The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-30

ginning was when the morning stars
sang together over the order that was
created out Of chaos, and the plot, with
It's threads Of light and shade, sublime
courage and pitiful cowardice, hate and
love, Joy and fear, no man can compre-
hend and no man can alter. He may
delay the consummation of the Divine
plan, but there Is all eternity for its
completion.
The year Of our Lord 1891 has wit
messed marvels in the arts and sciences.
The depths Of the earth and the heights
of the clouds have been called upon to
yield their secrets, and the whole realm
of space Is now virtually the kingdom
of the mind In year the world has
made giant strides toward the perfec-
| ton Of civilization, and every one OF the
last fifty years has witnessed discoveries
and inventions that have put to shame
those of as many centuries, until, paus- |
ing in amazement ON the threshold OF |
the future, we are forced to exclaim:
what wilt thou bring forth, oh, mex
plicable voidl The crowning Of mans
dreams or the end of material great
ness? The summit of perfection or tho
return Of formless chaos?"
Great as has been the progress Of the
world, the high water mark has only
been reached In certain favored spaces,
and vast continents are still reserved
for the maturing of Gods purposes.
To our nation II has been q year
whose bounteousness and peace have
been unparalleled in the history Of any
country. The seasons have poured
from their laps their garnered treas
ures, and north, south, east and west
rejoice In abundance. The faces of ma
: ture and the elements have been pro-
, pitious. and the smile Of Provi-
dence seems TO rest In benediction upon
the land. In the social world too, the
. fruitaRe has been abundant. Never be-
!, fore In the history of our country has
= 30 much good been done by earnest in
dividuals and society for the reclama-
ton of evil, the reform of abuses, and
u the amelioration Of the condition OF the
:: deserving poor. The harvest Of good
u deeds in that has been great In spite OF
Q the fact there are still fallow fields, and
Is that much has been left uninterrupted.
o There are those, Of course, who take
, gloomy views Of the times, who see the
evil, but fan 70 recognize tne goou, ano
A declare that morally Inc woriu - So
"A ing weaker ana mort uesene.a,e Wv
"a each year. But truth, the mighty leayen-
70 Is terminating, dropped in the dark sol
Of ignorance and error; and hidder
a. away from sign', iolueu - sne III w
4 sheath is tne sProu. wnCn ,a.s Sasn ~, III
4 day become the giant oas, nea1 ".. M.
:. our nation shai DC snei'ereu i'oi
IN storms ana noontioe nea'S,
10 Not in the spirit OF the Pharlsee, ou
: In that OF reverent humilty' should W.
view our blessings OF the pastyear' an'
=, have fraternal sympathy Tor the iam
- ishing peasants whose cry goes up IRON
- - the banks OF the Volga' and rom I'M
" slopes OF the Ural mountains; Tor TN
~ exiled race, whose wandering througl
!" the wilderness OF prejudice and mus
tice Is as cruel as their forty years pro
10 baton in the desert; for the poverty.op
pressed masses OF our KINDRED nation
whose mother tongue is ours and WIT
whom we claim common ancestry'sn
%, for those nations who sit IN darkness
or girt about with misty ana uncertain
n' light, but longing Tor perfect day'
The year 1902, upon whose threshol
we now stand, Is surely destined 70 D
momentous one in the worlds history
and TO America is granted the honor 9
erecting a milestone in the universe
progress In the year that is oefor
us the people Of the old world viii D
summoned TO witness the inauguratio
Of a monument worthy OF the geniu
and courage Of Columbus a monumen
which puts to shame the proudes
structure ever raised to commemora'
h the great deeds Of prince or conquerol
a and that monument isan eniightene
"A and prosperous people, whose self re-
A erence, self knowledge and sell contr'
4 have raised them. in but little MOI
than century, TO be the object OF n
| wonder and admiration OF the wori'
| Not Columbus the Genoese, nor Coiun
| bus, the Navigator, do we thus homo
] but the courage which was rePr'
aontad In him which dared TO Hir