Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-09-03
Religion and PeIltis,.

There seems never to have been d
time in the history Of our country,
when questions Of religious and po-
litical science were 80 mingled togeth-
er as at the present. When we open
a paper it is often hard to tell, at the
first glance, whether it is political
or religious journal. In oil parts Of
our land, but especially in the North,
ern portions, the platform and the
stump give excited utterance to theo-
logical dognas, while the pulpit
thunders forth political harangues.
To what oil this may grow, we have
not the prophetic ken by which we
might foretell. But in the midst Of
all the commotion and confusion, We
can see one lamentable reversal ofthe
order of matters and of the order oil
truth. Christians supposing that they
are carrying their religion into the
sphere Of their earthly interests, are in
fact ringing their politics and world
| ~ matters into the serene and eleva'
Ned sphere of their religion. This is
a course as unnatural and as irration.
al al, it is disastrous to the best inter.
ests Of humanity. +. + 4Fh l..
Religion is pure, heaven born
maid, of noble mein and serene coun,
tenance. She stands upon a lofty el.
ovation of goodness and love; and
thence she surveys with tenderness
land interest the scene of tourlnoil and
strife. ofsin anl woe, which human
affairs, present to her plying gaze
From her height, whenceshex beholds,
at one glance, the whole Of the con
fused and troubled sea, she interposes
with gentleness>a and love, she reaches
forth her hand to >sooth and calm, t
restrain and guide. She brings or
der out Of the contusioh turns wratf
and strife into love, and sheds a be
nign and heavenly influence over the
raging and tossing sea OF human pas
sions. In her closet mingled with
the world and its conflicts, she still
maintains her own elevation, ant
keeps her garments all unspotted from
the contract. She is in the world, bu
not of it. She lives and moves ane
works a mighty work Of love in thu
very midst ofthe worlds commotioif
Yet is she above the world, with al
her aspirations towards heaven ant
eternity, Such is the position of re-
ligion, and such her relations to pol
itics and all earthly things. But o
late we have seen her descend into
the heated arena, being lost among
the crowd, and when next she elner.
ges, or rather when her position il
again occupied, tbs no longer by her.
self, but a drunken drab, wild with
excitement, raves and retches and
belches forth words ofstrife and scorr
bloodshed and bitterness, adding fue
to1the flames ofhatred and envy, and
hooking heaven with daring bias
phemy -essaying eventto yield the
thunders of Jehovah. When such {
scene meets our troubled vision, We
fcry, surely religion has been troddei
in the streets; truth and righteous
ness lie, bleeding in the dust. Alas
alas! has it persisted foreyer9 Shal
we never more behold her beauty and
feel her sweet attractions! Yes, sht
shall yet come forth. Religion is o
heavenly birth; she, is Immortal q:
the days Of Jehovah. God, her an
thor lives and reigns, and this is oul
comfort in these: days Of darkness
that the Lord reigneth, The eartl
may therefore rejoice, and the mul
titudes Of the isle be glad thereof
| LouisytELe Herald. III TIT. F. =. @r