The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-09

law. pslicy. conduct, custom. to the bar of God
word, and TO declare his sentence upoa II.
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light Of The people Harlem unto me, ye tnM knos
nghteoesssss. the people IN shcse heart ny aw Ssr
worship for the mosh soa eat them up ike earnest
and the worm shall eat them IKE wool oSt ny rsessou.
ness sban forever, and my salvation from generation
The declarations of Gods word are our whole
guide and justification, and we do not need any 9th.
The just and uIgn, ?, our LAND nave N
cation Of Gods law and Gods righteousness, and
Dave sometimes signslly and luminously set forth
the prerogstive and duty of the ministers of Gods
word to lay Gods Righteousness to the line and his
jud gment to tue plummet of mems political as well
as social conduct. How solemn and st iking In this
respect was the testimony Of the recent venerated
died instantly after q most explicit and Scriptural
utterarce on this subject The very question under
discussion was the appropriate duiies of ministers
of the spell in reference to the civil government
under viii h thew live.
What shall we say Of cases said Judge Wood, in the
Of his argumens In (which the action OF civil
or,ns, and The people are called upon 70 ad the
schemef Has the eIster OF God no warning to give?
az can me- DC sohut 10 say IN Masters in which
the scion Of OWL Cover nment 10 concernedthat 10 no
Cont ,sea b. government Or any part Of the psops
TIE mselves . manifest nvaBon upon the principles
Of sn sss po ILL., have ~ INVADED q, the 90
duty which he to proclaim and uphold Ia the name Of
God, whether men Win hesr or forbe,r q. remslo, In
his appropriate sphere OF duty, when, Ia the name OF
Christ he sssns and buKes those Who with thsh pill
tics, thus como up agaioat the dcmIo Of NOR. duty.
Toe formation Of any potich party, c'muted to the
enactment o. any Law scheme volvng moral evil,
osnnot revoke the authority Of Christ OF the duty OF
invssisn We Ssve an example ia Paul himself an in
spitd apostle Of Christ to sho partoalary that mus
and %orsy q The sphere q poo.I aoon found
In prtoep which he gives in h epste TO the Phi ppanI
the teschinss gospel. "Lt your versAtoi be
beoometh the soiptl OF Christ Thai il our transs
tenesths That IT, act ;ay beo ,meth the gospel
Of Cbrt Let your conduct - citizens your conduct
otbtr words let the gospel you act sty
and with The ctzns OF the State and be not Withdraw
nou II you'd seem fem tSo preosp, that
ministers tescn the Christian religion ana s mo-
rsi,y Is the duty Of men no. merely iniy,dn. but
This said Judge Wood, is all have to say. And
these pressive truths the last words of this
virtnous citizen and upright jurist, this good and
righteous mau ! have been ex ,eedingly interested
in his fine and Discriminating exposition Of the
passage in Philippians. His Interpretation of
the passage is unquestionsbly true, and it
throws back beautiful light of Illustration
upon Acts %: l, where the same Greek word is
used in reference to Pauis own life as q citizen in
all good conscience before God. Now my friends,
how can you put away these truths from you or
that they belong to you, and were Intended for yoas
Do you think, because your names are not down in
the Indictment that therefore you can deny the
for such abominatious that, therefore, God win sx
cuse you, or because you belle the word of the Lord
therefore, it will not be consu ming fire to you?
Nay, bat thus ssnh the Lo d OF hosts. Because 70
nea Ore, and this people wood, and 4 SHAH dsvour
them and they .h.s.ay Pea's. pssc:, VIE. there il
zion, sball fall among them that fall.
There is not the slightest possibility Of an excuse
for this wickedness, or for submission to it, or &C
ceptance or endurance Of 1t by the people. OF all
the radiant light Of divine revelation, perhaps
this is the clearest that the Lord God abhors inus
tce and win punish it to the uttermost in nations
as well individuals. Again and again break forth
edness, and no lawyer on earth could draw up the
counts of the indictment with greater severity and
rigidness and unacceptable tenacity of grasp upon
question from the insUlted majesty Of Jehovah.
Shall no, visit for such things these and shat NOT
my DO avenged on such nator' wo TO thee that
ousiy and they dsa moi trescserously with thee; vhn
thou shalt cease to spoil thou shall be spoiled.
y. would ,s.. men Should DO 70 you DO ye even % to
Them. Honor oil men Open thy mouth for the dumb
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preasee the banes Of wckednss ITO the heavy
burdens; let the oppressed 20 Free and break every
yoke.
These are Gods express commands and there is
great power in the declaration of them against the
fins we have been denouncing. They only need to
be uttered and Gods own majesty OF justice Is with
them and the tyrants quail and tremble, and the
people heart can be reached and the popular sym
patty excited, and when that is the case the weak
est voice is heard, as the wailng OF an infant will
ha.tN din nf hiatt
were roaring in the air around her. The weakest
voice heard, for the of Justice is keen and
tender in the common soul OF man, and ever wild
half buried moan upon the wind will arrest atten-
tention. AS when the night blast from the moors
watts the cry Of distress through the cottage shut
fers men rise from their warm frepaccs aud open
the door and look out into the storm, and once get
them to feel and know that their fello beings are
pershing, their household comforts cannot detain
ihem but forth they go shall il he at the cry Of
the oppressed when God peases to carry II into the
common heart and make men hear it. We may yet
witness such simultaneous aud heroic impulse Of
humanity against these dreadful Outrages by un-
just judges and unrighteous laws.
DOWN on THE RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPERS.
And then, my friends, when the cause Of humanity
and justice is popular and pay you will witness the
spectacle Of conservative religious newspapers
cheering on the ministry in the very work OF
the gospel, which now they dare TO stg-
grace 70 the pulpit and abomin nation in the sight
of God. But 50 Is always has BEEN. There
is species Of creatures that, like sea birds, infest
the mud shadows when the tide is out, and lay
fbeir eggs and gobble up their garbage. And SO
these creatures Of the press when the tide Of popu
lar sympathy rolls in, and floats your stranded
vessel, can do nothing bui flap their wings and
scream the rejoicing waves but when the
mud fats are bare, they deposit their opinions.
They hatch cockarice's eggs and weave the spiders
web. lie that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that
which IL crushed breaketh out into viper. Their
webs shall not become garments-tbeir thoughts are
thoughts Of iniquity-the way Of peace they know
not and there Is no Judgment ia their goings-
they have made them crooked paths. Whosoever
goeth therein shall not know peace, for by their
counsel judgment is turned away backward and jus
tice standcth afar of-for truth IL fallen in the
street, and equity cannot enter. But God dsap-
pointeth the devices Of the crafty, 30 that their
hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh
the wise in their own cratincss and the counsel Of