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Show 394 Letters from Northern Men. time or from the Spirit World, or meet you there and p er chance make your p e:r sonnl a cquaintance. . . ~fay you. now nnd ever, have thr consolatt,ons whtt!t flo~~ frorn n true r eh rrious life and humnnitnry motives nncl eHon s, whu:h ltlt nwn nboYc the ~rror in judgmen t, method:-;, nn<l tcmp~rn l consequence~, in to the 1 e 1• 0 11 of the com pre 1 ns · Divine Beatitudes whtch o.., vcrrnle all thmg~ to the glory of God ancl human progress. C II AH 1.1~ s PA It Tillll CB. I mail to y our address a few copie::; of The 8piritual1'elcgrnph, for your 1)erusnl. FHOl\I A CONNECTICUT li'RTGND. Cor.r.tN ·yn,r,F., November 23. 1\'Iy Very D ear Sir : Little did I think, ·when I ~ms so much enjoying your society at my home n fe.w mot:ths ngo, 1t would ever be my lot to address y ou under s uch pnmful t treumstunces ; nor can I h ere find word:-; to expres:; to you the depth of my sympathy. 'Vc mourn fur you ns fur n. fath er, yet not without l10pe ; and much do " 'c 1·ejoicc to know thnt you still find comfnrt . and cou sola lion in co~nmunion with that Gocl whom, w e doubt n ot, 1t has cvc1· h een your ann to love and serve. A nd, ttlrhough he mo.y p ermit Virg inia ' ~:~ sons nnd daun·htcrs to dye th eir hand:; in yom blood, we know that att will do mu(n'h to ad vance the cau::;c we love. '1' r ue, ' lt.s a b1' t ter cup, an.u1 would to God it might p ass frnm you. Y et 1 think I h ear you say" 1'/n; 1rill, 0 Uorl, b • r/OJU'." Lc.t us thank God thnt the ])ower ( ml!erl Law) w11ieh 'Will lead you forth to martyrdom can r ca<.:h no tinthcr. There is n r c, ting-plucc where n Higher I...nw is known nntl recog ni zed, nnd whel'c the oppressed go free. ~la y Uod g rant thnt we may meet there when he shall hnve done with us h ere. You will be p1cnsccl to l earn tl1at your wife is b eing r emembered in such a way as will relieve h er from p ecuniary want. '\V c fc•cl it n privilege to contribute something for h er comfort, who has sacrificed so much for the c nu~c . You will n evr r Jmow with h ow much inter est y om· fri rnds hnve 'Watched rneh daily pnper to catch eaC"h item of n ews in your en. r , and each word you have b een pennittcd to utte1· ; for we doubt uot (;od has dircetc<.l what you should say. Those won\s of truth yon have spoken have nmg from :East to \Vest, carrying ·with them a deep fcclinrr of sympathy for the l10nest nnclnoblc Capt. J ohn Brown. Mnny nrc th~ prayers which hnvc been offer ed thnt you may he s ustain ed in tho hour of trial. Surely, H e who has thus k ept you will not for sake you. Thus feebly do I offer you my heartfelt sym1mthy. :Mny God ever be pre~cnt to bless nncl k eep you. Your true friend, H. N · :P · Letters frorn Northern Men. 395 FROM A SCOT H COV8N A NTEU. N~-:w Au:x AN J>lliA, PE:-r:-<., Novrmh<'r 23. Dear Sir : P ermit n stranger to nddres~ y ou. I am the pnstor of n congregation of p eople known a~ • 'cotch Covennnt<'rs-a p eople \\'ho refuse to in corporate with this Gvvernmcnt by h olding its olliecs or using its elective franchise on the ground that it r efuses to 1wrfonn the duty of Government either to Uod or mun. I t n either n c kno \\'l ed ~j('H the authority of God, nor protects the p r r son:, of its suhjt•c t:; ; t tH' reforc we do not a cknowledge it to be the morul onlinance of Gocl for goocl to be obeyed for con scien ce' snkr . I do n ot nddrrss you from the expectation that you n eed any promptings to that fortitud ' which you have so n obly di~plnyed, un(l which I doubt n ot is Lc'go tten in your soul by thr , ' pirit of Uod, through a good conscience nnd a good rnusc. I hnvc no ft·nr hut thnt your own fam ilia rity with the word of God and the way to the Thronr, will fortify your heart ngninst the foul n~per~ i o n s cast upon y our d111raeter nnd motives by the purchn~c<l prr~sc::. and parrot pnlpits. Jle that fears God need fear no other. Htill I know that the hrave~:~ t ltcnrt mny br c·hccr ed in the mid!it of sore trinls by a kintlly wor<l from even a strangc•r. Ancl, while the bulls of Bushnn nrc roaring ar0untl you, it mny be SOll10 con olation to y ou to know that there nrc some rnrne!it hristians who regard you ns n. mnrtyr to human liberty, and pray for a large outpouring of the mnrtyr !1pirit upon you, nncl feel that in sudt a cause 'tis glorious to die. \Vha tcvcr prudence mny whisper as to the bc::;t course, God 1·equircs us to 11 r en.emher tlwm in bonds ns bound with them," ( IIcb. xiii. 3,) nnd d eclares that "\\'e know thnt w have passed from d eath to lifl', b eC'au se we love the brcthrl'n," (l J ohn iii. 14 ;) 11 thnt we ought to lny down om lives for the brethren," (l John iii. 16 ;) 11 and if any have this world's goo(h, nnd secth his brother hnvc n eed, and shuttcth up his b owels of compassion from him, how dwellcth the love of God in him ?' ' ( 1 J ohn iii. 17.) If the!'e nrc the proper te~ts of Christianity, I third<, nt least, you have no reason to fear n comparison of chnrnctc r in that re~pcc t with your clerical traducer s. llut, my dear brother, you will allnw me to urge upon y ou n rigid inquiry into your motives- to know " ·h ethcr you have tnkcn up the cro ~s for Christ's snkc, n!1 well n~ for the sake of His oppressed people? If you have ronde nll thi!; Racrifice for Christ nncl His cross, you have the promise of n hunclrrd fold n o \v in this life, und in the world to come eternal life, (Mark x. 29, 30.) Your chnrncter will be n hundrecl fold more than redeemed, and a hundred fold better legney will accrue to your family than you could otherwise hnve l eft them. |
