Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-31
Political Religious Papers.

..Zions Advocate" a Baptist paper, for
merly under the management of that talented
and iudcious editor, Rev. ADAM Wilson, Ia:
hankering after the fesh-pots Of political ex
element, and goes in, tooth and nail, for the
black republican party. 1t will probably sue
coed in creating political animosities, divisions
and strife in the church, while the gospel Of
love and good will TO men will be left to take
care of itself, and the graces of the church TO
anguish.
The 'Gospel Banner" is another of the re-
lieious papers,--of the Universalist denomina-
tion.-marshalled under the lead ofblack repub-
licanism. Its editor is forever pitching into
politics; and although not very select ia the
use of terms to express adherence of the re-
lieious doctrines Of the Zien's Advocate, yet,
politically, he blows the same trumpet and
lies down in the same truckle-bed. There is
much brotherly love between these partial and
universal salvation editors in the matter of the
political Canaan, while they cannot agree for
moment as to the proper way to get TO The
heavenly. They better try TO cultivate Cos
pei love, and let politics alone.
While upon the subject, we could pot do
better than to copy the following excellent re-
marks of the editor of the New York Observ-
err. one Of the Oldest and most influential re-
lipious papers in the world. He takes the
true ground, and accurately describes the train
of evils now coming upon The churches in this
country from the interference of religious edi-
TORS and priests in the heated turmoil of party
politics
ave believe that socialism, Owenism,
Fourierism, abolitionism, and all the various
isms and schemes for the reform of the great
evils of society on other than Bible principles,
will prove not only miserable failure, but an
awful curse TO the communities which cherish
them. The projectors of these schemes ig
more the fall of man and lis consequences
they deny the right of God to visit the iniqui-
ties of the fathers upon the children they
maintain the inherent injustice of all native
INEQUALITIES in the condition of men they call
upon every man TO seat himself proudly on a
throne, and TO demand of God and man an ac-
acknowledgement of his equal right to rule they
encourage men placed in subordinate stations
in society 10 murmer al their lot, 10 envy, and
hate, and violate the obligations which God
imposes on them in their relations 10 their
fellow men they propose to reform the world,
not by beginning with individuals, and ad
vancing step by step till all are reformed, but
by reforming whole communities first ard in
dlviduals afterwards; they love to manifest
their virtue by publicly rebuking the sins of
others rather than by confessing and repening
of their own; they are impatient of all delay
and all compromise in The work of reform, de-
manding the instant and utter abolition OF all
great systems 10 which great evils are incident.
II must be obvious TO observing men, that
the principles TO which we have referred,
have been spreading Tor several years, among
the people in some large sections ol our coun-
try I; that they have caused the division of our
largest ecclesiastical bodies that they are
beginning to undermine our great institutions
for the spread of the gospel among the dest-
tuie al home and abroad that they are SOW
ing the seeds of infdelity and irreigion and
that, after weakening, one by one, all the
bonds, political, commercial, social and relig
ious, which unite the different parts Of. our
land TO each other, they now seriously threat
en- the severance of that Union which is the
glory of our country and the hope of mankind
the Union of the American States.