The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-09-12

human inslrumonlaiIly 20 bo n.ad in
bringing about these changes, is Freedom
90 proclaim truth, mud especially 20 give
ha6ul nnlrammelod inference 20 the
truth Of Foods holy word This must be
done without fear of favor, whether man
will bear or forboar In doing this, we
must expect opposition. I came not to
bring peace upon the earth, said jesus,
bui q sword, Tor mans foes shall be
ihoy Of his own household Whom two
anlagonislio forces arc Brought togoth.
or--tbo result is a concussion, tho
stronger and moro powerful force crush
ing the weaker. When truth comes
fairly in coniact with error thc latter
must fall. The last battle is now per-
haps being fought, the forces are already
marshaling 10 tho oonGict-tho issue
cannot be doubtful. "I saw IN the
night visions" says Daniel, and '5ohold
ono like tho Son of Man came with the
clouds Of heaven, and there was given
unto him dominion and glory and a
kingdom, that aH people, nations and
languages should serve him, and his
dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his
kingdom that which shall not be de
stroyod" Here, says a recent writer
''Tho fore ground is dark, bat the scene
beyond is al glad and bright The
commoiions IN immediate prospect, of
which We ore already beginning 10 de-
scry the forcrunncrs, are apt 10 depross
and saddcn; but an beyond this is So
stable, so unchanging, and spreads
itself ont before us in such refulgent
and holy beauty, that we cQn overlcap
the dreary interval, and stay our hearts
90 well rs refresh our eyes with the
gloryto be revealed when the skirts of
the last cloud shall be seen passing of
in the distance, and the echo Of the last
thunder heard remotely upon the joyful
hills" If God in his providence indi-
Gates that we are 70 enter the ranks in
the thiekost Of the conflict, shall we
shrink bnok2 IF truth and righteous
ness fall bleeding in our streets, shall we
fail to raise them up? Especially when
in our own country, oppression, wrong,
violence, fraud and rebellion, have
threatened our very existence as ma
tion, how can we without guilt before
heaven dare to be silent? If we are
worthy Of freedom to speak all that we
believe is the truth of God-it is only
when We are willing to sacrifice all the
price that freedom asks. Our part as
ministers in the revolution now before
rs is moral one. "Opinions, said
Lord Palmerston once, are stronger
than armies" So they are, and espe-
oially moral opinions And when we
say moral opinions, we mean those
which are founded upon the word of
God. What will so weaken the cause Of
rebellion in the South, as to feel that
the moral sentiment of all enlightened |
countries is against them2 What is TO
break the arm of oppression there, if it !
is not the free, out-spoken moral senti-
ment Of the christian world against it2
Even now, says one, "slayery is repug. |
nant to the spirit Of the agel There
stands the naked stern fact. Tt is not
possible to ignore it, or to gotrid Of it.
cit belongs to that class ofroalities which |
all human governments have to accept
and conform to-at which cabinets may
ohaf5 but against which they cannot
turn without destruction"
It was the moral hcTojsH1 Of our faith
ers in our frst struggle for national ez-
istenco and independence that did more
for us than our armies. One sentiment, !
one clarion peal from the eloquent voice
Of Patrick Henry, "give nc liberty or
give me death, has boon ringing round
the world ever since. And is not this
time 10 call to our minds the deeds Of
immortal daring wrought out by our
fathers in our revolutionary struggle?
They have gone from these scenes Of
mortal strife, but have left their names
inscribed high upon the temple of fame,
and ongraven upon the imperishable
records Of Immortality, and their mem
ories forever embalmed 10 the hearts Of
their oOuntrymen Shall we not copy
their Yirtues2 Shall We not insoribe
them upon the tablet Of memory, and
wear them as the signal Of our oountry's
glory, and as the badges of our ooun-
tTy's freedom? The fruits Of their we'll
earned toll, like seed scattered over the
earth-havo brought rich and luzu-
Tiant harvest to bless millions Of our
race. The tree of liberty they planted,
spread its green branches until thirty
millions had reposed peacefully under
its ample shaded Sec too, the temple Of
freedom their Own hands had reared up