Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1865-03-30
Fr 'n the Advocate.

Fr ,m the Advocate.
Nh Dear Brother I'eU Ever since
! tins present war commenced have been
deeply impressed with the moral heari,,g
which il has upon the present and the ti,-
ture. but have been dlsincined to news-
paper articles, a, have therefore contin
ed myself in discussing this subject main
ly to n,y limited sphere III the pulpit. I
have, however, concluded 80 beg you to
indulge me with u corne: in the Advocate
while / hint IL d few facts: It may be
some one will read them and be encour-
aged.
The wars carried on for nearly five
hundred years between the last tribes ot
Israe. anu the house Ut Judah turned up
on the grea; question ot 1dolatry and the
worship OF he one Eue and Invisible God.
Duliny thai long period, God never al
lowed ldolatry TO tsinn,ph aud for their
perlenacous opposition 10 the laws of Mo-
ses-1he ordlna:,ces OF God, .lle ten tribes
were broken aud dispersed, and disappear
ed from tire knowledge of history and of
ihe world. This was but the dtmopstra-
t4on OF Il great principle upon which God
| deals with nations and peoples. Infdeli
~ ou he one hand fai,i III God on
the ".her is the I,,,int upon which has turn
ed the successea nr s,dewntall of nations
and empires. According t. tho teachings
of history, whenever ,Ilis issue has been
presented, God has umfnrmly vindicated
Ills non:,r and ihepnrity II his own wur-
ship. In The case OF. de Jewish wars al
ready alnded to, He never allowed the
laws of Moses and the erdinances Of His
house to be adnlterated by Idol worship.
On the Contrary, Gsd gave the most sig
nal iuterpositi.,hs III vindicatiun of His
na,ne and His hon,r. might thus give
Ia detail the remarkable interpretations in
The case ct Abiiah against Joreboam; Je-
hnsapllat against All immense combined
army, in which G"d utterly destroyed ho
combined enemy; aud in the case of He
zeklah against. Senac!arib where the an.
gel of God destrnved une hundred and
eighty live Thousand Assyrians III Il night.
Let the reader examine these at his leis-
ure aud see how God, ut the very juncture,
wi Ell TO mere Truman view, all was lost,
interpesed to sustain the house uf Jadah
aud with it the rehgi,,n which he had de-
llvered to the nati.nl.
The same principle operates now that
did then. Etolasrys was the rejection OF
the G.d of Isseal. Intidelity insids exact
y thc rsla: i'm 10 G.,1 now thai Ids,.afry
did .tiien. Admir- rlle truth of .uis state
,nent and xe lind = parallel IN p.r own
case whc.. may well c..cpnrage tho taint
est heart. Lee ns $50 how this princi ,.ls
will apply. tIo +, he churches il, sire a b.
cIhioll. Stares and it Is apparent 10 the
lll.,sl casIai observer thar u SEMI intileiity
t,as eiigratted itself upoi, al tie Churches
ii tl,.,se States "A higher lawis,n has tir-.
taaIiy and IN fact snppi~nted the word Of
God rspudiated she divine an..aenticity
Of ttle sciipnre. S. -. s SIS.
As u consequence 6f this il,faelif y,. the
int1neft,S,s fr,ls y lie No.rn have sprnng
Il. isr.d ai.s. .+fft;ii 1T wIic, is, 10.
1if,nnisin. Then .oilnu tile l'roys aa brood
flcsioyeisn., sspiiifnalsin, rappsrisn,
4Tseden borganisin, rationalism, sensual.