Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-17
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copal Church, preached in Virginia, las'
evening, discourse appropriate to thu
day of bereavement. The church wa
crowded to sufocation, though there had
been no special or extended notice Of TIT
proposed topic or character of the even.
ing's remarks. Many went away unable
to secure seats. The particular sermon
subject adopted by the preacher, is shown
by his texts-one from st. John: Christs
remark to PLATE, that he (Pilate) could do
nothing. except power for him to do was
given from above. The other from the
Psalms: The declaration that God made
the wrathy man to praise Him, and the
remainder of wrath He restrained. The
discourse was a very able one; holding
the vast audience in complete and wraps
attention. 1t was marked throughout BY
good taste, as well as sound patriotism
and p,ety. A part of the National religion
of the preacher, as developed BY his speech,
was decidedly radical. and on its express
sion general disposition to applaud was
hardly restrained to murmurs of assent
and appreciation. 1--WE learn that Mr..
Dunn did not ask leave Of his "Vestry "
to preach this sermonD We regret that
we have not space for a full synopsis of
this discourse. We will mention two
concluding suggestions of the preacher :
He thought that even now he saw from
this special and awful exhibition of the
4" wrath Of man." praising light breaking
on the Nation. He could not insist that
he was correct in his vision; but he was
pretty well convinced that the light "
was in the quarter indicated BY him. A
week ago, and the news of Victory that
seemed synonymous with Peace had made
Us all disposed to forgive and forget. For
his own part, on Monday evening last, in
a church-meetins, for the purpose of con-
graduation and thanksgiving, he had ut
tered the heartfelt hope that the mind
of clemency and forgiving kindness
would characterize all our future associa-
lions with those who had unfortunate
ly" been led to sympathize with this
rebellion. And the terms Of General
Grant to Lee were approved for their
iberaity. Everybody was, in fact, ready
to shake hands over a buried past, and
look to common future for reunited
country. The spirit of Cancellation was
abroad, and was prevailing. We hardly
could discriminate our political enemies of
old. He would not then have narrowed
The feelings of Copperhead by illusions
to his past course on the subject Of rebel
ion-no, not for the world. He calcula-
ted that Copperhead conscience. then-a-
iays, was a wounded article, hard enough
10 bear. Such was the temper Of the loyal
masses. one short week ago. How. per-
chance. did God regard this I: Was this
great National calamity, the providence Of
God disclosing that Secession is serpent;
US that we must not take veno-'
nous snake to our bosom (if at alb, with
out first extracting its fangs; or even tell
ing US that some creatures are yenomous
incurably poisonous, whose
deadly deeds and influence was only to
be guarded against, for US, our fellow pa
riots and our children, by utter external
sotionf Is the brain, the body Of this re-
oellion, so saturated with fiendish malig-
nifty that life must be entirely drained
or we all perish, Did God see
hat Abraham Lincoln was too generous,
90 benevolent a man for the time and
70, after many and great presentations,
permit his assassination: Did God see
hat Andy johnson was q sterner man,
,ne who better knew the real character of
his rebellion and its authors, and who
would deal with 1t and them more in &C.
with the principles of justice,
less under the movings of misguiding
Had we all been mistaken in
that the era of good National
had come; when that was
point not to be reached until the root and
branch of this Secession were extirpated
and burned up as stubble in furnace
TO be known on the face Of the land no
more forever: Was this so It was only
! hint speculation of the preachers. BE
offered it as nothing else. He might be
wrong; he believed he was right. Ger
ainly lesson was: There must be, there
IAN be no more neutrality. Men and
women must be distinctly known as for or
against the Government. The traitors
md the professed lukewarm, alike, must
,e spewed out of the Nations mouth"
Applause.1 And now, said the preacher,
n conclusion, when the news of another
'ietory comes, let Us rejoice, indeed, but