, 1875-06-07

jHS Ju$DuA fflfifH DfR4NS aGn fahIi mol {aIG
1's,. Mhsi. all tho SITTER rlateta have dee"ytd;
hnd jtrayrs a tun,,r ,asss H. I. ,.u W., honw
Tsou. ila'lltmaycs'. rhall DER The ruins rEa]c,
Anu neh' 1a' 'ofch ut assafes funeral iaIe.
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- HND enHool1oFF -Ho'
w. sEnAoS hX TIE hEv' Epwaab SULLIVAN.
Inc 10y. nr Edward Sullivan p;elch"d Inst
cvonipg at Trinity Episcopal Church, corner ot
;ng nv ,;a tbo,-, .t ,ha -n,ro., ~ ,.s,.. H.
.Nb "s li'a .ueHio' w ~ te!aoss VI many uhe
foeeht Proclamation OF doV. iiaFdln, OF Al'hson-
ii, appointing day for prayer to Almighty God
for Tie removal Of tho graaaloppcr plague iron,
that State. lis tcxt was;
uow thc tru,nnc, In y,nn .e,rcrv ,,,. ,,t, ,o,-
esnu aa1custIy: int vii! ru,noys f.s oil you tia
northern army, aud will drive Him iuto lalt hAr.na
and deaoiatc. with his fstc toward the css se. aL h*
ander paEt toward Il ;,o usmes .ca anA lin '1tns shall
s"o a. , i "a ~ nsaSor aht Is. e9me up IT, aso ~
vssrs dt .a w. FIJI: H caen T M 70 yna NY
lie ca;erpnr. uuI ,ho % rsn,er-wura nv rrs1: .rmy
In s,,ako n ri M fot,oms ' ''' 49, ~ -
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80" "ee,a W. oo'' iisraln u sA'hsoa''.
ieHnoa ffoclamasion aam'uontns tue EleoHla u
tiat State 10 tho observance Of day Of noccsa!
rcmnyn. of Tim rrnss1,onnor r,,vu,. Wb,l,
wan, 49,. sau,'a ~ast,. ts ~ 49, a'",
0""' note '1o'4' 4'"o5 " ''uo'a' ousn
an Act' anu responded to tss do
sero disppsctl to find In 1t aubicct for seem
t., r,.. ,~.,i- ,a,s~raa xta,,1, =. tI,n.,s,. 49, ,
"6s =. T.. ~ y, t.ao.'o, a. tuoubn 1'e '"'o-
cntlon u D''li'e alo toe stct purpose ~cro a
nockeTy. wprtl.ter Of religious fanatic Or senti
monal piotiat than Of any practical, ae,eible
ma,, Aiicll an tho Governor Of opo or cir West-
crl states ought to be. That Coy. Hardin had
anplo precedent for E1lh proclamation was, to
these Knockers, no Justification OF tho act. tx
aluples can 10 quoted In abundance, both In and
ont OF Scripture, auch az phntAu!.'g re-
peated prayera by Moses for tho ceesa-
tiol, Of several OF tim plagncs OF Egypt,
prayess. Or, agnin, this proclamation | have
read from jool,-how jehovah 1litnBctf Btlal-
nonad all Israel to one E1oat untlollaI fast for
tho removal OF tho palner-Hogua, Aud tho cat
e,plllar. mud tho caukor-uorm. .-Gnda great
army which Ind Invaded the land, fnilng 1t Il
Garden Of Eden, aud leaving it very wilderness,
and how, In recognition Of tho dcpth Of
IBrael'a humiliation aud repentance tho
seourge waa removed. but aIl this co,.ut,
for nothing in tho estimation Of tho latter
day akeptic. To lin the jdua OF asking
God to Interfere ia simply ptopopteruus vi
would be sacrilGglouH" wr1toB Que Ut our CITY
journals, ITO a1tlrnss tho Lord, aud i.nplora 4
reversal Of any natural laws for tls beIl.t Of
any particular class, locality, or popu]atipn, 1t
has been discovered that tue locusis rroyajl in
any sectiuu they Unjust two asaaonB; they 1lv
over tic first eeasot,, a, lrop their eggs wLici,
develop into choppers Ito next season, whic;,
fIy Of 10 smother ssc.ion. ii thls il tho natural
law that goyurus THUR oxiBtot,co 80 cauuot be-
lleye that tho Lord will roycr4e IL OH account Of
applications" Again, '.Wo arc ncltued to believe
that moro can BE- accomplished In ngti,.g tho
OF scientific aud practical mon than By dovoling
tho 8amo amount Of tino to specific PRAYER for
tho interference In natural 1aNB, Which tho Lord
il not likely to undertake."
In iheAs extracts, truth and trror arc atEa,,go-
ly ]umblod togeihor. DO it ours to.:iEll. to sIft
tlo wheat out frou. thu chnfr, aud ayaEu 10 cacl,
its prouor pthco. With soma al thp urpuoyitinns
alyuncod III tLIs powsnapcr editorial. nm In no
way lispossd u quarrel. .-sucl., for oxa,,,le, ~
tho Htateipept that tho movements uf tile
widespread devastation, procoeI according to q
fixed and uniform law. Wl1etlcs or mt the
law to q. utatod here cannot eay, uot l.ayiug
nude ii a subject Of speclal st,lly,-but acoosd.
Ing to soma Iaw-thl. va gladly uouooae Nav,
We viii oonceto tar noro thai, this. aud adlnit
that il is true, not moroly Of graasi.opper, BIT
Of our elobo nav, of tho countless globes that
arc ucattoro,l throughout tho universe, aIike
tho4o that nfe visible to no human eyo, mud Of
millions mora that are invisible; tin. thclr
OF ths living otestures that iuab1t them III tLey
be ,phab;scd), Aro ali Of thcn,, without excep-
tio11. Bubteck 10 law-4n 'otl.tg words, that tbs
roign Of iaw" ns it III technically termed. tn
compioupurato with tho bounds Of Ito uulyeree
t,aat whether 1t bo tho ju,,rneyings Of a plant
through mace, Or tho Uprising Of = bja;1e "
rraLs vhottcr 1t bo tho mighty. tnaiesiu t,rotr.
rosa Of tie tidos OF OCEAN, Or the Tickling OF a
fow dropa Of wator from q c,p Ia chllus Land;
whether 1t bo the blazing OF tho suu in MID
III the summer tailfght-alI alike proceeds sub
ioct to thp steady, uniform opsrat,on Of law.
Controlling Ill sbss las bcep subjected to lis
conssol aud everywhere executing God'n soyer-
ftSm dsionorns law. W or ea1inr @ % its oxstsuce. y