The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-08-02
Rev. |. f.. brakes Reply.

h6V. IL. 4. DrakeS hepIy'
Our loyal readers should carefully pre-
serve for future reference Rev. l.. F. brakes
whitening reply to Bishop NcTyerle's infh-
nous slanderous and lying publication, which
appeared in that vile rebel politico-ecclesias-
tical sheet the EashprHs Christian AdyOcas
in reference to the situation of affairs in this
part of the " moral vineyard"
This detachable specimen Of Southern KefhO-
dist Pieg bonored our town with a visit a
faith of his followers. With all the bloody
crimes Of treason and rebellion upon his
skirts, and afte- all his impious and di4boli-
cal sermons and prayers in favor Of the
Lost Cause he had the Satanic impudence
and brAzen faced effrontery to come into this
loyal community and essay to preach that
Gospel to whose ministry he is a reproach
and a disgrace, He no more practices the
precepts of the Christian religion than the
Indian savage who imagines that he hears
in the voice Of the tempest the commands of
the Great Spirit to exterminate the pale face,
or the wild Bedouin who roams the bills and
wales Of the Holy Land in search of plunder
and blood, or the Sepoy of India who burls
from the lannon's muLzle the bound mis-
sionary Of God into a welcomed eternity. Nc
Tyerie was attended by an escort of similar
spirits, all emisaries of the Devil commission.
ed by his Satanic Majesty to stir up strife and
contentious in our midst whose names are
George Washington Miles and William Rob-
Sson. This Miles is the smiling d;riae to which
we have so often referred, and he is a most
unmitigated yilliaa if the affidavit of n
lady of Sullivan County is worthy of credit,
and we would believe her statement without
any corrOborating testimony from the very
looks of the man.
The impenitent thief upon the cross, aye
the most abandoned felon that ever expiat-
ed bis crimes upon the gallows could not
have a mien more indicative of v%iIliany.
Robson took a very active part in the re-
bellion and was very abusive Of Union men.
He is a man Of no principle, but is a rar-bet-
ter man than NILEs. He is another bad-coun-
t%enanced individual. We have yet to see a
n preacher Of this Southern Methodist con-
Germ, who has the face of an honest man.
This trio Of clerical scoundrels we're re-
ceived with open arms and warm hearts by
the rebels of Jonesboro. Men of Southern
PToehrihe' went to hear their dlspensation of
the New Gospel at tho Presbyterian Church,
the nigh: of their advent who had never
been at the sanctuary OF God since they had
dismissed their fears of being dashed and
driven from the country.
Af,sr being permitted to peaceably 60
through a solemn mockery of the worship of
the living God, these reverend liars circu-
late and publish infamous hbels and ISLANDERS
upon our people. In the spring and summer of
'66 all the rebels Of this community were in
c%on7tant fear Of being decently cudgelcd and
they could not be humble enough to Union
men. DR.. Drake prompted by the generous
impulses Of a heart devoted to Christ, " with
malice towards none and charity for all" dis
couraged lawless violence and done more TO
save the backs of these iHgrdte5 than any 9th.
er man in the community. These same men,
who are indebted to him for their escape
from punishment are giving countenance and
encouragement to these raiding bands Of re-
bel divines, who are aspersing the character
and endeavoriug to destroy the influence of
the man through whose fundamentally,
both by public speeches and sermons, they
were permitted to live in our midst. Dr.
has been imposed upon, his conf
ience in the honesty and penitenee Of the
rebels WAS uuwittingly misplaced, and their
nnprovoked attacks upon him can have no
effect thar to show their ingratitude, treach-
Try and duplicity. The loyal people of this
irrespective of denominations APP
prove the Christian course pursued by this
man Of God and will sustain him in common
with all loyal ministers Of bis ard other
We want our pnlpits supplied
With such consistent. pious and loyal minis
tiers ~ Dr.. Drake, and not with such impi-
Gus desecralors Of the sacred desk as Me-
Robson aud Miles the iaiy's nan, who
sustain about the same relation to the true
ministers Of Christ that the devils do the an
gels in Heaven.
Then we shall have peare and harmony in
society, b%ro:herly love and feeling ia church
e., and the Demon Of diseord and disssen-
sions will be banished from our midst. :
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