The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-04-29

Il N@~M&NAANAAN
The kingdom i The Lords, and he i
tbs governor among the nations. The
Lord most high j. great King over al
the earth. The Lord has prepared lis
throne IN the heavens, and his Kingdom
uleih over all. ~ me princes rule. even
all the MOBILES Of The earth. lie i he
blessed and only pOienlsie. the King az
kings and the Lord or lords.
Such i the teaching Of Holy Writ on
this subject. There is a power above u.
ruling over All. lie exalls one, and de-
presses another. lie creates light, and
sends distress. The pesliIence thai walk
eth in darkness, and The destruction that
wasteth At MONDAY, are from his hand.
Wars, famine, dccease and death. are the
rods with which he chasiises the guilty
nations. And he claims TO himself ibis
right. "Shail a trumpet be blown in The
city, and the people not be afraid! Shall
there be evil in the city, and the Lord
hath not done il.' Hear ye The rod, and
lDhO hdfh appointed IL.
And can we, as a nation, forget this!
Can we reject this wholesome truth, with
out plunging into all the darkness and
horrors Of atheism! In this time Of pub
lie calamity, shall we forget the God who
rules in heaven! Can we, or dare we,
with The scofiing inidel, ask who is the
Almighty, and reject his reign!
To the christian patriot this truth is
full of consolation. Amidst the ragings Of
the fierce passions Of men, the shakings
ofnaiions, here is our hope. God, in wis
dom and power, reigns on high. What
though the heather rage, and the people
imagine a vain thing, there is a power
which restrains their malice and curbs
their fury. Let men feebly attempt 10
break his chords asunder, lie that stitch
in the heavens shall have them in derision,
and yex them in his sore displeasure.
Ii is likewise a most solemn thought.
God, who is holy, just, wise, has not east
aside the reigns ofuniyersal empire. With
an outstreiched arm he controls all events.
At his bidding nations rise and fall; king
doms are shaken with wars, or desolaied
with famine. BY him kings reign, and
rulers are set up, and at his call they pass
away. Let the wicked fear, for God is
holy. Let the nation that forgets God
], tremble, for he is a righteous sovereign.
II On this occasion hear We the rod, and
who hath appointed it. Come, let US
worship, and bow down before the Lord,
our Maker; as a nation let US own him
as King of kings, and Lord of lords.
With peniience let US seek his throne.
Then may We hope that his chastise-
ments will be taken away from Us, and
our country blessed with peace and pros.
perity; then il may be said of Us, happy
is the people whose God is the Lord.
! This dispensation ought to be regarded
as rod Of chasiisement, coming from his
hand who in Justice and equity governs
the earth. Nations, as well as indiyidu.
ais, are corrected for their sins. The m.
ton and people that forget God viii be
deal, with accordingly. Thus it has ever
been. The history Of the world is full oI
examples to warn and instruct us. Thus
Babylon and Egypt and Tyre and Sidor
and Israel were withcred under his re-
Dukes. And in modern days we have had
an instance Of a nation that disowned God
and on her guilty head was poured the
vials of the wrath of the Almighty. Lee
our nation fear. The mighty God who
ruleth on high, has resources of power
with which he can afllict us. In mo.
ment he can blight our prosperity. lie
can arm against us foreign enemies, oil
turn loose upon us the fierce passions en-.
gendered by party strife I; he can send
disunion among cur states, and discord
into our councils; he can arouse the ele.
ments, and famine and pestilence will
stalk through the land. We are surround.
ed by enemies, whose fury and power are
only restrained by the over-rliling proyi.
dence of God. Then hear the rod. =
When tn Almighty chastises nations,
it is for their sins, and in order to their
repentance. individuals are Judged and
punished at the Judgment; but nations as
such, are punished in the present dispen-
salion of things. May we not, then, in
terpTct this dispensaiion, and others of re-
cent occurrence, as indicating His displea-
sure against our sins as nation! 1t be-
comes us as christian people to ask, why
it is that the Sovereign of the earth thus
aiilicls us! Why is it that the land is full
of rumors of wars, the public mind unset.
/. tied, and the rod of our strength withered!
Let the people remember that their sins
call for His wrath, and let them search
|, out and confess their iniquities. i.
. will briefly enumerate some of those
, national sins which seem to me TO require
, of us repentance and confession on this
| |. / would mention as a national sin
forgeifulness of God and ingratitude fol
, his mercies. We stand among the ma
tons of the earth distinguished by innu
$ merable favors. A series of providence:
$ from the earliest settlement Of the coun
, try, to the present moment, has glyeI