The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-07-13

the opportunities which God cilcrs for
| the individual exercise Of that hottest Of
all disciplinc-the rule of mans own
will, and the bringing self into subicc.
ton to a higher power, revealed through
media which leaves no room to doubt
the authority Of the power, or the source
whence IT is derived. This il II par, of
the theory of self government, which if
applied through the nation 10 the indi.
vidual citizen, and justly appreciated by
him, becomes one Of the chief Of divine
Observation-Disclosures, to aid him in perfect
ing the Gospel dispcnsation in bis own
heart, by doing his duty in the particular
state aad condition in life into which it
has pleased God TO place him.
To learn and to practice that cbcdi.
cncc is the chief duty of man, and when
this is attempted, then will be solved the
problem Of individual freedom which is
tresdom 10 do The right, and isars undoae the
,ry0ng. This alone is true christian lib.
erty--liherty to bring ones own self
into subiugation To that superior author
ity which God through man has ordained
for our discipline This exercise IF free.
dom, thus defined is to be learned in
our country better far than under any
other form. Here the very assertion Of
our liberty is the sur which should goad
us to obedience, cheerful and ready as
unto powers which our own election have
constituted, and which our reason en-
lightencd by the light Of christianity.
has approved To learn aud to Practice
this willing obedience, is the work Of
our probation TO Afford man the oppor.
tunity to deyolope it, has The every prov
idence OF God been directed. and every
phase Of government been permitted. Ia
ours the rescued heather is taught the
rudimentai principle. of luw, and forced
to an obedience by the arbitrary VIII cf
a superior is fitted in degree to which
IN his normal condition be never could
.attain, for the recognition OF Gods an.
thortv, and the reception Of advanced
religious culture.
lie free citizen is taught by the ever
present example OF his own slave, the
existence OF authority superior III his
own and his proud spliit ei Independence
reminded OF lis accountability. Thus
mutually influential fac each others good,
the master and the slave, each in their
own sphere, are working out the issues
of eternity. Not only in the relation
of master and slave, but through all the
departments OF our government IN every
civil or domestic relation is this rule q
willing obedience TO law proposed and
when the every citizen shall have learned
to practice it, from the mental drawer OF
wood and water, to the high chief who sits
in the xecutiye chair, and like bis fellows
must yield the cheerful obedience Of bis
will TO the viii of the people, when lcgi.
t.mately announced Then, when these
principles Of selfgovernment are exem'
pilied IN the lie of every citizen,
will have advanced, i'll a signal degree,
The rccnpcration of man, aud the rcsio'
ration oi man from that degraded couai-
ton, into which the race lad been cast,
hy Adams inabili y to control himself
The sin Of Eden had It's origin In mans
Abandonment Of the liberty which God
had given. The glory Of the triumph OF
Grace is, that Afcstores him that liberty,
through Christ Jesus makes him
freeman, aud bids him obey the law
which rings through all time, as the
condition IL favor that mans VIII mus.
be brought hy sclfacling power over
itself into subingaiion to the unchange.
able DEGREES of God.
Among those DEGREES is plainly writ
ten the diversity aud graduation IN sta.
ton a. all created things, and II was
because this principle was sc, at uanSht
IN a secu ot our former Union, that
disorder aud destruction now threaten
them. Had the old Union been iuaugu-
rated without the spirit Of lts declaration
d" that all men alc born free aud equal
had the diversity OF grades been plainly
enumerated with the recognition of Gods
supremacy. aud His revelation been
made lhc lac 81 assaai'ea, beyond winch,
the freed m Of the citizen should not eS-
tend had the liberty Of the constitution
boon construed 10 mean the same hbor'
o. which God allows. a Liberty II do
our own pocnhar duty without being
busy body In other mems matters ueh
il might have continued a glorious Gle.
mcnt OF mans restoration to his prima'
tive integrity special agency ct
grace. 50 10 prepare the ground OF the
world that the seed Of gospel truth would
bring forth an abundant harvest But
il was because the discipline of self
Government was lost, aud men IN the
cklcssncss OF amad spirit Of lndcpen'
dance sough. to free themselves IRON the
restraints Of all law, making their own
desires the only arhiter OF their action
because thus. under the influence OF one
who tcinpted them as old with the sug'
gcstion shall we surely die the oiizeus
Of the North took the dcsiinies Of the
nation into their own hands, and hurried
defiance at Gods providentIal economy,
that lie IN wrath withdrew the proioc.
ton which Influenced its pcrpetnity, and
perri,,ed the dissolution which the Sc
ressiob Of the South has enacted. i.ct
ms beware that we recognize the lib
crty Of our citizenship as gitt from
God. an opportunity for the good Of man.
which every onc Of ~ must use for that
end alone and 80 the fear Of Ham who
hath given it to MS. Let no unworthy
motive influence us N the future to use
OUT liberty Of speech. or liberty OF elec
ton for a lower purpose,
If in the providence Of God, our iegi-
ment he spared the sad experiences Of
The battle Geld it will be cause Of thanks
giving (uulcss it involves an unwilling
ness to share the common fate Of our
conntrvmen, which God forbid any %