New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-27
FAST.DAY SERMONS.
OUR NATIONAL SINS.
NV TnE REv. J. c. pUTCmER.


The Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church In Sixth
avenue, opposite Auiry street, preached yesterday
from Let John, g:
II confess ,in he &, shful and jus, forgive
our sus and TO cleanse va from all ghteousness"
The day teaches an iDport5nt lss.on. II imrels
TO pause in our onward career 10 think and be solemn.
II is day of Humiliation; feel that great ns-
iotune IL hanging us, aud that periL encompass
our way. As na'ion wo were marching on, intent
personsl aggrandizeueut and nation al possessi0ns,
believing It iupOpsible that trouble should mar our
hsPl uess. till ut length the bubble burst, and we
iouud TO orr sorrow that there was specia law for
oar exemption frou the counon fate Of ratons on tho
statue-bhOk Of Heaven; that IL followed Otbere in
siu, with others we musi reap the consequences Of
transsression aud to-day fuds US met together,
keeuly alive TO tie truth that we
are erring, and nation Of mouners
becau'e Of our niquities To-day ferl that there
best tHat earth has ever known. Has not God always
been With us Did He not uphold our torn flag 10
The thle kest fight and did He rot ratify ~b his
povdl the deed Of our inheritance when t stained
with our ihthers blood He did. Bat since then we
nave Wandered; We have 100 much forgotten the God
who has always befrended us, and relied uDcn our
selves, and before high Heaven stand to-day guilty
OF national sins with have brought us into our
prestn' difficulty. Tie Grst of these ia politics.
fo1ics "a science is noble one. But
politician, In the modern meaning Of tie term,
1, too eynonimons wi b arIilee and
tlng; Modem Poliiics ignores entirely that
"a
aid It's s the bigger the villain the better
the man. IL sacrifices honesty, morality, principle and
the country 10 party. Like Nero hddling while Rome
war burning, the modern politician will sqnabbe over
tone mean AID unml aut party tet, wi lie The conn
try that lie prnfs "a 10 love j. dyiny for want OF lis
nid. Our political system ia rotten TO the very core.
IL ia undesirable stencil IN tie nos,rs Of Chrs isIl-
y u l. real nHtiO al fin, which Al erica to-day u
required 10 cobiess. Pride i the second great nstioa
rim An unreAsnnable foolish iasxcnsable ride.
Wa isv ted h--U huya mad he a
hHic Of our desires. We hive determined 10 be rich
honestly If oe could, but nevertheless 10 be
rich. We have grown rich, and alas for ne, we
have grown proud. Look where you will and
cur drey, 10 our bearing, 10 onr resideoces.
God retisieth the prond, but we hsye forgotten IT,
remember that Jesus paced the riob aud great, aud
ohose for his Apostolic family few POO and isrhte
hheImen. I remember, too. that the Mater raid, to
the po0r the GosI Ell IL prearbed. But 20 into three
churches that con,der q euielves moot promirent,
sId your first impression will be that Cbrists order
bad been reyersef-ihat 20 the rich the Gospel Is
preached and that tho poor must do viii oct 1t. The
phn aud unpretending and heart stirring muslc OF
other DAYS, is Put aside for the more labored aud
artistic performance Of tie opera SINGER FaShion
ard show Hnd pomp have driven gothness away. The
Church Ia, bee on proud-and instead Of lifting her
voic- sgrnst II, 3 public national sir, has she not
uiher encouraged II, and given u the sane-
ti!n Of her Influence 70 make 1t more sane
tiiedl God iumiles tho pro"d, and be is
lie sunlight Of heaven no longer sleeps upon our
flds and the swecl music Of cOntentm-ut no longer
REBOUNDS in our valleys national tranquility hiss gone,
sid mans loes have become those OF his own house
bdd. We ave need 10 mourn and 10 fact; 20 lay of
TIE roles OF pride, aud put the garments OF sack
cldb. And We know not how better We could spend
The Day than IN bringing tins .in With laying II be.
foip God and asking him for shke, for onr aibers
sake for our chdren's sake for country . cake,
and for Styiors sake, to accept the sacT1, and
puron tits tsn.grerroB. The hiTd .in Is pemi-ui-
deity Oh that hi. were Dot so No' oDly has the
love ~ many grown cold, bat the nIiddle-agcd
and The young, by. thOnsSncs, with tho infu-
eucss Of mammal Chrpianity around them,
ara sinking Iuio the slough OF tnhd htl.
Tic Sabbath IL lightly lonoroc-G Gods most sacIed re-
quircmcuts thoughiiessly troddsn under foot.
disbelief 10 Providence !. too apparent; and dispose
ton 20 treat With evity the most ssrrd thlngs is
everywh,re die, mibl.. ProIehsed Christians have
lcuseued the bands Of restraint std have endeavored
20 lck upon their duties through dHrkened and ger
verttd medium; a. thousands, 10 eager crowds, have
been seekers Of pleasure more than seekers o. God.
Tie preacher Dost earnestly APPEALED 10 a. people %
rice from this .onh and return their bret love, IN
order that tis snii,tion may pass away he went on
10 remark that he vbo could ssnd alOof deserves 10
lose bis observation-disclosures aleu- and wear the
chAins Of rlafing slavery forever. He couured
them, by tho trials and BY the life-blood Of our
fathers by the dark days OF the Revola-
lion, by the sweet hopes OF the future and by
tie pleading eutreses Of nuivesa freedom aud Of the
religion Of Jesus TO stand by their country uphold the
Government and IL need be- buckle their and
fight for tue national banner ill II waves in triumph
from Maize 10 the ,urtbest hfarpi,. Already the
sUeering taupt has frop Europe that the great
Republic dead and that che boasted free Institutions
are things Of the pas, It bud enough, but thank
God, il wRs not 10 bad that The great Republic
still lives and won live long enough 20 attend the
funeral Ofsyery monarchy in Europe.