The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-01-29

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law 81 nature demanded peace ne peace
Tic Reformation came, and is Office was
to develop tho great fact Of justification b.
faith This was tho voice that filled rs
trump and sent it's pcaling tones throughout
the world. 10 unfold and cxempliiy this
truth was the Office Of the 10th, 18th and
18th ChIstian centuries But IS this allof
christianity 10 It has a loftier message
for mans soul It Is the announcement of
the true divine life. the life of God in the
soul The truth Of Christianity in.
these later ages is Reconciliation. BY it.
the seed Of Inmanuel, God within is to be
proereated aud perpetuated BY il higher
order Of Christian character, larger piety,
a nobler humanity is to grow up in orr poor
earth. The records which bear upon this
truth are to be found chiefly in the gospels.
Christianity for US consists not in the letter
Of doctline of law or of morals, but in the
life of the spirit It's not formal and pre-
scriptivc, but spiritual and divine. The
mission Of the pulpit, then, is not to preach
theology-that was the province of an earli-
er time-but spirituality and life Let me
discriminate. BY theology / mean the sci-N
entific statement OF Christian truth such as
you find it in Paul's Epistle to the Romans,
or in a modern system of Divinity. By the
preaching of life, mean such disceurses of
our Lord as are found in the Evangelists,
especially in Johns record If you, sir,
were about writing toa Church to edify them
in the faith, you could not find better mod
el than Paul's great epistle. But when you
were about addressing a present congrcga-
ton, if your thoughts were to assume that
form, i should say your selection was very
unfortunate. Much more appropriate would
be the discourses Of our Redeemer himself
In view of these things then, sir, have
said, and do say, "that the preaching of
theology is the banc of the Church and the
curse Of the pulpit" Furthermore, / say
that Mr. Wesley's Sermons are not the mod
Eels for preaching in this century. As lucid
and cogent Divinity Lectures for young
preachers, they are Of unmatched excellence.
Again, do deny the right of your Church,
or any other, to make that test of church
membership which IS not required by the
word of God Class meetings stand in this
category, but while that rule is in the disci-
Ipline, j, in common with every other mcnl-
Der of the Methodist Church, am bound to
Iobey It.
We give this only as a brief outline Of
the yindication Of Mr. MiIlburn, who til n
withdrew, and after a short time spent in
discussion, the question, Shall his charac-
ter pass was decided in the affirmative by
a very large majority.
The following remarks Of the Fr@deseks-
Iburg News tlliig3 contain a'eufting rebHk.
upon the Wing party Of Eirgiuia.
Parties.
Coy Call Of Florida proposes to break up
the present parties Of the country, and form
new ones up Union principles. Alr. Toonde
iof Georgia has been elected to the { S. sen
ate upon similar propositions We cannr
say that We understand the intentions tl
these gentlemen. What Is mean; BY a Tn
ion party Isit there design to build up Il
lpartys which Is Union under all eircumstan
bces. Or is it intended to form a Union par
/ ty upon the present issues? Ii the former
we presume there Will be few persons in this
Southern country who viii be weak enough
to unite themselves to such a party. IF the
latter, there will be still fewer who would
not willingly become members Of a party
thus organized. There are not ten promi-
ncut men in the United States who are not
for the Union under existing circumstances
Mr.. Rhett of South Carolina is the only
member of Congress who has openly avow-
ed disunion at the present time. He de-
clares that as an abstract question he wishes
at once to dissolve the confederacy. But
who are Mr. Rhett's followers What
number has he now in even South Carolina
who will sustrin him in a scheme so mad ?
Ve hare get to learn the material differ
ence of principle Jetaceen Somhera Whigs
and democrats. They arc all for the I'm
ion. To be raising a new party upon issues
which are not made by CorporaPs guard Of
intelligent freemen, is the double distilled
essence of humbuggery These men who
are all the time believing for Union are the
greatest enemies the Union has. They act
as if there was formidable party in the
country who we're opposed to it--that it was
imminent peril and that unless something
was done to save it, it would tumble at once
over their heads And what do facts prove?
In South Carolina, where there is not a
press which does not advocate disunion-
where almost every leading man in the State
has been speaking and agitating in every
form and way he could-where the over
whelming influence of bIf. Calhoun was felt
beyond the influence of any other name in
any other State Of the Union, notwithstand-
Ing these influences. South Carolina, in her
late popular vote has declared for the I'm
ION, and will hereafter, if the late c6uproz
mise.is adhered to, be as firmly fixed in her
attachments as Virginia herself.
Messrs Toombs and Cab are moonstruek,
or they have some other motive than the one
which appears upon the surface. They are
smelling after tie Aesh-pots which they
can only taste By some popular move ike
this. When they can satisfy the public,
that the Union IS in danger that a respect
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