Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-04-14
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THURSDAY. APRIL IA. 1854.


create profound sensation throughout this country,
and the world. She shows, by the most abundant
evidence, that her deIineations IN "Uncle Tom"
instead Of being exaggerated, fall below the reality
The following brief allegory may serve as speci-
,inea of the pungent appeals with which Mrs Stowe
seeks to arouse the conscience of the American
Church:
"Suppose fire breaks out in the streets Of Bos-
ton, while the regular conseFvators of the city, who
have the keys Of the fire engines and the regulation
OF fire companies, are sitting together in dis
tant part of the city, consulting for the public good.
The cry of FIRE reaches Ihem but they think il is
false alarm. The cry is no less real Tor all that. Il
burns, and RACES, and roars, till everybody ia the
neighborhood sees that something must be done.
few stout leaders break open the doors Of the engine
houses, drag the engines, and begin, regularly,
OF rreguiarIy playing the fire. But the DESTROYER
still advances Messengers come in hot haste to The
hall of these deliberat0Ts, and in the unselect Ian
guage Of fear aud terror, reviie them for not coming
out
'Bess me-, says decorous leader Of the BODY,
swhat horrible language these men use!'
They show very bad spirit remarks another;
we cant possibly join them in such a state of
things
Here the more energetic members of the body
rush out, to see if The thing be really 80; and in
few minutes come back, il possible, earnest
than the others.
30! there is G,e!-a horrible, dreadful fre!--
The city Is burning-men, women children, all
burning, perishing! Come out, come 0ul AS the
Lord liveth there is but step between and death!
Il am not going out; everybody that goes gets
crazy says
'I've noticed says another, that as soon as any
body goes out to look, he gets just excled-I
won't look
But by this time the angry fire has burned into
their very neighborhood. The red demon glares
into their windows. And now, fairly aroused, they
get up and begin to look out.
SWELL, there is fire, and no mistake says one.
Something ought TO be dOne,' says another.
'Yes,' says third; 'if it not for being mixed
up with such crowd aud rabble of folks, I'd go
OUT
'Upon my word,' says another, 'there are ,Uon,cn
an the ranks, carrying pals Of wate'! There, one
woman ls going up ladder to get those children
ont. What an indecorum! IL they'd manage this
matter properly, we would join them.'
And now come numbering over from harlestown,
the engines and fire companies.
what impotence Of Charleslown,' say these men,
SO be sending over here-ust if we could not put
our own fires out. They have fires over there, as
much as we do
And now the flames and burn, and shake
hands the streets. They leap over the stee-
pies, aad glare Economically out Of the church win
dows.
'For Heavens sake, do somethingn is the cry
Pull down the houses Blow up those blocks of
stores with gunpowder! Anything to stop it,
See, now, what ultra radical measures they are
going at says one OF these spectators.
Brave men who have rushed into the thickest of
the fife, come out, and fall dead ia the street.
They are impracticable enthusiasts. They have
thrown their lives away in toolLardiness, says
another
So, Church Of Christ, burns that awful FIRE! Ex-
ermore burning burninu burnino over church nd
altar; burning over senate.house and forum; burn.
ing up liberty, burning up religion! No earthly
hands kinded that fire. From its sheeted flame
and wreahs of sulp hurous smoke, ares out upon
thee the eye Of that enemy who was a murderer
from the beginning 1t is fire that BURNS TO
THE LOWEST HE'LL!
Church of Christ, there ,Uas an hour when this
fire might have beeu extngushed by thee. Now
thou standest like mighty astonished-lke a
mighty man that cannot But the hope of Israel
is not dead, The Savior thereof in time of trouble
is yet alive.
IL every church in our land were hung with MOURN
ing-if every Christian should put on sack. cloth
If The priest should weep between the porch and
the altar, and say, Spare thy people, . Lord, and
give not thy heritage TO reproach!'-that were not
too great mourning for such time as this.
., church of Jesus consider what hath been
said in the midst of thee. What heresy hast
thou tolerated in they bosom Thy God the de-
fender of Slavery thy God the patron of slave
law Thou hast suffered false witness against
thy Redeemer and thy Sanctiier. The Holy
Trinity of Heaven has been foully tIaduced in the
midst of thee and that God whose throne is aw-
full in justice has been made the patron and leader
of oppression.
This is sin against every Christian on the
globe
Why do we love and adore, beyond all things
our God Why do we say to him, from our in
most souls, Whom have l in Heaven, but thee
and there is none upon earth desire beside thees'
Is this bought up worship ?-is it cringing
and hollow subseryiency, because he is great and
rich and powerful, and we dare not do otherwise I!
His eyes are fame of fire. he reads the inmost
soul, and will accept no such service. From our
souls we adore and love him, because he is holy
and just and good, and will not at all acquit the
wicked. We love him because he is the Lamb
1otttoW spot, the one altogether lovely. We love
the Holy Comforter, because he comes to con-
vince the world of sin, AID of righteousness and
ofJudgment. 0, holy church universal, through
out all countries and nations o, We great cloud
OF witnesses, of all people and languages and
tongues differing in many doctrines, but united
IN crying Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, for
he hath redeemed us from all iniquity l-atoGke I
arise up BE not silent! Testify against the
neresy OF the later day, which, if it were possible
Is deceiying the very elect. Your God your
glory, is slandered. Answer with the voice of
many waters and mighty thunderings Answer
with the lnnumerable multitude in heaven, who
cry, day and night Holy, holy, holy jsst and
true are thy ways, Q King of saints