Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-03

meuf I. -, nj based N the ..e.,ns.uls' 1T
/ Eve til Essefn~d II a. fran cod. H. cav
/ II Adam Ike Authority t. rule h. Children. Il
I ga. nai derived tTom ,b.ir .'ceIs>.nt." II We
E fro,n God. lie sssr Nah The sane authority.
With express PaSer uN'f life, hheFty. aud pur
salt & happiness L "a not feanded in "e,u.
sent Il Sbesn. liam. aud lapeth. and fhsir wisr,.
f II va front d. lie then determined the hahi-
tatian- o inan "a ali the face II the earth: aud
+ indicated - 'hem ia every climate. the firm aud
+ power Il thr5 Gov rnments. IL CAV, directly.
f government 10 Israel lie Just a. truly gave II
to Ianmea. h Egypt. and 10 Baby lan-'o the
+ Arab--io the f~quimaax-the Cafrre-ihe Hot
teniot-and the negro.
God. in the Bible. decides The matter. lie
saVs:
lie, every soal be subject unto the higher powers.
For the IS ne pRrr hut Of God The powers that be
are ordained u Col Whosae,er. therefore resis-
trh the power rcssteih the ordnance Of God. aul
tacy that resist shall receive 10 themselves damHa
ton For rgiers ust In terror IN good works bat
t#s etit= VIII tboa then not be afraid OF the pow
e. 10 i4at WHiHk = good. and taua shalt have
rrssr alfte sa8. Pr he is she minister al God II
dee f5r good But IL thoa b that which i evil be
stI. be hesrelh ual the sworl ia vain f3r he IS
th- minister Of tua reveH ger Ia execute wrath up
mon him that doe;A csl. Wherefore e must needs
lie sshect not oaly Tor wrath. but FIR conscience
s7Re For tLis cause pay - tfpa.e 40 ihcY are
Gods ministers attending continually upon This Ncrs
ding Render therefore L. all their dues tribute n
whom tfibute !. due, custom 70 whom ees:em. fear
= whom fear honor To whom honor. Rom. i.
Here God reveals 10 ns that he has delegated
Ia government hi, own right over happiness: Hnd
that the right i not in any sense, from the con
INT" f the governed. but is directly from him.
Government over men, ~heiher in the family or
in the State. i then directly from cd, it
would be If lie, in visible person nled in the
family ar in the State ,peak not only Of the
right simply to govern, tot the mod. Of the guy
eminent and the extent ot the power. Govern
uent can DO all which God would do. ju-t that-no
moreno less. And it Is bound to d. Just what he
bnseIf would do. 1t is under rep visibility then
- rule in rghe business. 1t must not "Ppres, It.
Il must give every individual life, liberty and
pursuit OF happiness" in harmony with the od
Of the familv-the State-as God himself would
give it: Just that--no more. NJ rss
This pas of scrp ture settles tue question.
From whence has government right 10 rule an!
what Is the extent Of It's power The night "a it Is
from God,and the extent Of the power Is I>t that
to which God would exercise il, if he per
souay on the earth. Goo in this passage and
other, settles with equal ccarne,s. from whence
J. the obligation TO submit Ia government. and
what i the extent of the duty OF obedience. The
obligation to submit Is not from individual right
t. consent or not 10 consent To government bat
the obligation to submit is directly from Col
The extent Of the duty of obedience i equally
rcvraled,-ln this wise-so long as the govern
nent rules in righteousness, the duty i. perfect
obedience. So soon. however, government
require that which God in his word foi bid- 10 d..
he must obey God and not man He must re
fu-e to obey man. Bat nusmuch "a the oiliga
tom II submit 10 authority of government l. -
great, The subject must know II is the will ii God
that he shnl refuse To obey before he ASSUME
the responsibility of resistance to the powers Tint
be. His conscience will not justify him before
! :. 1
moro to blame for having such conscious. Let
him, then be certain he can say, like Peter and
.John-"W hether it be right in the sight Of God
! to hcarken unto You more than unto Gna, judge
! ye.''
But when government requires tina. which
/ God does not forbid the subject To do, although
/ in that the government NAV have Transcribed
j tie line of it, righteous rule the subject must,
nevertheless, submit until oppression has gone
II the point at which God makes resistance 10 be
duty. And that point L., when resistance viii,
ci Anrly, be less of evil and more Of good, 10 the
community. fun further submit sion.
That i the rale of duty God gives to the Whole
people. 81 ia the IN norty. or to The ipdIrldaai,
t. guide them in resistance 10 the powers tlt he.
It is irrnsistihly certain that lie who olalaas
government hp~. alone, the right To- alter " Hbol.
i-h it that He who institutes the powers thut be
has alone the right To lay when and how the
people in whole, or in any part, may resist. So
then the people, in whole. or in part. have DO
right to re>st,to utter abolish government. sim
/ PLY because they may deem it destructive Of the
end for which il instituted; but they may
resist, alter ar abolish when il shall be seen that
God 50 regards it, This placed the great fact
whrre it must be placed under the control of the
/ Bible and Providence.
ILLUSTRATloNS.
will conclude with two illustrations.
God. in hi, pro, dence, orinins the Russian form
of governmental. e. he places the sovereignty
] in Que man because he that such govern
] mrut can secure for time, moro good to that
degraded people thnn any other firm. | now
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