Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-17


corrupiions are treated.
The question is referred to
State Convention Of citizens agree
| ing to the views herein set forth
to be held under the auspices 0
the above mentioned COMMITTEE
and other co ordinate Committees
The report was received will
hearty approval, and after remark
by the Rev. Messers. Goodwin
Butler, Peck and several others, i
was adopted entire. A Committed
was appointed to forward a copy o
this report to the Senate and AS
semGly of the State, with notice Of
the unanimous action Of this Con.
yention.
If this patriotic movement were
restricted to the Methodist citizen
ship only, we would anticipate i'm
mense good to the country as its
ultimate result For two reasons.
First, the Methodist Church is the
numerical and natural instrumen-
tality to be set over and against
the Roman Catholic element in this
country. The time was when the
Methodist Church was more exclu-
sively the Church of the masses
than it is now; but in getting hold
of a class of people whom it did
not formerly reach, it has not lost,
and we pray Cod it may never lose,
its hold upon the poor, the igno-
rant and the neglected. Now, it
has rich men, and great men, and
fashionable women; it is in dan
ger Of ceasing to be the Church for
the masses. But it discovers al
most as much skill in adapting
itself to the wants of classes and
individuals as Rome itself. 1t has
a place for every man and some
thing for him to do. 1t says to
this minister go, and he goeth; to
come, and he cometh. 1t
utilizes the lay element. 1t makes
the women co-Workers. The Wes-
ley system has as much worldly
wisdom in it as any church organi-
cation in the world. 1t wields such
forces to move, and such features
to attract the masses and their lead
ers, that it becomes the organiza-
ton to meet and resist the advanc
ing hordes of Romanism coming in
upon us. Romanism is the enemy
Of liberty and intelligence, and
when such an enemy cometh in like
aideod, the Spirit of the Lord will
lift up standard against him =
Methodism is the standard just now
'aised.
The other reason for anticipat-
ng great good to follow this Meth
'dist declaration is, that it will call
'ut, organize and concentrate the
moral and religious citizens of the
'tate and the County to act in
oncert to save our schools and
hurches from being subverted by
he political action Of Legislators
eeking for Roman Catholic votes.
.lready initial steps have been tax
n to demonstrate the sentiment or
lie religious public on the see
Jrian school appropriations. It's
OF probable that Presbyterians or
aptists or Episcopalians will or
anize as denominations; but the
oral and Christian citizens of the
tate and the Nation will combine
leir energies, their prayers and
Ieir votes, to save the country
ON the impending curse of an es-
church, a church support
by such appropriations as the
ty ofNew York is constantly
aking, and the State Of New York
ade last winter
The friends of public education,
free schools, of that system which
Is provided homogeneous, com ,
on, complete education for all,
ust now come together in mass
inventions, and tell our servants, !
1t in fact our masters, at Albany.
at they will be held to stern ac-
unit for the manner in which they :
t upon this school question,
w. :
We look to no net0 political par :
We depricate, as a mighty evil, :
e kindling Of sectarian partisan i
sling. It would be awful to raise !,
9 flames OF religious warfare in ;
} midst Of our political struggles. Il
It we must sometime fight fire y
til fire. The Roman Catholics 4
We driven this school question VI
0 politics, and we must meet it h
re, and save our schools from
ng sacrificed on the altar of sec 9,
ian and political ambition. If a,
present Legislature will re-
i the outrageous appropriation :,
last year, and make no new ones :"
like character, it will deserve y
i of tho people. If not, let us " "
ct a Legislature next year that i"
do it. There is no political is W
now before tie State that inter 7.
IS with the concentration of all :,
energies upon this one GREATS =
and the time has come for ac- ~ ~
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