The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-12

ga ~ d0omsd sodsm, thsn da4swSn Is slF
hopes OF expanded power in the Masters SER
vice-the doom ~ Lott Viz would speedily
and just1y oysgtake her, and she would only
come TO stand, like the "Pillar Of Salt .
petri6ed an4 neti0nless mockery pf life, :
startling and pnnssnt tsst;mony 70 the pass
ing ages ef The ruin wrought BY nisconstnsd
and misused opportunities.
Under the head Of 'sThe Church and the
Country, 1.-THE Recorder: says:
The recent action Of the General Conven.
ton, by which it refused to return thanks for
the restorstion Of the Union and the destruc-
ton of slavery, is most deplorable. It has
| filed us with shame and sorrow. 1t has raised
. storm of obloquy and derision against the
church throughout the country. IL has made
our enemies jubilant II has filed thousands
| Of pious and patriotic hearts in our communion
With profound indignation and regret. The
evil effects of it on our good name and in
Auence in the country will not speedily pass
away. II has been done in the name Of har-
mony aud has produced discord. 1t was &C
| quiesced in by compromising and timid minds,
| on the plea of peace, and some of them will
meet at the threshold of their parishes, "a
| they retsru5 the storm which their subservien-
| cy has awakened.
| The Recorder then shows that the loyal
minority were kept down by the "Conserva-
tive majority, and argues the total insult
cheney of the plan that there should be "no
politics in the Church" It proves that the
South was conceded more than II asked; that
the Convention gratuitously offered to return
ing rebels more than they would have dared
to claim. 1t we'll says:
If our conduct might indirectly wound our
Southern friends, it certainly rossld directly
wound the hearts of thousands Of loyal mem.
beers Of our communion. Why should not
| some reference be had to them. Our homes
are filled with mourning The charity which
80 tenderly eonsults the feelings of those who
have been baffied and disappointed in rebel.
ion-why has it not smission TO those bruised
| and bleeding hearts which have given up their
loved ones, and sacrificed all that is dearest
in life, in behalf of the Union and in the cause
Of loyalfy2 A dying young soldier OF oul
/ communion, in one of our hospitals, on hear
4 ing Of this result, declared that it gave bitter
il ness to death, to think that his Church re
fused to thank God for the work for which h
gave up his life, and that she should have M
words Of blessing for his departing spirit, fol
his religious conservation to the duty which ht
owed to his God and country. 1t is well fol
this blessed spirit of charity to visit the des
olated fields and shattered mansions snt
mourning hearts of our Southern brethren
and to say, "Let the past be forgotten anc
forgiven, and in the bonds Of Christian fel
lowship let US love each othsr in Chris
Jesusf' This is well-this is noble bnt while
Charity is there, let her visit the dreadful field
of Andersonvilie and the crowded cemetere.
Il of Richmond. ind a. she weeps and turns
Il with anguish from the memories which they
4. awaken, let her HE 70 the homes where sor
rows sits in the vacant places of the dear de
parted and aay al least, 1--WE thank God fol-
your heroes, and for the work which they
have accomplished : and we bless you that yor
gave them up for tho salvation oftheir penled
country
The article concludes as follows:
Il And now, we ask. has the result for which
this unworthy course was adopted, been OBJ
tanned? Have peace, harmony and fraterna
concord been secured? Alas thousands O
hearts in our own communion have been filled
with indignation and shame. Many otheri
have been wounded and alienated. Our GOOD
name is sadly injured Many eyes that had
turned towards as with hope have been svertec
in dependency. We have gone beyond wha
our Southern friends demanded or expected
for the sake Of peace with them; and by SC
doing have introduced discord among our
selves. On the breaking up Of the session O.
the House Of Bishops one of them angrily re
fused to shake hands in parting with another
Il 1t was found impossible for the House o.
Bishops to agree upon the draft Of a pastora
letter. For the first time, portion Of oul
Bishops have considered the action of tbs
Il Convention so compromised the Church, and
committed it to principles utterly at variance
with al its past history, that they have fell
constrained to issue solemn document o
! dissent
! The truth is that our Church has, in this
Convention, put herself in a humiliating posi-
ton, before the country, and before history
and if there is anything which could add Z
our modification, it is the great swelling words
of pride and seifeongratulation with which
the President of the House exulted in the
result, and so nagni6ed the Importance o
our Church and her action as TO make vi
appear not only dislayal but absurdly arrogan
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