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1 FRIDAY,* MAY 1, 1868. •
THE NATIONAL FAST.
The observance of yesterday by our citizens as a’
<day of fasting, humiliation, and ’prayer,' invcom
iplianoC 'With the proclamation of the President of.
'the United States, was; as mtght h&ve>;been i ex
•peoted; general; and evinced, in a'm6st K imml«taka-'
'ble the sentiment of reverence, for the
Union, ntill universal and fervent, burns as brightly
.as ever in the {hearts of the peoples It’ was one of
'those quiet-demonatratlons devotion to
- the cauße>of, < thocountry t which exalt patriotism into
: religious -zeal, and invest 4he character of the loyal
• citizen ‘With the'nobler attributes of the. Christian.
. occasion to elevate the moral natures of
t men, Vid^make them worthier of Divine favor, even
while humbling them to the dust, with'a sense of
• their utter-unworthineßß even of Divine forgiveness;
In such a spirit was ihe'day'appointed,' and In such
<a spirit waa it. It was something more
than a formalcompliance with the language of the
. President’s proclamation. In all its features—in
• the tenor ofthe sermons preached—in the unusual
rly impressive nature of the religious'exercises—in
the marked absence of a spirit of,
upon the public' thoroughfares on holidays—and on
"the very general 1 compliance with the request of
the Mayor relativeto the closing of Btorea and
public buildings—the ■ _ character of the day’s
• observance was peculiarly earnest .and solemm
There wab all the quiet and none 'ol the
'languid dullnessof aSabbath 5 .and there seemedto
be a generalrdesire among all classea'of the eommu"
■nityto.lay-aside the cares and ;tdes of business,land
unite in religious ceremonies consonant with 1 the
spirit of the occasion. It .-was not a holiday, save in
rthe English apnse of the word. There was, of course,
a cessation from the usual routine of employment,
and therefore relaxation and rest; but there waa no
unseemly mirth manifested, nor such a'thing asa
spirit of hilarity anywhere observable.* Except at the
. hours ofopehingandclosmgthef laces of worship, the
•streets were silent and deserted $ all the stores, ’public
‘buildings, the squares, and, strange as it may seem,
many even of the drinking saloons v;ere closed;
while the passenger cars; save upon the more promi
nent streets,' ran almost s empty. ! Altogether,>’the
solemnization of*the day Was of v too marked and
unanimous a character to be anything else thairthe
•expreesionofr a people conscious oftinamfold errors
•in the pasty and anxious to make atonement by sin
cere mortification fn the flesh ;and’ in the spirit.
This was, the,' purpose ;.and. signification or
-day.’s observance; andaa we Divine, assu
rance thatthe humble and oontrite-heartahali not
be desj>ifled/but that “they who humble themselves
jdiall be exalted,” it is. not too mucli to hope that
Divinefavor may attend upon the fervent.petittontf
-of our people. <
EPISCOPAL,, " i( 1 ;
ttKEHON DIVERT. ETCH’D NKWTONf AT TECH CHURCH
THE AN Y.' *
Key. Dr. Ne#tonldelivered£aii eloquent sermon,
Aeleotingas histext the following ;veraesfrom. the
'.eecondchapterdftheProphecyoV
‘ “lilwb ’ihe tbimpet inZion,\sanctifv\a, fa*U : c’all a
■joltinn assembly, gnther.the penpie,.B(in.itifi/ the con •
DVeati-tion, Lst tlii prtest#* t/i,e,ministerrof the Lord, j
. Aliy Spare thy‘people, o'Lordsand'give.nbt thy heritage
to reproach, that me hea l lien'BfiOuldruledvertfteirV.’\ k ; f
'* ’, The following is a brief synopsis of ttieYermonV ;
■When .To^’propheßied' J a nation,waß"''thre’ateiied :
'with onimpendlng calamity.. A peopie'waS to suffer
frqma,.famine ’produced, by
These lodußtß come down upon tbemiikea
■ jnorthern afmy, and,Bb great was the terror, that the
prophet caUeaupon them to'unite In fasting.and
.prayer. If was.a timely call, and if rightly responded
„to,'could hardly fail of either Wholly ..warding off ,the
evils, or mitigating their'distressful
.'-effects/ *
This nation is plunged into a civil war. . Dor. two
• jrears-the eword has been unsheathed, and thousands
,ofohce happy homes have been bereayed and 1 many
smitten in death.-Desolation’s reeking
„ ploughshare has . been driven , rudely over some of
beautiful porUons of ourheritage. ,'A.mil
j/ttoriof men have been called rfrom. industrial pur
/jsuits and are now,under arms. ..The most sacred ties
f have been rudely sent asunder, towns and . villages
/ have beenravagedand laih/in smouldering. rdins,
> JibspitalshavebeenffUedwiththe aiok andwourided,
V-and, many .a. bloodyibattle-fleld hasi been',sfrewn
witn the mangled remains of thefallen brave. -Re-
mourns ner neglected Bahotiiaflea/friendship. ;
move, remembrance ,;weeji, and; violence,/profanity, ;
and, crimes arereceiying.a fearfuland unnatural dm- *
'petuß.. v Trade liaß been, prostrated,• eo'i%ierce: has ‘
toeeiipafalyzed, riches , have taken .wings ’and flown '
, ,aw^y r the nationjß,diyided, and the Government is ;
arevt'he surrpimdings of-the country today'. '
, Jt .is..distressed, bowed,down,, humiliated.- Tfcider •
/.thesecircumstances citizens are called, upon to-ob- ‘
-.serve a. day of fasting and prayer, The. text ex
... presses the manner in which this religious' ceremony
. should beobseryed., The should '
- first be generah gatheringfpgetheraU classei, inclu
•' ding, likp the fast bfrNineveh/every 1 orie/from; the -
.Tungupon histhrone/tofhebeggar .in hia i tattered '
garments. The; nation (has hot been calledVpoo to
.beseech God for the deliverance - from possibleor
. 'prbspectiye dvilsj but for relief from actual and
- jieavy-pressihg judgmehts. - <5& - * "
. \ qThe overthrow fcf this. Government would be' a
'ainly'ersalcalamity—lnthe South as’welTiis in the
lt would;be,a calamity pressing like'the
_ , atmosphere arouud—equally .on all. There,is every -
reason, then, why the faatehoqld be observed by,‘the
community.. The suggestion ‘the 1
-. Senate Chamber ,of thenational. capital,, and waß„,
' .srpclaimedby,the President.; : The; : ciaU : came,jthere“
highest .authorlty in the land.,
•, t, ? yhe‘next featjireof-thetextis thatthcfasfc should '
•„ he.earnest.f. t The rebelli6h*aims at the overthrow of /
ahd-the success of that rebel- -
v liohiwoula sbuhd the khellf of all the nation’s hopes.
.The,question atipsUe isoneoflifeor death.Every
thin£ dear tothecitizenismow at stake. the-*
overturne'd-thefe would be no ; safety
norjtability in- business, property,; libertyi in
aught else that is desirable to ■ The;, rebel- .
. Jion r like a conflagrrftibn, is burning the fabric.ofthe,.
<foyemment. andunlesB thoseflainea can be quenched
. that; Repubhois destroyed., ;'A national .fast,‘there
,forcu.which, has ihnVieWitheeuppbft of such.a politi--.
‘ ; jcal,'treasure, should beaneaimestfastr shouldbe :
alflbj'with unusual aQts qf
•. -troubles -under which the hation
,'Only be efloctuaUy. removed through the .aaßistance
•- , -of'Qpd.:; Thqhelp of man ia vain. /iSoidiers cannot
' ebhtfbl the unruly element s that have . plunged the
■; matlon Into strifep-n^;more
, th.anfthey .cahv calm/the. mountain' ibillows of the '
_. raging oce&rij hush.the tempestj Or quiet the f earth
<iuake/as‘it{ &ends,-the,atruCtures;Of:mento‘ppling
. -bo wi\ into ruinous heaps./,The,nation's hope rests
sn,the>l.ord. ■* TJuleas He takef in His
. bt.ruiiied bi-yond the
; A nationel fast, : then, wnich has •-
v, In tiewjthe je verfui aid of God, should be general;,
earnest, and,uevout. , :• - .
. , , The.text sets forthlhe object of the fast inj^eie^
b i-words L;‘ASp.4i« thy people, 0 Lord l and
thine heritageTo reproach.M The evils from which
this nationprays deliverance are moreafßictfng’and
- manifOld’than' those which the proplret bad in view;
,The country, asks l .relief.*from the terrible evils of
war, though there-is'cause to ithank- God; that
' -\ horrorft!oLbattleihave v tbeezL>kept: away ;
from the Northern States. So brisk is business,vand.
eo cheerful are the people,:that itvis; dlfflcultito be
j v dieveitpere is a'civil war raging upon American soil;
but,#Ti»iti tOi-lhe hospitals scattered
-1 throughout the country: jjav-Bight,of- the festering
- wounds,, ghastly' countenanceß,vand quivering, lipa,
shows in vivid cplorsthe horrors of oivihstrife.' Sor-.
roW'and' aDgulshfollowinthe;track qf wafc: Could
» tbe.eye gaze upon the long and-melanoholy train'of :
rrt:.‘4hoHe;Hrho;liave been;madesWldcfiva andiorphans by .
\\ithißiOdnteat i the wives add children of : those who '
X\\i Are the practica l hardships;of war,
And whose hearts are throbbing : with-ianxietyrlest'
- tffcenexfcbattle shoulddayjtheirhusbandsand'fatherS'
> 'deadppon the*field,Thowheart-rendihg»the;Bpectacle > :
* ‘ vWoUlih.be ! } dißtress; and 'licen- I
u,. an'army; the sickness, sufifer- ’
' ’ing,:afld,tears ? the .sighs - ind the fear
>.ii jfu£ly;accelerated rate with which -these evils Uiu&t
'• * Jncreaßer as&the. struggle continues, how;earn§stly ’
■ «hould the whole*nation r urge.tlie« prayer,- (l . Spare
; thy people,-,0. Lord I and give /not■» thy heritage td:
/ sreproaOh.?’ ' - •. r • j • '
.‘■i »Jsvery one has now a - personal duty to perform*'
There is no excuse in the words, “ we have already ;
Repented and-are forgiven/’ The solemn duty of ;<
•each is to look to hlßQ>n sins. All,should humble
• ."tlftmselveß ' the 'tTansgresßloiia which havs v
t'uieajfed upon the,, people' tms terrible retribution;/
~ and extravagance/thefraud and falsehood,
' the intemperance and-pro/aDity,- the licentiousness
And Satoath-breaking, which prevail among the peo
iple
“the ;.poor>lridianu abd slave; havel been-,
treated at our albud for humiliation before. 6 ;
v-God, and forforgivfeiiesstfdf God! har ?T
t\ >been forgotten in the of the nation,
r;»l ''And He ismowteachuig the cohntry somtfrsalutary i
lessons. There has been too much reliance:?in the'si
‘ atsouroes andthe proweas ©f they’-
j ,'JiavOproven'themselves v weak/ p ui > r -1 -
. :' x national fast be observed-properly speedy
■ ■ * tterminatioii of thiß unhkppy war and a restoration of
j* <tbeH[JnioJi!maybe anticipatedA/Therdisnadoubtof
■yHh, -*ucceßß' of the Federal artu.; When, mania
. ' a deliulon, there San:be no certainty in
on Inference aa to what he will gay or do When the
. . -dehS»tdh<h’a» *pegged • away. His - thought* and feel
• The peopleof the South
haTe beencdotiocunder a delusion—a mysterious de- -
fausion.f It l* pr«v«d byithe ohange of opinion in the
/ptlhlicimind of fhe Sotith'on two subjects: drat, the ..
i t«haract«r ofi , *la'i r ery; ihiitf *econ'B, the nature of the
Government and it* influence, .tifitfew ye’ars ago the:
.prevailing fee Hug Ofthe South was that slavery is
an-.ovii. Had t£at: feeUrig (contibiiedj the present
s' Mtandftibn of thiDgs aoulfl.not iiave' occurred. This
" view gaveplace to another *hd totally-dlfl'ereut one.
r Slavery .was declared to be a jhlessingi aDivine ln
- ,*t itUtiOnfandnecessary to the.higheit'development
of. corner-stone ?of the; Govorntaent.
This viewi prdverthe extstence bf 'a»delusidn.p. The -
'• * .other. caseirespects the Govdmmeat,'whUe jab one
ttimetheSduthern States wereas loyala*Penn*ylv^-,
1 jntaior Massachusetts—witli the exception of iSouth
xOafollna,:whioht.vrasiaiever true; they ihati& now
. fwithoutibause . converted i that love to- hatred.
The GoVernmeiitibecam'e to be regarded. By -theih;
1 Bsica ohstaclej ahi lncubus ;in: thc way of .their atl
' vaecemooC. God permitted: that delusion, foe.
■r ' -treasonsdoubUesigoodhbutiii*ifdutable<to‘mah*. By,
:r thesteih dtscipllne-ot/Hisaohastening providence
'He can and will remove.’it j for controls
l. -all the spiingsor human.thought and action, wpen'-
■r, -that delusion is dispelled! the Uuion jKiil berestored. '
;■ x -The North has had its delusions; ilsojloat God can
■ >| -.oorwct.theße; He can allay the dredof oUr sectional
' adiflbrenccß, and make the natton of one mind. He
■o -tbas absolutecon-rol over the unruly willslsnd-afTec*
r t.'tfdnspflinfulmen. jt'alth can remove mountains.:
Jiet tbe bearts of the whole people unttelto urge the -
prayer: KSparevThy pebple,OLord! and-give not
Thine heritage to reproach."
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?anßß[oi( urooks, atthb cimP.es
- l , OF THb HOLV TIII.XITY. -■ -. -i
• . The aervice* in the Church of the Holy Trinity,
~ yesterday, were oC the "most impresslv*,. character.
, . The, yast audience that was.gathereil in'the ■ church
be,moit: fuUyimpre,seU witii-the so
. - -x *-d.the
‘iJeniDity of
, jnfldeliv*,.nMutfiertfcatindicafed ( Hqw' general and
was the reeling of After
/, morning prayer, andviheV.leßaod* from
' ,! k i*aiahTaiid St, X»u6e yi.. fro&l;&etwtti:>er*ei tbe
i - I>i'ayb?if9Jr,%® jPxeaidejat of anil
i 7 all ln , . l abfhlpc|tj r fW4» f repeated;; ana 'then',,bei9re the
'V fdUbwwg •
Almighty and raostmoiy Lord God ;wbVdoitcqniin'ind
te'htimhle. ftttrwlves"under Chy mighty hand,; tbat
\ TLnn.JuayeJt jn due time, we, Tby un(V'oi
* -i^wnte;.dteifemoarhumbly j to confess beforeThep/in-
Jtliiß.th'e.tiineor sordifflilctipn iii ouv laud, how dee pi* as- .
«*Anbtioilwe dwerSreThy wrath. In the great calamities .
4 <' /wßlch r h&t fl cOma'dPOn.nsv’weJftcknowleuge Tbyri|Ute,y f 4
. otfevlMttttoP* under/, tho
mtehtyhanApkqnrholy.and ,merciful God and Father.
! Bin&w4 and the more ,
igrievous becau&e Qf li lh&httUß.d& nc ?°‘ oar privileges and *•
, jjoMoieauoddr,Thy pMyldence andgrace. In pride, and*
'* .liTingtintd ln covetottsndsa and world'iuess :
•feyV.-V., r j 3 * W) V \ .*ls, ?'> }{A - f}
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? ••■ *•j* f+ f ;>■•: ■) a>V)•} /V -T.’*>•.«■ /. .- < . .-. ■> ... • •
of mind, in. self- landv self-dependence in .
gloryingiiv our.ownwisdom, and ncheb, and strength,
instead, uf glorying only In Thee: inmakmg our buu.sc. or
5 1 l. 1 1 n ®* ,l . t sd tr |)Ui|Bingg» as •if our own • might and wisdom
had goitdn'themf instead'Of'acknowledglugTneedn all. -
and -^seeking* and .nßhteonsnoas; -in
: profaneness of speech and ungodliness of life; ia
luting Thy Sabbatlisiiand receiving in vain Thy.graco
in. the Gospel of our Lord Jesus ChrTst.we acknowledge,,
O l Lord,that, i as a nation and people, we have grievously;'
sinned, agalnfit Thy*divine majesty, .provokingnmnst
jnsUyThy wrathatoil indignation against us. Righteous
ness belongettf unto Thee, but unto iib coufuslon'of face >
Because Thy compassions h&venot failed; .therefore; wo.
are'not consumeu' Make us earnestly^to.repent aod
heartily to” be porrv for these our* misdoings.. May the,
remembrance of them be .gn«!Y(>us,ui.to.us. Turn unto
Thee, 0 Lord, the hearts of all this* people in bUTHIia-'
tion -and pv«ver, that have compassion
upon us judgments are thus
upon ns-mar the mb&bitautkof the-Jaml learn- lighte
ousness. Have mercy.-upon us, have. iaercy. upon;us,
most merciful Thy bon, , our Lera,.Jeans
Christ s sake, forgivous all that Is past, «nd. graat .that
we may ever hereafter serve and please Thee.in newness
of fife, to and glory of Thy ‘name, through
Jesus Christ Lord—Amen.. ■■■■■•♦•" •
The jjitany was then said, and to.the suffrage for
\ l unity, peace, and concord,” was added, " and es
pecially. t& this cation, now.afllicted by civil war.”
The prayers appointed'for-Ash’Wednesday, and
one or more special prayers, then followed, with the
collect, Epistle, and,Gospel, for that day, with the
following additional collect : . ( . •■■■■. ■•
• 0 God! whose nature, and property, jss.ever. to have
merer, re«-eivc .the humble petitions, which, with one
heart'and-one moutl), throughout this jaud are now :
offered-unto Thee; and though we'be tied and bound 1
witfrthe chaimof our sins, yet let tho pitifulness of-Thy
great mercy loose us. j. Give us grace -Seriously today to :
heart the great dangers we are In by our unhappy dlvi- ;
slons, Take away all hatred and projuaice, ana-what- 1
soever else .may.hinder the, restoration »of. godly union .!
and concord. That, as thore is bntOne Body; One Bpim, 1
and One Hope of our Calling, One*Lord, One 'Paithl Ooe
Baptism. One God and Bather of us. allpso we may-once
again-be raadeto be of-one'heart and of onefsoulpunited
in oDe lioly.-bciid of truth <and'peaC(vof‘f(iHrraiid cha
nty, and may.wilh onajnind. aud one mouth.glorify
TheeithroughJososChnstourLord^Amon..
sald. that -.the day had been set;
apart .for > hu.miliation&nd prayer, and his hearers,
knowing the purpgseiOf.the day, would not expect a ■
discourse was not a time i
for words.>-\\¥hen.the whole nation was bowed;
down on its knees, in humiliation and repentance, •
it was not tlmely-or proper to preacn; This congre
gation hadhumpled themselves before the Almighty,;
and had discharged, as far as a congregation could,
their duty. But were there not other duties remain*-.
ing to be performed 1 Would mere confession of sin;
-avail for the great purpose of the day, without an -
effort for. reformation? While the people aoknow- v
ledge on this day that they have sinned, not only as >
individuals, a,nation, would it avails unless .
•.there was a 'Sincere and honest effort,for ; reforms- >
tion? . And would It not be a mockery to *
-say that we have,Binned,-we'have brotter§£ra|Laws,:
•we Jiavepolluted.Thy Sabbaths, and recStgalllß vain t
Thy grace, without alluding to f or breatnragfflpf the !
.greatest sin,ofall—the,blackest stain uponourcoun-.
■try, and the cause of 'all the ruin and bloodshed, and
afflictions that have been visited upon our land—the
-black sin of'-slavery?,.,Had we not that duty to per- >
-form, to • pray for the removal.oi. that great crime— :
that.dark ppotjuponour country’s .
. •! And, was. this, all?, .Were - there not herein our;
, midst, .persons whom we f meet . daily in ’social inter- i
: course- who. gave not even a faltering support to the
, administrators of the laws, who are using the means.
. that t God has given them for the suppression 1 of re-*
beUion. and,,treason ?—men Jvho deprecated the ex-i
, .termination, of,,the, evil ’that has 1 caused all our ■
troubles.- Wasitnotasmueh.pur,duty topray Tor
the rebuke of.thbse traitors in-the North'as for the
discomfiture of. ( the openly-declared enemy-in the'
South? . It was the duty of the, congregation to)
culUvate.--.that .firm, 'Unwavering.’loyalty to the
• Government that .would reooghize'no 1 distinction:
< between , the open. foe and the secret enemy. ;
...The remarks.of the in sub-:
, stance* wsre listened to.with' the* most /profound at
, ten.t;on, aDd met,apparently, a sincere and hearty •
i response.from his. hearers. ,&fter ( they. were con-'
, eluded, the following eloquent prayer was said: • /
« G Eternal God, who jnakest be of one mind in a
.. house, andstillest the angry passions of the people, we'
~ humbly beseech-Thee, of,Thine igflnUe mercy, to appeasb
the tumults amouguSvto bnng'to the ’dreadfnl
scnfe wbich ie now raglug in our land* and to restore
peace to our afflicted country; And we most humbly/bcK
grant to all of us grace to walkrlienceforth
obediently in Thy holy commaudments,and in.'due.sub
..-jf,ction to the power that is from. Thee, so-that„leadlng a
.quiet and peaceable life mall erodliaessa , ad‘hon9sty,*we
indv-nqntinnally oifemnto Thee our 'sacriftce of praise
and thanksgiving, through the merits of"thy Son, Jesus
Christ, our Lord—Amen.
The ■'benediction^wa» then f 'pronounced, anti the
congregation dißrniased.• , i ,i 1 u-r> ■
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL > J I c
I , SERMON RY. REV. FRANKLIN. MOORE, AT TJIE UNION
I . HETHOPIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH; , ; .
i At the "Union Methodist-Episcopal Church, Fourth
ii street below Arch, the'-Eev. '■ Franklin Moork,
i pastor, delivered aneffective discourse,' seleotinghls
text irhm Jonah 3 : 5,' ioh The preacher first alluded
to the history,of,Tonah, >aiul,theu fbme
remarks upon the subject oi fasting. We-have no
definite Information as to the origin of the custom.
It can be traced back to the Egyptians, so 1 that the
Israelites among them 1 woiikt.be familiar with it.
This familiarity seems implied* m the manner in
whlchtheir great aimualfait-day is eniolned. -Lev.
l6:-29, - “ And’ this shall be -a statute foreverunto
you: that in the seventh on the tenth day-of i
the month} ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work
i. at all, whether.it be one of your £wn country, : , or a
Btranger that Bojourneth among you-j for on that day
i shall the priest make an atonement' for’you;‘to
i cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your'ains
before the Lord*” From 'the -
moral beauty of the custom, it isnoFabsutcTtcrßup
pose that ilrmay date bacfc-to phnitent Adam; * The
observation of ages is that great-grief afflects the ap
petite for food. Fasting is* thus the natural’expres- ’
sion of sorrow. Looking in' their relations
to God and eternity, it is the of sorrow
for-sin. It is essentially linked. after tK^>teaching J
of the text, with prayer, crying “ mightily unto Goo,” .1
and witlrrefonnahoirof’heart and lite;-the*' turning i
of .* 1 every one from his evil’wAy.” Fasting may be i
observed with different degrees 'of rigidness; though ■ 1
astrict fast is;' to neither eat nor h drink for a given 1
period of time. In accordance with the spirit of the ,1
day, one of humiliation.before God ‘beoauseof sin, 1
an inquiry waß then’instituted 'asto causes of numi- -
hattonupon the part of the American people. : ,rs .
* It was asserted that the spirit .of* Independence had
run not, until’- we have lost' much of our 'humility ?
of spirits towards the Supreme Being; Great bless
ings are ever - accompanied with .'great perils. - -The.
gloriouß-highway of voluntary agency l is- all' along
abysses of sin. Ournobleform
oi Government is the only philosophical one*pn.
earth time—at all events; the only one wttk**
ing.on a graDd scale. Yet there is peril in our very;
• fulness oi liberty. >There is 'a tendency * to restive*
duly constituted, authority. -This*ten*}
dency’ manifests' itself •uv the * home ’circle, in the
in“the State, and, lastly, towards God. At.
the commencement of this war, we vaunted our-,
selves on our resources, and did not rely humbly on
God. .Let us to-day repent of .this haughtiness, and
let our miUTons cry, We 1 ' will look unto the hills,'
whence coraeth our helD“ cometh from the. Lord,-
, which made heaven and earth.” It was then said,
- v various forms ofmee have been fearfully prevalent among
'., . ;
/■l.-Pr;
places;
tive haJ
of our lit
profanit]
mg, the
2. Jnte
is Bcarc<
•prevalei
tre obst
racticai
sabbath
Brians. God’s law has fire it, and he
will surely visit for the desecration?of consecrated
time. _ •
4. Social corruption abounds.—The ‘facta known ,to.
the ministers of. the law, to-^judges, 4 lawyers,
police officers, known- to’ physicians, and all.
observing persons, touching.the violation of the spi
rit and letter of “ Thoushalt not
commitadultery, w t are.appalling, .
. s. ,Violence is too rife'amd'ngus'.— Maimingand mur-''
dering £re by far; too coimnon,&s police reports and
the criminal courts attest. Human
life and limbs are held too- cheap among lii. 'Now,-
God is Love, and abhors violence and cruelty, > and
muatloathe* su<sh a social condition among any peo
ple. A sad outline, 5 indeed; but none the less true,
CiUingupon the nation to cry, God be merciful to us
miserable offenders! i A ’
One more element of sinfulness >ioe must no?&
' inthe list:' '1 ‘ *
Political corruption. —The pulpitisnotthe" place
for;detraction. We-gladly % admit there •arc I :many -
‘noble meriin public 'political life?* But! we’airknow
are in&fiy incompetent andvenalmenin high
Allpolifical r parti&%m6ng?us have sinned ,
failure ; ftr*select men of the iiiost command.-
;iDg ; that'.,
' my wOirdH onfthis subject could bie sounded over the
!"]andjA r and thunder'in all souls t Le muel reform
\ or die 7 r Christians must take more interest in.
political movements, or the suffer,
anUtheyybejrlaringly guilty befoMfGod, I abhor
theuniott'otfOhurch and upoa it
>that wefimat infuse more of t«PWpn^^Christian»,
itv into American politics. 'Wgßnation,
fallen into a mournful of hit
man right*. The attitude !
SlSveryin the first days this:
Toleration ,-The here
for uponthe subject, of,
Washington, and Jefferson, and GeSrgeMason. «A.c
tionbf the Pennsylvania Legislature in? 1319 was
protesting? againstthe extension 'of slavery, ,
Democrats andTederalistsof bothSenateandHouse*
unanimously protested.- But now, alael how differ
'ent the attitude ! Cotton became anelement of llu
tnrative.trade, and. the national conscience hiiv'been
j .eruoifled to appease Majnmon.? Gain, any way,..right
.or ivrongf has-been thefgriiUDg. maxim of thousands.
*ln the South , slavery is new vaunted as the k< corner;
stone’’ of civilization, i In
the t
knowiedgethat it Is a loathiome thing/asaent to the
in famousassertion—assent in. meek submission to •
their unhallowed, thirst for, any. way
gotten—right or wrong. In our - we
have recently, inonebranclf ol it, (theiHouse,)
Witnessed a protest against the President’s Pro*;
.els mat ion of Emancipations a protest which will'
haiid down to posterity the, ; of ,eyery ifaan,
Who voted for .tfce.
famy or pity. Pity, indeed, is. due good.-men-4for.
there were some such in the list^-wheablinded so.:
dismally by the films of party Dassfdn/and sohuin
bled by the laihofparty drills that theyjoduld thus,
at such a of thousands dftheirbrethren 1
slain atthebitfdlngofsthe Moloch.of■; slavery—ao
fearfully crucify humanity and Liberty. rsTes,cru
• ®[ f y Humanity and Liberty/and'thatin the hall of,
capitol of and right under the .
iplus ot the ■tar-spiingled-rbanheri whdse ; every flap:
ftnd crack in the win d ■ anficipate the time,,
all nations shall shout toGoo, anil.blap their;
hands in the joythat universal libertyreigns. The
°f this waris ■’ short—God visited us
■; w “Al;trntb, and ayaitea< on ■us long.andWhen He.
suffice to accomplish His
jpurMSC.of freedom, He launched reluctantlyfagAlnit ;
!;us !J |h.undM’holt of war.He will stay the war
f <wheh wjr ai| ; Jight.<and .drop Slavery, as one would
drop abeatea iron bar irom his hand. A *
f.. > Several resjons of hope for the nation were’’
now cited. The nation is planting itself rapid
ly on -theiplatfbfm Of liberty! and mercy.' The/
pf right'/aeotU.
meat,; wWchfinally p!aced.htr. Lincoln in the Preai-.
,dcntial 'chair. }/T.hev trials, sorrows . of the war
have
CAurcftiS'everywhere taking higher
ground than In former,times, or rather, uttering what
haS always beenkervolMrihore'diitinctly andautho
ritatively, Here and thereallngerlng preacher or
...layman mpy be found whose hdhbykas been, in past •
:ah<tW^ow^too.,obßtinatet6"a ! dmlithatevei;he,waß j .
mistaken in opinion or a6Uoh.7fdf£ifAe Swe embitter-,
i ed politioians foam, and fret, and strut, and indnlge ‘
inaDj^detolimationS,which are “llkethe.idiot’s i
tale,,full of Sound and fury, signifying nothing ’’ but =
tfeasbri : to Gbd, and Liberty, and This .
liberty-mqvp7ient u iB-of Gtpd,&nj\ \fwoxi\& be: well for ,
its oppoaers to inark /and power/aud -1
query whether^Ur their.resistanee, they be iiot nghU :
ing against Gdd; ! OhV fruitless > effort to stay ; the ;:
progress of Ijiberty,in the earth ! J37an the leaping' i
and live lightnings oHofodi which go crashing among f\
of by, the *si
bands of partisan resolutions 1 ■ the .voice' of |
•t God’s all-shaking drown,ed/and sw k aU
.•lowed
ward and township meeUngt}? 'No< no, the lighj- i
5 ningof truth and libertyi will.leap.ana.glare an* 1
air of the social and moral earth 1 is purified'as l i
In the Oay when tne summfrstormisstiiled 1; When i
thef/lght iK)Bitioh before Go& aSianfttioiL i
hef wiU&bless/us, >Hosea ,6: ,^3; L and Jet us
return -'unto for he^ath,\|orn,; and v
k T, •'*s^'- -I ’•* It/,’» , 1 1' /
t *t
l. i I X 1
*' u *
*»«
he will heal us; he hath smitten, andjie will bind ,
us.up; after two days.will he revive us ; in the third
‘day, he will raise us upland we shall live in his
sight - then shallwe know, if we follow on to know 1
the Lord; hie going forth ia prepared as themorn-v
Ungs/and be,shall come the rain, as the
flatter and lormer rain unto.thpearth.” 2d, .We re-,
piesent law, while'ihe rebels represent anarchy:' 3d.
We are the champions of popular democratic'
while the •rebellion leeesentlally aristocratic: j.4th.
Werepresenta whole andhe&lthyOhristianUy, while,
the ; rebellion .represents a sickly and. maimed Chris
tianity .which obscures Christ’s golden rule of doing
unto others *bb we would do unto
-ÜB. With penitence andtrußtinG-ndwemusttra
umph.v>ln cbnclußion it^wasiasserted—These; times'
teach us the vanity of ( eartlu f The clouds of sorrow,
have settled around the pomp* and brilliance of life.'
A tribute to a relative (Dr.’- D.-Mims, Jr., sur- f
geon of r 4Bth Penhsylvania Regiment, who; died at
Roanoke Island),-as a representative man, was here
given. Oh, my dear friend, martyrof the right, soon'
the leaves and grass will be green above tnee, and
the wild bids winding in the branohes which fiinga‘
oventbyrgrave. v The-breeze>whi.ch>
has kissed .the bright; wavesof the ; Ohio will whisper
aorrowingly. over thee, and the fragrance
of the flowerß which hlUsh and'breathe arountLtby*-
dust, 1 carry it abroad, thus symbolizing how thy;ine
mory, and that off thy, fallen'fellowa,wlll.be cherish
ed as incense among all people who love Liberty and
Law. An. apostrophe-to the Republic was . then,
made with Donald ‘‘McKay’s clipper ship—the Great
i Republic—as j the aoutce of illustration. It closed
i thus-f'GUdetbee on, Great Republic; .with. cloudy
> sail and'bending spars,* freighted with the hopes,and
rights of humanity; greet all. shores with r thy pre
sence/and - fill the nationß with the joy of-freedom;
as they hail thee. Glide on, over all seaß, until thy
‘ prow 'and keel have cut .and catvedthe breast of
every 1 ocean. , Glide on, 'and God guard thee, that
thou mayeet glide ever, unshatterea by the tempeßt,
unfoundcred by the billows. - .
i' i *, * X
SERMON BY REV: 11. IK HURtf*.AT-THE ORKEW-STBEET
••• >■ . • i}' .1. METHODIST CHURCH. 4 . •: .■■! •• ■
. - From the.sermon preftcbed/yesterday-mormng.in
the Methodist church,}on Green street,.below Ele
venth, by its pastor, .tbetKev.' H. F. Hurn, we make
the following extracts.::^Theitext was selected from
the third chapter of Jonah, the fifth verse ■:.•.»
. “So the peoplgof fhneveh believed God, and pro
i claimed a/ast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest
ofthethevento the. least af.ihem.” ,
The speaker began his Bermon with an allusion to
the object of the day people had been called •
together by theOhief Magistrate,' to de vote the hour >
to prayer, and Mo-the readiojrof God’s.holy word. 1
. The countryof-their love was flooded with calamity : <
,it was as though the vials, held by the “shining and I
terriblewes^spoken of in the Apocalypse,‘had been .
opened over the 7 nationy’and were falling j
red iand heavy; great dropß-.of. blood,, which ran I
(down, in rills like rills of.a,thunder shower. Bat;
a little while ago, and our country was all peace :
and prosperity,'and weltved not then under the >
apprehension of the' onslaught of a near land gi- •
gantic foe. iNow, oh .God, what a change *
>waa upon us-r-War, the leveller oi. pleasant homes;.
the deßolator, of fertile fields. ’ War, the grave-1
digger, -blasted'our cheeks with ’his scorching;
1 Whathad- the ’people done-toicall.upon ;
athepi. this fierce agony.? As Christians, they-might;
be assured that all present national troubles, had:
'some mysterious and ,unseen crfnuection: with the:
;lawß and designs of Providences It was useless'now ;
‘to speculatc upon these causes, nqr was it the pur-;
- was too late,to Avert the..
evil, And there was but one . resource left; and that
was to fiy.to some powerful protector. In-looking r
- around,‘ ieeking for Borne o avenue <by which* to es- j
cape,’to whom should we turn,>if.not .to.the All-wise
and All-powerful Ruler of the universe, the speaker;
stated that it was not his purpose to cast recrimma--
-tions upon any party, nor to direct the minds of his ;
hearers to the errors and mistakes mto which any set
■*of men had fallen,* butrather.to.lead their thoughts to ?.
sprayer And peniteuce. In view of the.great calami- <
i. tieß by .which they were surrounded, nothing could l
! be more appropriate than humiliation’ and ‘repent-:
!■' ance, ndr more in accordance with: the'teachings of
'Divinity an (the- Bible not- less-than:
•; sixty,references to fasting.and, piaycras a means of
turning aside the wrath of God. ; meaning To:
be given to the word fasting as "‘thus used, had long i
formed a'subjecf of dispute ataong> ( theologi.ana -ana*
learned men y.were.these s versesatoi.'beaccepted.as!
{ rendering the externalact of fasting, the.mcr&ab3ti
nence from food, obligatory upon Christians?
But whatever differences existed upon thiß. point,!
all were agreed that the fasting of the soul: was thei
most-‘important part of i the; The twelfth: and.
/thirteenth verses of.theseconthchapterof .1 Joel were
the true exponents oi that fating which. God re
. quired: “Therefore, also the Lord; turn’
• ye even tome wititfall your heart, and with j fasting.
and .with weeping, ami with mourning: and rend
your heart, end/notvyoun and turn unto
the Lord, nottthe. body,'•but the
soul; whiclpwas to-be mortified. .ISO it .was: with the
-people of ! the iUnltcdrSStatesrofiAmerica! at the pre
sent 4 dayr" They* needed to last, not'from.fmeats;but
from their evil- doingsto humble themselves, to be
alfiiotedand;exceeding - Borrowful.-Amenca,if- not
the greatest sinner amoDg-the earth,
had at least: much to for that can . not be
charged against other countries,-greater-opportu
nities overlooked, ; and-more* certam;chancefl of* ad
vancement and moral 1 excellencemeglected. --/At .this
-moment, the .nation wasf.-passing under.a most ter
rible ' ordeal: VThe: happy/Jand' of-.our :early. :hopes
and- dreams, and prayers;;wao no more:!i Nominally
a Christian land; itVhadi insulted :the Almighty; had
violated Hiß laws, andjvas now suffering the penal by:
It wftB v well to p clothe. our souls in the garments of
affliction; asrwere some of the
enormous crimes for which this day the'riation en-
the vengeance,of God. It was true that there
■ was not a town’in’the country in 1 whioh the spire of
.‘some village church didmot reach--up into the.golden.
iunllght>p J ’butJ2i if
trickery and> fraud-%were matters of self-mor.fcifica
.tion, then waß the :day-of humiliation: most appro
priately in keeping .with eternal surroundings.
Crimes enough existed over which to mourn. 7 ; Most <
to. -be:, lamented were the-great national crimes of
general unbelief and Atheism: Not,the least of the
.long, catalogue was the Ain of,excessive- national
pride, which had scorned all dependence'on any arm .
save that of-the people,"and which had even re- }
. Jeetefl > tpe aid of God omnipotent. The calamities ,1
of the Country had been - met .with a disdainful'
trust in its own. strength, regardless of the. Lord. 4 1
Leaving generalities; the speaker proceeded to advert j
. to the Btate of .those before him; ‘ Tljpy should look,,
into their, own hearts and see how great .the cause,
for humiliation and, prayer , which in their
.own bosohis.' They would.then firstreaiizethepe--
culiar fitness of a uay likethe present. They; withe
the nation, had sinned. By reason of theiractSjj the
. light had been veiled from the happy days df peace...
• The question uqw was, how long should the gloom
exist? How long would they before they
resorted to the only certain method of dispelling it,-
by* prostrating themselves before God, jji prayer?—*
•prayer, which moves the arm'that moyes the.world. .
When they cameXo. read the history offthis^coun-.
* try by the unerring light of it would be
seen that the prayer of Washington was mightier
than , his siyoru. They should pray to God, night:,
■and day, that He would stay the anmhilatioirwhich.
threatened this most beautiful and excellent of r go-‘
vernments, and the dark, machma- 1
tions which were 1 lOT&led at its-
They should pr%y in closets, in their
always pray Xor ;the
glory of the natidn. All should pray! pray! pray!.
pray ! that the wrath of God might be turned aside.
He held all in the hollow of His hand. Even amid
the roaring cannon, which drowned the sweet music
of the Sabbath. bellßj 'the Lord -God 1 omnipotent
reigned.' Death 1 and' 1 destruction could* not rise to
. strike,lllm. Infolden:times the woodsXang with .
. the lamentationcf of the ancient Pagans, who mourn- ■
cd the loss of a god; and the refrain of A tjieir song
was— 1 “ The mighty Pan is dead!”' But the God of
this country lives eternal; far' abov6 the power of.
.Death. To. Him let-all appeal in their'distress.;;
Hope still remained. The glorious old ahip , of> state vi
could not be-wrecked, for the God-of'their;
the'God of their country| 4 stood at the helmy and’His "
handjwould never falterr 5 - f ; *'
the speaker quoted LongfeHow’S;’
mhwSdmired apostrophe, beginning^
.. ; ‘‘ Sail on/ oh! ship of state-r, - .*■
t years? 'ni i 1.
in. high and low
, and in legiala
iarge proportion*
vice; a aea of.
God, calling for.,
of. swear-
■iblyjthat there
id without the
re of our moral
.tuatioa widely
fcrence whether
ly or, not. The
t the law of the
rofeesiDg Chris*
M r . was offered up for
the Chief Magi s trate;oft- jtfiK&atioh and ■ the aeveraV
Commonwealths. fl 5 : 5 -.h’Vy g?.;. ’ S■« 1
s " Dr. Boardmap selMtesliU^t£Xtj , from theSthohap-'
ter of the prophecftVofclsaJaliiSMh and.2sth veraeaV :
- « • *h- -i, . r. -.•*>*■■ , * g « ' ?‘X.
‘ ‘ Because of the Loyd of, ,
Hritits, and Fluty One. of Israel. '
“ Thtrt'fore is the lord kindled■ atm ihst ■ *
'“hi*people, and he hatn.scretched/ort.h-7iishand:aglxinst. r
them and hath smvten them:. and
-and their carcasses were torn in. themia&Sof thestreetsju
\ For: all this his anger is .not his] hand
. is strttchedout *tUl" . JSffIHHHK,
He commenced, by,,saying one had
come to the house ofGod,' this, war 5
sermon. This, was: a day ,
Our chief magistrate has, sumnaHMlua to-fmeet.
together,on this dayJ£o\.confess
The two elements. relating, to this BUbject!,ai^moßt q
appropriate. Be'alluded to the, resolutions passed
by the Senate of the .United States, and'theprpcia
mation of the .President, and hoped .would
. accept the two papers $s .part of .the nation’s creed. ;
one can
; that human govern at of*.,
Him, ajL.much as > are thebirdeof the.air.or.the :flsh f
is as' really one of'his,implements,
for scourging nationsas is disease ana pestilence. 1
The President' proclamation, that this
civil war maybe apunishment.-for our.slns. This'
day, is , 4 a national .humiliation, for national, sins;:
They are, your sin*, and my,sins, and ,a peiaohilacn^
. kjr> o wledgmehtjand recognition of Himmustbelnade.,
~.^kefc,‘every'one, therefore, turn froWhls’eyir.waiKV
forhuratUatlon.iyoulU
be' both impracticable an‘d> unnecessary., y The con-i
science which this d ay, induce its poaiessor-,,
rto cry,V“ Ghodbp merciful!unto, me.” must .be stupid
.'fled. . Let ua, itherefqfe, .invoke'thp Divine /S^irltj
• and' ask that inay sins. If we are'*
kn6w.and forsakeAur sins; then the i
Almighty may ,cqntinue to scoufee'oiir’larid, and ,we, i
• knownptwherethfeeVilmay edd.
, ‘ Speaklng ofithfitainp forwhich - we;,were njo’at an-'
. swerable/at-th)‘s.tiiine, hesatil- there,might!be'those
presents who wouldexpecj him to speak qn sltiVery.
He ,didVnot thir»k>it r neceagary tbdweUupoh this ,
'topic afptbis time. , That It had .been the source of.
sre&t,evil,both^prth.’and'£6uth^.Cj»nn6tt>e5 re&t,evil,both^prth.’and'£6uth^.Cj»nn6tt>e,denied.
fit had J been !to\ abandon years ago',
be shouldJhaverfjoiCedVbuti uch. had not been the -
case. He! did ?riOt Wish;'to,dwell upon ‘ tHeVubjeot. -
Both the.Ptesident -afid the.' S,ehate,i:whijh.specify-
Ing other 'national"* sins, have carefullravoided the
.mention, of slavery. f ‘^Peirnapi.’ 4 both jfelt - tha't the
tirqe had come ;wben.wjß ihould'look .at home, and
theywould do n ¥ o’thjiig,rtp <excite‘that. which ,Is,hkAde.r.
,ytbfe. toplc-of si;* daysin' , £ach'wlMk. w ’,
:Ko natforf ever enjoyeC ; morq{prosperity w than we
did previous to. 'We paraded our
power and strengthitoefore the whole world as Borne* .
thingof our own making. We ,the law of :
God and to our .’eyil . This , fact was
noticed'for’ years, and alluded to'both from the
plt and the Chrfstian press. ‘did' it occur to
usin'wh’at form the cloudiwouldAurst.it The storm
; ,came with, ,av fury befpre which „the fi stoutest' heart *
mightllßve^ciuailed.'. Ifet publicpride would ’ not .
hend.-J'Tnis tould he noticed everywhere. Wt weVe*
■still'given-to boas tin g', ! and it was'thought?and
.claimedtthattherebellioh.would endin:afew<monthsi
—it- cp.uld jDOt Jast milUons could not ,
contend agaiLsttwentyjtwomillions! .
hoy/ that
this War muat T sboo end.** But’ thls'spirit, noticed,
had much and was growingiless each day.
;Jt -is^madnes^for.apymatipn.t o «fPc°t n to succeed on
, Great armfea and,.
hbtliiiS;'d?bWt;G6d iSOii’the side hav^;‘
ing tbegreatest'artillery iB lf'
there is no other proof of this we hhye had it ia the
present war* God has other principles by which tle^
, governs tne world fh 'brute strength; The :
, trutlitcannottbe'drsguised. GodAsssmitten us in our'
. mort, yulnerabje part. None of;M<ian;, believe tliat 1 '
- OP, r countiy be given owr tu ruin *, biiV there i.
, by wijich tve can H\ert thi.' calamity.
'*Tve' mu.ti .gain .place our dependisnce ln Him.
" whom- we -have foraaken. h Evldentlv the .
tianity of the country:iha. been outmaatered by it.' 1
, ambition.i Pfp;obe la<«o,,»lmnle aa, to ask.whether-'
; there'are any aigua of decay ajnODgua. On every aide,
goea up from Main,j
i? tawr Aajjir made and; uamade, j anil
cfflcesofproflt and trust tilled and vacated : at the
biddibg of ihioney.' He did not make theie charges; ,v
ihut he con.taUQy'heard. them repeated, i.nd, if it be
ego, tthey iniUcSte’a national..
, rcharaoter which*,is,; -The f*tal ;
■Hr sj* 1* * ««>. s4t.*»' ,iSj ♦•* '»«”-> :«v,
a • Hvf'.’ti i-c * *Vt ’a
■ E
\ >l-^'^■_ - • ■* , r
virus is fast Bpreading through-the whole.'systemj®
By and by the crash must come, and "great Willow?
the Mall thereof. How near-.we’ are to this crisis
i none but God himself knows. ,
i- , H 6; wished to call attention; particularly to the
'Criminal unfaithfulness of our political ’autiea in’
.times past.' We do not claim thfct our Oonstitudon -
i is perfect,' but so :many and so marked areits edicts
recognize I}b power; . Wehave been*
/slothtful in.the right of and have ab
sented .ourselves from the polls, thus allowing in- 1
competent-men to come into power: -He-did not -
deny that:there were able and patnotio.men in place, .
- but these were few compared withithose>who could,
be bought and cold for money like; cattle. One
i would suppose people would select "such men
as have their confidence-and regard. This, to a
.■ certain extent; had been .done; but f islt. general? HeT
: thought not. He alluded to’the usefulness of a pfira-*
i phlet known as “Our Representation And its fte
■ form.”. The speaker,-- in an interview 7 with Mr.
i Webster, before his death, *was informed by thelAb
: ter, that unless our , present ; mode of electing the
i President And Vice President was changed it would.
!■ destroy the whole country. to
r b&'.Xhe whole cause ot our present-troubles, it has
|.. taken eighty years to fbnng: about this sad state of.
i affairs. . And does any sane man believe or pretend
I to say that if this Union is re-established, which we
i all hoped it would he; can it resist-for the same pfr
i riod, eighty ;.years, the,corruption ■,now going on In
I our midst? ‘There is, ground totfesu&that we have
[ not yet .as a nation been the posture
i that becomes us. There arc tind a com
| pensation for these troubles dnCtfiepatentl pros*
I perity of the North. The extgenclerffojithe contest, r
i they contend, have opened the
i ana made labor abundant, and;tMsujpvhat they call
i prosperity. It is a gross tiiat this
I is-the general feeling, lf it
i were : ao,'Weimight expect at oncelto see our inßtitu
i tions go down to the dust. If we donotturn Jo God,
r and suffer this calamity to go on, the whole laud
1 mAy be stricken with sorrow.' Every month'that the
i union of the Stateß is postponed, it multiplies the
i difficulties in the way. of effecting' that union! The
i only, sure way to escape.from the judgments
make dur peace with G-0d.,. Our sins are nume
rous, and it ib vain to attempt to enumerate them'by
i classes; and nothing-but'the. blood'of Ohrifct can
i takethemTaway.; Our .prayer lß'for this; andjif this
i prayer-should go up from all.we cannot, doupt the
i result. ..
i In conclusion;: the* speaker made an eloquent and
[ touching Appeal to'those present, and called! upon
i them to bow with an humble knee to Him-who alone
i -could again restore to - us our .former peace, happi
i ness, and prosperity.
PRESBYTERIAW, ‘CBS* S?) 4ft .
Sermon by rkv.axbert • barwes, at . thb. first
•J.i" -i „*'*.« PRESBYTERIAN CHDROH-'i -- ,
.; . The,congregatipii 6t the Uev. Albert Barnes sharejß
the;charact6rof its pastor, in "being one of the most
influential and intelligent in theicity. The. attend
ance yesterday was sufficient evidenceof this. [The:
text was choaealrom the third,-fourth, fifth, , and •
.. of the ninth- chapter, of the.book of■(
.‘.‘And I.set myfaceunto the Lord God, to'
seek,by.prayer and.Bupplications, with fasting,
sackclotb,and.ashes: And I prayed f unto th&Lord;
my God, and made, my confession, and said,/0/Lord, i
the great and dreadful God,’ lteepingvthe covenant i
' and mercy :to them that aqd to them that \
• keep his.commandments; Wehavesinned, ; andl}aye i,
.committediniquity,-,and-have^done,,wickedly,and:
' have' rebelled, even by depaftihg "from thy precegtß, i
and from thy . judgments : we' hear- j
kened unto thy serv&ntß'the prophets, which spake f
in fa-5
i thefa, antVt’o all the people of the iata'd. , »\‘ s • j f
!• The speaker commenced"with the remark that ifcf
i' waßTo'o&presumed Rll*» present were loyair -None
• had a rightvto -assume' that*Ahy-were-not so. , We?
might differ in our views of the Government.-ofthel
Administration, of ,the.; qualifications n of. thoie,inf
'office, of the causes of the present 'Of!
of their removalbut 1 there’tfasrio;
difference ofopinion in regard to the
iWhich had called'together the people on this occa-'
sipn, andin regard tothe,terms .in;„which.that pro--
clam a fion had jbe eh communicated.' It was a point
b ofinterest that,-in this'iihahimousfesolution'of the
" Senate,’ our ’eupplications'were mehtionfed as; being,
.made‘in :the.name,of Jesus Christ, thusjtfUßtioctly
the .Sayiour.as; the Mediator. The;ob-i
jeot to be accomplished is penitence. But this object'
' couldhdt he met by confessing the sins of others mere/
ly, by denouncing others, or by discussing the abstract 1
subjects of : slavery,; secession, the~emancipation
s proclamation, unless, indeed, these,subjects produce
bearing oh our Own hearts, topics to be dis-
mainly ‘ related-—the 'gr6u < hds r of our
■vhumiliatLony to- our" duty in the present
verisiso*,* !•'.« ,V (■••,, it - *t
- Pint. .The grounds of our humiliation. ' <.. . r
.. In endeavoring to understand the reasons of the
Divine disposition in ' cases‘ like -1 the present, we
. should consider the methodß in which Heevinces it,
viz:.bybj.. .... y , •• r ‘ . V
individual, and national, s i.
'“2. "Discipline, for the purposes of reform*. : ’ v ‘
3. Inducing some change ; ihsociarcusto'm/maa
•lfner/tor la^^i *- . • J‘s*. i.c-v ♦>•■*», .v, .t\ *.
v. , : There is jecSass of words, which men use which
. seem syncHmops,.but'which'are distinct.', Shame is .
used ip ren&ce>to Bin especially, but, also,' has re- i
• lation toTMTOviction of foWj'. -'ClhagHn is’felt when i
i.peoplehajgflffeought -a, social position,-commends
tion, favor, or patronage, Are repulrfed and disap- I
.. pointed...: A nation, for instance, might.feel so when I
it sets up model nation, and finds that itfl
'Claims are not recognized.: Mortification is’jexpressed,
..noton Account •fain, but'because ithe.
known to others, and because the autho||afiitßniay
'be distressed’ .and overwhelmed in ifllxflietecfipn;
There was bhe other
neither shame; chagrinahbr.mortificatibmtgu^wfi^^'
. was allied to the feeling: of '-'penitence,a#lJemfif?&in- >
. ners before God. ss®.. 1- Jgt
' The reasons for humiliation appeared to be :' ™
1. The fact of the rebellion.
11. The causes of the rebellion. ' '
v • JJL’ Ouy in the prosecution ofith® was •
IV. produggdt by^the
" 1; The"’fact 1 and chaiaj’cter of the rebellion.
'‘ There never had'been any thing like it
Bia, Egypt, RonjoTiand ajlf „Europe, could .show no |
• parallel., The rebellion in the civil wars of England 1
was comparatlvely’a'Bmall affair,thepopulation of 1
England at that time hot being more -than the pre
• sent f population of 'New ‘ Yorfc'br; Pennsylvania.
gKeither is the A Ohinese outbreak, to he mentioned as
on an equality :with that in this country. In,skill, in :
valor, ip equipinents[in tlie ißsueitself .it will not 1
'• bear'eompariaon.'' It ii a in'atter W amall' imiwfr-v
stance:whether the .Chinese^Tebelliohr
; / not. : The sßOcial conditioniiS fnot i-liable/ .to )be,
changed. HQ)w;widely different here,,.. Some< time. 1
: ago we had an 'afinyj.whichjewkhew muqh aboiit, 1
‘or ten thousand- ifi en’* -•Sdddeniy'we heard ofß^vai- ;
thousand.men Btaftihg forth bn'a new'mbv'c- .
1 : ment. -Tbeu came a oall for.threejhundredthousaad.
men, and J.then for * hundred
more. Then' lwe , became ' familiar'' witn i ' whit‘-'
amazed us iir child hood', ; when' , we : learned'thit’
'Napoleon with thou
. samlraen-r-the'fact, thatmiUionßarerengaged,;no\v.
ami here, against each other. ; This was a. fact; flt to
• produce. humiliation. With all* the v wisdom’ they'*
posfeesed, ourfathers prescribed checki’ahdb^laiices
/*to proyide-for any-exigencies.of'4hiß TTnioi: --
-seventyyears-thp;Unionandthe;ConßtitutitQhave ■ • ■ . BAPTf^T
; sand. Other nations ! have^ ’tl» view’’ baptist.church.
'.whichwehavetakenofourGovernment.Thay have Tabernacle Church,; Chestnut
told us that the experiment pCa.republlc hadfliot'yet/ styeetj, above; Eighteenth; Rev. Daniel ’O. Eddy,
failure wonld be a ( paßjor,. delivered ,a r discourse .upon Isaiahfviii/lS- !
' /ll.cThecauseß of the rebellion :<v,These reljte both The moral attitude of .people,'.said.
\ to man and God. rTfiey. have operated on tb® : ®P? a ker, ,is ; ope of the profoundest. awe. ‘Adi
and they have influenced the othef. TheW is one ; over the country,' from St. Lawrence to 'the -Poto-j
real cause 1 of "this’frebellion.' If this hadJiof l ex-‘ • •m*c,' i »and , >from-<the Atlantic to tthe Pacific,^are all
isted,' the calamities of war/iQ'theiripreßeit 'fcTrmJ 4 '" gathered to. praise God," and.to pray focthe proa peri
would,never have existed,-/' -The *epeaker' aiuded to *' " ty. land., y: A nation freighted all.
, the..effects,, designs, . tbe hopeß of,the (ujure Have.gone into communion
ments of Jits abettors; ’.Up' to the the . Gojl, and civilization 'stands waiting at'the
:bellioh! b’fdhe* the power,f.indubitimy; r was doorto . ’ • v *
«South’erh. facility-with which the’iiiftimtiong / Thevyear;lB6fwitnesßed;the growth of •
land have been ada])ted<tb:SQuthern|vieWß, iß'
• marvellous. 1 v *•> * -4 f country. But the ;causes that.developed it are older
*■ "Rive reasons have been ofitered ih the poutti, for,; •, ?be Government':itself. : v lt was- aii"attempt to
" what’we call rebellion, and"whhtthey calif make national one institutions of-the South,
> blishment ofr r a'Confederacy: Theseare'j p •• At- which humanity rtiudfiersj' and from,-which ;pity:
.<, l.j’The laws oflindividual/tStateß regard to turns aghast, 1 •; ■ . }
, slavery. ■■<*' v, 1- . i.v •* ;'/fs (:-• - But we could not conceive that this South would 1
2. TneTiounty on the flsnefies;' 7 ' ' * f everputiinto execution the .mad. threat of secession-
4 _ ‘ 3. The "navigation J'aWS • . >0 in, indulged.. The,South took th'd.silence
4. The tariff. The firet'ihV l’l79'Waspm i cottbn 1 , r ßbdapathy;bf i thl|‘Northfor;cowardice:*; The Nort- 1
three cents-per poundrand was expreßslito protect ern yielded so'ofteh- that the South
jthe 4 ! ' thoughtthati no matter wbat:they;aflked,cthe:North
1 6.' Tli'&actibh Of £ tne N6rth*in'rteard J tl the' c their
tive slave law." ~- ,1 . , scheme of laid all their planaand, act- i
i r ? lILx Our reverses int he prosecution'df me war: In
f all New’, •thopgW j
Orleans, ahd/ ; Westenuwateri, itiatrue, we *■ cobtrol armies .of 1
,f Have met Berieß ,oT Mimnt viebriesf But «»* South; could maichAnto Washington,, berqcog- i|
had' reverß'es, v “lji‘'the I s^mi t S*earB’ by the nations of Europe,and build up an em-,
i war ofthe 'RevblhfcionTthereFwete rPtersea -which PM* Grande,' *
Tried -even,the.[heart i O,ur re-,-, of,the pacific,
j-veraes . huinble ub. 5 Pream shut the peop.leLOf,
/Buf endTwhich a the li South i have l thorqughly<awakened from It. It
r^iu ;# retard'the 1 *
■ steady progress of events.‘lf' f weTiid ten ( It a flcencsof murderous 1
i r W s f one ! |
• God ffitends :,.the, TaAiions of .of the Mbst odiOAlconscnptionB r eyer n known ; lthas,^
human beiDga. l s vßeftled. Persecuted Unfommen and womfen'eveh.to death. \
the IThfon bPl&t&ed, or ‘ ? Amdiyet*sthis;greafcGpvArnmtot has.in>its,!magi:
be ■ established/: the^Unitmi Staia'wii warded beUigerent,.rights j.
never - ‘
'JV- The suffering and’ sorrow Drcauced.bv the’ tißh ahlpß, under.Therulingfl Qgmternationallaw;;it -
■ J w^lr: fi Sbme* ! iB- Bu\ that ' not:
to sl^W. t whoße' , acmht?shdi\d bi- pei Traitor. And
. laidithebereavementrof families and; theAfllifttioh#' :.f
, of theinnocent.r StarvaUon iB ahroadWthe South. tradnce and the^country.
If hoes not, perhaps‘afireo?ihe.PrSidentoCffie so*' • Still, we cinii
called Confederafejybut* 'thbuß©U of ? Wt all The PoweiEf of'Europe,,
men, and woihenT aWbhildfen there. \ i*> -.Mould Rejoice in thek downfall-of this nation. , .Arisi
Second.—piir duty ' ; thcracy.and nobility are;all intereated iii aeeing the *
There are men’/North ancTSouth,who are 'x>iirsu-" ' Ifeakingup of this Goyernmeht. whiCh^lS’'
ing war for the or for the Bake of%me; ?J - l>g Voproaehito kingf and the extravagance of royal
7SeHße,'cisAtithfalness4towsovefeigiipr.Alpiinc'eTThe'/ beacontpOPolanuand ltaly
v ConßtitutionraccuratfiljbidAfineß . ‘ -' s • • Br •
ferelatesto sUitainlng the England and France, with moit power to befriend
obstacleßjUi iU adminiatraUon.. uBe < ’ harm üb, and which ought to havei given,ua as^
• the’term'gqyernment, in regard toiegUlative,ludi- f stancej.haye^been^giving assistance ,to armed j
■ clal, .and'eiecutive'powers/republioan br nion»chl-V l ds, ana ‘doing all power to build up the
cal. r '> Administration 1 to cripple this' Government,
.away, and isliable.torchange./' We ’ MheyhaverJbuUt uutll the Clyde;
to jhe,goferiiment t ,ahdt we. rmro ,alliNH<mq g ,feTh ft t. 3 < .lte becoine,to i ,.be J . known .as , the Confederate Dock
form r . ',,‘'"l ‘ :ird.> They have built them
Bix%ays’v'ih which lany 1 Eoplißh sent them out under the •
coiintTy'jXthejentire demahds^of-'freedom.’ Taeae JeglishflagntoMey^uponthe^commerce of the Ame*.
- maybe: secured effectually.in therfatherland, and icanfnatibn.TThe England is Our!
.njosteffectua)lyin-America.. Jrhewaysare: T ! icmy. Lord John Russell are.
:/ I.‘ Theauthority/of'the,Supreme Court.’" | »llying with Mr.Adams,qurminister, whileEbg
2;«The^right"oramehdment bf the Constitution , >h, pirates escape to* prey upon American com-:;
1 -'3.:The V- w ■!(,?•' zu h iefce.‘ j It would not’ be stralning theipoint to call
s-.!' *4, r; -• v ■ • ie ; Alabama , ;thePalmerston, and,thej { liori(la Lord
The,recognizedright of Jw : r . t,,-.*
( ThefatheMand, in the tine of .Wimam and Mary, v. It isEqgland, perfidiousEnglandj and mysterious,
gave ah instance of thisi . nbitious,"paradoxical Francethatcrydut for a new
*s.‘ G.r The' right of conscience s When violates' ' mfederacy: ; It is the slaveholders thabcry out 'for
’ a man’B icbnscience; his; duty is ito submit to tl£e ,; confederacy i;i fThei ; war,'.has b^
~ penalty---not:to obstruct the observance of-that law;;/ anffij;.Juture.histoiy^asThe'
.A government has power,to IbpsehVthe bonds be-- ' The fqurmilliona'of bbßamen do r
Tween fathef'and son; man at? wantdisunion,the poor whites of the South do
•' ter and iatterwasdohe three'tifces du- >twant it, butitTil.thejlaveholders. They wanted:
v.ring the referencesTb Lord eornwal-4 Jjunion,^because: ~they weTa;afarid of their slaye
lis, Sir f and Lord Dunmorer show., operty/ ruled' the 'couiitry uhtil by the
,We were of a reconstruction of the ' 'bwth of the’
Union on that the Gendral: Goverif- ‘ lenvtbe rbastard-Gohfederacyftwaai formed;
mentis to slavery. the"- lebj is on,Union andTiberty,ifor :
issue, that. itleastM^^agreat and Klorious , l 9'ayp^e t d pe6ple and rais-
We to thank God. ahd< trust * 9 a new goyerOment onthe comer-stone of slavery.-
for ■ A tewtraitortnnthe'tNorth"fiave.also joined ini
• : The services were plbsedby the singing of the 51st 1 r ' )e;Cl ! of aiconfederaoy. humiliating oonr
hymn r* . ; - 1; , iisionjbutitperfectly accordswith thejweakhess 1
* 4 The I»ord ottr .Gocl is full of might. r * l human nature. ;'ld the slave 'Sthtes', ,wittiou T t a
...The sermon was introduced appropriately bv the ngle free institution, they may be excusablej'but in,
«Bingihg ofthe 46th psalm; , . ieNorthjwhatmust.be thought of men who would
j-if vsb - Rthecapitalj Mount^einQ^giyeup : .the^MUsisi';
j : m .m aayipuv.whendnduHt to/Thce. ” , ‘ ppi that U-may berposßessedr.by a poweK
. /The cbmprebensiveV’prayera 'which'.accoihpanied, 'h i ere/areno’ ! epitbetB;sufticienfclbr-th'ese peraon's 4
< them, completed the devotional exercises:’ ■■■' ' raitor ft&a a BeV’ere'word : to T Benedict Arnold, biit‘
- f| 11 f! ' ■: • • t*' r ' i i *** wls amildTermtoapply To,thesepersons. .There 1 '
Prvumow nvnw v v refuse^to^prayforbthe iPresideot'.,
, , 'BROAD STREET *P)XGS,tYTKIIIAir CHUROIT.
Texts: vs&ghedHn the balanceaVmid cirt 1 he , South‘to^ilay^oiir 1 idhs’'and/biro ’Thele;
w. ZJ -v' . . ~iT ! pWple* J thoHGovern
>i,; JKgffjMigh niltth in tfa men,
•** J iinlißfi"Biiiuil7>'tWNewY6rk l^i>)-M,*l.' r alloweil.tS,
■ Ailftn,. commenoe<l by Baying, .that he wan .piesd 11. treßßon overthe country, and everv dray
(p. oKer pr.i.e to the jnoral Jtl/it;l'etnAßdQ-iyood,i. allovveij;tp carry hi. worth-,
S‘HP n ' ( ca .*'^,*:'tf l - < t v , cr ia jieart, ia ,tu outrage,
tell Then taltreveloptaent-in the' inventlon.whlch v nfl ataonurDerit ofthe lortiearahce of the' 'Govern-'
are .timulated by the war, in the hisforylt>oreate.; ment. ' . te?,..-.. 4“../ Or,. I .’; , o-.
■/jn-the Oiaolfisjure pf prinoiple*,whJoh
i®)®,l? 1 « s HP er,trllc, “ r ? otour;natlonal life ; Euiope. the .lavehoMef. of.thc.Soiitb, and the tril-.
In the better impressions oi both parties, the one torn* af?'m''tNbrtfir were'thbsp'' oalling out—
pfthe other- in the death-blow glyen toilavery ;.in. 'SA Goflfederacy.J ftiGonfederaoy !!’.• - ; i J
theleßßOca we have learned; that.great achievement.. ..Thereverend.gentleniantben.aketched at.lcnith
are hot the w ork ot anrhour; that .our, the , evilh which would result ‘from a disruntipn of ■
i; impatience art; unwortby^pfiua^that.our...life h'aa thefOnibit;" If'the Sbuth ’should'aeparatet there,
. woik in it.that sorrow.la tigaiiojifflne for.noble en-i twoulff'belih rAtiantlb GbnfbderaCy, : a’ Nortbweat'
' auranclßnd tbanly .MwjMffiffigS ’ ' t l®onfeaerioy, infl»!Radfl.c Obnfederaey,, Such % ttfc'.'
•'O' ‘1 tie South has fight and will Ai.ion of thii country would. be. theudelight-ot the.
1 do it to the end ; not-s&MSjpgMißst men asagalnst, fcrowiied heads bfEuroiie, and the'death'-Wow to the
their falsehood hands which have.Bi'bpeß Of'th’e'struggling patriots ofltaly andVoland,’.
.labored in If among! jfaidtltouaands ot others:*' She is the beaeoln-light;»'.
tig*
tDMA y. . AjB&MIB J
'-the
rith
inF,” wasi^ing»
DAY. MAY 1. 1863. ; - 3 !
mountains, can govern cities and command
- ’armies. We ha ve learned .that our enemies are va*
lorous, skillful, and enduring;- ?->
..Speaking of. the grounds pfot.. humiliation and
iprayer, he weighed the whole nation in the balances*
.of the decalogue, ahowingthatidolatry, profanenees,
impurity, and murder,:walk abroad in the land.'
That it is Almoßt impossible to And truth ln4he or-’
dinary channels of intercourse.-' The mind ia crazed -»
i with lumprß: Lies floaton thetelegraph?fiy:on the
i i wings of the press, drop*in honeyed words at the
counters, fallm false tears at the grave, and lurk in
l: roseate hues at the bridal.' The heart is false. The
Jlhead is false. > The life is false.: We are wrapped
i!about, in the unreal, the mere mummerieß of what
i ought to be a true ami glorious manhood. Covetous-'
ness, also, goes elder by side .with benevolence, and,
li feedß on it. It would have.the'war go on for itself.
; It would, coin money from: the quivering flesTvaud?
i the dying heart of the soldier. v r • : •
; Our great, comprehensive sin is forgettulnesi of
God. He is in the strife, but wedanofc seehira.lt;
: is for this people, more than any other, to recognize,.
. God. Our nation was consecrated by him and t*
, him. et the first. . "Vyhen: it came. forth naked,cold,*
i helpless,, on. this .wintry.shore,. He took it into his
bosom, hushed its cries,'gave lt angels’food,-made It
great, flrmed.lt against-its-, unnatural mother, set it
up before the world’s thrones, and marshaled the
stars in- glory around* itsf head.' We cannot inno
cently, forget. God. He ism all our history—in every.
actof:thißwar. 1
. Another sin of ounpeople is their cruel and un-
Christian prejudice against the African. /He has
once had a grand History,*and shall have another.
The- part of,the Ethiopian, is more,glorious .than
thAt of the Anglo-Saxon,Tri thedaysof Tacitus and
Caesar, when.he dwelt in the-German forests, drank
blooil of his .captives from .human BkuUs,
sacrificing to Ms u grim and gory idols.• * ■ -
i.God has aprospeoiive nationalityfor'-the negro'.
H.e was at the bottom of.this war, but he is using to
the-top. *He waita and’prays. Ifhe has'not the
cold, -clear intellect, of the Caucasian; he has a gentler
and a better, heart, and .Chrlßt deals with the heart.
If God reserved-thisgreat continent for >the Anglo'-
Saxon, may-he not have.reßerved Central Africa for
the he mav there surpass his early life
under the reign of celeatial love and peace 1 ?. He will
remain where he is until God’s day shall come, then
for. the exode.' Give the African his-right.- Xct
mind and heart) be the measure of Ught, As it is in
Hcavont Whether we will or.no, he will rise and
have his destined’hlstory,* and do the work r to' which
God . calls With .true dependence on Godpve
shall live as a riatiom It is treason against Heaven
'to think of failure.’* , > 1 ~
tf Oli. freedom I f-Tcyver at thee has launched ■ -
His holtP. aDd with hls liffbtDiDga smitten the«* *
-. •Tkey could; not.qnencktheUfe thou hast from Heaven.”.
, Our prayer to-day is for the freedom of the world!
for .the peacefulv noly reign of. Christ. JV We want
/rwe liberty—soul liberty* ” There arelustyfbawls for
freedom. There.are goas at the polls whom Nature
-wouldmot ownias ‘Scavengers. We none of
them; but the grand, .holy, stern, pure* manhood,
redeemed and glorified by the Son of God!
1
( SEKUIOITBJVjEET.' ,IV.T. COOPER;D.T>;,.tfTTHKTHIBD >
PJIESHYTJiJRIAN CHURCH. j
*: At the Presbyterian Church in Front s'treet,near ?
Jefferson, of which-Dr/Cooper is pastor,'the lessons 1
of the day were fvery appropriate and-interesting.>
This welMcnown pastor preached the first*
clause of the ,26th chapter .of Isaiah, Bth verse, a!
text 'of singular 'force : “ "Yea, in ’the way of Tliyt
OLordi'have wetwaited for Thee.’’ ■ The I
manner of the yeverend gentleman was especially !
aimple,-gr&ve,'-and fervent. - ’The text, he remarked, 1
i WAB part Qf a long to be sung near captivity;; it was*,
uttered in a davof. tribulation arid* iniquity; and it r
was proper to toe -attitude ofr the-nation’before'the.
Most High,-and to, the experience of the professing
people of in Scripture were some-,
timesi significant, of. daws r and: statutes, sometimes! i
divine d^creep.and truths; here it involved punish--
ment, for. li&i&h further says,'“’When Thy judg-:
ments areinthe earth, the inhabitants ofthe world
will learn righteousness.” The present is a time of?
such judgments,-when God’s wrath, and the national:
. peril and . weakness, humble use before God.. > Judg-. 1
ments involved the idea of justice, and divine dis-j
. pensations: visitedupon nationsand^ndivuluals-in!
, calamities,otfallure,,epidemic, massacre.or famine,}
should teaclrus to justify’God,*to submit, and to re
- form. -To 'justjfy .God werauat condemn ourselves.:
.If the Affliction is great, wbat shall we think of the:
{which -provokes it? 15houldwenot;bow our
,pnd*
, iD reverent and penitent humiliation.when we
>mber’that, though the punishments of God may.
•vere, they :are. leerthaiiwe'deßerYe.T.lo kno.w
justice of God's.judgment,-we should
ty by oallingupon'him. ‘David recognized this
ue eveniwhen he out; of: his My,
[.why hsst Thou, forsaken me V*. JThe 'earnest
tpr of "the psalmist must "become ourownbefore
pail discover beyond, Gpd's justice his crowning,
(meet of mercy and benefactiohi - ; }
Je judgments of God arcmysteriousto the Chris-
to the skeptic an<l infl4el—but
their fact an<Ttruth remains as'God remains.- He
.barnpuntlciß 'resources* ofwrath,countless ways,'
and I countless forms ot judgment, and though it
wbiKß 'often- through inferior -agencies* itpossesßes
an original commission. <Frooi ofthe-divine per
mission and foreknowledge, was shown in the most
cruel act of the toorld, tyctdeathioft the Saviour ;;for
the redemption of.man, which God claimed.as his
suffering; in confirmation of which the'Saviour an
swered power except
from, above.’?. £&od<;sends his warnings, and the
heart of Pharaoh is atill.hardened—he smites. 1 -We
should-be ready, .to'Uisten: to God to knowwhen.he
warns us. Let us,hearkenv.to his whisper before we
tremble, at 'Mb • are smitten ‘by his thun
rderbQlt... We must !fi@ffrShiedfafirainst.Becurity.
The duty of self-interrogation both with reference
to the individual-and national sin,.was dwelt upon
by the reverend speaker. What share have wc had
m transgression? ‘ The nation had
fgreatly we have exalted to places of
honor those who have 4 not feared Opd,.
and in* hieh’places are breakers
oJt and religious indifference
arc BigoaJfe&aferppopiA; and we have made laws
against of t>uu. Fur-,how- long have we
enslaved bone of our bone
and flesh ofour'flcah,“degraded Into'articles of trade
And beasts burden.?■■ How far have : we counte
nanced theenme of the day,'the sin ofthe hour, the
vices of politicians, the sins of statesmen ? What is
our share in the transgression oftlie rulers,the coun
sellors, and the nation?- • .
;We think only of the rebels as a. cause of our na
tional distresses, and forgefthe chasten!ng and purl*
fyingjusticV.Nwc have balled upoii the President,
- updnMcClellan, upon'Eurnaide,and now on Hooker,
; for .victory-^—but have we called on.Godf- * ?
5 In conclusion, the reverened gentleman expressed
the Christian duty of waiting in the way of God's
judgments, and thfc worth of J such- dißpeosations in
- national education andTeform/and thesalvation of
■ people.: : Wait on God?s judgments, not in idleness
or. 'Unconcern,*but m > diligence doing the work’of
God. “Wait on the Lord and be'of good courage,
and he will strengthen thy-hand. r “If •‘my : people
which are called by my name, shall humble them
selves and pray, and- seek my face, and turn> from
their wicked ways,..then will I hear from heaven,
and'will iorgive their sin, and heal’their land;" ■>
. ■> •*1L s i 1 1 f ’JJ i 7 £' 4 1 7
t libertyall over the world ; -and, if the .Government
; falls, constitutlODal liberty falls also. 1 ■
j i Gan we consent jto let the* Souths go, .that it may)
I establish a confederacy founded, upon human bond
\ age? < Never! would>be the vcrdictof poate-
I rity.ly Should-we do J,t,the dead patriots who sleep,
by the the Peninsula; and all'
, over the.South,would comeforth from.theirgraves
i and condemn.us,. , • , . . „ * .. r t . .r
)-• We have now begun to Bee the moral and politi
it cal advantages of the/war. It has proved that.the'
l! Union is something more ,than a rope of sand, and it.
:‘has giverithe slave-system'its death-blow. Who
: would* want ,to take- k the Union>back to condi
tion in .which it was on Thanksgiving day, 1860,
when ,'James Bucbarianwas’in ;the
chair"? The war,which-was to* overthrow the. Go-.
vernment‘has only deepened its foundations, and
, made.it stronger and more powerful than ever. v ■■ k
f w we shall, be called upon sternly and
loyally to meet*and welcome conscription’amftaxa*'
tion, setting our faces-against treason Northland,
‘ South, and holding up to everlasting honor the men
who fight our battles, be they ofwhat creed or. partyf
they,may;be,.and bolding up ,to scorn andkdamnatlon
the men who in this dark hour would b6ttay us; and
let us, with songs andigladncas/welcome-the millen
nium, the political glory, the long sabbath of liberty,
of the jubilee ofhumanity.
, REFORMED DUTCH.
SERMON HY ;BEV. T. 'D^ ( WITT TAtMAGB', AT THE
, -6KCOND(EEPOKMED DUTCH :f / f vs
Theßev. T. De Witt Talmage, pastor of the Se
cond Reformed Butch Church, Seventh street, above
Brown, reserved his Fast- Bay Sermon until iaateve
iling, when that edifice was filled to hear a discourse;
. the subject of >which was, ff -The Sins of the-North.” 1
Text: ZtphciTiMzh, 2. hi, li And. ha. will- stretch out his
- hand against theNbrth:P >
• . .He.opened by; saying that it was.a’ strange Bight
to-day, mid week, to see the wheels of traffic pause,
•and gathering into chape] and church;'and* oath*
dral,?. multitudes of worshippers, with ) sadness, on
every countenance, and sorrow in every heart. Not
As on thoseglad sutumnal occasions-when Thanks
giving. Bay haß'-eome, .and families > are. gathered
home to the banquet, and the churches of God are
alba-ring .with praiseforharveats< gathered,-and na- •
tiondl prosperity continued.* But a long, deep
shadow, he said, had fallen uponus. 1 That scourge
of nations, which ,hath 'dug/its. .grave- trench, ail
round thcNvorld, and pou red into 1 it .the beat blood of
kingdomsifuid generations, after) cumngotherna- :
.tlons with its atrocities, had landed on our shores, :
and which was v played at the
departure.of our,troops, f had been exchanged for the ;
muffled drum-beat and.the burial dirge. : , : ' :
For a nation' like this, which born in-the ;
.ny aDd,travail .of revolution,-and bap-:i
tized m its infancy with patriot blobdV'alf the great j
-spirits the noble.and.the free-standing < y up;.asiita - 1
sponsors, and through every stage of its advance- ’I
ment-making appeal to God's protection—for such a '
•nation to-day.to prostrate itself in the dust is most *
-appropriate and becoming. To your,- knees ! O na
tion of God's right hand ! ’ Let -penitence’ moan bit-'
terlyattbefamily altar, and . organs, through ‘aisle !
and.under arch tremble with the wailing.' Let rivers *
weep to the sea, and clouds weep to the hillß^n'dall;
over.theland,be mourning!,mourning ! - ’ ' > ■
1 The prophecy made in the text relative' to Syria,
US, to extent,: descriptive of (the: chastise- ‘
mentsnnder which we are Buffering., For our trans-!
Egressions} God hath stretched out his hand against *
.■uthejNorthv. -in this 'discourse I preach '
about the eins. oTthe North, do not f think that it is
.becauseltwish, through ‘any short-sighted policy, i
to. forbear, expressing, my.. .unutterable, hatred for
American Blavery, - one ■'of the* worst abomi-)
hUHtiODt, that j weresever exhumed • from' j the'
pit. This, i"is' a ..sins, .for. which the Southi
-must repent. We did not com'e here to'confess th'e ‘
iniquities of others.} ? God helping me, I wiU -
very plain words, to set forth some of the transgres- :
sions on account of'Which God-hath stretched ’forth'
i his hand against the, Northj then, to consider the!
' manner in, which we have- Been* humiliated ;• and;!
• lastly, l theeway .out of our calamities.M :.vv ..
-l arraign covetousness a* one of the consumine sins
of'tbeland. ,■ r
God mb the fiiend of hundred-handed,! thousand
wheeled enterprise. Brooks tumbling , from moun
taindedge were meant -ibr mill-harness; as much*as >
horsed mouth Jor bit.or ox’s neck for. yoke.-[ Every;
ray of light, and every drop of dew;, and crys-:
Mtal oftsnow; is wealth>fromGodput<imourlapr-Bht'
All this ( is.no excuse, for . a spirit of avarice. > What
-1 multitudes of men rushing over all moralrestraints, ;
with hell-.devouring greed grasping for more !*' What'
influential,business establishments, with Fraud's^
• yard of doth and every'box of spicery!?
-Whatmassive residences,-without pne honestbriokt
from foundation to observatory ! What dashing
■ equipages,'with the widow's portion in the horse's 1
, head-gear;,and ,the orjihan's, bread-atuffedi
into the crimson upholstery! - ' . j
■ • J. arraign 'Drunkenness as; one of the crimes of the 1
JaDd.. -180,000 drunkards staggering, hooting, <yeUiug.
■ blaspheming; It hath chosen- the fattest liambs-for
, its sacrifice. victory this bloated,.
. carbuncled Drunkenness snatched from l
the brow of the scholar and orator ! What'lights of
.large-hearted-generosity at haß put out! Does It not
. jingle f the burglar's keys? Does it not whet the as-'
sAßsin's knife? . Doefeit not cock highwayman's'
. pistol,? - Does it not- .wave; the incendiary's torch?
Into your nostrils, comes up daily in this city the
stenohvofj thousands of unlicensed;icontemptible/
snealcingj.villainous, filthy, nauseating, disgusting!
f infamous, loathsome Irish; Butch, A‘mcrican‘la°'er
beerrum-holes. [ -j i f t , ■># *
I arraign Political Corruption: •
• ■■ ? What millions of money have gone to make votes
for-corporations, and railroad companies r Our Al
bany and Harrisburg capitals have been only the pri
mary- departments where men were schooled for the
, more, stupendous, swindling of the National Con
gress. Even since the judgments of'God have de
scended,the thing goes; on.* .What “ Indian Trust"
, frauds,, and steamer.- “Catiline" outrages’ What •
swmdliDg-in'army rations,"swindling iu knapsacks;
/swindling m blankets; swindling jin - muskets,
• everything, till scoundrelism and ras
cality fcre triumphant..
I arraign irreltgion &niX forget God.
U, let us come-back,'-though in coming we must
tread on the sharp: swords of battle, and must leap
the grave .of a nation's , slain Then, before we have
gone another furlong-on this troubled sea, we will
behold j the .Son of God walking-the waters, and at
his Bivine command the old ship will right herself,
and the storm fall dead. -. s- - 7
: God has humiliated* us by the scoff of other na
tions. How manv hard thrusts from'the “mother
:; country England; thesympathizer” of'other 1
r days, her .courU;doing homage to our diplomatists;
her parliaments" praising our prosperity? •'Englandf
:the homeof-'Srhakspeare,.and Cowper, and Rogers,
and Tennyson. England! the despiser of insiirrec
' tion -in India, and - the terror of despotisms. Eng
land! of the Christian Queen,.and the philanthro
pic endeavor, flooding earth with Bibles, and
sending her* missionaries all through the kingdoms •
. of darkness. ;What, forgetfulness of the - glorious
sentiments of' Burke and Pitt! What open-hands -
;fpr Confederate,Joans ! - What deaf ears to theves
, sels of war coming together under the thousand
jammers of k her ship-yards, and destined for'South
.era ports!.-What hot denunciations in Parliament
of “ bubble-bursting republics .»> What barfquetstor
the- Insurrection—toasts drank,
and epeeches.made, and cries of “ Hear \ hear m in
the excited galleries. . -c j
■: The preaeherwent on.to say thatwe had beenhu
miliated also by the bereavements consequent unoh
theslaughter of the battle-fields. “ - j
, Repentance was the only;way-out* of .our calami
ties. What a solemn scene! A nation at praver.
To add another thrill to the solemnity of the day,
we hear the shriek of hundreds of drowning passen
gers as the steamer “Anglo Saxon" comes crashing’
into the coast of Newfoundland., many of our Ameri
;.. can citizensicrushed .amnl the breaking.decks,-and
. cllnging‘to the fore-ngginS, and-'plunging down
where- the sea keeps-her. awful sepulchre; n And, in -
view 01. all these disasters, the cry thatgoes'up to
God to-day for help is loufl; long,’bitter, and tre*
mendous. , J
3Wy. prayer is the prayer of thedving'Sunrnei*: Over
: whose fresh*-grave the nation mourns': ‘.‘God-save 1
my country, the United States of America!!,»-
■'ixWi-yg-pl-TiVTiaBVLAXi's.-'* -'- - \ -
... S4iRMOW ii J\Y-'jREV.},B. AV..JatJTTEBj-AT,THENEw4 ;i
‘ / STREET LUTHERkVcHTTROH.' 4 ' | I
"•■ln*the"New-atreet liutherftn Church;.besides' the I
large? congregation, aiiumber of as- i
•^erab]ed. t ( TheP|4 e , r - ®^ W ‘ Hotter, delivered' i
''an instructive and interesting discourse. ' He' an
nounced Mr Mb theme “Tfte 'Time of-Mourning” and
chose'for his text the wonls of -Chrlstfcontaiaed in,
Matthew. ix 3 45: 1,, v> w
.S'9'n thebrideehamber mourncts lona
a^thtJjrid^pr.mis^wUhth^r'ButVieaa^^illcome^
■ £ridfgroom, shall he taken -from them-rand
then shall they fast. ■ •-•-•• '•■'••‘.-i-v.-
• ;Ttie j>reshfcr commence&'^y-BBiyinyt^itWß'ib'
<• difficult matter-) to, v oonnect ;i the text occa
sion. The disciples of John the 'Baptist,ioined by
' the Pharisees, And doubtless at- tKeir
found . fault .>fith that his, disciples did riot
fast as frequentjyasthey. Orif liord'a-‘answer-Siß**
characterized^, by:; profbundest; wisdom„ r otWifchout-r
condemning,
' vindlcatesth'e-c6nduct'dfhis i d?sKpT«^arid ,
his discipleSto the
: children of -the bridechamberj f who "baiWfie* brides
l ever;
.;his:pwncrpcifixidnaridnscei}sion..they,wbaUd>bele4 a
tb w'eeping'arid faßting'by th'e force of af- r '
tflictionsaridip.eraecutionsithatiihould'followivThe
truthhereinculcatedis the same asserted by Solo-*'
: mon inEcclessiastes,' that to bvery think arid pur
i pose underiheayeiLtherei is h season, and.acoords also
: with.that other kindred, declaration of Ohrts& that*
“sufficient Unto the day is theevil
religious observances. should not; take place out of
season. things beautiful intheir l
season.” u 1 J* * ”*«»*',» « « rl< ii •> &, f u
i Pasfing represented as an ancient usage. It
was 'coeval day s ? of 'Moses and Joshua, l
Scriptural
authorities were quoted, ’especially the case of the
neverinBtitutedany.,particular r faßt,noreDjoined it
as a standing sacrament- upon the Criurch;but the 5 ’
text furnished prooftkat He deemedutproper, and ,
expedient, especially,in ,seasons.of.deep public ior
private afflfction. l, The waUrmdulcated iri ;
•tbeJSennoiLonvtheiyrbimtf-andoenforcedbyAHifl-owii;
uersonalexainple.. The practice has thij particular
- that it chastens the v pWsiotfs/provokes at- >■
retent ion to saored thln gs* by laying, a salutary arrest
on the exhilarating flojv of business arid pleasure.''
and obtrudes solemnity of thbu'ghfupori those whose
hearts.are.only susceptible tosuch impressions from
outward 1
- responded most ~
- heartily:toth^Executiverecommendation, of a-pub- 1
lie fastj becausb it on'
: Him/without thripower and ministrationofwhoae,
i unseen anduniversalprovidence man nor. angel
■ could Ifft a thread or a pinion! This'waa a . great '
letaon.fora nation to learn eand none more difficult,
the apoalacy having .6 benhmbed our sensibilities;"
. dartcenediour 1 praroeptldhsf%idi fllled uei’-wlth the >
. poleon.pf pride. •v'We fancied,purelyeB gods, living,'
and moving,, and having -our being In ourselves, ana ; '
notin another. ’Whereas,. we* were dependent on
God for every breathVe drew, and for every pulaa
- tlonofour arterie«;-and were'habltually enrlchcd by
Hlb smile, and languished ; under His rebuke, He
responded, furthermore, with cheerfulness, to the
■ Executive call,"forthe additional- reaiohj that at
this fearful juncture of ournatlon’s history, more
than, at apy, other, confessions, and prayers, and
. amendatbrjr reßOlvesfand physical and spiritual -
m6rtiflcatiohii' , were called for. God’s disciplining’
hand.’ls.upoh !us,' : ahdfrbmHisawful judgment’
/.throne’, he. was speeding the bronzed arrowaof au
incensed Omnipotence. The, hridegronm.’he iaid,
badbaentaken away, and we call;in valnforhis re* "
turn. ’ The speaker held, that when the ’ mind’is left
. without aby solid centre, on which 1 to . settle, when
the tjmid shriek and the bravest and still,” he that i|
‘hadnc, appreciation of hj* perils, ’ Aid despised ’the”
'bbe'stebing of the Lord,’Was a moral monster, -either”'
, more or leaa'thpn a“man; K -■ J v i- r
•jWhat'greatly aggravatea our. caiamitleaVhe aaid, 1
”ia thefact that they are ssf/procured. s lf the’hatlbn ••
‘.dies, it will’ die, the',awful-death ot'Wsuitfdei ’We- i
V cann’ot, il we wpuld.-diaaoclalte our n’atlonal troublea 'i
ffom bur national aina. 1 '■ ’ ■ .■ *. ~ .i
: Mr. Butter next; inculcated, in forcible and glow-’
..ibg’jkpSHWlfi'Jhelcheriehingof’trtee'vlewßbf d’uhr,
;»> welluaß”. of enlightened and comprehensive coni
; ceptiopa,.ortjie principle* of Providence. 1 i'He would'
; not’ deaeprate auch a day aithl.,o nor'degrade the! l
]ilace.he wap,.occupying, to profane''irnav'c'i«iit,'andi.i
irrelevant,uses.; God iorbldi “Hehad eveVeought’
to, realize v thatthe' pulpit 'waa not the nlacS’to ula
’ cuaa partlßan ’ dl.putea, nor to'aeek the gratification
, ofaelflah and personal ends.’ , No’! Tt was the place
. tobiing into coptact with 1 the 'aplrita bf meet God’s.
~ love, <jod;a conilescenaion, Gtod’a meroy, God’s .In,,
’ cfiably glorious and sliblime salvatlon’/through the 1
blood shed on Calvary. .It wai ; the pldcetp bring
men jntp .the warm launshineof the covenant, who
. R fp yet.within the precihefsof th’e' curae, and shiver- -
ing Uiuter thi clammy coldness of the second death.. s
Governnlehta, herald,coine iiot by chancej. nor
Sbßs ( !,I. I-.6!-"! * l‘.l, 6l» f ‘
*tei bwf’ • iftjl -i'.i < • < H’f.."} f
. r. ' - i
TIIRKE CENTS.
'5 <*>- / * s 7
fortune,.nor from private, ambition, but are' “or
dained otGod,” as a r ,bleßBiiig to the world. Unlesß^
1 absolutely ancMnsupporthbiyoppressivc. end. tnaui->
festly contrary to the of_the Supreme;
’ Monarch of the.skies/the greatest ssin ; men could?
commit on earth, was to attempt their forcible.over-'
throw; That our’s waß bf'thia not even
: thehlinded fanatics id ? armß-agalnst
the hardihood to declare, for,had they,no.t,eyer *mce!
enjoyed- almost a monopoly,ofrit»<
. emoluments and honors? ' By’tfie "firing'on. JForfc.
Sumpter, a gigantic miVchief had - been 5 inaugurated/
even thewitn of the reaim—the untying /the bondofc
our-natloDality'/ -Horrible iniquity, to .be’punished’’
► ! Who but the Prince. otDark
neEß,could lm.ve instigated r to bo foul a'deedT And
vfrbm'tfiat ddetrof violence had proceeded all this car- 1
‘ dlval bf this accumulation of disgrace’
and Borrow,' and humiliation hWhat an incendiary—
wh at a bu rglar-what an- 'assassin—had not this se>
cesiibn deßperado becbme ! ;' . ~
Lri 1 noapirit of Phariseeism did the speaker thank
God that of crime of seeking by force
of;arme; the disruption of our Government/and the
Republic’s overthrow, of are. inno
cent. - We had* much, to .the bar/of
Gofl/we^airkDew, 1 but 1 to 1
heaven;'weliadnot lent ourselves those who
have, and yet do, s&ckclothisa garment Lartoo fine,
and sprinkling'much too ; pleasant. ... Let
others do bs they might, as for Kimßelf, said Mr.H;/
in closing, his conscience would dart sharper pangs
into his/sourthamany; lash, of scorpions could un
fliotj.could he ever,cease to invoke the Divine- bless
ing(oii our nation’s brave defenders, .that the rebel;
lion might be crushed'/ and its authors and abettors
discoihfifted and punished* Since the day when
wicked Gain imbruedhis hands imtheblood of: right
eous Abel no such,foul;atrooity had been witnessed on
thiß earth. Theft, arson, aßßaßßination,,and the like,
weaHkiiew, s were heinous offences ;"but the' lowest*
kink and puddle of r them all bore no comparison f tb
of shagje blood, dnaiigurated/by
unprincipled;demagogues at the South.-. This, he
said, was'a.,crime, against God, against country!
against countrymen and countrywomen,'against
-kinsfolk; lover, friend, knd acquaintance, and against
all-men - udl versal Jy.~i Even .tbe/ordinary marriage
tie could; only.be-diaßolred'under the graveßtßO*
lemnitiefl, and as a dernierreßort.Muchniore coiild .
the Bolemn nuptial ties ; that bound .in one common !
bbnd -of fraternal States' be
only digsolved of direst necessity. under*the tie of con
science',- binding all partiestothe: retributive justice
of .Heaven. /So regarding/the/ facts,/clear to* his
”mind * ai s ff- tfritteri
arched sky, the apeakerwould'nevercease toanath- ,
ihe.rebellion as; a moat; hotrible iniquity, .
norto invoke in behalf pf,'our.land,the-, speedy and
'sufeinterpoeition of'the 4 Jehovah-Go‘d !"Th‘en,' when '
the bridegroom [should return "to thechildren of the :
<bridechamber; our mburning would-Kfe' turnedinto
joy, andour fastinto a feast, which time,might God .
speed!, * J T f !( <i *t f
V iAt the.cloße of the sermon, the congregation Bang j
the national ode, if My country t Hts of .
INDEPENDENT,
SEEMOir nr bxv. wji.niAM.MoisitJs,. at the. as- •
, - . BBMIILY HUILDING. *
A Sermon, having for "its theme The Scriptural
Idea of a National Fast,wasdeUvered by Dr. Wm,
Morris at .the Assembly Building, yesterday. mom*
jng, at 11 o'clock. The discourse was one of remark-,
able point and compass,evincing unityofbesign,:
'hut’including an. instructive varied of particulars,
* and the principles which they inyoiveV ’ '
The preacher introduced bis’sutyect by observing*’
that, in order to a distinctive and just apprehension
-of the proposed theme—in its origin, nature, and in
dent—the spiritual, relations,of the childrenof Go,d;to >
..their Heavenly: Father,*)thoir divine. Saviour, and
J tbe Holy’ Spirit the Comforter. ihust be' mentally.
' held Apart* from• the natur'al ana' political relations
J ofrmemand of nations -towards God/s*- Gbdjthe
, Creat or and theheavens and the earth, -
the Preserver 'of men, the Provider and’ Glver/of
every natural good, and the Sovereign Ruler over
all the'nations upon-'earth. ">
, Kr. Morris flketched the origin of nationalities;
* anil remarked that men are, social beings by. creation
"and corstitutioErafl ordatnedofGod; but that men
• became griegariou’s as'A consequence of the entrance •
; andi prevalence of sin. ; The; existence of political
-communities or nations he,ascribed! to the existence
.. of sin uppn earth.i- Men, associated and combined to
,re pel lawless invasion and -predatory strife, and for
‘ the purposes of ambitibnkhdpbwer. And he*re-
! audience! that hiatbrlea/
without\exceptiop-, f arej thes histories of diversified
~sin—no. flattering .mirror.for a.nationaL review, but
appropriate [to'the subject and ! .the’d ay.
• 'ln' progresßibg towaj’dr.the'V Scriptural ‘idea of a
/NStional Past,tthe‘*lprbacbbr presented 'an'epltbihe
.of national'.duties thus: It was the bounden duty of
, all nations, to glorify
and to be thankful. Out" of this epitome several
particulais were evolved: That it is the duty of aU
nations to glorify God by confessing, in 'deed and in
-truth, that He ls God—the almighty and wisefand
benevolent Creator.Upholderj and of ,all
things ;',the merciful Prieserver of 'men, the: munifi
cent Giver of all hatu'ral andnatibifal gobd,'aDd the
< Bovereign ana -supreme''Ruler overall the* earth!—
the “King of Rations j” -and that,. from&U nations,
: in their national l capacity, .the humble, and,gladsome
'eonfesßioDß of gratitude and praise ' ought to aicehd
continually, m -abknowledgment ;! bf the ti^th" r that
the ehrthisfulfofthegooanessorGbd^whoßeten
• der-meicies are over alhHis workAy ; . . • v
summary of nationalduties lyas followed by
>• brief review of natibnar sills,land; these were
1 shown to;Vbe v all comprehended in-an'invasionahd
aßßumpfiorL.of/the rights and .prerogatives of God.
The partioolaTs indicated werethese: -i -■>
... A ed&rtofl t to the. earth, which .“is the
thereof” and"an asserted
of the sovereign dia
posaltbf .^od^ho“ has divided to the nations their
tinh^rttan cCjand '£,*}has determined; the-.bounds "of
thfpLr^KabltationsyV-an assumed right to the genial
powers and influenced .of Nature, to the varied pro
ductions of the earth, of
wealth, and greatness, an as-
Buni])tion ; o{ the right of a
nationtapKfeB»lCT^& c the.tqM^m^^^i)W6j|tt? i g h
rul
whoTOßoeverhe?wiU; tifs
band, or’sayiuntohim, “
mity to the,, truth God is God pan abuse a#d
waste, of. to.e&ountiful provisions of God, in the way '
of pridefduxury, debauchery, and drunkenness, and
by the m'onopoJy of God’s bounties in the-way of 1
covetous speculation , the subversion of justice and
judgment, in both the enactment and administration ‘
of the laws, by reason of bribery and corruption: ‘
commercial imposition, 1 overreaching and systematic '
fraud ; oppression of the weak, the defenceless, and 1
the abased. • Uu t'-*'. :
. This catalogue of national sinß was amplified to *
some extent j but it was .evident' that the .preacher -
aimed ait informingtlfeuiiderßtaiidingarid conscience
ofhis audience, rather than at exciting, by deelama- 1
tory application and censure. •« . ;v-ii, •, ? ; » !
; , N Having'eniarged upon v the fact sin *
was the avowed occasion of a natiqnal. fasti the'
preacher proceeded to show the Scriptural ide&bf a r
national fast. He" "said 1 it was' the prac- “
tical confession' ofr ‘national ; guiltiness before
J3cd, .and that the just desert of such guilti-*
nessAvaßhationalruin and destruction. ’For ana-'
rtional,;fastj proclaimed by authority.and ; really ob
served, is a total, abstinence from labor and food, 1
‘both of which wereneceasary to the-contiouance of ’
individual and nationaftjife; and,to abstain from
both, in the way of humiliation {before God, was, ;
therefore, to confess that. the nation to* be
, paralyzed and to perish. This a contrite
confession of national lsinsVan honest turning away
>ffom nationaririiquities, and< atixeaipest appeal to v
-the mercy of £rod, for deliverance.ffbin deserved and
impending doom. The fast proclaimed at■ Nineveh,
‘ consequenton the denunciation uttered by-Jonah, 1
was quotedj'as presenting the true idea of a national :
fast- (Jonan, 3: 5— 10). And the fast 9t Yom Kippor , J
or day of, atonement appointed by God, to be ob-‘*
served by the nation orlsrael, was also cited and
-* explained; ThelarAelites;were->toabat&in entirely
./ronuworkj and-they,were, their souls r
is,'by* abstaining entirely frbft f6bd; ! The‘afflict- i
ring of i.the sopl ordained ol GojLwasjjphysicaV and'
not .metaphysical; and the .physical affliction was 1 *
-notappointedfor its bwn'sake/but'as’a significant
r inode of .confeß&ing that nationals iniqiri ties deserve 1
and maybe justly visited with hationahruin and ‘
1 death'. >,ThlS' preacher, held that the’Most ?High‘: did !
v not takepleasurein therattemptof people to make
} them'EelveBM6rbsean'diriiserables but He did regard’
;.(aB.in r f tb e w c Me:6ffthejNihevites)ankoaesfcandprac- /
tical confession pf national desert. . /;■
The deEcfiptibn ofaliteral-and honest fast-was fol
lowed, by Jhat of a -lying : and? hypocritical fast, in' ;
which the passage in, Isaiah 58 : i-ii, was'qdbted.^
' Dr. Morris remarked that this passage”presehted ; one ;
. of the finfest-gpecimens of s sarcasmin alKthe
’ tuies. keen'and bitter irony 1 JehbVali there* 1
icredited the nation? with all:tbe superiority in moral v
. and virtuousness andldevoteduess which,"
'Jii their boaatful self-confldehce and s’elf-righteous
nessy jhey claimed to, themselves, and which->had '
culminated in a national- fast. Then, 'said the f
.preacher,God unmajHcedthe hypocrisy and manifold
iniquities praCtisedrandpersisted in/underfcover of
an extremely religious, pretence, .quoting .from- the'
A chapter namedi~,“Behold,'ih ! the dayofyour'fast ye
■ find pleaeure, and exact all your.lflbors. Behold, ye *
fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fiat of
y-wickednels: ye shafisnot-fast as4ye do this day, to
/make yqur voice ; to bq heardon high. -Ib it such a '
. fastthat I have cheaen.T , » : The"metaphoricaLsigi s
. niflcance-of national-fast-was shown (by
means.of ,the succeeding verses) to be an.abstinence #1
from, national "iniquities and an : observance of the
dictates bf humanity, justice, and truths .■ i
. In conclusion,<Xr. Morris showed the Scriptural
‘idea of Christian fasting j in' v 'cbntrast with' a public
*natifinql'fgsu -Thei ehriatianSiT&aj
by the XbjTd Jesus, it .was said, could not'be im--
' posed by ecclesiastical authority, but f mUst
(Spontaneous God: ; and
"the occasion’ of such fasting was an“excess of physi
cal energy, obstructing theprope«kctivitiesibf sjlMt*
, ual life, and communion .with God; The object of
• Christian" fasting therefore/to an-'
. tagonl?tioforce'of‘‘the ; fleshv”. the Christian' 1
. may steadily .“walk in the spirit»»and in the light of*
thfei approving of'GotillV His^illUßtrai' 1
■tions at the,close; showing .the fo»y.:of
are physically feeble; abstaining ftoirT food at the 1
* peril of theinhealth,.were;humordua*and convincing,
,and elicited a general .smile among f the^udience.
■ ’ -seiwion'ky iseVAjohn 'chambers. " :•
' < A.lf»rge;CODgregati6n .assembled at tbe church of
v the John on Broad street near
Chestnut) yesterday morning, to assist in the sol
einnization ofthe fast day. The reverend gentle
' man read a number of extra'eta from Zacharahl2:9;
■>Amos, fifh chapter-. Jeremiah 4:26, andrlsaiah (56.3,
- shewing what the scriptures say concerning the ob- ,
‘ and' the necessity of humiliation'-
and prayer. -Alluding'to the beautiful and touching.
proclamation 1 o'f our chief-magistrate,'he said the
• 'great.-object.of fastingwas to humiliate tho.)pe&'
; :p]e t and ,to implore the forgiveness .of, Almighty-God! '
We must'not* criminate, nor recriminate, but' In His,.
* name pour oil oflove oyer'the troubled" > waters,* that’ 5
’ albrnenmay: come this war is
over, sit under one vine, andone-fig-tree. . v.
The speaker made' ins text an extract
from Proverbs: . : ■
r -• 11'/ jJ • >t j-tf ■ M ‘‘ '■ ' •• >v >
** But sin Is cCre&ToaclCto dhy'peoiDie.” x- i . IJ _„
The 1 burden'of hisidiscburse had* reference to the'
,:sips -This,fast, hesaid. will brine
men’s minds to an 'appreciation of'thelr'o whwick
edness, of thetfheed or pardon, ah'd'ofithfr necessity
•*<£ *2}#?SG*>A fa* on earth,” m nation
that ever lived; has ever aeen hibte affliction* than
iours. Why;are-weyarrayediin hostility against one
Why are ofthe same blood, ofthe’
same family, ofthe same country* fighting fa'ce to face,
: andi feeling ifpr/enchfothersV hearts? , Sin only has
• done it j sin only could do it. It was his duty
minister of the Prince of'Peade to call Upon all to con
i less their, sins, .mid endeavor to propitiate the favor
r of Almighty God. ’We do not hate sin unless we
• hite itiw.ithta'fixed purpose. !We must/do: better.
• n We piuit.demean ourselves, before Grod wi thso^uofi,.
truth and 'courage thatiHe will come dowii'from His
. ?high 'place;and’liush-.the ooeah'ot trouble.-, .As it is,
. we pan only say4o Him, in the words,of tho
1 gal Sour ‘‘Father, we havesinhedagainsiHeavenU'-
« ahdinthy’Bighfweargnolongeriyr<).rthy.7c V * 1 . 4tl *
■ The reverend gentleman then proceeded to a theo
logical ‘discussion of Bin—its-' relations to
the people, and how itafibctapur.coun.try in the pre-'
'sent troubles. .'According to' Sfc’Paul," sln'is the -
i '(transgression bf’th&d'awbV-It'is'utteriyimpoßSible&tf'-
sin unless there is Jaw., He.defined the various laws*
and the transgressions which - invade them:- *Tn the'
,there was liberty. iGod placed man iu the
, beautiful gardep.pf Eden, and said to him. ‘‘AU the
'earthis thinebutthißonetreeVtouQh T it i not”'Th*t
■i wAB aJaw.- lnibreaking death and sorrow $
came, into the world. Law was' inaugurated, in-*
' Paradise*,invading* >ih we have - made our-■
> selves jiTvretch ed k tandr sinful-, creatures... Cholera, 1 ’
famine; and war, are* all' the ! re*ult»
' andfi sinMonly.'" We’ own;
jmtjM—h) *P.ur'pplitical and fc
'who make‘bur'own rcgulationa'and'ourowniawa*
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have, no excuse, for violating the laws of the land
Aod.yet.we see Itdqne.everyday^ ■;and it is this state!
of.'affaira that hasj caused the war,.which we are*
now repenting in bitterness and blood. If we obey
God from;our hearts, we may be Bure .we shall obey
ihe laws of the country.' If we do not obey God,
we cannot obey' our constitutional rulers. 4 The
man who will not submit;, to the Supreme autb’o
rity, will not ‘.fuhiriit ;to the subordinate autho
rity.,We'canonly’expect justice and happiness,
when we obey koth^God^d-man. "Why are vs
, dow cursed .ißecause of our
sins.. Their name .-■ is. legion. . They are seen
• everywhere. In our .political and social relations
we .see corruption ana cqntbusnqs,* ‘and injustice;
' pons cheating fathers, *and‘Tathers[-c^eating,sonß.
. We see in our. reports of Congressional and Legisla
tiye.,'committees, Btateßmanship drlpjiinglwith, cor
ruption;[ and;through these public ccrmqiittees we.
find thefeold villany bf men in' high pIaOTS, > Betting
aside dignity andThonor. Men disregard ~the[ Sabr
bath j advahtages are.taken unduly; justice is over
looked. WefAre [frightened at the condition of. so
ciety: meh are bought in legislative, halls, and who
ever has the ihost money will.control the actionVof
the people’s representativea. '.Men ; here remember
When no man wouldhave-dared; to, brihe.Now it la
the business of those : ■whO/.gpvem/ Wennust rc- .
form qurßelvee—riiot theisihs''of ( Pennsylvania, or
Georgia, or South Carolina, but •
:.of the nation. Hereafter we’.must be pure
kil will be,well. ‘ , -
Seventy or.eighty years ago our country was.lrap
py, prosperous And wonderful. Everything that
man could wish seemed to be showered upon us,fani
we seemed to. progress beyond the .hope.or cobo?pro»'
henelon of purmost sanguine citizens; Jfo w w<tare* 7
in misery, .and it is because we have forgbttemGod*
Our nation. h&s. waxed’ fat and kicked. And after
sin came war.. We see now.to what a condition we
•are introduced., ,The noise of, battle fills the air : the
cries of ; the wounded and dying oppress the earth;
and into this 3 sea of death we to be driving,
without hope or .succor. Men meet in battle array,
anxious for each other’s like frown
ing wolves; Every heart desires’to escape/rom this
condition, for the instinct of every heart is towards
love and peace. If we would ‘ return to opr fioriner.
coEdition we seek and obtain God’s foigive
sess.. Thi^'we’shall'return to the'obligations we
owe to the Constitution, we shall live in pe&ce.ahd
harmony, we shall.be nation, with the,Bible
erect in the .world. To attain, this ,we must'*
our. course. 1 .We must' avoid: wrath,', evil
speaking, .sedition.. TheV speaker alluded to Israel,
and made a comparison with" the United States.
He.believed that no nation had everbeen Ueaaed
Wtih;such,blessinpßj Donation had over dashed the
cup so recklessly.from its lips... Sin had thus mad-'
dened us, and taken .away ail sentiments of love, re
>pect; and revererice.lf we 'had * laws, met
our ohligations, afid ’iremained‘true to <me ahother~
|if wc had insisted upon pubJicyirtueiii high places,
and allowed no , irfringementAwpon. bur rights,'we
, /might have been spared.all! our; present 'calarpities.
Eor all our mlsfortunes we are reßponsibiejfbeCaiuse
we are identified with all the duties and /responsibi
lities, of citizenship. t He had known professors of ,
ligion to own stock, to Sabbath-breaking railroad
. companies. He saw around him drunhenness. vice,
false dealing. These are the causes of the war.- We
must give up all, and then Took for forgiveness. 'He
/was for the whole country-—for .a re-established
Union. He loved it. Thera was no excuse for our
crime and sin. We had many educational advan
tages, but we were corrupt; He was startled the
other day, while riding ,to a' funeral with a'deafljr
* beloved one of-the most'pure-minded and
honorable business men in the city—by being told
‘ th.at notwithstanding the most'extraordinary care;
were almost daily stolen from his store.
What is to'become.of the country, when a dealer
put goods on his counter to sell, without
having them stolen? .The Gqspel would prevent
.na from stealing j the’.'Goapel .is our hope and
salvation. He urged upon his hearers the duty
/of: - repentance. The '‘ .whole land is in a con-
wretchedness; We want'delivcrance: we
. are;.tired of the war; we do not wiah to see our
/garmentsrolled in welnbk'attheCross;
;if we fix our eyes upon the. Son of God,'he will come
;to our assistance and; give !ns . He will do
what is just for this nation! Let us go home and
ourselves. Let us repent, drive iniquity
' from bur. hearts/ and,live fixed in our determination
;to live up to the laws, in letter and spirit, cling to
the Bible, love mercy, and walk with God.
/ 1 THE COLORED CHURCHES.
Itwas expected,, though. not officially announced,
that sermons appropriate to the occasion would be
delivered,in the churches dedicated. by colored peo*
pie to Divine worship/: Our reporter paid a visit to
; ,a number'of.them, during the morning, and ascer
tained thafthere was no generar.arrangement made
for the delivery.of addresses. ..Someof the .buildings
were closed; others were open for prayer meetings.
These, so far as‘ our. observations, extended, were
pretty well attended, and conducted'in a solemn anil
impressive ..manner, indicating culture
, in ,tfie ; principles of Christianity. There were. no
standing about the/ frontsof these churches,
aa is generally the csße on Sabbath-days. Persona
might pass and repass at any time, aiid not be at
tracted even by the sound of a Bingle voice within
the walls, bo solemnly were /the proceedings con*
ducted. .Itwas, indeed, a day of fasting'aniohgr thet
religious colored people of Philadelphia.'- v * r
, itJENERAE CEREMONIES.' ■
. Ye'sterdajr wag' very, generally celebrated by the
.religions denominations. The'churshesfof,all were
thrown open. Theßoman>Catha]icchurcheav?i*)£,
, filled witlr worshippers-from an early to !1 a late
r ItoW. AtjTnorning, noon, and night; faithful "con
gregaitions" were presenting their petitioner listen
ing to the words of .exhortation as they, fell from the
lips of their pastors.- The services generally were
of a quiet character. uThe fact of' ttie occasion being
. one of humiliation gave the exercises a prayerful
and solemn; aspect. This peculiarity also’ifiarked
the celebrations in the Jewish Synagogues. Tluse
were The werepf
an eloqu'ent and patriotic nature;-.an<l||he:jbqngr£ga
tipßßj including; all classes, of 7 '
mbstintelllgenthand: TJnion-lbPing eaMWjm pf
community. If is uniiecessary Vo addt&fllssilShri
cises in these, as well as in all other places, wege
unusually absorbing, and the religious feeling
evinced was as deep as it was wide. Prayer meet
ings, private and public, were fljelthalbbver the city,
and a glance at the advertisemupvcolumnß was suf
ficient,to. prove the prevailing sentiment of the hour.
, ( STREET SCENES,,AND'INOIbENTS .
.are generally, .plenty on' Ast days as well asholi
jdays. ■ But ' there was of them’-yesterday.
.No excitement- offered 'a contrast* to,'the- general
,, quiet, which ln-the
.afterpoonis noticeable'fas.
cand, produced c some ■ smanwixeitement
the-'roads. 'l-It doubtless made-inatters look
very: bright, in the 1 ' country, but very dull,' in
the; city..' The>,transactions ; .of the -night,, offered
some contrasts to. tha:solemnitles.-of fhe'day. -All
1 the places - of-public' -entertainment l L were ‘open.
At the Chcßthut-street Theatre Mlbs Bateman,-re
■ pcated . "'Eeah'” for the'.'s’ixteehtli, time.’ -Miss
•Thompson; at the Walnut, andMrs.Bowers, at the
CfArch,-appeared'- respectively id" "tittle Barefoot w
and tfWqman.” , At-the Musical-Fund"l&rr.tGi'btts
chalk gave the last concert of tljeseason; J The Swiss
-. Bell Singers,tat Concert,Hall,cheld) forth as usual.
■■ Such'entertainmentsgiye a’tinge\of ifestivityfothe
clpse.of theday. In ali>}he relations of life which
- wereyesterday, exhibited,'a spirit oi quiet-jciy and
i geniality : was indicated, andit was this .whiehoen
:- -hanced the value of hours bo particularly profitable
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TILE DAI IV NEW YORK CITT.- "
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a ITS OBSERVANCE IN BROOKLXN.
SERMON OF REV. HENRY-WARD BEECH
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i* [Specially Reported for TlieiPress.iJ'v * j. •
New York city, notwithstanding thewelliknbwii
/• site cosmopolitan and mixed popula
.«>tion sto matters.pertaining-.to prayer and' religious
•humiliation,-was not far -behind *our-own city’ih the
general religious observance of-the day; All; the
' public offices, in compliance with, the special request
*of Mayor? Op dy were and many pri
' vatc eatabliehmentisuspendedbusiness. The news*
. papier offices, l in many instances, lionoredthe’oec*-
si on by transacting’ business with closed doors,' and
i evening editions: gave a respite to lightning,preasee*
/ The city churches were well ser
mons in all were characterized by'purely Christian
and, eminently patriotic .sentiments. ( Brooklyn, the
“ Cityof:; Churches,
ft firmest'advocate’of a
solemn fast>day.'observance, could not have'been
. more satisfied of that city'sattachmeat,to religion,
Christianity,.and patriotism. • : v>?V-V ? ■
As naturally : to expected; Church
was invested with mofe^than 9 ordinary interest, as
.»the. large, .attendance,amply -testified.; The jioul-*
; stirring/eloquence of the distinguished pastor—Rev.
Henry-Ward Be'ecber—at all times a'guarantee that
the auditor will be and*"instructed, but
particularly so onan occauonin itself an inspiration
to eloquence, added-tothe belief thatthfs would be
his last opportunity’to bid <his charge farewell prior
to. his departure for Hhirope, conspired 4 to fill the
.- church as.itjias seldom been .before. L The pews,
.aisles, andgalleries^-long-before thecommencepient
of the 1 exercises, were crowded with an audience at
once intelligent and appreciative.- ‘ * ■»
. ...lAtlio? clock, Mr. Beecher ascended the ptdpiVaad,
aftertheusual preliminary, exercises;delivered the
sermon of the day. :\?i .’/iv;,:
.SBK&TOJJJOF UKV^HBimY'.W'A'RD^XRBBCirEBRI
The textwas takeu .from the 62d cliapterdsaiah
lOthverse: ' . ■ T •
■'Ju^lSSi™w*Vj**W oftteypeople, ca*t:uptke 'high-
stones, tof£vp..a, standard for i/te
,! c* ;i{ v;:; j;., i.jjj-j. • .
The,prophet .Isaiah,-penqirating far beyond our
capabilities, throws out-intimations, or -makes pre
dictions of the .conditions of the people, and the na
tionalities. of>the,earth,< that arefar beyond ourcom
>prebension and faith—intimations which it
seema strange to. hear—a (Vice . declaring, as. part of
,the*Divine:BOvereignty,.the great Christian truth of
democracy.?? In-those days,when jealous sovereigns
reigned everywhere, when nobles leagued to
■, gether to oppress the poor and unfortunate, then
: when the great man, and the rich man of the earth:
,; counted ;themaelveB precious, in .the sight-of God,
according to the weight of their treasure—t,o hear a
voice, at. that .early period, ascending- up. “pre
pare ye the way of the people,”' not'of'govero
nients, not of orders, not of monarchiesfbut of the
people; “ cast up ;thei highway ” wecare.amazed
i and confounded.; A new rt>aa to T be cut out
•, for the people to walkin’, andthe atones' were to be
gathered out, that the peopW should hot‘‘stumble
from ignorance or weakness. -Lift attandard for the
people! Brave old prophet!^Grand: utterance!
How before Its coming up! •
Blessed
ffuitof theharvest’of thatseed. :
This is a the pepple—a .free and intelli-
S®o^cqi^on- ! j^eople^/pecuiiaf 5 in 'characteristics,
ana marHed;;ih;deyelopnieiit. r i<There have been eml
* nent rumples goverhineuts of- all classes. We
havejhad nobles.and superior orders in every, form,:
< and whatever good was inherent in those forms of
governmehtdias beeafound out. We have haft also
; .priestly governments,'snd we know, howvlittle of
„ that ihsttncVih'them ia wortny of being incorporated
' otter intended to aervethe people! blinder
■ all ekie4 %ith and‘without commerce; .among- war
)ike> or -peaceful cmUz'ed' and in
savage nations,, we, Jbaye had these .^aribulF^govern-
in various longer
«iiy thing to be learh&lbr+ discoyeredr
Therebave also 'beeif fouuding free
rgoverhmentsv,. of,democracy:
,iii ttc4Jewi^(^ S q-im^ i; 6u®&3‘tlis aflWptl,,
; f r * e gqrcrnEfent» r were not
sufficient to . nature or
;■ the excellehceiSfa^effgovernmen^rrTliey,were all
i bared moie upon Af the. State.,than the
: eleyationuof its.citizens. Theliberty bf'ihe ahcient
. waa-theßßerty of Xhe very
l- ic>f of
tlmeomTOunitr. l^TKe^tfi&k, ih6ldtofi< ! ther»gmg^nd:
. Thelfewaßlacklhg'thosefundamenJalideaf'OfintelU
;. gence,iwithout\^hiqh i tfa l ere ; cyn benothXng#fce regu-.
£ lat*A bf A .
#eaWXfl?ifctnheSff.tfii'of sfeWib«a®:be
lafws 9 maintained,'- andi>the l ''t^ghts*o£'
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