New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-25
The Nstisn's Keeper.
SERMON BIZ REV. ISAAC 8. HARTLEY.

The Union Reformed Dutch Church on tbe
Sixthave held services at the usual hour in the fore
noon. the being preached by Rev. Isaac s.
Hartley pastor Of the church The text taken from
tina lst Of the l27th Psalm: Except the Lord
keep the city. The Waterman worketh but in vain"
After appropriate allusion to the occasion and q
rapid review OF our national history, the preacher
quoted the opening sentence Of the Presidents Proca.
nation in which acknowledgment is made Of the guar
dian care OF God in defending US against unfriendy
designs from abroad and vouchsaGng to US in His
mercy many md signal victories the enemy who
OF our own household" Mr. Hartley alluded TO tho
many influences exerted In Europe. and especially ia
England against the cause OF the Union and the
OF England toward this country, different from what
should he the practice Of mother country. Further
the legacy left by the arch-nuer Calhoun. has been
claimed and appropriated by the Of other States
Virginia. Georgia. Mississippi and even BY men in
own household at the North. This Is proved by tho
great conpracies which have been discovered and de-
feated in the Northwest and in other parts Of tho
loyal States. Notwithstanding all these enbarrass
the Government still stands snd is stronger for
the ordeal. The open foe is to be honored. An armed
Rebel is angel pared 10 the secret p!oter n
midst who in mdnlgt cabals and c0nclayes seeks TO
destroy our liberty. To use tie words Of Dante,
The traitor IL c-.Dsily consumed"
Or in the words Of the author Of Festus we can say;
Ny country. II wretch should ever rise
Out OF thy countless who would curtsil
Thy freedom. dim thy aory while he lives
IL
Laist VINO would not ior liberty,
lie lac. too, cursed living aud when dead
Let Tim be- buried downward with his face
I.ookir, TO hell; and DER lis covered grave
The hare skulk " her form"
While the preacher would not indorse the severity II
the Judgment yet the sentiment Is truce secret traitor
il of al men uos, despcdbe. Mr.. Hartley then de-
velOped in an instructive review Of the events IN Eu-
rope the Providence of Sod by which We had been
preserved from The interference Of foreign powers.
soon after the Rebellion began. and while the ihroned
powers of the Old World celebrating upon their
their jealousy aroused and the necessity 81
preserving the equilibrium forced upon them by the
events in Poland, the heels of which they were
taught lesson hy the exhibition of the ironclad Mon
tor which now appeared npon the scene. Then fo.
lowed tn victories Il Port Hudson, VicksbuFS and
the opening Of the Mississippi succeeding which and
the new efforts contemplated az foreign interyentlon
the Danish difficulties arose 70 occupy the attention of
Euiope In these and other events the preacher found
evidences of a watchful Providence, guarding ms BY
the diversion of foreign epemics their immediate
concerns. Mr.. Hartley then proceeded to review the
condition of he Confedcracy, its purports apd its
finances From the testimony Of leading men he found
reason 10 believe that their resources, their mems AMI
their men were becoming exhausted; and nom all the
signs VI the times and the recent expression OF the
people at the ballot box in favor Of the Union against
any compromise with the Rebellion In arms, he found
oc ason for thanks to that wachful Providence
" hioh had kept Us hitherto. Looking confidently io
" ard to a return OF Union and Of peace, he saw the
duty of America great Christian nation unFiy&ed
in the worlds history where freedom and righteousness
should rule aud the banner OF undivided Republic
aoal over redeemed land.