Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-04

close by ultering the sentiment which
have so often expressed in your hearing, and
which have earnestly enjeavored to impress
upon your minds, to wit: Do RIGHT ALWAYS
DO RIGHT! Nothing shall by any means harm
you if ye be doers of THAT WHICH is
RIGHT.
At the close of Mr.. F's remarks, beautiful
and appropriate hymn was sung by Prof Ellis
Mr.. VETTER, MISS CHURCH and MISS CowLEs
each Stanza ending with an exhortation to "Do
Right"
Prof PECK was called out and spoke as fol-
lows:
MY You've FRIENDs:-I have often seen you
since we came here. At nght-fsll as l have
walked upon the house-top to enjoy the glories
and beauties of sunset, it has occurred to me
that those love were enjoying the same glow
ing scene. The thought has tempted me to Ego
home" And have done so. have clambered
up one golden beam and let myself down by
another, and 30 have l stood among scenes and
friends dear to my heart l have seen you and
your parents, and the loved places in which have
been accustomed to associate with you and
other friends But it has been only in my spirit
that have thus made.a journey and seen you
! have not been able to talk with you. Nolo l
look upon you in very person, and am permitted
to speak to you.
And how shall speak to youl am at loss
to know. But may interest you some what if
| tell you / have learned since / came here,
what l never very much thought of before,
that many parts of the Bble-the blessed book
which you study from Sabbath to Sabbath
were written in prisons, and that all of it is
grandy good reading for those who are cast in.
to prison for doing right.
Has it ever occurred to you that Isaiah, whose
style is so glowing, wrote many of his prophe.
ciGs, and Daniel many OF his, in prisonl Have
you ever reflected that Paul wrote some of his
most useful epistes while bolts and bars shut
him from the world, and that John was a pris-
oner when he penned the Acopocalypsel 1t will
interest you, l am sure, to take yonr Bibles and
note how many passages were written in
prison.
Aud can assure you my young friends, that
whether much or little of the Bible was written
in prison, it is all good for men who are "in
bonds " Such zoe have many times found to be
the fact since we came here
| wish l could adequately set before you one
instance of it which i shall never forget, It was
NhH NNNuAilb VI Alio hal oh WAllSh Wb ASGtlNth
the intelligence that the Supreme Court had
decided against us in our "Habeas Corpus" case,
of which all of you know. We had for days
and weeks looked forward to this decision with
most agonizing expectation. At length
the telegraph informed us that we were
defeated Oh what anguish came upon us
then. For my own part, l suffered moro on
that dreadful night than l did when my dear
first born died in my arms. Well, souowful
group, we gathered ourselves that evening for
our usual worship. 1t was my privilege |
TO conduct the exercises / opened the Bible, |
as / at first thought accidentally, but as l soon |
knew prOBideRtially, at that sweet Psalm which |
begins Fret not thyself because Of evil doers " |
AS | read that first verse, it seemed as if the |
words were purposely for us. paused an in
slant, and every syllable of the sentence
went like plummetto the bottom of our hearts
Then l read another verse, and that seemed
better than the first. 1t was received with
bIeathless silence from all. And as l read on,
Commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also
Ia Him aud He shall bring it 10 pass" and
For yet a little while and the wicked shall not
be-" and "The steps of good man are ordered
by the Lord, and He delighteth in his way"
Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast
iown;" it seemed as If the whole Psalm had been
written for our special use at thai particular
ims,
And on several occasions, we have been
truck with a like appropriateness in Bible mar
atyes or truths 10 our cases So, my young
riends, / can commend the Bible TO you as
,eng a book eminently good for those who are
n difficult place. while doing right. And you
Inow you may before long come into strait
,laces while doing the will Of God. Who
nows but you may be cast into prison for obey
ng the law Of Chrisn think some of you
viii be if our Government goes on in It's pres
nt wpy Of endesvoring TO crush those who
lelP the bOadmap to tho liberty to which he is
ntitled, u