The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-22

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An immense meeting was held in the
Academy of Music in Brooklyn last Mon
day night, to express the sorrow of the
people for the death OF President LIN
COLIN. Several clergymen addressed the
meeting and loud calls were made for
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, who was pres.
emit. He came forward and. with his
usual fondness for opposing the senti-
ments of his audience, made some refer
ence to Christ's Sermon on the Mount"
and quoted blessed are the merciful for
they shall obtain mercy" The senti-
ment was Missed, and TRAIN took his
ssst. ye,at .s-e 4
The general tone of the speeches seems
to have been identical with some that
we have heard of in this vicinity, and
the Brooklyn Eagle comments upon the
doctrine inculcated. in a manner so just
and forcible that, considering the SINH
larity of sentiment here, we cannot re-
frain from copying portion of the srti-
els;
"The Rev. DR.. vNToN was the chief
speaker at the Academy last evening.
He il a man of estimable character, and
he belongs to profession, the purpose
of whose members it is, or ought to be,
to calm the passions Of men. DR.. VIM
troS's speech, so to speak, gave tone to
the meeting. He selected for the edit
cation OF the meeting a story from the
Bible, not generally turned to by those
who seek in the sacred volume consola-
ton in times of woe and tribulatiOn.
The Israelites in the folly of their hearts
demanded king, in opposition to the
wishes of the Almighty. They got one
in Saul who was commanded "to 60 and
smite the Amorites, and utterly destroy
all they have, and spare them not; but
slay both man and ,poman, infant and suck
ling, OF and sheep, camel and ass" If the
story has any moral to it as DR., VINToN
tells it, it is that similar duty devolved
upon our departed Chief Magistrate, and
that he, like Saul, did not executeit, and,
like Saul, lost his position and his life.
IfDr. VINTON believes that Mr.. LINCOLN
was omitted" for "the second phase of
reconstruction" and that COP has raised
up more fitting instrument in his sue
cessor, it would be at least seemly to
wait until Mr. LINCOLN is in his grave
before finding fault with the dead for
the quality of mercy which comes like
the gentle dew from heaven, and through
which we all hope to be forgiven. 1t is
no part Of our purpose to explain the
sanguinary passages Of the Old Tesla
ment, so frequently repeated by those
who in the name of religion commit
crimes from which the savage shrinks,
but surely it would not be difficult
for clergyman to find in the sacred
writings lesson more fitting for these
gloomy days than that which DR.. VINroN
took the labor of expounding for his
hearers last evening. The Reverend doc
tor failed in his purpose if he did not
send his hearers away with more bitter
ness and hatred in their hearts for their
fellows than was there when they left
their homes to hear him. The men who
under cover of mourning for Mr.. LIN
COLIN find fault with him, and go so far
"a to see in his assassination a clearer
way out of the dangers that surrounds
us, do not do justice to this people. If
texts of Scripture were in order, it
would be easy to show that Mr. LINCOLN,
in his tenderness of heart and i'll his char
ity towards his erring fellow-country-
men, resembled One greater than SAM
UEL-One who in the agony of assassina-
ton begged of the FATHER 'to forgive
them for they know not what they do
1t is the example of the SAVIOUR. and
not the man who hcwed AGAG to pieces,
that the Christian world onght to be rec
commended to initiate, at ali events by
Christian ministers In view of the feel
ing which Dr. VINToN's speech ut the
Academy was so Well calculated to ex
cite, it will surprise nobody to hear that
an cratic layman, who followed, was
summarily silenced by quoting from
certain sermon, which preachers i'll these
days seldom reproduce, and which de-
clares that BLESSED are the mercifnl,
for they shall obtain mercy
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