The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-24

Stunsp Speeches frona the P0lpit.
The pulpiteers-we cannot call them
ministers Of God-who prostitute their sa-
cred calling to electioncering purposes,
seem to grow more fariousIy partisan
and less evangelical every Sunday Pend
iny the elections in lcnnsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and Iowa. their churches rang
with anathcmas against the Union Demo
cratic party, ami with l,osannas to the o,,-
posite party. its principles, and its leaders.
In this city. Mr., ,Chcevcr and Mr.. Bellows
we cannot call them 8 reverend and
in Bro0klyn Mr.. Spear and Mr.. Cuylcr.
made themselves especially conspicuous by
their bitter AMI unscrupulous onslaughts
upon all who have the presumption to diff
fer from their extreme party views. On
SUNDAY last Mr. cheev.r of the Charel,
tof the Puritans, THAT edifice Mt tile right
hand Of which Washington statue in Tn
ion Square points so significantly, as il cit
ing an example of the virulent party spir-
it denounced by the Peter Patrir in his
farewell a,itlrcss). delivered to the congre-
cation who look up to him for the bread of
life, one Of the fiercest radical speeches ut
tere! during the recent canvass. The only
portion of it which sll,acked Of the Bible
W stS NiIC NCNls III tuc cutlrc OISCOuFSC. as
printed the name Of God or Of the Savior
does not once occur. There are nearly
four solid columns OF the harangue, and
not a sentence that refers to any world but
this---any interest but that Of the negro
and Of the party which makes it an cspc-
cial business to culogisc and glorify the
black race. This incendiary priest insists,
like the radical leaders, that the constitu-
tiOnal amendment is an outrage upon me-
gro rights, and. threatens d war Of races
like that which rcvolutionizcd Hayti, un-
less the southern states be compelled To
give the freedmen tho right of suffrage. =
His sermon Of last Sunday was stump
sPeecl, worthy of Butler Of the Spoons,
and had no more flavor Of the gospel i'm it
than there is in the atmosphere Of that re.
gion out Of which it is the duty Of MIR.
Checver to keep his hearers il he can
Mr.. Spear, Of Brooklyn, preached q OH
the same day, in precisely the same vein,
and so too did several lesser lights of the
radical church, as it is in Brownlow. DR..
Bellows, Of the Tabernacle Of the Holy
Zebra III Fourth Avenue, . concern that in
It's parti-coiOrcd architecture-a layer of
dark and light alternately ely-represcnts the
peculiar pr6eliyities Of the negro worship
pers, ai,coys makes politics The staple Of
his Sunday discourse, 'fi. ''e4 q E'.7 4
There is s. no relish Of salvation, in
anything these men deliver from the sa-
cred desk. Probably. like the late DIR.
Cox, they believe the founder of Chististn-
ay to have been 4 2" colore&l person, !" and
lave an idea that when the last trumpet
sounds, negroes and ANAL samationists will
hxa taI
the right hand of the Throne. G5,5t
The Rev. Charles B. Smyth, of this city.
in his lecture Of last Sunday on . The
Vices Of the Clergy" uttered some whole
some truths, which all the political par
sons, from Bellows to Brownlow, might
mark, learn, and inwardly digest with ad-
vantage to their own souls, and actlupon
with advantage to the holy cause which
their irrcvercnd Sunday TRADES are calcu-
lated to belittle and degrade.
We submit the following pertinent pas
sagcs from the reverend gcntlcman's ad-
dress for their sober consideration ut some
moment when the demon Of party scrimo-
ny is quiet within them:
''Pricstcraft taught all persons to apply
to the priest for advice on every subject,
and to have no will Of their own, and to
think that without tho priest nothing could
be done. The evils of this system were
witnessed in the decay of Catholic coun.
tries. Another effect was pereerting the
truth by preaching politics iastead Of the
gospel, aud continually impressiay on their
hearers the political doym,s ct' tie parties
To .ehieA they belong. This was tho case
four years ago among the secessionists Of
the south, and among our clergymen in
the north, and they had all seen the result.
u In reference to the manner of
teaching, Gerry fec. et'. the. clergy preached
at all. They did something that was call,
cd preaching, but which We're properly es-
says; and he would find a schoolboy at
tending one of the academies who would
write just as good an essay as any of them.
The preachers spent their time during the
week preparing their Sunday addresses,
which he would compare to beautiful aow-
or gardens sprinkled over with posics and
boqucts, but with nothing good and sub
stantial for the mind to digest. They float
I'd away in the clouds, and painted pictures
in the skies far above the heads Of their
congregations, but they did not touch on
everyday life and bring their instructions
home to the hearts of their hearers. y
And it would not bc ut all strange IL the