Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-01-01

the following sabbath, as on former sub
baihs,-Jmf for fortuty. Not knowing
anything Of The thing, Rev. Moore visited
the Greed, at my request, Mr.. Maibea be-
ing wiling. So Mr.. Moore preached that
sabbath
The canse Of subsequent breaking be-
tween him and the church lay in remarks
made BY Mr. Maiben Sabbath morning to
the Sabbath School. Two men, Messrs.
holland and Hathwell, left early for Lam
caster distant forty miles, to join Captain
Pamer's company, which was to move
Monday morning. These men might
have gone, il is true, on Saturday evening,
or, going Sabbath morning, as they did,
there was no need Of escorting them out
Of town with drum and fife and cheering.
However. it was down: and il was not
said to be just the thing by religious men
generally. But it did not justify Mr.. Mai
! ben in his course. Taking up a request
written and handed in by an estlmable In
dy Of the Green. that "The Ladies' Sol
diers' Aid Society should meet on Tuesday
to scrape lint aud prepare bandages De,
for the soldiers" he broke out violently
with "They don't need any lint-they
don't need any lint: gone outin this unho-
" war-mark, | say, unholy war. You
call it holy war: | say it is a most
unholy war. Children, | want yon to tell
your parents what | say
This talk | did not hear-I was after
the Rev Moore; but many who heard it
told 1t me- some Of the young ladies who
sat and cried as they hesgd-so some Of
the children, as some sat there who had 9
father "gone out in this most unholy war;
as it was that morning styled. One young
man who is now along with me here in
camp in our company, could not endure it,
arose and left.
Well, Monday morning the leading sup
porters of the church determined to sus-
tain Mr.. Maiben no longer: they felt that
such talk was as bad as treason itself,
working mischief, and painful to the ears
of unpatriotic men and women, and even
shil lren, who have sons, husbands, broth
ers. fathers, in this war, periIing limbs and
even life for our country. For myself, be-
ing a warm personal friend Of Mr.. Maiben,
having always entertained higk regard for
him, | should not have said a word; but,
when the church moved | was willing to
move with her. And so consented to lie
one of two to confer with him in reference
to his preaching no more for US. Bat the
deputation from the church which waited
upon Mr. Maiben did not politely, or other
wise, say they had no further occasion for
! his services However painful the task
I might lave been, and it would have been
| painful beth 70 ny aged .ffspI snl MYSELF
Of the population, we, under The circum.
stances, would have been compelled to do
SO, but for the fact chat Mr. Maiben him
self saved us the task He stated dis
tincdy that he chad for months noticed an
evident enlargement on the part Of his
congregation, and had bean satisfied thst
the relation Of pastor and people could not
be sustained much longer. That on fast
day be was aware that he was uttering SEN
tinents which were offensive to us also
what he said on Sabbath in Sabbath School
he knew would ofend--in fact, he noticed
it did offend even the children, and that one
young man arose and left the house" TO
this | replied, che surprised me, that was
aware of no evident estrangement till this
morning although knew some were of
Tended with sermon, deemed unpatriotic,
in the spring" Ny friend sad he was not
aware OF such arrangement SO long as Mr..
NJ. mentioped. Mr. Maben replied he
chad SO notice,," and, ia reply to the
question, "what shall we do!0 asked By
my friend, Mr.. Maiben answered Il think
we had better separate-that had better
i preach for you no more-that my salary
Should be maize up to this time, and there
be no further obligation" 10 this we
both assented, saying, "that we thought
such course best under the circumstan-
ces-as some several of the congregation
had determined to hear him no more"
There was no disposition on the part d
the deputation, waiting upon Mr.. Maiben,
to Justify the disregard Of the sabbath,
shown in the beating Of the drum. the fife,
the cheering although the existence 81
extraordinary circumstances justify extraor-
binary doinos. Had the tenor of the re-
marks made, been upon misunderstanding,
the departure of these two men might have
been taken IS a subject Of discourse; then.
regard for the feelings of lltle son aud
three littlo daughters, might have suggest
ell some other subject. And other subjects
would not have been wanting "a drunk
Irishnlan, a loaded lumber wagon passing,
| an open whiskey-sbop, dozen boys and a
| half dozen dogs all yelpiag in the streets,
these would have furnished themes Of
reproof either that day o. most any other
| day.
These are the facts in regard to MF. Mai
ben's separation from the iIlzel Green con
gregation.
What have written, | have written il
no spirit Of enmity for Mr. Maiben OF any
Of bis house; we parted then and wien !
came to camp. as ths best Of friends; but
/ / write because | feel that friend Maiber
| has lat his prejudice mislead him II hi.
4 Judgment Of the American people, Of Amer
i lean institutions, and especially Of affairs II
i Hazel Green. People there wished hin
well. and not alone for Bis sake, AMONG