Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-09-23
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TILE ALMIGHTY ARM.

FIFE AEMEGslIA .sEsU.
William Of Holland, the great Dutch
King, the greatest King that ever sat on
the English throne was, maniftstly raised
up, and led by the Almighty, who never
deserted his own great cause of truth and
freedom. How wonderfully the Almighty
has sustained the cause Of his people !,
Near the close Of the 18th century, when
Spain had used all the horrible crucltics of
her Papal inqusitions ; and Franco was
spreading hcartless havoc among all her
Protestant churches, by wholesale massa-
cres, which to-day are the stll startling
horrors Of the world, and Ireland had fill
ed her dungeons, and forged all her iron
into chains, and lii up all the fires at her
stakes, and glutted her gibbots and gallows
with the best and nOblest men and women
that God ever made, and spared neither
reverend, age, nor innocent infancy, and
when the Popish King, James, of England.
had given himself up soul and body to the
Pope and his wicked and ruthless cmiss--
ries the JCsuits, and English Religious
freedom seemed approaching its death
struggle, and all the Protestant world stood
appalled, and ready to surrender, William.
of Holland, still true and firm in his brave
little Protestant Holland, saw that in his
sword and courage was the last hope of
the expiring freedom of the world, and de.
tcrmined TO risk all and strike for freedom.
lie summoned his army, and set sail for
England, after storms and vicissitudCs and
disc0uragements, he again reached the
British Channel under his suspicious cast
wind, called the Protestant wind, splendid
was the grand sight as his mighty fleet of
800 sails followed his frigate, with her
three lanterns bcaming in the night, and
at her mast waved the standard of England
and Holland: Immense throngs of people
pageant filled with the destiny of ages,
moved onward as if already harbinger OF
peace" A wind rising into gale, drove
the fleet onward and beat back the hostile
navy. into harbor William intended to
land at TOrbaz, but the almost fatal error
of pilot led him TO the hostile harbor of
Plymouth, already a powerful English
fleet was following in his rear, ''go to your
prayers" said an officer to the chaplain,
''for all is lost" Human freedom trem-
bled in the scale. The eyes of the world
were ready to weep tears of blood, thou
sands, millions, looked out from their dun
geons, aud from their hiding places and
from their exile in all the distant corners O.
the earth to that moment of deep unutter-
able suspense and agony, and it would
seem the bleeding agonizcd heart of the
dowptrodden and oppressed world uttered
one universal prayer to the Almighty for
hell. Then that Protestant wind which
had borne William so swiftly to his aim,
but which was now no longer useful, sud
denly paused, stiffness followed, and the
sun broke out, the south wind sprung up,
as il by miracle and carried the fleet gen
tly to the safe harbOr of Torbaz, but rising
into gale broke fercely upon the hostile
navy that was pursuing and again drove it
back into port"
The moment being with the destiny ofem-
pires and Of our race is past, and the fu-
ture full of light and freedom forever is
scaled Then came the great victory of
the Boyne.
The Almighty arm was there and con
troled those winds. The same arm led
the little colony of pilgrim fathers to their
rOck-bound new England home and pro-
tected them. The same hand led the cause
Of Religious and civil freedom than all the
struggles of the Revolution. The same
hand led our nation through the war with
Great Britain, and through the late dread
ful Rebellion and now when Irish Cdtho-
lie rioters in New York begin the battle
against Religious freedom in this country,
and unyeil the designs Of thei. friends 40
home aud abroad to crush out freedom OF
Religion, aud establish great spiritual
power, that cannot live and reign, 10y the
side OF Religious freedom, aud must there
fore in the desperate conflict Of rule or ruin,
seek 10 blot out from the face Of the earth
all human freedom, la the great battle
.he same Almighty arm will carry the ma
lion through her great conflict.
In this great coming battle, let every
roemau be like the brave Dutch King VIII
world,