New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19

n cavalry officer, or eutenant-genefal. we cannot
think II him drilling regiment Oi louaVss, pao-
tieinS an artillery company or inaDeuverinB dl'rloh
"a ius ecting mine fl1es, training men III TIE uoe "a
IN. ssbrs-bayOpet or dashng on at the head OF
charge But is there not III these words OF his, when
have quoted suggestion tnat If al any future iue
biz disciples should lind themsevee members oi avn
polity, and ctzeus Of Sate-if at any 'ime the
tiugiom Of heaven should become entaneled ana
idenliei with human civiiilslioo 1t would be iAwiui
90 employ The agencies bF which iil@.tlon eAtehIS
itself and ~ the weapons 6y winch u n uelehceu
lie stood outside Of governueni-Outside OF law And
c;tizeushiD lie announced absolute laws. lie repre-
sented the forces Of his religion IN tbeii most abstract
and ideal form, bat might not DO possible that lhey
noud in the oi history be 80 involved WIN tne
lower material forces by watch the empires of tins
world are sustained 10 be lnsepaiatie IRON thein
20 that bis Disciples while sti rcDaiuing truly his dls-
cpl.s would 40 matter Oi necessity hight III IL re-
piled that Jesus must have looked with extreme horror
on epery display OF martial force that nothing hke
violent coercion, assault, devastation or bioodsbed,
could have been in any emergency tolerable To- lis
thought that he would under sll circumstances have
ehrung from tie IDEA that bis kingdom could b, estao
lehed or attempted by the aid vi armed h0ds; ~ u
enough to refer the maker oil such assertion TO tbose
passages in which Jesus describes tie hna coming Oi
ih Son of Man 10 the clouds Of heaven with the glory
of power and the terror Of judgment-his retinue Il
host Of mighty angels, ms accompaniment
"tribuaiion ard anguish" the nGmin9 hIe
and the "sudden destruction" In this LIST
terrible esoyt when the ki0gdous Of the world obfi-
ra,eIy refused TO become Kingdoms Of the Lord, aud
nothing Is LETT but the appeal to force smali comfort
il given 10 tho ultra peace men, even by tie Master
himself Ncn.Ie-ifiaDCe has no encouragement from
lin who said "Resist not evil but whoso smiteth
thce ON tic one check, turn TO bin also the other.
True the martial power whose aid Is invoked comes
from above and not from beneath; the army 10 an
amy OF celestias tweeping down from tho skes but
that ouly makes The conflict the more fearful, Le ahe
tie desrncton is moro tremendous and he overthrow
more complete. AZ any rate the armed force Is en-
listed and Is to appear at the right moment ihe
yesy fret meeting between the Kingdom that
WAS not Of this world and this worlds KING
dom, was prcfgored oOnfirt Of arms. lhe
discpcs Of tesus might take 10 part 10 this commit
TDero was ne need that they stouh: when the
swords of the chefubim ashing IN the ar, his
servants might leave theirs quietly IN TIER shea's'
The most fipid peace wo aid he teoufe Ia iis pan
eres II he was sure hat the dread artillery OF the
sties vac ready 20 thunder III lis cause DO not n-
understand me, my friends an not trying to press
Jesu. into an advocacy OF the war fpifit or tile war
policy. Very sorfy should be TO give yoa any snoa
impissson ss that All say Is ths-ihsi IN the last
resort, il being necessary to etabsh his kingdom on
ibe earth, ami 1t beiDg impossible TO es'aI-
sh by tue spiritual force uevooPed ~ his no
did allow himself to look for force OF very dicreu.
kind 20 be sent from above. That Jesus came iato tne
world to develop force proposition lba' no ono VIII