The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-04-08

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indeed, IL every house and school house
in alt the Spu,be,n States were burned
10 the gnonnd. and every native born
there foreser prohibited from teaching
or preaching as yoi call ii. In this
e'reh teachers from the North would
aloae give beet 20 the rising generation
there, Nod in less than half century
''teas would be q religion worth the
name. , - .a.. =. .....-..s,.
:" Returning to Bishop Simpson, we
Who know him are Of the opinion that
t,is ',,,ly fault in dealing with eou peo
pie South has been in recognizing any
of you at all as deserving To be classei
as a religious body. So far from con
sildering a Southern Methodist and
then Northern Methodist as ex-
listing in the South, the proper way
would be to, disregard all classes there
alike ( because N! are alike any way At
heart
The only difference being the price
We have TO pay fr n very poor etfo,t
on the par, Of some to appear North.
ern in sentiment-eyen William G..
l5iownlow, who, Of late years, (since
lSGl.) has professed To be Northern in
religion, yet We who knew him best
while he "stumped the Western
States" in 1862 and 'G3, are at 10 ;oss
TO meaeu ure his reliability. .-.,.
Tins is the unkindest cut OF all
Brvwn!ow rea,! out Of The radical
church However, RrveIend, sir. IL
you will not allow hun 10 90 "to bis
own piace." your father and his father,
has given him special permission to
run side show III Tennessee
Now, have spoken pIninly and
candidly, just what all Northern Meth
odlsts feel aud believe, but very few Of
them have the courage to come out anu
speak their true seuIiments. Likewise
the other minor denominations Of the
Hor;h have the 'sams Opinions of the
South. The Rehgioo Of the North is
bound TO rule This Continent, and those
who stand in the way e., you all do ia
the South) must ge: out OF the wsy.--
Religion to be such is progressive. IL
ie no longer dull, hum drum, dry
reading of the Bible, and that after a
peculiar Interpretation Of past cen uries.
Modem scieuce, and better euligh en-
nient VI tue human lnind have discov
cred new sources Of light and far
Tidet tisld for the application of Biblical
truths. The Bible, like constitutions,
must be snhj"cled TO the test Of expert.
ment, and iffvund inapplicable j, IN ust be
90 studied as 10 reveal the IN +aning and
interpretations more in harmony with
mans progress. Ne have only recent
~ bcgon 10 DISCOVER The true powers
ANA application # the Federal Cousri-
tuition. So, likewise, are We iu.t be.
g'unlug TO see and comprehend that
the D'o'e Is in fact the best constitution
any State or naiiou can have, when ap
Piled to every day life among men ia
poh'leJ body. we propose 10 make "a
proper application of oar Bible to all
The Southern States and people.
= d sut5ugated people have no more
right 10 apply tneir own peculiar moral
ideas than they have to use their physi
cal implements of war. Conquered in
one they are conquered in all, and
hence. for the present, ltnd some de-
eades to come. you people ought to be
like children, seen but not heard in
all Religious matters, which, as before
said, a,e really also political,
Respectfully,
S.F. WALDRO."
fhe Inspired John wrote: "If a
man say, lore God. ard hatch his
brother, he is liar" Such is Waldro.
We may notice tho "saiut" again.l