New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-05
FAST-DAY SE&MONS.
TRINITY CHURCH.
SERMON III TIiR REV. DR.. yISTON.

sIiiMUN III TliE REN. Dk. flNioNs
AT Trinity Church, yesterday morning services
were opened with chants and lessons appropriate to
the OCCASION and the Rev. Dr. Yinon then delivered
a sermon from the text.
TIe people came to the house of God and abode there III
even before od and ed up their voices AID vept and
aid Lord Of Israel why e this to pass IN srne tht
there ,hOuld be TO-DAY be lacking In lsrsP-Jadses
SIL, 3
These words, the minister sad, alluded to the time
when the sons of Beal caused disturbances in Israel
and the tribe Of BENJAMIN became nearly exterminatcd
Why had Il il cone to pass that there shorld be- to-
dsy one State lacking In Unionl This was an
swered By another question: Why should we expect
Gods care and preservation There was no acknowi-
edgment of GOD anywhere TO be found in our Govern
eIt except in the single case Of the oath of Office.
On European coins the words, . Del Gratia;
on ouIs, :" Liberty" meaning Independence and free
agency. Our fathers in their apprehension oil union
Of Church and State, swung back to the opposite ex'
irene Of ignoring God. A further cause Of our ma
toral troubles might he traced to political corrnp-
tions. Tie crowning and damning stigma on the
forehead Of the nation was bribery. was
historical that the decay OF every republic had begun
in the influencing OF legislatures and Judges by some
kind Of purchase Suc state Of things began not by
the love of the glitter of god but by legislators agree
ing 10 assist one another in favorite measures This
was ceiling oneself for vote. We're not these things
notorious When such state Of things existed, God
came with IIs deluge punish all. third cause OF
the nations woe was the question OF Slavery. The
preacher considered that he wonld be remiss If he
neglected TO sIeak subject which 40 much ag1tates
the pnblic mind. On the one hand, Slavery was put
forth the highest attainment Of civilzation whlle
on the other, It the Of all inqulties. Noticing
Gods constitution Of things, we Obeerye inequality
superiora in authority, and servants 10 obey. But
there were mutual rights and correative obligations
IN the relation of husband and wife, the bonds were for
life In the relation Of master and servant, the relation
was for specified time for life hich slavery
Each was servant to the other; all were in some
sense or degree servants and masters. Under this
view it might come 10 pas that emancipation wss
wrong. The master alone his representative had
the right TO emancipaie; but the other hand, if the
master deprived the bndservant of education or re-
lilious rights Of all that which was just and equal
then the slaves shackles cried to God for deliverance
Aluson was made to the fact in the Bible, OF volun-
fary Slavery, for fe being inadmiible OF emancpa-
iion. Slavery was undoubtedly authorized by the
Bible In the New Testament ilolatry, as in the
Old wss forbidden and denounced, while Slavery
tolerated. There wae moreover fugitive slave law
in the New Testament. Onesimus fugitive slave Of
Philemon converted by Paul at Rome, was sent back
to biz marer OF regard TO the masters right, and
the slaves duties ard il was offered, besides, that
Philemon nj ould be pud for all damages. The preacher
alluded eloauenly a meteor Of last Summer, which
be saw lighting mp the sky from horizon 10 horizon
then bursting in two, and becoming extingushed.
Was that the omen that presaged countrys doom!
No. noi The lacking tribe was not lost, but came
back reformed and purified and the other eleven tribes
learnt 10 be- considente and kind 20 their seeding
brethren. Thus il was hoped would result the
tons humiliation Of this day, 10 the glory of God.