Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-12


] There are sonas among Is whs seem to hold
/ 70 opinions that nay net be very fashionable IA
! these days Of frse-tbinking bat which, never
I theieas, are saltisa to some consideration, be-
4 causo--if for no other reaaeh-they have bsen
/ handed dgWn b as iren antiquity, are derived
rem an old beck kHoHn a. the Bible and we're
/ 6ffuly believed By ear FgEoldlignsTy siras That
( God Teigns is ons Of the tsasts 70 which We al
Z Hds-sxplained ~ supBssing that Hs roigns in
I the interests Of virtue, and fsf the advancement
I of His own kingdsm sad fer tho prozotiaa Of
/ His own glory. These cFsdRlOus psTsons-if
credul0us they ba--suPposs that al great TsYo-
/ lutoR5 are under His control to work out these
ends--tbzt their sesigR is to make men better
SUITE Of His kingdom, aud That when Hs
DeFtliss great ealamitiss 70 fall upon . people
I lie is correcting them for their esod, and viii
remove the stroke VIXEN tie sin that oeea-
stoned is las bssn sTaaicafed. Thsy thiak lhst
ar sacc-ss IN this war depends more upoa
GOES favor th1n upen nseR's strength. Il mast
Be allowed that sUr civil snd failitsry au.bsri
.iss havs made shaW st participating IN this
5slaf by appointing ssys 81 AuHailiati2n, which
pest sins weEs 20 b mcraea, Of Thanksgiving
fer successes wen, Of sasplieatisz fer eoasizls8
5iessiug8 upoH eur effaTs, Ead fer ultimate
victory, and fer an hsR9rabls peses. Tao Beo-
pie, too, Ct ct lest very maHY Of thsn, have
seeme6 to held tha Same belief, By Hnisiag ia
Iarge numbers in the ebserYases Of the sp-
pointed service.
But the desired b8oa hss Ess basa bsstewsf
Pace bss n0E eona Oar successes sf late
havs not bsen uninterrupted, eur rsverses are of
50 serissz character as t5 threatea an indsf-
'i-e plelsHgsti5n Of the war, and 70 denaad
cor Esast strenuous efforts ts Teeuver from them.
Ile wsf goes oa, snd the deyastsa circle rsr-.
rows GROUND rs is limits marked By tiz raiEs
IF bcrned knmssteads aEd togvus, while the
sfeeisy Of fhs invader Crews with its szarcss.
Et6sr CD has given Up the reiBs Of govern
.re1t il human sffsirs to the strongest pospia,
ih0so wh0 have the Rest men aHd msaas at
eam8s,lza, Do longer deciding for those who are
Tglt, if a. the sams time tksy are weak; or
clee We ars rot rebs-thaTe IS SEINE Fraag
saacg as tka. Isast Be sra5iestsd. Those
Eho hold ths opinions We have stated cannot re-
c=ivs he former alternative, bat thsy 30 stead
'sftiy hcl3 sAs latter. We Ere Rot right bsfsIs
Ga3-ws are wicked peopls.
Need vs Prevs this assertion CoEas to eur
oi3es We esEoPsn a window almost ssy day,
sEd sasw you esteTie Of gambisrs arzuad
ih8ir tabls. most Of them nsaa, we Huppess. aub-
J7cts OF senscriptioa--Hho probably have bsEght
themselves ct. On given nftgTnasn every
week, HoE2 another Wlsa0W, We can psiEt yea
70 sae dansiBg Eslo5a, whsrs the toRasr childrea
srs lezfRisg folly's Ways. N5s far sG we viii
shHH yea shs well PatrsHizsd drinking houss-a
little farther the theGtsr, 0psa sliBass every
Eighs aa1 amsHE the spsctstors some whsss
pe=r relatives, vhils they gnpsr end laugh saa
app'sud, are lying in their blsOd uPsA the re-
cent battlefield As We pass OF tbis rsand
you shall hear St aiaest every esr1er profanity
thst viii make you shu59er.
MsazWhils, the teraPle Of Gs5 asd tks house
Of prayer are sPsR, slmost in vain. A few
faithful enes gather thsra to pray for their
couut7y-tO weep over her ealamiEies. Nest
Christian professors sTs satisfied vita one Sun
gay service, aHd lesvs tse prayiRg few to
presezs their osuEss the cause Of ell, to the
throne Of gTsss. And what we say Of ono city
may be said OF NEST Of them.
Ner is the population Of the couztry free fron
sia The mania fsr msaey-nskizg seems in
the escendsr- In cur cities where the poor srs,
-7asse thousands live ca snail salaries. aHd BY
dsiv labor, where hundreds Of families og cur
soldiers are esRgregats5, where those gro-
Cue'ng nothing must bay aIl they eat from
ulers OF the soil, we feel tho PiHeh of want.
Ged has blessed the agricUlturist with abun-
dance, but hs viii net sell il except at Eueh
prices tha5 tA8 Gocr must certainly essrve; there
in sc:inr as though the Almighty, to fsy5r hin,
intended t5 exhaust the poor msz's resources,
or, in other words, ble5ses cRs class by reducing
sEether class % penury. When the town pee-
PIE give thanks to Hin, that He has blessed the
hss3audman'a harvesss saunos be an element Of
ths'r gratitude, unless those wh9 have sswe3
sHa reapsd shall relax somewhat Of their grasp
ing avsr'ee. Caa their sslGshness fnd favar in
His sighH
There is great Head Of heart searching, rspaa-
tsnGs and reformation; and until these be exhib-
ted we saz derive ne Assuraacs from the prem
ises Of God which are made not 70 stubborn
tut to psnitsnt sinners. Tha man wha new
sins sgsisst God IS destroyer Of his e5unTy.