extension of slavery its motto then; no existence of it now. 2. It established "And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sores, and ARGUMENT. - Extreme contrasts in the calls of the government and the war to XXII. JEFFERSON DAVIS AND PHARAOH. Delivered in Boston, April 9, 1865, on the occasion of the Flight of "In very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee My power; and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth." - ARGUMENT. .-Historic parallels. Plutarch's: Napoleon and Cæsar. Propriety side of God, that is from the side of the slave. Thus we study the Hebrew eman- cipation; thus will the future this. What stood in the way of emancipation? 1. The words and construction of the Constitution. 2. Aversion of the North to Abolitionism. 3. The purpose of the South to prevent it. The first two over- come by allowing the last to become strong. This strengthened itself in the char- acter of Jefferson Davis. I. Resemblance between him and Pharaoh. 1. In free- dom of action. No compulsion on cither. 2. In character. (1.) Clear perception of the effect of any concession. (2.) Steadiness of purpose. Resistance of begin- nings to submission. (3.) Power to develop like strength in others. 3. In work. (1.) Pharaoh only known from his connection with emancipation, so will Davis only be known. (2.) How each resisted in every step of the conflict. 4. In fate, 4. No step back- ARGUMENT. - National agony of sorrow. I. The character of Abraham Lincoln. unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before - ARGUMENT. The first Fourth of July after the Revolution and this; analogy. XXV. AMERICA'S PAST AND FUTURE. Delivered on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1868, at Medford, . . 603 ARGUMENT.-The conflict of Chaos and the calm of Creation. I. Antiquity of NOTES, 631 "RENDER THEREFORE UNTO CESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CESAR'S, AND UNTO GOD THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD's." - Matt. xxii. 21. IT is well frequently to lay bare the springs of our being, to examine their nature, and see if their present movement is in accordance with their original design. This is especially necessary when conflicting sentiments obtain respecting a course of action which we are required to pursue. When we cannot remain idle spectators of a contest which is raging around us, but from the orders of leaders in the battle are compelled to take definite positions, then it is our solemn duty to examine the nature of these commands, that we may see whether we must obey or resist them. Such is the condition in which every person is placed throughout the Free States. The government of the country has arrayed its mighty strength upon the side of Slavery, and issues its mandate to all the people, to lend * A sermon preached at Amenia, New York, November, 1850, on the occasion of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill. See Note I. their aid in its defense. The conflict between the eternal foes of freedom and slavery has by this act changed us from unconcerned spectators, if we had chosen to assume that position, into actors, and requires every one to take his place under one of the hostile banners. If, therefore, there were no previous claims upon our feelings of brotherhood, we cannot avoid considering our duties under this assertion of the will of the State. In such circumstances it is our highest duty to examine the Nature and Extent of the Authority of Human Government, and to see if the late decrees of our nation are in agreement or hostility with its delegated rights. Man is created subject to law. Enactments originating in the wisdom of God control every faculty of body and soul. In whatever direction he secks activity, he finds laws inducing the desire and limiting its gratification. Around him as well as within him ever operates the same infinite energy under the guidance of the same infinite wisdom, coöperating through all the lower orders of being with his highest faculties, or by the same obedient officers modifying or suppressing their unhealthy activity. The world without us is our servant or our scourge, according as we are the servants or enemies of God within us. But while there is no portion of our nature free from the authority of law, there is an evident distinction in the degree of this authority. As a being intended for different states of existence, and for different duties in each state, the Divine Lawgiver must assign to each faculty authority proportionate to its original design. Each is allowed full powers within its own borders, with restrictions against any intrusion upon the rights of adjacent faculties, and unhesitating submission to the Conscience, the governor of the whole realm, and through that to the Creator and Proprietor of All. The laws that regulate our body are felt to be inferior to |