Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-06-08
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What combination Of Hebrew richness
with Puritan strength Is the following passage
from Parker's discourse on Religion
Inspiration does not destroy the mans
freedom; that is left fetterless By obedience.
Il does not reduce all to one uniform standard
but Habakkuk speaks in bis own way, and
Hugh de St Tictor IL his duty; CaIchas viii
not tell the truth till out Of danger Peter
dissembles and lies. Each Of these men had
schemes of bis own, which he would carry out
God willing or not wiling But when the
sincere man receives the truth Of God into
his soul. knowing ii is Gods truth, then It takes
such hold of him as nothing else can dos
It makes the weak strong--the timid brave
men of slow tongue become ftill Of power and
persuasion. There is new soul IN the man;
which takes him, as il were the idea he Nislis
es for demands. Il takes the man d way from
the hall of comfort the society Of bis friends
makes him austere and lonely eruelto him
self need be; sleepless IN his vigilance, IN
faltering in his toll never resting from bis work
It takes the rose out ofthe cheek; turns the
man in on himself, and gives him more Of
truth. Then, in poetic fancy, the man sees
visious-has wondrous revelations -every
mountain thunders-G God burns in every bush,
flames out in The crimson cloud, speaEs u tie
wind, descends with every dove. Is AL il AL
ne SOUL tt6 Intense 9tELe4lc3
gives outness to ite thought and on the 5Fees
and stars. the fields, the foods. the corn ripe
for the sickle, on man and woman. i sees is
burden writ. The Spirit within conslraiu the
man. tits ike wine that hath ne Vent-zhe IS
| full Of the God. While he muses.. the fires
burns; his bosoms viii scarce hold hearts;
he must speak or he dies. though the earth
quake at his word Timid flesh may resist
and Moses say Il am Of slow speech What
avails that The Soul says, sGo. and win
be with thy mouth, to quiken thy tardy ton
i que" Shrinking Jeremiah efemiate and tinaid.
recoils before the fearful wofk--1Th he flesh VIII
quiver when the pincers tear He says
cannot speak / am child But the Great
Soul of II1ows into him and says Say not =
am child for am with thee. Grid up thy
lions like a man. and speak all that I.comnand
thee. Be not afraid st mems faces, for / viii
make thee defenced city, column Of steel
and walls Of brass Speak, then, against the
whole land Of sinners against the kings there
1 Of the princes thereof. its people and is
Devils temp, "he man with the terror Of
ambition Il avaiIs nothing; a sGet-the be-
hind me, Satan = brings angels to help.
/ Then are the mans bps touched with
live coal from the altar Of Truth, brought by
seraph's hand. He is bapdsed with the
/ spirit of FIRE. His eountenance is Ike Light
ming. Truth thunders from his tongue--his
1 words eloquent as persuasion; no terror is ter
rible-no fear formidable. The peaceful IS
satisfied to be man Of strife and contention, his
hand against every man, to root up and pluck
down, and destroy to build with the sword IN
4 one hand and the howel IN the other He
#Icame to bring peace, but be was set Ere
and his soul Is straitened till the work be done.
/ Elisha must leave his oxen IN the furrop
i Amos desert his summer fruit and his friend:
and Bohme, and Bunyan and Fox, and thou-
sand others, stout hearted and God INSPIRED
must go forth of their errand into the faithless
world, TO accept the prophets mission, Be
stoned, hated, scourged, slain Resistance Is
4 nothing to these men :-oveF them steel loses
its power, and public opprobium its shame
men who move the world, They have ab
eye to see its follies, a heart to weep and bleed
for its sin. Filled with soul wide as yesters
day, today and for ever, they pray great pray
ers for sinful mani Wild uail Of brother
heart runs through the saddening music Of
their speech The destiny Of these men IS
forecast in birth they are doomed to fall on
! evil times and evil tongues come when they
will come 4 he priest and the Letile as
with the Prophet, and do him todeath ihsy
brand his name with iufamy east bis una
buried bones into the Gohenna Of popular
shame John the Baptist must leave his
head in charger; Socrates die the death
Jesus be nailed to bis Gloss: and Justin. John
4 Huss, and jerome of Prague and m1lians of
hearts stout as these. and as fall Of God. must
mix their last prayers their admonition and
I farewell blessing, with the cracking snap o.
faggots the hiss af euivering flesh, the inpot
ent tears of wife aud the mad roar Of the ezz
Eulting crowd Every path we're mortal feet
lnow tread secure. has been beaten out Of The
hard fiints by prophets and holy men. who
went before us, with bare and bleeding feet
Ito smoothe the way for our reluctant tread.
Its the blood Of prophets that softens the
Alphin rock; their bones are scattered in al
the high places of mankind But God lays
, his burdens on no vulgar mens He never
f leaves their souls a prey He paints Elysiuna
on their dungeon wall In the populous
chamber of their heart, the light of faith slin-
es bright, and never dies For such as are On
j, the side of God there is nocause to fear.