The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-13

would ask what Is bringing about this contamination
Was il not the Bible The Rev gentleman here con
cluded with the evident applause of the meeting who
warmly cheered him.
The Rev. Mr. THOMPSON then rose and proposed the
following resolutions "Rcsoved That In view of the
Indispensable necessity and divine efficacy of tho scrip
lures in the economy of human salvation that the work
Of TRANSMITTING printing and distributing bibles should
be prosecuted with augmented vgor both abroad and
at home ~ He. (Mr. Thompson) had been No much ac-
customed to appearing before the public, that he did
not think 1t necessary to enter into any apologies for
trespassing upon their attention for few minutes
His brother who had just sat down. had made ausion to
that great and good Milton, in reference to the
opinion he has left recorded respecting tho Holy Bible
But he the Rev Mr. Thompson) had any
thing on the subject more truly beautiful than what he
had mentioned in his letter to the Duke Of Savoy at
the time was rife that country Besides
was from the Bible he had drawn the sublimes ideas
In his " Paradise LOST In word he would emphat-
cay any thing in this life has bee fully and
clearly demonstrated it Is the fact that the world
knows nothing of civilization but what 1t has learned
from the Bible In those countries wherein the Bible
Is not known in what point Of view be said to
be elevated Is he elevated in such countries polit
caly, civilly and regiousy' The Roman Catholic
powers still exercising every effort to prevent the
efficacy of the Bible Societies Let the societies
member this let them bear it in mind, and they will
ultimately be able to conquer all opposition After
few further observations the Rev gentleman conclud-
ed, aud the doxology having been sung the meeting
separated.
In consequences of the inclemency of the weather,
there very few persons present In the evening
THE SERMON.
The Rev. Mr.. TuRNBuLL preached from the 9th
will overturn, overturn, overturn, until he comes
whose right 1t is and will give it him. The eye Of
man first turns upon the things which belong to
ture. Ideas of possession and harmony turns to his
mind and he goes far actually to remodel his per-
sona form. He is individual but possesses not
those beauties which belong alone to God Man is
fixed in his sphere the stars fixed in theirs
The divine takes the place of the mortal and
spiritual enters not only into the life Of the nd
vidual but takes possession of his heart The right
enjoy life belongs to man The principle is taken in
the divine government To become free and happy is
hurteth his own SOUL and, like the wounded serpent
coils and turns to sting his soul Hence the his
States with decay. God himself is judge and regns
He has thrown around man the ramparts of his love
Over the of human passion hovers the sacred law
of necessity and 1t impossible for Kingdoms to deny
the supremacy The nation, says God that will not
serve me, shall suffer $ will overturn it until he
comes whose right it is, and will give it him. Right
not fail and it cannot in prosperity it must in
ruin. As the Norway woodman lives in his hut and
hears the raging tempest, he crouches in fear To die
at the root is as bad the conhagraton. The flush
may be upon the cheek but decay be in the heart
Periods of reform may come but revolution has been
the fate OF natons and nothing but the pyramids
of the desert mark the place where stood the City Of the
Plains; that home is desoate, and the people dead
BILE and oppressed. Revolution had the sway, and the
liberty so anxiousy looked for by the Italians have
fallen that whole country is convulsed with rcvolu-
tons All Europe has indeed, felt the electric shock,
and is convulsed by revolutions 1t is the work of
divine avenger, divine reformer God is there and
dcspised, He will be found impartially severe The
reign of Christ is the reign of freedom and righteous
ness These the workings of revolutions SO long
as the contest Is kept up, man will perish Our God
lives to destroy the impropriecs of the heart des
| troy the man. Most of monarchies now in exist
ence Will soon pass away, or undergo very material
changes. Those have been days of steam engines
and printing presses but this is tho day of
lutlons Death is proclaimed to be an eternal sleep
morrow. The power now raging Is worked up by
Omnipotence, and new wonders will spring up in the
very track OF desolation and again will the star of
Eden bloom. With regard to France, her people have
noble traits, though changeabe; they kind and
generous, and possessed of many virtues. They
have for years been swayed by tho hand of physical
power. and were very slaves France had apparently
reached the supremacy in the days Of Fenelon; she
country has diminished in wealth by oppression,
| and expensive clergy. 1t was pageant of ruinous
expense, and pageant only. Louis XVIII assembled the
throne without virtue. and his to trampe
upon and crush his people Louis XVIth also asce nded
that she would scarcely her foot upon Gods earth
They were too young to rule, as they themselves
claimed, and the result of their reign bloody
The people were gutted with blood and they
easily bowed to the conqueror Napoleon, who
turned and overturned until he fell, and tyranny
and Jesuitism shook hands but God looked
upon 1t, and would not suffcS it to prosper
Louis Philippe next and it Was naturally to be
supposed, from his long exile, that he would rule judi
ciOusly But the old Bourbon spirit and avarice
was his aim; he forgot that God placed him upon the
thronc he oppressed the people and in his power God
most powerful monarchs of his day. but the throne tot
tered beneath him; it felland his power is gone.
IL Is GOD That doeth these things Where Is now their
power and renown! The whirlwnd of Gods wrath has
stripped the throne Lombardy has tasted Of the spirit
of reform and Russia trcmblcs, while all America
to the remoes part Of Oregon claps her hands for joy
The day prcdesncd by God for the overturning of the
nations Of the earth is ut ha nd and the house of the
Lord shall be placed upon the mountains. The work
is in the right channel, and in Gods time will lie
bring peace to the lands of Fenelon Calvin and Luther
Lamartne, at the head of government Of France,
says that he believes in Christ because his great
cos and the Bible points to the beauties Of his grace
and tender flower the most beautiful that bios
somed in the cottage window compare with
the beauty of the light Of the Bible. For nearly six
thousand years has the world been going in revol
ton, and the time has come whom God worketh
seemeth him best
Prayer then offered, and the congregation dis
missed.