American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06

and slaughter, may, through their faith
anu prayers, be brought to the feet of
Jesus--disposscsed of the fell demons
that made then5 and restored, through
the efficacy of the blood of the Lamb,
to their right mind, The present utter
humiliation of the Futtehgurh mission
will, trust, on the glorions Christian
principle of Overcoming evil with
good,' have only the effect of rousing
the noble-hearted people Of America
to tenfold exertions, and tenfold liber-
alltles in the cause of Indian evangeli-
zatlon In this way the designs of the
great adversary viii be defeated. Tie
and his willing emmissaries thought
that in the death on the cross they had
cktmgaished the career and empire of
truth and godlincss; whereas, they
there unconsciously helped in opening
the fountain, whence streams of saliva.
tion were to flow to the ends of the
earth, and ultimately sweep away all
the munitions and monuments of Sa-
tan's dire dominion. So now, it looks
as if Satan had come down amongst
us, alarmed at the threatening progress
of truth in this land of outrageous err
ror and sin-had come down in great
wrath, knowing that his time is short,
with the resolute purpose of extermi-
mating the name, and cause, and peo-
pie of the Lord Jesus out Of this land.
But his malignant purposes will be sig.
nally defeated. The very soaringness
of his audacity; the very atrocity of
his fiendish designs, will only have the
effect, through the inspiring energy OF
Gods Holy Spirit, of arousing the
whole body of true believers in Great
Britain and America into fresh out
bursts Of zeal and devotcdness, that
shall issue, through the blessing of the
glorious triune Jehovah, in the com
pletc subversion of Satan's power and
reign, and the universal establishment
of Messiah's dominion. O., then let
us pray with tenfold earnestness, that
his blessed consummation may be spec.
dily fastened
And, now, as to the causes Of this
terrible rebellion. Doubtless the pri.
mary oncs are to be found in our own
sins as n people and nation. And il
we'll becomes us, after the. examples OF
Nehemiah, Daniel, and other holy men.
to humble ourselves in the very dust
before God, with lowly, penitent, and
.contritc spirits-earnestly and honest.
iy confessing past sins and short com.
lngs, and as earnestly and honestly re.
solving to amend our ways in time tc
come.
AS to the pr0simatS or immediate
human instrumcntality, l have no hes
itati6n in saying, with the utmost EN-.
phasis, that the whole is the result O,
a long concoctod hahommedan conspi.
racy against the British power, with q
view to the establishment of a Mo.
hammcdan dynasty instead.
You will remember that in Noham.
mechanism there is an inscparable com.
bination of the civil and spiritual pow.
CT; and that its essential spirit is ia.
natical spirit Of conquest and dominion.
You will also remember that It was
from Mohammcdan rulers chiefly, and
not from Hindoo ruleres, that the Bri.
tiSk wrestcd the sceptre of Indian do.
minion. The MoRammcdans often
prosecuted the Hindoos with the most
terrible seventies. Hence it is that
the llindus generally were wont to
look with favor on the British as their
deliverers from the cruel Mohammedan
yoke; and were all content passively
to submit to the British sovereignty.
and in many cases with cheerful acqui.
escehce.
The case Of the Mobammcdans was
totally different. Looking on the Bri-
tish as the subverters of their thrones,
ard the supplanters of their dynasties,
they never could forgive them, and new
cr could be peacefully reconciled to
theirsupremacy.
For the last hundred years they hav5
been signing, ana longing, and praying,
no. only in private, but in their pub.
lie mosques, for the prosperity Of the
House of Timour, in the persoh of its
representative, the titular King or En-.
peror Of Delhi. But tho prosperity oil
that house is only another name for the
downfall Of the British, and the re as.
ceudipg Of the Mohammedan power.
So long, however, as the native ar.
my was faitbfol, there was no chance
of success and so their designs were
kept in oboyapco under the cloak or
mask of professed loyalty to the British
throne. At last circumstance occur.
req, OF which the copspirstofs took base
advantage. The majority oftbe Sepoys
OF the Bengal army are Hindus Of high
case Brohmins and RqjpHts The lat
ter tho military class of India, next in
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