The Monthly Journal of the American Unitarian Association Volume 5 (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.1864 Excerpt: ... We have had a false prosperity, based on injustice. The higher men build on such foundations, the surer will their fabric come crashing to the ground. If we can make our country pure and free, it will be an end worth all its fearful cost of tears and blood. Our fathers, whom I honor and love, were fallible men, and they tried to marry Right and Wrong; but Heaven forbade the banns, as it always does. If, in any hour of madness, we or our children patch up a peace that is unrighteous, Heaven will tear it open." Our hearts burned within us as we listened; and we were filled with a great desire that all the youth of the land might hear such Christian conservatism, uttered by no dreamy fanatic, but by a practical man, who accepted the American test by making a large fortune to repel the suspicion that he was entering upon his dotage, as Tasso is said to have written a poem to convince his countrymen of his sanity. As we turned away from the ancient mansion to walk under the spreading branches of an avenue of noble elms, we felt that the superb old man whom we had left was loftier than the Blue Hill which rose before us, and sublimer by far than the neighboring sea. NAHOR AUGUSTUS STAPLES. Mr. Staples, minister of the Second Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., died on Friday morning, Feb. 5, of a rapid consumption. He was present at the convention held at Toledo, O., last June; and also at the convention at Springfield last October. At both places, he took an active Vol. v. 12 part in the discussion; and, though not strong or perfectly well, no one apprehended such a speedy termination of his career. Always bright, active, earnest; always full of a brilliant but kindly wit; always ready to discuss seriously any serious subject; a strong thinker, and effective speaker; a go...