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MEN OF rem N.

In regard 10 giving due credit to some oil the
most ancient warriors and 'meD Of renown.'
Among the most. striking instances of this
neglect, is the one in regard TO the great
founder Of The great and glorious scheme,
by which church and state are enabled to
maintain their divine right to rule over
those whom they consider as born 10 obey
If the system Of defense of honor and
property which the church and state are
holding up to the world as right in the
sigh. Of God, man, and angels, be right, and
a christian duty-if The great warriors who
have led theil hosts 10 the field Of death, in
former ages or the present, are 10 be cele-
brated as having by their bloody trade and
practice, opened the way for the spreading
OF the gospel = if those who have lately
butchered The Chinese aud Afghans are TO
be held up as the great benefactors Of man
kind = then how much more deserving is
the great founder Of This glorious system of
having has name enrolled among the bene-
factors of the human race. True, the orr
ginal inventor never brought the system to
its present state Of perfection. AT the time
Of the first experiment, no one claiming TO
be christian could be found to engage in
such trade. But such has been the mighty
march Of Improvement, that the high pro.
Tossing religionists - those who make the
! highest pretensiUns 10 holiness Of living at
J the present time = can be found praying in
The midst Of armies, and navies, and with
hands reeking with a brothers. blood, lift
tier hands towards heaven and give thanks
for the victory which they have obtained
ard FOR their miraculous preservation !
But what man ever lived TO see his new
| schemes carried out in all their improve
ment> The istory of wars and warriors
before the tiJoi is very BRIEF bot compre-
| hensiYe, and from il at this dav we may
| draw much instruction. The first war of
| which we have any account on record was
commenced at very early period after the
creation Of man, (according to the Mosaic
account Of creation,) aud was OF short do
ration, but very decisive, and commenced
for as good reasons as most wars have been,
since that time. In this war, there seems
10 have been blttwo actors. Owing proba-
| bly, TO the fewness Of Inhabitants then on the
| earth, there was not enough Of the materials
TO create an agitation, and form into parties
10 decide by The force Of arms which was
the most honorable occupation, the feeding
Of sheep, or the ,iiling OF The soil. Ii
seems that one would be great man was
jealous because his brolhef's offering was
accepted, while his was rejected. This
man of renown' felt that his honor was
wounded, and all those noble az feelings
which have characterized the mighty war.
rIors OF every age were aroused within him
Without calling upon others to aid him, OF
going through the performance of praying
for the victory, (as the present warriors do. !
he marched upon his brother and took him
by surprise = thing which is still consid.
cred mark Of good generalship. This
mighty man came from the field crowned
with victory. This is the first battle on
| record, and may be called Gains glorious
and victorious expedition against Abel.
After this victory, we understand lha
Ibis mighty man Of renown built city
Ii is worthy Of remark that me first founder
Of ardr was also the first builder of citv
ard was the first one who marked off a par
OF Gods heritage into separate state o.
empire on earth. 10 his career afterwards
II will be seen how necessary is the system
OF violence IN keeping up national dstinc
tons and party lines. Josephus tells u.s.
t"Cain augmented his household substanc,
with much wealth, by 1apine and riolence
IA common occurrence al the present time :;
he excited his acquaintance 10 procure pleas
ure and sPoils by robbery, and became ;
!, great leader of men in wicked courses. p
Jos. Ant. b. j. CHI. 2. -.=.*"..." 7 d:
1t seems that the example of this 'grea
man of renown' BECAME very contagious
and was soon followed by his descendants
who seemed to be as ambitious TO becom,
men of renown as their illustrious prede
, cessor had been. Lamech, one of Cain
off pring, made war upon some of his fellow
men, and slew one, if not more of lhem.-
Tubal Cain, the son OF this Lamech, wa
an artificer in brass, and iron, and is sal
TO have invented that most formidable weau
on, The sword. This was enough to i'm
nlortalize any man. But he was expert il
the use Of the weapons he had invented
He was mighty in physical strength, an
very expert in martial performances Jc
, sephus, in speaking of the descendants q
5 Cain, while Adam was vet aIiyes saws