North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-11-25
Religious (?)

Religious ~
Most of the world called religious is
in devu Of an uproar. We call it thus,
because it is the proper title. Orthodoxy,
from abe High Churchman to the plainest
anti Ritaralist has fallen out with.itself.-
Catholicism, the Supreme Order in the
clerical word, is beginning to agitate
marriages of priests" and an assortment
of other "improvemcnts' in Catholic
polity which, if successful, will upset the
old train of 1900 years control. We have
no taste for controversies that have their
origin in the pure, simple, ambitious
desire to succeed on Earth and let Heaven
take care Of itself. For years and years
"tho CHURCH," from No. to No. Ad
.fnitun, has worked for its interests as does
any other institution of man, and it is lot
strange that its protesting members-we
care not what the scct-are regarded with
the same critical indifference as are the
other sinners who, like the ignorant ones
named in Mathew XXV-32-4O were
pursuing the even tenor of their way,
regardless of creeds "too wise to be under
Stood"
ORTHODOXY is mad at Rev. c. B. Ferry,
N. II. Unitarian, for reporting at Irving
Hall, New York, as follows:
"Not third of the people in the whole
country are in the habit of going to meet
ing, or care much about religious matters.
They are rather inclined to believe that
religion, as publicly set .orth, at least, is
an exploded thing, churches are an uu-
necessary expense, and ministers kind
Of humbug. They believe in politics and
science, education, agriculture, trade,
machinery and Government bonds, but
they don't believe in religion. 1t is well
enough, they think, for women and chil'
dren, but not for practical business men,
who have something tangible for them
selves and families to think about. Such
persons are.called by their pious neigh
bors, skeptics, unbelievers, infidels, &C.,
but they care nothing for such titles
Their company is so large and so respecta-
bic that they can afford to be so regarded
by the little, insignificant handful of
people calling themselves Christians.
They arc, moreover, getting it into their
heads that the Christians are no better
than they, living no better and dying no
better. They are no happier in this world.
and there is no apparent reason why they
should be happier in the next"
This subject is toolarge for our columns.
Is the above quotation truth? Look
about you and judge. Politics, Money,
Promotion, Pride, Pears, Choirs, Dress, ct
al, have::started the Church well toward
Sensualism-and the language, weekly, Of
our most popular" expounders of the
modern Gospel know it. II. w. Beecher
argues the humility of the Manger, and
practices in his palatial church, the role Of
a Woolsey! John Wesley and Andrew
jackson are both dead!
True Religion will look long time for
the first exemplar of humble piety and the
true political. Honor will be many years
in search of a fac simile of the latter
IT'S humiliating and impolitic to own it
thus cowardly, but there can be no denial
of the fact that the ''U. 81 can soon call,
both in civil and religious sense, for a
Gibbon to write The "Rise and Fall'' of the
once proud States of America.