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OUR CORRESPONDENCE, i*Iadv 11, t ofFor the True Republican.Disturbers of the Peace. !C(The name of II. Ford Douglass may with P1 propriety be associated with a clays of in- 01 dividuals commonly denominated disturb-ers of the peace, agitators, c., judging! from the excitement that prevailed on the isoccasion of his lectures in this place in No a*vember last. The waters were indeed troubled by the force and power of thc.Cvciitruths which he so ably and fearlessly ad-^ess' j vocated and brought to bear upon the con'I : sciences of his hearers. His eloquent ap.peals in behalf of the enslaved, together C(: with his scathing denunciations of sin in re _ high places, met with a hearty response m from a large portion of his audience. Butja while these were rejoicing in the truth, Ad there were present tnoso who were offend-jed. and who did not hesitate to manifest lnj their displeasure in the slrov yes t terms. Mr.Douglass maintained liis position as no man j10could who was not conscious that he was; rloon the side of the right, and upheld by the word of the Almighty. Yet he was charged jj with slandering the church, and with being exVan enemy to the Christian religion. Grave Sf charges those, to be brought against a man (sc commissioned of God to proclaim liberty of to the captives, and the opening of the j A prison doors to those that are bruised.0 IInstead of slandering the church, lie jmgave the most satisfatory proofs of his fideli* . Clanity to her interests in boldly testifying against theabominations that are polluting r0 her altars, rendering her odious in the eyes th of a world destined to be saved through th her instrumentality. In obedience to the ifexpress commands of Jehovah, he lifted Pc up his voice like a trumpet and showed,In the people their sins. He also lifted up a1 V11standard for the people—the standard of j true moral excellence embodied in the sa“!m«cred scriptures—tho crowning graces by a(j which all the disciples of Christ are known. 'se •Since Mr. Douglass addressed the people ;fr( here, many sermons and lectures have ed been delivered, but unlike the lectuies of j te: i Mr Douglass, they have served as opiates isPdo,to quiet or lull to repose, instead ofSCI■ay,* • w cawakening or arousing to action. There! ,c ° duTton-the:heinofseems to be a settled purpose on the part j-of ministers at the present day, as well as other public speakers, to conceal certain inr very unpopular truths, togethcrwith a d:s to position to apply the gag to those who von-1 on ture to bring them to the light. They cry ! to “Peace, peace,” like the false Prophets. du forgetting that the Kingdom of God is “first pure, then peaceable.*’ So long as! the elements of discord and confusion ex jan ist, it is vain to talk of peace. Permanent peace is based upon purity. The effects of j jj] righteousness, says the Psalmist, are qui-'frc ctness an^ assurance forever. There is ajhjj false peace—the peace of the world, from'nowhich every person ought to pray to be At delivered, that they may enjoy that which ar arises from conscious purity. It would be c*€ well if, in the Providence of God, such men as Douglass were raised up through- pill,’!out our land to sound an alarm in the ears pj, tds of the ears of the people, that would startle ji^ them from their false peace/and thus pre-jwe pare the way for. thorough reformation.— !no the chilling, blighting influences of semi- Lc infidelity are rapidly spreading, and the ret effects of the same witnessed in every direction. The professing Christian world,; ^ »p_ as a mass, have ceased to act as though Pa Tg.l they believed the Bible, and are practical-! mc )(3— ly sinners. The church, God s appointed : ^ at agency for the destruction of every form bis,of error and of sin, needs to be purged ex from iniquity, that a world lying in wick- on cdncss may be released from sin. terE. E. Beaty. ! iniforvasbyp'y ;the ;he theh-theterInMt. Vernon, Iowa, April 17, I860. soed
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Centerville Indiana True Republican
Centerville, Indiana, US
Thu, May 03, 1860
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