The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-12-17
roLITiCs IN ri s pULPrT.

POLITiCsiN The PULPIT. (
ElF4r Register; y. n
A cOttain OlAsp Of newspapers aud /
certain GLASS Of polldtiaps. have period
cal spasms over wkatihsy terr preach
ING politics, 'andAre violently oppose
10 whS. they AO blossed to,call ',lsrles
llterfsroucs with tho secular a0iHs q
mem; hsDos cermio Democratic peril
oiiesf lately proclaimed 20 the world
thai over one thousand political ssrmOai
we're preached Ia Massachusetts IN ope
day. Whether this bs true OF not Ef
viii not stop 10 inquire, but We suppOnC
that In State where tho morals aud ell,
up9Iion Of tho people are ahead Of apy
Other State IN this Republic, there would
be mauy and poweriulappeOl medes 70
tho people TO vote morally aadFsll elali
1 ly, many dSniSbsitationS of diosctedr.
renee OF religious aod civil duties. But
this iS iS notnovolLy, for evOr since Tue
foundation oft Stats. during the coll
onial days, tho period preceding thu ROy'
olution, aud during the Revolution itself
and tha contest between The Federal and
Democratic parties, political preaching
wns both common and vehement WhIlat
10 the latter days, thoHpuipit raised its
yoicO agaipst the dark and bInndy crimes
ofKausas and the Fugitive Slave law.
and this 'inturfbreuce as II is termed on
lho part Of tho clergy with secular ar-
fairs, gave great pains few yolra $50
10 the pro. slavery conservative perry,
who wsto exceeding eager lor,he preach
ing of p pure aud simple gospel, They
wanted no adultdrous oihixluro with
what they called 'pyofsne and corrupt
olamcnts' rbesaweniwaal Gospel SO
pure and heavenly. that il would be-
worsu than saSiligious TO use il Ms an in.
strumeulnlily lor.lhe purifying Of the
political atmosphere. Thsy want il to,
soar 90 high above the filth, thu drh
and haslincss whlch they themselves
have drsioOdinto che ocsspool Oi dsmSs
gogimnud political trictey the. iissol
cmn and awful warnings, may nOvOs DO
l.ssSrtliso o. To disturb Ahe -lhe hiddnn
corrOStion ilist testers within these pan.
denonNmg And thsy afo resjYto erY
out '@hst hayswo TO do wilta thee, art
thou comasto iornsul us bsiorsloarl llme2S
.Ia.thlsissAqs lhe le sspres lhss i.
aPIrostdo oppoiltiOn' d w6afthssa smsaN
cOll political pieachiug' When the
rebellion broke outrnnd TIN lifd Of tha
naliod7 wasthrsaionbd by treason, and
when our civil and religious libortl0s,
stood iujsopardy, 10 werO glad % have
thoipalpi, lilt..s voioO in fayot of tho
'Union, urging euhsImsnlsI enarohtiDs
itch nienq todendN their fnOueyl 10 ibei
epVorumenH encouraging lhs Sanitary
Commission. nnd ia Rlla every VIZ
supporting and giving Slifu and ..mpita4
tiouto the righteous cause Of lSyally.--
Nofriohd Of tho gorerhinsnt Obisaled,
them NO'dlca 'wSt heard qthon only
from 'll'trsitor5 sleuouncing the preach
arfUr''proaOhing politics. |! was sIl.
right then for him to g6iinio tue Amy
and bleed and die tsr tho tbuoiry. But
nov when peace y declared, let politics
assume any character whatever, let them
become as corrupt 90 hell itself, let the
sOgsramOai fall into the hands Of msn
who fear moi God Q, regard nou, whose
god is their belly and who glorgin thsl,I
shame. tho pplRit must be- %, allout as
the tomb, and the minister who dares 40 !
litthis voice against the eortlpdOna al
political denagOgisp and IN defense OIL
right and Justice, must be uurasd as q
tpalPrsaehSr Veto the minislsr
who fails todohis duty and his aholS
duty, Democrats don't like 'pnliiicai
preachers. JUSTICE.
A WORD TO SMALL BOYS.
siAS ths,@inler seWon has fully sat ia,
and all oouding must bo doae BY Tho