The Nation's Danger and the Nation's Duty

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Excerpt from The Nation's Danger and the Nation's Duty: A Sermon, Preached in St. John's Parish, Passaic, New-Jersey, on Sunday Afternoon, April 21st, 1861If you demand the proof of this, I point you to the history of Israel - the Church of the Old Testament, the history of the reformed churches of continental Europe, the history of our own nation and of Italy, so long the slave either of civil despots or of a corrupt and overbearing and exacting hierarchy. In all these struggles the hand of God has been seen too clearly to admit of doubt on the part of the God-fearing student of history. War is, we admit, a fearful alternative, yet, terrible as are many of its fruits, its results for good Often far exceed its cost.With true Christian feeling, we may recoil from such an issue. We may command the sword to return to its scabbard, yet, brethren, may not the question be asked of us as it was of Israel: How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the seashore We may say, when we hear of the coming contest, Rest, and he still and yet the voice of inspiration speaks to us as it did to Israel, and declares: There hath He appointed it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.