The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-25

IN Goi, can doubt that God is with him, uphodiug
him, and through him giving warning 70 the
peope2 II must be that he Is abiding under the shadow
Of the Almighty and dwelIng in the places " the
Most High. do not hesitate To affirm that John Brown
nssonei Of God FOR the great work which he un Ter
took. Who would not take arms in such cause IL they
had fathers and mothers sisters and brothers in bondage
would be worthy than that Tor which your
fathers drew their swords at Lexington and Bunker Hill
You must "loye your neighb0r yourself was the
grand declaration Of John Brown. ~ yet TOO yonng
20 harD, said the noble olo man, stha God rs respecer
Of persons" John Brown, say, was the most disintc
rested hero that embarked In hopeless The
reverend preacher continued In q similar strain OF
euogy of Brown TO the end Of his sermon with frequent
denunciatoDs Of the continuance Of slavery which he
characterized, with his usual po Of language the
great sin which called for retributive justice the go
veJnment and people did not combine 10 put down. The
sermon was listened 10 with deep attention by numerous
congregation.
SERVICES AT THE CHURCH or THE MBssIAH-REv.
DIR. osGOODs OPINION OF JOHN BROWN AND HIS
sYMPATHIZERs
The Church Of the Messiah, in Broadway, was crowd
ed yesterday morning, to hear the Thanksgiving
mon by Rev. Or. Osgood, the officiating pastor. Dr.
ogo0d ut.ers boldly and 70 the point what he thinks
year ago he made the theme Of his Thanksgiving
sermon the murderous assault on Senator Sumner.
Yesterday portion Of his discourse embraced the John
Brown eeue at Harpers Ferry, and was characterized
with his usual cogent and daring eoquence OF remark
As his text, Or Osgood chose Mathew, e.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called
the children Of God.
His opening announcement was that of all beings on
the face OF the earth, man was the most quarrel
some. Man was always fighting, either with his muscles,
club, pistol his tongue pen. The spirit OF the
camp was carried into every sphere Of life, and
war. Notwithstanding the aghting tendencies Of
man, he would not JOIN the despondent party aud call
him fend Of hell from whose total depravy nothing
better could be expected would he join the skeptic
who believes the legitimate nature Of is fighting
animal and that the only way to manage him is to make
right Of might and have the weak kept under the thumb
OF the strong He thinks better OF has high hopes
OF him. Instead of regarding his quarresome nature
proof Of his utter fall from his original state he looks
upon as evidencng the vast range OF his being and the
majestic promise Of sublime progress. This quarreiug
antagonism in all the spheres Of life in which ve
move and have their being was the grand mission OF
the Gospel TO reconcile and to produce harmony from in
harmonies He proceeded to speak at length Of the
agonsm on account Of material good between the rich
ana poorthe antagoDism of capital and labor. He in
only thing that could reconcile the antagonisn.
He spoke Of the Central Park as good and i'm
religious work, furnished work to hundreds OF un
employed but willing aborers, and filed with bread
mouths that otherwise would have TO be fed at the public
expense Aside from this, place being arranged for
permanent visiting place Of all classes, where all might
equally enjoy the healthfu air. the beauty of woodland
stream and flower their power and love of the
beautiful be developed healthu and promising actvi-
y. He denounced in eloquent terms the abuse of the
eats produce such us converting grain and the fruits of
the late wars in Eurcpe the causes of them and the
of carrying themthe latter for the past alone
being set down at 500 600 In speaking Of the pros
how neither could be bepetted. AS the lily did mag
Nifty in beauty by despoiling the sweet scented
near il, so neither England or France could be
benefited by the downfall OF the other. Finishing
the above branches of his topic, the reverend
speaker took up the subject OF the antagonsm
existing between master and servant The serfdom of
Russia FIRST touched upon and then his remarks
upon Southern slavery and the John Brown affair Har
per's Ferry This portion of his discourse give his
own words he speaking as follows -
Two extreme schools of thought prevail relative to
slavery in this country one the ncendares who would
win Freedom for the bondmen by the blood OF the master
the other the despos COURSE which treats interiors like
cattle, keep them in brute degradation and
ignorance Enlightened rulers condemn each Of these
courses and in manner less decided are striving TO re-
dangerous classes beneath them by putting them
not only the ves,mens but the protection Of law, and
educating them to become citizens All the world
the idea IS spreading that the rule Of individual will Is
tyranny, and that rulers and ruled, masters and
when they under good laws both social and
civil. Mere will makes the master q tyrsnt and
the subject slave. But these prove dangerous
suspicious and inolerant Of the ambition and immunity
that essential to his culture and defencethe slave
becoming too brutal TO render ,od service, aud gno
rant and exctabe to be the ready timber that temps
the DCedary's torch True, law makes master and
want both servants Of God The different offices in which
their vices applied appear In their command and
obedience, that the relation of master and servant
supplants that of master and slave True Christianity
a0OlB1e0 ana SeFQOnS, ana before
serf knew anything Of civil freedom he raised to
Christian liberty, and the moment his master felt the
power of religion he treated him as serving brother
under God the father OF ALL So in every age the Cos
pei is to do and will doits work in elevatng the serve
class. They must rise, not by work Of law but by the
triumph Of law. The murderer who tramples
upon law in the heat OF passion is as much
enemy TO the servie class as the tyrants who
rsmpie upon law in the GOODNESS OF despotic po-
Icy Law, just and Free blesses master and servant at
once being the vestment OF the strong and the defence
of the feeble. ii laws seem unjust recty them in
just way and by the use of laws which we approve. We
better help the bondsman by doing part by changing
legislatures and the opinion Of the master toward better
his condition. and stopping the progress Of the oppres
they y any Sonsa ,Ss e., %oI
be stopped the extension Of the slave system be pre-
vented and the great organic forces OF civil order be left
to work the better future Of the master AS friend
Of the serve class who yet to win their way to civil
liberty, must condemn the anarchists, ibusters and
cendiares who try to kinde flames of serve war which
not only expose the lives but corrupt the morals of all
concerned speak only in terms Of condemnation
Of the men who choose themselves to become judges
magistrates generals, and madly invade neHhboring
state-I condemn them for many reasons but especially
because they actually strengthen the tyranny that
they pretend TO assa,l, and put themselves
back to the period of lawess indiscrimnaton, when
every did that which pleasing In his eyes
They interfere with the great Intellectual moral and
the better welfare Of by bringing the strong and
the weak under the rule Of God and making mutual bene
factors Of ciassses otherwise hostile. If am asked what
think OF the recent attempt to excite serve insurrecon
in Virginia, reply that condemn IL altogether, and
that sophsm can be feebler than that which justes
the deed account Of worthy personal traits in the
originator. The deed is awless and murderous, and IT,
rs Tanscendenta philosophers assert tho leader is
ndealst he carries the wholly false idea of that scheol Of
tTanscendentalsm that makes civil order impossible, by
allowing every man to be his own judge and general
and ramples all authority under foot Mob law TO be
condemned utterly whether in the rufiian who assals
and half murders unarmed Senator at his
desk, or the gangs OF marauders who with pixies
and rifles try 70 excite insurrection in State.
Johns Brown seems 10 me TO be the Don ouixotte
af cnr az alicto Ia hia