Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-09-27
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We did not misjudge the good taste and sound
ssose of our readers in making that selection.
The article referred to has been generally read
and read with deep interest. The truths con-
aimed in it, have sunk into thousand minds
and left their impression there. DESTROYS to
furnish readers with ideas rather than ,eords-
with thoughts on which they may reflect with
profi., we earnestly beseech them to read another
essay on the
Sunerst;ti0u QuackeYy. Humbug, anG
Deception of the Age.
There is a beauty and propriety in
adopting the visible ceremonies which
Christ himself followed, like his pre-
decessors. But these constitute not the
Deity and heavenly excellence OF the
Savior. The glorious promises OF great
ioy, lighting up the dim armament OF
life with the electric brightness OF the
northern sky the doctrines OF Peace
and Mercy, like the rainbow when the
storm-cloud has passed. spanning the
world with the eternal surety OF for
giyeness and pardon the sympathy,
Kindness, and fellowship extended to
the publican and sinner, these bear the
impression of the God-like and Divine.
The Christian of sect. if he follows
in the footsteps Of his Master, will be
friend to all men also. The minister
of a creed, if he acts according to the
principles of true and absolute Reli
gion, will be honored of all men.
Thank God there are many such
in the world who go up into the Lords
temple with hearts clean from bitter
ness, selfshness, and worldly passions,
and whose private life and conduct
make them beloved, respected, anu
esteemed by all that know them. But
there are few whose only prctence
to religion is the preaching of a
creed-who wear the holy garb of the
priesthood of God, but ponder the
livery Of Heaven in idolatrous obedi'
ence to mans will ; who in their COM
mon intercourse with society, live not
up to the character Of the gentleman,
the scholar or Christian who bear not
the olive branch of peace in their hands,
but 90 abroad kindling discussions,
and more widely severing the breaches
which separate communities-whose
fire burns on an individual altar
What shall we say of them, except that
they are known and despised of all
men-that their religion is mockery,
shadow, a nothing-that their acts
are blight and mildcw on the progress
Of truth; that they are Quacks in Re-
ligion, making specious pretences they
do not fulfill /; that their sacerdotal
robes are impiously worn. and that they
make the holy Offices of God a by-word
and reproach.
Let not then men place their whole
faith in forms and creeds, and cerc.
monies, but be like brothers in one
bond of unity; do good to their fell
lows, and approach their Father witt
childlike confidence and humble spirit
placing their trust in the everything
truth. which sanctifes all creeds anc
all acts, in unison with the principles
of pure morality and absolute reli
gion.
This is called an Unitarian Age
The Age Of the practical and useful
The wild hurrah Of frenzied specula
ton has subsidized, but still the eagel
desire and burning thirst for wealth re
mains. The great God of the worlt
is Mammon. The spirit of the Age ii
money grasping and money-worship
ping. The Republic of Votes bows t.
the Aristocracy Of Wealth the broad
acres are the tide-deeds of nobility
the signet Of power is the clink of thu
heavy coin. That for which all strive
all worship men set up the COLDER
calf. and bow down before it. Thu
strife, the hustle, the toil-w orr counte
nance of the world bear witness to thu
eagerness of the pursuit. Inventive
Genius strives, night and day, to dis
cover new money making and money
saving machines. Patented Econo
mics flood the land, lauded to the skle'
for their miraculous convenience, utll
ity and saving. The great capaciou
fire. places, lit up by the ruddy glow o
the cracking embers, within whose
broad and genial bosoms our father
babe defiance to the whistling blast
and bowling storms, have been sweP
away by the refnements Of this UtilI
tartan Age. Stoves of a thousand