The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-22
Tn. Nor,b.rn Religions Press.


or shape. Rev. THEODORE PARKER, the type
of n large class, was an avowed inhdel upon
almost every essential article of the Christian
Faith. aud BEEcuER & Co. are worse than in
adels in practice. Nothing, in fact, would
surprise us more than to see single Christian
sentiment in such paper as the New York
Tadependent. We should as soon expect grapes
from thorns and figs from thist,es. But there
is class Of religious journals aud Of divines
at the North who have been generally sup
posed TO he sincere in their faith and honest
in their practice, and it is these journals and
persons whose transformation we cannot I'M
derstand. We find in Southern religious
journal various extracts from some Of the
pious Northern press;
"In the Church of the Messiah, dnitarianD
an enormous flag draped the pnlptt ana COM
munion table, and DIR. osgood preachto lloin
the text Lift up standard 10 the proplr
He spoke of the standard as stanhlhg lot III"
nation. It's whole country, people and destiny;
and urged the duty OF standing by II oecioto
w. brayely and joyfully. The 'StaT-Srangird
Banner was shnS al the closr. $500 seIa.
churches of different denominations thou2ht
il no dssecration Of the Sabbath TO sing tue
star Spancled Banner during their servi-
ces''
Another paper. pfofessedly religious, says
"The glorious flag, which God enabled orr
| fathers 10 raise and defend, is dishonored all
| the Institutions OF freedom are imperiiied -
We have no alternative but TO defend our IN
stitutions maintain the honor OF our nag, ana
| since mild measures have failed, by firm ana
| decided ones, bring them back 10 reason and
| right. For this purpose, war is no" ineVi'd-
ble.'
&c ktYr Natr
York, began a sermon by saying: "The Star
Spancled Banner of our country has been in
| suited" and he might have added, (which is
the real grievance the gold eagles in our
| pockets ut in peril
The Protestant CHurchman, edited by that
universal philanthropiSt and inexhaustibie
| fountain Of hatred, malice and all uncharita-
| bleness, Rev Dr.. TYING, discourseth as follows:
| mo doubt, in so great and universal an
uphray wing has marked the Northern peo-
| ule during the last two weeks, there are cases
| Of heated and revengetnl feeling. Human
| nature being it is, this must needs be the
| ease in unsanc,ified minds. But we are free
| 20 say that the prevalent spirit, AS 1t has APP
| peared To us, has been singuiarly Tree from
! an element of malice. Beyond all the popu
! lar eXcitnmenfs we have ever known, TINS is
| one of principle 1t is made up OF enthuti-
! assn for great idea, for noble natonali!y,
| and for the stability of liberal government All q
| ms tiIutons There is an almost universal
| and deep seated conviction that the attempted
| secession and coDseq ueDt civil war by the
| Southern States is thrust at whatever IL
| stable and worthy in American government;
| and there is certainly an all pervading pur-
pose fixed as fate. to allow no such destruct tive
| consummation. The people are ready to pour
out copiousiy their be> blood, and also un-
| counted material treasure, in arrest Of nation
| al suicide
What q sweet, sanctifed, clerical dove
| this STEPHEN II. TYING must be, when the
| threats of all New York TO eXterminate the
whole Southern people, end the organization
Of regiment of rufians and cut-throata
| whose acknowledged object is murder robbery,
| and the most horrid crimes against Southern
society appear to him "singularly free from an
element Of malice 1t may be that the de
vout STEPHEN lives so high up in a heavenly
frame work that he cannot recognize with dis
tinctness all that is going on in this lower
| world, but, to ''unsanctifed minds" the popu
| lation of New York look more like crowd o
enraged monkeys that had been despoiied o
their chcsnuts, than an assemblage of disn
terestcd and dspassiopate patriots. DR.. TrN'
says they are very enthusiastic for ''grea
idea," which is very possible, the great idea
however, being the "almighty dollar" TIL
chief god Of New York idolatry.
The "Chica-o Record," edited By anothc
meek and heavenly minded saint, whc
if we mistake not, has summed him
self in the genial rays of Souther
hospitality, holds forth in these dulcC
strains. We have scarcely room for them br
they sound so much like the Gospel of 5
John, and all the other Gospel, and are such
melifuous echo OF the oft-repeated exhorta
, tion,-"Little children, love one another tina
we can't help giving in full the gentle, SOU
subduing words Of peace and forgiveness.
"If the fanatical rebels of the South sti
persist in their ungodly purposes, We and on
4 | children shall be called Hpon to look upo
J some OF the bloodiest and awful scenes of hi,
tory. The Government and the people Al
= now thoroughly aroused, and no arbitraInet
| but oh Tvs steal power can decide the dispute. -
| With the whole authority OF Government
| the Army and Navy unlimited means an
' | cradit--Lhe sympathy of all the world-in
. ! the certain favor OF God on the side OF n
| Constitution and laws, there can be no don't
- | OF the final issue.
= "CiIes may be sacked-the soil OF the Boz
| der States may be saturated with biood-hur
;, | drsds and thousands of precious lives ma
u be sacrificed-and millions of money spen
e but the Right will triumph at last, and Ire
" | son win come to a sad and terrible end
!. ! Christi we cannot but recOil from the ysr
| thought OF fraternal strife with horror; on
- | if there be no choice but between rampant r
belliou and a present war, 70 Christian ca
| hesitate for a moment
Several of our theological schools have lo
l. | "A number OF their students, who have joine
-. | the armies of the Government. This is II
best thing they can do. Putting down Tree
= son and defending the laws and Governmen
j. are about as good ways TO preach the Gospt
as can be in these days
"The best thing" you "can do" is to cor
with Your students and see if you can pos
:. bly, slay as many men in the field with t
iawbone of an ass as you have in the pulpit.
If we are not mistaken in the man, the edit
of the Record has done more execution VI
the bore Of a sermon than he is ever likely
do with the bore of musket.
m Tho New York Examiner Baptist n
~ York. Observer, Presbyterian, and indeed ]
"a igious organs both of Catholic and Prot'
III tant denominations, vie with each other
is urging on the dogs of war. The Eeaminer
fuses to publish documents which the Pes
Societies of England have desired it to lay
fore the people of this country. In spec
delivered before the late anniversary of I
American Tract Society, New York, Rev.
o, HiTcEcock thus speaks:
r "The present question is clear of all emb;
rs rassment; our struggle is a war of order wi
9, anarchy Gappiausel between union and &C