Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-08

W'suoui, 'eop pletys abunant wealth and
equal iIoeralIty. Aswas to be expected.
the great enterprises under such leadership
was rap'dIv broughtto completion. Tue
city was rebuilt and teueopled. religious
reformation was effected, the political avs.
! tenn revised, the priesthood and police;er.
I organized, order and prosperity restored
Ample pFeRsraii0R haviag been made Inv
/ the Governor, large concourse of the
/ people gathered to celebrate the comple- |
! ton OF the great enterprise. Fnr this
! memorable occasion the psalm Fl 1m which
/ the text is taken was written under the
! guidance Ut insniraiiUn as THANKSGIVING
| ode to be sung or chanted In cnhues,ion
| with other religious exercises. Tho cir
! culrstances surrounding MS to-day are in
many respects widely q ffeleat from those
1 in which this passage originated, and vet
| there are points ofresemblancr. Oar con.
/ ditinn and history as a nation equally
| evin:e the supervision Of Divine Proeiu
dence and tie GOODNESS Of Co., and render
most fl and becoming these sentiments Of
praise and Thanksgiving.
! We have in these words n devout re-
/ cognirion Of Divine Providence in the gov.
| errment OF the woIlf.
! The Bible gives no c0unienance to that
na,uralIsm which regards the world as a
/ self sustaining seli-mo, ing mechanism
like a Wa'ch which once complete with
it's mainspring and wheels, wound up, aud
set in motion by the great Architect runs
on for ages without the necessity of any
further cars or interference from Him
In opposition to this view Revelation rep
rcsents God as pervadinS the Univense
with his presence. superv sing and ,on-
trolling all events. The analoSies by
which the advoc es of naturalism attempt
70 prove aud illustrate it. are f.lse. When
the human artisan constructs his mlchine
as in making q watch--.he only COM
bines and applies laws and forces of ma
ture which he findS alrcedV made and in
efficient operatiun. lie does not make
these. but could do nothing without them.
Without them his watch would not run
an hour. In contemplating the wonderful
machinery Of the world these are the very
things to be accounted for, Their exis-
tence and ceaseless eperati n are the facts
which drive us TO an everspresent ever
active Providence for a solution of the
pEoblem To the careful thinker Who
views the subject in all its bearing it is
as easy to believe in a self creating world
as il one self-sustaining.- The argument
has appl, cation to individuals and nations.
There arc pr, blems in human history
which require God. Those social laws
by the development and operation of which
all history is wrought out, have God for
their source and executive. Said Crom,
well "What are ali our histories. but God
manifesting himself that be hath shaken
and tumbIed down, and :rampled under
foot, whatsoever lie hath not planted"
And if we look back along the history
of the past-not upon single page, but
through long stretch of time, we shall
see that Justice, Freedom and Truth have
been constantly working their way VI to
higher position and mnre complete domin.
ion over the world. Wrong has no per.
J manent triumph. 1t may seem sometimes
to have gained victory but that is only
prelude to it's mnre perfect defeat. The
martyrldies; but his blood is the 'seed oil
tbe'church." The champion of freedom
is crushed. but his fiery thoughts AMI no
bic deeds ljve-and kindling in the hearts
of men. though sornthered for a time like
the covered embers, blaze forth at last O
brilliant q ,me, throwing light upon the
pathway If nations End guiding them to
lioer'y ard happiness. 1. might seem al
frst glance that slavery must be profta.
BILE. It gives cheap labor. But God
reigns. And the issue of the experiment
is few rich, pampered, Iordly men, and
the millions crushed down in Ignorance,
DOWN the ol6sRnman arnpi-a ana a,.,,hIad
II tn dust End every where it has been
found in the long run Of history the rost
terrible failure of any investment a peo.
pie ever m tda. s. too with every form of
despotIsm. Tine monarchs ot Europe are
learning the lesson that ''without Justice
there "a no power" so we'll that more and
more they are leaning toward the rights
and interests of the people. When the
British Parliament enact unjust taxation
for the American colohies. feeble as they
are, what is t1,,hinGer SO powerful nation
from enforcing it. Nothing to human ap
pearace. But God who reigns over the
nations is the yin1icatnr of justice and the
friend Of humar liberty. And lie has
planted deep in the heart Of humanity i'm
peri'hable instincts and sentiments that
answer and respond to his own. gracious
purposes and to Il principles of his gov
ernmen. Nonation since theearliert hiss
tory of tie Hebrew people have been so
siguaIly favored with Providential guild
anoe and superVisinn as have We. In a
most remarkable manner has the hnnd of
God been seen in our past history. What
wonderful Providence was that which
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Had these men and one or two Of their
compatriots fallen in death daring the
revolutionary contest bow greatly chs n ged
mighthave been the destiny of our cnuu.
try. And in after years when Aaron Bur
came. SO near gaining the Presidential
chair, who can tell what would have been
the result had his am bitiOn been gratified.
How signal the Providence which pushed
him aside and placei purer patriot there
And long before our nation began its ex~
! lstenee, preparation was made for u.s.
I Edward Everett has said III you could
strike out any one Of the leading nations
/ OF antiquity you would changesVthe whole
history OF our nation. Each of those ma
tons have contributed to. our greatness
aud unperalled prosperity. Rene worked
out the great idea of law. And it was
the mission of Greece to deyelope the idea
cfthe liberty of the individual. These
two ideas we have oombIne1 and balanced
in our form Of government aud our Insti-
| tutions more happily ihan any nation
which has preceoed u.s.. Thus all along
through the,s centuries of the past the
I thoughtful and devout mind may see God
moving, gathering up the choise results
of human history and experiences aud
treasurIng them for our benefit And new
through thesyears that have past since
our iniancy. He has been pouring them
upon us in richest blessings from his open
and bDuCteaus hand. 1t was necessary
that our great experimental free govern
ment should be wrought out in isolation
from the nations of the old world until
permanently established and the vide
ocean eel ar4ted US from them. But those
discoveries in science which have narrowed
down the sea aud brought distant nations
so near. were needed for eur vast onter-
prises'and our rapid growth. Yet they
were withheld until our-hationar cifarae-
ter had somewhat matured an L we were
able to endure contact with EuroneafI