The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-09-22
COLUMBIA.
Sunday Morning. sept. %! 1857.

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Religious Teachings at the North.
The, !Cbstrc1 Upi6n is large reli-
.gious paper published in New York
,~aEd Brooklyn, whose asowed object
Ss the union of all evangelical
ichhrches, and the securing an open
eommunion among all ,sects and de-
nsminations. We have received
D'ocpyrwe presume for The purpose of
noticing, it or publishing its pros
: Pectds; but we must declineto herald
favorably q so-called religious journal,
whose evangelical piety and desire
for Christian union and love mani
tests itself in such an editorial para
graph as the following, to which it
gives the caption of s.Pharaoh Hard
,ening:"
s<Mr. johnson keeps steadily on in
his insane effort to resist the will of
the na+ion. { It now looks as though
IesMished to make amartyr of him
self, In order to get up another revo-
antion, and get himself into notice.
He stands about the best chance to
get hanged of any rebel in or out of
the country, we judge, if we read
2aia character correctly, and see what
Is just ahead of u.s. That he will
Sail Of becoming q martyr; that he
will fail of resuscitating the dead
Democratic party; that he will be
foiled by the good genius who pre-
sides now over our country's con-
, science, and not be able to get up
revolution; that the. firm but silent
man he has gotten into Stanton's
place knows his man, and has him as
tight as he had his friends Lee and
Davis once upon time; that he will
make that public exhibition of his
-telly before all the nation, so as to
eclipse his inaugural spree, and that
sother stagger round the circle of last
summer-we have no doubt. Pray
God to. harden Pharaoh's heart yet
more, and the whole work will be
done. The instrument of God is
ilblindly doing his will, and all that is
.4eft undone to completely radicalize
this nation will, or we are no pro-
phets, shortly be revealed. God is
IN this man, bad as he is, just as he
was in Judas, in Davis, and in the
chosen men who do the will of Satan
on earth. Thank God for the mad
mess of Mr.. johnson. May he get no
better very fast"
There is religion for you-a bright
>exemplar of the style of preaching
:and teaching which has brought the
country to its present deplorable con-
.tdition. What holy aspirations breathe
through every line! What shining
illustration of that charity which
Stands SO pre-eminently and deserv-
5edly at the head of the list of Chris
tian graces!
But, seriously, what are we to
ahink of this eternal politico -reli-
3gious tanning Of the flames of sec
3ional discord and strife? This was
he origin of, and the most success
al promoter and ally Of, that fanati-
fism which brought upon the coun-
1ry the innumerable woes which now
Rppress her md are crushing out
those moral Influences which alone
an be beneficial to communities or
ations. But n day of reckoning
ust come, and crnzy fanaticism will
,t, in that day, serve ne sufficient
ea for the evil doings Of these
pocrites, OF as cloak to cover their
ckedness in the sight of God.
hey have cursed the land they live
by their wanton and too success
efforts to demoralize the people
ID uproot the true principles of
ristian benevolence and charity.
United STAFF DISTRICT Court FOR
DTH CAROLINA. After session of
fr five weeks, this Court adjourned
#f9 MONDAY The last fonr dave of