The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
Land of just and old renOwn,
Where freedom broadens slowly down
From precedent to precedent,

EEOIll WtCcutuL W pESCcuCutt
Where faction seldom gathers head,
But BY degrees to fullncss wrought,
The strength Of some ditinsiye thought
Hath time and space to work and ~srreadi
How came 1t that tho Revolution Of 1I76 secured the
nee Of this Republic, set up = new nsylun
for liberty, and brought into birth the Institutions OF
the New World 10 give on impulse to freedom In the
Old How came It l ask, that these things aro true
Of England and America, while the Revolution u 1888
In France went ont in n deluge Of blood, and settled
In to o deeper, darker %despotism than that which 1t re-
msved. How could England exchange James the
Second for William the Third; and America exchange
George the Third, with bis divine right 0~bstinacy, for
. Republic and freedom; while oil that France could
do was +, put Mirabeau, and Danton, md Inbsspierre
In the place Of Louis the Sixteenth 60 below the
surface and you will find the reason In the Christiani-
" Of England and America, and In the infidelity OF
France. Ahl | would that they who are carried away
BY the plausible arguments OF modern demagOgues
against the Gospel could but be made to read history
Alright, and then they would discover that the Gospel,
obeyed, Is As really tho palladium Of civil liberty. as It
is tho rnvealer Of life and Immortality beyond the
grave. Is 1t an evil thing to secure liberty to tho OPP
pressedi Is 1t an injustice 10 give FREEDOM TO the
slave? Then stone the Gospel to the death, for 1t has
been guilty Of these evils. But II these are not evil
things; II, insteod of being evils, We honor, above oil
others the names VI the Hampdens, the Russells, the
WilberfOrcea. the Whahingtons, and the like, who have
done 80 much to advance human liberty, then In SIM
pie consistency lot US place highest Of all the name Of
Jesus Christ, as being, In deed and In TRUTH the Ltber.
ator rs well as the Redeener and Regeneration Of hu.
manity.
Buff all this DO 81, shall we be content merely with
furbesring TO oppose the Gospelf Must NO not In
60 further and accept 1t for ourselves!
Would not enlightened self-interest prompt US to re.
ceive into our hearts Its principles, and to give uuto
the Lord Jesus himself the homage OF our lives! And
II 1t be, ns, in tho light Of such Passages OF Scripture
as the section which has to-day been before US, we
must say 1t surely 10, that Jesus is one God with the
Father, then our duty and our interest 90 hand In
hand, and We must admit that be has An unduubtsd
right to our worship and service. Will you give him
yours! And will you give them now! You are his
by creation, you arc his doubly BY redemption, for he
has bought yOl with bis precious blood, and you are
his purchased possession !" become bis also by your
own voluntary conservation, and then all the blessings
which he died to procure, aud is exalted to bestow,
be conferred on you
Then, having accepted him for yourselves, dlffuse
the knowledge Of his name among Others. that they
may obtain the same advantages that we enjoy. That
has been 50 good for Britain and America. will
be equally beneficial to India, China and Japan.
Spread 1t, then, to earth's remotest bound, that where.
over the blight Of sin has fallen, the blessings Of saliva
mny be received and enjoyed. II 1t is good for us
In the East Of this great Continent 1t must be equally
70 for those who are building up the waste places In
The West. Therefore, by every means in your power
lot 1t bs your care to secure that the Gospel shall be
to every new settlement, and a church maintain
ID among every company Of emisrants. Tho lie Of
he Church depends on Its aggressiveness, and the per.
~ ta being thoroughly evangelical