New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-30

country ~hsn the Purnars who bsd preached 81 lsi
conformity with the ststs Church Ct bone, nhauy
cane TO cOiopize New-ERSlArd, TIE people hsd 40
newspapers 10 which 10 discuss cclitca questions, an
forp he rulrit resisted srsn Of peii'e- pr-schiag
ttst worIa be entirely unnecessary N CIR oTa nnes'
Wien we were in colonial aud fcrnsive cocd los
rel. Or was the very soul o: cur pohucs saa ne pun
pi everywhere the ocs point, .no toe means o.
forming II no. erecting public opinion. In the trying
tiee Of the Revolution the eergy, win lew 81 ep aors
took proD iDent part in ArousiDs the particular 81 ne
people They taught the warriors 70 feel ina the mana
Of Coo was WELDING the sword o. their cause snd 80
cbeered them tina. they almost ssr the armies OF
the Most High srrsyed On their SIDE. sometines they
went with the solcers 20 TIE camp ant oie7 rs sur
geons succored the wounded GU the battle field And,
when our hb%rtes were won sna the stu moro foTmi
sble task Of framing the Federal Ccnsti.uion w.
imposed upon tie Sfstss, the clergy took leading
part in the york. Th.n nobody sali they were out
Of Place theb their lsbers were thankfully seoeptei;
III n the pulpit wss more than the newspsper sad
electric telegraph OF to-day. Heretofore tns
reople had been united IS one man. bat
after tbs battles OF the Revolution, and the
form aiiCn OF the Constitution thee zane la SUD
deny thee ives change in the Aomlnistratoh inner
Jeserson, the clergy found themselves IN the N nor
y anc they thought honestly tnst VITA TIE spread OF
Jscohirsm All that TIE country hsd ssined Was s5out
10 be lost Remember that his at the time when
tie FIeu-b Republic had publol. dathroned God and
proclaimed the widest infoeh'y. F'om taIs time 20
islo hey ftsied that Napoleon would invade and
sur jugs,e this country to French isfdeiy. Was It
70 b. won6e ed then that the clergy who had here.o-
tore filed sach high positions Il the political history
OF the country shoul1 inyegh sgains toe spread OF
Democracy rs the smoke Of the bo'tomles5 pr
Nc fernel seed nor highly scented rappee was
needed 10 those days to keep alive the attention
Of the CITIZENS who sat under the tuminalons that
every Sabbath Teverbersfe1 from the Old soundlsg-
boards of thousand New-Englsnd pulpis. TAX
sbou, the political differences OF our day Why they
aye nothin a. compared win tho strife ana sens'obs
tbst prevailed among sll classes and condi ions OF
people IL tbos9 oays The father would not speak o
his son aud the maiden refused 20 dance Win the
youth WHO held TO the aboninabs creed Of JscobiI-
ism. But we must have the pagrsnimiiy 70 forgive
the clergy Of bose days for they bad been taught 20
rogard Ell questions of State 81 their own peculiar
business But they committed the gres error OF con-
founding party questions vito the gres. prncl
ples tb,t upderlis our moral socs and spritusl well
pers The clergy felt itself released from active paTtci
patton in politics, and gradually ~ithdre~ IRON me
political aren.- And row wouo speak Of re pres
ebt duty of the pulpit. The clergy must preach toe
Word OF Goo: their foremo energies must De dlreced
TO the salvation Of the eternal soul and the pure Cos
pel can peye- be preached without efectng great
political gcoo. They must apply the Word OF God
directly 10 the life and soul Of the community
and the Government. They should counsel the
Christian citizen 10 go TO the balotbox with the
same spirit in which be would go to prayers. The
great s of the Christian pulpit should be 20 east the
aslt OF religious principles Into the politics OF tue
country. The clergy OF our early history a. length
deefrcraed from Their hgh-toDei patriotism TO become
psfticipsnts In mere party squabbles; let US guard
A. ainst such downfall The speaker weDt on 20 de.
rneId the fullest ana largest license for the Clergy anu
to warn the preacher against assuming to himself tue
air OF the prophet In conclusion, he asked II Amer
cans hso not good cause to he grateful inst we olrta
of the Republic waz watched by the good men of
the Church. until they finally secured to Us the Inestn
able blessing of constitutional freedom
The congregation was dismissed in the usual nsnner.