The Peace We Need, and How to Secure It

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Excerpt from The Peace We Need, and How to Secure It: A Sermon Preached in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on the Day of National Humiliation, June 1, 1865 They have been the theme of three formal religious services in this house: and nothing has been omitted which could testify our mutual respect for the memory of the dead, and our profound sense of the solemnity with which God is addressing us in this awful and mysterious visitation. It will be quite in keeping with the spirit of these past observances, if we dedicate this day to the cause in which Mr. Lincoln sacrificed his life. From the hour Richmond fell, to the evening of his foul murder, the one thought which engrossed his mind, was, "How can we best secure a just and stable peace It appears to me that we can pay no better tribute to his memory, than by taking up this question, or its fair equivalent, "What can we do for our country?" and carefully weighing it in its bearing upon our personal duty. The country will need the help of all its faithful children. We have been tried by four years of war. In no spirit of boasting, but with humble gratitude to God, we may claim, that the nation has borne this fiery ordeal better than could have been expected. Our government has withstood the shock of this mighty rebellion. Vast as has been the expenditure of men and means, our resources are not exhausted. 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.