Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-03-07

can Sunday School Union .der c"n.ld Atom III co
nl,'ee OF Tie hole, Mr. Herbert - the char
IMr. Duncan, having concluded hls remarks ~ suPPo'
Of the bin
MIR PowlL rose and addressed he chair
When accise their agents of machnaion, do IT lear
lessy-I am prepared TO establish That wieh hs'ei ~
her own rpaaEc-by tracing systematic elliott to bold
y the despoilsm OF "dlca'ors darnBy Wu"'ns
tlei, object, exclusion from i AL po'lcai power :" ~
country" AL men whose cOnsceices nave Rteh W'iPe
whose characters sye been ioined @h0se de'o'o1
has not been secured by their 5sem 81 edncatoi--,hef
rites Of "bapsn'teir NODES Of w0rsip--l,f no,inhs
Of tie trinity AMI OF tratsubannalieh lirhanhNeu nN
Ger, ain blud zcaiots who would make all m0n anil al Ioc
tr,ncs snbseryitn, established " orthnd9N cited.
We have had an elal,oa'e and eloquent expression OF
The wishes of me 8 An ing enous al,en p to con-
f e b, ancpaon all which supposed Vie opponents
Of the bill can adce il support OF the 6rtuds "Gta .
have assumed. with great Difference for V'e Snsai!,
with the respect tor tie ability o. the .cc in'ea
advocate the Snda, School Union, vebtuit 70 as'rff
hat lie II not attempt the fcutaun vt hat 'lhch am
abou, TO oierth winch tbcy have wrueir-tNa' @Mch
ihev have poi,h,dthai WHICH 'hey have p't n'oh of
desks to enable us the extent o thel uStf-
ur. decide mon the tendency 1t Their cifs, VIC great
bcc of tier plan lie e,ulnteN denies WA "he q
these 81 aid be sosuttat single iac can &c Thought
in suppot " Tie positions which he has assatd iiefe
VIZ Pos turned towards MIR Duncan saying letm ms
sir, ask viii you dee, tia, tins substantial teiae" ei'
led = iGc >.as, Sch 81 Inian Magazine Is nihcniic-
tha, liis ali Gill ii 80 d., Schno dornnfns q SUI.
,4y -ghoo uson rc of's-ni surda, School receps--''
sudas Sc nol unm pol Cal dsqnsil"rs, ad Cans, Is
ol b} e ransges Whose names as nj ird q
lcptI N safi9 pns n the wutk. can ny iticna deny,
IA, II wArlhy o. Lett!a' it is cnmi .a'io o such
n4c, laneous pnpcsoi sncl pathetic atiresaes7-ahd O
such cncn's they consider .usiiave " tei ntr-
iions, Conducive 10 her ends md ~ lh's WORE -
report IL the American sunday Scano Union page rs
May 1926 = These ,n~'i' sons terminate ~ an or
ganzcd system Of mutual conprrs ior, betweeh msteis
and pryae christians tha {, ~ church hall rs ad'sc
pned army, uherc every one "a us HIS place aad Nhr
very one la. a place and du $, IA me Tiaod onset
against sin" "ln ten seais or eeltan'y % 7" MY, ihe
political power of oar unry would Le II VIC hands o.
men, whose characters have been formed Under tie htn
oncc of Sunday Schools" And in page OF he same
Work And he experience Of the dem"n-
straes that The cha acter OF Tie man IS bum ufni Tie
primo pies nsed into he mind Of the child fnt board
have tel dcslrous therefore, MT only o furnishing TIER
schools eh ahlr 70 ks, bn' OF Introducing sncl
books INTO schools II dgTens descrtst ami ct render
ing them abu ia force ont Of Circulation, those
which Tend m,sead ne mind. they have nol been
back ard thc efn he ig responsibility OF
revising and alerpg the books they have plhished,
wherever ate aon seem necessary ihes nave chosen Y
do tins rather thai tam " issue sentiments which IN Their
consclences thew believe to be false inconsistent wish
the purity of vine truth" That this is MT vain boast,
they have pryed by he Cd repnrt OF 1897 Oh The LIST
page fnd liere Mr Powell read another book which
had been Ia lpnu lbs desk ha' "l,6l679o publications.
which added 10 those issued by he society u the two pre-
crdng max gtard total Of 374l S4l Not salts
fed, sir v,h his va glorious display ~ her regular re-
ports rep,bshed and circulated III lheir Magazines, they
have appended catalogue to OF their works wherein
they have reiterated stronger etms, practicable the
Obtrci OF thclr 2SS0claiOn lfetP VT ROVER again
turning 10 Mr. D"ucap d viii She &c eman receive
this as fact VIII h. consider their statements as
worthy OF rcgarll Or VII he contend that il he assnp
ton u the mower alter books to change the ideas OF the
suihor they have conve make their advocate consider
them possessed of anthony 70 utter the vocabulary Of the
language ahich II were TO call them dctsors
should be accused Of iusce YET they say ~ their cata
ogne while the committee feel the immense responsible
" which they becoming catOS TO the e0asc'ences
efMoans Of immortal beings The great and a important
sutc 81 Me zeeare IF their syatsi while they dread hc
to the misrepresentation Of the glorious truths OF the s"s
pei they not backward TO become the responsible
arbers in these high points, rather than iamey issue stn
mens vi ch IN their consciencrs they believe 10 be false
or inconsistent with the purity of divine ruth " They
continue in the page TO assert, in preparing works
tor the press, the utmost hbery is used with regard T.
whatever srepunsbedb by tem;" AID in chargfug
the ideas" ihcy alter the arrangement, m.ti,ae the
work, and change the ideas, Yet Retain the II he
author us making established names and forced cnstruc
ions Of cceived DOCTRINES snbservient TO er dct oral
Here Mr. Powell read the following extracts from Dr.
Elys sermonl
in other words, p esden's, Secretaries IF the
ernmeni, Senaors and other M representatives. Concre
Governors Of Staes, Judges STATE Legislators Justices of
the Peace, aud city Magistrates; just much bound
as any other persons in the United States be sihodtr il
their faith
"0ur ruc7s, Ike any other members Of Ne community
who are und,rlaw Gud rational beings, and under
to Christ since hev have the hight Of dl,c revelation
oght 20 search tire sculptures, assent truths profess
fah in Chris, keen the Sabba holy I,rd ptay in MI
va'e and in the domestic cl eli, attend tn public MINIS
Try OF he word, be 6Gphsed and celebrate Tie Lords SUP
per '*fhe electors of these five classes Chrsa
n"ed il the sole reqnsition OF apprcm friendship 10 CHRIS
tanIty ~ every canilae for Off whom they viii sup
pori, cond gorera eseN ba5Hc election in country with
out ntrnsl IN the least upon the charter Of our civil
liberties
The PresbWe,an alone could bring INF mHton II eec
sors INTO The fed."
~ propose, fellow citizens, of unnn or If
You please, Christian batty fod.ics which am exceed
lhgN desrous all good men ia oni country sh,,d ion
- am free !" avn", that other things being equal |
would prefer for Chief magistrate and Judge and ruler
sound Presbyteian'Et i'll be objected that my plan Of
truly Christian parry in polc, uN make hypoeriies We
are not snswerabe for then hypocrisy If il does"