The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-07

ALAY SERMON,

eho protested against he Pdssdge y y" 'eVf
! sssbM
Thus saith the Lord God Behold, am against VA
hnhsrds and will require my mock az theif manu- AM
- he,n 10 cease from feeding the mock neiner shai
a. bepherts feed themselves any morei for Ml uel. =
~ aoek from their mouth, that they may not pe meat W
bsp -Ezekiel 34h chapter, l0M eTsG
The preensions you have put forth OF an authoi ~
Zane Of your holy Office as ministers Of the Gospei OF
christi TO decide upon the merits OF pohaed meas
rseeptly pending before Congress, and TO aenouhec
nan ia author and supporters the Judgments oil inc AZ
h and of your right thus to speak in the name OF
Iqhy God and that il is your duty TO proclaim ~
rnee 10 questions of and policy, me prhePie -
.,rea truth and obligation" and TO "fepuAe anu q
~. With all auahoriy and doetrine'--ha'e Proauoeo
,,rIino effect upon the people of this whole couh
| : Won need not he surprised that people aeous
,nos 10 suppose that no subject oil human
u,sn, i too sacred for investigation ana discussion
and who are APT spurn at all attempts 10 SCI poui'o
hsy spr Of inquiry, should presume TO question ihe
h..;,v you have assumed to yourselves. While you
have confined yourselves within the sphere OF your egu
s apties as ministers Of religion you must admit maj
h great mass Of the people have not been wanting III uc
nce 10 your teachings and respect for your once lhy
have listened in silence to your sharp repr@o tey navy
gratefully received from you the consultations OF
and have received in doce spirit your doculhai 'each
mo- They have even been indulgent to your occasional
,heraous from the sphere Of your duties ana nave re-
trained from reproof when you have MADE upon
subjects not appropriate TO the pulpit
M now that YOU have voluntarily descended into the
on IF ,oldcal discsson-now that you have forgotten
"a f,,low Him whose Kingdom is not of this world you
us eypect TO fare AS do other politicians II will not do
N d our saeerdoal robes around you when you are AS
allied in return and cry pyocm este Prodno and TAX OF
want of courtesy and towards God and man.
mpy because you receive blow for blow Neither does IT
tn to the clergy alone to ry the spirits whether they
are of God y and accordingly article of one Protestant
church 1.-THE Epseopa declares that at pertaineth TO the
hscpne Of the church that inquiry be made OF evil MN
er and that they be accused By those that haze h"owge
aheir offences"
apparent want courtesy and reverence towards God and
man manifested in the speeches Of the senators from Hi
uois and Indiana This charge denounce fasehood
unless il can be shown that you had authority to protest
in the name of Almighty God against the passage OF the
Nebraska and Kansas bill And not only So but upon the
.me condition ! denounce you all as having been guilty
Of blasphemous and wicked assumption OF powers not
delegated 10 you Of dissertation of your sacred office and
of fragrant violation of your ministerial VOWS
Let me not be misunderstood. My whole charge thus
far rests upon the condition that you have no authority to
speak in the of the Almighty upon the merits OF the
Nebraska bill propose show that you have no such
ground You are all Proesants believe and will all doubt
less assent to the proposition contained in the sixth article
Of the 25h chapter Of the Presbyterian confession Of faith
that the Pope OF Rome lis that ti-Christ that man OF
dn and son Of perdition that exaeth himself in the
church against Christ and all that is called God For the
purpose of showing the full force Of this declaration OF the
church which makes IT. il win be necessary TO quote from
besaonans the flllength portrait of this ant-Chrst OF
when only sketch is given in the above quotation
Please brush the dust off from your neglected Bibles
and open I'd Thessalonians, I'd chapter and Sd and
h verses aand that of sin he revealed the ofper-
dOn who e1alteth himself above all that is called God
that is worshipped that be God stitch in the tenn
pie Of God showing himself that he is God Now, upon
what specific grounds is il assumed that this description
applies the Pope of Rome? You viii not deny that il
because the Pope claims by virtue of his Office in the
church be Gods vcegerent upon earth TO hold the keys
Of the Kingdom Of Heaven with the power TO remit
ain and absolse from sin and that in al things affecting
be welfare Of the church of which he is the head bishop
and the temporal affairs under his peculiar charge his die
htes Of divine authority What does the Pope
daim than you do2 Win you say that he claims more
than you do his authority speak in the place Of
Godf Not in things spiritual does be assert larger
authority than do large proportion of your number
The Presbyterian church is Acknowledged be of the
most respectable and influential in this country. The Book
Of the Confession OF Faith OF this church. published in
Philadelphia in 1850 BY authority Of the general
semby and with its express approval contains, the two
following articles being the first and second of chapter 30
The Lord Jesus Christ king and head Of his church
hath therein appointed government in the hand Of church
officers, distinct from the civil magistrates
To these officers the Keys Of ne kingdom Of Hedpc
oomed by virtue whereof they have power respectively
torSsn end rem sins 10 shu that kingdom against the i'm
Eenitn both by the word and censures and 70 open
unto peen sinners by the ministry Of the Gospel and By
abtotaiOn from censurcs, as occasion may require"
Put these two articles and your protest and resolutions
together and what does The Pope OF Rome claim Of spirit
usl temporal authority than those Of you who
have subscribed both7 You discaim The de,re as
sert the right as ministers 10 interfere in questions
war and policy, OF TO mngle in the conflicts Of potca
parties and you that II Is your dy to do 50, with
the convenient qualification Of their anora bearing
desire you pause here and contemplate well the portrait
you have drawn Of anti-Ghrist and the you hay,
dwu Of yourselves and see il there Is not marvellous
Likeness Might not you have for the likeness Of tn,
man o. sin as well the Pope Of Rome You cannot
Ind among his ministers in this country single instance
Of such uncalcior and graui,ous niermcddling with
purely political question tht of which you have been
guilty. What then did the senators from Illinois and
Indiana condemn in you than YOU condemned In th,
Pope Of Romel Must the Pope then b" made the scope
goat TO bear your sins into the wilderness You win not
pretend that those senator's showed Cod
Psas thy we're & you Aege, discourteous towards you
who claim 10 be Ills ministers. VI then the assumption
you make Of authority 10 speak or Cod upon the merits
The Nebraska b Is either unfounded involves you in
the charge Of being anChrs your charge o. irrcver-
nce 20 God Is false and their denuncaons Of you wert
iast and richly meriied.
But some Of your number may dscaim the authority Of
church officers TO remit and retain sins 10 grant abso-
ton and 70 hold the custody Of the KEYS Of The kingdom
heaven still you do claim that BY virtue Of your Office
you have authority 70 denounce The action OF the con-