New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-30
The President's Proclamation for o Past
-Fhe Cur en- Covenaptrrs.
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To -. Iaa0y q ThsN n. y. Tris~n4
Sin: 1 thank you heartily for Publishing tho
Scotch Pr..by.In Covsnsh,sn tof P,nu'J-sni. crit
iessn, % The Pred.a PROF. anaton for day o. sdBs Al
view II cur National sin, and Ia Ills morning.
THstsE Yea and dasf foto sSl g. regard thsf ja'
40 49, Efrs.s@' ivt 's's~ss--
M.toh2 Of Jesus Christ and consequently bis Divinity
and oo,qu.y with the FsiAsI end sPihihS great Ivan
s.lioa Dociriss o. JHay IN UuiiJ--houi -hch al 70
lson shan oasn,. to Almighty God Your reHsIf'
In regard the CovsuAnter bsing IN The aud lno
Grant, in eurnE the President should hsv, hOrofs hs
Son even =. tho EsiAsf (which Father himself
rsquifs,l srs the w.elss Of and oommos sense
In th,m-,hsn any that 10 ny knowledge cam, from
your psn. Are We not Christian hsoni DO We not
hsv. from tho bssnains Willingly gladly, worn this
bspsHsl uage-C hfsan, all. HA,oasy nam 81. fol-
lowers Of and bsisv.r, In I,,ss Chna prof,ssey And
shall In oonicisnes fsaaon be required Il Lppssr
ysu think shoEld In compliment to fo~ Js~' sad
larger nnzbsr Of iBads az ell UnisIhns and NJ
ysuslss - ,pch-a5d uoald 70 Oed they moth "a all
proclamation, whsfsia the Governor Of State The
Preside Of the United s.Gs' es upon tho people 10 OBJ
serve dsyi Of ThfnkgrinEs Fsng exclude the Nsfas Of
Jeiu CkTiIi, lest Il wound tho srs Of Jeys Tuka and
inhds' and prsEent their PIoUs tAsrIHO1 Oh, Nj
Gres,y you Grotn sks politician hut miserable ,hsO-
Logan THE psyers Of the WICKED Abominstion to
the 0rd ssiiL Holy Scripture, and Jo, TuiS sad In
hdss pray at s.nd they pretend 10 pray muehse they
not AZ ,bominsGon to The Eternal Father o. nseiss Has
lie not 10 His holy ,nnE the Jews OF the Land OF
Canaan and scattered he b, wide world because they
consumsted their guilt Nation by erueying tho Lord OF
Life and Glory and stsrr refused accept him offered
thar atoning Sacrifice Ps, and King and the Scriptures
axe plain that 80 LONG they continue reject Him the
Lord will reject hss and longer. And now my Dear
SIR shall encourage these od, Of iDsdss aud Uas,ps
in their calling Cbrs an impOsOr By showing ourselves 90
little appreciation Of the glooas Son Of God tbs only
given smapg Whereby be saved "a being written
He tina! beeveh IN Hin shall be saved and he that besv.
eth not shs be dAnned"l by ignoring Nation, in
general FA.s ADD ThAnkviDgs Christian psme and
Of Goo. Eternal soni MI Greeley. such nonssu,e may be
somewhat consistent with those who beveor profes. to
that God will make eternal d5eaes bstw.sn the rheou,
and Wiciedin the rebuton OF hell .e-fer none oiher
YOUR WELL-WlsHKR
my "Wen-Wisher" flatters me with the az.
surance that l am good politician, but very
, poor theologan. l beg leave TO apprise him
that / make no pretensons TO being the0lo-
gan at ALL and that / consider this subject
purely and solely in the light shed upon it by
the Constitution OF the United States, which
, does not declare this q "Christan Nation, u
nor recognize az true any theologic statement
or creed whatever, but on the contrary eI.
= pressy prescribes that
"ConIs,. sh. max. law respecting an establishment
Of religion prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
Y The well understood intent and effect Of this
prohibition is to make religion what Gin our
t judgment) it ever ought to be, q strictly per.
sona matter between each soul and its Creator,
y and rigdy forbid any recognition Of or par.
TALLY for one religious creed or faith over
: another. What my !" Well.Wisher" says Of
Q the inefiicacy or worse Of the prayers and OBJ.
= servances Of Turks, Jews. Unitarians, Deists,
. &C., may be true or falsei but in either case
I the fact remains as above stated. My Well.
c Wisher" might have made great deal better
+. Constitution than the Federal-opinions will
} differ on that point--but it is perfectly certain
that the Constitution under which We live, and
which most of US have sworn TO support, reads
as above quoted and not as he would have it,
: Mr.. Lincoln, as individually Presbyterian
+ will doubtless pray to-day as our correspondent
would have him. but as President he does not
know that q Jew Dest, or Unitarian's prayer
is not just as acceptable to God ~ On Episco.