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The Louisville Ttus PrsSbyt t1nn En-.
tAins the following sahslis rsaAaaks & -
above subject: - q y - = :.
eff The Church eontinasi fkis inssr,
meddNne with things Of the aAnta. No.
long will Il be tin tha State wElI msadis
With the ChnEchH A samplo @f this .waa
recently peen at Glasgow, Kentueky.
where the military authorities sant thS
national flag into the AethOdist Confer.
ence, with The demand that each minister
should salute It But this treating an g.
clesiastical body as thc1gh Il were DO.
litical body would never have been tho't
Of had It not been for the e0m@oa peliti.
cal nlAneuVefing OF preachers. II e ecp
clesiastics, they invade political Gsound,
they certainly may expect 70 bs Invaded
In turn. -----.---.-l -.--...-.-. ~.
"The Church thus sets an exau1lO
dangerous 70 herself as wen e 70 he
country. Her nature, her policy and her
intentions are oil more easily learned by
the public from what she dOes than froGa
her creed. And who, that has BEEN stn.
dying her these last few years In che Iighe
Of what she has been doing, would fcF Q
moment dream that she was not Of thiG
world-that she was not in. her natuEO
and appointments anything rather than Q
purely spiritual and ecclesiastical BODY
great institution Of peace, set up lcr
that endP As they listened to her in her
pulpits, and as they have looked IN On
assemblies and caught the tone and OBJ
ject Of 0 large portion Of her debates, and
read her long and labored political acts
as they have seen her worldly tempee--
moro eager, more ardent, and more war.
like than military Tnen-who ~ them an
thus learning the nature Os thO Church
from her acts could beaieVe that the NsUA&
Head and TeacheF Of the Church usa the
Prince Of Psaeef Such q eouGlnnio0 AIom
such premises would be impossihla. .
But this Is not eli GoinR late de
armies Of this great war, they 1lnd con.
panies, regiments, brigades and divisions
headed BY Reverend Captains, Ool0neis
and Generals. Christ said, MY kingdom
is not Of this world,' but what can b
moro Of this world than heading armies
and sighting battlesf They have Isit the
pulpit to take the sword, and thus Give
their highest testimony 70 the suprsHacy
Of the world over the kingdom Of Chrisi
Paul said, God forbid that / Ghould Rlo.
~, save IN the cross Of Christi bot
these men seem to say. God forbid that
We should glory, save in the art and
practice Of war The same Apostle said,
Woe is me if I preach not the gospel !
but these men say woe 10 us II We are
not found on the battle-felds and Ia the
slaughter Of our enemies.
"The love Of the brethren n one Of the
evidences Of Christianity, but when Rsv.
erend military inca meet In baGtls aud
strike each other down in death, have
they not abandoned and fAlsiHed al Iheif
ministerial engagements and pFoGessienot
What strange Idea Of the OhriStiin ~.
lIgion would heathen get by Witnaasna
all Of these thingsl The Yep0ek WhscS
he would carry home would caEa6i1iS -
terrible carricature Of Christianity, ana
powerful obstacle TO it's reception Whsro
such report ~as known and bslssvsd."