The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-01-16
VOLUME 3, NUMBER ia.

the Jews Of the BabylonianGS of the
Egyptians? of the Tyreans of the
NineVites? We should endsavor to
escape them, and help our countrymen
so to do.
q There must be proper ha@DaihG-
tion. This is seen in the conduct of
the King of Nineveh. The robes Of
royalty were taken of, and in their
place is substituted sackcloth and ashes.
and in order to make the. humiliation
thorough, he proclaims fast, which
reaches himself and all the royal retin-
ne, as well as all bis subjects, and the
beasts and the hocks of the field
Here is a picture Of humiliation that
is seldom seen one however it would
be well for this nation In many respects
to initiate this day. The people Of
this Republic should absss themselves
and get down IN the dust before God,
and feel they are nothing id his sight
casting aside all pride, and self, and
sit clothed 10 the beautiful garments
of humility at his footstool, for be
will bring down the proud; and have
respect unto the lowly.
8. There mast DO confession Of
san The Psalmist said, I aeknoWl-
edge my transgressions, and my sin is
ever before thee, against thee, and
thee only haye / sinned, and done this
evil in thy sight. The king Of Nine
yeh with his people confessed his sins,
earnestly and approximately. Might
not the confession Of the .prodigal be
used with propriety by Us all this day.
We have sinned against heaven and
before thee There should be ma
tional confession, and it should come
from the nations heart, yelling up
from its Utmost depths. Il should be
of the most ardent and pious sincerity,
as well as a whole confession, for God
will not accept anything short of full
and perfect surrender.
4. There must be earnest sups
plicating prayer Whatever our diff
ficulties or our sins are, if the nation
with one heart and one soul viii bow
before the Lord, and ask in the prayer
of faith, that prayer will be heard, and
he viii be moved, and that wisdom
which is equal to any of our comph-
cations, will be. exerted, and from
confusion, order will arise, and from
contentious peace win come, and we
restored to charity that hideth a null
titude Of sins. Evergelical prayer
before the Great / Am, viii make
heart flow to heart, and State to
State, and We shall be united together
IN Il C silkep bands of brotherly love,
and christian comfy; while peace like
an angel of mUrcy from her radiant
throne, win sway her scepter of kind
ness over us, and she win rejoice in a
people who delighted to please and do
the will of God.
5. There must be forsaking of
sin. .All penitence and humiliation
and confession, without surrender Of
our sins is hypocracy before God, and
we cannot be forgiven without this.
National and individual sins must be
given up, if we expect national and
individual blessings 1t was this that
caused God to repent, for he saw their
works, that they (tbe Ninevites) would
turn from their evil ways.
In conclusion, the sins of a nation
cannot exist without danger. They
are tightening rods lifted on high, that
must sooner or later, catch the fierce
lightenings of Jehovah's wrath, and
the nations who have these elements,
that invite the avenger of blood and
wrong, will just as certain as matter
gravitates to common center; so
certainly viii that nation that disobeys
the mandates of heaven, gravtate to
the same rock on which Babylon,
Egypt, Judea and Others have struck,
and been wrecked IN the same sea
whose waves of oblivion now roll over
them. Then, before God this day let
US renounce our sins, and pray to him
that grace may be given, that We may
not again turn to them. aRd our conn
try win be safe, and spared as was
Ninevab.
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