The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-01-12
Trouble Brewing in The NJ. L. Church.

Trouble Brewing iD the NJ. L. Church,
The Rev. DR.. BoNp, editor ofthe New York
Christian .4drocate, in late number of his
paper, thus speaks OF difficulties that are threat
tning the M. f. Church
sWe are no prophet, nor the son of proph-
1t, yet venture to predict that mischief is
now brewing in our church, agltations, convu-
sions, and disruptionS, such ace have neUer
witneSsed before
And the Rev Dr. might have proceeded,
and informed his readers OF the cause of those
.'agitationS, convulsions, and disruptlons," in
the church. 1t does not require the wisdom of
ssprophet nor the son OF prophet TO point
out the monster that IS now eating, like can
GER at the vitals of christianity. know-Noth-
ingism is winding It's serpenine coils around
the church, and already the tconVnslonS" are
noticed by DIR. BOND, and be sounds the alarm.
Had ha the nerve to tell his church of the
cause of It's present GtcutieS-could he but
summon up the courage to hold mp to the pub
lie gaze the bluated spider that has worked lis
wav 10 the heart of the church, aud there de-
POSTED its poiSon-hr would be subscribing the
interests of his people, and prove himself a
faithful sentinel on the watch-tower. But DIR.
BoND, We opine, will not reveal the cause of
present e.agitations" in his church, although be
is well aware of what that cause is he himself
has been an advocate and defender of this great
enemy of Protestant Christianity, yceped
Know Nottingham H.. is now rpaping the
fruits from the thistle seeds be so recently scat
tered over the surface OF the Methodist denom-
nation. and in the bitterness Of his heart he is
forced 10 acknowledge that his church is now
heset with ''agltaIonS, cnnvnlSOns and dISrup-
tionS" such as he s'uever witnessed before.
Dr. BoND IS an able writer, and, we take it,
n man of good Judgment, but he, like many o.
thprs, was caught In the SPIDERS web that had
been spread for smaller insects, and forthwith
he commenced to work in the harness that had
been prepared for his we'll proportioned Ions.
With more than his ordinary zeal, he defended
the oath-bound conspiracy that now Turks in
nearly every village, and which proscnbes ev-
cry man, however honest, patriotic, or trust
worthy he may bp, who refuses 10 bow his neck
TO this worse than Austrian tyranny. He forgot
for the time, his duty to his Churh, and bis CO.
Iumns, instead Of containing well digested dis
sertations on the subject Of pure religion, were
/ filled with paneYgyrics upon depraved Know
Nothingsm, and bitter denunciations against
the Democratic Party, and the President OF the
/ United States in particular. He rpjoicrd over
the anti-Rrpublican delegation to The Massa-
chuSets Legislature, because lorty-pight of the
members were Know Nothing Methodist Min
/ isters, whilst others of them we're In6delS. Nor
could he repress loud ''huzza" over the re-
turns OF Pennsylvania, because Of the dtfrat OF
Gov. BlGLEe, and the election of congressional
and legislative delegations of about the same
stripe as are those Of Massachusetts,. A food OF
( the waters generally brings to the surface the
/ puirid and decayed matter that had lodged and
corrupted the stream, and the political flood OF
/ last fall brought from their hiding places and
dens the venal and corrupt of all parties, and
placed many of them in high official positions;
I positions for which they are disqualified, and
for which they We're never intended. And
/ these were the s'victoreS" over which DR..
Bond rrjoiced so vociferously- what are
/ the fruits of those victorieS:-.7g5fationS, con-
yuLsionS, and descriptions" in the Methodist
! Church These are the fruits, as the Dr.. ac-
! knowledgps himself
We hopr, therefore, that DR.. Bond will take
warning, tlor the respectable denomination
whose mouth-piece he processes to be will not
bear with his enormites much longpr,l and
looking at things as they are, retrace bis steps
and attend to bis legitimate duties hereafter
Instead Of defending bigotrd and intolerant
Know-Nothingism, let him call back from Con-
gress and the Legislative halls the scores Of fclpr-
gymen he has helped 10 send there. Let these
misguided and erring cIergymen again assume
The duties Of the pulpit-ii the people can have
confidence in thpm-and let them attend TO the
( salvation OF mems souls, and eschpw politics
. and especially the Politics Of Know-Notbigrs
and then, but not till then, will "agitations, cen
wilson's, and descriptions" cease to annoy the
Methodist Church. It's utterly impossible tor
Methodists, as body, to sanction the outrages
and wrong, the despotism AMI deception of the
KnowNothings, and DR.. Bond should have
known this. He knows it row, and we hope
he will profit by the lesson he has been taught.
Carlisle Volunteer.