Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-10-11
MR. EDWARD BATES ADDRESS, delivered at
the close of the late Sabbath Generation in Saint

| MR. EDWARD Bates ADDRESS, delivered at
the close Of the late Sabbath Convention in Saint
| Louis.
Although stranger to large gatherings
of the people, yet, in taking part in the
proceedings Of this Convention, he felt &C.
tuated by different feelings from any that
ever before Influenced him. He had Of
ten participated in social and political as
semblages. This was the first time that
he had ever formed one of body of men
whose views reached from this earth to
Heaven-who were endeavoring to as
cend the ladder that appeared to the Pa
triarch Of old.
Who were we, and why were we as
sembed? About seven hundred dele
gates, representing constituency of
twelve or fifteen thousand worshippers,
assembled, sent here on special mission
NOT to establish bank, or charter, but
for purposes which were at the very
foundation of society-to talk of religion,
oftha, God who had created and blessedus!
We have come here, not to advance the
interest of any man, or set Of men, but to
set up the standard of God, and inculcate
his hottest law, by our precept and ex-
ample-a law taught us, not by the pre-
cept, but by the lawful example of the
Great God.
We have adopted certain resolutions
declaratofy of our opinions: we have re-
solved that the Sabbath, now SO desecrat-
ed, is Divine and eternal institution,-
that we have Divine warrant for its o.
servance. 1t was not for him to go back
into the elementary reasons Of our acts {;
, they had been sufficiently and ably ex-
planned.
He had often been on this spot before,
and yet, when presiding over the deliber-
atoms ofthis Convention, humbly trying 10
discharge the duties imposed on him, mem
; ory had reverted TO the time when he first
crossed the Mississippi. 1t was on the
9th of April, 1884, Then, he was obliged
to wait on the opposite bank, and finally
, succeeded in crossing by leading his horse
into small keel boat. Then, the Sabbath
did not exist here. There was but one
minister of Christ in the then village Of
St Louis, and one in Flori>sant, 1.-TWO
Catholic clergymen.) He we'll remem-
: bered the arrival Of the Rev. DR. Black
burn, the first Protestant minister that he
ever knew here. He then preached in
! the school-house, or wherever a crowd Of
= thirty or forty could collect around him.
:, Now, what Go we witness? The Cos pc
is everywhere preached; and under its
benign influences our country now occu.
Z pies the front rank in the assembly of ma.
tons. When we contemplate this fact
{ we could not but associate it with God:
u blessing, and rejoice that our country was
religious that we were called on 10 con.
secrate the first great law, and to know
" that it was in accordance with the opin
ions of all.
a When the Pilgrim fathers first fed from
Il bondage and found these hostile shores
they sought not only to break the poliica
? bonds which held them, but also to dis
II franchise the mind. When our fathers de-
a a clared for freedom, they first invoked tn.
!, blessing Of the Most High, and went into
II the struggle with firm reliance upon hi.
n Divine protection. 1t was interviewer il
> our laws. The law of Heaven was on,
I. law, because we were a Christian people
d If a rerson violated our laws, or offended
:" against the peace or good order OF society
= we held him not guil,less: how mucl
!" more culAble, then, should he be consid
II cred, who violates the awful injunction
e "Remember that thou keep holy the SAB
e bath day."
e The Convention in all its proceedings
= had endeavored to exhibit great mildness
! and he was aslonished that the delibera
= tons had been characterized by so mucl
;" forbearance. 1t was the best commentar,
on the influence of Christianity on :h
- mind. He thanked God that it was so TO
- he would rather hear one hundred person
II complain Of their not having gone ia
enough, than that one should, with Justice
II accuse them of bigotry or fanalicism.-
- They had acted upon great principles
-, had passed resolutions involving great con
~ sderations without dissenting voice.
r The members of the Convention had sew
., orally performed their duties, and would
:" he doubted not, when they came to rende
- an account of their stewardship, be greet
&c ed with "Well done thou good and faith
az full servant" Some might complain, tina
;" but little had deem done, that little. h
nOpeu, WOuiu De ike lnc mustard see
planted by the wayside. II budded an
y grew until the fowls Of the air rested O
= lis branches,
70 He especially priced the last resolutio
e. reported by the Committee, and when eac
Of one present went 10 his home, confessin
r 10 himself, he would promise to respond
r. by good example hereafter in all the re
ID la,ions Of life TO SOW by the way side goo
n. seeds, that they might spring up and brin
I'd forth good fruits. Let him endeavor I
.e weed out the noxious plants.
We can set an example that will hav
its moral power. Though the law was o
y our side, yet we cast it away. The la,
d. of love and kindness, was the only on
Sc needed /; and here they would again onl
c. follow the example set by the Great Re
10 decmer. This conduct would have it
$ effect, and when we could see spirit @
= bro,herly love all around US, then Nigh
nj we rejoice, then would we know hov
NJ great pleasure resulted from the per
H. Torrance of a duty.
O. Look a, the mother watching over sic
'e. or deorepit child. How much more tru