Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-02
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Exclusion Of Politics from
the Pulpit.
Excellent sermon for the Times.

We extract from the New Haven Journal
and Courier fhe portion below Of an ami
versary discourse delivered in the South
Congregational Church Of that city, on Sat
ur,lay evening last. by the Isstor, Rev j.
Halsted Carroll. It had bcen previously
delivered, iand was repeated % this occasion
by rcquctt. Taking for his to st list Samuel,
vii, II:
"Theh Samuel took stondand set it be-
tween ,Mizpch and Shcn, add called the
name df it Ebcnezcr, saying, Hitherto hath
the Lord helped u.s.
The preacher enlarged uphn the cxpcr-
fences Of tn, society and its prosperous con
ditio'h and proceeded to czpltSs sentiments
which w. euuid heartily 1sh might>bc
uttered from every pulpit tho land, as
follows:
Surely, however Imperfect the presSnta-
ton Of the truth, however much in my min
istration may have been thought omitted
aud wrong, God blessed rhat had been uttered,
and il seems enough was uttered to build up
and comfort saints ard convert sinners unto
truth, "Thv word is truth - While have
such encouraging acknow .,dgcmcnt that the
word Of God. Jnd no man , teaching. has
been presented ask tina, Your prayer may
ascend with mine, that while stand here,
| may preach pothing but the "exccllcncy
Of the knowledge Of risi" and he sus-
tn ned in the resolution and determination to
"know nothing among men but Jesus
Christ, and lin cruciied.
allure Al isms and ignore all secular
and political themes in the house OF God on
the day of God, either preached Or prayed
aud hey catn be quite as easily prayed as
Preached land are, when the minister, in
leading tie dcyolions of an cRtire people,
intoncs TIE shihboeth Of party; when he
fails to represent the desircS and wants
commoryto all and spiritual, anil becomes a
High Priest before the throndrcprescntinr
what il partial and political, Generally die
tating to the all-wise and Nbst High God
the time and way in which things shall he
dont and if not SO done i,s,iaJ Eny Y rrrn0y1.
tioT Of Diyips-wuthority and the Inaugural
characterization against him{
In all places and in all tirtcs, have op-
posed, to the full extent of bny ability, the
introduction OF civil. secnltr and political
questions into the house Cd tod: and | do
not mean necessarily portvholtics, or those
that play directly into par4 hands. but also
that mingling OF public anp political affairs
into the ministrations of Che pulpit which
brings up and discusses irgthis sacred place
and time those topics Of secular interest
which occupy the minds Iof worldly men
during the week.
4 tt.r.rxxatx. bocouSo I 70
gard>H unscripturci as degrading my high
calling in Christ Jesus; a. an Mwarrant
able substitute for a gospel messagA What
Is the minister calling what shoAd he
his message? Paul answers in CorH. lS,
Il: And all things are Of God, wholhath
rcconciled us to himself by Christ ksus,
and hath given to vs. ministry of rccdhcil-
iation, tc-wit, that God was in Christ icon
cling the world to himself, not imtuting
their trespasses upon them and haA COM
mitted unto US the word Of reorganization
now then We are ambassadors Christ. as
though God did besecchp gu by us we
pray you in Christ s stsa6 be yc reconcilcd
70 God. F0l IL - made him to be sin
for u, that We might 6cnade the right
sousness Of God in him."
o. 1flawful it is xnnec<ssa,k Already
u aos0ros the mass OF men, six daHs out Of
seven; already, BY invading the saectuar-
iss Of our land, has it eaten out thu very
heart Of spirituality. SO that a revivh Of
Gods work in sueh lions Is an anomaly
already does it threaten to usurp Z peina.
nently paramount place in the Hous4 Of
Ood and the hearts Of his worshippers, be-
msano'ng even now conformity to its bo.
nt'cal creed. a. essential to Christian lei.
lowship.
a. It is inespedient. Christianshre
1on~ax from their spiritual home1 in
Hitter disappo iptment, while even the = IA.
ling departs in disgust from the houxc -
GSd, doubling Z e reality and value q rel;-
gion, judging Il hus because Of this( niser
able counter an6 csrricaturs.
a. Avsri aetisa;sosss JerAilSs. What
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