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WEDNESDAY, MORNING. .sLpr u, 1901

WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SlPr II, 1861
TH1 PrRyraxs At WopK.-m our columns
70 dav Willie found the announcement by the
American Tract Society of a publication oi
OltvlR CRo&vYtr's Bible, "a compilation III
nsc by the Pertain army, with the preface 81
the Society Ia t,e present edition. We have
often observed that THE contest is a revival oi
The old war between the pusitans and Cara-
Eers aud the rnritaus Of the North are them
selves recognizing formally tae existence OF "a
fac, which hiss long been evident Ia AL who
can Observe and reflect. We have never sup
posed that the existence Of slavery is the cause
al the hong and irritating strife which has ri
suiod al las; IN an appeal 10 arms Slavery is
the occasion, hut oly the occasion of that
strife Between the palritiyn and the r!Chcan
elements ot Great Britain there are even now
yTeater differences of character than between
Great Britain and any foreign nation, AnoLler
srisiocrscy than that Of England il is mpossi
bic 10 find in the world, nor a lower class more
destitute of refinement and intelligence II is
tr'ily head OF gold and feet ot clay. The
South was settled m great rar7, though not en-
nreiv. by men of Cavalier STOCK the North,
principally by English Puri'ana, many of whom
were Of the respectable middle ciasses. MANY
"lewd fellows Of the bsser sort, 8nd small
proportion Of Cavaler descent. II is g curious
fact, but one which we venture TO assert can.
be demonstrated BY genealogical record that
those families and sections OF the North which
were not OF Puritan origin. nave been uniform
" found III opposition not only to aboli,onism
but 10 All those other ,Sms which are the RINK
growth OF Puritan religion and morals and
that, when blows were 10 be given or taken.
the best lighting men of the North have been
found III that email. but honorable minority
which has BOT bowed the knee 10 the Puritan
Baal
We have no feelings but of profound respe,,
and reverence for true religion; nor would we
deny for a moment the suueFintendin, Proyj
uence OF God III war As ell as IL peace as In.
uicaJed IN the passages Of Holy Writ grouped
together III CRomwELL's Bible and uicA at
ford another striking proof That tie Deyl!
can quo's Scripture Tor lis purpose Iftney
pould afford anu and comfort TO rebels agans,
CHARLES, why not to reDcis against LINCOLN !
The Providence OF Goo has been maI.Itrrt II.
this war, but not on the honnGnead SIDE Nor
can il DC forgotten that All their famous texts
proved at iast devoid of application 10 their
cause Tor the uourpeg'6 success WAS a short
hVed affair, and IL tne restoration Of the throne
lie Cavaliers, II given 10 Mouthing scrIp-
ture, mgpt nave reminded the Rounuueads OF
ccrtalu texts more Significant aua applicable
than any OF their own, such as NV son. fear
Hhor, Kk,., 4
With them that are gwen 10 change" Quo
tatons Of g slniiar character might be
indefinitely multiplied from both tie Ola
and New iestaments Ii fact. If the
Scripture quoting OLIVER CROMWELL had
hved IL the days of that scriptur.A writer
IRON whom he was most fond of borrowing
werlike passages, that glorious Hebrew klnS
Hnd warrior, DAVID, tae same sentence would
have been pronounced upon him that the King
pronounced agalnst that other man Of blood,
and champion OF usuppation, JoAB the son OF
ZKDEKIAH; Let no! his hoar head 20 down
70 the grave IN peace" And the whole crowd
OF pious regicides might have contemplated
with advantage the example Of DAVID
himself, when flying for his life from saul,
the skirt of SAULs robe, while he slept
And DAvIDs heart smotc him because he
bad cut of SAUI.'s skirt, And be said mic
bis men, The Lord forbid that / should do
this thing unto my master, the Lords an
nointed, TO stretch forth mine hand against
lin, seeing be is the anoiutcd Of the Lore.
SO DAVID stayed his servants with these
ia md aatto h.,
saul To which it may be added, that ..rer-
wards when n man came 70 DAVID. hoastiug
that he had killed SAri at SArL's own com
mand, DAVID ordered one Of his soldiers 10
put him 10 death. Or, if the Roupdhclfs
chose Ia bubble about "thc Lords an.
oin:ed, then the Cavaliers might have pointed
them to the Apostolic direction, Fear God
and honor the King" and similar preceDts, in
a case where the King YVES no more the
Lords anointed than CHARLES, and much
more 81 tvrant SO that The American Tract
Soclety will perceive that the Cavaliers might
have got MP Bible az well as CROMWELL and
that the resnit would have illustrated the ap.
preparedness of their quotations. But what
beautiful consistency in men, The chief glory
\,
exult in being the tools Of vulgar despot, and
converting the came fanaticism which once
made war upon Kings into an engine for the
overthrow Of freedom! But the whole his
tory Of the Puritans proves that it was not the
love OF liberty, but the love OF power, that en-
listed them on the side Of rebellion. The,-
were as Discontinued III Holland, where they
had equal rights, dis lii Britain, where they
professed 10 have none, aud more bloody, in.
tolerant and despotic III New England than the
most arbitrarv Government of Europe
When the vine Founder of Christianity
wGs asked whal man must do to be saved.
tie pointed out certain things to be believed
and certain things 10 be done, as absolutely os-
sentlal to that great end. Nothing can be
more sublime and beautiful than true religion,
as defined by It's Divine author 1t is daily
eacrihce OF faith and obedience. an inward
crucifixlon Of evil appetitcs and passions,
whilst all outward ostentation and parade Of
Piety are TO be avoided. lie never rebuked
the Publicans and Harlots more Indignantly
than be did the Pharisees, who Were the Pur-
tans OF His time. He was Himself blasphe
mously denounced by the Pharieees as d glu:ton
and wlnebibher because lie set an example in
ms own person of temperate enjoyment of all
innocent pleasures, He was az explicit in His
prohibition of hypocrisy as of vice; of making
prayers al the street corners as Of no PRAYERS
NJ al oil giving aims to be seen of men. "a of
GIVING no alms whatever When thou pray
oe'' 30 INTO thy closet, aud thy Father which
see,h In secret shall reward thee openly
""eh thon fastest, an0nt thine head and
wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men