Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-07-06

| have been hfnty rooted ON American sDil. Tho
| guiding Hand was unseen. hut rs surely as
the stars move onward n their course, So sure-
w did tho divine IIcisman guide the American
ship " state clear Of The rocks Of dcspotism
and anarchy.
| Hut turn over the leaves ~ Americas histo-
ry. What do we find 7 'Tis winter Before
| us flows the Delaware. On the opposite shore
| the victor inus British aud Icssinns are revel-
ing. On this side a feeble armed force. which
has been driven from Long Island, from New
York. from North Castle, from Harlem heights.
from Fort Washington, Is slowly cmbatking
upUn transport ships OF ice, fudderles-, sail
less. with brcathlcss interest VIC watch their
departure. Safely they reach the other shore;
| pause A moment, then on thew rush upon the
astonished revclers. and the field ia woni The
| tide IN American affairs Is turned. What means
| The victory nj Trenton Does blind chance
furnish transport ships of ice Does chance
lead them To make an attack at the only time
vicory could be gained
Another page hatlcston Ia taken Georgia
is In the hands Of the British. Coruwalls pur-
sues the Americans relreaiing norihward to.
| wa,d help. The Catawbs is reached and crossed
by the latter, bnt the British. IN hot pursuit,
are checked BY night and heavy rain; Three
days are they detained, and when again chase
Is given the Americans are safe 0n the other
shore VI the fadkn. Here again tie river
rises and checks their pursuit. Two days later,
| CORVALLIS Is distant from them only the width
Of The dam, md third time the food prevents
his crossing. Thus were the Americans th ice
| delivered by rains and foods. What mean the
three dcliveries2 ls il not the Gud Of Nature
fighting our battle :?
Let us turn to that page in our late war
which tells OF the " "Mcrrimac" and "Monitor."
On the day previous 10 the appearance OF the
"Moniinr," the Souh's iron clad monster sinks
every Union ship in Hampton Roads. The
North is terrified and dismayed. yet she is
helpless against such foe. Morning dawns,
a.. IA L., H.. ~
play OfDavid and Golah Is acted a second
time, and with the Same result. the m"nstcr
| "Mcrrimac" receiving its death-blow at the
hands OF stripling-the Monitor" Why
was II that Erricsson's invention was scorned
at his home. found no sympathy in England,
perfume timef The "M,nitor"with it's glorinus
record Is inexplcabe wi,hnni the Hand of the
Mighty Pilot who, unseen, directs the aff,iis of
man,
Why need we look farther? Babylon has
fallen. Proud Rome is humbled. France is y
Republic. America is frce-frcc frnm England,
free from slavery. Men were the visible agents
The volume of history records only the visible
acts and agents, but as we read between the
lines do we not see unmistakable evidence of
an all.wise God A God with unseen hand
| writing ths fate of nations What n picture,
what an honor What pleasure 10 feel that
not on human power do we depend? And we
trust that the "Mystic Hand" that has written,
and lie now writing, may continue TO write the
fate OF all nations, and, when the time shall
come, with his own Hand close the Volume Of
this World.
AGITATION, TBR ruRrrIER.
Miss Lucy Boyce, in well chosen English and
finely rounded periods, showed that the point
in the path Of progress which the world has
reached to-day is due to Agitation, the great
Purifier. Nature itself is a continued scene Oi
| nj lear oh tIipr. da =
changes to night and night to day and new
scenes Of beauty In all Nature follow each other
in rapid succession. Agitation is the law of
the universe, and millions Of worlds follow its
bebest. In answer to the same law, continents
are rising and falliuR, mountains are elevated
and valleys are fashioned. The elements
around and above us follow the same great law
There is no morot"ny In all Nature. In like
mauncr has agitation elevated man from tn,
lowest stage Of barbaris m In the exalted heigh
Of glorious civilization. Step by step he hal
mounted the ladder Of lite. until today he oc
cupes the higher rounds and still he presse
. onward and upward, eager to reach the top
most round. Agitation is the most potent fac
tnr in elevating aud purifying society. It i
y through agitation, ceaseless agitation, that ten
perance occupies the high ground it does u
y day. Let the voice Of temperance no longer b
ID heard in our lecture rooms, our churches an
e our legislative halls, let the pen cease and tii
" press remain silent, how soon would sociei
% retrograde.
a Thought is .he action of the intellect.
l. moves the worlds car of progress toa hiRhe
D, and n0bler civilization. Agitation, activit
thought, inspre our most ilustrious men, ou
e, writers and our poets to sacrifice their tint
re energy and talent in the world Of literature.
n Mental agitation gives to every age its litel
Y ature, and none eau measure the result. As
m nature this agitation molds and builds, som,
m times slowly, sometimes pidly. As in a VII
lent Thunder storm. in raging torrents, in fer,
nr tUrnad does the work Of publication is gradual
ir accomplished, so in the social fabric great evi
are corrected, and the shackles of the bondmt
l. are broken by the storm Of war. Agitation
n mans great moral purifier. The conflict
%, tween Right and Wrong is waped unceasiugl
es The law OF agitation sways the universe. al
10 Heaven itself is the grand climax, the fifth
goal for lives made pure and perfect throul
10 confict and victory over Sin itself.
duet followed, one of tie sweetest voc
:, gems Of the evening, by the Misses Il. Ceas Al
20 Ida Ross, entitled, "List! Ills the Wood bird
Song"
uSwMTTEN MUSIC.
The raptu.ous charm of Unwritten Mus
furnished a delightful theme for the essay
- - Miss Neltie Hendrix. Its sivery sound pa
>" sesses almost omnipotent power. Music len
a charm to the home circle, apd under its ba
o. lowed Influence the members Of family a
III united as with golden chain. Melody Is e
y. y. chantment itself. The impression fingers al
IL u enchaips the soul in its spirit chords Of subd
-, ing harmony. II comPels the heart to yield
y treasures Of love, and sways the spirit with
' u rapture.
ne s All Nature teens with music. lis swe
vs. tones are heard in the leafy forest, in the som
10 of birds. in the pensive signing of autumn
NO winds, IN murmuring waters, in the thousai
II voices Of balmy spring. 1t is heard in q
" grand voice OF old ocean, In the shrek of ang
a gales, in the wailing Of the mighty tempest.
= =; the wild play of Natures elements Ev
:. since Creations morn. its swelling notes ha
. made Heaven vocal with its sounds of praIs
y =, There is music awakened In the soul, voice-s
,e inaudible, that far surpasses the music OF ere
"a a tOn in delicacy and harmony. The grand o
~ masters caught their inspiration from the
= voiceless strains. This inspiration gave Beet
"A oven, though deaf To every note. power
~ charm the artistic world with his subliu
strains Of harmony,
:, The human teart is a mighty harp who
~ strings are capable of producing perfect la
v - mony when tuned by the hand of 0mnipotenc
> More grand aGd harmonious than that chant,
!. by Natures elements or Arts triumphs is Il
=. music of beautiful life-a life fashioned iii
~ ~ unto that life of Him who spake as never ms
,s ,s spake. The music of such a life may be u
'e written and unsung the musician unk now
10 ~ The trials encountered IN such life are shar
- and hais-discOrdant In themselves-.but VIII.
" brought out in the full baSmony Of a compile
=; life, they portray richness, rythm, beauty al
harmony unexcelled. Such lives are poems
.. ~. cheer and TGms Of sacrifice, but poems al
., melodies 50 delicately attu ned that they blei
80 80 in harmony with the music of Heaven.
he BLOoDLEss VICTORIES
er was the fruitful topic OF Miss Ida Zingg's essa
lie The history OF the world Is made MP of vict
e. ries and defeats. while its most thrilling pag
en- have been written in blosd. The fame VI A
DR. exander was wrought In blood and establs sh,
an on monumental pile Of human bodies. Leo
es idas and his Spartan band. who perished
y; ThermopylAe, the world calls heroes, but wi
in can estimate the sorrow aud anguisl, OF wee
ing wives and orphaned children? Napole
er subdutd kingdom after Kingdom. empire AFT
en- empire, and won fame and renown over
cd mig hiy II n0nument Of dead. The military h
RS roes of both England aud America, we admi
ds ior their gigantic powers, their daring In des
he and boldness In execution, but eontt mplaie wi
le: horror the slaughier.helds Of their ambili,
of These are the worlds heroes. Might, and
ST. Right, established their fame. But no fame