Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-24

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uss assert thai their church Is dsseefsfea By The we
10 which h b nov applied
To thu sissleyhl ehalrHsh of this alslgyhi ase.s
u,l.ass General sosIsmah sthl Inc feiiowing tapls
frpsam DEsfHte4 D Ear TEssr
K1uxYills Tsans Mar 70 1885
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There e plenty u feem IN ne loy.l shaFehss q
This city Ger eli se Wish Y ssssa Inc =
thai The church was Dirt deeeefatsd ly bslaR Innas
use Of 81 diaIoynl congregation lsd w islofel
preacher 10 disseminating treasoh and tFsasesanie
| doctrines.
! Ii sppeass nov 20 b applied % . vary good paf-
] pc4s that q edaesiiRg he nolorea ySa1h q sho
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called 70 lss ShsncfalIy alshy eosdislcn
By couafaand OF Maj Gen. erexgN1H
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MAJOR and A. A. 81
Thas our rsaders nlas appessiAsa tie pFepFsssg Of
General ss0aemans letssf, We viii ssatA few taets
IN connection With this church.
ns the largest end woalthlest congregation IN
this city. Our information Is that there are but ss
loyal nsslbcrt Of iho church. unless tbs anbsf he's
bean increased By parsons frCm ~ North who hays
ruesatly settled here
No congregation ID Hast Tennesssa II any d.
nossnasioa, wss a. disloyAl - ihis Thspastef vas
an infancus biasphOaeF. Prem ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of
Che way, the pastor, Ess. W. A. HAsriacn. had
satrie4s performances In this church until The Fed
srAl army came here
He declared IN ths pulpit that that portion Of the
congregation who sympashiEod with The Govern.
meat Of the United States sheaid not come 70 The
eoHmnnion table.
He said that snQzabsFs whose seas Wsso hghtihg
for he Aely cause Of eoathern Independence should
net partaks Of ths smblesns Of she assh and blood
. Of Chris. With msa who sympsthissd With !hess
who wsald assassinEte them, meaning Union sol.
aiers
Mr.. Hsrrison advised all tbs young mon vi his
congregation 70 enlist in the Confederate army
Said II they psrishod in Gghsipg The battles Of the
South they would surely b saved That the cpurss
q the South Ms approved BY Cad and The war ws
for ehFissianity and liberty Tod thg young men
Of bic congregation that It wa their ay % say The
men Of the North wherever they coaid End them.
He declared be would - soon rod tsxt from .
Bible printed and bound IN hell as iipm Ousprintsd
and bound IN the North
he entered lbto Az argument 10 prove tlat Jss1s
Christ aud All his Apostles we're Ss,tktra Be' born.
~ SopiAera soi saosrs Jadas whom hs declared to
hare beer born in Northern iAsisaae These
bAsphemoas declarations were nsade "a the paalplt
81 different simss, a psFsloa Of the congregation
stamping aud appIauaiag
Instead Of sisstiag this blasphsasr sad Aianasrsr
Of the ehsraStor q Northern Rom theiFehurcb
he was supported and HaaisOt
Rebel otsseTs Of al de regiments near tlia sIsy
attended his services.
When The felosal array CaGss here, Gen Carter,
Provost Marshal General, invited Mr. Harrison and
the leading mralbarS u the denomination 10 open
their church Ger worship. They declined doing 81,
boesuSe they behaved tha Uaion arsy would b
drissa oat in short time and they ptofsEtod ssing
deprived Og sssxsss cor while 70 having svrvice
IN city csss which the Feaera, Tag noated as
To speak d dssseratisg this church Is ~ rldiea-
io.s 3. 10 speak sf Che dissertation Of faro hank
Of whisky shop
The Methods, and New School Presbyterian
ehurshs. might BE- appropriately eunycrtsd into
school houses Tor tha colcFed youth Of East Tonnes
sce
P.s.-aihee writing tbs Above No have i,sen tola
4 fa.. a - :.
Der Of this church, that Harrison had him tisd In
the church bseAase hs ceased ss.sndAaee on the sur
Yiees
BE gate ~ his rs4sob fer net attending Harri-
sons minissrHsions that he dsapproysa lhe course Of
the pastor
A leading elder rebuked Mr. Hsws, aud told him
thai man Of hla sentiments ought TO go North and
Join the YAa1es army. Tbia elder vaa Mr. joseph
L. King, chairman of The COMMITTEES whe wrote 70
Gaasral Stensmkn,