The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-05-29
IN UNION is STRENGTH.

The year 1868 will long be remember
ed in the United States, for the spirit of
mutual concession and charitable COM
~ideration, manifested between those
who have long been divided. Never in
our history has State and Church evil
dcnced by practical deeds so strong de-
sire to combine and harmonic to higher
and more noble purposes the discord-
ant elements existing within them,
whose effects are to iniure, cripple and
destroy The Government says to
those who were late it's bitterest foes
our destinies, our interests, our aims
are one. let the embittered dead past bury
its dead strike hands in one common
purpose for the future, come back TO the
councils of the nation and ten millions
of people for years aloof from. and enc
mics of the Union are laying down their
hatred and vindictiveness beside their
guns and their conquered banners, and
the Republic of forty millions OF people is
truly strong once more, for it is united
in spirit as well as in word.
In 1874, IN the Methodist Episcopal
church, the question of human Slavery
created division and the thirteen
Southern Conferences withdrew, form-
ing the church South, and casting its
fortunes W ith the Confederacy, while
twenty Conferences adhered 10 the
tene.s of the church opposing slavery,
forn-ing the church North, and through
the war power and tower of strength
to the Union. For twenty-four years
there has been no fellowship or friend
ship A few days since the church de-
clared for reunion, aud the vote was ten
to one in it's favor. Thus are harmoniz>
ing the antagonisms that have for twenty
eight years divided the most powerful
religious element IN the country, num-
bering over eleven hundred thousand
communicates, and indirectly affecting
several millions of people. -
In 1887, animosities long maturing
eliminated in a div ision of the Presby-
terian church. There were those who
were strenuous and rigorous ritualists,
harsh and infcxible; there were those
who were liberal and progressive. The
Synods of Genessee, Geneva, Utica, and
the Western Reserve, representing the
latter beliefs, withdrew and formed the
New School The history of the "Old'
and the " New shows the same intensi
fed and uncharitable feeling that
characterized the Methodist factions
In 1860 there were over 1000 ministers
and half million members, hating eacl
other as only church members can hate
and praying for each other with Jealous
fervency as the most irretreivably
wicked of the human race. The Gene
raj Assembly of &c appointed a com
rnittee of fifteen members from eacl
School. to consider basis for reunion
and they have unanimously agreed upor
one that will undoubtedly result in con
solidation and ultimate good
Everywhere, in all lands there ar
evidences of the breaking down of bar
riers which bigotry, selishness, an'
pride had reared between man and man
but in none are the results so noble, 81
great and gratifying as in our owl
America May there be no hindranc'
or delay, until, as with the will of one
man, every organization in the country
unites its efforts to make this, tn,
brightest jewel tl'at has hccn. or cvc,
shall be. set "a u,. giniie ri govern
ments that surrounds tile world