Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-03-15
From the Free Presbyterian.
Asking the Devil 10 give The Church q Lift,

The following is cut from tn. Presbyteri-
an of Philadelphia:
"LEcrUREs.-Senator Foot delivered LEG
ture on the "Pcrpetusty Of the Union.' on
Monday evening, Both ult, In the Musical Pund
Hail. Philadelphia, for the benefit of the South
Presbyterian Church. Of which the Rev. Griffith
Owen Is pastor. Several other distinguished
Senators and Representatives are to deliver lee
sures TO aid the same Church, during the son-
son."
The Senator Foot alluded TO is the ceIe-
brated Ilangman Foot" who said publicly
IN the Senato OF the United States, thar l,
would most cheerinlIy take part with his fel-
low Algennes IN Mississippi in hanging tho
lion. John i. Hale, on the highest tree in
the state, for his sentiments ms an anti-slavel
W man. This is the same person also WHO,
came into the Senate Chamber last winter.
armed with pistol and other deadly wcap-
ons, TO assassinate Col Benton; and migip
have done the cowardly deed too, had il NOT
been for the interference of his fellow Sena-
tors.
Verify, Presbytcrianism in PhiIndeIphim
must have come TO low ebb, when it's
friends would either ask, or allow, such a,
notorious scoundrel as Foot is, to help them,
out - their embnrrassments by political
lecture. And the topic =" The perpefviiy of
The Union"-aiier all the fierce disunio,
speeches he hud made in Congress during
the last winter! II Is not difficult to guago
The moral principles of the Rev. Griffith
owen, when he would go hand in glove
with n drunken desperado, in the business of
promoting the cuuse of religion. Ii looks
very much MS though the highest conception
the reverend gentleman has ever formed of
the character OF the Church is, that il affords
man OF moderate talents the privilege of
saying over his commonplaces, on the Sab
bath day, at the rate of thousand dollars a
year, and living snugly in the comfortable
city of Philadelphia. Tie idea of tho
Church being reforming body, wnging an
uncompromisng warfare against all sin, and
bound hy its very nature TO he dggTeSsire in
its movements, seems never to have entered
the head of Mr.. Owen.
Among all the other distinguished Sena-
tors aud Representatives who are to deliver
lectures 10 aid the same Church during the
senson, how many of them manifest by their
lives that they have one particle Of respect
for the principles and institutions of tho
Christian religion? The simple fact that
the Church goes TO Congress for help, COM
posed as that body is plainly shows TO un-
sophisticated people where the Church is.--
Suppose, when the season of lecturing il
iesar- and money enough is raised TO pui tho
of Ste-i--rI -. tttot,N =, uu the honyft~-..-r.
gentlemen who 1avc c6ffuIDutcU % ffie OBJ
ject, should with one accord assemble in tho
Church on some Sabbath TO look at the con-
gregnton, and bear their pastor preach---
which one of the ten commandments could
the Rev. gentleman expound without giving
ofiense to his Congressional hearers? There
are but three classes of men among our Sem
ators and Representatives in Congress nnti-
slavery men, Shareholders and dough-faces.
IL is by no means likely that the Presbyteri-
ans Of Philadelphia would mike application
TO the first class for their learned labors.--
The shareholders and their allies aud plant
tools the dough-faces, would be invited.--
Aud really, upon moments reflection, this
is no more than fair after all, when we re-
member the old adage that zone good turn
deserves another" The Presbyterian Church
in 1915 administered soothing opiate to
the cOnsciences OF shareholders by endors-
ing the morality of the slave system, and de-
claring that Christ nnd his apostles admit
ted such characters TO the communion table,
| What more appropriate return can the
Shareholders make for such invaluable service
to their cause, than TO lend helping hand to
the Church, when any OF her congregation
gets into pinch?- 7rFs.
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