East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-10-29
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good Will toward men, In all the.
words and acts OF. this Great Being ap
pcared the spirit of peace and good.
will. When royiled, he reViled not
again. ''Blessod are the peacemakers,"
said he, "for they shall be called the
children of Coll When be was be.
trayed into the hands of his enemies,
ono Of his followers drew bis sword and
cut off the car OF one Of the band that
had ONE 10 seize him. Put up thy
sword, said he, and Immediately healed
the wound. While suffering the ago
MES of cruel death Oh the cross, h.
prayed earnestly that bis enemies might
be forgiven. His kingdom was not of
this world, and before the objects of his
mission every earthly mission shrank
into insigni6cance.
Nearly nineteen hundred years have
passed away since his appearance, and
his divine mission is acknowledged in
all the most enlightened portions of the
world. When we approach great
city, we see, towering above everything
else, the spircs that crown the temples
dedicated to Him. We find the build
ings adorned with all the beauty that
the skill Of the architect can bestow.-
If we enter one of them at the proper
time, we shall hear the music of the or.
gan rising like ga steam of rich, distilled
perfume" accompanying words of
thanksgiving for Heavens message of
peace and good viii. In the most con
spicuous place is one who claims to be
an ambassador of the Prince of Peace
and when he rises you expect to hear
from his lips the words of meekness,
peace, and charity. But listen After
he has laid aside few prelminares, he
rushes into the most violent denunca.
tons. Pride and hate culver on his lip,
and storm in his eye. He cries, "To
arms! to armsm with tone of fury that
makes you ask if you are not in ten.
pie dedicated to Mars or Woden. You
retire from this house, and enter anoth.
or in time TO hear the preacher talk in
fiippan: and testing tones, of guns, and
wounds, aud blood. "Whcn you sec a
rebel, pray for his soul, fyou have time;
but fail not TO kill him
This place seeming to you like the
temple of Moloch, you withdraw and
make your way 10 another. Here at
last you feel that you have found gen.
uine ambassador ofthe Prince of Peace.
He uses the very words of his Master
as he sets forth the worth OF the soul
human, and urges man to obey the di,
vine command. Here you are sure that
you have found one who is lmbued with
the spirit of His Master; one whose
peaceful presence tends to calm the
stormy passions; one who yields ready
Obedience to the laws Of God and of his
country; one whose counsels will serve
to strengthen you, and whose example
it will be safe to follow. You walk be-
hind the holy man, and at the next cor
Der overhear him preaching rebellion
and treason, and expressing the wish
that he could dye his hands in the blood
of the supporters of his government
On the steamboat you hear him, not
speaking the words OF peace in the meek
spirit of his divine M aster but stirring
up strife in loud mouthed aud Drawing
tones. fftf
If one of the apostles could revisit
pagaps had stolen the. Christian name
In some places he would suppose him
self to be looking at the htp9calia.-
"These men," he would say, ''are prob.
ably the priests Of Mars; but how is it
that they call themselves Christians?-
Have they killed all the Christians, and
stolen their name? There is some ter.
rible MYSTERY about this thing They
have none of the characteristics Of Christ
and his followers, and why should they
want the name?"
The reverend Doctor Sacheverell, in
the time of Queen Anne, threw the
whole kingdom Of Great Britain into
the most violent rermeut by preaching
on politics, and was ordered by Parla.
ment not to preach for three years.
The reverend Doctor strutted and bel.
lowed out OF the pulpit for three years,
and then strutted and beloved in the
pulpit again. In the violent political
agitation Of the time, the clergy were
the most violent. They damned each
other in the most remorseless manner,
and set the whole nation to damning
till, at last, the government was obliged
to prohibit them from preaching polit
ical sermons. A prohibition Of the same
kind would have great tendency to
restore peace in our country. We have
Sacheverclls in abundance on both
sides, who groan to be suppressed, and
for whose sake VIC could almost vote for
a strong" government. The Boechers
and Cheevers and Tyugs are not confin.
cd 10 the North. fC
Some men on each side have boosted
of tho number of clergymen on their
side that have become military corn
maudcrs, as IL that circumstance were
an Endorsement Of the holiness of their
cause. This enlistment Of the clergy is
no credit TO them, no. matter on which
side they are engaged 2 They had en-.
listed in the service of One higher than
any earthly commander, and their con.
duct is base desertion of His cause.
Tho Right Reverend Father in God,
Major General Bishop Leonidas Polk.
ID. d., is man whom the world will
hereafter willingly let die" And there
are several others whom the world will,
without tears, permit to 60 through the