The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-01-14

church organization in which the pure
and m"cttcaDte gospel OF our Lord Jc,
sus Christ, nnmlXod with politics, and
IN which Sabbath Schools shall be es,
tabIishcd in which our children shall
be taught Bible truths, instead OF abo-
lItIonlSm; therefore, III order to obtain
such an or&anlzalIon the undersigned
earnestly request the friends OF civil
ana religious liberty, irrespective OF
sect or creed, to meet us IN Lancaster,
on thursday, the l+th day OF January
next, Tor mutual consultation ana con
cert OF acton tn,, !, g,
EaSoh b; o'HS, Sirg,I II: II; ohaWj
a. H. fcilerS, JOSIAH wright,
james A'Iorl' J0S'Pn nnarp'
iienry Al'pach' m; U,olImah,
j. W. Cunningham -; w. ioNWSoN,
JACOB b"k'r' J holnaS ItecS'
Lancaster Dec. %, l0o@'
Apropos Of this we find the follow
ing in the New Iorl; Tribune:
corprpup,n crprsr,, ,v,ry
The "DemocratS OF ONO arc to
have u New Gospel preached unto
them by Il brace OF Apostles rejoicing
III the names OF Edison IS. Olds and
virgil b, Shaw mat they may ac-
compIsh TINS ecGIesI"St'caI phGnoqe,,
non, OldS and Shaw have addrestcd
an ep'stlet to Governor Medary, tcg-
glng him to summon, ut an early day,
IN conjunction with sad Oids ana
shaw, "a state Convention ior the pur-
pose q dcV'SlnS some plan tor new
church organization, III Whlch Demo
Gratis may enjoy the privilege OF hear,
ing. preached pure GoSpci, unmiNed
with Abolition hnaticism' Mcdary
responds that'he Is "grautied, ard he
invokeS all Democratic professors ana
confeSsors where they arc III the ma
lority in any church, "to sec to IT that
Magdalen Devils are eNpunged, anc
that the control otthe church Is placed
in hands which VIII not disgrace the
religion such churches profess We
would suggest, If our proiane suggest
IONS might be permitted, fIhd otromN
PoSite on eclectlc iailh, winch shall con-
tam elegant extracts IRON variety OF
crceds, and embrace whatever IS ten
derry savage, swectIy blrbarouS' delic-
lousy crude, ana virtually brutal in all
religions, ancient ana modern. as
the ASSyrian Brlus, IN this holy scheme,
VIII probably be the central deity, the
new ONO la;ta VIII, douotiesS, lncnl-
cate the Offering oichlldren IN sacrifice.
From Egypt might be borrowed that
plou3 reverence Tor the bastnado
which causes the people StlIl upon the
banks ofthc Nile Caccordmg to WIKI
lnsom to cry out, "the stick came
down from Heaven, a blessing from
God, wilhelm Mcdary mcetlnG-hous-
eS swine will be offered to the moon,
ana libatlonS OF "old rye poured out
to Bacchus-thoso animals and that
tluid being common and cheap in Ohio
Neither must Messrs, Olds and Shaw
forget that the Moabites were descend
ed from the eldest daughter OF Lot,
and were greatly given to the Offering
up OF rams, Out, OF respect for the
AmmonItcs, niche must be kept III
the temple for Moioch, who must have
also offerings Of flour-bcst Gencsec-
OF turtles, OF sheep, OF rams, OF calves,
OF oxen, and oiLchlldren! Out ef re
spcct for the PhlIlstlncS, room should
be found for an image ofold Dagonj
out Of reverence for the Syrans, let
there be a astatue oiRimmon; out OF re-
gard for the Ph@nicians, a Cronu%-
Ladies and gentlemen OF the new sect,
as they cannot, in the Land of Pork,
be expected to abstain from pig, like
the Jews and MoslcmS, VIII, we suppose
refrain from beet like the Egyptians,
only Modmy, ODDS and Shaw now and
then having steak upon the sly, after
the manner OF high priests otold.-
From the Old Testament viii be bor-
rowed single sentence, "cursed be
Canaan from the New, one single
chapter-the EpstIc OF Paul to PhiIo-
mon. Greece will contribute Bac-
chus, and Rome Mars. From the
Aztecs will come further slauShterous