The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-07-08

vitality, aud it has nov arisen and SET It's taial
fang reep al the seat Of life. while with MANY
massive fo,d, huge and terrible, it has coilcd il
seli about the government, and nov with throes
OF dreadful desperation struggles 10 crush il. II
is struggle for life, and the question seems
banging IS 10 a balance, as yet, which shall sue
ceed. One or the other must fall IL is grand
and sublime spectacle for the ewes OF the world
Slavery has laid hold on the pillars of the con
stiiuuon. II she prove the stronger. tac nation
n.ust die, and the Divine right Of one man %
make property OF another, i established. Old
despotsm, shod with triple iron. shall go forth
to grind her victims into dust. Ii the govern
ment sban prove the stronger, slavery will die,
and the bells OF the world will ring out and
the dovn-trodien OF al the earth VII shout
for JOY. Bleeding and suffering man the word
over vii have jubilee, and the songs OF free
dom shall rend the air ani the shadow on the
dial OF liberty shall 90 forward an age il a dav
This issue, repeat, is Gods, and not mans
We have not sought it. We have resisted il
rather. But events have crowded on until t
upon Us. whether We would or 10. Here
then is the hand OF God Who does not see IL
Who can deny it, Surely none in bis right mind
We might mention other indications TIE
hand Omnipotence is in this war We ask now
therefore, in the second place, what is the mean
ing Aud here We NAV return from the broader
questions and issues OF the case, and enquire, iu
this terrible scourge upon US as nation ard
d, -, l.
placed US in the crucible he has a purpose Il
God is chastizng the nation he has an issue with
us. What reply does history afford. Where now
the nations of antiquity They are swept
away. Their glory has faded, aud the plough
share has gone over them Where are the ua-
tious and the dyuasties that once shook the
world2 Given to oblivion save g. the historian
has preserved an echo OF their greatness What
is its Ave, it is this When God chastc.s
man or a nation He withholds not his hand until
that manor nation is purified and lifted up, or. in
case Of stubborn and unrelrnting resistance they
are destroyed, either by the overwhelming power
OF Gods scathiRg providence, or leaving them
to their own folly, they rush upon speedy de
struciion
Two long Years ago, aud more, the storm
that had long been threatening burst upon
Us. The gallant Anderson aud his brave
litle garrison impersonating the government Of
the nation. Since that day the heavy cloud
has rolled on Blood and carnage, dark
ness and desoation have filed up the slowly
moving weeks and months Ave, such
scenes as the history of war has never parallel
have been enacted IL. meeting Of mighty
armies, the display OF bravery and patriotic de
votion TO God and the country, have never been
surpassed. Such battles have never been recor-
ded. And now, after these weary months from
the ore side and the other, the question comes
"where is the end :n-'to what are these all
these things tendingt' And vet new complica-
tons rise. We have sent up to the terrible sa-
crhce our first fruits, ave, and the first born OF
our household. We have developed resources
Of men ahd means thet have astonished ourselves.
and confounded all the wisdom and experience
of our neighbors who look on. These have
been swallowed up 10y the remOrseless and in-
satiable nav Of war, and new and larger forces,
aud more formidable arrsJ Of supplies, must now
90 forth, and these must follow those that went
before and though there be no hinching on the
field in the cabinet, or at the social board
al ready TO dare, ready to DO, ready to 20
ave, and as patriots, will not turn their back
even on death Itself when the hour arrives
vet the question will come, if uubidden. vher'
shall the end beg'
Turn your eve from these fields Of blood re'
ruin, from these darkeRed homes, from this belt 20
fire and blood with which our once happy LAM
has been begiri. Tarn your eye away to th'
heavens, are thev still red with wrath Yo'
have been writing characters on toe earth, b.
God is writing them in the sky. Who is IN
prophet the seer, who can read them there
" Whom the Lord iovefh he chasteneih," ," whethe
it be A man or a nation. Aud mind voc the rul
Of Gods dealing When once he has begun Q
scourge. he will not STAY his hand till the end b
secured Jehovah has quarrel with this na
ton. and the clouds Of backness will but gathe
more deeply and heavily until We WELD to him
never HntiI our chaztening is effected, or We pr,
wing stubborn and rebellous be blotted ou
"When shall the end Gomez" When we ar
chastened and submissive. When shall W
have victory just as soon a. it is safe for ~
just as soOu as are prepared TO receive II.
VI, Brethren: I srn 10 prophet nor the 50
Of prophet, but the pOrtents are clear 70 my ey
that God will not give this Nation peace until b
has chastened, purified it. Peace would be r
blessing but a curse until we assume such
+ attitude to profit from it. God poured OF
the vials Of his wrath upon Pharaoh and
people-but when they relented, he removed Il
scourge at once-eet a. they lifted up the ar
{ again, he met them With plaques, until at lengt
their madness knew no bounds then JehoV.
: permitted them to push on in their fury to Of
grand watery grave. So has Is been and 20
! must be. II God has a hand in this war. %,
must it TO rs. mean ohssteniug, nor viii q
? Father permit the fame TO cease from devourir
: until We submit, or Ike Egypt we be swallow.
: up. There is always room in Gods doing=
T. human agency and choice. It will be 50 10 II
# nation. If it repent in time, Cod will save
: but if We bu, harden our hearts, as Pharso
# he will destroy t.
Z. Only one question weui I ask Of M o.
5. heart, and the sane would I have all 9th.
= ask f We might in a spirit Of humble su
: mission, in spirit brave eso1gh 70 dare al
t humble enough to submit to the duty Of :,