Year: 1861

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ene the sturdy hre-eater exclame Cotton is Kng."
hing indeed, and most righteous and merciful one,
DO doubt, in his concet since be only tars and
feathers the wretches VINO fall in his power, and
whom be suspects Of dloyay 10 his sovereignty. The
Lord alone was King. lie then proceeded TO preach
under the following heads of discourse:
=, i. How far back can we trace the existence Of
Slavery


II. fs saveholding condemned as sin IN Sacred
Scripture


Ill. What was the condition Of the slave in Biblical
times, and among the Hebrews


He then proceeded to show that Slavery had existed
before the time Of Noah hence his knowledge Of the
st uOn recognized by bis upon the descendants
of Ham. He denied that the Scriptures Of the Old
Testament, Of the New, condemned slavehold-
ing az sin, and this point he thought their own
quiremens would be better moral instuctors than the
teachings Of the eloquent preacher of Brooklyn He
maintained that the slave OF the Hebrew his abso
lutte property. In conclusion he said: If our North
fellow-czens, content with following the word Of
God, would not iusist being righteous overmuch,
denouncing sin which the Bible knows not, but
which is planly taught by the precepts OF men, they
would entertain more equity and less ifeehng toward
tbeir Southern brethren. And If Southern fellow
citizens would adopt the Bible view of Slavery, and
discard that heather Slave code which permits few
bad men TO indulge In abuse of power that throws
stigma and disgrace the whole body of slavehoderE
both North and South would do what Is right then
God would their works and that they turned from
the evil Of their ways and in their IN that of
the people Of Nneveh, would merefully avert the i'm
pending evil for with Him aloneis the powerto do
THE REV. f. II. CHAPLIN ON THE UNION.
Dr. Chapin last evening said that he very much
regretted, especially when he large audience
before him, that circumstances which he had no
control had prevented services in the morning The
meeting held was in connection with their usual
preparatory lecture before communion. He had Just
arrived in town, and whatever he said must be spon-
taneous he had not had the opportunity TO prepare
discourse His remarks were based upon the 4lst
verse Of the 10th chapter of Luke: But when he
was he bebeld the city and wept over H."
In this passage had Christ brought before us as
patrot--Chrst weeping over Jerusalem. This was
one of the most beautiful and striking recorded
IN the New Testament Christ tei. as jew, for ne
was jew; and we should not shrink from the fact
that Christ had local attachments, for II any one
would love he must love man, some parucn-
lar man. DR.. Chaplin had no faith IN the ordinary
rendering of the idea that the world is country
Christ oonsecrated the sentiment OF patrlotsm Inns
feeling needed TO be touched in this country, when
many look upon the Union merely stock concern
But where should we be if the sentiment generally
prevailed that We could city or as State, cut on
from the main body and set up for ourselves In
state Of dsintegraon ike men atoat on pieces o. Ice
bepeatb June sum- and driven hitheT and thither by
winds II was idle charge the present state of things
upon particular party. How came the great party TO
exist The true course was 70 examine the principles
upon which the party was founded Inc B sBeaker 9aa

the Union;" but be loved the Union with deep,
strong and abiding love. When that Union was built,
when the fathers laid the beams-pine and palmetto
north south east, west, they launched ship which
bore the best hopes of humanity. There was no evil
inside The Union that could be compared with what
woad come should the Union go 10 pieces. But If 1t
mnst go down, let il go down with every flag flying
and with every man standing by as one-together 10
She last Irrepressible cheering followed the utter
snce of this sentiment DIR. Chaplin then spoke OF un.
divided responsibility and of the of civil War,
when the meeting closed with prayer and the hymn,
God bless our native land' TO the tune Of America


God bless native land;


Finn abe stand


Through storm and night


When the wild tsmpess rave,


Ruler Of winds and wave,


Do Thou country


BY Thy great might


For her prayer shall rise


To God above the skies


On whom wait


Thou who hast heard esch sigh,


Watching each weeping eye,


Be Thou forever nigh;


God the Satew