The daily union., 1854-12-20
PULPIT PAKTISANS.

pal church. the bishop asks the applicant for orders the
following question
"Will you and forward, much lieth in
you peace love among all Christians
be committed to your charger
Aasper.-s'I will do so, the Lord being my helper"
We have not had opportunity for extensive exam
inaton Of the forms Of ordination other denominations
oChrsans but presume that something equivalent to the
above question and forms part Of them ALL Sup
posing this to be So propose comments upon the
extraordinary spectacle thus presented
Here, then is solemn promise accompanied by ap-
peal the Most High by which every applicant for holy
orders binds himself to become apostle of quieness,
peace and love among all Christians committed his
charge
Yet not a few clergymen living in the daily
disregard of solemn obligation God and their fellow
creatures by converting that holy shrine dedicated TO
quieness peace and love to the unhaowed purpose of
political harangues calculated and intended to dssen
sons their congregations disturb the peace of society
and rouse the malignant passions of the vio
lent conflicts, equally fatal quietnes peace and love
as well in their congregations in all the wide crcuner
ence of the general community of their eow-ctzens.
Is this the way to keep promise to the everything
God Is this the way to fulfil solemn obligation one
der of the priesthood Are they not by the they
pursuing living in the daily disregard of promise
which was made were in the presence of God and
such has all the solemny of oath? Are they not
afraid to appear in the pulpit ministers thus
Grated to quietness peace and love- only to blow the
trumpet of hatred, malice and dssension Can they call
themselves ambassadors of the Prince of Peace while thus
stimulating their focks intestine war? they
sumo the hypocrca disguise of preachers of the Gospel
while deling the pulpit with incorporate denunciaons
of their Christian brethren for other than because
they differ with them in abstract dogma of morals
politics?
We can tell such pulpit parsans, that instead of
building up church, strengthening the founda-
tons Of the old ones they laying the to the roots
of the very tree of life They stripping the church of
its holy panopy, to clohe it in the taered garments of
political fanaticism. They throwing off the wedding
garment received from the hands of the bridegroom pure
and unsied, and putting ON in its place one equally
unworthy of themselves and their mission.
Surely they cannot believe that by thus pungng head
long into the vortex of political strife with doubled fists
and sleeves turned up to the elbows to stimulate the
worldly passions of their fellow-men they aboring in
behalf of the interests of the Church those of religion
Neither religion the Church rests such basis Nor
can they reasonably anticipate that rational rejecting
pious men will not shrink from all communion with a
creed thus prOstituted to the unhoy purpose of mead-
ing ignorant well-meaning into path srewed only
with brers and hons They may rest well assured that
when religion loses the support of sueh it c,nnot
subss in its purity and vigor If it survives at ALL it
will be only in the likeness Of shapeess monster
pounded of superstition fanaticsm, and fantastic dogmas
equally at with the reason of man and the oraees OF
God.
Let pure ministers of the Gospel look well to this and
look before is late The spirit Of doubt is abroad
throughout the Christian world In Europe the combined
despotism of Church and State is gradually undermining
the foundations of religion itself The people and
feel that the Church is there accomplice of the
State in depressing them and as is ever the case con-
found the abuse of thing with the thing itself They look
upon the Church. in the Old World, engine Of
oppression and there growing impression among them
that in pulling it down they destroy of the great pill
lars of tyranny Such has everywhere been the consequence
of union Of Church and State. In their separate action
they furnish salutary counterpose to each other and
neither strong enough to rob the people of their liberties
The priest thcn indeed the shepherd not the oppresso
of his hock and protects it from all invaders But the
moment they become doveailcd in with each other and
cemented by common interest the rights of the people
are in imminent danger. Assuming the prerogative OF
dispensing both temporal and spiritual punshments, they
become irresistible Either the State degeneates into
tool of the Church. or the Church becomes instrument
Of civil despotsm.
The people of the United States should pause before they
sanction this intrusion of the Church the State and
this papable design TO bring legislation into subserviency
to religious dogmas and nacie which, if made the basis
of the action of government will render every provision Of
our federal and State constitutions for the protection Of
personal liberty null and void That many pulpit poll
cans aim at such consummation, and dream of its
compishment, is becoming every day more apparent It
lately stated that xysx clergymen had been elected
Congress In Ohio and other States the thing.
After having prosutcd the pulpit to political harangues,
they aspire to the halls of legislation and without doubt
are prepared ingraft their system of hgher law
the organic laws of the States and the Union We pre-
sumo they to fulfil the obligation of their ordination
to maintain and set forward, much in them lieth,
quetness peace and love among all Christians by sowing
dissensons in the States and fostering inveerate nnpa
hies between different sections of the Union.
Let them try the experiment of building up the Church
on such foundation Samsons they may believe
themselves they will only pull down the temple their
own heads In seeking govern the State they will lose
their influence in the Church The people of the United
States though liable be deuded and led asty for the