Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-04-16
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past According tdsthe scTiptural record, il was
their principal purp0se to rebuke public trans
gressions. and exposeS3e condemnation ma
tional as well as individual sils. The inspired
= prophet Isaiah, speaking, in tAe name Of the
5 Lord, to the public preachers bat time, in the
kingdom Of Israel, where evil aoers, in high pO-
sition, were not more deseryihg of severe rebake
than-thpse Of out own tins said;-l[5 AaIa
al Cry aloud, spare,fot; ,iiftup thy voice like
trumpet. aud show ny people their transgres
sionss aud the house III ] Jacob their sins"
This Is a just exposition Of the duty now re-
quired Of public preachers Of the Gospel in ref
srence to the popular sins public as well
as private. Ths prophet, in expressing the hy-
pocrisy prevaleatih his time, among those who
imagined God could be scceptably 'worshipPsd by
mere lip-service ND outward observance, where
corresponding deed absolutely essential to true
religion, were NOT pefSsEmed, proceeds, next, to
say ofthem, as he would nase said o I their proto-
types incur ages $50 .lIIsSs "a. q IA
: az Yet they seek me daily, ssSd delight to
know my ways, as If they were q nation that did
righteousness, and forsonk, not the ord hances Of
J their Gods they ask Of me the ordin ces Of jus
tice !; they take delight in apRroschts to God
B. Wherefore haFe we fastedsfs4y they, and
thou seest not Whereiofe Ave we afflicted
our soul, and thou s.aakest 4 khowledgei Be-
hold, in the day Of your fst ye find pleasure, and
exact all your labOrs.
he tells them, uext eprOvingly, and in words
of the utmost Significance, after accusing them
Of shifting Rithh k fist ofwickedness ";3'' Ye
shall not fast q ye do this dsy, to make youz
voice to be hsaH on high" asking them with
great pertinenee 7aF egrsl x sHo-3 IS
as ha such fast that 1 have chosen, day
for man TO aflict rs soul Is itito bow down
his head as bulrushseRd to spread sackclOth
and ashes under him d 5Blt thou call thisa fast,
and an acceptable day to tks kordi - 2 cur
Such was the inspired prop rs reprobation Of
the system Of hypOcritical Sing in his time, not
now, to those who CINE God can be accepta-
bly, served By psflOrning only outward acts.
whether it Be personal humiliation, or lip-ser-
vice exaltsaDn Of the great jehovah, if the great
"Ordinsesss Ofjustiee and right, in their pub
lie and pFivate acts, are neglected.
In the ext two verses the prophet describes
the true st, holy and acceptable in the sight Of
God, the Observance Of which will secure unfail-
ing happineSs in this world, and endless bliss in
the next s
"6. Is not this tn6zaSt that have chosen
90 loose the bands of goiekedSas to undo the heapv
burdens, and to LET THE oPPREAsED GO FREE and
that ye break every yokes &4at4 l7sta
Z. Isit not 10 deal thy bread h the hungry.
and that thou bring the poor tha are cast out 70
thy house When thQh seest the naked, that
those cover him. and taat thss hide not myself
from thine own Aeshs's 5ssl e3 q
five know ths-ehasactsl ,the clsrgynen Of
Massachusetts, we thi they will, to-day, in
obedience to the diri Injunction, "Cry aloud
and spare NOT; bv lift up their voice like
trumpet. showing he peoplel without respect to
station, whetler Gubernatorial Presidential,
senatorial otberwiseI their transgressions,
andthe hod@ Of Jacob las well as the rulers and
people Of tina government THEIR SINS. We
trust they will this, to the end that the bands
Of the millions in thsTepublic, unrightously op.
pressed, may be unloossasaha that the afflicted
and cast down, BY reason Of wicked human stat.
Etes may Be restored to al the nights and priv
great human family. s9
THBsFIRsr FKrumPH b FaaEDoN IN a SLAVE
STArE.-It would be ir1 kossihde for us to over.
rateIi the great md sig tIiumph, that the
Hienas q nee iaoofs free institutions, have
achieved IN the Eecen nicipal election in ST.
LOUIS ~ shows at heeemancipation senti-
ment has taken nm d ariepg the masses Of
tnatAntslli ge9l ommuy y, and, ahat, in spite Of
al oPpo74nos me woE will go on until that
state portion Of who'd people have been first
ana foremost in their o position to the extension
o. freedom shall f6s re emed from the curse Of
slavery ana take her. ition among tina nOblest
OF tne nee roml Qonweal Is oft mis- republic. The
following from a eceng d. kial in the Missouri
Ds"qerat, written AsRc she, election which re.
suited 50 auspiciouslY the cause of free men.
NEE SOIL and free asOrS ii show Of the temper
ND spirit with MICH leaders and makers Of
public sentiq mt. are sn aatla Such old iogies
as M, 5sAton, can y afford TO "dry up
when such men az the itors Of the Democrats
advocate the cause Of ght and justice, after
this fashion. vssaaa psiaaiH efst s'5as~
This victory, likewi is the more gratifying,
the more 70 s1e elQiced , tine more 70 be solem-
nized in the hereafter, amueh, as the tgiumph
has been. aohieyed BY n eEaegEe canvass, by no
ialse pretences' nf ques 9nNDle doctrines. The
issue Was made 81 Nfhe ll6eFs, and as boldly
met Free labor was filed in its stronghold,
ana nee labor stood y its rights and vindicat-
ca ~ dignity not LEI a its authority The
gauntlet was thrQA tEfAy the advocates
slavery ekt Hand prl,e aton, and it was
maniniiyE take# up bj tbe democracy, and BY
tnose sho X foFWa TO emancipation a.
coming and4 pressing eeeessity Of state policy.
fioienh snn dennnei ory attacks upon free
sPeecn ana a Tree preAk were met by still freer
thought, andA still mdfe emphatic utterance.
Auq me resqAFARs aus eredghe expectations Of
tne most sanguin I'm Eteen hundred to two
Thousand majority Ger acknowledged cham
pion OF me opposition what we may claim in
point % num0ers q point Of prestige, we
may claim every thinB. @&AR future. OF st. Louis
belongs 70 her King men,z V her mechanics, ia
her mefcha ants y her n.nufaunnrefs 10 her arti.
cans, 10 shorty her + democracy, for there is
no other ds1ocracy TIN that Of labor They
have, in thf & hands, th hereafter to mould il as
NOsLE wfscossfN.- he recsllt judicial cleo
ton in Wisconsin, resulting q the triumphant
reelection Of Chief Justice Wilton, Of the SD
prsmeCon after the nobls stand he had taken
In defence Of State rigid, and in defiance Of the
slave power, IS me4liested through the federal
courts, Is Intelligence received with general con.
graduation BY the niends Of freedom All over me
North. Judge whilAs s majority over n. Ds,ol Z
ocratie ccmpetitoSs,is notless than ten ,hon..na :
To Offset this magnificent sssult, the admioi.'
tratiOn papers ehdeavored to cxt,act B,ils m.
isiaetion from the Intelligence over tbo
wires that Macarthur (DemocF9sJ had been elect.
edI District Judge NoyalssO turns out that
there was no contest ind hpia for that Office.
the Republicans not h Sing any candidate in the
field. But itsO haPrsss, % show the test Of par
~ strengthen that tFiet, that Byron Paine, the
Republicsn candidate q County Judge Of NH