What Ought To Be Done With The Freedmen And With The Rebels PDF Download

Excerpt from What Ought to Be Done With the Freedmen and With the Rebels?: A Sermon Preached in the Berkeley-Street Church, Boston, on Sunday, April 23, 1865 Isa. Xxxii.17: And the work of righteousness Shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever. WE are doubtless all familiar with the fact, that on newly made land, such as we have plenty Of around us', it is needful that every pile of the thousands which are driven to stiffen the foundations of a great building Should be hammered home until it brings up on the Old solid earth underneath; or that stone which rests upon it will gradually subside from its, horizontal level with its fellows, and rupture, disfigurement, and insecurity above, - sometimes even to the loftiest height Of the structure, - will follow. This fact goes a little way toward illustrating the manner in which, in a republican form Of government, responsibility rests underneath upon every single individual. Hence, in such a civil condition as ours, it is Of immeasurable consequence that the masses Of the people, in their views and acts for the nation, be grounded firmly upon the eternal rock Of truth and justice, And this is my rea son for speaking to you, this morning, as I am about. To Speak. We are approaching the end of the Rebellion. We are SO near to it, that those questions which its settlement makes practical are now in order, and indeed press themselves upon every mind. Everyman is bound, by the highest considera tions, to meditate upon them, and to mature a well-considered Opinion in regard to them, - one which he can feel safe oto act upon now, and to abide by hereafter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.