The Trinity journal., 1856-03-15
Churches.

Churches.
r We were taught from our earliest chiIC
T. hood to regard with love and awe the IT
L ligious institutions of cur country and I
t look upon the house of God as place wher
'. worldly things were orgotten-sacred irof
Is the intrusion Of political strife or party tao
e ton. We would that facts had not so pa
n pably given the lie to these our first impress
r sions. Our experience in life (although ye
= young in years. has forced US to ackno"I
e edge that religion is but another name iol
party, that strife, disunion, and all the eYIi'
= attending opposing political factions, are iaI
= more fully developed and more iercey Waged
under the name ofreligon, than by the most
f hothcadcd political parties Of the day. The
teaching, Of that divine Master whom they
al pretend TO follow are lost sight of and
forgotten
We have been l,d to make the above re-
marks from reading in the late papers that
the Methodist Church "Sout4," had held
Conference etc., etc. In short time the
Church "North' will be called together for
a similar purpose. Now what is the reason
that his denomination Of Christians, all ELI
tcrtaiuiug the same religious creed and the
same form Of worship, should be divided in
California? Simply because their leaders
have forgotten that they are the teachers Of
Gods law, and have left their proper calling
to NEEDLE with politics They have split
upon that fanatical tit-bit Slarery. IN the
northern and eastern States where the peo-
pie from infancy have been taught to look
upon slavery as a pernciOus institution, we
cannot wonder that some fanatics, on this
point, can be found; in the South where
slavery exists, it is but natural that the peo-
pie should uphold their institutions; but that
here in California, so entirely removed from
scenes Of this strife, in q community com
posed Of men from every State in the Union,
still retaining in their breasts latent spark
Of old home prejudices, that Church should
see fit to agitate question SO entirely be-
yond the sphere of its action, and thereby
cause a division among themselves, forces
upon us the conclusion that politics, and not
religion has become the fundamental pruci
pie Of Church government.
| We would not have it understood from
+ the foregoing remarks that we are an unbc
, lever or a scoiler at religion Far from il
, We love those places dedicated to the VOL
ship OF God, among the haWiest recolIc'
= tons Of our early life are the remembrance
Of our Sunday School instructions, and til
preccpts mcuIcatcd in our young mind b
an Old and beloved true minister Of Co
have always been and will ever be to US safe
guards from temporal, and, we trust, cterna
destruction
The moral influence of churches upon
community such as ours, would certain
prove most gratifying to all lovers of goo
order and peaceabIc communities. TO tn
Methodists belong the honor of being th
pioneers in all new settlements To then
we are always indebted for the first effort
to instI into the hearts Of men the teaching
Of the gospel. We have Il minister of tina
denomination stationed among US, VIII,
breaches regularly at the Court House ever,
Sunday; but unfortunately for us he
among us not alone as the teacher and ex
pounder Of the great truths Of religion, bu
he is here as a party man, he is a member o
one Of these church factions. OF course th