Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-12-10
Politics IN THE PULPIT.

POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.
Speaking Of q !" Thaehsgiviug sermon"
delivered in Dubuque on tho Gath ult, the
Dubuque Herald sayss III
aMr. Collier informed his sudiencs thst
slavery was iniquitous, 80. I a Ia blatant
negro worshippers that John Brown so
years from nov would Justly be regarded
4 martyr TO the car.e>of hu man libsrty.-
Mr.. C. was also Of tho opinion that We
had not had any President since the days
of Jackson, and that Buchanan and his
MISUNDERSTANDING" according to Mr..
CO. pronunciatian--are miserable tools of
the slave power. Judge fancy, be III ought
was disgrace TO Maryland, while the
Supreme Judges received most liberal
quantity of abuse"
.srssWhen We hear sontiments. like the
above from some street politician who
cares but little for the cause be advocates
and less for his own reputation we natur-
nlly regard it as the harmless display of
disordersd mind, calculated to excite
sympathy, not for the cause, bat its advo-
cate; bu. when such sentiments fall from
the lips Of one who is educated, aud Sc nj
forth as q fit example Of a genuine faith
spotless integrity, aud all the character
isties that designate the christian charac-
ter and the good ci.izen--a' good, wise
and christian men may we'll nod an en-
pha,ic disarpro,al. ,.. 49,. ..
Nor is this an isolated instance. Pal.
pits in the different portions Of the North
have been made to echo like spirit
We cannot bat deprecate such state of
things as tending only to evil. What is
it that these men would have? Would
they abolish all law? Certainly not I'M
less they would peril the best interests Of
the Church. II then we are to have laws
of what possible benefit can they be with
out Judiciary to interpret, and an exc
cutve power to enforce them and for this
must they be hunted down BY every man
of every station, who can condescend to u
familiarity with the vocabulary Of dcma-
gogues and spo;lsmen? Slall the traitor
and murderer go free !? Would the pre-
vaIence OF fraud --confu,i0u--und blood,
shed present less obstacles to the spread
Of the truths Of christianity and the ad q.
vancement Of the race, than the existence
of order and the protection If rights re-
gulated by a liberal yet stable govern
meut? 1t is every mans prerogatiye
to think for himself in all things, not how
20 undermine, but how TO sol'e and estab.
lish the truth. Every person is liable to
err aud i. is always well to see to il tia,
ones own Beliefs not drawn from unsound
principles. We have 40 RICH, to condemn
q man who entertains an honest difference
Of opinion. Generally speaking We are
thinking people, and IN matters pertaining
to goyernment have well grounded conyic.
tious. We fancy it does not constitute
man better christian or better citizen,
when he enters the Sanctuary, to be forced
to subscribe to political doctrine which his
judgment condemns, or be proclaimed al
ou,cast and az outlaw.
Already the workings Of this spirit have
given US disrupted church North and
South, individual churches once possessed
of fraternal feelings and prosperity are now
houses divided against themselves" and
benevolent societies have lost much OF
their healthy influence by enacting scenes
common to political conventions.
II looks ike eowardice in men to preach
doctrines which they dare not practice.
Homilies upon slavery can do 10 possible
good here where the institution does no,
exist. Let those who are preaching cru
SADIE sgains. the South, law and govern
ment, manifest their sincerity and courage
by attacking the institution where i, e xsts
aud If they pant for martyrlom, which
Brown has secured, they can certainly on.
tain it by following his lead.