Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1865-03-30
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lam, SC, &c. All mixing and miSliDe
with the scant form Of relixiou drswn 4roro
the Bible in their pulpitss From this
adulterated state of the public mind, pro-
ceed their disre8ard Of hnmanity, Of paris
II and innocei.ce, at the obligations oftho
Bible and their savage cruelty. This furn-
isles n precise parallel with The ten tribes
Of Israel wi, aixed Idolstrye with the re-
ligi,n of Moses, and s ere ever invsdin&
the land OF Judah 1T y barbarous msnner-
Now turn your eye to tire states Of tho
South, and you 6nd Home Of this mixing of
iAhdelity will, the religion ot the Bible
The pulpit is still pure, and its ministers
enforce nothing but the pure word Of
God, al, old fashioned gospel. These are
facts thaa none can deny, and OF which I
have been All observer for thirty ,yexrs
aud upan the trxth Of tllein, assert With
out the fear OF successful contradiction,
that we nave IN the Confederate States
proper the purest type ot religion now
known to the christian world. u il just
then2 Is it rixh.2 II it christian like 70
give up our faith and doubt the tinal issuss
Was not ini;1sl1ty the cause Ut the down
fall of Israel Has it not been the cause
OF the overthrow of nations ard enpires I
Let not then the few who believe in God
basely abandon their faith. In the pres
enr war il involved the success Of true re-
ligiun, rhs preservation and pfopagation
OF tne pure gospel Of Christ. To abandon
che cause OF the South is to abandon, the
cause for which the rstcrmers sufesed
marty r'lom. i is il. Substance to abandon
the cause Of Coo ana baas.y 70 yield the
high trusts committed to- us for the future
Ut the worlds redemption. y So
/ speak not ouly from he history Of the
past. There are facts which ha We fallen
under my observation for the past four
years, which 20 to confirm the truth OF
these statements. In every instance where
prefessed christians have deserted the
cause OF the South and gone over, either
III heart or pers',n, 70 the enemy, they have
uniformly lost their religion aud become
wicked. This is legitimate
consequences, because, as / have already
said, with Us is the pure gospsl, and to 40
Is con.lnitted in this strugzle it's defence,
and the future propagation and enjoy ment
ot The great principles of the Retormers.
Add to ,his the uncilristian spirit in which
these Northern infidsls prosecute this war
against us, the savage barbarity with
which they treat bel pless women and child
ref, tn. avidty with which thcy clamor
tor our bleed aud treasure, the vindictive
spirit with whick they override constitu-
tlons and laws, and appropriate cur bsrd
earned savings MI to themselves, and their
oft repeated purpose 70 remove the "old
land marks" and like the barbarons
Danes in their invasion Of the British 1sles.
appropriate our lands, and houses, and
tenemcnts To themselves and last Of al
their brutal outrages upon some ot the
puresi and snd noblest chriatisu women of
the Soath, and you have the host proof ct
their inidslity-of their God -detying ssns
their utter disregard Of right
--oi purity aud charity. s'Wili not God
ayenge his own elect who cry day shd
night unto him r.
lie most assuredly .mill, and / tLink the
time ls night at hand. Indeed Dir, poli-
ticians, insn who seek power and love for
ils own sake, and to gain ii, fulnainste doc
trinee calculated to transfer the public
mind truan reliance upoa Cad to mere hn-
man power and diyice ar. nlaInly rssponr
sible tor the continuance Of the swar, aud
FOR lie live. and blood 4 our Rahle sons
w.l, bxye fallen In defence Of God and
The purity ot his church, bscause they
ha W re. artfed the return of ths pNb3lc
mind to God. # * - &.
Il r,,r people would present one undi-
yieled hsari--ono unitofin scntiruent o9
aud snppiication before God,
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