The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-02-27


STATEMENTS OF \ B SION CuRKESp !.
DENT-ONLY ONE r.uUs rR..s.nEAT
The New York correspondent of
Boston paper, says:
''The fact that Gen. Grant passed
Sabbath at West Point and did not a,
tend church. though the post chaplain o.
ticiated near him, has been comments
on by the press generally. 1t is some
what singular fact that, as far as it j
known, no President of the Unite,
States, since the days Of Washington
has been a communicate in a church
John Adams was the representative Q
the liberal community of this day. JET
ferson was sty led aktree thinker. An at
tempt was made, when Jefferson was {
young maj, to- make the Episcopa
Church the estab ished religion of Vir
ginia.-John Leland, a travelling Baptist
mini>ter, preached sermon in the pre-
sence of Jefferson on what he called thu
'lncestuous connection of the church and
state This sermon converted Jefferson
Of that doctrine. His persistent opposi.
| tlon to state religion caused him 10 be
stigmatiZed as an infdel. Mrs. Madi-
son was communicate at tho Episcopal
Church. Her husband was not. Monroe
was member of an episcopal parish, but
not comunicant. John Quincy Adams,
although member of a Unitarian psrish
in Massachusetts, held pew in the Se-
cond Presbyterian Church in Washing
ton, of which he was trustee, and there
he worshipped until his death. In a
violent show storm l saw him walking
to church, one Sunday, with the snow
up to his loins, and he was one of the
seven persons who composed the congre
CATION that morning. He never commu-
ned in church. Gen. jackson was re-
gular attendant on Sunday morning. He
worshipped in the Second Presbyterian
Church until bis quarrel with the pas
tor about Mrs. Hester. He then left for
the Four-and-a-half street church, and
took his Cabinet with him. He always
came early and entered his pew, which
was on the right side Of the church as he
entered. Earnest and deyout attention
he gave to the sermon. It was his Gus
tom. at the close of the sermon, to rise in
his pew and make very courteous bow
to the minister, and then walk out, the
audience waiting in their pews till he
had reached the yestibule. Van Buren's
home church at Kindeytook was Reform
ed Dutch: At Washingtop, when he
went to church, he attended St. Johns
Episcopal in the morning. Mrs. Polk
was devout and earnest Christian wo-
nan, belonging to the Episcopal church.
MIR Polk accompanied his family
every Sunday morning to the Four-and-a-
halt church. Mrs. Polk usually attend
ID the Second Presbyterian Church in
he afternoon, where she held new
The President seldom accompanied her
It the second service. General Taylor
vas not professor Of religion, When
lie attended church he sat in the Presi-
|ent's pew at St. Johns. President
Fierce was member of the Congrega-
lonal Society, in Concord. N. H.. but
ot of the church. He was very regular
q his attendance at the Presbyterian
'hurch on F. street, near the White .
louise. This was his religious home dur
1g his long senatorial life. He was not
member of the church. He came to t
orship usually on foot and unattended. {
Lis pew was on the side, about two-thirds
fthe way from the door. He usually walk.
d up the aisle with cat-like step, went ]
the extreme ehd of the pew, curled s
lmself up in the corner, and seldom e
loved till the service closed. lie rarely
poke to any one, and hastened from the r
1urch to the White House. Mrs. Lin
'ln was a communicate at the New a
ork Avenue Presbyterian church. Mr.. O
incolr was not. But he was a regular e
tendant at worship. johnson seems to a
ave no religious home, but rather in S
ired to the Lutheran. Gen. Gran: is g
1t professor Of religion. He is a trus- |
OF the National Methodist church at "
ash'ngton, and is frequent attendant 0
the preaching of that church." tt
LIST OF LETTERS n =:
smaining in the Post Office at Orelousas II
'bruary 1st, 1869, which, if not taken out by L
arch lst, will be sent to the Dead Letter Ii
ice, Washinton, D. c. -
kenhead w johnson Vals;n
ley s J Leland Mrs Alice 6
on Fink Lawrence w D II