, 1861-12-04
THE UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF
THE REBELLION,
Il Sermon Preached by Rev. Dr.. Tiffany at ths
Clark Street II. E, Church, Dec. /.

K1li, IND time to heal: time of war and
3 time Of peace. .'-Eceles. ch. 3.
I understand thesc words to be prophecy Of
the future and not the approval Of an existing lact
God permits much which he does not approve; and
the history Of the worlds life will be the result Of
Its antagonism to God. The whole spirit Of
Christianity Is aycrsc TO d time for killing
and 3 time for war, for the mission Of
Christianity is peace and her wreath is Of olive
and not oflaurel- and yet, since War Will exist,
In a probability until the u=hcring In Of 1nillen-
nia1 days, when the nations shall make war no
more. and when violence shall no more be heard in
the land, it becomes a duty Of serious magnitude
foI erery ehltstian TO dettrpne what i bis duty,
Tolyed in strife God rules aud overrulcs wars md
fghtlngs among Men. and blessings und0uht-
edly are brought a9 inc world We 1, as tn ts result
either desirable or that in IN absolute sense it is
right it must beas the choice Of the lesser Of two
pic the less Of two evils for there are things that
are worse than war. as there are crimes that are
more foul than murder.
The effects Of war as they manifest Themselves
to those who are brought in contact with them al
Ways teach certain aud Uniform lessons and there
fore the nature Of the remarks to which shall call
frte. There is sD1 no novelty il The resnlts of aT,
however new the machinery OF war may pe. ana
however, peculiar the circumstances BY which Il Il
has been brought about. The disastrous etects Of
,1nnn liz and mon morals; and the mission which
have Just accomplished in behalf OF gentlemen
with the existing state Of things in Missouri and
nron0sc 10 epea TO You briefly. first Of the iacts
Al they exist and then OF our duty as CHRISTIANS
The dfat thing that Will strike one who now
visits State which is the seat Of war Will be- the
deserted 1eyce. the closed warehouses. the silence
ali was busy. buetlng ec.ives stirring life. Tou
viii ind men standing idle Or 1ounging in their
Offices who but few months ago MoGla @ have
discharged any one IN lhelr employ II 1aey yia, w
line the river shore the few which arc TO be tond
there are war vessels, or vessels which. instead Of
Of commerce. are chartered BY The Goyernment
to carry men and munitions Of war, and the ques-
ton al once il forced upon, the niind that this
Tpo4 Industry Pass out Of tho City and you may
not reach its barriers or its limits without
military permit wherein your name aha aSe, Inc
pcculjaritiee Of your appearance Your birthplace
and present residence arc aii stated 50 as to DC
contrasted with the record kept in the Mar
shas oee ad you nay nor o on hon@r anen
fealty the Government OF the United States, and
invoking upon yourself, in case oflts violation. the
penalty Of death NOW Whe,e saca as
industry can not have field forits development.
Where condition ofthlugs exists which necessi-
bsy tie Of tic mechane M M do
not lind the laboring men engaged IN their yoca-
tion=but industry is IN effect paralyzed- Goas did
out ofthat city and southwaEd5 toSards pil9t Knob
iron in mountains and placed dalunderncath that and
under all the hills rich veins Of lead and although
iron and lead are the einews Of war yet the effect
Of the war has been to disp1acc the miners, and
but very few arc working those rich veins Of
metal and carrying off those stores Of wealth. In
dustr5 is para]yzed By var &c with me into the
two days upon horseback visiting the differ
cnt camps and examining them, the whole OF the
highway was obstEucted by the trains Of fugitivcs
men with their families and their effects follow
ing in the train Of the retreating army. No op-
portunity for tndnstry--no opportunity for tho
maintenance OF a livelihood was left then--and
war has placed that curse upon the land. and these
trains Of families, four hundred and Of
which passed that week on that road near Ro]la in
Miesouri-that train Of emigrant5 had passed from
q 99g9t 8 e he benE scs Mds If
consumed tho fences, the barns, the hayricks and
the homes. and there is nothing left but h1ackness
ard darkness such as marks our praircs after they
hayc been devastated by fire. Industry isparalyzed
But The parayzing Of industry is not the only noted
and marked evil Of var; the positive destruction
terror. I didnot cross bridge III Missouri that
was not Of necessity guarded b.. military bands;
! passed more. than one bridge that had
been attempted either to loosen the foundations
that it might plunge the train headlong into the
abyss, or else had been burned with fire, and all
some Of the outside events and i it were not fol
that provision of skill by which those cities which
aEe most exposed have been fortified, whole cities
might eren at this day and at this hour be laid
and OUT hospitals, and our asylums. and our martE
Of trade, and all our happy homes be swept away.
because it is time Of war.
And, if you viii observe how all the mechanical
ingenuity and industry of the land Is being alb
soybed in special direction: men do not make
reapers FOR wheat. men do not now make plow:
IN IA rnn mt un1v eD
gagged in directing industry into those channel:
which prosper in peace: but almost all the patents
facilities for driving into the awful realities
Of eternity. new modes Of cntrcnching our homes
against our enemies or Of bringing down our owI
wrath upon our enemies These are the terrible
side Of things IN Their least Offensive aud least for
property. this diversion of industry and appropri
alton Of skiu, yon add the actual expense of tht
WIT. and count the money sunk, not as the ter
twelve months-not merely thus. but left in tht
shape of iron rain and leaden balls IN human limbs
then we may form some idea Of the effect which
interest to some. It has been calculated accratel,
that the expense to the United States government
Ct tf The Florida VAT one of the Least expensive q
ten times more than would be sufficient to have
purchased copy Of every book that has ever beer
nited states %isbe hare n ia bTars a
and in it every bnoE that has crer heen mini al
paid for. and ninc-tenths OF the money still or
| priated In thai way.
But let me pass TO another point. War show:
itsclf great evil in its waste Of life. And what il
Life that NC can speak OF wasting It? What is i
that it is 20 cheap matter as to be thoughtlceel
| set down as merely one Of the incidents or aeci
dents Of wars What is life to you. what is life t.
| yours, that we speak with almost Joy when ",
read In our morning prints to our families arount
our tables. Of the number Of liyes that havt
been taken from the enemy Of. the small
number OF lives that have been lost 1mOnt
! our own troops? 1s 1t not one Of the mos
fearful evils Of Wat that we hare come t
treat thing Which in Itself is SO sacred: so tri
Gods own breath in mans nostri1s, as Of no mort
Importance than merely to be considered as yaluet
against SO much iron or SO much steel! The sa
and not as Immortal, looking at it merely IS pro
dnctve In its faculties: productive In its industry
merely looking npon the lie q one man as bcin
what Il il: And to think how lavish WaE is tg tax
@ ~ VII not t Fs 70 M 11aT
ton Of life By the existence OF war can never 3
computed oy me Monnden ;f,s and the dead mat II
aeapcd npon the plain: ~, These are M not the rea
find It u the hospitals rather than in the fields fo
the statistics Whch are given as the result olmoe
ern computation, sho" mat not one me Is lost .
result ofthe diseases which war brings With it /
| lis tfa1n-one 10 tWenLy-sWo. pe1ese, Is IN
| more accurate computation Of our present casna
ties. a man goes out to battle-he may he bray
man he i bold man i he faces In cold blood tfl
bold man. and there have been many such and IL
| now many such among our men. but 1t requires ne
or charae Of draaoens thai It does to see The sIo
n,is.n,i cTeennS 6Ter The camn and seftIine dov;
On The forma and in the tenfs of the men and KIM
a. ther snral1 d. lnn1g FIAT 1nstea nf tha n1nrv
re ricto tEeV ~ an to iic r inchcs and ~ tiI,e
~ In ~ nIso.r5sd tati5 hosGit.is s;rEnnnd hr -
st stmosnhere no wSich Il about Hem. Eyer9tn9! {! tht