North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-12-09

They hayqnne preacher in Bosth ha whe is
ageeat cspiasitSaa his wayae Tie nnl5qua-
tedso ahap poeFNbely refuses Bfp prepch on
pylatdsszflr ne reason, as he aEfcKcs hat be
Ii ~ 1ie.rnore i,nporta,s9 Sasi,sess o.
saving souls. Why, he must have Seen read
ing thai 0bsu4rte work. written for The times,
the New Testament, and found out, somehow,
tstbst bis yc2mmisSiPn an y vas Il 70 s4nJqg ms
werld and preach the Gospel (not pohtlcs)
and to every creature.n- lie deserves i'm
mortat fame fgF frysrqf4g Tlmsf prercpt ok the
Divine Teacher ffuimf rhe 6bii*oh 44rtpi Rhicti
4fzsissufTk. obffvisr- eaup.ete
vvea lilrSse whose l,i,y it is to- expsand the
Scriptures had comple'Iy lost sight of it ~
+ fIera usf have read tIenel also spf O. very re
spect ahissbodya ofmen, whnltEed a llttie over
eighitenshuhdred years ago'wh1 pwent about
doing gn1d ~ whfirever ba,thered thf mseipes
about politics url.clvil yins.itu ions who new
lerinsisttd dfiao Me mssier must give up his
Iblavcstur1 be damne eraallys why lasssad
of incitng the slaves to rise and, murder
them masters, 81 S4f.. seryants be ohellent to
Your masters; and -whorteyded them relyeS,
with siHgleness uf hi.art, TO the great, lwort
theirI l6ste r, lad -assgseds them. Surely the
ancient i ,sion preacher must be thHskhg
Gof these people, nh tletro!d.1 fcegyk ideas,
Gra qritug too nftaus the ta.u. Bat, he should
be careful not En carry the imitation too tar.
RI, ,kt
aten, ht levting AMI actffg asths honorable
and tiF spis sed sect did, rwoG ID fare much bet
ter, in this gInrIehsa nineteeoiih century uf
ours, THAN tlieir ftjrernhners did in'thcrday
If he hives loo chj>eiy inSace,irianre with the
'tn6deisaheyg us, ,ir abides too strictly
by ,hefprecepts ak9y laid down, he may, ex-
peetl to hear "cracfy bim,'h raised by ,,ihe
sci1bes and phaff$es, 'wAo''devDur widows"
fa,ises' aiid fra pfetes,se' nlht C fong pray
pts." Should he I've iure and hl1meltss,
according 20 the sacred doctrines of aChrS-
tIafiii5y, a.; he 'unifersfanyls' ff,tin, his hr
wd5nidbe afstanding rtprBacR to laitis 'num-
etln aftefe,, Ills peh@et 81 many sahctdaries
and tht'iff dgVdtat5 %hul1 bts $Hfaly tempted
TO iofbwf the exa,n!lt df'wicstd' Old Jerdsa-
lem, WITCH ~kIIftd tie prophets and stdPptd
them W." "'.''| ''''~ i- z" at .9.'!
How straY4geiy in iconrras; twitII the con
'duct Of tie BJision 'preat'cr is tie course Of
'tlo>e. reiigjonS,% bodt@g ttich hare resolved
Themselves lhto tra$hng "pnfitieat' cdhven
tons, and ASSUMED to sit in judgment upon
e..
tho poli.ical opinions oflffelr fll"w men.
Instead Of "ltndeling unto Ceesar The
things tiat are Caesars and unto God the
thing, that are G,oh's," Caesar seems TO mo
notolize all their time ana aborS. We do
not, remepbar to haye read that Peter and
Paul aud james and John ever engaged IN
tine very reputable business of sianderlng
their neigAhora7--J'r CABIN them "copper-
heads e. SYn patiNzrrSa" or 4" rebe!!a' 2
W5heD ip e,-yNagpgue, H.eY prcaGhed OF a
eomrng~e rerlgts, "a ID left ihe trl;ng yanities
sI time IT, The hands Of ihef -polliIclass -
These p"Iitlcal declarations 81 cle' zeal b2ile~
# tire ,rr,-et nj day are esfn, at tue best IN
compatible with the causc they represent ::
and " hen they aFe ailqrni ."t,all d'gpiIg. can
der and Christ iap. chaFlty,' they seem 0iI-oSl
10 profape tae tigh ealing OF T. church yl =
Whep The eLpich Gordeslcepnds 70 sou so her
gamsnts in. the DIRT and filth Of The political
arena, she wcaseps sc hsrc pilpfhee and and power.
Ah'ye all, should she discard bItcrresss and
,evling, passion and hlla'ifrYd She sh"nId ev
er rErewsnb} the IWpqegi,lnp Of SAINT Paul =
''.ThnpgFth Ugh | speak with tie tongues Of men
and OF angels, and haze MOI ciq'ity lam be
con!ss rs sounding bras or a tinkling cynlbal."
= Kaiiey SpHfr7l N na.7 ,sf, ..tsf
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