I hear the praises of my great Creator sung upon the banks of those rivers now unknown to song.

Behold the delightful prospect! See the silver and gold of America employed in the service of the Lord of the whole earth! See slavery, with all its train of attendant evils, forever abolished! See a communication opened through the whole continent, from North to South and from East to West, through a most fruitful country.

Behold the glory of God extending, and the gospel spreading through the whole land!" Of course, it was easy for a man to see and to hope and to say all this; but it is a little curious, is it not, that he should have seen things just as they have turned out?
In Mr.Winchester's day, the United States of America had not quite four millions of inhabitants.

In his day Virginia was the largest State--in the matter of population--Pennsylvania was the second and New York the third.

Philadelphia was the greatest city, then followed New York, Boston, Baltimore and Charleston.