Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-06-10
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Wednesday Morning, June 10. 1858.
SOLD AGAIN.

completely solu on sunday last. W ., ~
usuai on tina, doy, went to one Of the
Temples erected and dedicated to the
living God" for the purpose OF hearing
the doctrines Of Him who preached peace
on earth and good will to men. But to
our misfortune we were compelled to listen
TO a stump war speech, delivered by q
stFay individual whom we did no know.
The speaker had at open Bible before him.
and l0bored with a zeal worthy OF a better
cause, TO prove from it, that Christ did
not come to bring peace, but sword, and
that the people of this country must obey
their rulers, because they are ordained Of
God"
This is precisely the doctrine preached
by the satrars Of George the III, during
the revolution, and is constantly proclaim,
ed by the hirelinG clergy of every despot.
&c government on earth, The clergy Of
Great Britain take especial pains to en-.
graft these views upon the minds Of their
hearer!.
The speaker very exultingly exclaimed,
fhatthewisdom Of our rulers, by one stroke
ofthe pen, had liberated 4 ,OOO, 900 of human
beings through a military necessity"
The speech was ably endorsed by the
-'preacher in charge"
The speaker very boastfully exclaimed
that he was no political preacher. We
never met one Of that class who was hon,
ast enough 10 co.fes9 his calling. The
manufacture of counterfeit coin would be
about as likely TO advertise his business
through the public papers, or the bawdy
mouse frequenter TO proclaim himself such
on the street corners, as for a second. rate
political clergyman to honestly tell his
congregation that he was recruiting an
army for the Internal regions.
If she confines of hell ever rev erberated
with laughter, it must be over the admis>
sion OF q first class hypocrite>a man who
takes a commission from the Prince of.
Peace, to preach the gospel as revealed in
the Bible and then spends his time in the
service OF tue devil.
The only way to reach this class of
creatures is to stop their pay, and stay away
from these gatherings, and allow the Abo.'
!itionists to make UP their quarterage
Short pay is the sorest affection YOU can
visit upon an abolition clergyman. 1t robs
him of his conscience and his commission
10 commit evil under guise of aGodly garb
and renders him a fit subject for ar army
Chaplain, or reviler OF the christian re-
ligion, in both Of which capacities he can
be properly avoided and thus rendered in,
competent to commit wrong under the
cloak OF religion.
Would TO God that four or five repi,
ments of these boasted patriotsi?) would
shoulder q nusket, or buckle OH q sabre
and march down South and help to "crusb
ont" this rebellion. Their room in socie,
ty could be easier filed than that of any
other class of citizens. Public harmony
would soon be restored, no matter which
iscrushsd out the rebellion or themselves,
This class of men have been the romenters.
ana destroyers Of our public peace. But
they are not yet satisfied with the sacrifice
and death Of fire hundred thousand better
men than themselves upon the Abolition
altar, to approve their unholy appetites.
All the concomitants and admixtures of
war, and unholy men, fort short season.
sixty or ninety" days does not seem TO
have blunted their patent christianilyR)
They are still whetting their appetites for
the work Of their puritan fathers cutting
out the tongus, and cropping of the ears
OF men and women for Unreasonable prao.
tcos' and hanging the latter for witches.
We can tell these defamers of religion
that 1t is impossible for them to again in.
augurate the palmy days of Cotton
Mather, in this country without falling
into the ditch which they have dug for
others, and that they had better preach
the gospel, aud thus become the promo,
tiers, inatead Of disturbers, of tho publio
peace, and risking their own safety. WEI
hope they will yet learn that rapatieism
is not religion.