New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-27

THE STRENGTH OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
SERMON BY THE REV. DR.. BELLOWS.
Yesterday morning the Rev. DR.. Bellows delivered
an Interesting discourse 10 large aud apprecatiye
congregation in the Church Of All Souls corner OF
Fourth avenue and Twentieth street. the subject being
"Ths Strength of our Government" He read as his
text the following verses:
The word fthe Lord unto saying Moreovsr theu
take thee tick aud write upon H. for Juaan
and for the children Of rse his compnions then tAe
& 81 IId % Ss Geon H. fJ aud 5 to
another into stick aud they o. all become one u the nslo
A.d vi shsI ,os 1a =. S ~ sSPs thou BY
unto them Thus ..th zoe Lord God Behold wi,aAe
his eOwt and will pat ttem with hi1 st Sih the s'o.o
hand And ~here.n 'hsi be 10 thine
band before their eyes Aud say unto thsm IIs .an ss
the heather whittier by and u gather theta On every
ide .nd bring them nto ,he', own land ava w s .nd o
inz be hns them e and they hsI be 10 moe ,~o "a
al a pehe shs they dele ,hemeyes suy with ther
iio he dtestsbe things wiis s"y OF their asa'
they have nsd and viii esa them so 'ha they he
M people and will be Leir God snd pavid my % % %
be irg sad they ss lave QUE shehera th.y % a.
also yak in iu1sments snd observe ny ssnes ana 90
.eo a1 a% .s.s aEsen oa iaers have dwe they
shs dwell therein they aud their Children AND th
prsc. fors,eT MoreOyer viii make covenant Of peace
With hem 1t shall be an everls'iin. eoven.ns WIN
my ,.,cusry he midst of ,hou ores,Imore N, soeses
also shall be With them yes VIII De their God ana nsy ;"d
ssno Israel when sanctuary .sh be IN The midst o then
The resurrection Of dry bones of which Ezekiel had
prohesed was tho resurrection Of the tribes of Israel
who we're lott in despair when driven from their own
land and made Ca)Ii'es Ezekiel was Que OF the cap
tiye. and became his mission rebuke the children
Of I,rael for the abu muable into which they
had allen Jtsusalem, their holy city, lad been be-
.eged and this fact reduced them, when couitualiy
rernir ded of it, to condition OF deepondency ana
misery. -,
Dufing the ten DAYS which he had just spent In the
capitathe seat of our Govenment-he could not help
looking upon our own, Us parallel case That was
our Jerusalem. Secession wM the Nebuchadnezzar,
and slavery the besieger The Capital Of Washington
had been reged by than tue armies OF Babylon
Ii bad been ass lied by men, who without any
scruples as 70 what was right, had used il as the
means Of pilferpg the contents OF the pub
Government bad been seged by those who made 1t the
medum for the protection OF Institution iulmical TO
Freedom with view TO the acquti OF poliiical To-
fue1oe. Another plan OF siege upon oar Goyernm'nt
was practced by party seeking to build up their own
tersoual influence and power, by bvnding TO and
pleading their sympatbies with Shareholders And,
lastly siege had been made upon our Government by
an army Of hereditary othse.hGders, who soaght to
ege had been going against our Government, until
the very amos here which surrounded the Capitol had
become tainted and corrupt. True, Liberty spoke
there but il was ia subdued tones. Messages bad been
sent from all quarters of the nation instrucng Iegisa
tors but they had only TO reach there TO De contain
mated and enthrallrd wiki misconsruction and 50,
never fulfil the end for which they were originally de-
signed.
Ii was necessary under all these circumstances, that
this Government rhould be shaken TO s very foupda
lions. Our prosperity had been too great. We had
become ezadess OF our political duties and resPonti
perous mine Lad been laid under our feet which was
ready to devour in its explosion at any moment.
This was condition when bat short time since we
were aroused.
They who thought that Secession and Slavery had
been the immediate of troubles had made
mistake. The fault lay at our own door, IL consisted
in the gross political apathy Of our own people All
the evils which we hsd now 10 encounter might have
been could have been, stopped five years ago. or ten
years ago fifteen years age, or twenty years ago.
II only needed that be awake to ust sense Of our
own dn in relation the carry out of the terms OF
free and independent system government in electing
propey men TO Offices of dignity and OF trust.
In the face of all hese circumstances ndant npon
the history of Government, II was, nevertheless,
the strongest in the world.
THF GoyERSMTsT WAS STRosG;
l. Because s strength is tha; Of the people-t isthe
people.
H. Because it is accessible to the people mind and
heart-it does what the people tells it
III Because Of the character OF It's army.
". Because Of tho character Of the mel VINO come
into power in times of great trouble.
'. Our Government was suChg agihs' ioieiSn
enemies.
VI. Our Government was strong against intestine
enemies.
VII. Our Government WAS strong because its theory
IL correct.
In the course of his sermon the Rev. Dr. paid
high tribute 10 the dignity, the integrity, and tie
deety of the Presideut. lie also spoke highly OF the.
New.York Seventh, who had sided in Eitiag up tbe
heart, Of the Government and the peO Of Washing
ton. after dark week Of fearful suspense. OF the
soldiers in general lie spoke in the highest terms He
had never known the House Of Representatives to be
better occupied than it was by the volunteer sol
diery. He he'd viewed the portrait of the last Pres
ideut Of the United States, which occupied place
the walls af the House, and as he saw ii becoming dun
TO sight by reason Of sccumulating Of the M
vorie eed of Virginia he piied il, and be piled him
whom il represented lie closed his eloquent and in
teresing discourse by appeal to the people to stand
by the Government Al preeent the prospect all
inviting aud success seemed to smile upon the Of
the United States
PATRIOTISM IN THE PULPIT
The Rev. b. Peters pastor Of the Second Uniyeralist
Church corner of Eourtb and South Third streets.