Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-30
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ro,~-c,,,n,,o,r-A+ tha- un;te1
lhANAce - 80 D.asbI r;.n NIotboa;s+
service - IA -. Ngatbo5isf Prota slant Churches
hpiss.p Ebejdsin the $FirstS5 $pr sbyteriaInI
Oh lns morning, the congregation
Cnuly 80 Sara s3drassad ~ Tho Rev joseph
asse mbaalar n,stor r III Methodist Episco-
H. +" tihrro3 attar. : nrovar bv the Rev. Mr.
ps p" nastor of The First Presbyterian
nI~ah The Rev NJ, Nice, Of the Metho
s.'t protestant Church, was not in the pulpit.
w. w. tart for the sermon was from lst Chroni-
-, KIT chant, 32d yrs: stAnd the children
w 1s.,cbor which we're men /, that had under
Oto,n,a;fng of the things, to know what Isreal
o,,obt to do He commenced by stating that
,,.onle indiyidually, were as responsible for
-ba course, conduct and action of the govern
ments under which they lived, as were the ru5
lars who conducted the affairs Of. this govern
ment; becausesit was the people who created
and constituted governments; and that this
MAS particularlyttrue, with regard'to thogreat,
and grand, and extensive government under
which we1ived-thealaw aof liberty, where now,
he thanked Coo, lone man, was as good as al
other, and when and where We had knowledge
and experience Of the men whom We selected
to be- rulers over sus.s The. universe was the
Grand Empire of, GOD, aud the churches on
this world were but His representatives here,
as Il could not reasonably be supposed that lie
would. appropriates His whole time to this one
little planet Of the vast solar system: and as
the churches Ngere His representatives to the
different governments of the earth, the preach
ers Of. those churches had the right to mingle:
their voices with those who managed and con-
trolled the affairs Of those governments. But
there were other reasons why preachers should
devote their attention topo!itics \ preacher,
after all, was but, man, and what was one
mans privilege, certainly was the privilege of
another. IF It were the duty Of a preacher to
denounce, and expose, and condemn crime,
when committed by one man, in one place, it
was his duty to dcnounce, expose and condemn
it, when perpetraeaby another man in another
place, Parties When guilty, deserved condem-
nation equally With men, and the policy of
party, which, ifcaried out. would lead to GRIM
inaity, should be-, denounced, even from the
pulpit. Those who objected 70 the propriety
and the christianity OF the churches interfering
with politics were those who were afraid that
the;aenupcjahops Of the church would defeat
marty schemes, which, il effected. wonld secure
n themselves personal benefit and advance
ment Rut those who favored church inter
tars,ce IN ~ ;c,,,a,,ct # 81, oorh,v GOVERN.
mont ,var. thoee who wu,onld davo,a tbe;r o va,v
oo+;or - ,,o c,,nnra.;o,, of .r;,,o 17bo,ouar
and ,rrbornoror {n,,nd and IF III Tho ara,t moral
~.fo,rn,,;on, ,ub;oh b,uo ooo,,,rol IN This
oonn,,r .,a which boro met cu,,,,;n,+cd in
moL;nr +b;s ia ]ond of liberty the most effect
nroaussd Voc 70 be. .ttrbnted TO Henry Ward
pooobar ,nd p,ymontb church The rejection
If tho M;csonr; 20 mnromise thouoh the mach
nations &c Stanbnn A. Donolas for tbe sole
nnrnoso of ;nd;I,;7,,1 ,,o,,;t;osI ooro n3samant
moo onnosoa hv tha oh;oct;o, If tho memorial
~ 1 .I Irp0D t,o,,ss 1900, .n,1 .tbon,b
tho;.a,,,os;.;on - oFsotuo tbon7 - actin,
:.i,..4 ,r,oa. 49, t,u,J e,,,t with
49, ,s,..5 aL;oo+on. no;nst ,>o1;t;ool ~, tor
e..r, - ~ 1oro tloso ,,ho IN.
st;sataa 10 lato r.ha,l;an ,nd 60 ~ with ranrot
.hs ,,t.an - f, b.onah+ r,on i hv tbosa
noor 49, ond donriv,d soldiers of thc TTrion
,ru,,; ,vboso n,iSor;.s ,vo h,yo ca of.cn vii
noerea Moral nros,ass christianity and the
ev,ra won't bond in hand on1 tho sav,ro and
;do]otrv and crime ncrished before their adj
v,rco md there vas cy;;5entlv an immediate
raooss;.n far oh,nae - tho ,F,;ra IF this
rouonn,oont r,ban = wa ,,ros;doa ovar. bv =,
;nto~;coted President and nrofess;ona1 -eamb-
lows helrod. 70 m.te ;fs laws The NEGRO oncs-
ton now Divided tho conntrv rrba result of
the war had settled al the other nra. existing
d;Hion1t;ee .nd ;f no did not cot tlo + and that
.n.s.:-a,.- s :. 49, ,;-Lt ,n.~, ,,,otho, 49,