Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-06
CEERssrrAN HaOPmEamoOD i,
lis Claims and Duties lsitl Special Refl
esce to the Fratylcidal IYar IN 1msTtca.

It's Claims and Duties lsitk a Special Refer.
ezce to the FraiFicidat Var in 1msrioa.
Sermon preached in St Peters Church, Bel,lzo
Park, The Is. November, 1868. by the Rev I. ".
Regent street, ls63
a pamphlet copy Of this sermon has been laid
on cur table. Ths text is
But he willing to justify himself said unto Jesus
and who Ia my nsighbor isS Luke, chap l. veTss %.
We extract the following paragraphs, as ap-
piled to he present war;
From the influential position which we oc-
cupy among the nations OF the earth, we ought
to take view Of what is going on in other
lsnds--distsnt, perhaps, in geographical locsity,
but knit 70 MS in blood and psTentRge, in con-
mon humanity aud Chris ian fellowship, Let
us not forget that we are net merely members
| of Christian households or Christian eoDgrega-
/ tons, but members also of great Christian Bs-
| ton and suIely, if Christian sympathy means
ANYTHING real It means that thsTe are duties, as
! well az feelings, which we owe 10 others, though
strangers to US IN vieiRsge, in respect to this
! great family tie of Christian brotherhood.
"Now, you vii, perhaps, have anticipated
me- when [ say, that Of oil the walls of Wos
J which the hTeezes sre waiting to % from the
d ff,rent parts of the hsbilable globe, there is
one when has q special claim upon as, and
thAtis the wall from the br thers and sisters
| whom the demon Of war has made orphans and
widows in the Southern section of the Once
great aud hourish;ng American republic, This
wal is the cry Of brave bus peace loving PEG
ple, praying and stFiVing to be allowed TO live
10 anity and friendship with all the wOrld-sC
eultivate the arts of industry and peace; and
appealing TO ua in beeding hearts for Christian
sympathy and suecor.
"()f this people, though descended, for the
most part, from E1glsh ancestors, We know
comparatively, little. The practical interdic
ton OF direct commercial intercourse with us on
the part Of their arbitrary brothers, and, now,
implacAble enemies, ss, perhaps, been the chiel
cause OF this neseience Bat, be that as it may
aud apart from al questions, commercial or pc
litical, we don know this. We know thai
they aFs people who hsve cultivated in no or.
binary degree, the domestic afectious--nay tC
such an extent as to have inspired a servill
race, which toe originally planted on theii
shores, with q love aud sf Fiction for their mas
ters, winch Lave kstounded tho whole world
We know, too, that they hav5 carislianiEsd
shat RACKS and when We remember thai there i,
scar ely 09ndman among ihe millions thlr,
Hao might not be free tomorrow if be chose 4
seek the protection OF the invading armies; and
iurther, thst of those whom capture or bribery
Hss carried away, many have gone, like 0nesi
mus, the friend of s.. Paul voluntarily back .,
sbeii masters. We may well believe thar thss,
are questions connected with thls mighty con
test, ~h'ch sc have hitherto very impeTteeill
1no ;ood
"Lu whatever views we may incline 10 po
} iticAhy, there Is one aspect Of ths'ques iol
which do commend 70 you, my brethren, an,
, hat is the humane, the Christian aspect la
I there not bean slaughier enough, Bp0lieiion O
property, ruin and devastation enough 10 salisf
; even abe Moloch Of Republican anbi ion
s Why, if you could stand upon the dome Of on