The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-02-24

foT TIE Sadlz SenIlael.
Political Preaching.


a BITTER and wIrHERING SARCASM
upon the proposition of Edison B. 0lds
and Virgil E. Shaw for y formation of
a new Church however, he cahdidly
gives their reasons, viz: "rhat the
time has come when the cause Of re-
llgion and the gIol of our country
inperitiyely ,demlnls the ofganizl-
ton aud establishment of a new church,
wherein the pure, peaceable gospel Of
Christ can be preached, unmixcd with
politics, fanaticism or any other for
cign matter. The Republicans corr
respondent treats this matter as quite
a joke-talks Sbout the authorities
depriving Olds of his Bible during
his imprisonment, which, if true, is
disgraceful to any Cover nment styling
itself Christian.
We did not set out to answer Junius
witticisms, only wishing to draw the at
tention Of the public to a plain, COM
IN on-scnse view OF tMs matter of DO
litical preaching. ...
You are aware that nearly all the
ministers Of the different religious de-
nominations [ am happy to say there
arc few noble exceptions) have per.
mitted themselves to be influenced too
much by public clamor-too often
have our ears been panied, our hearts
wounled, by the bitter denunciations
hurled from the pulpit at the heads of
those who have had the moral cour-
age to exercise the right guaranteed
to every American citizen, namely,
that of the elective franchise.
When the Ministers of the Gospel,
recsiving their commissions from hea>
ven to preach nothing but Christ
and Him cruciied, SO far step down
from their high positions as to mani
fest such spirit, and thereby stir up
feelings Of animosity and ill will be,
tween members Of the same church,
"brothers in the Lord, as the Apostle
terms them, is it any matter of sur
prise that these persons thus persecu-
ted begin to talk about the for nation
of new church--or of leaving the
oLD-perhaps to wander away upon
the mountains Of sin? Never can it
be said, while the old MN Of sin is
thu, being kept alive, by him who
should be their leader and example in
every christian virtue, "Behold how
these brethren love one another"
We would be the last one to advo~
clte the form ltion of q new church,
yet we would labor ha rd to reform the
old; would Impress up on the minds of
Of ALL the DANGER Of mixing Church
and State; that su ch q combination
can only enl in religious persecution,
with all its inexpressible horrors. The
mina'of oar people, for six days in
the week, are TOO MUCH taken up with
the cares Of the world, the interests
OF the country, the existing wars,
news Of the day, and 50 on, and when
Sa5bath morning arrives, their SOULS
are hungering for spiritual food, the
bread Of heaven, we would plead with
the ministry to feed his flock with this
bread of life, teaching them to "love
the Lord their God with all heir mind,
soul and strength, and their neighbor
as themselves" then we would like
the golden rule Junins speaks of. +.
How prone people are in these days
to run into one idea. For instance,
this "doing to others as We would that
they should do to us," som e would ap-
ply alone to people Of color, whereas
if obeyed in its BROAD Gospel sense,
we woull not 80 often hear hard names
and bitter cpithets applied to neigh-
bora and brethren in the same church.
We have been almost carried away
with the thought, had the Christian
church, North and South, held fast to
her integrity, inculcating pure gospel
principles, laboring as she should have
done to quell the bitter feeling between
the disafeotai sections, instead Of
tanning the already excited passions
to blaze, who knows but that the
Sovereign Lord, might have, for the
sake of his faithful church, saved this
nation from this troublous ordeal
through which we are now passing.
There should be salt enough in this
countryto save it, but if the salt has
lost its saver, oh, wherewith shall it
be salted. aa .asa
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago,
when Garrison, Abby Kelly AMI their
followers began to spread their disso-
luton sentiments throughout the
North, a few, deeining themselves Too
HOLY to remain in communion with