East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-17
Tine PuIpit and the Gnllo,ys.

upon the iaSWrecti0aist, JOHN BRNwN.-
The teacher lives and braves in the pull
pit of a Christian church the awful re-
sponsibility Of his teachings, whilst one
Of his pupils occupies the cell Of con-
Wet felon. Thus in the nineteenth cen,
tury, in what ought 70 be the very
harvesttime Of Christian progress, the
pulpit Of America ia made to furnish We
Tins for the gallowS and is fast becoming
the fulcrum by which civilized society,
the hope Of Christianity, is threatened
with overthrow and destruction. To
what purpose, may we ask, has the sa-
cred valumc Of inspiration been read and
eXpounded in this lGnd of ours--ior what
uses have our noble temples, erected to
the service Of the Most High, been consc-
Grated, where are the fruits OF ministerial
lah0rs, the teachings of the ambassadO-
rial representatives Of the Prince OF
Peace, If such is to be the consunatony
Was it only from the pulpit Of the Ply
mouth Church that murder, insurrection
and treason were commended and iasti-
fed, we should pause before we uttered
what implies failure Of that Christianity
which has been taught for nearly two
thousand years. But Plymouth Church is
not alone. From three thousand pulpits in
New England, and from hundreds in tho
West, the same principles are taught to the
people, and the same practices morally
encouraged if not actually and materially
aided The fact can 40 longer be con
ccaled or avoided, that in our churches
Of the North, in our Sabbath schools and
literary institutions, supported as they
are, in the main, 10y minister's and their
congregations, these principles are
avowed, taught and impressed upon tho
old and the young, which are now rapid
ly undermining not alone the government
and the foundation Of human society, but
Of Christianity itself, intermingled and
dependent as it is upon both for its toler-
alton, strength and efficiency. So perva
ding has this propagandism become, that
purely Chnstirn churches and strictly
evangelc ministers arc in minority in the
North and West, not so much by actual
subscription to these destructive doc.
trines, as by their federation OF those who
preach aud interminelc their practice
with the obligations and performance of
Christian duties. SO greatly does this
actual teaching and qucsCent liberation
prepondcrate, that benevolent aad chart
table institutions and societies for the
diffusion Of religions knowledge are sub
ordinate either into actual cooperation
with insurrcctionary plots, or are divided
into hostile schsms, countcracting in
u
tian propricty and religious progress
WENDELL PHLLIps, the orator Of Ply
mouth Church, unhcsitatingly announced
that the crime for which Jouv Brown is
to suffer an ignominious death, the com.
mission OF which hurled the innocent
with the guilty before their Maker un-
prepared and without warning is the le-
climate "lruit OF slavery agitation. -
Hc c!oried III it and laudcd to the echo
tae man who eXolnpliiicd in practice the
teachings Of tie theorists. Would he
have dared 70 do this If he had not been
convinced that the public mind Of the
North was ready by education and by
that Indifference which is the first step
towards the abandonment of all that is sa
cred and saving in society'and in religion
u sustain, If not protect him, from all
harmful consequences? He was applaud.
ed by thousands, and tens Of thousands
have read his justification of murder aud
his triumphal adulations of the hero muir
derer, without asking themselves who are
to be the victims in the future, which will
nppease this horrid monster that wares
war OF determination for the sake of
opinion, and what will survive the hos.
tile engagements Of church armed against
church, institution, against institution,
people against people, and brethren
against brethren.
A few days since JOSHUA r. GIDDrNos
felt the pulse Of Philadelphia, as WEN.
DELL PulLLIps has just donein Brooklyn.
Hundreds Of others, breathing the same
sentiments, and ready for the same work,
are prepared to follow in the paths which
they have found to he straight in the
great commercial emporiums of the coun-
try. In Boston, the third city Of the
Union, all is right, and nothing, it is said
by Phillips, but regret for the failure
Of BEowN was manifested by her people.
With these three cities, their churches,
charitable and educational institutions;
Bible and Tract societies, newspapers
and journals, and their million and a
half Of inhabitants, almost all Of which
are actually or tolerati1gly engaged in the
moral dethronemcnt of the law, and the
subversion of Christian teachings and
practice--thc agitators may well rejoice
in the martyrd''W Of the daring men who
carried their theories into bloody prac-
tce. Backed by the pulpit, why should
tho callows be feared? Unchecked by
public disapproval, why should the laws,
the Constitution or religion, stand in the
way Of their ultimate success? Whether
the abolition Of slavery be attainable or
not, is no longer the subject Of inquiry
or of doubt with these agitators They |
have cast aside everything that binds
man to his fellows, which conseorates
brother to brother, and for the vindca.
ton, not the triumph Of their theories,
they are willing to subxert the whole |
structure upon which religion and ha-
man progress depends. Can Christian
Churches and Evangelical ministers,
their congregations aud the uncontam.
mated nenole of the North stand idly