New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-29

| ia youaves members of Mr. Beecher's Church were
present in uniform. Most Of them took part ID the
singing exercise Nobler booking men il would be
| hard to select.
| Mr.. Beecher fret read the Goth Psam: 4" Oh God,
thou cast us Of" sc. "Thou hast given banner 10
them that fear thee that may be displayed because
! Of the truth" "Who will bring me iuto the strong
City who viii lead me into Edoni' =" through God
We eha do vthany for be u II that shall tread down
our enernes" Then the clor and the vast congrega-
,on almost drowned the founders Of the organ as they
rans, 80,
In the PRAYER that followed allsiOn maize TO the
mysteries of Providence in making the wicked man
hmseli chiefly instrumental in Lis own destruction.
He prayed that might find the worth OF the down
trodden in their Immortality, and IN their destinies
find dgniiies denied them in this life ieryent bles-
sing asked uTon those going forward for liberty
and justice. The hymn was tLen sung:
NY county g. Of thee
OF thee sing;
Lsnd whrie our fathers died,
land Of the Pn.rin. pride,
Prom every mountain side
Let freedom ring"
Mr.. Beecher took bis text from the Goth psalm, fth
we're: Thou bast given banner 10 them that fear
thee that may be displayed became OF the truth
From the earliest times nations had gone forth Ia war
under rome banner. Ii used probably AZ first "a
rallyng signal 10 direct men IN the confusion of con-
ic that the leader might gather about him hrs follow
liar significance from the purposes OF hou,es govern
nents that adopted II. At cu9th, ~ consolidated gov
ernmens drank up lesser independent authorities, ban
uers became significant chiefly representing nations.
No civilized nation but had its banner. thoughtful
nun hen he saw a national flag saw symbOlizcd the
nation it belonged to- When the French tri-cOlor roll
ed out TO the wind, be saw France; when the new
found flag OF Italy uDiured, he Jaw resurrected
Italy aud OF others This Union has banner, too
Until re, emily, whenever it stfeamed abroad men
Wight bursting their eyes. For until tery tho
American Flag has been the symbol of liberty
not any flag upon The glooe has had such an Grand
The upon it TO The Iining nations like the
bright morning siars and the stripes upon IL
beams OF morning light. Wherever il goes men be-
hold in its sacred emblazonry no siglal of imperial
authority but they the signals Of light: IL the
banner Of dawn; and the poor oppressed conscIpt,
the trodden-down creature Of foreign d,spo'lsm see
in the American fiag that very promise Of God" The
people that sat la darkness great light, and 10
them which Eat in the valley OF death light il sprung
up" During the colonial period there had been 10
American ha. but each State that chose bud
separate significant banner. But IN II, within
few days from one year after the Declaration
of Independence, and two years
after the began, upon the nth of
june the States assembled and ordaiued and esiab-
rhed tue glorious flag We now sustain The men VINO
dev-ed ii who had taken their lives III their
hands and consecrated all their worldly poseesuns for
the doctrines Of personal liberty. Ipat flag means
Lexingor-it means Bunker Iiill-it means the whole
glorious Revolutionary War. 1t means all that the
Declaration OF independence meansall hat the Con-
situtun means. Not q symbol Of authority Of the
ruler allowed TO go III It, IL ordained for the
people by The people; that IL and that means
and by the blessing Of God that It shall mean 10 the
end OF time For God Almighty be thanked, that when
base, degenerate desire 10 ret up oppression
with all the instincts of American liberty, they could
not do il under Dag They must have another flag
for snch work. thank them that they took another
flag 10 do the devlg work and left flag 10 do God
Aluighty's work. lAppLuse-supprersed II ever
he of tp ed heeu
in glorious banner. Chou hast gwen "A banner 10
them that fear them that mag be disPidysd" and
displayed III shall be from the Atlantic wave clear
across, with eagle tight, to the Pacific that banner
shall wave meaning all that IT ever meant. From the
North here aud ice stand solitary clear 10 the
Gulf and tropics, that banner has waved md shall
wave forever lrrepressble applause NJ. Beecber said
he knew IL hard 10 5stan some expression when
men were full OF feeling, but he would prefer |
that they should wait TIL Lis sermon was done
without inserting any punctuation marks of even |
enthusiasm. Not because he thought Sunday too
good day. but 1t not their way. They came of |
silent stock, with feelings running III deep but quiet
ch DDel. Under this banner moved Washington he |
and his armies before il Burgoyue laid down biz arms;
1t waved over West Point, over Fort Montgomery |
and over another Montgomery it shall yet wave. IL |
cheered our army, driven out from round New inc
their solitary pilgrimage, through New-ersey and at
Valley Forge. IL crossed the roar ny with ice
AZ TIenon, aud when lie stars CLEANED in the cold
morning with victory, new day dawhed on this |
country. When South Carolina, in the Revolutionary
struggle forgot courage and personal liberty, and |
elded up the State, the only of all that give adj
besion to the British government then it was that this
banner led on the Virgi0ian forces that conquered
both the British and the Carolina armies and brought
back the State. Alas that the head should become
the TAIL Alas that Virginia should be dragged about
he rebel camp at the tail of South Carolina. Now
his ag is on trial. Ii has been condemned. In the
Confederate States poor forgery has been run up to
tand in place of the old Revolutionary historic flag
In Kentucky, Missouri, and the other middle States il
at half mast, uncertain whether il shall come down
would they were cold or hot. So because thou
UT not cold or hot, will spew thee ont of my
MOUTH" We DO no. believe in iermaphrodite patriot.