St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-02-07
sin north Of the magical line ot=the Slave

sin north Of the magicsl=line 1.-THE Slave
State boundaries, As he docs while main.
tanning that all south Of thut is to bo held
ss the temple Of tho Lord the temple Of
the Lord, whose perfect s3net;Seation no
pro&nc tongue may question: II we fail
to come up to bis requirements in this res.
poet, we are no.: without precedent in a
high. quarter, for about ono year ago, an
episcopal Convention was held in Charles:
t"a, and one Of the members, Mr.. Arthur,
introduced series Of resolutions Of which
the following is one: Il Il !, !
Re.o1ved, That the Church in the Diocese Of
South Caroline now, 40 it always has, regards
1t % the imperative duty Of the Christian mas
forbidding man to separate those whom God
has Joined together. and in this, as in all 9th
or respects. to govern his slaves in strict col!
rmity to the laws Of God. r. ... ,
Thew were, Mid on tie table. About
the same time member Of an Episcopal
Convention in New York offered, resolu-
tons asking the convention, to- condemn
tue reopening the African Slave. trades
and this was laid upon the: table These
acts have, never been: sepudiated BY any
authoritative body Of the :EPiscoca,
Church which has thus recorded herself ,s
in favor Of keeping four c.iiiii;ous of Amer.
leans cans without the ordinance Of Christian
n'arriage-of compelling them to herd to.
gether in a, system Of unlimited concubin.
age; aud, as not opposed to traffic which
even the secular laws Of this government,
as Of the civilized world, brand as piracy
and worthy Of death-this church send,
one Of her bishops to lecture us about not
going to church and saying our:rrayers ;
and to hold up these sins as the cause of
"our national peril" 49, ~! Liz: I,
''Woe unto you scribcs and Pharisees,
hypocrites, for ye.devour widows houses,
and for p'etcnce make long prayers Yc
pay 1.-THE Of mint, and cummiil and annisI ];
and neglect the weiehtier matters Of the
law, judgment, mercy end truth" =
There was once nation in danger Of
destruction for its sins, and the people
went to religious observances' pretty
mach as Bishop Whipple thinks we ought
to do, but the prophet Isaiah did not. ap:
prove the pan and said ~ y = ."
us not this the fast TINT have chosen to
loose the bands Of wickedness. to undo the
heavy burdeus; and to let the oppressed 90
free' and that " break every yoke:''''. 49,.
What would Bishop Whipple think of
this plan Of turning aside. the just anger
Of an offended God? Here we are, as a
nation robbins four millions Of the children
Of a common God Of their right to worship
Him according to the ,dictatcs Of the. con-
sciences he has implanted in their breasts;
denying them of all right to learn to read
His word, supporting laws which makes it
penal to furnish them bibles or teach them
to read our christian ministers making a
mockery Of the divine law of marriage by
uniting those. whom they know. may be
separated next hour BY the will Of a, mas
ter, and thus absolvcd from all legal obi
CATION and from all legal power to full
ill the contract-a nation, in short, which
is robbipg Gods children Of their own bod
les and their own souls, Of their own wives
and husbands and children; and when
Jehovah is about to pour out upon US the
walls of His wrath for these; our heaven
daring crimes, along comes Bishop Whip
pie and advises Us to go to iprltyj'iinns -.
Would it net well for US to stop stealing
first? Would not our prayers and fast
'ngs and church 'goings be on the same
principle Of the Spanish bandits presenting
gifts at the shrine Of the virgin !; and
might we not expect that God should say
to US as He did to simil,r set Of sinners
Of old: !; s.''
':Who hath required this at your hands to
tread my courts? Bring no more vain obla-
tons. 1t is iniquity, even the sol
emn meeting. n n Your appointed lasts
my soul ba,eth !; they are trouble unto me !;
Hm weary to bear them, And when We sDread
forth your hands, will hide mine eyes from
you; yer when ye make many prayers, will
not hear; your hands IRE iu.l VI blood
Wash ye, make you c can; put away the evil
Of your duings from before mine eyes: cease
TO do evil: learn TO Lu we'll: seek iudvinent