Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-02

two thieves.
t5S Yet Ged is not unjust, for thus msE
ing the agonies aud death Of one th
means of beneftting many. We are th
leaves of the great tree Of Humanity
Many must be blighted and fall, in th
Summer and even in the Spring, tia
the rest may have room to grow, and tax
sufficient nOurishment from the elements
In nothing is human nature, We repea
so noble, as in the capacity Of man t
sacrifice himself for others. The law G
God compels him to do SO but also tn
goodness Of God enables him TO do
| voluntarily, and gives him abundant op
portunities. The injustice of such
sacrifice would consist, if there wer
any, in the death not producing its frui
/ of benefit, its consequence Of expiation
! And Death differs with no other self
sacrifice, except in degree. If it wer
unjust that one should die for others, j
would be equally so that one should st.t
fer for Others, or deny or stint himssl
for others, or even toll for others.
We cannot measure Gods justice b.
the little tape-line of our own Justice
We surely do not k,nO,o that death is no
the greatest Kindness Of God to the i'm
mortal soul How can We decide OF
Gods Justice, without knowing that
We see a very little way along the grea
curve which the Universe is describing
We know the meaning and import O
very little that is being done around Us
We can, in some degree, see the import
and results of what was done in the
Past,-enough, at least, to begin to be.
lieve that there is a wise and good rea.
son for every thing that is done on this
earth, however much cause the worm
eaten plum may have to complain, when
it drops, immature, from the tree, that
God did not, as He might have done,
give it time to ripen or the dWarfed and
stuqted oak, that He did not make it to
grow tall, fair and stately, ike the other
-ees or the dahlia, that it has no
na-, me OF the leaves, that they fall
,nnu,u, from the oak, instead of re-
nain;nc III, re It's ghpls lifetime, always
+raen and a6ove all tte animal, the
bird the fish the reptile and the in
,ect that man inficts death upon them
II all periods of their lives either that
they may serve him for food, o. because
be fears them, or they are troublesome
2r in his way, OF from mere wsntonness,
-. L-,.,.-, IA. oonnnt avoid
Also it is certain that one man, By his
wise teachings and good examples,
ais Just government, or his death, does
,ften prevent the consequences of the
,rimes, follies, errors Of others from be-
ne visited upon them in this life. He
,foues for these, when he takes the con-
sequences on his own head, that, dying,
lie may open the eyes of the People, to
yhom, else, the consequences must be
atal. The deaths of the great, the wise
nd the good have thus often served the
world more than their lives had done
making also their own flames immortal.
'he fruit ought to be in proportion to
he magnitude of the sacrifice. Nor
ught man 10 deem that death so terri
lie, which he inhicts with so much in
Inference on the worm.
The doctrines of Socrates produced
o effect in his lifetime, compared to
hat which, as exPSslnded and enlarged
v Plato, they have since continually
on the mind of the civilized
-orld. The great conquests of Moham-
ledauism were not made during the life
me of the Arabian Prophet The ex-
mples of Hampden and Sydney were
OF effectual until after they had died.
to die for faith does not prove its
-uth. it at least has much of the effect
proof. If Jesus preached more than
So years, only part of what he taught !
uring two years has been preserved to
:. At his death, he had but few dis
piles, and of these few, one denied and |
mother betrayed him. Few among the
eople believed him to be commissioned |
Y God but Immediately after his f,
cath, thousands were converted at once,
nd Paul, preaching Christ crucifed, car |
ed the Gospel among the Gentiles, and |
,tablished Churches and faith of his /
wn. In all his letters, he does not /
aote, think, a single sentence uttered /
' Christ.
To tssch men how TO die for liberty, /
certainly one Of the noblest Offices of
60 teach them how to die
n faith, the very noblest. Each is a
and never Intellectual in this
fe. To live and endure is often harder
ian to die, and demands a higher hero
m The Roman gladiator, like the
erceuary soldier, held his life Of little
orth, and risked it daily for the smallest
ossible consideration. Conquered in
le arena, and when the savage audience
I'VE the fatal sign that demanded his
eath, he received the fatal blow without
murmur.
The people of our South are learning
lat it is not all of life, to live. Their
eeding country, walking with naked
I'd lacerated feet over the finty ways Of
rrow and Of suffering, betrayed and
by too many of her sons
hom she once loved and deemed her
wells, demands of her true sons that they
lall guard jealously her honor; that,
that end they shall endure heroically
e ills that fortune sends, that she NAV
1t be reproached with having been ar
giant in her day of prosperity and
,wer, to become obseguious and seryils
her day Of adversely. She demands
them, that having submitted in good
ith to an enemy not supposed to be
holly devoid Of magnanimity, they
iall in perfect good faith keep the
edge and promise contained in their
role Of honor, and hold themselves
solved and released of all obligation,
ben the sordid victor bssely violates
e promises of its General, and insists,
ith less sense of shame than NANCY
II, in treating gallant and generous
emies as rebels and traitors, when,
wing laid down their arms, they are i.
} longer formidable to the ehicken-liy- .
ed and malignant towards, who legis-
te to undo all for which their soldiers /.
ught.
Let US pause for moment, to look at
is lesson, which the war teaches. The .
triot and the enthusiast sacrifices him ,
If for his country and by his side, in
e grave, that country reverently lays I
e bones of the pillaging mercensry, of 9
q foraioyn btnal,ro of Al -. -.