, 1862-01-27
;1rt,r Urithutt&,
MONDAY, JANUARY -, 1862.


AAHAE y GAk EokG S<f1* D-A Z
Thank Heaven for that: Il tho war has
}:ad no olhcr effect, it has put an extin-
:suisher GU the frequent Exhibitions Of!
practical Atheism, which were the disgrace
Of the American pulpit, and has compelled
clerical apologisls for slavery to silence il
not to sincere repentance. The tune seems
IN age, such has been the rush Of cren:s
sipcc they we're IN full blast; but many
nscs will pass before TIC n1enloly Of these
blessed shepherds. these mundane saints
these perfected and sanctldcd ones, waiting
with heavenly inpaicncc the felicity
of translation, will be forgotten
by mankind We have one in our
minds, now, as we saw him some
ninc months ago. Round and robust in
person; rosy IN The gills and rubicund Of
visagc; clean shared, the wearer Of inl~
n,aculate linen, and the most sombre
Of black. Awhile cravat, oTer which the
soft folds Of an ample chin would jut, en-
closed his pletl,o,ic neck Hair shot with |
silver threads, gave him the look Of ma-
turity and strength. / round belly which |
no dress could conceal, was token Of the !
good liver. Hands guiltless Of color, If
not of the smallest were just those
fitted for laying Oh. His voice care
fully trained, was low, if not soft;
and his eyes, coerced into studied
mildness, seemed incapable Of expressing
ma1ignity. hate or lie. He was such a
"dear man. said the younger ladies Of his
church, whom he was wont TO greet With
the kiss Of peace. He was close in q bar
gain. t'The Saints shall inherit the eartll,'
he received as command and was hcnot
saint and entitled 10 his share? He had
bank stocks and railroad stocks Il be did
not invest in real estate, the neglect was
owing to the fact that it did not pay He
heard 10 <cal1a" that were not loud; and,
Of two calls, the loudest was heard the
quickest He presided over fashionable
congregation With dignity and grace, and
was paid five thousand & year. His society
was made up mainly OF commercial men,
who, in addition to souls to save, had goods
to sell: and in the order in which we state
the objects, they realized the saying that
the "last shall be first" We say nothing
Of his theology and theirs, save that it vas
Of the severer sort, and was preached with
out many qualifications Of heavenly love.
We heard him a dozen times last year and
the year before during two visits East.
With what astonishment did the man fill
usi We need not say that he was
sharp On all the vices to which
his congregation WAS not addicted,
ror that he was more than 1enient to those
which were the fashion Of tie hour. He
opened all the wills Of temporal and eter-
nal wrath upon the lucklcss lads and lasses
who were tempted to dance: but he was
supposed to know that the wealthiest nler-
chant Of his flock had q venture in slave
ship, and he studiously refrained from any
a1lusion to the unpiousness Of the slave
trade. He insisted with equal pertinaclty
upon the binding obligation Of every arti
Gle Of the creed, and the astounding sinful
ness Of the Jews; but rarely descended, II
his Teprobation Of national sins, to {
period below that in which Herod th'
Tet1arch fouzishea: Of the American 81.
he was specially unmindlul. He picturet
with eloquent cxaggeration the conditio,
Of the heathen; but was studious1y careful
never to let o hint drop that We hay
four. millions Of heathen upon whic1
nothing but the gospel Of Diaholism eve
falls. He begged with the pertinacity Of
ncndicant friar, whenever collection va
taken to send the gospel abroad; but Ii
would have held s proposition to send
consignment Of spelling books to Sout
Carolina, by which the negroes could b
taught 10 read that gospel, as q nalciou
suggestion of old Hoofs and Horns Mmse]
Next to his Own preaching, he placed mo
reliance On tracts as the means Of conyert1
the world; but he de}iTercd sermon Of OF
hour and a-ba,f to prove that I
tract should condemn the selling Of Wome
and men. He taught the unity and cor
mon origin Of the human race, but alwa.
quietly dropped the black race in his pra
crs His leaning to the doctrine Of Perfe
ton was thought to be heretical; but Wht
he made boast Ct his willingness to re
ognizc the drivers Of cofne.gangs al
the keepers Of slayc-pens as ChElstit
brothers, his accusers were silent and Pe
fection vas heard Of no more. After I
monstrating for years against the discussit
Of the slavery question in the house Of Il
Lord" dragging politics into the pulpi
he preached three labored sermons On th
very issue. And these were the triple CROW
Of that Atheism which was the real basis
his pretended religious teaching, and viii
permeated every fibre Of his life. He +
sified history Of which he knew little; p
yeued the Old and was silent as to I
New Testament. He wilfuly slandere
large body Of his countrymen by attsi
ting to them purposes which he knew,
might have known, they did not entert'
He made treasonab1e apology for the
of1oying Freedom which our forefath
committed He CLOSED over with ly
phrase the master iniquity Of the Sol
and denied by implication that Slavery
wrong aud resolving himself int
prophet, foretold, to the satisfaction Of a
The Southern trade, that the Gospel as
preached it, dilute and lifelcss, would, "
cut the agency Of ungod]y men, as he ca
III who deny the rightfulness Of bond
sanctify the world. The discourse
published in pamphlet form the" Rel
licans and all such d;s.ArbeEs Of the pes
we're thought to be annihilated Brot
Dry Goods & Co., who had p1antatio
Gcorgia, sent 3 check for five hundred
lars, which, as the donation was brute
the papers, he sent to the Colonization
ciety. But it was in prayer that our
slavery saint was most powerful
mingled fervor and oily unctious
with which, in his public petit
to the Throne of Grace, he {
send al .Aboitionist to perdition-
which he could wipe off the multi
abominations Of human Slavery, BY ia
all 1nan-sellers and won1an-whippers
had "professed' 8 knowledge Of the
into the Holy Communion-with whiE
praying for our country, he could d
cate the efforts Of political fanatics II
misguided men''-with which he {
invent and utter lies before the face Q
Almighty-was 8 GROWING triumph 0
pro~slayery art.
This saint IL preaching yet ThctA'