Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-07-03
For the Clearfeld Republican.
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uaTlseeS, anu Ills uOCtiine 100 nehNenIy
to warrant them in The utterance of an
open word against either, they sought, as
the most cunning device Of the devil, to
draw Him and His holy cause into the
fierce strife of the politica. arena, 10 de-
grade it to the work of secular and clan
nish contention, and to make His crown
of glory foot ball of their ambitious de-
signings. But His Kingdom was mot Of
this World" for though in the world, yet
was It infinitely above it. 1t was designed
TO WELD its pcwer not OYER the outward,
but the inwarL not over the body, hut
the SOUL not over the State, but over the
elements which ultimately gave potency
and stability to the State; not over nc,
iions simply. but motives to action; not
10y interfering with the institutions of
men, but by moulding the hearts of men,
so that when they should 90 TO the work
OF rearing their institutions for civil and
social purposes they might 20 with souls
baptised in the spirit of Heaven and thus
leave their impress there on the systems
they should frame.
The opposers of Jesus were on the alert
for prcteXts for opposition which were
never afforded by his course, and they
were compelled to frame them to their
wants. They would make Him in Ills
claims to be u king, rival and opponent
OF their mighty Cesar-that very Caesar
whose vassals they thus confessed them>
selves, while they affected to boast that
they We're never in bondage to any man.
Then went the Scribes and Pharlsees
and took counsel how they might entau-
gle Him in Ills talk. And they sent unto
HIM their disciples with the Ucrodians
| (when they we're ashamed to appear them
selves saying Master we know thou art
true, and teaCheth the way of truth
neither carest thou for any man, for thou
regardest not the persons Of men; Tell us,
therefore, whgt thiukest thou: Is 1t law.
full to give tribute unto Caesar or not?-
But Jesus perceived their wckedness,
and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypoo
critics? show me the tribute money. And
they brought unto Him penny and He
SAID unto them, Whose is this image and
the superscription They said unto Him,
Caesars. Then said He unto them, Rem.
der, therefore, unto Caesar the things
which are Cmsar's, and unto iod, the
things that are Gods. For God and His
cause, whose representative am, there is
Il field Of labor high and holy-lliS empire
is the soul Ills work, the souls redemp-
ton. Seek not to degrade it, to enleeble
1t, to defeat it by blending it with, or ma
king it reliant on, the arm OF civil power
even though that power be Caesars. Ce-
sar has his appropriate sphere. If lie can
do good with the power which lie wIelds,
let him do il. II tribute belongs TO him.
render it. But if there are duties belongs
ing to God, fail not TO perform them
Mans reason is His uperscription-his
soul, Gods image. God-given are the
noble powers OF mans nature, and lie
claims them as His tribute. But remcms
her, my kingdom is not of this world re-
memoer its province is the soul.
have been led to these reflections,
Messrs Editors, 10y the influence Il sermon
preached, or rather a political harrangue
delivered, from the pulpit Ct the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church on Sabbath evening,
by the Rev. Crauthers, the Presiding FL.
der, had on the community, and instead
of uaying tribute where Christ asks it TO
be paid the community generally, save a
few law. hating AbOlitlonlsts, are den )unc-
ing the impudence, wiCkcdness and Jolly
oi this contemptlble agitator Of the ques-
tions which have already ruined the iar'
est fabric Of Government ever devised by
man. mean the subject of slavery.
When Republican journals all over the
country are shouting the cry Of no party
and Democrats are asked To forget old
lines, ard old political feuds, ard join, as
they willingly and cheertully do, in one
impregnuble wall Of defence of the con-
sttution and the union, it is in bad taste
for any man, and above all one who pro-
fesseS to advocate the cause OF Christ to
descend flom his pretended calling, to in
suit decent people, and outrage the feel
ings of sincere christians, 10y the utterng
OF his political sentiments in the house of
God such as were uttered on Sunday by
this avowed hatcr of the laws and cOnsli.
tuition Of the country, who gloats over the
present deplorable condition Of the coun>
try in the hope that the end may consum-
mate the only sincere prayer lie ever ut>
tered in his life, and that was for the de-
structon of the democratic party, and
the total abolition Of slavery. His pom
= pos exclamation of all honor to the Dem.
ocratic patty for its division at Cincinnati,
1.-THE igno.aut fool should have said at
Challestoa) and his craven, cowardly
! thank GOD Tor the result Of that division,
all point, with unerring certainty, to his
sentiments, he proclaimed, what must be
new to thousands of earnest sincere chris
, tian members of the NJ. L. Church. Mdt
crer since the reCoiutoN this Church had SaJOr-
eifw the abolition Of Siarery IN tie South.
If this be the actual mission Of this
Church it is high tune that it was gener-
, ally known aud | trust some other in
! fatuated pretender, like this Crauthers,
: will. in the drunken enthusiasm of his
, bitter hatred for the South, further ex'
pose the iniqutous object, that honest
men and women may select some other
5 place and creed, by and through which,
, 10 worship Almighty God; for ! do know
, that the Church has many good members
| here who were startled by such an an
nouncement, and with fear and trembling
flew to their lispline to inquire whether
The great cause o! God required them to
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