Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-24

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lABEIs Outline ofa seTmon men ,Proaohoe
IN the SO4Gh. VEhpoilnEslI Z. qhuEehi
asOngthe dsXee thetP ehfdsntss. Fuhsss
ral, by Raw. Q. HIchens.
Ib,s stAll joy ia darkened. The mirth Of the
land ID gOue."-Iss. az, IL.
The sPeaksr semarkeds having ;s4bba4h
day preached on our national calamity nom
the words: Gan judah and Jerusalem
mournl for JOSIAH" my store Of thought
this morning will be limited! = zssIoH
The text is full Of truths How often ID
the emp of joy cast TO the ground, when
beinE placed to our lips. We Fet1r1 from
the ,stream Of pleasure to drink Of the
waters of sofroWq s'5.t 11tI
Thislis illustrated in our nations latest
history But q shOrt time-sg0- our hearts
TeEeieyous in anticipation Of q speedy
solution Of our nati6naIa troubles, but
nov No mourn the nation'5 loss IN the
death 9fsItS Chief Magistrate.
For four years the nation has beetf PASS.
ing through an unparalleled struggle for
its own existence. Atfimej the sk1yi has
been very dark, the waves Of the deep
troubled, and the national chip threatened
with distraction. But .ea the observer
turned his eyes toward the long dark hos
Erison, He saw the star Of peaceE ffinRed
with more thai former glory, arise to dis.
pei thegIo Of dark night. The news
from Sherman and Grant, filled every heart
with joy. Even the mother Whoseiioy was
tufned into mourning ssISEie was told that
her noble son had fallen Iniths' nations
lsss victorious conflict, derived consolation
from the thought that hsihad- 6SdIt offered
on the nations last altar Of sacrifice,
How the whole scene Is changed. In
the midst of our joy, the lightning tale-
graph 9ashes the heart .rendipRS news
throughout the -1snd, that our good and
noble President was murdered by An infs-
nous assassin, In such aIteed, surely,l
the blaskest fend Of hell would blush to Sc
implicated. The expiring rebellion, In its
last colyulsions, thrusts a dagger at the
heart Of the nation Z i failed 20 DESTROY.
The dreadful deed fitis the land with
mournihg.
What has been, the caaseso of the dark days
OF our history, and the cimerian gloom
that has settled upon the nationH It is
slavery That great statesman, Thomas
Jefferson, speaking in relation to this pe-
CuliRFsih Institution said, ~ tremble for my
country when, I rememberI that God is
JUST. Slavery was the rock against which,
the American ship Of State ran, when it
was in danger of being d6shed Is pieces:
This germ of discord and animus Of rebel.
lion has split the best blood of the land,
desolatad the country and eliminated rim.
the tragic assassination in the CITY Of
Washington. .1EsEA ~ G5.fdSsE ggrIlEEac
But few great moral and national re-.
forms have abeen achieved without sthe
ahedding of blood. The Amer.
Eican republic had its origin in blood. Bv
the blood Of its sons it ia to be psrpetus :
ted No blood that has been she'd viii Con 81 !
duce so much to the maintenance ofoth
principles of free government as that of
Abraham Iincoln's. aI The work off the Az.
sassin is done. Our lamented President
sleeps cpld in death. Friends ana states.
men To- How hia remafus to, their resting
lplace. i'But he being dead yetspeaketh.n
His noble deeds, like the undying fres Of
the soul thatgaTe them birth, shalF oeveFi
perish.
In the great temple or American 'eI1oFr1vs vI1F1 3
let his name be written beside that Of
Washington, to be equally admired BY
coming GeneTatiopssr Qnefought to vestab.-
tiish the American Republic, the other
fought ahd died 70 maintain it. While time
existsIiet the lovers of liberty weep their
tears ct the grave of the greatest patron Of
Though Es8oarh tbs ds6sBSt our Pses..
tdent, wP do not mourn the death of our
nati6h. The Republic is still safe.
The great national ship with colors hy.
ting and crew rejoicing was just entering
the harbPr ofpeace, when sudden darkness
.esettledl upon her. She rested in solemn
17oalms With hags hanging in mourning and
lsseW h4ed with consternatioppip9 ip91irinR
the reas9n ofthe dresdtule lehspgs; ths7 Iaere
told tue pilot 9t the " heel LAY weltering
/ % hist blpod.;s Bat Rnoiher 10 at,ths wheel.
f,and awe wipe our tears and turn from the
tgraSe Of our lamented President; We win
invoke the blessing Of Coz. or, him Who
nov guides the ship of State, And Is tha
satls catch the ginds Of The lyme tsvor,
and the bhip boInds tFfnmphantiT., On. ~
viii throw again our bsnnsts to1 dc bFsess
OF nheStFI And singing songs Of triumph,
anehoEit1 the harbor of peace and pros.
'lperiIy. .Tot'T =
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