The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-01-25

E.i VI 1SOUIR.
For TIE Cecil WIZ.
Church, and Church Members.
and the Temperance Cause.
.hr. Ediior:-lf the inhabitants of
some unciviliZed section of the world
were informed that in this country,
where we have the gospel shedding lis
benign influence upon us, we have pro-
Tossing Christians who, both openly and
secretly, oppose the Temperance cause,
how would they be aStonshed. Yet
such is the fact. We have in our midst,
Church members (to say Christians would
be an nwarrantable license,) who are
among the bittcrcst opponents Of this
God-Iike cause. This kind of Church
members are conscious that such acts are
wrong, but being tolerably well inflated
with hypocrisy, they screw their cilron-
terry to the highest pitch and with sane
timonious v;sage and action, seat them
selves within sound Of the pulpit and
brave God and man. Our charity weak
ems (tho' it should mott when we behold
such bare-faced hypocrisy. For man
who is the avowed opponent of this glo-
rious cause, and yet who processes 10 be
governed by the religion of Jesus Christ,
to 90 to church from Sabbath to Sabbath,
and with long, sanctimonious face, pray
for the salvation of the world from sin,
is the blacklist kind of hypocrisy.
The Church, Mr.. Editor, has been, and
is SID awfully deludeI on this subject,
! could point you TO Church in this
County, The minister Of which, Is the adj
vocate of rum drinliDg-moderat2
drinking OF COURSE. Some of the melaberl
are orUnl,ards, others are occasionally
drunken, others are tipple.s, while some
are The champions Of The rumscliars-
and all going to rcrdltion, Gr>at God
what a congregation to look upon. How
the rum-sel|crS themselves must despise
such q guilty trucking Church. What
a spectacle does such pastor and con-
greEation present to the world. How
can the gospel reach such hearts How
can Faith and Love have life and power
on such rum soaked souls! How can
the spirit OF the Most High dwell in such
earthly, sensual and drvilish creatures
: I he fires Of The eternal burning would
sooner I'ndle in such q church, than the
rcyivin" power Of Gods grace descend
upon their profanity and pollution. And
| il there be any righteous men in such Il
church. they had better, like Lot, hr,
from the burning Of Sodom.
1t may be said they have no diciplnc
on this subject. What! a church of Je.
sus Ch:iSt no diciplinc against such nor.
rid abomination. Mahomedans them.
selves have dicipline, 2nd church
Of Jesus Christ not! Where is the statute
book Of the Christian Whore is til,
bible! Is it admitted that it is in favor
OF the traffic in liquors. We deny it let
them point it out if they dare. They
dare not charge God with the perversion
Of his own creatures, and thus make him
the author Of the ruin that follows.
We have thus hastily thrown together
a few thoughts that have suggested them.
selves to our mind, for the consideration
of those who read your valuable and Of
late much improved Journal. We &c
not ask you to endorse the sentiments
herein expressed. We are prepared
however, to sustain every word that we
have written. We believe that all con.
nexion with intoxicating liquors as q
beverage, under the present state of af.
fairs, to be sinful, and we therefore call
upon all professors of religion, to dis.
solve all connexion between rum and re-
ligion. Sir, they cannot agree. Every
feeling the former inspires is hostile to
the latter, and | therefore call on the
Christian not only for his own sake, but
for the sake of his example and for the
sake of the world, to come forward and
assist in urging onward this great tenn
p"rance enterprise. believe the day is
not far distant, when the drunkard and
the rum drlnker will both be excluded
from the church Of God-whcn the rum
seller and the gambler will be claesed
together-and | care not how soon that
time will come. | will pray for it as
deyoutly as would for the Millennium,
and when it does come, (and as sure as
there is God in Heaven it will come
it should be celebrated throughout the
world, by the united band of Patriots,
Philanthropists and Christians, as a great
and most glorious Jubilee.
Jun. 81, 81. vERlrAs.
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