Semi-weekly news., 1865-04-29


To cxult over tn. death Of a fellow
mortal who now stands at the bar Of
Almighty God. there to be Judged
Justly according to the deeds done in
the body. 1t is rather to shed light
upon question which, whilst it in
wolves the highest interest Of til" Con
tederacv, is so pnrplexins, and in
volvud IN such profound ohscur''y
that we scarcely know whether 20
weep or rejoice.
The consid liberation Of 4 ftw r5eWs
| oj the case will, We trust, enable ns
to deport ourselves both as christians
and patriots. Let us so to that holy
and most valuable of Books, written
by inspiration to be a guide and di-
rector through all ages and under a!
conceivable circumstances.
A BIBLICAL VIEW.
In the third chapter OF Judges we
have the following account OF a Or at
de!iverauce vouchsatel unto Israel.
1t is SAID they had 4iunru against
God. and he sold them into the nan!
of Esion, King Of Moab, tor q ntccn
years
But when ;hc children of 1~rari
cried unto Jehovah. the Lord rniSeU
up aiiel,v.rvr. Ehud 4 Beng ts,n1t", ~
whom the children of Israel sent Ii
present unto Eylon, the King OF
Moab Eu, Ehui made HIM a dag
Ger which had two &c g,,. OF rUtlt
~ !, la.
under his raiment upon h's thigh.
And he brought the present TO Eg-
lou, King of Moab. Aud when Il"
made an end to offer the present, he
sent away the people. But he him
self turned again from the Quarric>
by Gilsnl, and said | have a secret
errand for thee. = kiAg, who sad,
! keep silence. And Ill thnt stood by
went ont. Aud ithud came unto him
and said. | have y message from God
unto thee. Aud he AROSE ont OF his
seat. And Ehl,d put forth his hand
and took the dagger trou! his thigh,
and thrust it into his belly And
80 the King was slain Ehud "s-
capped by his s1iEttul management
b.irr. the alarm could be given. and
when he reached III" mountains Of
Ephrailn he blew his trumpet and
declared 10 the people that "'hr Lord
has delivered vour enemies into your
hands,
Let us make the following ohsorva-
tions in view Of this record
LIST. Tn"y- was ,hen no war be
tween King Ec!on and the jews.
/ he was sitting pcaceah.v upon ms
throne.
/ I'd. 1t was not done in single com,
bat. + rlon was unarnea, and y =;
dreaming Of danger. The deed was
( concealed under the cover of ;lu act
Of kindness. Ehud had just pre-
scntea the presents and congratula-
tons Of the people Of Israel.
Sd. He tells the King hc cam"
with message from God. Ia mag
have been moved by the SpiIit of
! God "a do this. but the Bible does
not say So. Perhaps he h"held the
insults of the Moabites and felt deeply
their wrongs, and determined to
rid his peopl. Of the tyrant and his
tyranny
4th. He tells the people God jus
tilted him in it. "'Ihe Lord hath
delivered your enemies the Moahites
into your hands" There is another
case so applicable we cannot torego
the pleasure Of bringing it before
you.
land the children Of Israel did
evil in the sight Of the Lord when
Ehud was dead And the Lord sold
them into the hand Of Jabin, King
of Canaan; the captain of whose
host was Sisera.' After enduring
his violent oppression for twenty
years they come again to God in
prayer; He hears them and moves
Deborah and Barak to muster huge
army of Hebrews, and sets them so
fercely upon the hosts of Sisera that
he is utterly routed, the greater part
of his army slain, and their captain
escapes on foot. The Bible tells Us
he fed by the way Of .Jael's t"nt,
and as there was peace between her
husband and :Sisera's King, she goes
out to meet him, and the reception
and Its consequences are thus de
scribed
"And Jael went out to meet Sise
ra and said unto him, 'turn in, my
lord. turn in to me, fear not;' and
when he had turned in unto her, into
the tent, She covered him with man.
tle,'' Now, after eating and drink
ing and instructins her what to do
should any on" approach. he went