The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-05-27
Fast Day sermon.

we nave been presented With copy Of = ser
mon, for publication. delivered on Fast Dav. BY
Rev. Hiram RAthsone. OF Oneida, Eaton county.
Michigan, iron the text Have salt in your
souls, AMI have peace one With another-Kark
sh chap, 5Oth tsyss.
We have ouly space for the following ez-
tract
We remark Let, That as the spirit and grace
o. God 5 the primordial substance OF christians
". SO too. the spirit and grace OF loyalty is the
prmordial substance OF our Government
Our articles ot constitution aud our codes OF
lew are not the primordlsl substance OF our
government; but tie spirit and grace Of LOYALTY
that burns deeper DOM in the soul and clearly
aud uumisiakably develops itself in the lie Of
the citizen or ioyaist, in vlgianhy maintaining
his allegiance 10 them and faithfully seiending
the cause OF the Chief Executive Of them, in
tines OF revolt or revolution Only let every
citizen lay d0~n bis allegiance. aud DO longer
defend our good President IN bis untiring en0rts
10 support the Government, and then the great
rebel chIeigain OF the Southern Couiederaey viii
ask no more. Our good Government. IN which
~e we're born, educated and which bAs poured
upon Us 30 many enoeaFing blessings will 60
d0~n.-coNn IA darkness forever. / say, ral B.
CT, have sait the spit and grace Vi ioss slty in
yourselves, aud have peace one ~ith another.
Ouf Government has been weakened, and this
anhoiE rebellion has been strengthened, l0st in
proportion 10 the absence OF the spiit aud grace
Of 10y atty, The pnmosdial substance of the Cow
,Tnmeut. AOie than a million Of armed men
have been unable 10 put do~n tbs iuiquitoas
and gigantic TtbeiliO. and Tor no other reason
ttan that ID! the absence o. the spirit aud grace
OF LOYALTY. Cur army aud navy had been con
uoAed oy traitors. aud purposeis sent upon dis
rDrrf .fIfr f.. D. Id. 4
uased iLt0 the haucs o. the euemy
There are traitors az the North. traitors Al
the South, traitors al the cast aud traitors Al
the west traitors GA and, trAito.s on the sea
traitors every there. Men turned traitors and
pies AID lniormcrs-men. too. who had beeu
boa ard reared meath Mort ern skies. baselv
betrayed Their own fas, their country. their
Own section. VIZ, the administration o. Jas.
Buchanan bad virtually made a bin Of sale TO
Jeh Davis, OF our GoyerLmelt. our Cohstitu.
'ioa ard our County, and almost effected de-
livery
Men we're going abou, among US. gathering
up information and articles coutra0sud OF war,
and transmitting them 60 the land of the rebels,
for the benefit OF rebels whose hands are red
With the blood Of our fellow cuzrns Beaud-
iul secession ladies' loaded themselves down With
contrabaud articcs aud letters containing valu-
able Information, aud bore them aWay sud across
he border under fhe pro ecion OF crnoline
The iaie Of bs,iles, the fate OF campaigns the
fate oi armies, VAS decided by ipfofnaiiOn OBJ
tanned iu this mAnuer.
Men we're busy going sboli from place 10
place, poisoning the minds OF the people against
The administration who Was endeavOrng 20 en-
force the laws. Di-.o, al newspapers we're pub
iishsd by d-loyai r IN aud scattered broadcast
over the @nd, poisoning the patriotic minds Of
the people. aiding and abetung rebel rufians,
who were imbruing their hands in the blood of
/ the defenders 81 the American Union. One
Marshal Kane blocked up the wav TO Washing
ton through BalumOre, whi e the streets OF that
city red with the blood Of Massachusetts
sons, IA order that the Capital Of the Nation
might fall into the hands Of the rebels
Oar government mas net with revei ses upon
The battle hed. more than equaiied by party
strife aud political opposition Al home. Both
the soldier and the admnis,ratio1 have been en-
barsssed, discouraged and Neah ~ their un-
tiring devotion 10 defend the e., situuon and
the Union, and in putting down o.c Of the most
unpFOvoked and satanic rebelions that ever
arose silce the world began. Upon the other
hand, the heart Oi his satanic majesty, the great
. chieitsin OF this internal Southern Coniederacy
the hearts OF the deludei soldiers and infnra.
ted officers, with the administration OF this dia-
bOcal Government ali with one sccOr5-with
hauds red 10 loyal blood-in one of the most in
iAtuated rebelhOus prOruptiOns against one Of
the best Governments the sun ever shone upon,
have been encouraged and strengthened, from
TO greater source than q want OF spirit and grace
Of loyalty burning in the heart OF every Ameri.
eau citzen-buruing TO the complete cOnsum-
atOn 81 every other consideration but the put
ting down OF this most unhOly rebellion. OF
my cOuBtrymen, let ne eutreat YOU 10 have this
salt Ia yourselves and then have peace one With
another.
,. Ia the second place. we remark, that as
the spirit aud grace OF God is the prmordal
substance OF christianity; aad as the spirit and
grace OF loyalty = the primordal substance Of
The Government; 20, too, the spirit aad grace
Of patriotism Is the primOrdial substance OF our
country
All glory aud honor 10 our unparalleled free
Z Institutions, shining bright and pure under the
meridian sun Of our national constitution the
great and uneousled chart OF human freedom.
Bat alter all, they arc not the pfimOrdisl sub
stance OF our great aud glorious country. The
! pure grace Oi patriotism, she pure burning pas
3 sion Of unadulGersted love for ones country
clearly developed, not OILY ia insututing, but
{ also in defending Il IRON invasion, revolt and
revolution, aud protecting its nghts, aud main .
tanning its laws and Institutions IN vigOr aud pu
Z ity, l. the essentially great and noble primor-
oldl rADrt4A-H u our ttALL1- A1 the zap - 70
lhe vine, aud delicious fruit 20 the bramOe bush
and yefd4ut fOee, 70 i the spfit and grace Of
patriotism 10 our county aud rs Institutions, and
d 20 too i tue spirit and grace Oi losaity 70 the
BE- Government and its constitution. Well did No
+. al ebsler. iu nis great national b onsry,
g. revised and enlarged By CnsuDcey Goodrich,
Professor oi Yale College, put Il down 70 be
learned BY every child. male o. female, 10 every
school. hign VI low, in all tie Auc a. Tue Char
; acferistc VI good citizen, the EObiesi passion
:. that 4lnstes man 10 the character Of d citi-
Z zen" ln0eed Is the Terdsnt rose and dec-
ioas fruit wither and fade, a. tie Dramoe bush
? aud vine de without the sap; yea. TIE body
without tie s9irt, aud isth without works are
dead 20, TOO, our country aud is institutions,
our Government ana lie Constitution dead
also, Wilhoul The spirit aud grace Of patriotism,
! AID tie spirit a-5 grace Of .o5slty clearly and
: uEmi-t4ksoiy developed. T5eu let NE entreSt
? YOU again 70 have this salt 10 yourselves, AID
r have peace one With another
IT. proportion 70 the development Of the spir.
il anc grace Of patriotism Il The administration
0; our Government sustained 10 its y.giiant meas
ures 70 defend, maintain ard preserve our coun
try from TIE inhnite shame Of eternal ruin
A most iniouitous and horrible rebellion is SET
o. foot, sno j. laoorng Eith Figlance aud strat'
egy, eggs.lsc oniy o. the sabliisy Of tie inssl-
gator, b.s satanic mejesy-Ihs devil.
z This unLO'y reos.I0l j. inst gated and perpe-