Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-28

/ truth implied in the text, that there is q
divine control in the affairs Of his
tcortd, as manifested in the material, so
ctat and spiritual toorld-not implying
however, that God orders every event
and act. ~
While the scriptures teach the Divine
Sovereignty and control, they as clearly
declare mans moral agency, his power Of
choice or refusal, to obey or disobey, and
as citizens may be free to act under hu-
man governments, so may mans moral
agency remain intact, under the Divine
Government. go
He noticed in the second place that
by this DiUiRe control ace hare receiued
especial blessings duriny the past year
for sOhich zoe should be thankfuL-
Life has been preserved. We have had
seed-time and harvest, the early and the
latter rain. Our civil rights and relig-
ious privileges are undisturbed Our
national trials and sufferings have work
ed for our good. God, by these has
proved US "a Government able to
stand not only before foreign emisaries,
but also to successfully meet the
shock of civil conflict By these He
has 4" tried US as silver is tried "-sepa-
rating the sin Of slavery-the dross from
the pure metal-leaying our glorious
flag to wave over the land of the FREE
and the home of the BRAVE"
And lastly, the triumphs of our arm
les during the past year, the victory at
Gettysburg, the fall of Vicksburg and
Port Hudson, &C., give good promise of
a. speedy overthrow Of the rebellion, and
the establishment of just, honorable,
and lasting peace. For which "make
the voice of His praise to be heard in
all the land.
In the Walnut Street Presbyterian
Church, the Pastor, Rev. Mr.. McCarer,
delivered discourse from the text "To
what purpose is this waste,p MAT 26:S.
In which he showed that those who look
upon the contest now waging for the Ma
tons life, as barren of good results, and
that the treasure and life expended in the
war, is mere waste, are mistaken. He
showed, also, we think conclusively, that
the benefits which will flow out of the
successful prosecution of the war, will
be worth all it costs the nation Nor are
these benefits to be confined to the North
but shared equally by the South. In
deed, that the South will derive greater
blessings from the destruction of the pc
culiar institutions than the North We
are, in fact, fighting for the good of the
South 1t would be an unspeakable
curse to them, to let them consummate
their attempt at secession. Our terrible
war will soon be over, and the sufferings
and cost will be unspeakably less than
the aggregate of sufferings, if the con
test was postponed, and then made a
protraeted one. He declared that he
would rather have "seUere agong and
soon ouer than to be bound to the
wheel of torture for long years. The
act of emancipation was spoken of
purely as ioar measure; God had suf-
ferred the Union armies to be defeated,
so that the necessity of this measure might
be made plain to the nation.
If we come out of this contest, stab
fishing the nation upon righteous princi-
pies, it will exert tremendous influence
in Fastening on the kingdom of the Lord
Jesus Christ ta
The speaker exhorted his hearers, to
have faith in God-to have faith in the
progress of events--to sympathize with
and heartily support, the authorities o
the land in crushing the rebellion; and
if therewas need, in order to accomp
fish this, that they should be ready to OF
fer up their children, and themselves too
upon the altar of their God, and the al
tar of their country.
He then concluded by declaring hi
assured conviction that, after the wa
was over, the sections-North and Soutl
would not long continue embittered il
their feelings towards each other. But
!. under the influence of purer religion
and the out pouring of the Divine Spiri
: everywhere, would be melted into the hol
3 est fellowship, and, sorrowing over tt
3 melancholy past, would rise into a higl
: err national life, and press onward an
: upward towards the sublime. heights
which events are now urging us-thenc
= forth uEIrED-having only one countr
y one hope, one ambition and one destin
h the several speakers presented the
5 views with much fervor and eloquenc
it giving evidence that their hearts were
# the, cause. VI III ~
n At night Gen. Darlington spoke to
large audience in the lecture room of t
y Walnut Street Church, which was crow
~ ed. His speech was a master effort,
~ ing, as we have heard it remarked by
ut tellgent gentlemen, the ablest speech
re the SUBJECTED the war that has yet be
ne made in this&city, convincing alike
Ia judgement and the hearts of his audito
at Those who believe that a minis
he should never allude to secular matte
IT. may perhaps deem it unbecoming il
he soldier to allude to the evident impres
no of the finger of God in the history
so the times. JOS fs.ss 0E
Gen. Darlington is doing great g
the in our State
els @ We believe no thanksgiving day i
lws Dictated by either the State or Fed
un- executives had ever been so gener
the or appropriately observed by our pee
t.. of and this almost universal acknowl
v ment of the providence and goodness