Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-28

my account, am ready to depart and 80
whithetsOOvot W please. Had lenity,
forbesranee and forgiveness been inehlca-
ted, even when the country was yet paus-
ing upon the very brink Oftho chasm intO
which it has since been plunged, Il would
not have been too late perhaps. for the res-
cue. When Peter asked his Master, say
ing, "Lord how oft shall my brother sip
against me and forgive him-until seven
times?" Jesus said unto him, "I say not
unto thee until seven times--BUT UNTIL
SEVENTY TIMES sEvEs" From what
source could such an influence more fitly
have proceeded, than. from the Ministry
who profess to have such Master?
|, But 1t camenot. The passions Of con-
gregations, instead of being allayed, were
too often inAamod by Pastors called to
preach to them gospel of forgiveness,
forbearance and love--and the country
even now presents the lamentable spectacle
of Northern Ministry praying the AL
mighty to destroy and crush out the chris
tian rebels Of the South, whilst the Min
istry of the same church there, are praying
to the same God to bring destruction and
discontinue upon those whom they accuse
as their oppressors in the North---all Of
which, IL piously asked in the namo Of that
Savior, who, in the very agony Of his dis
solution, prayed for those who had nailed
him to the cross, Father, forgive them,
they know not what they do.".al l'a III
What solemn mockery is all this Let
the spirit of pride, the love of false glory,
the lust of dominion, ambition, envy, hate,
avaricc and uncharitableness be baniSlied
from the hearts of the people, North and
South, and how long would it be until
Peace, with healing on her wings, would
descend upon us as an Angel from Heaven?
1t is the process of sELF-PURIFIoATIoN
that is required. This can never come,
until ceasing to accuse others, we COM
mence to accuse ourselves. Virtue, right
eousness and patriotism are no more boun-
ded by State lines, than are pride. envy
and the lust ofdominion. 1t was in re.
proof of rash Judgment that Christ ad.
monished his hearers in that matchless
Sermon on the Mount, when he said tC
them: lr ..t. Dad, ..... ...,... .......
Judge not that ye be not judged, for gwitl
what Judgment ye judge ye shall be judged
and with what measure ye mete it shall bC
measured TO you again. And why behold
! est thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye
but consderest not the beam that is in thine
own eye. Or how wilt thou say to thy broth
er, let me pull out the mote out of thine eye
and behold q beam in thine own eye. Thol
hypocrite, fitst cast out the beam out Of thint
own eye and then thou shalt see clearly t.
cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye y
II the spirit which now seems to animat
both the contending parties in this unnat
ural and desolatng war is to continue
the duration of the contest can have n
limit but the absolute exhaustion of tn
bellgerents The hideous desolation tina
would brood over this country after bein
subjected to such catastrophe, could fin
no delineator in language. ''The destruC
ton of Jerusalem, the sacking of Rom,
the overthrow of Palmyra, of Carthage an
! bof Babylon, which have been depicted b
writers sacred and profane, in Alanguae
that will live forever, would bear no con
- parison with the overwhelming calamiti,
D to mankind which such termination
: the career Of this people would pr0duc
The record of such disaster would liN
. to the remotest ages, as reproach to Il
cause of'libefty, not less than to the eau
: of christianity. Eternity would not effa'
q il from the page Of history, The tyran
" and scoffers of all future time would poll
D. to the experience of the United States
. illustrating not only the ineapacity of ma
Q for self-goveinment, but the utter failu
Il of the Church of Christ as a means of s.
: curing the practical observance of tho
d holy precepts taught by its Founder;
Is would be pointed to "as whited SCI
q ulehre which indeed appears beautiful ou
ward, but within is full of dead men
. bones and all uncleanliness."
n Let not these enmities then, so rash
IS begun, so grievously aggravated, contih'
forever. Let forgiveness and conciliatiC
n assign q period to the reciprocation