The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-11-12

lrrmu.r Nes las Aaa..
THO Harpor's Ferry Tragedy.
sermon bI no,. Henry Ward ncccbcr,
. PREACHED NUNopm uuuL mo0hAN
hlNuA iNNIhD, orl 800, lHiI.
"TorIvill stretch out NJ, hand unon rl,
/ uhaHIiluta Di Che land, saith thr lord, l'u
/ 'lom thr.lrltt Di them even unto the great
I rsi oi them, rtrg One is given o. rYtrtuu.
/ Irts aul from tHe prophet even unto thl
/ priest every one drH'rtH falsely They hpt.
/ healed lls1 thr hurt Of lhr daughter of ml
/ people slightly sHyinF, Peace, prbrus when
! There ls uu peace, Were tAry ashamed NIuu
/ 'hry bod committed ubImu4f.uua rt, lHp,
. we're not 100 u'' Hsfl'neI, neither could Nl}
/ blush therefore lbfy fha.. ipii among them
! ihal lblll at lhr time uul visit lUpm Ury
/ fhlll Doc rNst down, saith ih. lufl, lusr
I .U,lh the Lord, Stand So iu tho Wuir, aud tpp.
'ud 0Fh l1r lnr old paths, Vb.rr is lHr good
I 1879 ana Wulh therein, Uul $50 shall hUI ur.t
/ 'ur yuur Fuuls. hUr trry W.t, Wr witt UUf
/ Wulb therein, Also, / scf wallGmpu over
J sou, saying llpTkpu Co thF sound of tLr
/ trumpet, lui they sHI, We will uat hUUk-
600, Therefore hear, $50 nations, and know,
ID congregation, what ia uWuug them. llng
% earth behold, viii bring c,I upon th.,
proplt even tAe lruit Of their thuuguis h.-
cause lhri have not hplrap.rI unto my words,
nor 20 my law but rejected ir"-Jsr 81.
1910,
This is 70 Terrible message. ll was God,
word oi ODD by lhr mouth uf his wophct Jr-
IrIu"N. lhr utDH luu ui 10 Was sudden
eruption upon Judah of victorious r.rm,r.
Cod cent thr prophet 90 E,cll the cause OF
tbs disaster Too prophet declared that God
was puWHhus them because they were sriE'h
aud unjust Uud coNr'uus, and because the
whole church was WupimDd with iis ministry
lg thc same t.u. lhwc m.soh.cG had been
glaltd over ANA cNcuscd, and pallIatrd, and
hidden, hnd not healed, There had been
spirit that demanded union and quiet, rather
Than purity uud safety God therefore
threatens further uillD'iuua, because OF GT
hltduD, of lhrIr hrlrtyi and thuu- lur such
t.waNa ls thc Divine lcu.N--n, 10 were, gi,.
INs them another opportunity and alternative,
Nr cumWuLds them 90 seek after Gods o.
look t.r A uluul WtYj 90 stand aud search
'Hr the old Wuy, the right VJi, and Go walk
Boo IT,
need not stop Go usiut out the rrmlfki.
Die pr.t.utucr which these things have, in
many respects, io oUr nation Boo jbc past, 0ud
t1 our timDs BOO iAr present avail m,sulL
thi, evening. arrFT long U'tucn upon h,
subject iu 'our midst, OF tuc state o' 'ur pub.
ilg mind, Go uttcr some words ui instruction
ou uic present state OF our land.
The surprise OF the whole nation, no % o..
cen, event, is itself the best evidence ul the
isolation Of that event 4 burning fragment
struck the earth near lilrprrs Ferry. II
lbr nagmru, of an exploding wroUtr bad
fallen down out of the ajr, wh.,c thc meteor
svrp, on il would not have been more sud.
den, ur less apparently connected either with
Seventeen men, white men, without mill
ur, base, without supplies without ml'er,
" Iuout organization moro than squad ui
mini, attacked state, and uudcrto0A tu
uIl,c and lead away un cu,a,l rcr'=
IXry do not appear 90 have been called b.,
i,.c sufferers, nor To have been welcomed D.,
them. They volunteered a grace, aud sought