Maryville Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1867-187?, 1867-11-02
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The Two Churches,

In the remarks we have to M a VIC
I wish to be practical and pointed and
reader, ifyou can find time, please 90
with us through this article, which we
promise shall be as short as possible.
No two organizations so distinctly
defined their sympathies during n
conflict the Government had with trai-
tors, as did the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. The one, as its name
indicates, layed out all its energies to
forward the cause of the Southern re.
bellion. The other, true to the cause
of religion and Christian progress,
bent the powerful influence of the
press and the pulpit to aid the nation
in It's effort for self preservation
The one was national, the otsscbi
7ec".. -, "a le one W ssorpr
the Word of t5od 70 all me., t6e @ h
er vas for preaching to all ao4fte men
The one believed that Gods Word
was directed to the humble, the lowlv
and the poor, as well as to the rich
the other, true to its instincts, sought
only the rich to save, or always pan.
oered to that class. These are some
OF the marks of difference that were.
and are plain to be seen by the most
careless observer.
But what are the claims of these
Churches on the community in which
we live2 for we mean to be practical
and personal, if you please. First,
the one is national the other section
al. Now, to our mind, this difference
in the two of itself, would be abun- |
dant cause why we should keep aloof
from such an organization ~---., - :
We had been traitors, surei es
we could do would he to cat loa.r
from sectional organization. see
ond, the one calioi "Southern" p,e.
tends TO be a VIII 3. mau's Chuych -
Now, If chat is s., itqa it Isl i
Church of God, uetbat can h La
lsters preach the whole W orc y lol
Gods command Is 70 90 qrtp co. ea@s
'0 eregsf cre.nere ApAin i
a.. Qa.oa5 o act men. II en- II 1t
S white mans Church, it i not Of
rod, but is what we have aitgn charg-
ID it with being, q political and Sec
Toaal partisan orgG"t~atson, and
hat only. But, Third, the county OF
Blount sent some mer into the Rebel
army mainly at the instigation OF the
White Mans Church, called Southern
Methodist But this same county |,
sent some soldiers to the field to crush
this hydra-headed monster, and the
Southern Confedaracy; and now the
one has been driven to the wall, and
of right all the component parts OF
this terrible crime should go down to-
gether. Ought they or no? The
answer comes swelling up from the
soul of every honest patriot, Yes, down
with them! down with them and for
ever let this Government be what its
founders designed, in the language OF
Washington ''free from sectional or
ganizations. Now, new Conference
wear has began. The handmade OF
treason, called the Southern M. 4.
Church, is promising their friends to
re-occupy the ground that the Nation
al soldiers drove their hackers from.
They even claim the Churches erected
for Gods worship to their use, that
they, under the guise of religion, may
rebuild the castle-called The SoSth-
ern Cowederacy, or if not that, a
party who may,by the force ofits num-
bers and their religious pretenses, ,maFe
treason respectable. They promite
to send men to our neighborhood wh'
shall be unexceptionable We sup
pose they mean nan who won't stes'
our blankets, or ore that was not nc
cused of stealing coffee, or one wh'
did not or would not break oper
houses. Now can they do this? Fol
to Christian people sectional OF
ganization of itself would be suficien
grounds for objection. Add to thi'
that they claim to preach to only I +
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