New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-03

| fhsi IN good time Thou wilt perform thy promise
Afer reading the I'D psalm, the Rev. Or. CHEsfEE
t1sA; They were all much impressed With Mr.: Brown
laft lstter IN which be thanked God, who ha gwen
him s'-rgi to declare Ri ghteousnes and hs works
before nsD. The oct for which ths msD was now put
TO deatb, simply and solely the extremity OF
protest against wicked laws, and agiinS a crime.
which God himself had declared. should be pnns1e !
with d aih. John Brown bad studied his Bible aAd
be Kew this. lie abode ander The shadow o! the AZ
sgnfy in this thisg. JustSe and righteousness occa-
psd As mind. and aDquestcaably the character Of nis
Itty was Of that ofty and stern character, vAieo
rkoNoi an admiration Of tbsse attributes Of God,
whs We felt be was expressly called TO vindcse.
All vhsi multitudes t,ere wess whose sympailIss
were thus carried forward. who admired the manner
in whicA Ctrst died bur sever ;oek the at,.butes o.
God 10 III cir hearts aud feb that elcriOus ousy for
them. Hox many felI thas the relden Of sympathy
was great He in hi heart Of hes.fts admired that
man for his sympathy and feasibility eehah Of the
oppressed, lie could admiS ana reverence 50 mani
fest an exhibition of religious character. which
Gods work, non mans. II caItc right down in hneI
descent from the NAV flower. But Brown wss led
night to the seafoid, right to teath, lie was Gods
frs; MARTYR in this land. The Doctor eitsdthe case
of 81 Stephen arr Sad he believed thar Brown Fenid
pray for bis muIderess did ~. Stephen ios his Tor
Crowns murderers were of the same character.
The Rev. Mr.. HkLt of the Laight-street Bsptir
Church. offered prayer IN the eoure OF which he
prdyed for Gods dear servant their brother in bonds,
who in a little while yould deliver mp his life saer
fee TO truth principle and right. tie thanked God
that in our sn-cursed lAad there e0e who world
GO right when all did wrong, and who reduced TO
practice tie principles of holy regiOS He thanked
God that lie had united Browns spirit with that of
Jesus. He prayed that that spirit might MI the heart
Of John Brown to-day. Ana rs he stood up for the
principles of primitive refrOn let him fsel the pres
tnce OF his Lord and MassT while surs9undod by
those who "gnashed on him with their teeth, while
thew thirsted for the warm Mood of his kind honest
snd benevolent heart. He trusted that his department
today would carry eonvicoDte this guilty land. The
Il -. r.. f.art III
against him. and the Nirginan authorities On might
Ted trouble them to-day, and let them feel shai they
had rased heir puny against Heaven They asked
not judgment but mercy--mereE on these mem and he
PRAYED that be who conpassoraeed the thlet ON the
eros would compassionate them. lie prayed iSr
passion also on this guilty land and It's more guilty
churches. They were ashamed 10 own il before God
that 20 many who stood at Gods altar were duInb for
the truth of God and did not rasa their voices "a be-
half OF the oppressed
The Rev Mr. French, of the VI. Z. Church, oiEored
prayer which was very impressive he made SPECIAL
reference to John Brown in the following MARINER;
Remember thy servant, brother John Brown. fnon
hast been with him heretofore, and do not believe
Thou wilt desert him in his last trying hour. Hus
friends are far from hinl-between lin and them are
histling bayOnets. BE with him with Thy servant
Stephen: and as Thou didst open the Heaven Se
phen when his wicked enemies stoned him to DEATH so
let the Heaven be opened unto John Brown; and may
the soldiers aud AL who assist IN his execution, be CEN
WINGED that Thou hast lett them nothing but his body
hast often made Tbysef NANTES; whea martyrs have
been offered up, ard we pray that by TINS mariyroOu
greater work may be Effected for the poor slave than
was ever effected before. Let be for him an hour OF
triumph.
Several other PRAYERS were offered and hymns sung.
Although the whole congregation appeared TO unite IN
the singing yet there seemed TO be tSsiancy IN the
sound as ii arising from grief. There were few pros
ept who did not shed tears otherwise manifest their
emotion.
collection was taken up for the benefit of Browns
family, amounting to SIS
The Rev. Mr.. HAIL pronounced the benedictlon,
and the large assemblage dispersed
THE EVENING SERVICES.
The Church of the Puritans was again web filled
last evening with men and women profoundly exer-
cised with the Virginia tragedy Dr. Sheevor oficia-
ted in the pulpit and opened the exercise by reading
the 81 Martyrs Glorifed Hymn" which was sung by
individual in the audience in which the wife, children
and raudchdren of John Brown were commended
with especial earnestness TO the throne OF grace An
other by mn was then sung. commencing with
From sin and sorrow hee!"
A portion of Scripture was then read By DIR. CHEZ
YER, during which the reverend gentleman commented
with especial earnestness upon the passage,
Lord God TO whom vengeance belongs; God, 20
whom vengeance belongeth. show thyssf:' Passages
from John Browns letters cited, where he said,
"Joyfully | 90 in behalf Of millions who have
rights" another in which he said ] lm worth
hang than for any other purpose; a1so, where he
said, :" feel thousand times more for my friends
than for myself" and finally the aged beros courteous
but firm rejection Of the ministerial services Of the Rev.
Mr.. Waugh, as worskping God with whom he
John Brownl had sympathy. The citation of this
fact met with electrical response frem the audience
One woman could not restrain herself and
distinctly exclaimed, So do t. meaning express
that the shareholders God was utterly incompatible
with hers. The meeting throughout of intense,
al-absorbing pervadine excitement. Prayer and ex-
borration occupied the time Of the meeting till near
hafpast 10 O'Clock, and the longer The exercises con
tinued the more solemn was the shadow which John
Browns departed spirit seemed to cast over the grave
excited congregation. At the close collection OF
$50 was taken up for the family Of the deceased.
PRAYER MRETIsG At SHmoH CHURcH.--A Union