Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-24
shall sHiquity Prove our nuiH !

Prom toe Southwestern BaDtistl
For the nation ard ngdcm that will not serve thea
shah perish yea tho-e nations shall be utterly wasted
IsAIAH, LX Il.
Such is the sentence Of God against those ma
tons who abandon themselves to their lusts
and how fssrfu!iy has the. providence of God
vindias5sS the lruth of the solemn declaration.
Indeed, there is s0metailz in the very nature of
sin issslf to supsriudUes the ruin threatened
The law of sin snd death - is Just as certain to
utterly waste " q people as tae Law of the
spirit Of life " is to build up snd establish them
- Law Is used to indicate the invsFiabls cen
nection between cause snd eject Tnat law of
rrsyitaticn which viii dash g asn 10 pieces
Eho is thrown from precipiee 3 huBdred feet
high, Is cot less invsTiaDie than is that Is OF
sin which works tse TsProach snd ruin Of any
people who commits il. @s Esy be assured
on the suthoribV Of the Iafaits Jehovah, lnst
our sins will fod as ont" As to iudiy iduals,
lhis &c sentence against an evil work mey not be
sxecused speedilyi7 Tasy be delayed until, ike
she rica man, they lift up their eyes 10 bell.''
But Is to nations whe 5aYe 10 hereafteg, the
punishment is awarded in this VIC. ot pa
mons, is sbsl be said with mere than common
emphasis, /" thine own wiekedUess shall correct
thos, and thy baezsi3iBgs shall TePTove thee"
Jsr. II ; l9.
Aside thsn from sny direct visitation Of Prev
idence, there is something in tie very naIuEe OF
sin 20 work its own punishment. Let Us attempt
brief illustration Of this thought The apostle
Paul declares that 1.-The love Of money is tho root
OF al evil" What triunphant vindicaliou OF
the truth Of this proposition does the present
condition OF CUR country furnish That spirit
Of ssltshness thst grasps st everything that
comes within its Teach-whieh is proof alike
against the claims Of patriotism and philaataFo-
py--whieh is satisfied with nothing short of
the lass iartAing which can be ext0rted from its
viclim-wil la the snd dFsg deWn ruin upon
It's own hasd. Let this uIhsllowed spirit ceu-
tinue rampant among cur peaple, ,snd the distress
whieh il spreads smOBg the families Of our sol
5iers viii sooE bEag them home ia uttar eln-
tempt of all military law, and cur arinies viii
be 80 weakened that the enemy vii
econ overrun sud utterly destroy The i'll
gotten gains Of these vsDpiFes who sre
sucking the life blood Of tho country
Wbo can expect cur soldiers 10 fight while
.lseir families are suffering for bread Or if this
could Re ayerted the unparalleled prices OF eve
rvthing in market, viii foree tho Government
8 issue nore money to meet It's current ex-
osasss, aud tbs will tend 70 depreciste the cur
reney still more Sna more, until It viii become
as worthless as 50 much waste paper. Il IS in
the power Of our people 20 arrest this evil II
Il requires Eve hundred millions Of money this
ysss 70 nsss tho Demands Of the country, and
prices continue 10 rise Es they have for the past
twelve months, it viii equiTe thousand millions
or the next year to purchase the sssde articles.
ard if this process goes An At this ratio, child
can sec that our money 3iiH soon be worthless.
Thus this greed Of gain 10 its Efforts 10 grasp
n,ors sna more, viii lose all, lie toe iabl9 Of
ths dog swimming shs stream With piece Of
meat in his mouth, AID seeing bis image mir
roredin tie water, mEtook i ior anothet deg,
dropped his meat, aud plraged beneath the sur
faes % REQ what ho supposed 70 be bis fellow,
and lest al
.yghgt is 10 bs done TO avert these evils
There is, there can BE-, bat Ooe answer 70 this
apegtien- Repeat REPEEr REPENT! There
comes 8 voice from every disaster that has be-
fallen our esuse--fr0m every f4bisation now
cad ia moufning-from every scene OF desoia-
ton that meets the foog prints Of meEeless
soe--lrom tho grave Of every Confederate sol-
der who has fallen in this fearful Struggle
calling cur people srumpe.-tongned TO hamble
shems Ives before God, aud repeat in dass and