, 1874-07-06

Fopehtb o. LIE tu!lleBf anu BITS down to WlltO
n,a1inla Of wintlon, anl hs his father before bad
becuino sattatcd with spondor and Hih, aid Rnye
himself up to pcnitential palms. eu something
similar cano to pnHs anong nations. aud all tho
Europoan world folt tlnt M end should como to
ita tospotls1n, aud its idlenoas atd vice, and
falso ioilg1on. All tho world had become hoart-
sick or itB machinery. OF It's politics. OF itH acl-
enocs, Of its laws Of its religion. Our country
WAS not simply land Of "pentont!n !nl psalm"
sung By all tie souls that lad boon down in tile
depths Of sln md Ignorance.
You may aasnre yourselves tlat freedom alono
did not create thts Republic for Mexico bogau
with liberty, aud Hracco waa freq, and Palestine
was once blessed with Mosaic democracy. And
1t WnB not tho special purpose anl en1caYor Of
our fatliors that gavo tla Just such naton, for
Its oxtont, tta Inventions Ito equality. it's oduca.
tion. are far beyond their dream. We must con-
fesn our land to bo result Of q great unrest In
ton for roeaso from taxation, but OF 4 doep
revival of practical philosophy, Of science, OF
industry, and true religion.
With tho flag camo the spirit Of invention, and
the steam po~er that carries freumen around,
md linga them from Germany to these prairlos,
from Sweden to Iowa, is as valuable az the 1ag
that wnvoA over thoir homcB. The music Of tho
"star Spangod Banner" Is grand indeed, but
will not make nation unless tho roaplng-ma-
cl.iuo mud tho factory tnke up their parta In tho
cic.y that set apart the multitude to ignorance,
and tho arietocraoy to tdenesa and nrn,lHpnents.
Alnn as being Of education and Of industry WIS
iuat being reborn. Tho American lopublio sprang
in lust iii tfno to receive him, coming not with
PRAYER. book only, but with Ill engine and o telo-
graph. Two hundred years sooner, tho Doclnra-
tson OF Independence would have boon algnad In
vain, Mankind would have gono on AZ Of old.
st,ljynE nothing but Latfn aud Crook, and
dreaming Of nothing except tho thing TINT Ind
boon. 1t ia iu this final mooting Of many
waters wo must confess tho Providence TINT lays
tho foundations Of States, while men
know it not, Just rs He bnilt this Globe long
before l,uman foot camo to draw furrow or
press the carpet OF Gthg8
Seeing, thoroforo: TINT rnecting Of great
causes las produced such d country as yon NIL
read from such national taot7 Itaeems lnoat
Obvious tnfefouco that such MI arena implies
great piece to bo performed, and by noble actors.
II you have al been born into tho greatest theatre
yet built BY God o. man. ana IT. your part ,s to
that has yet been gathered, tho Inference ia plain
that auch citizen Heart should riao to an arpreci-
alton Of the great surroundings, and bo aud act
itl tho wonderful atmosphere.
In some old book it ls haudoa down as history
Of the elder Cyrus tlsat ha custom WIS to eoeot
fow chitdrcn from villages in his great empire,
and roar tlom in tho paIaco, whoro they would
navcr boar d baHe or lmpolite word, and, thus
reared. they would form comEany, from which
lie could select mon for posts Of duty aud great
trust. A1cn kept away from tho Middle and
Dark Ages, aud commanded Of tho Almighty to
be born and reared i'll America, ought to sltrpass
greatly tue Indial! who ,a!oops in the Wostern
Flaus md oven the children reared Ill the palace
Of old Cyrus.
Each form Of our national greatnoss implies
parallel OF spiritual g1eatnesa a pross that en1a
spread ont tne thoughts Of naan i'll n moment.
TINT In ONO hour can print rapers for 2o,0oo
readers, nresnpposea tho goodness OF these
Thoughts. for what is tho cyliuder-press good for
ii tho thoughts it prints are not yaiuabfe2 Tho
instant tic idea is poor, the printing -tnachuo
IN not nj good as tho eopyinE-pen Of tho
old Scribe OF PALESTINE and Egypt, Instead Of
oxultlng i'll an art That can repeat tho morning
papcr fur hundred thousand. uuless the paprr
he pool. wo must look upon tho ait as now
form Of public calamity. And tho existoace OF
tho rail-car impllos tho hohorabloncss aud tho
usefulness OF tile lives which 1t carries rapidly
from point TO point. An invention that Baves
time il on1y to be commended az fur rs that timn
IL valuable. It Is desirable tllat d
citizen 1noyo forty miles III M hour be-
bring happiness or education or indnHtry, or law"
full wealth, or religion to rome ftngmcnt Of soct-
ETY.. Thus yo,t may cGat your Thought over tho
whole great scenn and sou will everywhere per-
cove That tue grandeur ct tue nation pr9anP-
lug under tho folds OF its banner.
We arc happy 10 confess that tho invBnttnna
| Of tho age are doing service forpnblio education
| aud public relision: Tho immense iHaux ef per.
eo.ls w|lo, in tho Old World, hare boon robbed Of
education AMI property has all along rendered it
difficult tAsk to mako this cuuntry ouo Of wide
| splcad educatioutand morality. The emigtant-
| slip has outduue tho schoolhouso and tho
church. The gatcs OF emigration are wider than
our gntes of reform. Amorica might hnye oau-
Gated and Christianizod horsclf, but i is too
| much to demand that sho shall te1aaaion the
Chinese. and the indians, and tho millions COM
| ing iu from tho Old World. .......
Whei, ,lr. Frcncl, hired himself out to manage
Hon,o Irish osta.cs in revolt. his method WIS to
gnip to America all who wero illo or troublesome
| and from ono single ostate he sont b,0o0 TO cur
shores. Tint our land has Htood this adultstn-
] tlou without ruin, mud almost without injury,
| speaks in no doubtful worlB in behalf Of tue
| power of our moral agencies to transform the
minds and hearts of ies popllace. We infor from
| tho present status OF education aud religion,
proHAes havo printed true aud useful ideas, and
our rapid earn l.avo carried noblo mon around
| upon errunls OF God and humau-
ity.. Liborty alono could haye. achiey--
| cd no such suceeHs; " the help OF
| been able to add transformation OF soul to the
civil freedom, aul henco lo who would bo just to
history must lntwino together the banner OF 49,
and tho banner OF scionco, aud the still creator
! banner Of tho cross
All through our Inst War all were amazed ut
| the Lra,HfoT Of armies by rail a.lall trausfor
that battles wero fought by tie Potomac, and
behold! III q few daya the game tlaga wero prosB-
| ing Onward to victory by the Cumberland. This
1
saw, Of old 1lomo onlured, wore condensed into
months, and camuaign conlonRcd INTO o day.
| But tins enlargement OF lllo by multiplying
its events beiongs not 10 tue days IT war only,
but marks far moro uohly all our days OF peace.
tbs nouns Of education and roliSion aro thus
hurried from poi1t to point. Tnths aro car
rioa from tile bcst hearts, and are quietly dis
tribused; a,a seholars, statesmen, men, Of
Bcionco. nen Of religion, can convene IN day,
| and draw from oach other NOT only new
thought, but, wilaL III batter, now inspiration.
lie reatla only one pagc Of o'lr natlon's lfo, who
Hoea armies huddonly oasriea from East
10 West, for every day. the frionds
OF aclouco, tho fricndB Of tho public
Institution, tho friends Of tho sunday;;
school, aro gathered into one group: ami granted
q rontocoat nm outpourlng of love, human
and divine. Tho Young MEMS Christian Astocla,
tion las just convoned iu tho centro OF y contrAl
Stnto; great Sunday school leaders like Jolll
Hull are made tho proporty Of the country, thoir
words moving reoptc by tho soa yesterday, BY
the lakcs Tomorrow; tho Evangelical Alliance III
poured luto ono city 10 sweep away it an hour aco
taranu wallis Thousand yeata IN building. ThuH