giutritan Utottgttriait
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1866.
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE-FAMILY CIRCLE:
The Soul's Answer-The Children's Journey—Little
Johnny's First Bible—The Discontented Girls—
Human Brotherhood—Calvary—The Doctors and
the " Weed"—What Luther Loved.
'Una/ PAGZ--MISCZLIANEOIIS :
A Plea for the Sabbath—The Reunion Question in
England and Scotland — Credulity and Deism.
SIXTH PAGN--CORRESPONDENCE:
Letter from China—Letter from Egypt—Remarks
on the Translation of Psalm li.l2—Needing Light.
EDITOR'S Tem:: Fronde's History of England"
—Gaylord;s " Uncle Downs' Home" Eyster's
"Chincapm Charlie"—" Rate Coventry ; An Auto
biography" Hawes's "Sermons. Experimental
and Practioar—Barns' on the Most
Important Subjects in the Book of God"—Periodi
gals and Pamphlets.—Books Received.
13xv - zwra PAGE—RugAL ECONOMY:
Seasonable Suggestions Milch Cows: Stabling —
Cranberry Culture in New Jersey—The Mammoth
• Cheese.
SCIENTIFIC: The Madoc Gold Regions in Canada
—Great Public Works—Geological Remains.
SIGNIFIOANT.—We notice the follow
ing paragraph in a Congxegational ex
change. It requires no comment.
"Rev. H. N. Gates resigned his pastoral
charge of the Barkhamstead Congregational
church, Conn., on the 4th inst.; not for lack
of love, for never were a pastor and people
more united—but a lack of bread."
IN BEHALF OF GOSPEL MORALITY.-
A Union Religious Convention is in ses
sion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during
Wednesday and Thursday of the pre..
sent week. The call for it was signed
by clergymen and others of the leading
evangelical denominations, who espe
cially desire conference and testimony
in respect to the following particular
evils, which sadly affect society at the
present time, viz : Sabbath desecration,
intemperance, injurious amusements, im
moralities in rulers, and conformity to
the world among professing Christians.
A RIGHTEOUS DEOISION.—In an Ohio
court an important verdict has recent
ly been given; one which, it is devoutly
to be hoped, will prove an advance step
which will hereafter be followed, in the
administration of justice. In Preble
county a poor drunkard died. It was
a clear case of death from the use of in
toxicating drinks. His widow prose
cuted two rumsellers from whom he had
been in the habit of obtaining it, and
obtained judgments against each of them
—in one case. 000, and in the other
$2OO. The only true fault to be found
with the verdicts was, that they were
in no proportion, even financially, with
the damage sustained. Their chief
value is that they establish a precedent
which, if sustained, will make the trade
of killing men, and sending them to
perdition, a little less pleasant for the
pocket than it now is. We learn, how
ever, that the case will go to the higher
courts. Of course, the unexpected re
sult of the trial will thoroughly arouse
the liquor-selling interest of the State,
and if money can reverse it, there will
roll in any amount that is called for. If
the character of the Ohio judiciary cor
responds with that of which our own
State is so justly proud, justice will be
done.
TAN ROMAN QOESTION.—The anx
iously-expected crisis has arrived, and
the Pope is again thrown for protection
upon his own subjects. The expecta
tion has been quite general that this
would be the signal for the removal of
the seat of the Italian Government from
Florence to Rome, involving, of course,
the dispossession of the Papacy of its
temporal dominion. The question for
speculation has been, will the Pope re
main in Rome and occupy the political
status of a subject of Victor Emanuel,
or will he retire to an asylum offered by
some friendly government? In the
many comments upon the present state
of things, we notice that little atten
tion is paid to the reticence of the Ital
ian cabinet respecting its purposes.
There is little doubt that the government
looks toward Rome as a future capi
tal, but nothing has yet appeared to in
dicate any purpose of present move
ment in that direction. If the Pope
can keep peace with the Romans, and
prevent a revolution at home, we should
not be surprised to see matters between
him and the king remain for a while in
statu quo. Victor Emanuel probably
feels his grasp upon the prize sufficient
ly secure and if be judges a slow and
quiet process less liable to exasperate
the intensely Romisb element still re
maining in Italy, and consequently
more politic, he can afford to fall back
upon it.
By the way, our Romish exchanges
are of , late silent respecting the Pope's
loan. The Boston papers say that
Father Quinn, of one of the Roman
Catholic churches in that city, under
took, on a late Sunday, to sell it to
the faithful. He spoke piteously of the
iondition of the Holy Father, represent..
ing him as shorn of his temporal rights,
very poor, and now unsafe in his resi
derice`in Rome. Of cOurse, after say
ing this, he .bad not the assurance to
proMise much worldly return forthe in
vestment, but, in lien thereof, be pledged
the bonds would draw very large in
terest-.in heaven. The meeting closed
without the taking of- a Single bond.
A CONGREBSIO*AL PRAYER- KEET.TNG,
with Senator Foster as President, and
Representative Dodge es Seeretaiy,ivas
organised on Thnied ay, Dec 'loth, in the
CapitOL It will be held once a week.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20,. 1866.
OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.
OF TELIVREITIVAL AT LIMA
We have before spoken of the delight
ful revival which was enjoyed by this
church last spring. The evidence of the
genuineness of that work is manifest in
all the meetings of the church, and in ,
the very appearance of the Sabbath as
sembly. The whole congregation is
still tender and impressible. All seem
to listen
_eagerly to the truth, and the
tokens of a higher consecration and a
purer spiritual- joy are plainly visible
both in pastor and people. It does the
heart good to move around among them,
and catch something of the blessed in
fluence of such nearness to God.
It was exceedingly interesting', alko,
to gather some of the incidents of the
work ; to learn how enemies were recon
ciled ; how half-dead hopes were brought
to life ; how prostrate family altars were
set up ; how some were brought to
Christ in " a way they knew not ;" how,
also, the spirit of liberality is devel
oped by this quickening. The esteemed
pastor, Rev. A. L. Benton, has recently
gone into the new parsonage purchased
for him, of which we have before spoken.
His people are untiring in their atten
tions to his wants. Many of the things
needful . in starting housekeeping have
been generously supplied, to cement the
hearts of pastor and people more firmly
together. Long may this pleasant union
continuer with highest benefit and bless
edness• to all concerned.
CATALOGUE OF HAMILTON
This; is now issued, and contains the
names of 198_ students-43 Seniors, 49
Juniors, 56 Sophomores, and 50 Fresh
men. The catalogue also contains other
information of much interest to the
friends of the College, respecting the
observatory, the cabinets and the libra
ries, together with the Obituary Record
for 1865-6. Nineteen names are set
among the stnrii. The number of prizes
proffered for excellence in various de
partments is large, no less than twenty
five having been granted in the past
year. Three vacancies exist in the fa
culty, which will doubtless be filled in
due time—the Presidency, the Barnes
Professorship of Intellectual and Moral
Philosophy, and the newly created
Child's Professorship of Agricultural
Chemistry. We shall hope soon to be
able to report that Professor Brown has
accepted the Presidency. A favorable
answer from him is veiy confidently ex
pected.
SALARIES ONCE MORE
Suppose a pastor is settlet in a large,
flourishing village. His people maintain
a handsome style of living and expect
him to do the same. That he may be
"free from all worldly care and solici
tude," according to the terms of the book,
six years ago they pledged him a thou
sand dollars salary, and that fixed sum is
paid with a reasonable regularity. Not
one of them all seems to realize that, as
prices now rule, their minister's salary is
only about half what thezpromised. They
would have been asha w med to offer him
$5OO when they called him, and yet
they are now virtually compelling him
to live on that. God has blessed him
with a numerous family and a reason
able ambition. He wants books, to aid
him to prepare well for the pulpit. He
wants money to travel a little, to see
his friends and gather wisdom by obser
vation. But in these respects he must
limit himself to journeys of absolute
necessity alone, and to those few books
which are indispensable. And after all,
for the bare necessities of a respectable
living, such as his people and his hopes
of usefulness require, he must annually
pay sl39o—where are the extra $3OO to
come from ? We know many who are
constantly paying at such rates for the
privilege of serving their congregations
acceptably in the Lord ; and all •this,
while the people generally were never
growing rich so fast, never so well able
to pay liberally.
But some have not other resources to
eke out the scanty salary ; some are
constantly falling behind until they are
brought into serious embarrassment; they
are in debt; they are dunned and dogged
by their own parishioners and others;
they are compelled to borrow money ;
they can't repay it ; they are accused of
iSiAtonesty ; their characters suffer ; their
influence and ,usefulness are seriously
impaired. Is there to be no relief in
such cases ? We know, indeed, that
relief has come to some ; but there are
others who need it quite as much. Let
the people look into this matter more
narrowly. We know that they will
bring great relief in some cases, and
promote their own interests also, by so
doing.
NEW YORK STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
A meeting of this association was
held on Tuesday and Wednesday of the
present week in Genneva. The friends
of temperant.e did not turn out en masse,
and yet there were a goodly number of
the earnest workers present. Public
meetings were held each evening, with
addresses from various 'speakersi. and
a children's meeting was attended on
Wednesday afternoon. The Society aA
journed to meet next month in Auburn,
and a Special committee was appointed
to report at that time, as to what more
can be done to forward the interests of
this great reform.
It was also resolved to memorialise
the next Legislature of our State, to
amend our present license law so as to
require a petitioner fora.tavern license
to publish his application' one month
advance in the local papers, and also
give the names of the twenty free,hold
era *mired'the law to sign his ap
plication. It is believed that many
licenses have been granted without such
an array of real names asking for them.
It is hoped in this way to heck the too
free granting of licenses.
Rev. Edwin Allen,
,late of Parma
Centre, has located again in the work
of the ministry. He is at Edwards
burgh, Michigan, where he seems to be
cordially received, and enters upon his
work with flattering prospects.
INCREASE OF SALARY.
Rev. Dr. Shaw, of this city, has just
entered upon the twenty-seventh year
of his prosperous ministry with pis peo
ple. To signalize this auspicious event,
his congregation have added a thousand
dollars to his salary. It was $2500 ;
they make it $3500, showing something
like a just appreciation of his valuable
services, and setting a good example for
some others to follow.
PRESBYTERY OF STEUBEN
The annual meeting of this Presby
tery was held at Painted Post on Tues
day and Wednesday of. this week. The
opening sermon,, good and faithful, was
preached by Rev. D. F. Judson, of Ad
dison. Rev. M. B. Gelston, of Naples, ,
was elected Moderator, and W. I/ Ter
bell, M.D., of Corning, Teiliporary
Clerk. Rev. D. F. Judson, and W. D.
Terbell were appointed Commissioners
to the -next General Assembly ; Rev.
W. A. Niles, of Corning, and Mr. Green,
of Pultney, Commissioners to Auburn
Seminary.
INSTALLATION' AT PAINTED POST
In connection with the meeting of
the Presbyteri of Steu.ben, Rev. Joel
Wakeman, D.D., late of Almond, was
installed pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Painted Post. The sermon
was preached by Rev. Dr. Campbell, of
Rochester ; installating prayer by Rev.
L. F. Laine ; charge to the pastor by
Rev. D. D. Gregory ; and , charge to the
people by Rev. W. A. Niles. These exer
cises were all of reasonable length, well
adapted to each other, a nd well sus
tained. It was an interesting occasion,
and Dr. Wakeman is already doing a
good work for this church. The Sab
bath assembly has nearly doubled in
size since be began preaching for .tbem ;
the Sabbath-sckool, which did comber
only forty, now has one hundred
scholars; and the weekly prayer-meet
ing is attended by some fifty or sixty,
which is a large number for a church of
one hundred members. Mr. Wakeman
was, for more than twenty years, a suc
cessful pastor at Almond, and we trust
the same favor may follow him to this
new field of labor.
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD
A new President of thig great and
prosperous corporation has bean ap
pointed, in place of the late Hon. Dean
Richmond, and the lot falls upon Henry
Keep, Esq., of New York. William G.
Fargo, Esq., of Buffalo, is Vice-Presi
dent; and Geo. J. Whitney, Esq., one
of the most eminent and esteemed busi
ness men of Rochester, is re-appointed
one of the directors, and will look well
after the interests of the road in this re
gion. The New York Central is one of
the best roads in the country, safely and
well managed. Its business for the
past year amounts to fourteen and a half
millions of dollars.
PRATTBBURGH
The - church at Prattsburgh; or which
Rev. D. D. Gregory was recently the
pastor, have invited Rev. D. H. Pal
mer, of Victor, recently returned from
California, to serve them in the ministry.
They have great confidence that he is
the man they need, and that he will ac
cept their invitation.
ROORESTER, Dec, 15, 166
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KINGSTON PRESBYTERY.—Rev. Thomas
IL Bradshaw having been twice regular
ly summoned to appear before this Pres
bytery to answer to charges of immoral
and unchristian conduct preferred against
him, and having positively refused to
attend, and in a communication addressf
ed to us has renounced our authoritY
and jurisdiction over him, and also that
of our General Assembly, Presbytery
therefore, after appointing a member to
manage his defence, proceeded to the
investigation of his case.
He was charged, Ist, with duplicity
and prevarication. This charge is
founded on voluntary statements made
by him - before this Presbytery during
their sessions in September, 1865. He
then stated that he had preached for. a
Ilength' of time simply to please men, and
he believed he had been engaged in a
low and mean business, for he had
_al
ways been a Union:man ; but he was•
now determined to quit preaching to
please men, and preach to pleaseiGod.
But the spirit manifated bim before.
this Presbytery, and elsewhere since
that time, shows that his statements were
not true, as be is evidently actuated by
the same.apirit which prompted his ser
mons and prayers during the war.
2d. He.is charged with a breach of his
solemn VOWS - to be in subjection to bis
brethren in the Lord, and to study the
peace, unity, and purity, of the Church..
This charge is founded. ono and estab
lished by, a communication addressed bj
him to this "Presbytery; togith'er with
the proceedings of Madisoniille Ohara
session, of regent date, of which Meeting
the said. T. Bradshaw was ,godera
tor; in ball' of which -very abusive lan
guage is usedzin relation to the General
Assembly and this Presbyt4.
3d. He is charged with making false
statements from the pulpit in relation to
the authority of our Church, calculated,
and evidently intended, to cause dissat
isfaction and dissension in the Church.
On this T. J. Lowery and A. A.. Ne
wman were called to testify ; and after
being duly sworn, testified that, about
the first of August last Rev. T. R. Brad
shaw stated from the pulpit, in a sermon
delivered by him in New Bethel Church,
that the N. S. General Assembly now
required the Church sessions to disci
pline all church members who had been
slaveholders, and require of them repent
ance and acknowledgement of their
sins. Ate that this statement did' cause
difficulty until corrected. -
Now, in view of this whole subject,
we are brought to the conclusion thEit
the charges against Rev. T. R. Brad
shaw are just and true, and established
by testimony against which we cannot
close our eyes ; and that, in consequence
of his crime or crimes, he should be, and
he hereby is, expelled from the Gospel
ministry. And as a consequence,tbe chur
ches of Madisonville and New Bethel
are declared vacant. By oder of Pres
bytery. WM. B. BROWN,
• Stated Clerk
CLEVELAND, TENN.; NOV. 27, 1866.
CONVENTION OF RULING ELDERS.-
The elders of the churches of the Mon
roe (Michigan) Presbytery have just
closed their second annual meeting. Tht,
object of these meetings is to increase
the efficiency of this ordei in the church,
by bringing its members to a quicker
feeling of official responsibility, by com
paring their experiences in their efforts
for usefulness, and by consulting on the
best means of doing good. The present
meeting was held in Tecumseh, and was
presided over by Hon. Charles Noble,
of Monroe. In the course of the exer•
cises, Elder Baxter read a very practical
paper on the duties and * responsibilities
of ruling elders to the' great Head of the
Church, and to a more entire Consecra
tion of their talents to the promotion of
the spiritual interest of Christ's kingdom
on die earth. • The burden of the essay
was to show what privileges were guar
anteed, and what duties were demanded,
of elders in tbe particular sphere in
which God and his providence had
placed them ; and which duties, if fully
comprehended and promptly responded
to, would render them a power for good
in the communities where they dwell
and the Church at large. • They should
not only be spiritual men, men of prayer,
and students of the word of God, bat
they should be studious to search out
the real cause of deadness in the Church,
and in every proper way, in humble re-
Hance upon Divine grace for help, should
go resolutely about the work of remov
ing them. They should call home the
wanderers, encourage the desponding,
entreat the impenitent, go from house to
house " sowing precious seed," if not
preach, speak for Christ whenever the,
appropriate occasion offers ; and every
time give the right hand of fellowship
and personal co-operation to the pastor
in his varied efforts to enlist the energies
of the. Church and promote revivals of
religion in the community ; and above
all, go about this work with a cheerful
spirit and a hearty good will, as though
it-was no mean task to serve . the most
blessed of Masters.
The meeting gave a fair portion of its
time to the consideration of the relation
of the Church to the weekly religions
newspaper. Rev. Dr. Mattoon had pre
viously been invited to 'prepare a dis
course on this topic, and most admirably
he fulfilled the appointment. We intend
next week to transfer to our columns
some of his remarks. The following
paper on the subject was adopted with
entire unanimity :--
GENESEE
" In view of the sad fact that a large por
tion of the reading matter that is now flood
ing the country, and being made the staple
literature of the young, is but fiction, for the
most part alike detrimental to mind and
morals; and whereas, there is no scarcity of
works upon the shelves of our book -stores,
the reading of which will both enrich the
mind and improve the heart ;
" Resolved, 1. That as elders we recognize
the duty of exercising a more rigid supervi
sion over the literature that is being put into
the hands of the youth of the Church, and
encouraging a supply of that kind of reading
that shall strengthen the intellect and im
prove the morals.
V 2. We accept it as our duty, and do here
by earnestly solicit every family within the
bounds of our respective churches to sub
scribe for one of the religions papers pub
lished' in the interest of our own denomina
tion.
"3. Impressed with the salutary influence
of the weekly religious newspaper, as a
means in the hands of parents and pastors in
the education of the young, we request pastors
to present this subject before their congrega
tions at their earliest convenience."
CHANGE OF FIELD. -- Rev. Daniel
Tenny, the Synodical missionary for the
Synods of Ohio and Cincinnati, has ac
cepted a call to the past*te of our
church in-Newark, Ohio. This removal
will be a serious loss to the feeble chur
ches of the Synods. Mr. Tenny's tact ;
sympathies and industry were of an
order which eminently adapted him to
their needs. In the last Ch
Herald, he gives thenAt touching fare
well pastoral, in the exiiirse of which he
thus states the reasons.for leaving them,
and the aid which he yet hopes to afford
them:-. 64 Stricken and afflicted of God,
the voice of motherless children is as a
voice from ,heaven to ,me. I feel that
He wi,o said: 4 Suffer the little children
'to Come unto me,' is noW calling upon
nae,to gather my family more= closely -,
round me, that I may continue those
lessons of parental instruction that'were
so well commenced by one whgsp voice
is now silent in death. I hav'e, tkere
foie,,decided to ,return to the,pastoral
work,arid' accepted a call limn the
Second Presbyterian Church and con
gregation of Newark, and shall soon
enter upon my labors there. I am thank
ful that God opens to me a home within
the bounds of these two Synods. I hope
I may still be able to accomplish much
for our feeble and destitute churches. I
trust that, through negotiations now in
progress, I shall soon be able to supply
several congregations with pastors."
UNION MovEmENT.—The two Pres
byterian churches (New and Old School)
in Manchester, Ohio, have merged their
organization. Both were feeble. The
New School was the strongest, but un
able of itself to sustain Gospel minis
trations. The united church sunders
itself temporarily from any higher eccle
siastical relation until 'after the meeting
of the Assemblies of 1868. After that
it will attach itself to whatever Pres
bytery maybe chosen by a two-thirds
vote. Rev. .Mr. 'fenny, of the New
School, and Rev. Mr. Tolman, of the
Old, were present and advisory to the
measure. We learn from the .Presbyter
that Rev. Wm. Cole'man, 0. S., takes
the pastoral charge.
MERCER STREET CHURCH, NEW YORK.
—The paper , last quoted speaks of the
thrift, spiritual and temporal, of this
church, the charge of Rev. Dr. Booth.
On Sabbath, the 9th inst., about a dozen
were received to its communion, nearly
all of them from its mission schools ; and
not, perhaps, in half a score of years has
so large a body of communicants gather
ed about the table of the Lord in that
church. rThe pews are, possibly with
one or two exceptions, all taken, but
there is nevertheless a purpo'se to plea
santly accommodate all who may wish
to worship there, and measures are being
conterted . to this end. •
FIRST CHURCH, BROOKLYN, N. Y.—
The Evangelist says that fifty-one mem
bers have been added to the communion
of the First Presbyterian Church (Rev.
Dr. Robinson's) during the last two
months, of whom thirty-eight were on
profession of their faith. This congre
gation are just adding an'excellent organ
to their mission chapel in Concord street.
The afternoon discourses by. the pastor
concerning his journey in Europe and
the East are continued as usual, and are
largely attended.
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Rev. P.
S. Cleland, much to the regret of all
concerned, has resigned the pastorate of
the Greenwood, Ind., church. The con
dition of his health :required the measure.
—Bev. D. Vandyke, late .of Manches
ter, Ohio, has taken charge of the Win
chester and Mount Lehigh churches, in
the same State. His post-office address
is Scott, Holmes Co., Ohio. The
church in Morrisville, N. Y., has given
a call to Bev. J. V. C. Nellie, now pas
tor at Jordan, N. Y.—Rev. M. F.
Liebenau, after a pastorate of nearly
twenty-five years, -has resigned the
charge of the church at New Path
Landing, Ulster Co., N. Y. The
Presbyterian church at Clinton, lOwa,
has given a call to Rev. J. B. Morse, - of
Moravia, N . : Y., which it is hoped he
will accept.
OVERTHROW AND RECONSTRUCTION
FROM THE THANKSGIVING SERMON OF REV. HER
Raps. JOHNSON, PASTOR OF THE THIRD
CHURCH, PITTSBURGH.
"Who is this that cometh from Bdore, with dyed
garments from Bosrah? This that is glorious in his
apparel, travelling in the greatness of, his strength?
I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
" Wherefore art thou red-in thine apparel, and thy
garments like his that treadeth in the wine fat? I
have trodden the wine-press alone; and of the people
there is none with me.. For I win tread them in
mine anger and trample them in my fury; and their
blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments. and I will
stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in
mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come."—
lxiii.l-4.
After an explication of the text as revealing
God's plan dealing with wrong and govern
ing a faller world—" the sword in order to
peace," Mr. Johnson remarked that
The great waymarks of history are the. great
battle-fields. And the great battles are the
source and product of great ideas. There has
sometimes been apparent retrogression, but
there has always been real advance. " Rivers
often ran from the ocean when they ran to the
ocean." God wastes no time, loses no battles,
beats no retreats. The great sweep of affairs
is ever onward. The great swell of the world's
tide moves toward the final consummation.
Slowly, indeed, for God has a great while to do
things in, but it moves i and moves just one
way, toward justice and liberty, and the en
thronement of right, and the establishment of
the kingdom of God among men.
Alluding briefly to the history of the past as
furnishing proof of these positions, the preacher
came-to the points more directly in hand:—
"The thing that hath been, it is that which
shall be." God's - retributive judgments are
abroad in the world to-day, and" the march of
his Providence toward enlarged and chartered
liberty, equal justice, an untrammeled con
science and an open Bible, is still by kettles
and dyed garments and days of ve.nieanca
The present hour is proof of this. The con
queror comes from Edom with stained apparel.
The blood of enemies is upon his raiment. He
has trodden the wine-press of Almighty wrath.
And two colossal iniquities have been smitten
to their grievous and mortal hurt Each
hemisphere' has "a lost cause." The negro
slave system of America and the Roman Catho
lic system of Europe have been struck to the
death.
These two systems stood in the way of pro
gress. They frowned on the spirit of liberty-
Wherever their inquisitorial tyranny reigned,
they sought out this spirit and crashed it. They
cast their black shadows far over the world.
They loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds w,ere evil. They changed the truth
of God into a lie. They taught for doctrinei
the commandments of men. They framed mis
chief by, a law. They repressed all enterprise
that looked to the elevation of man as such.
They enthroned iniquity and sought to throw
around it the sanctities of a holy religion, and
bade men believe it had the, approving smile of
God. Like 'the - ,Edomites of old they refused
to Israel the liberty of their lend% and joining
with the enemies of God's people, exulted
in their successes. They'were imperious, in
tolerant, grasping; bigoted, blasphemous.
Each alike, ecclesiastic and oligarch,'stamped
the manhood. but of man, denied him the right
of private judgment, locked up his Bible, lock-,
ed' mind, and taking charge of both soul;
and body, virtually assumed to stand between
God avid every poor .tool of superstition Had
every victim of dominion and last that could
be placed under the heel of the usurped and
lawless power of Romanism and Slavery.
And these two systems of evil were so estab
lished, their foundations were laid so deep and
wide, they were so built up and fortressed about,
that the artillery of Reform sent its shotted
thunders against their frowning battlements in
vain. Truth's weapons were tossed back from
the impregnable barriers, making no impres
sion. Light, flashed from heaven's own fires,.
failed to illumine their thick darkness.
And the Lord saw it, even as he saw a great
iniquity of old. How applicable to this, the
Biblical picture of that: "Judgment was turned
away backward and justice. stood afar off: for
truth was fallen in the street and equity could
not enter. Yea, troth failed: andlie that de
parted from evil was accounted mad. A n d,
the
_Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that
there was no judgment. And he put on the
garments of vengeance for clothing, and was
clad with zeal as a cloak." Audio, to-day
the conqueror comes from the East and frosts
the South) red in his apparel, travelling. n the
greatness of His strength. The Lord has been
abroad with His judgments. He has blomi,
upon these two colossal iniquities with the
breath of His power. He has broken them
with a rod of iron. For the day of vengeance
is in His heart.
Hence the blood and the carnage. Hence
the violence and the overthrow. Vengeance
hurts. It costa something to have a great
wrong smitten to the death. The slave system
of America and the Roman Catholic system of
Europe had enlisted in their behalf so much of
pride, and passion, and self-interest, they had
become so interlaced and interlocked with re
ligioth and law and lust, that they could not be
gotten rid of without violence. So God has
used violence. By the sword He has pierced
to the very vitals of our legalized and mon
strous system of servitude; and now there is
not a foot that moves to toil, nor a hand that
opens and shuts for handiwork in all our broad
continent, that has any master but a free will.
and God.
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. But the day of God's vengeance is the year of
God's redeemed. With the one comes the other.
While Pharaoh's hosts went down in the mighty
waters, Miriam and Moses sang their songs of
deliverance on the further shore. History re
peats itself. God's goings,are as of old. The
conqueror from Bozrah is "mighty to save."
When the right arm of the iniquitous rebellion
broke under the beatings of the Avenger's
" rod of iron" blow dtt blow, and Lee surren
dered to the invincible Ulysses, four millions
shouted their jubilate. While the nation sweat
blood, its soil was enriched for noblest fruitage,
and so to-day, while we bury the mutilated car
cass Of slavery, John Brown's soul goes march
ing on. While arrogant oligarchs bite the
dust, freedmen take posture of manhood ;
while a people are in great throes of agony at.
the disposession of .a devil, a continent is dedi
cated to freedom. God compelled us to hurl
shot and shell southward, that we might do
what we never dared do before, hurl spelling
books and Bibles there.
Across the sea, the year of the redeemed is
also being ushered in. The day of vengeance
has prepared the way, and oppressed peoples
"go through the gates." The weakest of the
three greatest Protestant nations has arisen
more in a fortnight than a nation ever did be
fore. " Forty millions of people recognize one
flag, one ruler, one Parliament, one-nationali
ty. That nation is to be Protestant, though
liberal. The haughty, treacherous House of
Hapsburg seems as one struck with death in a
moment. " How art thou fallen, 0, Lucifer."
Was Koniggratz Armageddon? Whatever it
was, it dealt a staggering blow to the malignant
opposer of all Protestant reformation. Civil,
constitutional and religious liberty are trium
phant in Central and Southern Europe. Bo
hemia now demands -equal civil rights with
Hungary. While both Bohemia and Hungary,
with Moravia, the Tyrol and Italy, to conquer
and retrieve and hold which Rome has poured
out her choicest treasures, and ; fought her
bloodiest battles are being showered now with
the leaves of the tree of life t that are for the
healing of the nations. Italy is free " from the
Alps to the Adriatic." The Venetians 'have
cast their ballots for Victor Emanuel and the
Italian nation with a unanimity unparalleled na
any historic annals. Seventy long and blaming
years this warm-hearted, sunny spirited people
had been companioned with a corpse, their
conqueror and master. When the Austrian's
hated shadow left the quay, and his ship the
waters of Venice it is said " the piazza, the
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piazzetta, the arcades, the house-tops were
filled with people. Twenty thousand stood
there, in silepce, like bewilderment. A tri
color was run up to the peak of the Campanile.
It was the signal for the guns. Poit-holes grew
white and thunderous. Those resonancesbroke
the stupor of the people. With a shout like the
falling of the city, they fell into eaeh others
arms. Out of the Bridge of Sighs the lag of
emancipation floated. The bells began to. play
in innumerable churches. Harpers and choris
ters stole forth and struck the notes of Garibal
di's hymn. And the ardent thousands fell
into line and echoed the refrain, as if the lion
of St. Mark were roaring in the music." Thus
the bondmen of Venice welcomed their freedom
Thus there, as well as here, enlargement, jus
tice, liberty, national manhood, are the trim
zoned trophies of war.
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Whether we consider our geographical posi
tion, our resources,. or our attained national
integrity and unity, it is obvikus that nothing
but the grossest perversion of privilege acid
power, and the most criminal recreancy to,
principle, can keep us from conspicuous and
God-honored agency in this year of God% re
deemed.
Look at our geographical position. We ase
on the world's highway, midway between
Europe and Asia. We stretch across the Con
tinent, thus commanding two oceans. Ws
stretch up and down the Continent so aa to
command the best of all the climates. Ow
Pacific coast gives us direct ocean communica
tion with China, Australia and Japan. New
York can communicate with the British pos
session of Australia twenty days sooner than
can London ; and England can reach her dis
tant province at least a week earlier by way of
Panama than by way of Suez. There has been
a great ship race recently from China to Eng
land, around the Cane of Good Hope. They
made the best time ever known, but they were
over ninety days bringing the new tea- cro_p. That - ,
trade must soon cross this Continent. England;
will ere long be compelled to take her tea from.
the descendants of the men who threw Eng
land's teatoverboard in Boston Harbor, because'
- she thought to 'force a tax and the tea, down ,
their throats together. Pistons will move in
New York harbor next month, and steam will'
keep pushing them around Me world. A steamer
will connect at the. Isthmus with the Goldank
Gate for San Francisco. From there, en. the'
first day of January, the Pacific will soon , be-
crossed for Hong .Kong. Then to I3ombayr
onward an - thruugh the Red sea, and across ,
Sues to this British line of Mediterranean'
steamers, touching at Malta and 'Gibraltar, awl'
arriving in England, where a fewiniles oft rail
road connect at Liverpool and elsewhere wig
various lines of steamers for New York , .
The circle is complete. Steam bands tliss•
world.
When our Pacific railroad is completed, link.-
ing New York and 'San Francisco, the handl
will be greatly shortened, and' this Continent
al road will' be not only our 'nation's bat the'
. world's greatlighway. The vast trade of Chin?
and Japan with Europe will go over it. Cell
i fornia's golden gates will opeu to,welcome the
commerce that shall whiten the Pacific sea.
And our commercial supremacy over the Old
j World will be no longer debateable, for the
Old World'i life will lbw through the a rteries
of the Great Republic.
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