New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05


the Righteous" which gives ingenious arguments
why saints in glory will rejoice 10 see the torments
Of the damned. Negatively it Will not be be-
causc the saints in heaven the subjects OF any
i'll aisposition but on the contrary, this rejoicing
of theirs will be the fruit of amiable ana excel
lent disposition it will be the fruit OF perfect
holiness and conformity to Christ, the holy Lamb
OF God"
Positively: the sufferings of the damned VIII
be no occasion of grief to the heavenly lnhaDants
as they will have no love nor pity Tor the damned
as SUCH It will be no argument OF u want OF IL
spirit of love in them, that they do not love the
damned; for the heavenly lnhaoitan'S
will know that it is not lit tnat
they should love them, because they
will know then that God has no love to them,
nor pity for them but that they are the oDIccts OF
Gods eternal hatred And they will then be per-
foctlv conformed TO God in their wills and afTcc-
tions. They will love VIVA. God loves, and that
only However the saints in heaven may have
loved the damned while here, especially those oil
them who were near and dear to them in this
world thcv will have no love to them hereafter
And particularly" says Edwards, " they VIII
rcoicc in seeing the Justice Of God gortcd in the
suNerincs of the damned The misery oil the
damned dreadful as it is is but what Justice re-
ouires They in heaven Will sec ana know IL much
more clearly than any of us do here Ihey VIII
SOC how pcrfectly Just and righteous their punish
ment is. and therefore how properly inflicted by
the Saprcme Governor Of the world. Ihcy Will
greatly rejoice justice take place, TO sec that
all the sin and wickedness that have been COM
mtted in the world is remembered OF God ana has
its due punishment The sight OF this strict ana
immutabe justice of God will render Him amiable
and adorable in their eyes. They will rejoice when
they see Him who is their Father and eternal por-
ton so glorious in His Justice
If it be supposed by any that the clergy have
grown less harmonious in their relations
than they once were, glance at
the list Of cpithcts bestowed by the cele-
brated Mr. Tennent upon his brethren in ser
mon delivered at Nottingham and published by the
SYNOD at Philadelphia will undeceive him. Charles
Cbauncy who has taken the trouble to collect
them. believes that there cannot be produced
out Of any author greater number OF more
slanderous names than he has freely bestowed
upon the body of the clergy of this generation
Here is the list: "Hirelings; catcrpillars;
letter-learned Pharsees; men that have
the craft OF foxes and the cruelty OF
wolves; plastered hypocrites; varlets the seed OF
the serpent: foolish builders whom the devil
drives into the ministry; dry nurses; dead dogs
that cannot bark; blind men; dead men; men
possessed with the devil; rebels and enemies TO
God; guides that are stone-blind and stonedead;
children of Satan, that, like their father, may do
good to mems souls by chanse-medley; daubers
with untempered mortar; moral negroes; salt
without SAVIOR: that stink in the nostrils of God
and man; Judascs whose chief desire is to finger
the penny and to carry the bag murderous hypo-
critics. that take less they feel the force
of halter in this world or an aggravated damna-
I+;o IN hVDQPrltpS.
would not let one honest man come into the min
istry if they could help it; swarms Of locusts;
crowds of Pharisecs that have as covctously as
cruelty crept into the ministry in this adulterous
generation who as nearly resemble the character
given Of the old Pharsces as one crows egg docs
another whose hearers as blind as mOles and
dead as stones SUCCESSORS Of NicOdemus; blind
leaders of the blind; Journalists; dead droncs;
sons of Sceva with fine long string Of prayers;
false APOSTLES; deceitful workers. ministers of
Satan, etc.
An almanac for 1853 contains curious prophecy
of the future greatness of North America. " Here
we find" says the writer, " a vast stock Of proper
materials for the art and ingenuity of man to work
upon Treasures Of immense worth; concealed
| from the poor, ignorant aboriginal natives" lie
alludcs especially to the immense deposits OF iron
orc, saying This metal, more useful than gold
ana silver will employ millions Of hands, not only
to form the martial sword and peaceful share al
ternately, but an infnty of utensils improved in
the exercise of art and handicraft among men.
Nature through all her works has stamped au-
thority on this law, namely, that all fit matter
shall be improved TO its best purpose Shall not
then those vast quarries that teen with mechanic
stonc,-those for structure be piled into great
cities-and those for sculpture into statues to per-
| fbo If heroes. those
who shall now save their country? o! We unborn
inhabitants Of America should this page escape
its destined confagration at the years end, and
these alphabetical letters remain legible,-whcn
your eyes behold the sun after he has rolled the
seasons around for two or three centuries more,
you will know that in Ammo Domini 75S we
dreamed Of your tmcs.n This writer surely
with prophetic eye, and it is easy TO understand
his desire that his prediction might be preserved
until the day of its fulflment.
The third volume, which covers the Revolution
airy period, is prcfaccd with Smolletts stirring
lines to Independence, beginning:
Thy spirit, Independence, lei me share,
| Lord Of the lion-heart and eage-eye-
and with an extract from Chathams famous
speech declaring that if he were an American
while foreign troop was landed in his country
| be never would lay down his arms" ncvcr-ncver
| never Selections from the writings of Ben
jamin Franklin. covering some fifty pages, lead
the volume They include not only many Of the
more striking passages in the Autobiography and
his. other more familiar writings, but also some
important letters from the papers recently acquired
| by the State Department and used for the first
time by Edward Everett Hale in his franklin
in France Thomas IIutchinsons interesting ac-
count of the miserable lives of the RcgicIdcs in
New-England-hid in caves and holes in the
ground stunning the face of men, everywhere
hunted and proscrbcd-s given, with other cita-
tions from his d" History of Massachusetts" 1t is
pity there is not space here to quote lis daugh-
ter Margaret's description of her presentation at
court. or the account by Samuel Ourwer, an Amcri-
| lttrir1 Int