New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-28

with ali thy heart and with al thy soa! ana VIII AZ tsS
mud ard wilh all Thy strength his IS he 6rat rn.s3
uert ard the second Is axe namely, his Thog sssI,
love thy ueighbor as thyse There S goQe eht coruAaa
Acrs 2n-"Then Peter ard the o'hes Apcsses AZ
swered and sad. We ought 70 obey God rather thar Hssa-
Trt-s III 2-@Pu them in mind 70 be subjecs 10 prlz
cipsles ard powers 10 obey magistrates to he rsady 70
every good work SPEAK evil OF ne Rsn 70 Be no btaw
eFs hut eerLe, showing al meekness g1'o q! men
have taken these passages, my Frisnds. as
tire theme of my discourse, because they hold
withia their compass precisely the Doctrine which
shall offer you not at all because / would use
them for immediate impression. They are vari-
Gus passages not selected from the Scriptures to
the exclusion of others, to teach any RsTcow and
partisan theory, or to carry your convletion IN es-
half of such theory by the sound ottheir language
but selected from the entire range Of the ia
structions of the New Testament, concerning
Mans Duty toward God and toward the Stats,
They represent think, all the classes Of texts
that pertain TO this subject and IN their combi.
nation thew set before us what God requires Of
each among us, with conciseness yet with tad
ness, ami with perfect authority.
They are passages which Us examined in their
principles and comprehensively, are nowise IL
harmonious They agree entirely in the Doctriaa
which they teach us and while they present that
Doctrine in it. entireness, and unfold il ipto ssys
raj Of its relations and aspects, they in az
degree break CT mar its unity, It's one Doctrine.
the same symmetric and crystalline Truth, whioa
we see in all Of them only shedding its light ia
different directiouS.-It is no Reis Trdth which
they present: no Doctrine which has but lately
been evolvedf from their statements. AS receiy-
ed Doctrine among the disciples Of Christ, 1t is
older than any OF US 1t is older than the la-
~ lob, 4 L. ho,
in its history beyond the date of the Protestant
Reformation. 1t is more ancient than this era od
the Martyrs and ContesSors. It is as old as Chriz
tsnity, in its publication or IN its being. Nay
it is as old as the existence OF Man in m organic
ed society and under the sovereignty OF God, his
author. There is no other Doctrine more veneer
able than this with tile boar OF Antiquity. There
isnone which has gathered richer inheritance OF
association and history none to which we are
summoned by a nobler army OF Witnesses FOR It;
or within which We shall find as we search into its
clements higher oneness, more seltegidenc.
ing appeal TO the judgment and the conscience,
broader supnort for the inquirer after Duty. Wa
shall have proitably used this fifth Thanksgiving
Day which we spend together, il we thoroughly
master this needed Truth We Should have had
no such Thanksgiving except Tor It's prevalence in
past time in our land.
To state il in single seutence-Into whioa
shall be fairly untolJed the meaning of the texts,
that W e may consider it the more carefully aud
compare it more easily with the scope OF the
Scriptures-it may be thus expressed IT - THE
DUTY OF EACH Man TO oBA TIRE LAWS OF raE
STATE. EXCEPT WHERE rHEY CONFLICT WITH THE
Law WHICH GoD HAS GIVEN HIN AND ON THE
REALITY OF SUCH CONFLICT HIS CONSCIENCE MUST
DECIDE 1t is evident that this is somewhat
unpopular Truth. at the present But 1t Is fairy
inenibe from the texts which have read, ana
harmonious, believe, with the tenor OF the scrip
lures Let us consider it carefully, IN each OF s
particulars.
1t is the first and most obvious principle OF tha
Divine L aw, in its relation to Map that every in az
diyidua is responsible to it that every Individual
is bound to obey it. Its language when God first "
gave it through his Prophet TO his people. from tho
summit of Sinai was decisive and plain; TAou
shalt have no other Gods before me. Thou shalt
not take the name OF the Lord thy God IN vain
Thor shalt not kill THoU shalt not steal THoS
shalt not commit adultery. Throughout the Law,
in each of it's ten specific enactments, lts the per
sona Man, made in God image, responsible to
Him an heir Of Eternity who Is personally adj
dressed Il is not the Nation 1t is not the com
pany or congregation o! men But 1t Is the lnii-
yi,lual whom God has formed whom God com.
nands, And 30, most clearly, IN the New Tesla.
nebt Scriptures in the passage which have read
az containing the Law where the Savior SUMS
up into one complete and luminous announcement.
tie Duty of Man. The language is vivid and un.
equivocal Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.
with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with
ali thy strength and THou shalt love thy neigh
Dor thyselt.
Itisas Person, complete in himself, in the ele-
merits of existence and the conditions Of responsi-
bIitv that Man stands before God, amid his Gre
alton He is connected with others by ecqusnt-
ance and sympathy, and by many outward bonds
Of allianCe and fellowship Buthc is never one With
them. as involved III their existence, Of partak1ns
their personality He has his own endowment OF
faculty his own sensibitity his own sphere OF
action: his own accountableness The soul which
God has given him--which is HIHsELF~standa al
WAYS, IN undiscovered unity before its Author II
afined to others by sympathies and regards 1t Is
so atlined because distinct from them because Ia
its essence entire and personal. Each one OF US.
each man on earth, is formed in Gods image to
live TO His glory On each hath been expended
His power and skill. Each one IS capable OF rem
dering Him service Each Is capable OF arising,
through the aid which God gives him, into moral
assimilation and 1nion to Deity OF becoming
partaker of God S blessedness Ia the Future and
OF doing His will after the earth has been dis
solved in the grand and unspeakabe oihces OF
Heaven. On each man, personally, therefore.
Gods law is laid For each one, personally,
Eternity is waiting BY each, IN person, ANAL DC
met aud undergone the lDqnlsitlon oil tue Judg'
ment And each shall CO. for himself and for
ever to his Recompeuse OF Reward he that hath
done good, to Joy unspeakable and tqii Oh
glory = and be that hath done evil, TO the Doors
that awaits him. In all his ways, in al his reta-
tons alone or in society, IN secret or in public, Oh
the sea or on the land, whatever his condition and
whatever his calling, whatever his connections
with others his equals-the Man, whom God haE
made, is subject 10 His Law On blfn, as ga IN
dyidual, it's full authority continually Presses-~
The glance OF its Executive goea with him in his
ways He cannot isobey il without Gods con
Bur row this Man, thas formed Of God, and
personally and always accountable to bis Law, is
associeted with others. He Is not IL the desert,
gave Nv chance or on occasion. He is not severed
from bis equals by any adanantine resistances,
air nor BY any as effective and more spiritual
repolsions incorporated with the sopl. On the
- -. hanL he II alUaus attracted tnXard mon.