10 THE UNITED STATES IN PROPHECY.
of independence and glory among the nations of the
earth,
Anil the sound of this new nation has gone into
oll the world. It has reached the toiling millions of
rope; and they are swarming to our shores to
share its blessings. It has gone to the islands of the
vo; and they have sent their living contributions,
It hs reached the Orient, and opened, as with a pass-
wora, the gates of nations long barred against inter-
cours “th other powers; and China and Japan,
turning 1o.m their beaten track of forty centuries,
are looking with wonder at the prodigy ariving
across the Pacific to the east of them, and catching
some of the iLypulse which this growing power is
imparting to the nations of the carth.
Precisely on~ hundred ~1d seven years ago, with
three millions of people, the United States became
an independent government. It has now a popula-
tion of over fifty millions of people, and a territory
of three and a half millions of :--uare miles, Russia
alone exceeds this nation in these particulars, having
thirty millions more of people, and four millions
more square miles of territory. Of all other nations
on the globe whose laws are framed by legislative
bodies elected by the people, Brazil, which has the
largest territory, has not quite thre> millions of
square miles; and France, the most populous, has
not by many millions so great a number of inhabit-
ants as our country. So that in point of territory
and population combined, it will be seen that the
United States now stands at the head of the self-gov-
erning powers of the earth.
Occupying a position altogether unique, this gov-
ernment excites equally the astonishment and the ad-
miration of all beholders. The main features of its
history are such as have had no parallel since the
distinction of nations existed among men.
PROBABILITIES CONSIDERED. 1
1. No nation ever acquired <o vast a territory in
50 quiet & manner.
2. No nation ever rose to sneh greatness by means
so peaceable,
3. No nation ever advanced so rapidly in all that
constitutes national strength and capital.
4. No nation ever rose to such a pinnacle of power
in a space of time so incredibly shot,
5. No nation in so Hmited a time has developed
such unlimited resouvees.
6. No nation has ever existed the foundations of
whose government were laid so broad and deep in
the principles of justice, righteousness, and truth.
7. No nation has ever existed in which men have
been left so free to worship God according to the die-
tates of their own consciences,
8. In no nation and in no age of the world have
the arts and sciences so flourished, so many improve-
ments been made, and so great successes been
achieved in the arts both of peace and war, as in
our own country during the last tifty years.
9. In no nation and in no age has the gospel
found such freedom, and the churches of Christ had
such liberty to enlarge their borders and develop their
strength.
10. No age of the world has scen such an immi-
gration as that which is now pouring into our bor-
ders from all lands the millions who have long
groaned undiv despotic governments, and who now
turn to this broad tervitory of freedom as the avenue
of hope, the Utopia of the navions,
The most discerning minds have been intuitively
impressed with the idea of the future greatness and
power of this government. In view of the grand
results developed and developing, the discovery of
America by Columbus, not four hundred years ago,