Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-07-23
A Reasonable Roast.


! Reasonable Boast.
a clergyman by the name of Moody ba,
recently uttered the following sentiment
concerning the war:
we are charged with having brouoh,
ABOUT me present contest wish il we're
true. believe it is true that we aid b,;nS
Hanout' ano glory in it, forit is wreat5
OF glory around our brow 7"
1hs man may be very pious, and mn.
douotediy, when be uses such language
ieeis very secure and comfortable In The
iaer that he will go to heaven; but we
greatly tear that to ordinary people, be
VIII seem to be one who needs To sarva a.,
apprenticeship to christian grace ,atbs.
I than to act as teacher of others Ua
| gtories in the belief that ministers NJ Lam
! Christ have brought about the nressn, nm.
happy strife which conyulses the Renubi;o
Let US see what he means by this. In NAV
De summed up in few words. He olor;s.
IN the dangers which now threaten the des.
,rues,en otogr Institutions. and eonseousaf.
Shedding q 6lea5 ~ ss 4 s.s',-'e l5s
4 business, and the ruin which bovers ero,,,,5
all the material interests of the conntrvN
IN the license and immortality of the cam,
In the thousands of souls which win bs
inevitably sent 70 pespitIon before thu
war Is oser-in the vices which large arm
les always scatter broadcast, and almos,
ineradlcably, among nation. All mi, IL
literally what this professed Disciple of the
savior g.or'es IN as "a wreath" around his
prov. we DO not know, nor care, who be
IS; bat this we do know, that he Il na;,ba-
a good man nor a sincere christian To
become frolicsome, boastful and inbiIan,
over the misfortunes of great ne5nle ana
the horrors Of civil war would be mora IN
Keeping with the first agitator. who estesrn.
ed the dominion Of heaven the sum az al
vliIainies," than with q plan, God fearing.
christian parson.
But aside from the wiekedness OF this
cruel boast, we fear that il is too trr,a ,bs,
some of the clergy Of both sections of the
Republic are IN great degree RESPONSIBLE
for the present crisis Instead of sav,nc
souls, they have endeavored 10 rule lie ne.
ton. Instead of serving God. tbev bava
dragged their faith behind JEFF Dav;.
Charles Sumner, Yancey and Greelev o,d
have etfectually aided the wicked amh;,;or
OF these arch agjtators aud traitors Thsy
have virtually abandoned the field or ,ei;,
gion Tor that of politics, and have left the
former to bear rank and uncultiyated vraad.
and nearly to 60 to waste. This is nor
mere assertion. We are living in an .oa
OF infdelity. All signs give proof Of this.
Never, perhaps, did religion assume "a
many varying shapes as now, and never
were Its tenets 50 closely scanned. and 40
nerceiy confuted Ali kinds of materiaIiss
TIC dogmas have assumed the dignity OF
creeds. Even the grossest obscenity and
lust have taken the form Of worship, as alb
sointely ana undisguisedly as ever thew did
India apRfanf
have long witnessed this tendency 10 nnha.
he'-a tendency now world wide I'm,
pecially apparent in the United States
leI, strange to relate, the political clergy
have overlooked this truth. WhiIe tbs;y
own fortress was attacked. they have been
defending that Of others. Instead Of hat.
ting Tor their OVID faith, they have ioined
the ranks OF Its assailants and have s,,uobt
20 serve und by athliation with Carl SabnTx
freely, and other like doubtful tbeolo,ians
with them, so-called humanitarisn,sn =
which aggregates woman's rights. Norman.
ism, anti-slavery, spiritualism. yepe,ar;.n-
ism, and freelovism, and is but sno,b.-
name for social seDsuaIity and reI;c;on.
quackery,-has become ali in all fins -
ing the poor invention of human ain ~
eminent over the eternal law of reyeIatio,
IL It were not that they thus abandon ,ha
highest and most permanent interes,s ~
man. their conduct would appear ridicuIou,
and contemplate. For what wopld ys
thlnk oi lawyer or doctor who ienoraS
tne true rules OF his profession and armed
himself with the petty techuicalities ana
unsHiiliuI nostrums Of pettifoggers and
quacHs doubtless we should style such
as one 1901 but, when a minister of God
aoahdons his high calling, to assume the
manner tacfiaa and VIZ
the world, is it wonderful that ;nsJoI.
should multiply and religion he /, H..
OF extinction? Is it wonderful tbat 80
who have ceased to preach Christ crns;so5
and are constantly harapguiug sbouI Tss'
Davis and Charles Sumner, sbonId -
nounce that they glory" 10 civil war ana
regard bloodshed and vice as yreatbs NJ
their brows7 1poN
We oeIeVe, however, that THE Moody I.
r;ght. Men OF his stamp, both North ana
south, are respon sible for the Rebellion :
Ihey have been allies, to enlist the conc;.,,-
ces OF the people in the service az ,r;cL.s
ambition, and now, instead Of nou,n;r,,
the dreadful necessity which ha, nInnaaS
the nation into fratricidal strife tbs1 r.
The hamo OF sectional hatred by nerr b,r-
ransues, or actually lead soldiers IN bo,,lo
ana bioodshed. In the North scores 80
hoodys chuekle with iendish greti6ca,ior
over the success of their irreligious fsnsti-
cism.
1t is the duty Of every citizen n ,-o..
closely to the side Of the eoyernnen, -
this hour OF necessity. There neither IL
Dor ought 20 be, an option as to the nerfo,'
nance OF this duty but let DO man or AZ,
OF men dare TO boast that they are resnon-
siDie Tor the miseries Of the country-that
the present unnatural war and bloodsbed
Is wreath of glory" around their brors.
men who have songht to force the nation
the 30 nth, are traitors in word ana 49,
and deserve no milder treatment AZ ~.
hands OF the people than Davis or Yancey.
Chicago Times.
AYARIcIOus MONSTERS The bible orr
nDns WIN warnings so those who gain
grant vIliiauy Sama ma, 100000