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Show Letters fro111 Northern Men. I know that your mind is deC'ply exercised in behalf of the slave; but I would suggc. t to you another feature of "the irrcprc~~ible conflir- t," to which you may not have bestowed as much thought: God's con trover. y witlt this nation for dishonor done to IIi.' )!aj c~ty. This nation, in its Constitution, makes no submi ' ·ion to the King of kings ; pays no respect to His Higher Law ; never mentions IIis name, even in the inauguration oath of its Chief :;.\Iagi:-.trate. God has 8nid, He co will turn the wicked into hell, and all the nations that forget God," (Ps. ix. 17.) To His Son lie sny8, "The nation and kingdom that will not serve thee 1:.hall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted," (Isn. lx. 12.) If you must die a witness for the ''inalienable rights" of man, I desire that you woulJ also set the seal of your blood to a noble tc ·timony for thP supreme authority and outraged mnjesty of God, and with your expiring breath call upon this guilty nation, not only to cclct God's people go," but also to ''serve God with fear and kiss His Son lest lie be ungry." You have been called before judges and governorR, and "it has been given you what to say and how to speak," and I pray that when vou arc called to witness a good confcs::-;ion before many witnes cs, that there will be given you living words that will scathe nncl burn in the hC'art of this great and guilty nation, until tlwir oppression of men and treason ngain~t God shall be clean purged out. N obl~ man ! you are highly honored of God ! You nrc raised up to a high, commanding eminence, where every word you utter reathcs the furthe ~t corner of this great country ; yes, of the civilized world. 'What matter if it be from a scaffold, Samson-like you will slay more Philistines in your death, than you ever did or could by a long life; and I pray God that in your dying agony, you may have the gratification of feeling the pillars of Dagon's Temple crumbling in your grasp. 0, feel that you are a great actor on a world-wide . tage ; that you hnvc a most important part to play, and that while )·ou arc suffering for Christ, he will take care of you. lie sends none a warfare on their own charges, and, "as the tribulations of Chri ·t abound, the consolations that are by Christ will much more abound." Fear not to die; look on the scaffold not a. a curse but an honor, since it ha been sanctified by Christ. It is no longer, " Cursed is every one that hungeth on a tree; " that curse was borne by Jesus ; - but now it is '•Blessed is he that suffers for righteousness' sake; for his is the king· dom of Heaven." I still entertain the lingering hope that this nation will not add to its already full cup of crime the blood of your judicial mW'der, und I .. Letters from N ortherr' Me •.L n. 397 rlaily pray God "to hear the groaning of the prisoner, and loose those that arc appointed to death," (Ps. cii . 20.) I wish to be understood as ncldres~ing your companions nlono- with you. Should this reach you, will you gratify me by letting me know. I greatly desire to know more of one in whom I feel so tlccp an interest. I commend you to God and to the word of His Grace, that is able to keep you from falling, and present you faultlcRs before Him with exceeding great joy. Yours, for God and the ~la vc, A. 1\I. M. FROl\f 1\IR. REWALL. no ~TO :'<I X OYCm ber 2·L Dear Sir: It will, I am sure, give you pl easure to know that a committee of whom I nm one, nppoiutccl at n meeting held a few cla PI ago in Bo. ton, haYc already raised about five hundred dollar~ to a.id your uffiictt:d family. Part of the money wn~ r cccivccl from the sale of tickets, and part has been sent in without any effort on our part. 'Ve arc goin..,. to advertise in the n ewspnpcrs, and expc<'t to get a much larger Rum by this mean.-;, , . E. , 1-: ·wALL.* P. S. "\Vc hope to rai. e a fund of $10,000 for your family, and I think from what has already been clone, the amount cannot fall much short of that sum. FRO~[ A FRIEND IN SYfUCUSE. f;YJt.\ C'l'st::, N. Y., Nov. 2G. Captain John Drown, thou Friend of God ancl 1\Ian: Will yon allow n line from me to mingle with the thousands of expressions of sympathy that reach you in yom prison hou~c? But my words nrc feeble things, when God is so manifestly with yon. IIi:i pn's<'nce nnd the cott:-olations of His grace arc richer and fitr better than nll I pos~CSii, or can impart. I have long loved you for your works' sake ; for you have ~hown yourself a man. lle of good courage, nncl our Father in Heaven will , ustuin you an<l make you conqueror "through Him who loveth us and gave liinu;clf for u . . " I am the posse. sor of a single hair from the head of the immortal Clarkson, presented me, some ycnrs ngo, by your frit'nd <.llld miuc, Mrs. Geritt Smith. I value it very highly. 1\ry desire i~, that you may send me by mail, accompanying your own handwriting, n lock ~ro:n your own head, and I will make many of your friends partnc1·s m Its possession. * See John Drown's reply-<: Puulic I.ifc," p. 364. 34 |