and past the cross, and on to its destination. The rod of iron ruled and their priestly ignorance was dashed to pieces like a potter's vessel.
False or imaginary gods will get a poor show before the onward march of the steam-engine. It will yet subdue China and Africa, and it is clearly evident that this is the mighty agency by which man is to subdue the earth, and it is being done in such a way that when the work is accomplished no creed in religion nor profession in science or philosophy, no race or nation or generation, will be able to say, "We did it."
But all the praise and all the honor and all the glory will be to Him who worketh all things after the counsels of His own will. We will end our book with
A POEM BY OLIVER EVANS.
The world in primal darkness lay,
In shades of gloomiest night,
Without a single glimmering ray
To guide our steps aright.
Enveloped was the human mind
In darkness drear and dread;
Man's noble powers were all confined,
By no kind beacon led.
