The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-26
Tl,e 9utland Daily Glohe
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1874.
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP.
INTERESTING C0KisEspOND-
ENCE.
a Remarkable Sermon by the kcv.
Stopford a. Brooke.

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a remarkable Sermon by the kcv.
StOpfOrd a. BROOKE.
The following correspondence and ser
mon explain themselves, without any
statement further than that the writer of
the first letter is distinguished officer of
the United States navy:
To the Rev. Stopford A. Brooke, NJ. A.,
Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty, st.
James Chapel, York street, Piccadilly,
London.
EDINBURGH, July 10, 1874.
My dear Sir /: had the great pleasure
of listening to your sermon preached at st.
James chapel on the 29th of June; and
while admired the entire scope of your
argument and exhortation, | was naturally
and particularly touched by your appica-
ton of the text to the "War of Secession, "
in my own country; and am not ashamed
to confess that such words, from an Eng
fish clergyman to an English audience,
coming upon me, as they did, unexpected
~, made me feel rather "choky' in the
throat Gin spite of the hardening effect OF
years in the service, and did more to give
back to me the old love for England and
the English than anything except, of
course, similar utterances in the houses of
Parliament-could possibly have done. |
must tell you that before the war | was
noted among my fellows for my Anglo ma
mia; but the conduct of Great Britain dur
ing our struggle for existence gave to me,
in common with the greater and better
part of our people, a feeling of outraged
affection, such as a son might have for his
mother il she should take part against him
and in favor of his wife, who was trying
to lead n life of open profligacy and shame,
and alienated to such degree that moth
ing short of England's humiliation could
restore to us a feeling of national self
respect 1t was this feeling, more or less
unconscious and uneXpressed, which
prompted our people instinctively to ham,
per the project of arbitration from its COM
mencement to its end with almost impossl-
BILE conditions; and the final results was
satisfactory to us only because it CALLED and
Inundated British pride 1t is unfair and
unjust to attribute mean satisfaction to
us for having Over-reached England in q
matter of mere money, or of being willing
to sell our grievances. If the same morti-
tlcation could have been produced in the
British mind without this payment, We
would have gladly avoided what we can
not but regard as too much like damages
from correspondent in a divorce suit
damages which, fear, apart from their
inherent disgrace, may bring us to still
further shame in their final disposition
(pcrhaps as national punishment for
national vindictvcness without measurc)
unless the hands of our dcmagogues can be
stayed. But we still long for Il confession
of ont hp ,a of rnA,ln in, ,r
der to feel ourselves fully justified in re
turn to the old love toward them; and yoi
may, therefore, imagine the effect you
sermon had upon me; and it is with view
of extending its influence to others that
would now ask. if consistent with you
views, to be furnished with Il copy of a
least that portion of your sermon, in ordc
to send it home for publication.
Faithfully yours, - -.
No. ] MANCHESTER SQUARE, w.
LONDON, Aug. 10, 1874.
My dear Sir-You letter, directed to st
James chapel, did not finally come into my
hands till yesterday. | left London the
Sunday after the Sunday preached tht
sermon you speak of, and only returned
last week. | have to ask your forgiveness
for an apparent neglect
have always felt strongly about tho
whole of our conduct towards you in tina
war. | felt that England had degraded
herself, and ! was ashamed of my country
Thank God, never, for an hour, took any
| side but one in that contest. have Away
understood the feeling of America in he
| fierce insstcncc on the conditions of III
Alabama business. | knew the question
was question of sentiment and not TO
morey, and that all that America roall
wanted-howeyer its demagogucs nigh
talk--was an acknowledgement, but a com
plele one, by the nation of England in Pan
Lament, that she had been wholly in tn
wrong. And that ought 10 have been done
and the money given as well; and even
America had said, after such acknowledge
fnent, that she would not insist on all lac
condition, England should have sac
mo; will fulfil all conditions; else
shall seem to have confessed my wrong fC
the sake of getting off, That would hay
been true national nobility; and if til
Prime Minister had done that, his nam
would have had a glory round it in history
which he has now missed. 1t would hav
been thing to risk all power and plac
for Generally speaking, however, til
best men in this country have cCnfesse
their wrong to America. They say
grudgingly; but they do say it. They say
1--WE made a mistake :" but they reall
mean they did wrong 1t is their prou
way of putting it.
send the sermon. You can do whf
you like with it.
am, with many thanks, very sincerel
yours, SToPFoRD A. BROOKE.
TIE SERMON.
/. Kings, chap. XVIII, V. q. And Elijah can
unto all The people and said, How long halt
between two opinions? II the Lord be God, IL
low him; but II Baal, then follow him, And III
people answered him never word"
The words have read record the crown
ing momeit of religious crisis in the hi
tory OF a nation. Up to the reign of Aha
the kings of Israel had, on the whole, bee
on the side of Jehovah. The worship {
the invisible God of Abraham had been I'll
national religion. Even though imag
had been made of Him, the lsraelit'
had reverenced their own God. But wit
the coming of Jczebcl new heather rel
gion was brought in with her:
"Came Astoreth, whom the PhGniclans call'
Astarte, Queen OF Heaven, with crescel
horns,
To whose bright image, nightly, by the moo
Sdonian virgins said their VOWS and songs
and with her came the kindred worship
Ethbaal. a great temple rose to the
among the palms of Jezreel numero
bands of priests, under the care of the sta
drained Israel of its wealth and debased
by the vile feasts and rites they estaolishe
No tongue can tell the foulness of tn
worship-king aud court were with u
bold and clever queen; and the whole pc
pie went nominally over to the new fat
A few thousands were left who did not DO
the knee to Baa but they were far fro
.Jezreel, scattered IN the remote valleys
Israel; and the great body OF the prophe
also remained faithful. With them Il
martyr times of Israel began. They we
driven away, hidden in caves and dens
the earth, starved or slain. The most da
ing of them all, fiery in speech and chara
ter, caring nothing for kings and ownil
no power but the power of jehovah, W
lurking in the ildcrness-himself the CT
alton and image of the wild scenery of 4
desert. All were hushcd into silence b
he; and ii seemed as if he alone sto'
against the whole people for God. Br
lonely as he was, so great was his nan
and so grand his character, that Ahab trci
bled in his nalare when he thought up'