The Patriot´s Song of Victory
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Excerpt from The Patriot´s Song of Victory: A Thanksgiving Discourse, for Recent Military Successes, Delivered in the Third Congregational Church, New Haven, September 11, and Repeated, by Request, in the Same Place, September 18, 1864 "Then sang Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, on that day, saying: Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves." Is War ever justifiable? Many seem inclined to decide this question in the negative. From the tone of their remarks, one would suppose that it were better to suffer any and all calamities rather than appeal to arms as a remedy; that not even the preservation of national existence is an object of sufficient magnitude to justify the shedding of human blood; that to rejoice over victories which, though they may have saved our country, have nevertheless been gained at the cost of precious lives, is unbecoming a Christian people; and that no church, or minister of Christ, can consistently offer public thanks to God on an occasion associated with so many bloody horrors. Much has been said, written and done, that fully implies all this and more; and the Bible has been confidently appealed to in justification of these views. We accept the appeal, and challenge any one to show that the Scriptures condemn war indiscriminately and under all circumstances. Wars conceived in the lust of ambition and malice, are indeed condemned, - but wars forced upon us by the injustice and wickedness of others, - wars which we cannot decline without forfeiting our high and sacred trust as a nation, - wars involving principles of highest moment to our race, - wars which aim their deadly blows at the very seat of our national life, we may accept without violating either the letter or the spirit of the Scriptures. Such wars were not only allowed of God, but were sometimes enjoined upon his ancient people, under the severest penalties, in case of disobedience. In support of this position, I refer to the grand old war-song of which my text is the opening stanza. It was composed by the prophetess Deborah, under the direct inspiration of God, in honor of the great victory achieved by Israel over the Canaanites; and it abounds with evidences that the bloody battle it celebrates, was fought under the divine sanction. In the first place, it was at the express command of God that the war was undertaken. Moved by the cry of his people under the tyranny of their oppressors, he sent word by Deborah to Barak, - "Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward Mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali, and of the children of Zebulon? 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.
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