National Republican., 1880-11-29
DIR. RANKIN AND THE PRESIDENT
ELECT.
A Stirring Passage from the Clcrgyman's
Thanksgiving sermon-Ihe Voice
of the Innocent Blood.
The closing paragraphs or Rev Dr. Rankln'

of the Innocent Blood.
The closing paragraphs of Rev Dr. Raukn's
sermon on Thanksgiving day were as follows
But will II he any better n the future? II IS safe
TO liust IN God that II will. There is n man who
said at Arlington on Memorial day, 1853, beside
the graves Of fifteen thousand men who, though
deod-nny because dead, were living witnesses
Those who carried the war for tho union and
equal and universal freedom TO q successful issue
can never safely relax their vigilance until the
Ideas for which they fought have become embodied
In the enduring forms Of individual and national
life" tDld they relax their vigilance little when
they voted against the force bll?l These ideas nre
in our constitutional amendments This orator
demands that they DO put into an individual aud
national life. And, again. the same eloquent yoico
said Oh the same occasion: Peace from the shock
OF battle and the higher peace Of our Streets our
homes of our equal rights We must secure by
making the cOuquoriug ideas Of tho war every
whcIe dominant and permanent" Tho conquer
ing IDEAS OF the watl How beautifully he phrases
u, They aro conqucrlng ideas the world over.
at Arlington.
Lying witnesses surged nrouusl the same
speaker IN tho metropolitan city o the nation. an
earnest OF the great uprising IN Navcmhcr when
he said other words In the same nuilo strain: An
other thug we viii remember Yes tho nation
that listened VIII rcmomber who saii this.l We
VIII remember our allies who fought for us. Soon
the army Of white rebels and saw four millions Of
| black people, condemned to toll A. slaves for our
enemies. Aud we found that the hearts Of these
people were GOd-insprcd with the Gprlt OF liberty,
and that they were our friends. Where should
we be to-day had they been our suemlcs2l We
have seen white men botray the llag but In all that
long, dreary war we never saw tr .itOr In black
| stn No McClclans, no FitZlOhn Porters In
| cbony.l Our prisoners escaping from the storya-
tion OF prisons, iieeng TO our ies " INC llght OF
| the north star, never feared 10 enter the black
mans cabin mud ask for broad But for bread We
have sometimes given the black man stone.l In
all that period Of suffering aud danger no union
soldier was ever betrayed by black man
or black woman. WHO betrayed the col.
orcd men Of South Carolina and Louslono2l And
"a lnt 90 IoV 1n fIgf 1,ttfr
live we will stand By these black allies How did
some Of us vote on the force blll2l We viii stand
by them Till the sun Of Liberty liked ~ the iirma'
ncnt OF our constitution shall shine with equal ray
upon every man, black or white, throughout tho
union True words, nOblo wordsl Were they
mere rhetoric, Ike apples OF SOd0m Uir b the eye,
but dust and ashes to the mouth? Tho man whose
great hear. prompted them, and w.oso warm lips
uttered them, The Will have the courage Of his
aud national life Of the American pcople-whcre
he says they must gO--Og God aud the American
people now give him chance to do, aud if he will
use his large kuowlcdge of men and measures, his
magetsm OF person and o! speech, his grand states
manlikc powers TO do this We VIII write his
name under aud near that Of The martyrcd Lincoln,
SAID Abraham Lincoln was one of the few great
rulers, whose wisdom increased Nith his power
trTmpRs S T5V weTo ' nnItBeS We Ne n S HIs seeond S
Abran to take pattern after the nr3t, and we viii
no longer call him Abram, father exalted, but
Abraham, father of a great multitude.
| ! know thHt every time we get new president
we are inspired with fresh hope that the cousum.
nation is at lnstuttancd; We have found the Wis
dom and craftsmanship which the country needs
Even after the death of Abraham Lincoln we did
not ask Can any good thing come out of Naza
reth'Y" We were willing to take what good was in
Andrew Johnson. lie promised TO make
treason odious, but II was In his own
person. 10 quote cagaln from tho maxims
Of the presidont.ecc,; "Nothing Is more uncertain
than the result of ono throw; few things nre more
certain than the result of many throws" Prcs
dental throws@wc have just made one. Through
| Lincoln aud Johnson aud Grant and Hayes, the
| great monument Of Gods providence, uplifting II
nation of bOndmCu like new world, thrown up
by the great deep ofuur ciy conflict aud the pac-
cation the settling down to the walksG Industry and
peace OF dscordaut elements, VIC hAvt gone slowly
| forward. Reactions have come. We have iustrc-
| covered from one nt this time. The vessel has
rirhtcd again and Is ready 10 take the wind, every
| stitch of canvas spread. II remains to be seen
whether that new king of men, walking among us
| recognized, but sti uncrowned, when he shall
step on deck viii rise TO the dignity Of the occN-
sion; will take the helm OF the ship of state aS her
master Will dare to look with unbanched eye Into
| the eye Of the sun of universal libcry VIII mako
his observations in the time to come rs so often in
| times past, from those heavens where scrcncy
| blaze the consultations Of tho fathers, aud Will
at last be set there among them. This Is our faith.
| Thj, We hope. For this hopo we thank Godlo day.
| GOd bless James Abrnm Garfield, prcsldGnt-cleCt
| of the American republic. God strengthen him by
| His might In the outer and the inner man. Long
| live the United State Of america.