The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-11-26

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and it is more longing after the unseen which is
ural impulse of the human heart than it is delu
sion We do not realize that there is world
that the ANGELS watching and guarding God
people not their living bodies only, but their sleepn.
dust every particle of which is dwelt in by Gods Spirit
and will be raised at the last daynor that there is
unseen foe, fighting against that a Chris
tian there is death only passing from life of pair
and sorrow to of bliss and glory these thing
be reaized-let the church give mankind the sprua
truths that they long for and let the congregation taxi
these thoughts home with them.
ST. PETERS CHURCH-COrner of Sharp and German sts
By the Rev. DR.. CUMMINs, Rector
Tell me, pray thee wherein thy great strength Ii h anf
| Wherewith thou mghteSt be bound to GHici thee
There is significance in this day, which may wei
cause the heart of every true to throb high ana full
with JOY.
1t is our Nations Pentecost in ancient Israel
when from valley to mountan-top the land broke forti
into singing; and from cottage and palace hamlet and
city they came to Jerusalem celebrate Gods good
in the harvest. So to-day great and mighty nation
celebrates its national festival of thanksgiving jubilee
of gratitude to God The sun in the heavens to day
shines upon no spectacle equal in subimy to that
of nearly thirty great States each republic and almost
an empire in itself, uniting in mighty holocaust O.
praise to Cod the giver of every good and noble gift
Sabbath stiffness is the land: the pourh stands
quiet in the halffnshed urrow the of the loom
and the forge is hushed Then, this annual Sabbath
let every heart not dead gratitude swell Christian
! poets song Of praise:
can the blessings of the fields
All the stores the garden yields
Focks that whiten all the plain,
Yellow sheaveS of ripGued grain,
| Lord, for these souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise
Clouds that drop their fattening dews,
Suns that genial warmth difuse,
All the plenty summer pOurs,
Autumn's rich oe'rdOwing stores.
Peace, prosperity and health,
Private bliss, and public wealth,
knowledge, with its gladening streams
Pure religions holier beams'
Yet the feelings which this day are not unmin
gled We cannot conceal from ourselves that
clouds upon the horizon of our countrys future Tber,
| of in tho
porentOus evils threatening the very foundations
upon which our dearest civil and political blessings are
based. And it seems fitting hour, and this place an
appropriate one to ask concerning the land of birth
and of our love, this question Tell me, pray thee
wherein thy great strength eth, and wherewith thou
mighteSt be bound to affct thee?'
PROFOUND this question to many and how diverse
would be the responses. One would rcpy-lt is in its
matchess Constitution, securing equal rights and prvi
leges TO all Another would place it in its bOundess
area, stretching from to ocean and its rapidly mu
upylng population Another in its eXhauStless
ces OF wealth and industry its soil and mines and
merce, and productive agencies Another, in strength
of army of navy, its prowess by land or sea
How different the Judgment of Cod, "RghteouS
alteth nation Reverence for God and obedience to
His laws pure and lofty national morality Justice and
temperance. and truth, and honesty. and lovc-n a
true pety the fear and honor and worship of God This
is the secret this is the of nations strength
This is the only security for national stability and ma
tonal glory few great principles it is, however, ne
cessary settle in minds before we can fully realize
this truth. l. And first the great principle that the
government of God over nations is direct and
tain individuals 1t is impossible for any one to
deny this great truth who holds to the belief any moral
government God 1t absurd to believe that each in
dividnaI il rssnonsibIe 70 Cod fnrhS codCt d ~ Ia Ia
Wv t,. 81 - . @ @ ;,I ~ p r ~ US !t eoi9'. anu ~ ut
- ' ~ W So ~ ~ r, s Iu u'il'cu III CVnlilui
no b h;, Of ~ ~, f VI anu
f @ 81 NJ t, U tt va u, Al history
holds them to a rigid responsibility.
~ US 80, Du. ~ - n ie IN" M ~ mora govern
which they controlled thesame Thesame con
80. - H. % lI IiS Is Ihe s'iie tl9nt ii
htltS ms appoEa II coFetoushess IN an Individual
IS in the sight of God dolary it is equally SO in nation
SahhstT nrnforat; t;, on -, I ptis, t% % -? Ia"
oJioms ~ r. J as yi t h | ~ ,%tOi' "S
Rnt tbiS - t,tI iI p Dy i @ ',i' "a %
90 - W. , ~ IN, iu't @ ~ ny nations
a. o"s - ~, ~ "a ] Ill \ "a t' t ~ ~ ~
tincon nf natons = nnI.nnr,n IN e,arniyy, III III % a
tonaI retributons must fall alone in This word III.
hIeaSirt 'I ,b aatin tGot fo,h ~ 81, a. u @ ,.I W. ~ - y
eousness must be in this life and His wrath must fall
upon the guilty people in this world who shall tramnIq
| upon his holy commandments Tell me then in what
eth the strength of omr botinn. or If naGnn Tn
| il but one renIv ..RightsorSn.ss eroitotb natin y
| Rpbteonsness Is the sonrre Of a nat;on,s ,rsnJarr
and strength When G od il honoraJ and rayers1cI ar
feared-when His laws are resnected and ohevsdwbar
His precepts are made the rude nf rpers and His con,
mandments the code of The naonle yLan HI, cabha
are hailowed and %narded from de"rrratan Hi
hoIy GosneI ia cherisbad and oheyed gb,n annnn,
! the masses of its peonIe there are to he found
miIIions Who love and s Hin; i,b r Dv md %i
if % ~ % anu SCI nun , WIN PuIe T,rt anu IN! IoA
s nr,cteaj bv Cod sssrir IN NJ ft
| 80 % t ~, ie'1ItIe ~ Iisi' - eNAlI
riahtons nnI"nti lo.5 uolnH 1ges .I it sws % anu
tracy and ip,liratnra ara ,,,ra a1 ,,,snIiind b -
- ~ IL Ill 4t P' @ ,'' ~ "ioI5
@ @ o i linus te e!e oi tle grea
J low 49, W NC =; ' ~ w uito o'Iieis, ~ Is iiohcIeu aiio
Io'N, 'ieH 20 n"hoH stiohB-sI'ohS III lle lhpreg
naTe WIt power g olrlght'
Mhen temperance controls the appettes ana passions
OF the masses-when the people unite by rcept and
San .1;S A. 10y | no - Vi "Veinpel"iet, t.at river o.
death, hooding our land and sending its poson-sream
lhto every Vaey ana our on every prarle-when soDri
y ~ anu anu oIlu'e Tue passions 'aL leau u rnu
bS I - d nttion st5ons. MneL
ut aon @ Gu anu eA pe'w zen man anu
b - 80 % 80 AZ e "aS VI 1uf.Gs h anu
c "ot" men Is as sure as tiiei pohu or odth-Whet
0 oalliy o iedrt-"lieh Ii'sehoou' anu car
anu uetr5cSlo are uIlven away ihto ther oar
% . p%ue anu a,e o t1sd' te pulI anu tle soo
@ en - IatlIm suonG Mnen Iovt rules lhe hearts o
' , % , % te iulins SplI''-WIleL IeVelHe =
~ anu i'Lce I. 'sheu III tie pu-"lieii men are 8o'
IN nv ei"uEn 10 lorBlSe anu 10 overcome eVH WIN goou
he Is hAtlon strong -FOUR mighty pillars are the Solo
pas % " llc!i ruth, oobRlErf ANI
hoNE' anu ;tpo'e ant "heh Rtey crowns an win lts
% !G tiie Diole Is ensheu III the
@ tIt VI q '.%n' lhterwo'eh win lts co9'ttutoh ahu
WI Will H. :i.inen : nsp IT'S SIotts anu Ranhoou i
m oy its DTihe oeui anu tne ear OF ola age /
~ e oy S't VI e PROMISE wllei tere az az.
% ] i " raN b tI anus "a I 'NST Ei .y us Va
vne PoWcI, s'hgweu ny tie grace ol uouVi ueh Is
n so ey are ne sat "I ee ranG
yitbin and mprvna fSe bma it6 tb 5,
w wt.l anu PeT 'ang ,ie wiioe WIN Hle mighty pOwe
q. sTouies ieS are tne sPrtuai Watu1rs VINO kee
~ - ~ % " VI tie % @ de thos
tt va T t' @ U1 @ U' p pou @ te le ~ y
lis v a % iti; "iU Nv CS e ~ Tv ne wi' ~. W.
ma.is asu IospeInE WITHIN WITHIN my palaces Ihey are IN
and alarm .rses oro not sea-, on t6o staa nf action -
thoir Inice baorI ~ ,h stroa+s ht "a ,ii ,ts ~ ~
wrese with God for their country and their prayers pre-
| vail vii i'm E is h.. hnU- IN thi
other mart Of the question seI m wherein hou may es
he bound to aict thee What power is it that car
soonest undermine all this greatness and turn it L
rottenness and death9 reply sin wfcketiness un
Righteousness Let Justice be corruptcd and poI
luted let our courts he polluted by the i'm
punty of the wrong.doer who breaks throuub ever,
safeguard law let halls legislation be corruDtef
by fraud and chicaaery; let truth be overwhelmed
divided among men; let love and kindness give ava
before the power of hatred and revenge; let the dead
rencontre and the duel stain with blood; lie
domestic purity lose its sanctity and vice pout
the sanctuary of resde; let wealth gotten by frau
unfair dealing become the ruling power in land
and give tone to society let ntemperance deSoate
cities and villages slay young men, and tn
hoary head with shame; let Christianity becCme a nam
feless, formal thing let the Bible lose its power
hearts, let the truly piouS die Of the landau
then will the land bound eitered by gigantic cOrruI
tiOn from which q Dnwer it '!Icb1bCdr o
the gl0ry is depnrted will be its DOOM Never do "
believe will this nation fall by any power wthou
while God has His people within, buff it falls it will
from corruption within; from decay at the heart an
history will record its fate there here was natio
great in power, grand in extent gigantic in resource
crowned with every Oiesslhg OF heaven oy nj
NIL pow Po"ei tiiaI ie ~ s &c "' III - I'm . is u" r.
eIoIhous 'oI uo,ls De.oIe "i '"u oii 'e ln,Si'
nnausoIeun vi a ueparteu na''oI may I've "iitle
thls ep!aph' NERVOUSNESS eNalteth nation
O'H Siti 70 d lePi io"TH I " Siy Peoi'e.
- ' ; VIZ ~ ~ 81 I'm ~ % - N i, l u ~ sleA ~;
@ eP'S sour M mel tVes tI iHei, ~
POus: "oI We W HiI ue!h .i cNcI
sphere ol llie we want IreSluehts IlEe ashhgoh WI
ms ca'l' serehe E'ouuess' Prooty anu '"Iesy OIL cha
aoteI.
washington! thou shouldst be living at TINS hour!
The land hath need OF thee! We are selfish men
U raise US up; return to us again
ana give us manners virtue, freedom, power!
Thy soul was Ike star, and dwelt apart;
LhOu hadSt voice whose SOUND was Ike the sea
Pure as the naked heaven majestic free,
SO didst thou travel on lite's common way.
In cheerful godllness, and yet thy heart
The lowliest duties on itself did lay!'
We public men in office with lives as free fro