Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-04-18
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who will help lis Tor Ike time berg.
10 The ice still remains in the Bay, aud
prevents the navigation OF Union
RIVER.
= The Penobsco, is clear Of ice
The Tribune says that in New York
March 'came in lise lion. and went out
like two lions and a small tiger
"Yc blind guides which strain at, a gnar.
and swallow a camel. Bible.
+ OF all the characters that our Saviour
delinested while upon earth. and in lam
guage that breathes and in words that
burn, there are none remaining at this
day with clearer defined marks Of the
original. than the modern Pharisee. OF
them, Christ sad. Even so We outwardly
appear righteous unto men, but within We
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. The
trucst type of modern time. of the an
lent sect allusd to. is the Wild Ca, pol
itician, whose religious principles are so
extremely diluted with something pccu,
liar 20 the trioe, tina. he cannot hear
minister of the Gospel mention temper
ance without becoming excited and lcav.
ing.
The ancient pharisces were SO pu:fcl
up with prttsndei holiness, that they
were led to separate themselves from the
other Jews OF. their day. The modern
phari>ee is possessed of kind of r,l
sion that will no. bear TO hear preach
IN o.; any Kind hat docs no. tome
i1lrn to their ideas ana :. hy accident
they DO got car 81 Nl,Fe meas ard It.
li5lon are preached, and applied to the
transactions OF every day life, they vr4p
themselves up in their pretended dignity
ana s'rut out of church The q. a, Ma.
than Clifford Of Portland, Sc tie exam.
pie; and all the ;r4c disciples OF wild,
catis,n follo. on II tbs village or. Fas.
Day. We had an Inhibition .. this strange
pioo'i'i'y OF tte Il od,I1 set {. y II
sees. Witdeat-dom boiled over, and
the officialas preacher came near hay
Ing. like s. Paul. to fight beasts a,
EpheSus. Tie Collector o. Customs.
at the mentien Of temperance ard the
Legislature wrapped himself in his shawl,
Ike 4 futile swallowing It's head md
marched out. The Baptist Of so years
stand NJ tie SA,..f. followed suit-
then, par "o6Re 4 atrum. the gallant and
consistent Col. Rice followed. rey,,sipr
'ae natural order of military tactics 4,
'ais stage DR. Parcher, the Pierce dele.
gate to tn. Cincinnati Con. undertook
to mnzzle the pu pit, and asked for an
explanation Of the worthy Methods,
preacher, Of his remarks He rephcd
very happily, that at proper place he
would give it to him Then the b,o,h.
eT OF the Coll. whose straight whigyery.
Is so steep tia; it leans the other way.
asked to have the meeting organized,
"hereupon the Superintendent If the
'uS'om House, seeing no chance to get
another Office, even if an organization
was effected, walked out. The Doctor
sat down and order 'rcisned in War
saw.
The bombshell which burst in the mids,
of this wild eat camp, and made such sad
havoc OF their peace, was fired off by the
Kew Mr.. Prince, and was loaded with
some remarks about the sad effects which
he was afraid would follow the repealiSy
of the Maine Law.
The world has come to the conclus;o,
that the religion which will not bear TO
have little temperance mixed with it,
IS not worth saving, nor of very saring
nature and that those politicians who
are continually u,tering anathemas a
sainst preaching politics. have either bad
politics, or worse religion.
Gov Wells Fast day will be long dis
tlnguished here, as the day when wild
eat-dom uttered its ioudest uaa
OF such is the Kingdom of Heaven
was not spoken Of these mon. albeit they
are almost ali professors Of religion.
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