The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-05

sr. GL,EGr's cuu1ucn.
This church hal q very large ,anrreS,tion ~
though IT was not quite t!'oi. lac B.v. Dr. ryuc
ohcatcd, and preached ~rmon whlh lastes
about two hourt, nom the 'pl,owiug text;
open We the gates of victory aud peace, that
righteous nation may enter IL ."-Isash xvi ?.
Tie reverend gentleman commenced ty statna
that in the ordinary sense, gatc ofcroi tho pTiv
ilcgc of entrance to those ou.s.do who had Va
rish. TO enter elsewhere, and limited this right /.
persons who had received epccia invitation h.
cnsr. As man advances In cv.l.,atoa. he sets g,
fence around him, which prcclsim in terms vhrN
all may understand, ''no firrher salt thonnome''
Tho gat" changes the warning to invitation.
and says "hero shall thy admission bo - Al
this In icit bv man NJ cato he pisses IN uIt
journey through the earth. Aud thus gate l
the Providence OF God asserted th,t absolute an
thor.ty of the Mpsi II gh. The forin of cNylusou
shows that man has no right To cricr the sstN
says he can 10 IN. s.n shat man o-t from cteI.a
lite, and violated law czpellse hi~.
hut Divine compassion opened gate through
Christ who procaimci entrance to tho most peflxy,
and ungody men. Tho Nov. Dr. ncxt procoedet
to frcsk oi the pro p"ta ui peace, and tie trrms
upon which could hc obtained. God had rstah-
lshcd the iorrn'of cSpu'sc, aceopline 10 Us Will.
and ho opens the gate of hope and peace on HIS
own terms, aud those who viii have paace I'm
earth, must hrr. learn to have pcaco Nth God.
Acres every ohcr place except NJ the gate are
srlcuoub plcot there by uol. None ot these eau
bc hSokcn. Tlc attractive pro,pccts beyond the
gnc Is the rcst,rron "a our GoyJrnno-,t and our
territory, the establishment ~ tree people, and
the renewal oi our n.tun'sio. hey oiid tuat Sstr
is generation vhosc lie stall be slorii--
uis, to whom oppro sion O. the poor shall
never nc tHe 1Ct- ~ oviliSaton arc ther,:
thf cultivation ot elaciiicn Is there; socisL
justice and hnnsn halp.uoss arn there such ~
social state ~ Inc earth ntver nnd heaven looks
down To zee. Lot rsir.liHcr' and tailors rise TO
em.nencc let tie poor onhan 10y rae to renowu.
let the poor nau riato p'"ur Il wil excite Ii"
surpr a. whoa tic gate ~ oIorod. The whole land
VII emerge IN u brighter manner apd with
grandcr destiny than eyer suiil SAW. This was no
fancy drp'n saw Il in the future, placing ra-
diur oi fonor around thc mcr VITO Lad patcuuy
inlhllei tie noble work. and hoapng everlasting
dis thoao who hat lricd every way to annoy
mud Hinder tlosc who had Dccn lhc servants of God
i'll this .cneration TIC money cost 81 thlsstrugyis
n few years OF peaceful labor would obliternis
forever, and the result would MI tho uston heart
with thsnkyilnoss, and the who1n land With JOY
and glory. 1his was the view hr had always en-
tcitlmtt, and therefore Lc had noytr h.I,eaed from
sustaining tbs sluruus alru4s1u n't is iusirn-
monis IRON its dHrSst hour uuNl now. Three
wears of hopeful but ANXIOUS warfare had passet
away; vast tracts OF dsloyal territory had becn
rccoycre! AREAS o people lad been Hoed irorl
bondage, and wheiLnr Nhiln - lluck, hey have
been resolved among us with tr-ir Chr Fan l-nd-
ness anu Philanthropy. Inc unrrcpatod condition
@. our country under previous u.torols admin
istra,ion hsd hc'pel MS rrl,lsun, which had pro-
eecded NO silently that It was hot mycgtV. fhe
rlry and ,rnoyv. our na,,o.,s nm. lnls.i for
egn powers, who would dclpbt AZ 1pi aycrthrov,
t. encourage The design, a.d ,hcy uptieii IN giving
aid to tho rol,ll.ou. An tbcsc di ID ,lrcs had
Accumulated hut had be,D .urrnou.tSJ ard
urss.d over In I'm. pioriols slrr,'I,. Pltr5o,i,n
refused neither wen, IN nor rpeS AMI sI6rons mad
been iAs result Iotlo ptst tLI ee wears he opkef
ven, him frrtn N nQ.Iis adm jratov 10 .yenuIcrs
under whom wo we've gong o. tn iual vciors
But the fence was sil across ,hs pail. and t1e
gate WAS securely cosou. Perhaps darker u.als
were gathering IN oir way. lno altar a a n'-
tons life IN ght Al r holo austs more numerous
than ever Parhan, they would ,ry 10 Syenurn
tine Government nnI urTlSps come nrtrei military
/ adyonturer, or some ,ln,,orihy ,-vili,n rmgM get
/ tho supreme authority. IN. .ht u u, but III.
ei.Lo WAS tscrs and there " - no utIsr cntrAl.cG to
/ IN. plory be,nuu Al d. fisay erotLereAwaitlny
| to-day tor the dponiu.. ul to- gat.s How many
| were CRYING 'pcalo .I-ea1o 'psaeo =" From thou
sands of ehurth, nl = ,ui ~. uions ol fam lea the
! r-,V.r grc,e .4:ye n;,ce in orr rIne. O.
/ Lord !" and to l.hgpaso of no text be.
| calnc A uation's PRAYER, ~, hope .nd it's desre
| 90 reycd,1 .,ltls.Anu A.rt.proc.1n,-d To su.al
Of m. ~, ne restrict On a4alnsf 81 drnr me psclo
pu irui,,d by H., words .1hA N ,ly1toous pStoi.
ms, ,.toria," An the te,t, A rorueous nntion
could only enlcr. It ~ not lucroly sLfobedcn'
natian. In l,olJ scrip ~ q riylacous nation wa,
aWN-s an obedioat u at on i va. a uniou vhi,
| God Justified AMI reJeotoi It wa a nation up,