New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-30
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE.
SERMON BY THE REV. DIR. TYING.

SERMON BY THE REV. DIR. TYING.
At III o'clock on Thanksgivingday morning the i'm
pressiye opening services of the Protestant Episcopal
Church having been completed according to the ritual
the venerable pastor of St. Georges the Rev. Stephen
II. Tying entered his desk, and took his text from
Isaah, xxi, II:
the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect
Of Righteousness, quieness and Assurance for ever"
Thanksgiving Day is, he said day on which we
may appropriately give expression TO joyjOy in it,
highest form, which is that of tranquility and peace,
that eometh from righteousness This high form Of
the expression of JOY does not admit Of the babbng
haste of the shallow brook, but flows silently and
deeply, ike the waters of q mighty river. The work
of righteousness shall be peace. No man can be at
peace it'll bis conscience and consequently hap
py if lie doee the work of wcke1ness; no nation or
combination can be eventually prosperous and happy if
it does not obey this mmutable law Before there
be peace in Heaven even, there must be righteousness
The man who deYotes his whole heart TO God will enjoy
perfect PEACE while he who suffers the schemings and
barerngs of the world to occupy his attention will
learn that everything which conflicts with the Divine
law Of righteousness Ii delusiye and destructive. IL
An mmutable law Of Heaven that the paltry dro-s
which the bard landlord wIiugs from widowt and
orphans, the capital speculation OF the man who,
through rome legal echnicality, avoids the full pay
ment of just debt, the wealth accumulated through
whate unjust means, shall not inure 10 the true
peace and happiness of him who thus accumuEites
TO his pOserity, even TO the third and fourth
generations. The speaker pursued his argument, and
applied it from individuals 10 nations, producing a
strong picture Of the present condition of the American
confederacy. He lad many very and dear friends
on the savannas Of the sunny South; but, were
they not Friends he would not pray that the direfu
consequences of their madness should be visited upon
their heads To them he could zee nothing but i'm
lending ruin should they follow the counsels OF the
handful of politicians whom, he wa sorry TO
say intelligent men-whOse desire it would
seemlto be to erect Government upon the basis OF
system of mmtgated wrong, instead of adhering 70
the wise cOunses Of the father. who declared this 10
be land of Freedom. And he prayed God to save
the Southern people from the disaster OF disuniOn He
feared that the oppression and wrong which this
tou had already permitted within her borders would
be yi1ed in terrible Tetrbution upon unborn genera
tions. Rome, drunk with tie blood OF the saints is
coming this time in judgment before the Great
Arbiter of nations. What has England gained from
her opium trade and her infdel government Of India
And in this fair land which had been consecrated to
Liberty, we expect TO reap the same harvest of
calanies which history records following in the
train of oppression and wrong, the government Is
sublugated TO Slavery. But this cannot be. The
right must conquer. And in the late expression
Of the will of Americans be saw every reason to
hope that the right would triumph Have we
nothing 10 be thankful for demanded the intrepid
speaker. The two thousand eyes Of the thou
sand persons who heard this timely allusjOn Al
sought the pew of o distinguished city official
who worshipe at NJ. Georges But the Mayor
not there. Have nothing 70 be thankful for And
the eloquent pastor surveyed the year. detailing the
blessings which, through Divine benefcence our
cn has been permitted 10 enjoy in this period of
exampled prosperity. Recommending TO the kind
sideration Of lis flock the aged pastors for whom
annual Thsnksgiving-day collection IL made At St.
Georees and thanking bir hearers for the generous
fee ling which they had exhibited toward himself dur
ing his pasoate of sixteen years wishing them pelce
and hapTnees at their Thanksgiving dinners, their
Thanksgiving reunions. and their Thanksgiving
suOf nsfIN ga Irtd