Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-08-20
Sermon By Rev. Tho's P. Hunt.

I
Sunday evening last, Rev. THOMAS p.
HUYT, late Chaplain to the Eighth Penn
sylsania Regiment, preached in the Pres
by,e,ian Church, in this place, f,om the
following text;
Curse ys TerrE -sil the aa-sl q the Lri eEr'e ys
Et,erlv the Inhabitants th@T-o:, hsg-r they cls Ut
T. the h-!p q the Lori o. The hep %: hs Lord sr .
liz mighty y"--Jr ru4ss, 5ta Gasp. and "a yerse-
Ills discourse vas q strong yindica.ion
Of the cause 10 which tbi. Government is
now engaged, to put down the rebellion
which ia aiming at the overthrow Of the
bes, Government upon the face oftbe earth.
lie held tha. the cause Of mans country
vas the cause Of God, and ths. the curse
rested upon e.cry man who in this hoar Of
bis couutry's peril withheld either the sup
port Of his hand or bis heart. He was
particularly aad justly severe upon that
class who, while they pretend to be UIiJn
meu, are constantly fading faul; with the
Administrator aud its ef.ris to Pu: down
rebellion. he believed, that, while every
man had 4 right to his opinions, it was the.
duty Of all who ymPa;tiz.l with the South
to 60 there. 1t was wrong to allow them
to live amoUg Us, to poison the miuds Of
our people, and % all 10 tLeir power to
raise up opposition to the course ofthe al
ministraiion. THIS arigi.eous cause, and
:ha, it may be yinIica;ed ths hearts ot the
people mus: be in it. lie wanted no man
to be allowed to preach treason in the
North he had no patience with men
who pretend to be in favor Of the Union
while they are constantly crying down the
Administration aud trying to justify JEFF
Davis aud his associates. \ man e2uld
10. live South day after the uiterance
Of even hope that tie North might prove
triumphant. They understood ,teir IL
,erests there, aud il was time We began to
look to ours.
He ALLUDED il strong terms to the de-
moralizlti9n in the army from liquor, and
recamueuicl It's entire abolition from the
camp. lie SAID j; had been clearly proven
that men could endure the trials Of var
much better w;ttou, liquor than witt il
Mos, soldiers agree tia: while they cousii.
es good liquor in moderate quantities. high.
ly beneficial, the srea, abuse Ct i: rau!ers
it grea. curse. lie cited uuueEous IL
stances in our Rovolu;ionary struggle where
defeats were clearly iIaca.tle TO the druuk-
euncss Of officers, ard asserted tia. be had
positive knowledge lba, the disaster at Bull
Rua was also produced BY the same cause
He alluded s!so 70 tts evi.s ensuing
from the spPoiDtmeut Of incompetent per-
sons to responsible positions iu the army,
for the purpose Of ofrewsEiing party services
or influence. No;hiog, be SAID, could be
mors destructive TO tie interests Of tie
cause now before Us. "I, be capable? is
be s0terI' mus, bs questions pa.auouu;
to all party alliances.
His discourse was 10 the highes; degree
aud impressed all With sense
If the importance II this war, and the
strength Of the enemy We have to eucoun-
ter. The opening prayer was male BY tie
Rev. G ". pECR. Ii was highly sppro-
priate 10 tie OCCASION aud trea,Lad tie pur.
as. and most eloquent p.;Tio,ism.-Ptt;s- /
Ton Gl-sns. AVy. Is.