Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-06-20

u new DlUlS" interpreter d --- ,--,S SAID O
few Sabbath ago in one of his ghostly sermons that the
fires which have so recently broken out so numerously
in various parts of the country, were the results of the inf
deity which is abroad in the land under the guise of phi
~lanthropy and reform; that these infdel, though protested
ly reform movements, were utterly subversive of all order
and harmony in society; that outbreaks and anarchy and
lawlessness would follow in their train, and that if they
were permitted to go on, the bloody deeds of the French
revolution would be rc-enacted.
This is a specimen of the priestly arrogance so prevalent
in the land. He charges the fires, and outbreaks, and dis
rder in community to the ~infdelity under the guise of re-
form. / would hurl back the charge, and fasten it where
it belongs, to the church infidelity, which justifies the bur-
ming oftowns and cities, the %plundering and slaughtering
oftheir inhabitants when done acc ording TO laV and relgi-
on, when legalized and sanctifed. 1t is this church INF
deity which is causing confusion and disorder, and which
is driving its ploughshare into the great heart of humani-
ty, and spreading desolation and anguish, wailing and sor-
row in every border ofthe land. 1t is practical ~infdelity
to all that is humane and beautiful, for while it processes to
follow the Prince of Peace, to preach sglad tid;ngs to the
captive, to open the prison doors, to plead for the poor and
needy, and to promote peace on earth and good will to
men" it at the same time makes Christ the Prince ofwar,
pours out violence and vengeance, drives the engines of
destruction andislaughter over the world and is no,0 supper.
ting a system which is crushing beneath its iron heels near
three millions ofour countrymen-a system which is eat
ing out their sous as with the fires of hell, blotting out
their misunderstanding thorns of anguish and torment in
every path which they tread, making their whole lives a
lingering death. This is only a slight portion of what this
religion (practieal infdelty) is doing. 1t processes one
thing and practices another. 1t is TIE greatest enemy to
the human race. Being clothed as an angel oflight, hav-
ing on its sacerdotal robes, looking serious and long faced,
with a solemn voice and a studied manner, it goes to its
temples with steeples pointing TO the skies, and there
makes long prayers, and breaches theological mysteries,
while its practices are ~"earthly, sensual, and devilish, -
equal in diaboism TO any heathenism on the face of the
earth, except that this religion possesses more refinement
ofyiolence and iniquity.
1.-THE scenes Of the French revo luton are to be re-enac.
ted, it will not be owing to tina, which this diuine calls inf
deity, but to the same causes which gave rise to that rev.
olution, which was, 'the people were goaded to madness
by the intolerable expressions of the kinghood and priest
hood" II was the natural result ofcause and effect. Be-
ing oppressed beyond endurance, they seized the sword
and demanded their rights. The war-god b~randished his
bloody battle-axe, and violence stalkeda abroad at MONDAY
and blood flowed down the streets of Paris. Had this been
done legally-''by the powers that belt then had been
all right. But as the people rose to defend their rights then
it is charged by these war-making religonists to the inf
deity of France. They do not reflect that the sanction of
the law cannot make war or slavery any nearer right than
~ifnothing but hell sanctioned them.
This divine also said that '~infdelity is deep-seated in
the land, 81 q fact which l was glad to hear, if what he says
be ~infdelsty. Pure Christianity is his i~nfideGty. Hi.
Christianity is in favor of slavery, violence, war, neck
breaking, monopoly, &c and is therefore totally opposed
to the principles taught by Jesus Of Nazareth. That which
he calls ~infideity advocates peace and purity, liberty anc
equality, and is therefore opposed to violence and oppres
sion under the sanctit ofthe law, or in the name of relig
pn. The best thing thar these Isverends can can do at the