Sermons Delivered in the Chapel of Brown University (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1850 Excerpt: ... THE RECENT REVOLUTIONS IN EUROPE. PART I "Be Wise Now, Therefore, O Ye Kings; Be Instructed, Ye Judges OF THE EARTH. SERVE THE LORD WITH FEAR, AND REJOICE WITH TREMBLING. KlSS THE SON, LEST HE BE ANGRY, AND YE PERISH FROM THE WAY, WHEN HIS WRATH IS KINDLED BUT A LITTLE. BLESSED ARE ALL THEY THAT PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM." Psalm ii. 10--12. Within a few months, events have occurred on the continent of Europe unparalleled in importance in the history of civilization. Ideas on the subject of civil government, that have swayed the minds of men for ages, have, by almost universal consent, been pronounced false in theory and mischievous in practice; and other ideas, their exact contradictories, have occupied their place, and assumed their authority. As in individual, so in social man, the material act obeys the spiritual will. A change in political opinions must be followed by a change in political organization. Hence it may, with some confidence, be predicted that with the present year will commence a new era in European history. Combinations once irresistible have become powerless; and combinations, the outlines of which can scarcely be discerned in the dimness of the future, must henceforth give form and pressure to the destinies of man. At such a crisis, our thoughts are naturally turned upward to the throne of Him "by whom kings reign and princes decree justice; who stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people." In such a social deluge, when the foundations of the great deep are broken up, even the most thoughtless cannot but recognize the exertion of uncreated power. It may not, therefore, be unsuitable for us to direct our attention to this subject, in order that we may devoutly reflect upon the dealings of the Most ...