The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-06-09
AWAY WITH POLITICAL PARSONS

Sensation preachers have their nS.s-.s
thunder has lis uses. But preacher implies IT,
hg'on' and thunder electricity. Wrl."ut rcli-
Ei"n n preacher ought to Lc a nuisance :,
thunder wcul'i he worse Than IL nois.. wi,h,,u,
'he AR cleansing electricity which shnul.l b.ar
'hc actin. sha:c III lis power and lnr,,~" l;u,
Il religious preacher who ,rakcS politics hi: c,:r.
"G lrincin'c, "r rv"n gives !"li;i"s Il principal
part IN his preaching. ~ wors" t:...l r,iis.,,,,
lie rs n talking nElady, preaching calamity. by
whoih nothing but political o: social disease car,
be generated.
hiachsavclliSm does E"t indeed appear TO Lc
quite Mt home in the pulpit of Christianity, and
he wl'" seeks +" he ,nini,,cr.Mi.laS generally
hndS himself P"r>"nhn"r". The character
"f u; sscs .l""l..rr i'll fits III. shoulders ,f
gospel preacher. Real, vital, Inspiring rrl.,;,n
Is Is not IN the temper, and gov .rms no, ,h.
thoughts oi your gcniiIn" political lar..,u IL.
Is so nuca for C;r>ur that he has only l,i,,. IN
spare for Christ. lie is generally for heavenly
b"t particularly For nIunhan" matters. H.. has
one text from the New Test aln-nt and ten from,
the common law. lie deals viii, persons and
duuScs principles.
Bnt the griIuiH" p,iitiro religious scnsatnn;sts
Inc Ch:e'eis, Br"chcrS c Co.. Of s"ciriy an.
pear to have Worn out the suilrrcmcr of 1hrir
followers. They can si!l create Il hectic i'm
preston. and arouse "A ilu,tcr. and star. Il thrill
and secure Il rapture, and DO all the either
twittcrin1 agiiati"ns proper 10 the sensation ORA
Tor. l''it Their hold on The cs!hrtic stcuur is
Flackencd, their 81: IL on the mind is gone, and
the patllosc"pic or inbred ..lnn in The Ions, nm
proves too much for the merely parsunic or nr.
tificially lious man. The good sense OF the p.o
pie was sure, sooner or later to ovcrshadow the
iDpertineuces Of those " ho 2rcsuu,, lo mix n,
h'ical matters with topics so foreign, in their
quality and applying character. to the nature of
wing religion. The tide has turned so com
Pieteiy that, if the political parsons do not fol.
Low the discrcicly put hints OF their hocks, they
ILL.,. u tI.nt-.
the last power Of their sei,sationisrns as mouu,r
banks do, III " exciting cxhibiiions,' their con.
s'ih'ng antics; for All the respect which !irs,
"'io"ed the dawn OF their popularity will run
10 seed and serve them only as Il sort Of inpc-
,uA 10 an inevitable dechy-a decay which can
se made to flicker just little Iiuhsome and fnr
little time by the influence which sensotiou;sm
exercises Tor moment over the masses II i.
dyIng ont fast, we say, this po leo religions uur
sonlsIn-dying out, thanks to the better sense.
The truer religious instincts, the higher heart AS
p'rat'ons OF The very people who may have been,
tor short period, put out Of order through lis
subtle witchrry. pity that its death kuell
had not been been sooner sounded! But even now
it is blessing-its decided decay s-N. y
Daily Meas.
Ndpofeons Tent-rhr tent intended for tho
use Of the Emperor Napoleon in Italy was sent
OFT to Genoa come weeks back. II is made of
strong cavass, striped blue and white, and lined.
1t is about five metres IN height supported by
two poles only, aud decorated outside with two
small flags Inside il is divided into three com
Partmen's, saloon. bedroom aud dressing room.
The hangngs leave door for each room, and
there are window like openings for ventilation
An iron bedstead. camp stools. small tables, and
washing stand, compose the furniture. Its
wood work and all the furniture can be readily
taken to pieces and packed in cases of small size
aud very light carriage. The tent was made for
the t:rimeaa campaign, but never used. Part OF
the furniture has memorable historic associations
The iro" heds'ead was used by Napoleon I, in
nearly all his cuu'paigns.