es; yet it is alike his province and his duty inculcations of the Bible with a fearless

any of them, or all of them, according hour, rebuking sin in high places as on all sinners to repent, and bring `nce. In so doing he is preaching general thought in two or

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tions, no licensed offenders who can break these out offending God and deserving his wrath. It ot one system of ethics for black men, and another white men. The statute of love as laid down by the Saviour, and practically illusrated in the parable of the good Samaritan, is binding upon all men; and what we cannot do without breaking this statute, is forbidden by it. It is wrong. It is sin. It is contrary to the morality of the Bible. It displeases God; and unless repented of, it will provoke his vengeance.

What then shall the pulpit do with the Christian morality of the Bible? My answer to this question is this: The pulpit , ought to preach this morality faithfully, fully, frequently, in the fear of God, urging it upon the consciences of men, and applying it to specific cases according to the demands and wants of the times-not dealing with simply obsolete questions, or showing great courage in killing dead lions, but keeping its moral utterance in close contact with the living matters of the passing age. This I understand to be preaching the gospel, not indeed its doctrines or its facts, but its practical part-its morality. It is not the only way of preaching, but one of the ways, and when needed by the special circumstances of men,

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any people to enjoy. It is a ssions of men who would rather heaven. An eminent divine in the uce remarked to me, that next to Jesus, he regarded this rebellion a was ever perpetrated on earth. Alas! s should be found any one living in nere enjoying the ample protection of pathise with this rebellion. Shame on acuse shall he present to his country for. here are such men; and if possible, they Can the rebels themselves. If they had weald themselves be rebels.

1 candor and earnestness, has the Christian capacity, any duty to perform in such a Sad it stop with what are called the docand studiously ignore the moral questions of this

is sphere? Is treason a crime of which speak, and that too when it exists? Is loyalty came pulon may commend? When a nation is

de, is the Sabbath too good, and the house of wwed to tolerate the moral questions pending in that ethere anything in the Bible applicable to such an car de preached, and that oUGHT to be preached, not A NON PROy Sabbath, but sufficiently to make the vise, and bing God's Word in contact with the end dopo e wen 2

Peel wor Peter, I believe, has yet ceased to be good 3 550 Cogan church; and both of these Apostles Na docere of obedience to the civil magistracy as which the God of heaven has imposed on. dedeng evil government to be an ordinance 4 vào refer therein to be the minister of God, he sword in vain. Such are the politics of Ward e polities of the gospel-the politics Salix branch of God's morality be

preached in times like these, when men want a Bible to stand upon, and a God to trust? Ah! my hearers, if it had been preached-if the Bible doctrine of the nature and obligations of civil government had been thoroughly understood throughout this country-if the odious character of treason had been properly exhibited-if the consciences of those who call themselves Christians, had been duly enlightened on this subject-if such men as Dr. Thornwell and Dr. Palmer had in thunder tones proclaimed God's doctrine doctrine to the Southern people, as Dr. Breckenridge did, and they did not; yes, if this had been seasonably done, to all human seeming, the North and the South would alike have been saved from the horrors of this bloody contest. It was not done, and I must think for one, that the pulpit, especially at the South, failed to do its duty in the most solemn crisis of American history. Demagogues and bad men ruled the hour. They were suffered to go unrebuked by the politics of Heaven. They sang the heresy of secession till they launched large masses of the Southern people into the terrible whirlpool of open treason.

But this is "preaching politics," I trust that no one in this audience will be alarmed at the idea. Every missionary who preaches against idolatry in countries where it is legalized by the laws of the land, commits this offence. He discusses a State-question, not in the light of partisan strife, but in the light of God's throne. A minister who in Utah should faithfully proclaim the law of God in respect to the marriage-relation, would be preaching politics, polygamy being a political institution of that territory. It is high time that these slangphrases, "Preaching politics," "Religion has nothing to do with politics," "The pulpit must never touch a political question,"had passed into disuse. There is no question that comes within the circle of Christian morals, which the pulpit may not in its moral aspects freely discuss, whether it be the present war, the institution of slavery, the subject of Temperance, or anything else. The fact that political parties are organized in reference to such a qestion, and passionately pursue their own ends, does not alter its nature, or cancel the rights or duties of the Christian ministry. God's Word is older than these parties, and very much better. It will stand long after they have ceased to breathe; and by it the pulpit is bound, and not by their

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The ordination-vow of every minister is to "preach the word," "to reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine." That word he finds in the Bible; and its moral inculcations bearing on any question of duty, form a part of the gospel as God has been pleased to write it for men. With politics in the sense of mere partyism, management, trickery,

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as have their place and time, in the system of gospel a-saint in affliction or in death, I would preach the eating the promises of, the Bible,. To a sinner › way of life, I would say," Believe on the and thou shalt be saved." To a traitor plot, ce and happiness of civil, society, I would ying," Let every soul be subject unto For there is no power but of God: the ined, of God. Whosoever therefore Ch the ordinance of God; and they to themselves damnation." This would gospel in each case. It would be rightly word of truth. The principle is a plain one. e case that Providence presents, and when it is preand as it is presented Apply God's truth to it. aching the gospel. Let nothing divert the ministry from this sacred work. Let no fear of man or love of human applause induce the ambassador of Christ to withhold the truth of God. Let that morality to which the Deity has affixed his own, autograph, glow on the lips of the Christian ministry; and this will be a wiser and better world. The gospel in its fullness and its purity, is the sheet anchor of all our interests→→→→ the great blessing of man in this life, and his only hope for the

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THE PRAYER-MEETING

For the Prayer-Meeting. FULTON STREET PRAYER-MEETING. THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

which Rev. Dr. Tyng, who presided, made some appropriate introductory remarks. In the THE high honor and great midst of that wonderful outblessing which God has put up- pouring of the Spirit of grace on this instrumentality of his and supplication throughout our praying people, calls for devout land, six years ago he turned gratitude and record. The sixth the hearts of a few of his saints anniversary of this meeting was to meet together at the noon held in the North Dutch Church hour, and from that time to the Fulton street, on Wednesday, present, he had blessed them Sept, 23. Every part of the with abounding tokens of his spacious edifice was filled, and presence, not only answering the exercises were of a deep- prayer in blessing upon our ly interesting character. The own land, but in pouring out his meeting was opened with sing. Spirit in other lands. They ing, prayer, and the reading of would be the most unfaithful of a portion of Scripture, after all people if they doubted or