East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-02

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Ono OF the most beautiful stories of
Holy Writ is that Of the temptation Of
Jesus. ST. Mathew tells us that Je-
sus was led by the Spirit into tho will
derness, and there the tcmpter camo
to him, but was repulsed and rebullod
"Again." says st. Mathew, "the dovl
takoth him pinto an exceeding high
mountain, and showeth him oil the
kingdoms OF the world, and glory Of
thom, and saith unto him, Al these
will / give you IL thou wilt fall down
and Worship me- Then saith Jesus
unto him, "Gct dice hence, Satan for
it is written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him ouly shalt thou
serve. Then the doyil leayeth him,
and behold, angels came and minis
tcrod unto hIm."
Nearly ninctoon centuries aitor this
wonderful event We find this same
Satan, in the form Of a Brooklyn par
son, troubling the world as he troubled
Jesus on tho mount. His tail and
his horns are concealed beneath tho
apparel Of tho period; but his informal
spirit is as evident as ever. He has
caused war'and confusion, through the
agency of this Brooklyn parson and
other personsof that stamp, i'll this
chuson land, which was once the most
happy, the most peaceful, and the
most powerful upon the face Of the
earth Now, incarnated in the body
Of Beecher, he has crossed the Allan
tic, and is trying to SGT all England
by the ears. SelGshly speaking, we
wish him success. While he is busy
there we may possibly by able to re-
pair damages here. Satan is a hard
worker; but he Is not omnipotent, and
cannot raise the devil in more than
one country at time, if God and
good men are working against him.
England has been tamporing with
evil for a long while past, and de-
serves all that Satan can give hor.--
While she is in agony we may be per-
mittcd to escape. it follows, there
fore, that highlands oxtromity.will be
one opportunity, and that tho visit of
Satan to London viii aid the Union
cause.
Mr.. Beecher is a true satanic par
'r'1.f rrt- t.ri-t'lItrity atseniu h,s-ss-
bug. His church a satanic church,
His followers are followers Of Satan.
His disciples go to a satanic school
He offers them tho political world and
the glory of it if they viii fall down
and worship him and his mastcr.---
He is not, indeed, tho Doyil himself.
That honor is reserved for Wendell
Phillips But the Devil possesses
him, travels with him and actuates
him. The Devil bcstows upon him
that moving eloqUoncc, chat astonish-
ing command Of language, that abiii-
~ to raise a row at any moment and
in any place, for which his admirers
give him so much credit. This ex-
plains his superiority as q diplomat to
the Chcvalicrs WikoN, Jewctt and
Weed, and even to his Grace Arch
bishop Huges. These pcrsonages
have been to Europe; bat they ac-
complished little or nothing, because
thcy did not have the Devil with them
B695l9HtiRS2r! Undoubtedly has. IIo de-
tailed littlo imp Of Satan 10 manage
his weekly paper during his absence,
and took tho genuine Mcifer as his
travelling companiou His advent in
England was marked by an earth
quake. His first src7ch produced
moral earthquake. II he docs not
involve the British isles in some tfe-
mondous disaster before his return, it
viii bo because the English are the
most lucky people upon the globe.
One Of the daily organs of SATAN in
this city ascijbcs TO the satanic Gin
tense passion" "maryelous power Of
illustration" and ''groat Gexibility."-
These are satanic qualities. The or
gan also describes him as contending
with "a raging sea" Of opposition
"now soaring to overcome it, now
sinking to undermine it, NOW dashing
I'm its teeth" This is precisely the sa-
taaic style Of warfare. We, in our
kindness Of heart, have previously spo-
ken of Parson Beechor's ''plucl." 1t
ia satanic pluck, which knows no fear,
because it has nothing to lose and
every thing TO gain. Milton praises
Satan for the same quality. The
London Times says that Boecher APP
pealed to English solGshnoss. 1t is
Just this human weakness which Sa-
tan generally plays upon, and this is
the chord he attempted to touch when
he offered Divinity all tho kingdoms
OF this world. Nor are the fruits of
parson Boecher's efforts unworthy Of
his satanic inspiration. lie and such
as he have wasted an ocean of blood
already in their hypocritieal defense
of the black race. Desolato homes,
widows tears, the cries Of poor or
phans and the lamentations of moth
crs will be his welcome when he again
sets foot upon our shores. They are
his triumphs. lie has assisted in
causing them. Nay, he has done so
undor the gtGse OF religion and phi
lOntsropy, and has thus added new
leaf TO his blood-stained laurels.--
Every one may serve Satan if he win;
but it is not every one who can serve
him as Porson Beechcr does, in tho
livery Of God.
Still, in spite of all this, we have
hopes that the visit OF this satanic
parson TO England viii help the Union
cause. Indeed this could scarcely be
otherwise; for by providcntial ar
rangement, Satan continually trips
himself up; his schemes work against
each other, and The evil he docs in
one place counteracts tho evil in
another. So it will doubtless be with
Parson Beecher. His visit has in
jured England a great deal, and may
breed revolutions there; but all this
viii prevent foreign intervention in
our affairs, and allow us 10 settle mat
ters in our own way. Thus is is that