Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-09-19
rhe Tmo.Paths.

I.t The Two Paths.
We have been struck says the N. y.
4 Newsl by the contrast between two items
.bclipped from our exchanges yesterday,
and propose to lay them before our rerdt
ers without further remark than to say
that they viii fequite, the trouble ofread-
ing, especially in this connection.
The first is letter from ELDER Hill
of Saco, Maine, evidently practiced be>
laDorerfof the "drum ecclesiastic," who
writes to friend in THIS style. We find
the letter in the Washington Union
sAco, Sunday, July goth, 1855.
MylDEAR DR.:-How goes the battle?
How does your soul? How is the health
Of your family? Peace be with thee and
How goes the battle on temperance
and slavery? 1t seems almost as though
hell had boiled over and cast its skum
on our shores. Roman Priests, Irish
Catholics, inidels and murderers, by the
cargo, are landed on our shores to meet
the Americans at the ballot box, and con-
test our civil freedom, while the slave
powers are bent upon our destruction.
All the vile out of hell are pressing to-
gether against the Lord and his Christ
to destroy the truth from the earth, and
bring down Gods Judgment upon US.
Drunkards have had the power already
too long. The four great national sins, in
temperance, slavery, Roman Catholicism.
and political corruptions, can never be
conquered or checked by the Wing or
Democratic party-neyer, never We
must come out and form new combina-
ton against sin and hell, and the devil.
Against RomaniSm, at the ballot box we
must meet them. They won't come to
our church and hear us preach-not they.
We can pray, but we must act also. |
tell you, Br.--, unless the true and
good OF all shades of politics come out
and up together, VIC are gone. Mr.. Nor
ril, of Readfeld, has been nominated by
three large conventions, for our next Gov
ernOr. l WAS at the convention and I
never saw more earnestness or real grit
than at those conventions. Now his en-
emies will not hesitate TO say all manner
of evil against him. l say [ know him,
and have for years, TO be an honest man.
lie cannot be bought or sold, can as
sure you. l though hit 1 would drop You
line about the matter, hoping it might
stir US up together for the good Of the
cause OF God on earth. l hope if you
look at things as do, YOU may influence
The good and virtuous OF your acQuain-
lance and members Of our church to 90 in
with us in This heaven born movement.
The blow must be struck soon, ii at all.
Love to all the family and ricnds in,
l remember old times.
Yours in Christian love, T. HILL.
The other (Which we cut out from a
Tennessee puper,) is a portion from a
letter from Clergyman in Louisville,
kentucky, whose name is not given, writ
ten to one of his flock
1 am now in my 7Glh year, and have
been in the ministerial office a little up
wards OF half a century. During the
long course Of my ministry, ten years oc-
cupying the old homestead, and upwards
OF forty in my present, location, and I'M
der the different phases of the political
atmosphere, l never saw it my duty. or
felt the slightest inclination to preach
what is called a political sermon. And if
by one word, or even insinuation from the
pul pit, lever disturbed or Interrupted the
feeling Of Il political nearer, l'neyer knew
it. never entered the clcctionecring
canvass for any man, even my most ia
vorite political friends. And when l
thought. proper to offer my suffrage at
the polls, it was always done by Il silent
vote, in an unobtrusive manner. 1 do
uot.know that ever gained Il vote Sc
cretly or indirectly for any man. Indeed
l always thOughtit unbecOming the grav~
ity, the dignity and the sacredness Of the
pulpit as well as detrimental to the spirit
ual editication of the people, for the am
bassador OF Heaven 10 turn aside from his
Masters work to mingle with the excited
multitude, where little else is to Ee heard
but wranglns and jangliug about men
and measures, without an addition to,
but most certainly deLraction from the
credit and influence of his elevated char
acter. OF all The offices ever held by
man, tina: of ambassador of Christ is the
most dignitied and responsible.
''No other post affords place
OF equal honor or disgrace"
Can any man doubt which Of these is
the true patriot-the true servant of his
Divine master
An INGENIOUS BARRICADE.-I ALWAYS