The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-08-10
A GREAT LETTER.
Political Parsons on the Rack.
JUDGE BLACKS REPLY 20 TEE REV.
DOCTOR EEVEN!
Politics la The Pulpit Handled with
out Gloves.


Politics In the pulpit Handled yys,n-
o"' Gloves
TO the Rererend .4yf,ed Vorjo D y
My DEAR SIR: Your letter address
ed to me through the Philadelnhia
( Ere3liJ,g Bulletin disapnoints me. he
cause di5 NOT o,-noat = e. oo,,,o.;r,
4I,~t No"'O
/ ti'>' way anu oSCt1u9e IL uoes nor cover
/ the subject in issue between Us. But
/ if ! am silent YOUR friends will saw.
with sana show of reason tba+ won
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'''' 'i'I'''e'''Iu I "s''''"t I |e"0ff"Y
/ so tflQihpAdnt!Y that all opposition Is
I cOniUundCd. ] must, therefore, speak
/ freely in rerIv Tn doino so uean
- 10y ii"'i.i'iS i'''o''0iH'ei.I WIN my
great respect Tor your high character
/ IN the church and in the world. The
admirable style and famucr of vour
own ronn,rri,..+.,,, j ,..,.+.,. -, bo f,,,i-
+..tad
iuiiE cOncedG the right fGJci&im for
clerG,TneD To select their own themes
a,,d i,.,,,li.. +l,l,,,, 49,. ,.5..,. v.
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'"' ''"'@ 'ii'' 'lsA'''ei ''" : 1'9 noA pay
Slclans nor any other order OF men
have the least authority to control yOu
in +j,a-,. ,,,r+i.,,I,., E,t,.,,, r.;ll,,,t
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'ei| 'i'"1 i'li9 - pIt'"ese "lilcH
may be abused; you expressly admit
/ thaC some clefgymen H0re abused 1t,
'dIld bY dOtRgSO dtd more thQH 0jly other
cld$S q men 30 commence and continue
me llfte re6eili0H.' While, therefore,
we can assert no power to dictate your
c0huuct, hiuch less TO force you, we are
surely net wrong when we eMFedt you
10 impose upon yo"SelteS those rtstlic-
tioiio WhlGh reason and revelation nave
SHOWN 10 be necessary Tor the good OF
tife church ana the safely OF civil So
Clety.
l acknowledge that your commission
is very broad one. You must de
clare the whole counsel Of GOD, ," 10 the
end that sinners may be convinced and
converts built up in their most holy
faith. Truth, Justice, temperance, hu-
milIty, mercy, peace, brotherly kind
ness, charity-the whole circle OF the
Christian vIrtues-must be a>siduOusly
Taught 10 your hearers; and II any OF
them be inclined 10 the opposite vices,
you are to denOuncet them without fear,
by private admonitiOn, open rebUke,
or by general delivery OF the law
which condemns them. You are not
| bound to pause in the performance of
this duty because it might offend a
powerful ruler or strong political par
ty. Nor should you shrink from it
when bad men, Tor their own purposes,
approve "hat you 90; Elevate tne
moran character, eiilGilieh tiie darN-
/ ness, ana purify tIl" heafts "i lhose VINO
are uhdef your oplrltual chafge, al an
hazafds; ior TINS Is the WORK winch
your great laSkinaster mas gwen you
70 40, ana ne VIII admit no excuse Tor
hegiecting II.
but this is precisely What tne poiltl-
caI i''g'y'IicI - I'>1 ia ''le i"oit VI Ho-
ing ne uIfect9 the atIehIoH oI ms
.iei'IeIS away rom IIltI own aiIl9 70
tile Sijis' Leal or lilipulSu, vi otigF leo-
r. i'S ICS,G,iii il9 IL, 49,, IiI''C
.,iS9 oN''.i ttI''li o''Iei nc iIII2
/ tilcIi htI'it9 WIN 9eI-colceIl' plSO.Iy
SPlTIltlnal pFlae, envy, haIffd' ipalice
anu an uil9ii''i iI''pieii'. Ii.SlG''" VI
tiie eAoI satioil' "Lilcl !Iiey Heeu' 20
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lilc!leS I.ielll 70 DIucA me ihoIG rom
,LIelt DlollITI ,; ne ',oe9 no. yen liLeiii
"iltl titey T9li,tli l'D 70 ne s1EeI,, oui ne
'ti9JI ucl9 llie,li Ne5% ct'le.:liS ~" 'ile%
/ man ACT LOT .Iie OBSTRUCTION o. otilei9.
ne rousseau encourages 10 Ihe utmost
VI ,I iilS dpIil'$, I'L47G oIV''I ''o7lNil2
t;d i,,'l ii III III ,iJ'' plo,1',a", ;l,
lloli' SiT II at anu '''S1>'i 0"Il l''4'''
VI il'o' '''7'
You commit a grIeVous error ID sup
posing that politlcs ana relI@ion are so
mingled together tnat you cannot
preach one without introducing the
other. Christ and his apostles Kept
them perfectly separate. They an
nounceq the great facts OF the Gospel to
each individual whom they addressed.
When these were accepted the heiIeyer
was told TO repent ana be DaptISed Ior
the remission OF Their sins, ana alter
wards 10 regulate MS own me DE the
rules Oh pure ana perIect Hl9fail'y.
heE eA Apre99eu no preference loI "AG
t. HI d ,,'.S.'J +I,,, ,I,,'t,
,'.l,,,d Pa ~, Il,.,l .or,,r,, tpo%,
Eiyi'II2 'i' -, ,,i'i I,,,.', at.,,.,%|.
il',, mojio s9' 'S ny "Trio dnartn ,ti S ~
gr (%rist'. ~ KipcfmG, U,as % not Of ' thfs