The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-12-01


cred History is that of Abrshams faith In q ,dspro-
misses and goodness in the preparing his son sane for
sacrifice Rousseau says that Alexander staked his
life on that faith. Abraham staked upon that faith
the life of his son The faith OF Alefnnder was nfn
in the belief of human virtue The faith Of Abra-
ham was firm in the belief Of the goodFess of Almgh-
~ God Alexander might have been mistaken, Abra-
HON could not
Ileaye all speculative theological controversies to
others. have chosen two great examples, one from
nrofne and one from sacred history To illustrate that
iaith in both of these founded an act OF
the will both irere founded BELIEF in pirtne! And
nall instances where the Judgment Is capable of i'm
porting any certain knowledge OF the facts faith must
depend upon the operations of the will. For II aith
4 nseparable from an act Of the will, then in both
these eases there confidence leposed either in
man or God This religious faith Is Indispensable to
the salvation of the souland the name OF infidel -
Justly given TO every unbeleever in the doctrines OF the
gospel. - c..;.,;. e,;,h ,.h;.h a..;,s
10 impress on all who hear In that single world
Faith is composed all our duty to God and to man
TO the creator and 10 the creature All religion Is but
Faith in God ' All morality is hut Faith to man "
Faith Is TO the moral universe what the IL to the
physcal-light and life.
NV Young friends am aware that lecture on a
less grave subject would be acceptable to many
But gave this because | see in the signs of the
times a spirit Of wild extravaganza and speculation
in business in politics. in religion and the morals Of
the community 1t is sapping the foundation a all
rel oion under the base and hypocritical pretenson
of religion itself This spirit of the remark
able nportatons from Europe after the French Re-
yoIution it then bore its banner the flaming false
catch words Liberty, Equality fraternity, or Death 7
II re-appears after the lapse of fifty years, thrsting
for blood and gnashng its teeth for victims and all
under the garb of religion. Il first appeared in the
naked and CHASTITY form of Atheism and preached that
death was an eternal sleep In the midst Of this
stroms war Of man with his Maker, Robesperre, the
cat-tger of his time, smoothed il by causing his
associates in the name of the French people TO &C.
knowledge Supreme Being but the hypocrite fell
beneath the Of his own guillotine.
This frghtful spirit only laid by Bonaparte
shooting down his fellow men by thousands, likeiogs,
in their streets and then an iron despotsm sue
ceeded to a golden democracy. This succeeded
by the restoration Of the Bourbons who fooishy acted
on the belief that the age of monarchcal and hgiti-
mate tyranny restored and this again hurled them
from the throne.
Now the crown Of France has been Transferred to
junior branch Of the Bourbons, who has no right to
it whatever. He did not get il by the right
sion, considered lawful in Europe; it was MOI be-
queathed to him by any of the legal possessors q it
he did not get by the free choice of free people
but it fell on his head, it were, from the cloud
was hurled by the miserable tricks, similar u the
jugger's cup and ball.
History tells us of a man who once assembled The
throne under the name Of horse; but we can lind
no parallel through all history Of who holds a
crown under such shallow pretences in such perfect
by title destitute Of honesty, and TRUTH and right
as Louis Philippe holds the crown of France. He
cannot hold it long-hc may hold it till he dies; but
he never form dynasty from his own family
never never never
Society totters to its foundaton--the thrse quar-
tiers of the globe shaken to their eentre--dynas-
ties shiver and crumble to dust. Two things remain
to be done; take down the old institutions and to
build up The first requires little taentor skill
the second requires all the energies and skill of the
soul
When the fountains of the great deep were lgoken
up and subsidized, Noah forth dove, and The bird
Of Philomel never returned to the ark. The foun-
ains Of the great deep of the moral world boken
up. The flood Of innovation has covered the land
When the waters subsiding the of infilety
is forth with the dove of scripture seek fo rest
the flies to and fro, finding none but tho dove
has occasion to return And when the earthis dry
the Christian preserved in holy faith to God andman,
the Arrarat of Christianity may build altar to
the Lord; and seed time and harvest, and dal and
night, will be preserved to him; and like the second
faith of man, he will increase and multiply and faith
will be the rainbow for token of covenant btween
DER all the earth and God, that the natioi shall
be blessed through faith to perpetual generation