The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-30

Ds Breekiasi dse.
This man has long occupied high pcsi
ton In the church to which he belongs
With the exception Of the late excellent Dr.
Thorweli, of South Carolina. he wac locke,
upon - its ablest divine. lie Is, moreover
keutuckian. belonging by birth and cdu
cMion to the Southern people. He Is nj
iyaorant rantcr like Bsowalow, but man
accomplishments. learning, and cultivated
aud vigorous intellect
The vocation Of this man Is that Of clergy
man. He processes TO be an apostle o
Christianity. He might have made politicl
his trade, or war his trade, but he chose u
assume the character Of Messenger of thu
Prince OF Peace All the world are rebels
against God, and God has sent message
TO them, breathing In every word mercy and
love Breckenridge, of Kentucky, believed
himself one Of those fitted to carry this
message. For many long year he has beer
preaching Sundays and week days; preach
Ing that Gospel whose distinguishing charac
terIstic is love--love to God and love to man
whose chief commandments, as summed
up by its Divine Founder, arc-''Thou shall
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart
aud thy neighbor rs thyself;" whose prayer
be has repeated ten thou ,and times; Scr
give us our trespasscs as We forgive thoet
who trespass against u.s." This is Brcckin-
: ridge In the pulpit; what he il upon the
hastings, our readers have already seen IN
the extract from his speech before Blac /
Republican Convention in Baltimore, lat. ~
published in this paper.
In that speech, this meek disciple OF til
Prince OF Peace raves for blood like q vol
lie asserts that 1.-The only imperishable &C.
ment OF all institutions has been the blood
of traitors" mo Government has ever
stood upon irresistible foundations whose
foundations were not built on traitors blood.
Every blow you strike and every rebel you
KILL" &c, dc.
Ia this veritable sheep of the Gospel, or
wolf in sheep's clothing How piteous;y
he will bleat to the poor sinners next Sun
day, and every other Sunday, Of the love and
compassion and charity Of the Gospel A
great sinner himself, as he often confesses,
and no doubt truly, in his addresses to The
throne Of mercy, and deserving only OF
eternal wrath and damnation, he has yet bern
forgiven through the saving mercy of God,
We advise him to preach his next sermon
from tho following words of the Master he
processes to serve: aye have heard that it
hath been eaid, Thou shalt love thy neighbor
and hate thine enemy: But say unto you,
love your enemies, bless them that curse
you, do good to them that hate you, and pray
for them which dispitefully use yon aud per
secute you: That va may tie the children of
your Father which is in Heaven; for he
maketh his sun to rise On the evil and on
the good, and sendeth rain On the just and
on the unjust" Tho Rev. DIR. might also
comment on the parable of the servant who
owed bis Lord ten thousand talents, and
whose Lord, moved with compassion, for
gave him the debt, whereupon he seized one
OF his fellow-servants, who owed him a
hundred pence, and took him by the throat
aud threw him into prison. Then his Lord
said unto him: go thou wicked servant, /
forgave thee all that debt. because thou de-
siredst me. shouldst not thou also have
had compassion on thy fellow servant, even
as had pity On thee" "And his Lord was
wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors,
till he should pay al that was due unto him.
30 likewise shalt my Heavenly Father do
also unto you, II ye for your hearts forgive
not every one his brother their trespassss."
Let Breckenridge discourse upon these
words, and We will allow him TO assume that
We are slnners-that we owe him hundred
pence, as he owed his master ten thousand
talents. But let him remember the fate Of
the wicked servant Sooner or later "the
tormentors" will come, and he who refused
mercy to Others will receive no mercy
himself.