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Show ) 2LJ George B. Cheever. One of tho few men in the cabin of Ll~t~ lVInyflowcr "Ito took upon them. elY s that eoYenant, nnd in o cloing lnid the foutH1ation of' a stat of' fr • •dom ~tmong mrn by allegiance to God, was n:uncd Petct· Btown. TL is now n •arly two 11nndr ·d :uHl fif'ty years since that sig natun•, :111d what amazing changes have passetl upon the worl(ll Tltis "\V CRl<'rn continent Jilled with more millions thnn in that little company th 'I'C W 're ll1 11; bnt miJJion' fiO divcrsn in eharaet cr from theirs, so little ·on ecrat •d atH1 instruet 'U by tlwir example, so disob •di ' nt, in<l 'cd, to the supreme Divine law, to which th J promised a ROle Ct '1'11:1} Joynlty, t1mt in the miudlc of' this thinl century af'ter the .1\Inyflow 'r land ·d, a Jin<•al drscetHlant or Pet er Brown rises up, and is publidy 1wng •d for <'nTrying into cfl<•ct tlte pritwipl<•s of that l\lnyflow<•r comp:wt, that. <·ovcnanL of obcdicne to jwt and equal Imr~, ol.>edi<•nee to Cotl and hi. \Vord m; suprem , and disobc<li-t nee to man's authority, if' l'<'C)_uiring aught that God has in l1i~ Jaw f(>rbid<lon. For tltis is th ' very i::;:-;ue on which thiH Christian lH•ro, thi:-:; rcmarkabJ' man, lt:tS YCntnrc<l his life and , ufl(•rcd. JL i. as plain as <l:ty. It cannot b · ucni<'<l. Tt is the iniquity of 'la\·c ry, in law an<l in prn.c·t ic ',-a ~in ngainst God and man,- in opposition and defiance of' whi ·h, John Brown, trm;ting in (;ocl, - ou ying God rath et· titan m:m,-gat lt rn•(l up his str ngth, his lif\ and thn·w him: elf~ in beh:tll' of' the en. laved, and against the n. laving gov<•rnmcnt. and law, eY<'n unto <l<'atlt. Two great pa ngcs in God's \Vord shone uef(H' \ him like a star, occupi<'<l hi:; being like pt· •siding nngcl~, like flame of fire, like a chariot of flamr, in whi<'h, at length 1tis whole nnture having been o ·cupied with th<·ir f'ttlfilnwnt , he asc nd<•<l from the Rcaffold to tlte great. eloud of' witn<•ssc . . One or th c,'e pa~ agrs was from the N 'W T ·~tament, " H<·mcmu r them that arc in bond~, a bound with them." Tltc other f'rom the Old, " If' thou forb "nr to deliv •r th ·m tltnt :tro drawn unto death, and those that arc r ady to be lain ; if George B. Che ver. 21) thou snyc. t, Tiehol<l we knew it not ; doth not II that pondc•reth the heart. on. id •r it, and IT tltaL k •rpcth thy . oul, doth not II' know it ? and 8ba1l not llo r ' tHler to every man according to l1is works?" ]ktwecn these grand out tanding t<-. timoni •.· of Go(l's will an<l man's <.luty, there ro <', att •udant upon .John Brown's conRcienee, and deepening the impr Rsion, a hundr('<l othPr angelic witnc ReH, with holy and b(•nevol ' IlL utteran<' s, :1111 idst which, from ,f •sus Christ, the L or<l and giv 'r of th <'m al l, tit fhithf'ul witn ' .~, wh ose name is call ·<.l the vVonl o(' God (':lllle to th , h art or tit man of God tit gr ·at words, " Inasmtt('h as yc have done it unto one or the h•ast of the ·c my br<'thr<'n, y hav don it unto m ; and, ina~ mu ·h a. y ltave not done it unto 0 11 or the lca~t Of' thCS<', JC have not don JL UntO Ill('!" -came also tlt great com manu, "Thotl HhalL love thy rwigltbor as thyself~" and "vVhat 'O 'VC L' yc would that men sltotdd do to you, do ye cv n l'O to them." Att 'ndcd by . uclt nng<·ls, commissioned hy such words, John Brown g-rew onward to tltc Bpherc or cltnrncter and duty for which Go!l had :lppointcd him. The same influ nee in kin<l cam upon him ns upon J cr miah, the sam concentration and int<•nsifying of Divine rev •lation in one direction, as alw~yfi happens wlwn Uo<l pl aseH, nnd when, ior Ilis own gr 'aL purpos •s, lie will diseipline aml prepare a man for him.·elf', to hear the r eproach among m •n of being a f~tnali c, - a man of' one i<ka. "F1·om abov II • hnth fi nt fire into my bon • . His word wa.' in my It •art as a burning fire shut up in my boneR, an<l I wa weary with f'orbf'aring, and I could not tay." With an eye fi ingle against tho iniquity of Slavery in law • aml in practice, John Brown, tru ting in Gou, lu1 thrown himself into this conflict, a martyr Yen unto d •ath. Tiy his death, in the train of his daring oppo.-ition ngainst thi.· infinite unrightco11sncss in law, in government, n.n<l in soci ·ty, t ltc whole <·ount ry i ' stirred to its foundation ; and t·onc<·rning the gov<•rnm •nt and the people that sustain sueh iniquit y, and • |