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OUR CORRESPONDENCE.For the True Republican.Disturbers of the Peace.fThe name of II. Ford Douglass may with propriety be associated with a clays of in-' dividuals commonly denominated disturb- ! ers of the peace, agitators, c., judging! from the excitement that prevailed on the occasion of his lectures in this place in No ;vember last. The waters were indeed troubled by the force and power of the.1itruths which he so ably and fearlessly ad-1 j vocated and brought to bear upon the con’l! j sciences of his hearers. His eloquent ap_ , j peals in behalf of the enslaved, together (j with his scathing denunciations of sin in | 'high places, met with a hearty response i I from a large portion of his audience. Iut|; while these were rejoicing in the truth, !lt; there were present tnose who were offend- * jed. and who did not hesitate to manifest 1 j their displeasure in the strongest terms. Mr. [ | Douglass maintained liis position as no man j ] could who was not conscious that he was;j on the side of the right, and upheld by the word of the Almighty. Yet he was charged ( with slandering the church, and with being ( an enemy to the Christian religion. Grave J• icharges those, to be brought against a man commissioned of God to proclaim liberty lt;to the captives, and the opening of the J prison doors to those that are bruised.0 j 'Instead of slandering the church, lie j« agave the most satisfatoi y proofs of his fidel.i^ ity to her interests in boldly testifying , against theabominations that are polluting j her altars, rendering her odious in the eyes t of a world destined to be saved through t her instrumentality. In obedience to the'iexpress commands of Jehovah, he lifted \] up his voice like a trumpet and showed * the people their sins. He also lifted up a * standard for the people—the standard ofj true moral excellence embodied in the sirs cred scriptures—tho crowning graces by !.{ which all the disciples of Christ are known. •Since Mr. Douglass addressed the people { here, many sermons and lectures have e been delivered, but unlike the lectuies of j t Mr Douglass, they have served as opiates «sto quiet or lull to repose, instead of,15awakening or arousing to action. There j'!seems to be a settled purpose on the part j;of ministers at the present day, as well as jother public speakers, to conceal certain i, very unpopular truths, togethcrwith a d:s t position to apply the gag to those who von*' e ture to bring them to the light They cry ‘ tdrJ“Peace, peace,” like the false Prophets, forgetting that the Kingdom of God is “first pure, then peaceable.*’ .So long as!the elements of discord and confusion ex* L1 1ist, it is vain to talk of peace. Permanent peace is based upon purity. The effects ofj j( righteousness, says the Psalmist, are qui-'pctness an** assurance forever. There is a ; ffalse peace—the peace of the world, from'rwhich every person ought to pray to be ' 1 delivered, that they may enjoy that which a arises from conscious purity. It would be c well if, iu the Providence of God, such j1 men as Douglass were raised up through- ^jout our land to sound an alarm in the ears ^ of the ears of the people, that would startle j e them from their false peace,'and thus pre-jvipare the way for. thorough reformation.— !n the chilling, blighting influences of semi- I infidelity are rapidly spreading, and the r effects of the same witnessed in every direction. The professing Christian world,,*' as a mass, have ceased to act as though P ! they believed the Bible, and are practical-! n| ^ ^ ^ ^ jly sinners. The church, God s appointedagency for the destruction of every form of error and of sin, needs to be purged. from iniquity, that a world lying in wick- 0 edness may be released from sin. tlt;E. E. Beaty. !iiMt. Vernon, Iowa, April 17, 1860.sTdtt- inrAV VVlinni*/»r frill V- wm*. S
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Centerville Indiana True Republican
Centerville, Indiana, US
Thu, May 03, 1860
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