The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-12-21
D. S. MURRAY, PRINTER.

; wait little, and you shall hear voice
| from "lhe Sea, Supreme,'
Servant Of God, well done well hast thou fought
! The better fight who single hast maintained
Against revoIted multtudes The cause
VI Truth.
To estimate the results Of fidelity in this
life. battle, to which we are all summon
ed, we must extend our vie Tvs a Idle
For one man and one generation plays in
10 the hands of another A ely is be-
sieged. A part of the assaiaus throw
their wounded bodies INTO the trench;
and thus open way to the object OF the
conflict before their companions in arms.
And thus the victory is achieved. How
often is not one generation indebted to an
other for the most signal benefits And
can heroic enterprise, high.sonle activi-
ty, unsalnedslntegrity, be deprived other
reward Be maintaned in vain? Re.
suit in nothing? Why, these things, of
perishab!e. Intrinsic worth-that is the
stuff they are mUde Of; and that remains
forever. Where that is there the purest
b'essedness must be- "He that doeth the
will Of God abidelh forever" The fruit
of the Tree Of Life he plucks and Yields
powers, which can never be exhausted -
He is good and faithful servant; ard
shall enter into the joys of his Lord.
The achievements of Luther What
theme la what words shall his gen.
ius, strength, magnanmlly, intrepidny,
zeal, perseverance be fGIy spoken off,
And the results of his activity "a thing
10 strike a world with establishment 3
the success of Luther was decisive--in
The view of many, 1t was sublime. But
what shall we say of Wickifle? What
OF Huss2 What of Jerome Of Prague?
Will you say, that a premature death
prevented the success of WickIffe 3
THAI Huss and Jerome made a failure
through the violence of their enemies p
And so they spent their strength in fruit
less Iabors? Without a Wickliffe, where
had been your Luther? 1t was the voice
of Wickhde repeated thousand tunes
and in thousand places long enod9h
after foolish hands had thrown his bones
upon the dunghiIl ;--repeated thousand
times and in thousand places down TO
the present moment and with ever in
creasing weight and authority lit was
this king Y voice, which under God sum-
moned Luther to his work. And at the
summons. he arose from the ashes OF Huss
and Jerome. And was not Lulher's sue
cess the success of his predecessors, who
lived anew in him T.? To full share in
his reward, they are fairly entitled; and
that as God is true, they shall never
cease to enjoy.
How generally is not the English Rev.
oution donfed with the tile gloraouS;
revolution, which banished from the
British throne the Stuart family. The
introduction of the new dynasty marked,
it is affirmed, a new epoch in The progress
of Freedom. R'ghts, for which at a
great expense of blood and treasure the
people had long struggled. they then got
possession of. A decisive step was then
taken towards the grand consummatIon.
hereafter to be reached, when all men
shall breathe the air Of Freedom. That
was a successful effort, which resulted in
the English Revoulion-Now turn your
eye back iue. That old man, who sis
ia the doorway of a humble cottage, is
not only poor but blind What mauIy
form! What venerable aspect How
the sun-beams play upon that counlenance
"a countenance, al! intelligence, beng-
niy, and beauty! Such presence, how
attractive and We, how awful This man,
you say, once saw "beller days" He
once sal, reverenced by the wise and the
strong, al the very summit OF human gIeat-
ness holding aims, making efforts, WELD
ing powers worthy of an angel. Now he
is reduced, broken, falIen-involvcd in an
utter failure. le, who asplred to give
laws 10 kings, now owes his life to The
mercy of the haneman This IS John
MiAOn! Yes: aud TO every observer,
who can distinguish between The work of
God and the work of the taiIor--between
man and his coat, he appears just like
John Milton. Strength, peace, joy-ibe
elements OF unbroken grea,ness-the stuff,
that living men are made Of how they
beam forth through that countenance =
And now let me ask whose arm drove
the tyydnt Siuarts from the lhrone2 o.,
dare say, you will answer; lba! was the
achievement Of the Prince of Orange
Without Joha Milton, your Ponce of
Orange had been quite another man
had had quite another destiny your
glorious Revolution had never found a
place on the page ofh;story, John Mil
ion made a failure Such failure as
gives him place among the benefclors
of mankind AS fills his bosom with
blessedness and covers his name with
glory.
The heart of Granville Sharpe yearned
over oppressed Humanity. What COM
passion, what wisdom, what heroism,
marked his efforts for The slave! How
incessant. prolracted and untiring were