, 1877-05-23

tho spring until 1t became ono vast, wet, muddy
swamp. which ten Thousand times ten thousand
ietn was the homo Of the Father OF Waters.
Rising IN tie North, Il swept down md around
until II lowed Into the ocean At Tho South In
the Gull Ct Mexico, forming the finest valley
ley Of she Mississippi and tho Missouri. lfne
were IN 1rishnan, br. Dickson eall, he would
tell his hearers TINT tho basin Of the lakes was
only skillet compared With this great valley
Airsty I'D i Il ID III I:
for every creaturc's good. for al tlinEs were
made With reference to the glory Of Himself
anu Ills sons and daughters IN every lind.
Pacific Slope. The Moderator Of tlis ASSEM-
b|y sat in The Alotlcsator's chair because, for
one reason, he came from there. The power Of
that great Western Continent was such that
hppsase fha psSs I0s liz l H. nos te that efo
wcrc not great personal considerations TINT
entered Into this question. (Applausc.l In all
tho eountry's arrangements Gods hand was
ssGss' .s r. 1%'p poa '9s% saes eTHe 1ss
"ttat looks uol-ward.h How did tho people
Of this country como by 1T The dew never
bcnt liIs knee but that llc began hfs prayer By
goS gaS pasf A o a Wo M o se ee ne
down to his own titnc. (Lnughtcrl !lc thought
va. a wonderful amount Of sprca1'ca2!e,
Cod had s, very little to 2, aq with ,ho
got his country. 1t VAS always Isaac, Abra-
ham, and jacob that had done these marvellous
things for. the people Of Gods cllosce and the
kingdom lo chose 10 erect. Americana should
for the public good. [Applause.1 God, in tho
mysteries Of His providence, allowed tllo Old
World 10 he larassesl for 1,s2o0 years, until at
last times got so tight that tnan didn't dare to
read q chapter in tho Bible even to Ills dying
wifc. The law 50 bcgirt q man that he was shut
up either to Keep tho camille Of the Lord under
bustc1, or to let tho light, In great many
caacs, burn ont altogether.
THE FATHERS WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY
pio that Oft bore Witness At the cost oi their
lives. They came because they felt they must
coIne, and to find place where they might call
on God as II seemed good In their sight. Jap
ass oss m THY Se u %stS .tcna tsey ob s1 .a
tied in tho wilderness and tor hundred years
ma1c little progress along tho eastern border Of
tho great sea. Tic speaker saw around him
Their hMs dof was
mon west OF tho AllcRhenles--at old Fort Du
Quesnc. just inter It's surrender. Six months
afterwards he went down the Alusktngun River,
IN or9 99h pESsSh'pE foT o t19 1Da: rst tins n tns 5
towns along its banks. There sat q man who,
t1fty years ago, took n commission from tho old
Board Of Home Missions, and came to Ohio md
Indiana to preach Christ; and Or. Mckinney,
Lake at Erie. then 100 miles west from where
tho borders lay. All these instances showed
how rapidly and how wonderfully God had
changed tic wilderness and tho solitary place,
and made It bud and blossom Us the rose. Dr.
Dickson remembered leaving Chicago forty-one
years ago, going up tho lako through tho stralts
Of Afacknaw, and arriving. finally, ut Buffalo.
He remembered what wilderness the country
was, and he could now truly say, .What
IN
a town three or four times burned up
mud destroyed. anl rebuilt again with a glory
greater tlian that Of tho Babylons md tho
Ninevehs q old; a town then l,arassed and
once destroyed, cd,-whoso flags nav aoatcd on the
waters OF fhe great Atlantic, md whose s!,ips
carried the wheat Of the vast region. round
about to people who never heard It's .n!lne
greatly, Tor while Gods hand seemed to move
slowly for the first 10O or 100 years, now It wns
pluckcd out Of Ills bosom. llo ha.l l,arcI Ills
atIn' Il. and was dolng wondron,, tltngs
sey ero ,sse eass to render 81 tan.g,7ns a; As
to dol Tor what IIc had done, md I'll ortler TO
honestly and truly ask what had brought this
WHAT had he DONE FOR THIS AND ALL rAnrs
or THIS coUSTnrf
The speaker said ie teel not 70 oyer tho work ;
but therc was nut a rose TINT blossomctl-yut /.
pun VI smoko that curtcd from tho chimney ii
happy hahltat!o1,--hnt. WAS indebted to tllcsr
il!ey hofcd to lo. These tvrre wonderfnl 1nsi'.
W.lcn he. fcad over their histories hls aoul
| was convinced that the daya ur t,roprta
and apostles ha.i not passed away. They
eaus sE ~ ESss ayssd s is ti tds's a 3
littlc wagon, with iittld gray marc md pte'
haps q yoke Of oxen behind. Did they cotnc
out To mako rnUueyt God forbid! There vas
no money to ,nnisc, and they made nuuc.
R1u lnv !