The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-05

are few hardy enough 70 pronounce VeIuic ~ us;no
yor at least without some prudential caveat OF u
ton monomana, imprudence, rashuess or ahcuona,s;
There lew that are willing W aunt his sounu sehse M
lohn Browns tria by tho forms Of such laws mar
tyrs trial not many times In the history Of our wv'
transacted with such awful issues in such grand anu
emn light. John Fcx's Book Of Martyrs beng openca
before u.s. you might almost think Of pages ma
been taken from 70 be rehearsed Charestown Jonn
Bunyan could hardly have drawn more graphic descrp
ton, as to principle, II the trial Of Faithful with I'll the
proceedings had been made up from notes Of THIS modern
wickedness. You can recur, almost from memory, 70
the picture. "Then convenient tmne being appointed
they brought forth the prisoners to their trial. order 70
their condemnation. When the time come, they were
brought before their enemies and arragned The judges
name was Lord Hategood their indictment was one ana
the In substances though somewhat varying in FORM
the contents whereof these That they were
to and disturbers Of the trade that they had made com
motions and divisions in the town. and had party 10
their most dangerous opinions, in contempt OF inc
law OF their Prince Then Faithful began To answer for
hmsehthat he had only set himself against that which
had set itself against Him that is higher than the high
est Then the witnesses were called against him the nrsi
Of whom testified that he neither regarded prince nor peo
pe law custom, but did all he could TO possess all
with certain Of his disloy al notions affirming in parl
cular that Christianity and the of town Of Want
ty diamericay opposite and could not be recon
ced BY which saying my lord be doth at once not only
condemn all laudablc doings but us in the dong OF
them If need be, when the other gentlemen have given
IN their evidence rather than anything shall be wanting
that will despatch him, will enlarge my testimony against
him. Then when the Witnesses had finished their testi
mony Faithful declared, among other things that he never
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tom, or people, were. fat against the word OF
God, one Numerically opposite to Christianity,
is always the Higher and the lower law that are brought
into collision in every such trial. and the victim IS con-
demucd for setting forth and teaching and acting cut his
allegiance TO the Higher against the lower, his obedience
to God rather than man. Accordingly, when the Judge
called the Jury he said Gentlemen Of the Jury, you see
this about whom SO great uproar hath been made
in this town; you have also heard what the worthy gen.
his repy AND eh now IL breasts
TO hang him or to save his c but yet think meet 70 m
struct you in our law There was an act made in the
days Of Pharaoh the Great servant 70 our Prince that
lest those Of contrary religion should multiply and grow
strong for him. their males should be thrown into the
river. There also act made in the days OF Ne6u
chadnezZar the Great another Of his servants that wh0
ever would not fall down and worship his golden image,
should be thrown into fiery furnace There was also
an act made in the days Of Darius that whose for some
Hons den. Now the substance of these laws this rebel
hath broken, not only in thought, (Which not u be
borne but also in word and deed which must therefore
needs be inolerable He dsputeth against our religion,
and for the treason that he hath already confessed he
deseryeth to die the DEATH Then went the jury out,
Loveust, Mve-loose, Heady, High mind Eumty, Liar
Cruelty, Hate light and lmpacab, who every one gave
in his private verdict against him among themselves and
afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guty
before the judge. And SO they did. Therefore he was
presently condemned TO be led from the place where he
was to the place from whence he came and there 70 be
put to the most cruel death that could be invented They
therefore brought him out to do with him according to
their law, burning him to ashes at the stake after
divers otneT @ Ana inus came Seo fa rass 70
atty, which we never expected to see repro
duced in own country, under SO called free govern
ment, under the full light of the Christian religion.
The possibility Of It shows that the limit Of forbearance
from God towards reached the point reached where
God will say Ephram is joined to idols let him alone
But will not now dwell again upon this. There is
brighter, happier picture ia the martyrs fate, which
Bunyan shall describe in his brief words, and there
some sacred lessons to be drawn from the whole char
acer and transaction, personal solemn, important The
last that human eye Of Faithful is the form Of his
crisped and manged body half visible through flame and
smoke, and the multitude of spectators stand gazing,
some noisy some SILENT some horror stricken. But now
saw, says the Dreamer and who conceive the go
reality hidden under these images that there stood
waiting for Faithful who his adversaries had
despatched him. was taken up into it, and straight way
carried up through the Clouds with sound Of trumpet
through Christ right to the tree Of fe and entered in
through the gates into the city There he joined the great
multitude before the throne and before the Lamb clothed
with white robes and palms in their hands, There upon
the Of glass mingled with fire. he joined the company
Of those who Satan earth by the blood Of the
their lives unto the death. Who are these that are ar
rayed in white robes and whence came theyf These
they which came out Of great tribulaton, and have
washed their robes and have made them white In the
blood OF the Lamb Therefore they before the throne
Of Cod and serve him day and night in his temple, and
he that stitch the throne shall dwell among them
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light on them, any heat For
the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed
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waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes. The cause in which John Brown suffered
bis martyrdom, which has all the seals that
ever could render martyrdom glorious. HIS
name, bis memory, his letters the vindication of his
character and acts, sacred and Invaluable trust
which large portion Of the called Church of Christ
in this nation proud and udcially blinded will baughty
and scornfuiy reject Yet God will not let the lessons
OF such life be sealed by such death In vain. The
church that disowns him is rot worthy of him; bat We
thank God for the dvney preeisus and sunke tcstimo
ny OF his membership in The fold Of Christ for the
example of one such Christian is conioundng to thou
sand hypocres and ought TO bring back Christs
fold the unhappy wanderers whom the blight Of such
hypocrisy mistaken for religion has made nfdels. We
thank God that the first public victim OF the cruelty of
slave law and Of the slave despotsm in land should
have been found faithful servant of Christ so unbem
ished entire, so pure for such Offering We thank
God that this immoation, so awful, solemn, the
altar of this Aooch with ostenaious military mnisron
OF federal ard State the willing priests of its
worship has been the sacrifice Of In whom, as in
Daniel Of old fault could be found except concerning
the law of his Cod applied and obeyed by him against
the regGDg nguty OF the nation. 1t matter for pro-
cundest thoughtful praise that after the moral assassna
on of'the by federal JUSTICE declaring that black
men have rights that white bound respect
this eliminating State crime Of the murder Of the first
man who openly struck for their delyerance has been
sgnaized by finding in its vcum being with Gods seal
Gods bapsm God IS commission, Gods truth maniiesty
upon him and within him, and VIII very form, even
out Of prison and obscurity has becnnlargng and be-
coming RADIANT as with divine hansiguration ever
since the revengeul and mplacabe nsuted slave power
lifted him 10 the worlds gaze as traitor and criminal
1t matter for grateful JOY that the first great govern
mental martyr OF this wickedness carried to his
of treason against by the impulses Of Christian heart
and conscience, by the word and spirit OF God, by the
loftest teachings of religion by his convictions
shipper OF that God who respecter OF persons beev
er in the Lord Jesus Christ and in the ncOmpabty of
HIS Gospel with that form Of cruelty and sin for OPP
posing the law and government Of which, in seeking Tx
deverance Of ts victims, he hanged upon the gal
lows IT is matter Of dcvou thankfuness, that Of
the malice Of his enemies of the rage aud successful
cruelty Of the slave power of the and fury Of
the clements where occurs the first great public violent
collision between conscience and law in the mater of the
right Of slavery TO exist the grand emphatic develope.
menf and exhibition filling all minds with establishment,
Is that Of the most exalted personal virtue pety, hero
ism, against which the slave power feels that 1t has
right but that Of murder security but that Of hanging
The storm has been raging and two have met,
ard on the height Of this great first see by
the midnight lightning of God the form of John Brown
raised between heaven and carth-a moment seen then
gone forever But the image shall remain-the sight Of
that gaows and the form Of the Christian victim upon
it-desned, we may hope in God, to awaken deeper,
heller, more intense and comprehensive Indignation
and hatred against slavery than the detail of any of its
less public and lustrious atrocities has produced
NOW, again, We affirm The obligation Of gratitude to God
Tor John Browns Christian character just for
praise that God has so sancted the battle against slave
y that He would not leave the glory the suffering Of
TINS terrible protest TO be monopoized by any sol
der OF this world or any unbeever in Him. but that He