the whole Of the human
family, take a living interest in thi:
matter. still, why is it, that for the
past % years these meetings herr
have continued once a year? Th,
answer is plain and at hand. Onl,
to assist, or aid, in the circulation o
a Book throughout the world. Bat
it is no ordinary book, although i
receives the jeers of Infdels ant
skeptlcs the world over, still it is th'
christians hope, the sheet anchor o
his faith, to him a treasure more priz
I'd than life, for the life it gives to th'
believer is ''life eternal, more to b.
loved than food or raiment, for i
feeds the Soul with bread of eterna
duration, and clothes it in garments
Of spotless purity. Earth has NJ
other Book like unto this. Intidel:
may sccf and skeptics sneer at it:
teachings, and may continue thei
eff ,rts for its dethronement, while
their works continue to fall and fade
away like leaves in Autumn's early
blasts, stronger and more fimll
clings the leaves of this book to thu
charistian's tree ol hope and promise
This is tie christian book, God:
revealed will to His creature man
through his prophets, as well a:
through Christ His Son. in whose
blood its sacred leaves lave beer
sprinkled so that it may go with heal
ing in its wings and as messenger
of peace, of love, of mercy, of hope
of assurance and Salvation, to every
heart in every home the world over
where in the providence of God thi:
Society may be able to send it.
Without those sacred pages thu
Earth would contain race of saw
ages, the most learned of which coult
not tell that there is even God, no
that He created the Heavens and th,
Earth, for in this Book alone (unles
copied therefrumy we find that IL
six days God created the Heaven
and the Eerth, and all that in then
is" Let the days mean what tim
they may, we, now, only seek th
Creator" Were it not for this bool
where would we 60 to learn of man
creation? Here, alone, we learn tina
"God created man in His own image.
From it alone can we picture, il
Imagination, mans first home ol
Earth, the 'Garden of Eden"
Here we learn Of mans temptation
and fall, and of sin. thereby enterin;
into tue world, and that for man
transgression the Earth was curses
and made to bring forth thorns ant
briars, and man to eat his bread ant
in the sweat of his face 1t is her
we find that sin took possession o
the human heart, and caused Cali
to murder his brother Abel, and thel
to deny to God that he knew wher
he was. 1t soon after tells us of
world lost in sin and no one to saw
until God, in mercy, sent His owl
Son as a sacrifice for sin. Ho,
vividly it portrays the babe in tn
manger," the journey of the "Wis
men from the East following tn
Star, which they saw in the East" q
it went before them, It'll it stoo'
over where the young child was" AM
then the life of toll, of anxiety, o
miracles, of sorrow, of tears, of sui
fering and death upon the cross, al
| for the Salvation of man. Is it no