Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-10-02

there were many who heard him who fel, the
deepest disapprobation of his sentiments. and
conceived that he, for one, was assuredIy desc
Grating the Presidents appointed Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. Hickman preached in the Third
Presbyterian Church. He made no allusion to
slavery in political sense IL the war had no,
come upon US on account of slavery il would
have occurred upon some other issue. Twas
visitation upon US for our sins We do not recog
nize the hand of God, the supreme ruler. as we
ought to recognize il. We set up idols to our.
selves. First we had Gea Scott But God was
against us in the battle of Manassas vet we learned
not to reverence Him and look to Him alone.
And now we had Gen. Mcclellan for an idol.
Until the whole nation learned 10 bow 10 and
reverence the Supreme Being, recognizing His
hand in all things and Obeying Him in humility
and love, we, as individuals and as a people will
be visited by His chastisement
Mr.. Hickman traced the early history of our
country, showing the important part which Pro-
testanism had played in laying the massive foun-
dationr OF our Government; the early immigration
being mostly Protestant.
We have departed from the teachings and prac-
tees of our piOus ancestry. The influence of our
Protestant Christianity has been partially neu
tr'slized by Papal and nfdcl immigration. Rev
erence for the bible and Sabbath is sadly dimin
ished-rhe one cast out from public schools, the
other shamelessly violated even by our highest
legislative assemblies. False notions of individu
al rights, without recognition of individual re-
sponsibties; the decentralization of public men,
the greed for Office, party caucuses, the corrupt
appliances to obtain nominations and elections,
even judicial Offices made of brief tenure and
trusted to popular vote and partisan preferences;
these are some of the evils of the times conse-
quent upon our forsaking the teachings and the
conduct of our Protestant ancestry. And for our
sins God. sends upon us the judgment of civil war
The slavery question is merely the occasion. This
question could have been settled by Christian
people and in accordance with the bible without
the untold evils of war, had our ways pleased God
and had we walked in His commandments. II is
only by returning to Him, acknowledging our
sins and humbling ourselves in His sight, that we
Services were held in the German Catholic
Church, Rev. Mr.. Secrist. and in St. Johns
Church, Rev. Mr.. bessonies. The exercises in
both these churches were purely devotional and
IN accordance with the solemn reason which. I'M
der the Presidents proclamation, had called the
congregations together.
The Rev. Mr.. Hyde preached in the Congre-
gational Church. He stated that in what he
should say he would aim to be very moderate
He spoke of the iniGuites of the people He
spoke of national sins. He quoted FROM Isaiah:
"Loose the bonds; break the yoke; let the bond
man go free" and applied the text to slavery, as
it exists in some Of the States. We as people
were given to many sins. but the sin of slavery
was the one for which we were the most account
able. If we believe that the Almighty rules we
must believe that this war is sent upon us for a
punishment. We must humble ourselves before
Him. We must remove the sin, in accord
ance with justice and right, and his severe chas
tisement will be averted
This day, notwithstanding the omission made
in Mayor Maxwell's proclamation, who called
ness and repair to their respective places of wor-
ship, was also celebrated by the Hebrews all
over the world as the Sehenini bag GnGrereth,
the day of the Feast of the Holy Assembly, be-
ing the Eighth day of the Feast of Taberna
ces.
The Rev. Mr. Tindall filled the pulpit in the
Second Presbyterian Church. " Confession of
Sins" was his subject. Wekad National sins to
answer for, but we had also individual sins The
reverend gentleman enlarged upon these latter
sins, which all admitted to be numerous indeed
and closed with but brief, moderate, and gene
raj reference to national matters. Each person
should search his own heart, and humble himself
before Con, and not cast the burden of his trans
gressions upon another person or upon many
other persons, or upon the nation at large
The Rev. Mr. Brooks, of the Fourth Presby-
terrain Church. was for carrying the war vigorous
ly forward. We must crush the rebellion, and
with the rebellion would go slavery. He remark
ed in the outset that it was not regular day for
preaching, but day upon which man could ex-
press himself freely from the pulpit He was for
the war, and he was for the extinguishing of sla-
very. He recognized the hand of God for that
particular purpose, in the troubles which now be-
set US.
We print elsewhere an extended report of the
Rev. Mr.. Stringfellow's sermon, preached in
Christ Church, (Episcopal.)
correspondent furnishes us with notice of
the Rev. Mr.. ColcIaziers sermon, delivered in
Roberts Chapel, under the head of "What are
we fighting for 2''
At the First Presbyterian Church. the Rev.
Mr.. Nixon filled the pulpit The remarks OF the
eloquent and able gentleman were eminently CON
sentative and appropriate and we regret exceed
ingly that we have not space to give an extended
report of them. Mr.. Nixon also addressed the
congregation at Roberts Chapel in the afternoon.
speaking as he spoke in the forenoon, as becomes
a Christian gentleman and a pastor conscien-
tiously concerned for the welfare of the people.
In conclusion, we may remark that the day in
indianapolis was, as it is reported to have been in
other cities, success. All the saloons kept
their shutters up, and so far matters pertained
to them, the Sunday by proclamation was east
emphatcaIly-faster by far than it ever is upon
the Lords day
We have sketched the sermons. but we have
said nothing of the drinking and Teasing. be-
cause, in our judgment, such matters, in this cr-
sis of our beloved country, ought not to be made
public.
/ For the Daily State Sentinel.
4 What are we Fighting For.
Nh. EDITOR: was among the listeners to the
discourse of the Rev. Mr.. Colclazer, at Roberts