The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-02-26

sect, nation or people. Even our treatment OF the
African and the Indian has been and still is marked
with unparalleled mildness and forbearance. Who
had tongue to speak against the slave-trade, and
in favor of the humanizlng laws of trade and COM
merce and for the mitigation of the horrors of war;
before the people of the United States! To the
honor of our country let it be said, that are
first in war; so we are first in the arts of peace
both to the children of Ham and of Abraham, as
well as TO the sons of Japhet. Solomon was
mild, merciful king He spared the lives of his
subjects, as far as mercy could be safely exercised
Nor did he waste their blood in war. But Christ
shed his own blood for his people. His kingdom is
founded not upon the blood of his subjects, nor of
his enemies, but in his own precious blood.
~. The manner of setting up Christ's kingdom
He shall come down like rain upon the noun grass
as shOpers that uater the earth. V. g.
The Gospel distis as the rain which softens the
ground that was hard, mostens that which was
dry, and makes it green and fruitful. What so
secret, silent, and yet effective, as the process Of
watering and making the earth fruitful
l. Ho every that thsteth: We the waters and
he that hath money buy and eat; yea,
buy wine and milk without money, and without price.
bread and your labor for that which satseth not heaken
son s fat s that which good and let
3, Incline your and come unto me: hear, and
soul shall e aGd will al everlasting with
Behold have given him for witness to the people,
commander
s. Behold thou shalt call that thou knowest not
and nations that knew not thee shall thee because
Of the LORD thy God and for the Holy One of Israeli for he
g. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found call We upon
Let the wicked fosake his way. and the ungbteous
his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord and he
will have mercy upon him; and to our God for he will
For thoughts your thoughts neither
For heavens are higher than the EARTH so are my
ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your
TO- For as the rain cometh down. and the snow from
and msketh bring forth and bud that may give seed to
the sower and bread to the eater,
shall not void but shall accomplish tina.
which please, and shall prosper in the thing whereto
Il Fot We shall go out with Joy. and be led forth with
peace the mountains and the hills shall break forth before
hauds
10; Instead of the thorn shall come up the rtree and
stead Of the bner shall come up the and 1t shall
be to the Lord for for everlasting sign that shall
not be cut of.-lsaah ": lib.
According to passage found in the AID chapter
of Isaiah, which our blessed Lord, in Math xii
1870, quotes and applies to himself.
Messiah shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall
any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised
reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he
not quench, till he send forth judgement unto VIC
tory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust"
1t is not by human might and power but by the
spirit of God, that the Gospel prevails. 1t is not by
Church extends its conquests. The kingdom of
Heaven cometh not with observation. The weapons
of the Gospel are not carnal but spiritual. Its
conquests are conquests OF the heart. 1t calls to
repentance, faith and holiness. 1t requires supreme
love to God, and fervent charity to all men. II IS
good tidings to the meek is liberty to The captiUes
of Sin and Satan, and the binding up Of The broken
hearted. IL proclaims comfort to all that mourn. IL
appoints unto them that mourn IN Zion, TO giue unto
them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning,
the garment Of praise for the spirit Of heauiness.
The effects of the Gospel are beautifully de-
scribed in one of our hymns, which is a sort of
paraphrase upon the 10th verse of this psalm, and
of the 10th verse of the 55th of Isaiah:
Mark the soft falling snow
And the descending rain;
To Heaven from whence it fell
1t turns not back again;
But waters earth through every pore,
And calls forth all her secret store.
So saith the God of Peace,
My Gospel shall descend,
Almighty to effect
Millions of souls shall feel its power
And bear it down to millions
" Verses 5, 8, 9, 10, ii, Is, 16 and H. teach the
extension and perpetuty of Christ's kingdom. He
shall hdue dominion also from sea to sea, and from
the riuer unto the ends Of the earth. Solomon's
dominions were extensive, but they were defined
by snas and rivers. Christs kingdom is not only to
be from the South or Red Sea to the North or
Mediterranean, but from every sea to every other
sea-from the Nile or Euphrates unto the ends Of
the earth. Chrst's kingdom shall be universal.
The Gospel is TO be preached TO every creature.
The whole earth shall be filled with its glory.
They that dweH IN tie wilderness; that We're stran-
gers to him, and as TO his nationality aliens-who
lived where there were no roads, and but little
communication of news, they shall bow before
him-and his enemies, those that had fought
against him, shall be brought down to the dust in
submission. The Kings of Iarshish that is Kings
hououd tho soa-Einus of Snain and of tho DWELL
ings of Japhet Sheba and Seba-i. e., Arabia and
Africa, or ETHIOPIA, shall offer gifts. They shall
offer the sacrifices of prayer and praise.
Most of the fifteenth verse, if not all, was full
filled in Solomons long and prosperous reign. He
received tribute from the Arabians, and gifts from
prayers for him daily. He was honored and blessed
by his subjects. But in all these respects, Solo,
mon was type of the Messiah.
Prayer also shall be made for him continually.
The pious Jews prayed for his coming from the
beginning The whole Church now prays for the
success of the Gospel and prayer and praise are
continually ascending through Him for the bless
ings of his salvation, and all Heaven is filled with
his alteration. All prayer and praise that are &C.
ceptable in the sight of God must be In the name
of Jesus Christ
Verse Is. There shall be handful Of corn in
the earth upon the top Of the mountains. This is a
most extraordinary prediction of the increase of
Christs kingdom. A handful of wheat on the top
of mountains whence could scarcely expect
any increase; and yet the fruit thereof shall shake
Ike Lebanon-i e. shall grow up thick and tall and
strong, like the cedar forest of Lebanon. The
figure indicates rapidly increasing population and
an abundant supply of provisions, and in both re-
spects it illustrates the history of the gospel. The
tendency of christianity is eminenty favorable to
increase the population of country and the means
of their subsistence. 1t incucates peace, industry
and the exercise of mans ingenuity in all the arts
and sciences that can contribute to human pros
perity and happiness. When the Purtans landed
on Plymouth rock, they sowed handful OF seed
corn of the most precious kind, winnowed out by
Providence from the best fields of Europe, upon
the hills of New England. and it has multiplied
itself thousand thousand fold. When the Ameri-
can Colonization Society placed the first free man
of color on the shores of Africa it was handful
of seed corn, but with the proverbia rapidity of
tropical soil and sun, in 1913 we were called upon
to rejoice in the harvest home of the REPUBLIC OF
LIBERIA.
When missionary goes with the Gospel into
destitute neighborhood or district, or to Pagan
.o,,n,ru island and ches Christ crucfied as