Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1847-1861, 1857-06-03

in its opposition to the union Of church and
state that while the stone kingdom and
government were not Christianity, the
mountain out Of which it was cut pas
Christianity. That the winged woman of
the wilderness was an emblem of christiani
ty, and heT man.child being " "caught up to
heaven in the Clouds" showed the provi
dental protection Of our infant Republic.
That our nation, answering the moral por.
trait of the nationality which was to come,
was Israel restored. That God would con.
stitute such nationality out of a people
who would acknowledge his son Jesus
Christ, and not of the Jews, who from the
beginning have de- bounced Christ. That
perfect coincidence being perfect fplSlment.
our nation, and no |other on earth, answer
ell the picture. 1Eat the nationality to
arise was to be gathered out ofthe nations
That they were to 60 westward. That the
country they were to inhabit was land
between the eastern and great western
seas. That The land was one that had
always been waste" That 1t was to be
located within thirteen distinct States.
That these States should be bounded on
the east by the eastern sea, and on the
west by the great western sea. That the
people gathered out Of the nations should
"build and dwell safely in unwalled villag
es and cities, having neither gates nor
bars ;""a land Of broad rivers and streams;"
a republic where the people should app
point to themselves one head" aud their
rulers and governors should be from a
mong themselves" That the United States
was the aisle that should wait" for God,
and that the ships of Tarshish or old Spain
should be the first to open emigration.
That our country was "the land shadow
ing with wings" which was beyond the
rivers Of Etheopia, which from Judea be.
yond the Nile, was the United States, and
no other country. That our country was
divinely protected in its beginning, and,
answering the predictions precisely Of the
nationality that was to come, is the ma.
ton born of God in day." born on Inde.
pendence day. That the United States
arose in the providence Of God as The mod
ell political government, and that its great
mission was the overthrow Of monarchy,
and the utter destruction of political and
ecclesiastical despolism. His subject in the
afternoon related more especially to the
last great battle bStween civil anY religious
liIkuy on hc ouef f.and, ;.11 r"I5 cal and
ecclesiastical despotism OH the other, tenn
ed in scripture The Battle Of Cog and
Magog." the battle OF " Armageddon," and
the battle Of the great day Of Almighty
God" That the United States would be
invaded by monarchy. That Russia would
be the leading power, and England and all
the autocracy Of the world would be allied
with Russia against the United States, ex-
cept France that France will be with US in
the end as she was with us in the beginning.
That an armament such as the world dever
sa before, composed Of millions. would in.
vale our country. That the battle field was
the valley of the Mississippi. (See Ezeki
el, 3Sth and 39lh chapters.) That heaven
would be upon our side. But in this last
dreadful fray there would be trouble such
as never was. That the United States be-
ing the exponent and representative Of Re
publicanism. extending It's borders from
sea 10 sea, and from shore to shore, from the
lakes to the gull, arose as the formidable de
fiance of autocracy and that Russia en-
bracing an area Of one-ses senth of earth's
terra firma. and arising in dreadful gran
deur, must in sel(.defence attempt the ex.
tincton of popular freedom; and that these
two formidable powers, lowering and cul-
minating to the heavens like dreadful clouds
surcharged with elements Of ruin, would
shock the earth with their collision, and
drench the earth with blood. That our
great country would never be divided. That
our Union, like noble ship, though her
live oak timbers would bend and quiver in
the tempest. would ride the storm in safety.
That monarchy would be overthrown for
ever, and republicanism everywhere pre-
vail, and nations learn war no longer
Then sets in the millennal day, when sci
ence, commerce, aud the arts would spread,
the religion of the Son Of God have sway,
righteousness among the people walk,
Messiah reign, and earth keep Jubilee a
thousand years"
But an imperfect sketch Of these lec-
turesis here presented. They certainly
created profound sensation. True OF
false, tho clearness and conclusivcness of
the arguments as presented by the intelligent
speaker, we think it would be difficult TO
answer. Surely the theme is startling and
sublime. The appropriate allusion Of the
speaker 10 the portraits Of Washington and
Lafayette, that hung on the walls in the
Capitol, in his allusion to France being
with America in the final struggle, was
deeply affecting.