The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-12-17
PoiITlCsiN ThE pULpIT.

PoLITlCStH THE PULPIT. *
! ElF5s Register; "
i A cottain ClAsH Of newspapers and :
certain class OF polidtiaps. have perlodt
cal Spasms over whalthsy Term tpreAcis
ing polhicS,' and ara violently opposed
10 what they are ploasOd tocah ',lsrlcsl
Interference with tho secular aOlIs q
men, hence cerIaiu Democratic peril
ojicsI lately proclaimed 20 tho world,
THAT over one thousand political aermcaa
we're preached ia Massachusetts in opS
day. Whether this DO true OF not, We
will moi stop 10 inquire, but we supppae
! that ina State where tho moroA snd cd,
upqIiOn Of tho people are ahead Of any
other State In this Republic, there Nopla
be msuy and powsrhl'a ppcula made n
tho people TO vote morally Sna,rll lFiaai
\ "; mSay .dSBShalfations Of dc oeesir.
renee Of religious and civil duties. But
this 10 iS no novelty, for eyor since ITO
foundation Of the State, during the coll
onisl days, tue period preceding the Row
olutjoo, aud during the Revolution itself
and tina contest between The Federal and
Democratic parties, political preaching
was both common and vehement Whilat
10 the latter days, thOapuipit raised Tia
voice against the dark and bloody crimes
ofKauSas and the Fugitive Slave law.
and this interference as II is termed, op
The Patl ofihO clergy with secular az
fairs gave greA! pains . few years go
10 the slavery conservative parry,
who were exceeding eager Tor ihu preach
ing Of pure and aimple gospel, They
wanted no adultdrous uimixlute with
what they called 'profane and corrupt
clements Tbesswon waal Gospel SO
pure AMI heavenly. that il woali be
worao than saphligiou. to use ii as an in,
struneululity lOrthe purifying Of the
political atmosphere. They want II To-
soar so high above the filth, thu dirt
and hasliness, waioh they themselves
have drsioOd into tha ccsspool Of dema,
gdgism aud political trickery that It's sol
emn AID awful warnings, may never bo
heard SO o. to disturb the the hidden
CORRUPTION that iesierSwlthln these pam
demonium1 And thsy Arc resdyiosegg
out '@bat hayewe To- do wilte thee, arr
thou mSio loruisuL us beforslodrli ne9l
.lnthlsissssa the ~ seFTa lst IN,
spires tho opposition d w6atlbssS non
cOll political pieschiug When tho
rebellion broke ouiaand TIN lifd Of tha
naIioo' wasthrsalened by treason, and /
when our civil and religious libsrto,,
slood injoopardy, 30 waro glad 60 bayO
thoIpulpi, lift.i,a voice in favor of tho
Union. ufging eulisImsnls, entrehiiua
rich Mon TO lenao thar tnoueyto The
ecVurumeati encouraging tlrs Sanitary
Commission. and Ia all aud every VIZ
supporting and giving lifn and t.aspitu- \
tiout3 The righteous cause Of lsyalry.--.
NofriOndr Of tho goserhnsnt obistloJ
them NoSdlce'Wst heafj qthoai only
from 'llotrsitor5 lenouncing The, preach
'proachins politics. /! was SlI.
right then for him to gdlinio The Amy
and bleed and die for tho country. But
nov when peace Il 'iecIoroJ, let politics
assume any character whatever, let them
become as corrupt as hell itself. let the
soVsrameui fall nlp tho hands Of men |
who fear not God or regard mOu, whose
god isthoir belly and who glory 10 thsld
shape the pulpit must be- az ailaut AL
thu tomb. and the minister who dAree 4ol
iitthis voice sgailst tbs cortuplionq al
political dqnagOgisn and in defense oil
rightand justice, must be cursed, as a
political preacher, Wotq the minis!stI
who fails toado his duty, and his whole
duig, Democrats don't like 'polilica
preachers. JUsTlCE.
ga WORD TO SMALL BOYS.
stAs tha winter season hs, fully set in,
and all uouding must ba loaa BY Tho
lightoflhe coal FIRE instead OF 1.-The moon |