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

President Of the United states.
BIZ TnE REV. ROBERT BURMELL.
PuBLIsHED b REQUEST.
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That event which has clothed 4 nation
IN mourning, seems properly 20 require
some notice from those who are appoint.
81 10 minister u the altar, and whose APP
propriaie business il is 20 Kan, 10 rebake,
% admoaish. You understand 70 whal
melancholy event | alluSe. Death has
come among Us. and has selected as his
victim the most shining marx. His ar
row has sped, and William Henry Harri-
son, the man whom the people delight.
I'd 10 honor, the Chief Of this nigh
~ republic, the patriot D whom friend
and foe paid homage, has fallen. The
high summit 70 which he aspired was
gained, the scepire OF empire was grasp
ed, the oath Of Office registered, The plau-
dts OF the millions who hailed him as
their chief had scarcely died away in dis.
tanl echoes, when he Is hurled from his
high station, to the home appointed for
al the living. The sun whose rising was
hailed with such rapture, is suddenly dar-
kaned. On the 9Th Of March he entered
on his Office, and in the presence Of thou
sands registered his oath; and on the 9Th
DAY Of April he was a corpse. One briel
month saw the splendid pageant passing
before our eyes, and then il vanished as j
dream. The ruler Of this great nation has
gone TO render up his account TO God the
Judge, the Ruler Of nations. To the de-
ceased, honor is now a noisy breath
wealth, and worldly greatness, or gilded
pageant, all, all has passed away as 10
him for ever, and he lies, the tenant Of the
cold grave, awaiting that trump which
will summon kings and their subjects, the
high and low, 10 a judgment seat.
With the political character and opin-
ions Of the deceased President, | have no
thing to do in this sacred place, and on
this solemn occasion. These, BY con-
currence Of events, have become "a
miliar a. household Words" and have
been properly consigned to another and
ab'er hand. / would not say word 70
stay the current of grief which flows from
every bosom, nor would | repress the ar.
dor OF patriotism which beats high in CIV.
cry heart. No, would rather call on
the nation to mourn. | would say TO the
fierce and noisy politician, cease your
contentious for season; great and good
man has fallen, and the nation is sum,
moned TO weeping and lamentaticn. Here
at least, all party feeling must be forgot
ten, the bitterness OF strife allayed, and all
will unite in testifying respect TO his me-
mory--a respect due 10 his exalted sta,
ton, and, cheerfully add. due likewise
to his distinguished worth.
The nation has suffered loss; mys
ierious and overwhelming calamity ha:
come uponit, and what improvement shall
we make, how shall we dcmean olrselve:
under the rodl MY friends, we are ;
christian people. Whatever the little
street politicians may say in their venom
inidelity, thanks be 10 God, is not We
the established system in this country
The christian religion is professed, chris
iian principles are avowed, and the Bible
Is our code of morals and of belief. Wher
ever we turn, this strikes us. Go TO YOU
courts of justice. TO your halls Of legisla
ton, TO your noble constitution, TO YOU
peaceful fircsides, 10 the grave-yards
where slumber the ashes of your fathers
and you will find the Bible acknowledged
the christian religion protested. Where
is the man who would uproot this system
from its firm foundation in the hearts ant
affections OF the people! would poin
to our noble institutions, the pride ans
glory of the age, and bid him stay his SUI
icidal hand.
But trust there are none such here to
day, and devoutly hope the number il
small of those who reject religion anC
scoif a: lis duties.
We are called on as christian people
to mourn. Our strong rod is witheret
and broken, and by this national calamr
ty we are summoned, rs people, to ;
throne of grace, to confess our sins. ant
10 deprecate the wrath which our trans
gressions deserve.
The Prophet in the textsuggests the to
pic on which propose to dwell. "HeaI
ye The rod, aud who hath appointed IL.
1t is voice from heaven, addressed to u
asanation. ASH to assert his sovereign
ty, and to chastisc US for our sins, and Il
write on all human things &" vanity" tn
Sovereign of nations has broken the ro'
of our strength, and he has withere'
away. # 81 v.s 81
We arc called on as a christian peopl
TO recognise aud adore the hand of Go
in this event. He hath appointed thu
rod. Il is chastisement laid upon u
by the Sovereign Judge, who in wisdom
"putteth down one and setteth up ano
ther." - Promotion cometh neither fror
the east. nor from the west, nor from tn
south. but God is the Judpe.o