New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19

IDEAS prin iples institutions, habits customs laws,
WI did not confess his sovereignty, must leel the
weight OF his hand. and meet tie onse OF t'Se nori
Tor es Whose rscrultiDs msrrbaling, organiL " aud
rng was the aim aud labor Of his life. Ihe Ieac--
iu domains OF evil every here startled by the
approach Of there heavenly batalions lntemperance,
hcenuom ness, slavery the bar6ar,ur psper at the
hitheaier roioue proceedingsnt sacred festivals wars
for conquest vengrance-One sin after another,
never counted siu recaoDed hostile before
challenged and asailed until there il
scarcely q crime, enonnity, an OUTRAGE,
mischief perpetnded on hnunn nature that Is
OF marked for doom. Jesus, therefore, or Chris
iapiy, IN the name and spirit OF Je.u-. hnving called
in'o bel th-se great forces and boupb pbt item Into
close conflict with evil IL other words, having excited
the war spirit IN its iniensest form, tie only
question that remains relater To the weapons viii IA
TO be usei in The sIife. Must those weapons ul
ways lie spiIituali may they pressing occHsions
lie carnal ConIending thni, whether ritual or
nal, they must lie nsed for Chriliian endr, and u-
maely welded by The moral forces which Christianity
eml loys, may not the Instruments be conf leed
matter Of ,mparaive indterencel How Is this
May Christians, Christians, ie,oIt 10 arms let us
consider. Moral fore may he conveyed in thr,e
nudes. In the silent, subtle contagious Influence Of
iIa own character. = In the louder, uoier more pal
pabe, but siill incorreal manner OF tie ,ech and
tie pen. 3. La the rude coaree, violent demonstrion
of sword and cannon Of these expressions of power
tile hrst Ia unqueronahy and incalculaly the high
cet. IL Is tie that Jesus employed a',d the only
one he eded 10 employ. Moral force. when WORKS
most naturally, freely, vitality; when il works with
beet purpose, and To- b. st eie.t; when IL works with
least Fiction, and bring the nollst results 20 pass,
works by the silent, subtle. contal i0us Influences
Of ns own essential character by the
,imple force Of being anu appearing what
IL IL. And when IL Is accumulated IN sufficient
quantity, il needs no her expires im lhnn ths. We
read that when the Roman guard olrOde up TO Cbsi III
GelhseDane 10 seize him, lie arrested aud 1nt Ihein
ryehng backward by "a look. We read that Panl, ~
the majesty o Lis presence md the power o bis word,
70 overawed and smoe tie miserable Ananihr ana
Sapphira that they fell at his feet dead Robert Bar
clay, the Quaker, when assaulted by a hi-bwayman
on commOn discharged on his afsal mt pue Storm
OF iuhnence from his battery of moral courage and fa'h
aud love thsi the ruiaD was coifo1nded, dropped his
pistol, and had only strength 10 turn d hee. Nay,
70 come TO lower illdtlions, IL is authentic history
tt the Car Nicholas of Russia, Oh occasion OF vio,
lieut. popular revolt, stepped ou: amid the inirlaed
populice nnarmed, and 10y the magnetism OF hir
splendid presence operating on tie Enpefstiiious
awe which attached 10 his person and rank,
bowed the multitude at his feet. Ibis is what
l mean by tie natural, spontaneous, electliying
operation Of moral force. prevailing simply by
demonstration OF it, own being. Did the power exist
in sufficient quantities il would never need other
demonstration. II tie people of our Northern COM
muEics, VI one only Of our Northern Sa,esif the
people Of New.York. or even Of so small u State