The tempest rushes through the sky;
For are we not God’s children both,
Thou, little sandpiper and I?
UNITED STATES HISTORY.
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
Before the middle of the eighteenth century the current of events in the American colonies became rapid and impetuous. Many obstacles were met, but the swollen stream rushed on, leaping over, or dashing aside the barriers that seemed to accelerate, rather than hinder the progress.
But a crisis was at hand, and the danger grew apparent.