Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-03-05
Bible Politics.
BIZ REV. N. DAY.---Ertract.

V. ! am to answer the question, " Should
ministers have any thing to say upon the subject
of Politics"
reply, they should. And in proof of it Of
fer the following considerations.
|. Ministers are as much under obligation to
preach against the sin connected with politics,
as against any other sin. The Bible makes it
the duty of ministers to preach against all sin.
lisa. SO: l. "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy
voice like trumpet, and Shco my people their
transgrcssion, and the house of Jacob their
sins" Eek. 3: II, Is. "Son of man, have
made thee watchman to the house of Israel ;
therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give
them warning from me. When | say to the
wicked, Thou shalt surely die and thou givest
him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wick
ed from his wicked way, to save lla life; the
same wicked man shall die in his iasduity; but
his blood will require at thy hand"
The above passages make it the most solemn
duty Of ministers to preach against sin in all its
forms, and to warn the wicked in every station
of life. And if they refuse to do it, they must
meet the fearful doom at the great day of &C
counts, expressed by the dread words, HIS
BLOOD WILL l REQUIRE AT THY
HAND"
We should remember that ministers are not at
liberty to act their pleasure upon this subject
that is, to warn or not, as they may see fit; but
the obligation is upon them and meet it they
must, or prepare themselves to receive the
threatened DOOM as reward for their unfath-
fitness to Him who has commissioned them to
preach. If therefore, ministers are bound to
preach against all sin, and men sin in political
matters, as think have sufficiently shown that
they do, then they are under obligation to preach
against this SIM as much so, as against any other
wrong committed by the human family But
this, it would be impossible for them to do, if
they have not the right to preach upon the sub
ject of politics, Now those who take the ground
that ministers should have nothing to say upon
this subject, must take one OF the two following
absurditles along with it.
l. Either there is no sin connected with pol
itics, or, I'd, there are some sins against which
ministers have not the right to preach.
Q. That ministers should have something to
Say upon this subject, is evident from the fact
that it is their appropriate work to show the ap-
plicaton Of the great law of Benevoence to all
the transactions of this life. Ministers are law
r7rs in the highest sense Of that term. One
prominent part of their work is to eSpound and
enforce upon the conscences of men the claims
OF the most perfect code of Laws, ever content
plated by any class of beings IN the Universe.
We have previously shown that the laws Of
God are so framed they cover mans entire lite
meet him in every department of his earthly
career and if he will submit to their authority
they viii regulate and control all his conduct in
every station he is called to occupy Now |
affirm that it is not only the appropriate, but
paramount work of the Ministry to unfold and
show how these great principles apply to man,
in all the minuti9 Of his history And if am
correct in this view of the subject, it follows
that ministers are as much under obligation to
show the application of the Divine law to the pol
tica portion of mans life, as to any other portion
IF it; whSh certainly would not be possible if