Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-01
DELAWARE, OHIO, NOVEMBER 1, 1851.

duty, many have niggardly cowed down before
the wicked sentiment that "a minister should
say nothing about politics"
But yet the question is seriously asked
& How can fighting be reconciled with sound
religious experienced"
Designing men have used this infidel arCu
ment with some success. / do not pretend to
say that fighting is encouraged by the christian
religion. the question is, is our civil obligation
so triling as to be surrendered at once? Is it
not sacred enough to die by? Would we
turn traitors when the cloud of dissolution
threatens US? Fhis is the very material Of
which the whole South Is made 1t is want
Of christian caBdor and fidelity that thrusis
this war upon US. II il is any ones duty it is
the christians duty. we owe an obligation TO
posteFity, a moral, christian obligation, that
cannot now be sustained but by the force Of
arms. And if the christian world does not
rally to our eountrys aid, they ought and they
will reap the fruit of their folly for years to
come. The christian religion itself il an ag-
gressive power that no force Of armies can
Withstand. Il has always been oold in taking
issue with wrong, and if its advocates come
within range of her batterise, they must be
for consequences. - ....-. -
AneE all has been said, this rebellion is
naught else but the death struggle of the
great political hydra, wounded by. the power OF
conquering truth and converting grace. -.
This war is but the reserved power by which
the Almighty effects,his purposes when per-
suasion and fOr5eRrancs fails. Finally, it is
the. exercise of these christian principles that
is to be the element of power in the perma-
nent adjustment of our existing difficulties,
and the acknowledgment and diffusion Of these
principles the standing army" that will hold
inrOheok the spirit of rebellion.
But it is said "many must die in the con-
fict." Certainly, and had rather die slave
to the cause of my country, with the "Stars
and Stripes" for my martial shroud. than live
a tory or traitor to one Of the best civil insti-
tutions ever lnaugurated among men. We
advocate an unyielding adhcrance to Priys ciple
and not TO crpeJlse.
If it be true that "the blood of the martyrs
is the seed of the Church. it is likewise true
hat the blood of your sons and brothers will
be the great alchemy Of our nation from this
ordeal will come purer holier, aud mightier
people than ever before, Let us then, as
christian parents and sisters--haying brought |
'Ur sons and brothers to the altar, given them
! sacrifice to our countFy-nOr forget the ex
,reise Of player in their behalf The God
ThO invites through the intercession of his |
Son is the God of battles. More / hope will |
1e done to-day than ever before. by fully iden-
flying our oountry's cause with that of Gods, |
,y the recognition Of a kind of Theocracy, or
Providence. IF God be for US
VINO can be against ns." "Thon shalt not be |
lfraid of the terror by night, nor fur the arrow
hat iiieth by day nor for the pestilence that I
in darkness nor for the destruction
hat wasteih at noon-day. A thousand shall |
all at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right |
ide, but it shall not come nigh thee only with |
hine eyes shall thou behold and see the reward /
4 the wicked" = 81 st--.