New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-03

Zoe, ana all the people must have the beDe
mt OF education, free from priestly dicta
ton or control
The duties of the Church are three fold
and may be summoned up in single sen
tence: They are to preserve in its purity
10 interpret, and to preach to the world the
will OF God to man. That will is written in
the books Of nature and revelation.
WHILE THE CHURCH AND STATE EACH HAVE
| DUTIES THAT ARE SPECIAL TO THEMSELVES
| THEY ALSO HAVE DUTIES TO EACH OTHER
! 1t is the duty of the State to publicly
recognize God in his providential dealings
with the race. 1t is her duty to recognize
and i've full protection to the church in hel
| specific work. The church must be left un
tramme1ed to carry on her work as the
| spiritual adviser and purifier of the world
She wars to-day under different banners
Her creed is variously stated: Her modes
OF warfare differ. But the church Of God is
one IN her fundamental principles, in her
| spirit and ultimate desi On. Now what is
| necessary for the final triumph OF the
church is not bayonets and armies or rolti-
cal intrigue, but it is freedom. The work
! OF the church is spiritual work.
Her forces are spiritual, and herein
! lies her power. The freedon that
dom which it is the duty of the State
to secure at all hazards is the freedom OF
religious liberation. Not the freedom that
would permit Catholic procession to block
the streets of New York for hours, and then
permit Orangemen to be shot tor parading
in the same streets. Not the freedom that
would permit the establishment of converts
and nunneries. largely at the public ex-
| pense where physical pnnishments may be
inflicted, and there be no opportunity for
| the State to investigate. Not the freedom
| that would permit the destruction OF our
common school system, but the freedom
which the State is in duty bound to give to
the Church, must secure to all-whetber
Catholic or Protestant, Christian or jew,
pagan or infidel-not only the abstract right,
but perfect liberty to state lis religious creed
and recommend it to others. And it must
not be said. for il is not true, that this free
dom subverts all Church authority. 1t sub
verts no proper Church authority. 1t does
deny the right Of any church to command
the secular arm in it's defense, or the right
of inhicting bodily pains for difference of
religious views. And God be praised that
in the onward march of freedom religious
liberation is becoming universal. This
principle now forms part OF the diplomacy
Of nations. France says to China, You
can have my friendship if the missionaries
are protected" How glorious has been
the march of religious freedom! She has
made no footprints backward. Her foot
prints have been made under every variety
Of circumstances, but they have been on
ward. Her footprints have been dampened
by the dews Of caves and dungeons; black
ened by the charred ruins of desolated
homes; wet with the tears of bereaved thou
sands; illumined by the angry CLEAN of the
victims stake; crimsoned by the blood of
many martyrs. Still they have been on
ward and today her greatest enemy i'll
civilized countries is bere.t of her power,
and the nations OF the earth are welcoMin.
her glory.
The duty of the state 20 the church then
may be summed up N a single word, free
dom
On the other hand, the luty of the church
to the state is to recognize II as u divine
origin, and not III any way to abuse her
freedom by conniving at her institutions. II
is the duty of the church to educate the pub
lie conscience. 1t may be said the State has
no conscience. THIS is "a mistake. Each
nation is q moral organism. and in her
transactions with other nations. and with
its own people every act has It's moral bear
ing. The law Oi nations as to mutual JUS
tice is as perfect as the law of individuals.
And the work of the church is TO educate
the public conscience. She is to DO this by
demanding purity Of private character
among those who rule. She Is to do this by
the education of the State
with moral instruction. She Is to do
appliances such as the pulpit, the Sabbath |
school and Il sanctified press, upon the |
people. She is to do this by boldly and |
persistently fighting w:ckeaness. whether |
1t be intrenched under the plausib.iity OF |
legal license, or under the title OF fashion.
or under the plea of po.icy-no matter
where it is, in public or privaic-the |
power of the church should be hurled
against it. The public consc fence is to the
State what the individual conscience is to
nan. 1t is IA creature OF education. Men
nay be educated 10 murder without COM
OF conscience. and the public
conscience may be educated So as 10 lool,
!p"n every form Of public and suctal Vie
With Indifference.
II is the duty Of the church 10 rot only
ducate the public conscience theoretically,
~ denouucing sin, but she must practice
What she teaches. Compromise with sin on
he part of the church is the greatest sin Of
he age. There is no. a crime that biackens
he face OF society today that has NOT sup
orfers within the church Of God. The rum
rattle Is justified. RIGHTEOUSNESS is leralZed
lurder is winked at, bribery and fraud
ass current under the names Of shrewd-
ess and business skill: and, 20 sum it al
p, the end is made to jnstity the means IL
There is power enough in the church of
cd in America today to rise in and lead
form that would master the worst public
: social vice among US, and it IS her duty
do it.
1t is the duty of the church to make her
over felt i'll the selections Of those who
Dvern. Not to do this is to let the nation
2 ruled by the rabble. The church is to
ing her power to bear, not as an organ {
alton, but through her individual men, s
ers. Because man is a Christian, he {
light therefore be the better and wiser ,
,litician. But the lameptable truth on .
rs point is that such is the deplorable CON a
ton OF American politics that a eonscien- I
Dus man can rarely succeed. I
In conclusion, have bat two remarks TO =
axe: :
Flrst-Iie who accepts a place Of trust in 8
g state should remember that he is the | n
preventative OF God in the interests of the u
Ople. 7
individual member of the
urch should as conscientiously attend to
duties as politician as he does his
ties as Christian. Where either must l.
We way, he must be Christian first. But
ties never conflict, and no one is more i
ldlng than another. A Christian should II
more neglect the meetings where. our T
ers arc selected than he should neglect Il
prayer meeting. b
w. Beetson, late of No. 1874 p
iverly place, New York. owned a favorlte a. a.
:. and about three weeks ago. while play ii
with him, the brute licked his lips. !,
o same night the dog exhibited symp- u
ls OF being rahid aud. continuing to III