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THURSDAY, JANUARY l, 1868.
"A1iT MY PEOPLE COR

THURSDAY, JANUARY l, 1863.
''L12T MY PEOPLE COR
The American people believe that God
rules the allairs Of men. individuals may
for Tine ignore that Providence,
and contcmn lis authority, but in the end
mankind arc glad to acknowledge tflat
Jehovah holds the nations iu the hollow Of
His hand, and that He turns them WHITTIER
soercr he will.
On this, the tirst day Of the year Of grace,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, when Abraham Lincoln, raised up,
as we believe, for this very purpose, gives
freedom to ttree millions Of slaves In the
rebel States, let us take I'M example from
history, that NC may see how the hand ot
God delivered his people in the past ana
how We hare reason 10 hope His justice anu
wisdom will be vindicated In the future his
tory Of our own nation.
Invited By the King Of Egypt, Jacob aud
his descendants settled in that rich land
in all. about seventy souls Kings ere long
arose-:who knew not Joseph" ," and made
slaves Of the Hebrews; but in spite Of all
oYp- >ssion, they multiplied amazingly, and
in little more than two hundred years
about thetime that slavery has existed in
this country--they too had become three
millions Of slaves. They were now dis
tinct, strong and consolidated people. Gods
purpose in planting them in Egypt was
thus accomplished, and he sent Moses,
prophet, endowed with great piety,
strong intellectual powers, and ex-
tcusiyc learning to the proud king
Of Egypt, with the solemn Injunction,
"Lct my people 60. that they may serve
me in the wilderness" The Egyptians aud
their king were in lore with slavery, like
the Democracy Of our day, and the naughty
monarch refused obedience to the COM
mand Of God. How terribly slavery had
dcl,auched the Egyptian government, and
what awful judgments the slaye-drivers
suffered before the Hebrews were allowed
to depart, let the following extracts from
sacred history tell. We quote from the
B1n1E. The passages will he found in Exc
dus:
CHAPTER vi.
THE PLAGUE or BLOOD.
10. Aud tue Lord epake unto MoseR, Say unto
Aaron, ta4., thy rod. and stretch out thine t1and
snd apo
all their pools Of water, thst they may become
blood aid that therr may be blood throughout III
thc laid o. Egypt, both III vessels Of wood and in
70. And MoEcs =nd Aaron did 60 as the Lord
commanded: and he lifted up the rod and snpts
ph%rGot, and III the siEft at his SERVANTS; aaI all
the waters that were in the river were turned into
blood.
Il. and the fish that was in the river died: and
The river stank. and the Egy1tjaus eon1d not dEnk
Of the water OF the river: and there was blood
throughout aM the lnnd Of Egypt.
CHAPTER VII.
TIE PLAGUE or rRoos
And the Lord spaEe unto Moses1 c0 unto pha-
rsoh- aud say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Lit
my people 60 that they may serye 1nc.
i. And tic Lord speke unto Moscz, Say unto
Asen f 1e 9ers haad h Thy oyer
and cause frogs to come up Upon the land Of
Egypt.
waters Of Egypt: and the frogs came up, and Gov
cred tic land Of Egypt
TILE PLAGUE OF LICE.
II. and the Lord said unto Noses, Say INTO
the land, that it 1nal become lice th1onghont Al!
u ilha had thsy Iii so for aaron stretched out his
and it became lire in man and In beast: all tie
land Of Egypt.
TIE r1AorE Or 111Es
20. And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early
in the morning and stand before Pharaoh: DO, he
Thus saith the Lord, Lit nj people 60, TINT they
Il; EIsc: II thou wilt not Jet my people 60, he.
hold, will send swarms Of lies upon thee, aud
ts dnsss x and se rna es9ps e ny an s
ii, full Of Fwasms OF f1irs and also the ground
yyliereon they are.
p. And viii sever In that day the land of Co.
chen, III which my people dwell. that no swarus Of
dies shall be there; to the end thon mayest know
that I'M the Lord in the midst OF tho earth.
g. And l will put a division between my people
and thy peoply: TO- morrow shall this sign be.
a. and tie Lord did 20: and there came sriev-
Into tue sI n9uss Of P4sa9 and
Egypt: the land was corrupted by reaeon OF the
swarms flies.
CHAPTER TX.
1uen the 155q5 5 1HaEd Ht unto Moses. 60 in uu.v rms.
raoh ane tell him, Thus saith tho Lord God Of the
Hebrews, Let my people 60, that they may serve
FoE + thou refuse to letthem 60 and Withhold
!. Behold the hand Of the Lord is npon thy cat
tie which ia in the field, upon the hortes upon the
nsecs. upon the canltle, upon the oxen. and upon
the sheep; there eha'l be d very srissous mur-
4. And tue Lord sha1l sever between the cattle
nothing die OF iii Maf i the ehildrcn's Of Il.
s. And the Lord appointed set time, saying,
Tomorrow the Lord aha1l do this thing IN tic
q: And the Lord aia that thng on the morrow,
& 81 9hs e. 1srasl ea @ not @ Vi 'As ea''
one q tle cattle q Tug 1ssaelitca dead. And tic
heart Of Pharaoh wac hardened and he did not let
TIE P1AorE or uo1Ls.
8. And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron,
Take to yon two handfa1s Of the ashes Of the fur
mace. and let Moees spriakle it toward the heaven
q. Andi shall hecome email dust in alt the land
Of Egypt and shall be boil breaking forth ,cilh
hlstns upon Iaan aud upon beast, throughout all
io. And they took ashes Of the furnace, md stood
before Pharaoh; aud Moses sprlnkie1 i up towa.a
Sa5sn snd sna anas so forth a
II. AID the masicians! could not .tand before
the mAgicians. and Epoh Ill the Egyptians.
TIE FAsrR or HAIL.
=. And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth
thtne hand toward heaven. that there may be hail
n II ~ ths Land Of Egyps, upon m3n, and npon
nesst s ara q Tpon every herb Of the field throughout
s3. And Muses. stretched forth his rod toward
1,caren and the Lord sent thunder and hail. and
the fire ran along ppon the ground: and the Lord
rAined l1ait upon the land Of Egypt.
n So there ,Saa hail, and fFc mingled with hail.
rerr grcsons, such as there none like 1t in ali
the land Of Egypt since il became nation
o. And the hall sruoic throughout all the land OF
Egypt al t3t sras in the Geld both man and beast
brake every tree Ut the field.
I'll. Only III the land Of Goshen, where tue chill
Grelt ot 1Etacl 1cfFe. WAS there no lail.
CHATTER <.
TIE PLACER OF 1ocrsT8,
IL. And the Lord said unto Moses Stretch ont
thine hand over the land Of Egypt for The locnsta
a,d sat syccy herb OF The land, e1ea. al that tac
II. aud Moscs stretched forth bis rod Over tbr
land Of Egypt. and the Lord brought an cast wind
nron the land all that day and al fhat nIehts
and when it wac morning, the cast wind brought
the lotEfta.
II. And the locusts went up over all the 1and of
Egypt. aud rested In Al the coaets Of EcTpt: very
sric'oEs 'feTs Mey; before them there were m
rnc5 locu.ts as they neither amer them shal 10
IS. For they covered the face of the yhole ca,t,
70 that the land vas darkcncd; and they did est
every herb Of the land and all tie fruit Of the trees
which the hall had left: aud there rcmainei nnt
any green thing IN the trees Or tu the Aerbs of thc
deid through all the lind Of Egypt.
THL FLAaCE OF DAx6xxA2.
q. And the Lord eAid unto Moses Stretch op+
thihc hand toward heaven, that there ular he ie15
ncss over the land sf Egypt, even darkness ae9ic4
may he felt '>S'