The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-10-14
The PEACE OF pEsPorIsa.
-. THE PEACE OF Liberty
THAT Is tn. Issus- CHOOSE YE.
Mr. Spurgeon and Bishop WILDER.
force, hh.tf wa.

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The Bishop of Oxford will we imag.
inc, have tegup TO find ont, by This
time. ,hati; would have been MS well
to leave Mr.. Spurgeon alone. Il II not
ouly that Mr.. Spu,geou has written
letter, in which, the special pleading of
the Bishop Is shown to be utterly falla-
cious, but that Mr.. Spurgecn's ofatical
power has been turned with impetuous
force upon the ecclesiastical question,
and that lie has taken up hia PAYABLE
against not only the Church of Ireland.
but against tile whole theory and prac
,ice Of State Churches. No doubt this
might have been said before DR.. Will,
hetforce's attack on voluntaryIsm in the
House of Lords, with express mention
cf Mt. Spurgeon rs n champion Of ec>
cesiss,icsi freedom, mel the eye Ct the
Boanetges Of the Tabernacle. But the
Bishops charge /" will quicken Mr..
SpnJgeon's aIertness, and make him the
more willing and ready TO enter the
lists against all defenders Of State en-
dowments, episcopal, clerical or lay.
"a U.
Spurgeon is peculiarly fitted 10 deal. for
IL is one which can bo dealt with most
effectively by simple, straightforward,
common sense. Mr.. Spurgeon. besides
is n religious man---an evangelical ~ an
and can enter into the feelings Of
those sincere Evangeiicals who fancy
that justice, whether in ireland or in
England, can injare the cause Of God.
Surely IL can nol he maintained bv anv
person OF ordinary candor or intelli
-g-nce, 1ha; Mr.. Spurgeon would lend
himself to a course Of policy 10 pros
mote Popery in Ireland. or 10 turn
Great B,i,ain into a sacrilieiouS. apos
tate, or goddess nation. lie looks at
facts. and scnrns to he made the slave
of words. The other dav, at Stownar-
ket, he applied his common sense with
striking effect 10 the theory that State
Church makes nation. religious
'' Then, he sait.r this na'iuu was a
goddess nation already, f,r the colonies,
the IN ,jHr par! If the pepula,ion ru!el
bv the Queen. had no religion. lie
asked were the United S,a'es goddess
nationf They were as religious q na
iion rs any under heaven. and we oughi
to be proud of il. The Ame,ic ,ns
maintaining iheir religious institutions
weIe rs abundautly generous and ~ re
ligious, he took leave TO say, as this
couniry was even In the pal,ny days Of
>Laud, when the clergy had it all TO
themselves. lie contend, d that ma.
tion in which all The spcts were com
PEELED TO subscribe To- The support Of one
favoied sect did not look like godly
nation, whist one nf which Hll tie vari
ous denominations conscieuliou,ly obey
ed the Divine law, ~ they understood
il, and all cheerfully and wiihou, com
pulsi"n gave each according TO. his
means TO the cause Of G"d, must. be n
godly nation" II il diffi :nh TO under
stand how words like these can Gail to
carry conviction To any aud we ea,n.
estls recommend their consideration 10
those good people who. write u. letters,
declaring that all are Je-oi,s in di, guise,
who do no, believe in M,. Disraeli and
support the Church.
LoJdo,a Christian World.
'WoMEN as PRISTEKs A FAuURR-