Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-06

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rments into eject, perpetrated the deed
at too late an hour in the life Of the re
abeilion, to please its leaders They
could expees more lensency from him
who waa, than from him who 10 our
1 President; the man who once said TO
those leaders: If / lcere President
tOould try vo1t for frsas0By and N foasnd
guilty, 1 IDouEd hang you These things
they know, and therefore must regret
the death Of Mr. Lincoln auA r.
81 {. The serUdnf cried, Alas, master
for IL scds borT0tred
We must repent Prayer belongs 70
repentance. God can hear and answer
the prayer of a nation, as we'll saa lhe
prayer Of an individual But did not the
rebels observe days of fasting and prayer
We're not millions Of prayers offered 10
God by that people daily - And yet, te.
day, their ConfedeEaey il a wreck. Why
10 il BOZ Because God does not answer
every kind Of prayer 1--we ask him to
do that which would shFipg one Of his per-
fections into conflict with another, We
need not expect an answer to our
prayer. God cannot Iie. The prayer
of the wicked is an abomination 30 the
Lord IfW ask and do NOT receive,
it is because We ask amiss. We should
ask such bIessings az God can consist
emily @fth justice grant as. Then can
we feel, Thy soiH BE- done, and know
that Hgl eioaR esq t3
Asa ia dsS sa's = . on S1ft fsa.s sar az amaaI
Happy il that people that is id such a
case yea, happy is that people Whose
God il. the Lord God win require ms to.
do what we can for ourselves, and what we
cannot do be win do for us. Prayers
have gone mp to God from this people,
and peace is not yet declared. Why Is
this2 We have not done what we could
for ourselves. God requires OF us re-
pentanee. Oar repeutanes was that
Which needed to be rspensed Of Trae
repentance towards God.is a godly s0r-
row for sin, and turning away from it. 7
We refused to give up our sins; TO break
them OF by fighteousness Tis true
we were sorry, not because We bad Of
Tended God, bnt because we were being
punished, not because God was displeas-
ed with as for wasting so many borrowed
blessings, but because we were deprived
of them. The servant did not cry sim
ply because he, suffered the loss of the
OK, but the burden of his cry was, il
was borrowed
But we believe that the people have at
last awoke to earnest prayer and genuine
repentance 20 This is indicated in the
fact that they are turning away from
their sins We are ceasing 20 be as
covetous as We once were The iIbefai
ity necessaey on our part 10 carry on the
war, has made US more benevolent
people, and disciplined as to giEa as We
never gave before. .These lessons will
not soon be forgotten. The long sepa-
ration of parents aud children, the yari-
Gus trials through which both have pass
ed, win give them higher enjoymeuts in
sssociating together, and will also lead /
TO reverence and obedience to parents,
which has not heretofore existed.
Loyalty is on the increase; treason 10 |
being crushed out The death or the
lamented President will lead the people |
10 give that support 10 Mfr. Johnson !
which Mr., Lincoln himself, bad be lived, |
could not have received :, IA se So
Dt0OcFg ~ ruC4I. ho SAhlinuAPIbiun |
proclamation, With the last eraat act Of |
Congress upon that subject, is being sp-
proved BY all. The South as we'll as the !
North are caring RosO but little for the
institution. l said Slavery Is dead It's
deep grave 10 being prepared andsRhara
il shall be buried, one almost universal
Amen viii 60 upi and let all the people
say Anaen and Amen w
5. Themaster cut dozen a stick and cast
IL in fhisheT, and the iron did swins.
Therefore said he, Take IL ap 10 thee.
And he put out his hand and took IT,
The stick was the means By which. the
iron did swim. While God viii be the |
Savior of this nation, he will work BIZ in
strumentalitiee. Although il has been
said again and again that the rebellion
could not be pnt down BY force Of arms,
it has been done Our noble soldiers in
the field, with the friends Of the Union
ct home, have been instrumental in the
hands of God in the aoeomplishmeRtcof
the great work. Thanks be unto Godi
the day of peace is haFping AtslAst. a. II
Wave after wAEe-Q Rebellion has aris-
en-, sweeping over, aud has almost faHns |
dsred the Ship Of State, but proper
means haYe been employed to aaRe orr
vessel; shesEills weathero the blast and
ousride the storm. Too many millions
have said, If abe goes down we will 70
down with her God win not suffer her
precious cargo TO lie buried under the
angry waves Of rebellion Aud when 1
once again she rises above this rebellion,
no wave can ever sweep over her. She
can then stand in defiance of all the
combined powers of the world : and
with her sails filled with liberty free
bfeezes she win proudly ride Ger the |
ocean of time TO, Accomplish her great
mission for God and humanity. /.
Who win be her psssengers2- We !
answer, some of them win surely be
the loyal wives Of those who have nobly |
fallen in her defence, the patriotic par
enss Of those Who have sealed their de-
votion to her with their own blood; the
sisters Of those. brothers who have |
ceased to write home, because they are |
taking their last long sleep on some bat
tie field tar away; these who have stood !
firmly By the Government in her time of /
greatest peril All The brave soldiers
who return home covered with glory, |
though scared and crippled, will be on
board. And, then I think, the sainted
patriots from the battlements of eternal
light viii smile. as our ships company
gaze toward the main masts upon their /
countries ensign, and with one heart /
and voice take mp the song
ssNAys on, o cur hag-sttll strssa Oa the cir, !
Though ou<fathersArs cold IN tAs3r graves; -
They had hands that could striks, bad soals that +
~ could dare.
And their sons were aot born 10 bssl GEss.'' ~ 3