But there is a Providence which rules the world,--a plan in His affairs. Shall all this war, this aggression of the slave power be for nothing? Surely not. Let it teach us two things: Everlasting hostility to slavery; everlasting love of Justice and of its Eternal Right. Then, dear as we may pay for it, it may be worth what it has cost--the money and the men. I call on you, ye men--fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, to learn this lesson, and, when duty calls, to show that you know it--know it by heart and at your fingers' ends! And you, ye women--mothers, sisters, daughters, wives, I call on you to teach this lesson to your children, and let them know that such a war is sin, and slavery sin, and, while you teach them to hate both, teach them to be men, and do the duties of noble, Christian, and manly men! Behind injustice there is ruin, and above man there is the everlasting God. FOOTNOTES: [10] In the Massachusetts Quarterly Review, Vol. I. Article I. See also the paper on the administration of Mr. Polk, in Vol. III. Art. VIII. [11] Mr. Trist introduced these articles into the treaty, without having instructions from the American Government to do so; the honor, therefore, is wholly due to him. There were some in the Senate who opposed these articles. [12] See Mr. Clay's speech at the dinner in New Orleans on Forefathers' day. [13] See Mr. Webster's speech to the volunteers at Philadelphia. [14] A case of this sort had just occurred in Boston. [15] Mr. George N. Briggs. VI. A SERMON OF THE PERISHING CLASSES IN BOSTON.--PREACHED AT THE MELODEON, ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1846. MATTHEW XVIII. 14. It is not the will of our Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.