New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-25

Copes excc Is made OF snch sotlc oep5us Oh hh1iA ~
ber that nothing ean offend il. IL . IS shield q
tough pitch, in which al weapons stick and hang
without 20 unch q scratch up0n The vitals ~ W.
picture Of rhnocs standing in tho waor ana 90
Of the water. perfectly insensble not only TO The sln
of musk ctCer but the dnrts Of men. Ii BOZ
bantam bog that viii swallow the whole inquity Of
Slavery, and leave trace IL IL a. a sea Of asihafne
slime, that VIII flow slugg-hly onward and nos
" hirlwind lash into thai will break. be-
lie most terrible oOnyalsons viii leave Il "A smooth
ara raft ed a. tbe pavement thai you tread upon.
aearxd aS& su2Esn conscience always wskes TOO lsts>
Conscience Was appointed, not Tor renorss only bat
10 be guardian, guiding sIir1t IN the nsht, and
saving and preserving power from evil III remorso
the ONLY operon in which il a permitted 70 be ehcc<
nal tn indeed il il powerful emily for Perdht'on and
De- pSir.
We must strike ~ the right God bimsefwili ssrsts
,by the very reaetisn sud tsibustssa Of the wrong
IL Gods awful proydental rule that If msn CbrtstiSs
men Instructed of Sod with Iis Word, the agent al
Omripotence IN their hands viii net out 81 regard 70
bin and 20 the demands Of beneyo'once sind Jos1ce,
rekt "A great wrong then the wrong VIII sooner OF
later right itself in earhq uke and desoaiioa IN conr
hc and war in battle and blood. We must strike for
the right or speedily the i've millions OF slaves W.
be cms ten and God will LEI loose the syals nse
when be do,s this i will be 10 the power o.
an APPALLED, and trembling church. by untiniely re-
remittance wrung out Of selshnees ind terror TO stay
or prevent the ruin, than would be possible TOR re
gineni of conservative saints TO hold back an Aiptns
eaeraCt or ridge on the icy forehead OF the Jungas
mountain already loosened by the tempest and than
dering into the valley below. We must strike Tor
Others whose appeal for mercy, or GodAimsen
viii strike us II We have not been faithful in thss
which Is another mans who shah give you that which
is Nour own1 We must strike for righteousness and
Justice while there is any acknowledgment Of either
leftin the land for i isus becoming perfectly cor
which is crushed breaketh out into VIPER
Finally, we must choose righteousness, obey God,
DO Justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him
Politicians may argue from political expediency, bus
Ged viii have justice, and command our nation ever
where to repent. His commaad comes now ~ did
n old. Let my people 60 that they may serve me.
et them CO. with their hocks, their herds and their
lule ones. God instructed Moses to bring no argu-
IreIt 10 bear upon Pharaoh but just Gods command
FIe did not permit Moses TO consult with Jaunes aud
l. mbres and get them TO persuade Pharaoh that FREQ
labor was more profitable thar slave He did not per
NIT Moses to wait generation or go till Pharaoh and
the EQy ptians should be convinced that obedience 20
Gods command was for their own interest, AID 90 by
elshness ITSELF and not by any regard 10 God jas
tce OF humanity, Slavery should die out God wih
not be thus Knocked, and If we, rs ministers OF hn
word shrink back from applying IL, and say Leave
II 70 the politicians and the laws OF nature to WORT
away this evil but LEI not disturb the churches ana
our congregations with Gods denunciations OF Il "a .
sin; this il neither nor less, ~ have said on
another oceason than to make ourselves IN tho MINIS
try one great concentrated consolidated Jonah; and
God somewhere will have in preparation the whale
to swallow us. II would have been everyday "a
proper for Jonah, when God commanded him 70
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alone and BY and by the people will ind out by their
own experience that holiness IL profitable than
sin but 70 y in the face OF their passions and prcu
dces with the word OF God commanding them at once
10 repent and humble themselves before him, would
be madness would only stir up STRIFE and expose
az prophet to persecution and death i would have
been lust as proper and right for him to have reasoned
thus az il would be now for 10 adopt the same
policy of silence az TO our countrys great reignng in
EQUITY We cannot thus take passage 10 farhish and
90 into our berths and sleep with safety The whole
country and the whole world startled by Gods Prov
deuce with John Brown, are looking at us, and wait
ing for us and almost calling upon u.s. the shipmen
upon Jonah, What meanest thou, oh sleeperi
Awake and call upon thy God Depend upon u. this
matter il to be settled by the Word of Cod not ~
a bv the Word OF God or IL will be our destyactson
God Nil have obedience and not sacrifice. When he
commands our nation 20 do Justly, he Will not let US
wait and do unjustly, ILL., having worn out our iands
and brought Ourselves upon the brink OF ruin by steal
ing and endeayoFng TO establish ourselves IN IN
righteousness, at length conclude, forsooth thai
honesty ia the best policy, and therefore out Of pure
selhsbness we will take the way that God commanded
To all ernity If God dealt thus with his creatures
leaving them 10 obey him only when Il suited their
own convenience, and his ministers TO apply his Word
only when il popular, and selfnterest its side,
he never could have holy people, or pure nation:
and heaven itself il peopled with souls and naions
thus caioed into the practice Of pety by selfshness.
would only need another Lucifer TO bead another re-
belliCn, and make another hell.
God mas controversy with this nation, and he
",
and spare not, but TO apply bis Word, and never
will the controversy be settled in any other
way. And never on earth was a grander opportunity
given 20 His church and ministry TO throw themselves
on Him. and in the very front rank in this conflict
demonstrate the Omnipotenee OF His truth and
righteousness, fighting the battle Of Ills Word, and
gaining the victory BY His Spirit Aftera fiery donun-
citation of the very sins Of which we guilty.
God describes His own interpostion, and says: 30
shall they fear the name OF the Lord from the West
When the enemy coIneth In like food, then tho
Spirit of the Lord shall lft up q standard against
him. What and where IL this standard IL II In
the Senate the House, the Judiciary the political
pediency of men, who avow that they recognize no
obligation bat just this OF the highest wages, and that
If Slavery profitable 10 the nation Slavery would
be right Nay, il is the standard Of Gods Word,
GCd's Justice, Gods Righteousness, lifted up by His
Church, carried in the van by His Ministry and His
Spirit goes with il, and not BY might nor BY power.
but by Ny Spirit, cath the Lord OF Hosts, - tho
wGtchwOrd. This is our work God coDynces of am.
snbdues the heart subdaes the nation, only BY His
Word His Spirit, and the remuneration Of any great
system Of inQuity is hopeless in any ether way But
in this way it is eertan and II Gods Word had been
applied to this niquy Of Slavery forty years ago by
the churches and the ministry instead OF throwing OF
their responsibility BY ineffective resolutions in Uenernf
Assemblies the whole system would By this day have
gone out Of existence. When we saw the plague
n reading we ought to have rushed forth long ago
with Gods Ere. IL they had stood Ia my counsel,
says the Lord God in reference TO this SIM and
the guilt Of the prophets who woald preach against
IL, ii they had stood in Ny counsel, and proclaimed
Ny Word, they would have turned the people
from their iniQuity. What can be more solemn thsn
this assurancel And ths proclamation 81 Gods Word
is now our only hope, last resort II "a an Infinite
mercy that We stil able TO throw ourselves upen
il. Though late, YET now, If We win be faithful TO
God God will be faithful to az. and give W the victory
over ths mighty regning, and remoreless sin, that
way in which only is worth gaining, the victory by
conscience the victory by Divine truth, the victory BY
the claims and power Of the Gospel the victory BY
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Gods everlasting glory Then shall the text be fai-
filed in Vi, and the Lord viii net cast of bis people,