The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1880.

Temuka Leader, Issue 286, 4 September 1880, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1880.

The enormous emigration that m taking place from Euippe to America, especially from Great Britain, leads one to ask himself \yhat will it all lead to- The natural increase of the United States —Independent of any outside supplies—ipust very soon make America the largest civilised country in the world. Britain, of all the European Nations, seems to he, to use a plain expression, the breeding place of the world. N° country sept from the place, where they were horn, so many human beings as she has done, and still she goes op increasing herself in population the while. She is like the barrel of meal, the m ore that ‘ s taken away the more is left, T havast an<l var *®d territory ot the Spates offers an asylum for plust populations of all nations, even the yellow Chinese are not debarred from making her their home. What will all this lead tp we again ask ourselves? Doubtless other N ations have r^Beri afi rapidly in ancient times, ancl the Indias may he referred to in our own time as not far behind. fliis, to a certain extent, is true, as far as population is concerned, hut it is questionable if in any period r{ the world’s history the arts and sciences reached the high pinnicle they do now. Sacred writ informs us that shortly after Cain co.mmittet the first number—finding that the soil refused to yield him her increase—he and his relatives took to building cities, and, in order to piovide employment to the multitudes therein collected, they had to dig in the bowels of the earth for mettals to manufacture into things useful and ornamenta}yea, even things destruction—for we. are told Tab.al Cain moulded the first brass cannon It is not unlikely, therefore, that the Nations in the East then grew in population very rapidly. Later on, at the lime when the Great Pyramids of Egypt were set up, it was more than possible that the people of these countries could be counted by many milliens. Indeed it is quite possible, as lias been suggested, that the great multitudes then at the call of the Kings, may have, by the force of their numbers, and a,n unlimited supply of time —for time was no value in those days—have set these great blocks of stone upright by gradually rolling them up an incline until they became perpendicular. But with all their numbers, an 1 all their skill, it is doubtful if they were so far up in the arts and sciences as the Americans. True, Job tells us as much of the character of the earth and the heavens as any of our geologists and astronomers have yet done ; at any rate they have not told us anything that he d : d not tell us about before. The earth he said was on fire, and the fountains of the great deep belched up their floods of waters, and even the heavenly bodies lie describes in a marvellous way, which shows that astronomy was much studied even in his day. But with all their knowledge, and all their skill, >t is not likely that many discoveries made by the Americans were known to tin ancients. How is it that it is left for America to become the mightiest Nation on the face of the earth ? This we cannot tell, nor do we believe any man living can tell ; but it is quite evident that America has a great destiny before her, and that the great ruler of the Universe has much work instore for her, that no man living can even guess at. As other Nations have fallen, the British Empire may fall; and, as the world in its early history was punished for its wickedness by a great flood, so the highly favored Britishers, who have been in dulging iu war and bloodshed for so long a period, may be punished by her glory being taken from her and given to America,. It is very remarkable that the English language prevails throughout the whole length and breadth of America. Surely there is something significant in this. Before another century passes over her heal, her population will be so vast that no Nation, or combination of Nations, will be able to stand before her. Hundreds of millions of inhabitants, skilled in all the arts and sciences, trained to arms and first in the world in mechanics, who will be able to refuse any demand that she may .make. What will all this lead to,? ■ls there to be a Millennium ? Is there to be a reign of peace on the earth ? Is there to be a universal brotherhood ? If so, will not America, by her power and influence, act in it an important part. We who live in this far off corner of the world have no real conception of the vastness of America and her resources, or the rapid strides she is making ahead of all the other Nations of the earth. What is it all leading to ? ask any one, who. is able, to tell us.