Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-06-07
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ResolVed, That the wondrous uprising
in strongest harmony and largest self-sac.
rilice of the whole North. TO assert and
yindicate the national unity, is cause Of
grateful amazement and grateful acknowl-
edgment to the God who sways all hearts,
and orders all events; and that this resur-
gent patriotism, wisely cherished and di-
rected, may, in Gods blessed discipline,
correct evils that seemed growing chronic
and irremediablc, in the national charac-
ter. .-. .H ''"
Resolted, That fearful as is the scourge
Of war even in the justest cause, VIC need
as a nation to humble ourselves before
God for the vain.glory, self-confdence,
greed, venality and corruption Of manners
too manifest in our land that in its waste
Of property and life, its invasion Of the
Sabbath, its Generalization and its barba-
rism, we sec the evils to which it strongly
tends, but that wagcd in good cause and
in the fear Of God, it may be to a people,
as it oft in past times has been, school
stern but salutary for enduring good. In
this struggle the churches of the North
should by prayer for them, and tie distri-
button Of Scripture and tract, and the en-
couragement of dcvout chaplains, seek the
religious culture of their brave soldiers
and mariners.
ReSolved That the North seek not, in
any sense, the subjugation of the South,
or the devastation of their homes by reck-
less and imbruted mercenaries but believe
most firmly the rejection, were it feasible,
of the Constitution and Union, would an-
initiate the safeguards of Southern peace
ReSOlced, That the churches of our de.
nomination be urged to set apart the last
Friday of June as day of solemn humil-
iation and prayer for the interposition Of
Gods gracious care, to hinder or limit the
conflict, to stay the wrath and sanctify the
trial; and that one hour also in the Fri
day evening of each week be observed as a
season of intercession privately for our
country during this period of her gloom
and peril. ...... +.
NheSoiVed, That brought nearer as cter-
nifty and judgment are in such times Of
sharp trial and sudden changes, it is the
duty of all to redeem more earnestly the
! feeting hour-the duty of all Christ's peo-
pie to see that the walls Of Zion be built
even in troublOus times, and to hope only
and ever in that wonder working God, who
made British missions to India and the
South Seas to grow amidst the Napoleon
wars, who trained in Serampore mission:
Havelock, the Christian warrior, as two
centuries before He had prepared, in thC
wars of the Commonwealth, the Baxtel
who wrote, as army chaplain, the Saints
Everlasting Rest, and Bunyan, who de.
scribed for all time after, the Pilgrim
Progress and the Holy War.
ReSoLUed, That what was bought at
Bunker Hill, Valley Forge and Yorktown
was not, with our consent, sold at Mont
gomery; that we dispute the legality of tn,
bargain and in the strength of the Lord
God of our fathers still hope to contest,
through this generation, if need be, the
feasibility of the transfer, " "
[Signedl WM. r. WILLIAMs, of N, Y
III, ,..... ... BuFUs BABcocK, of N. ].
'H-ug +. f. CUMMINGS, of N. II.
L. HYATT SMITH, Of Pa
LAWRENCE BAKER, of N. Y
I9diS1ht WM. II. SMALLER, of Maine
S. b. SwAINE, of Mass.
| Some discussion followed this report
the opposition to it being that the languag
was not strong enough. DR.. Malcolm, 0
Philadelphia, moved to amend the resolu
tion providing that tone hour in the Fri
day evening of each week be observed a.
a season Of iutercessiOn privately for oui
country during this period of her gloon
and peril" by striking out the portion
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