The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-02-22

turn from such picture, beseeching God Il
have mercy upon US. II the South is con.
| scIentiously persuaded that her mission is tc
! have custody OF the black, until God in hi.
| providence shall disclose some way not ypi
discovered, 10 relieve her from the charge, and
/ if we are as conscIentiousIy persuaded that she
! is sinful, and that we cannot maintain with he!
that Confederacy which her fathers and our
fathers purchased aud transmitted, in the name
! OF just and holy God let US 90 apart, and can-
mt each our cause to Him that ludgelh
/ rlghteonsly.
Two things on our part car preserve the
Union One is the general prevalence among
US OF that scriptural truth, that the relation o.
ownership in man IS not in itself sinful. The
other is the persuasion that the good people of
the South are equally competent with our
selyes 10 Judge, and are better qualified with
ont our ad than with it, 10 discharge their So
cia duties. These things cannot be voted nor
will they be adopted through any public over
lures. They will, however, prevail, because
they are IuSt and trup-unlesS the God OF ma
tons IS preparing TO aflict us, or to execute
some great purpose by our connection with the
African race, in either OF which cases it now
seems likely that our Northern sentiment and
action will prove invincible. Whatever NAV
happen, and however we may, as friends and
fellow citizens, differ on these great subjects
be who becomes passionate and rysentful, loses
one evidence that he is right. The great non
conioTmIst divine, John Howe, speaking of re-
hgions controversies, says that it sFnuSt afilct
angels to see men fighting in tie dark about
mysteries which even angels cannot fathom.''
We ought not to fight with the Southern Chris
tianS about that inScrutabIe mystery which for
SO long time perPlrxrd good men. Some, on
either side, profess to understand it, and can
show you their easy solutions. At the South
there are not only s'the good and genlr,' but
also 'fhe froward," as in Paui's day. TIE
"iroward" are also with us, ami on bo,h sides
they have made this trouble, for TO them are
CHIEFLY TO be ascribed those things which, by
long and painful irritation, have brought us TO
this extremity. Right or wrong, South CaroIi-
ma IS proper subject, at the present time. tor
sorrow on our part rather than defiance
"Wlsdom IS better than weapons of war :" If
we, the party IN this contest which Is to make
and offer terms of peace, shall receive wisdom
from God, We shall pass through these danger
nus straits Sand the Glorious Lord shall h- q as
a place oil old rivers and streams. II you
ask, What shall we pray for ? ] say, ''wisdom
Is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom,
and with all thy gettings, get understanding"
We need in both sections to know and to un-
derstand each other better and here is surely
a case 10 which "wisdom and knowledge''
would be 'tbe stability Of our times" Per-
haps it is worth all which it has thus far cost
to bring this whole nation to the frame of mind
in which it is to-day, and (which is best ex-
pressed by these inspired words "Beholt, as
the eyes OF sci wants look into the hand of their
masters, and as the eyes Of maiden unto the
hand of her mistress, 50 our eyes wait upon
the Lord our God until that he have mercy
upon u.s."