Year: 1861




repce that the Heavens do rule Good men bad long been
declaring this TRUTH and propheyng Of day Of reckoning for
the guilty nation but that day. through the bearance Of GoD
was long delayed Good men, view Of existing evils and
looked forward the future with gloomy appehensions
and tembed for their country when they thought of GoDs JUS


they spoke earnest words of amontion and warming
declaring that the Nation the old highway corruption
and But who believed their report? There pal
pabe corresponding facts marked indications Of danger


of national decay. The Nation snned with high hand
but the Nation prospeed the Nation worldly and seex
ang and ungoiy, but the Nation grew and became great
power in the world What then was all the talk about national
wckednes and responsibility and the justice of GoD but taky
How unmeanng the great majority! revelation Of the
Divine wrath against the Nation for the sin Of slavery long
expected and foretod but the prophecies for long


failed and how naturally therefore, the prophets regarded
and despsed asators aarns and fanatics. Slavery
kept extending itself after striking deeper it, roots


and spreading forth branches farther and wider, giving
power the oppresor length sending forth Its ambassadors


other countries giving wealth and luxury merchants and
manufacturers this and other lands and causing their
stand ott with ftnes and becoming of time Of


great of M activity and profit for the OF


the world Slavery grew and powerful and the
same time, the Nation and powerful VI what
then talk of the nquy of the institution AMI OF the


justice of GoD IL hardly strange that many began TO talk
boldly Of the righteousness and benecence institution


The prosperity all sides unparalleled Everybody gored


in the light and progress of the nineteenth century, everybody


talked Of the advance Of civilization everybody thought with
horror Of the Dark Ages What matered the wrongs Of the


slave What matered that the gold and the silver and the
luxury and the commercial activity, wrung great


degree from the unpaid toll Of the slave What mattered it,
f The country grew rich. The world grew rich, Gold
heaped mp vaults Railways built and Cons justice APP


paeny slept And because slavery proved most pofta


bic institution, making the few rch though the


because there marked indication Of the Divine eas


against because sentence against the evil work not


executed spccdv-hc hearts of the fully


in them to do evil and how natural that should have


talk Of profitable institution that poured gold into
# their Golfers and clothed them purple and fine men the
of the highest civilizations founded in
nature; Divine institutions finally, enphaicay


christian and greatest Of missionary while from


thousand hearhear full of sympathy for the oppressed


and of longing for the of the righteous Judgment


Of GoDthere went up increasingly the earnest prayer
|, LoRD, how long"


The PRAYER has been answered Thank Con- the Divine jus


tice longer for doctrine is realized and


rapbe fact Do any say what the wrongs of the


oppressed Do any ask what have do with slavery


Do talk about the proabeness of the institution
True. indeed GoD dealing with for other but 1t


papabe fact that the has grown of slavery the


oyeulng Providence anything III the war; with ITS SUI


fering and boodshed Gop showing forth
fully his eternal wrath against the oppression Of the This
revcatoo Divine justice feel be perfectly fitting and
right 1t fitting and right that out of the great nquity which
the Nation has long cherished should spring forth
i strong enough threaten the nations life 1t is perfectly


fitting and right that Con should have used the desped and


oppressed the instruments Of raising this gigantic rebellion


and thus the Of his vengeance upon the Nation H
H. il perfectly that the Government should he compelled to
put forth all strength itself from destruction by the
despoc power which has favored and served IL perfectly
ct laws according which the mete to


others be measured to again. and that cannot deny
n liberty others without mperlng There then
such thing Divine eternal justice 1t reality There
lis perfectly just Being who hates niquy who egardeth the
of oppression Of the poor and the violent perverng Of
IN who hears the cry oppressed and Judges the
of the earth And perfectly clear the light Of
existing facts that people have do with laws higher
nj than the Constitution Our troubles have upon not
he according laws but according the laws of the Divine
mt Proydenta government The rebellion miracle but the


product growth Of the of slavery and
it easy understand that conformity to the laws
ri of GoD webeng is understand
r. that obedience the Constitution, law, might
of work The rebellion accounted for by the
w violation Of law Of the land The rebellion reared ITS fright
10 full form and endeavored the Nation by the throat
on though the Constitution had been faithfully observed even to
ve the rendition Of fugitive slaves and the employment Of the Fed
ted era arms the degrading work The rebellion fact coming
aid the laws Of the Divine Proydenta government and con
led sequcnt, illustrating justice, but GoD justice The
III necessity according the laws Of the Divine
ro gosement from the radical injustice Of slavery The
md planted the foundations OF the VIVA
M that the fruits appear! With the nconss
III ency Nation, which, from the beginning had been dscous


about the rights Of human nature and crying out agans
m oppression which had sacrificed and fought and bed for liberty
MD consented from motives Of cxpecncy to the existence OF az
~ accursed thing tie land; and called to ool
IL the fearful results the face. is just that having sowl
no the wind should reap the whmlwnd We can utter n
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