The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-03-04
RELIGIOUS PROFESSION vs..
PRACTICE.

RELIGIOUS PROFESSION vs..
+ PRACTICE.
1 We regret 10 witness the appa-I
rent animus manifested in the
leading editorial Of this weeks
Herald" and We fear. the wish
THAT the charges made might be
true-was father of the thought,
that they were 80.
Of course the city papers have
various classes Of readers, and the
writer of the article in question
doubtless fattered himself that he
was catering to the tastes Of his
own peculiar ilk. Exactly how
many free drinks his valorous pro-
duction will secure him, we have
no means of knowing. If he can
derive any pleasure in the contem-
plation Of gratifying the persons
whom he aims to please, at the cx-
pense of the moral sentiment of |
the community. we envy neither
his head nor his heart-neithe. his |
wisdom nor his virtue.
/ He would do we'll to remember
We very seldom find persons coun-
terfeiting, a bogus COIN an article
of no value. II is the genuine coin
that is counterfeited.
And though there may be, and
doubtless are some unworthy mem.
bers of Religious Societies, the fact
, no more detracts from the saving
vitality of the genuine article, than
would the existence of spurious
! coin, from the value Of the unadul-
, terated.
. And what are we to conclude a.
, to the appreciative taste exhibited
in the seeming desire of the writer,
to expose to the admiring gaze o.
q persons not residing here, the NOR
: al ielinQuencies, which he details
= with such extreme unction-and i.
all the other cases named by him
are as baseless as the one in which
no malicionsly and falsely repre-
sents one of our respected pastors,
y We are inclined to the opinion, that
: he might have spared himself the
= trouble of writing himself down,
u what q certain other distinguished
o gentleman was too modest to do in
= his own case.
|" We are assured not only by the
h. person at whom the editor aimed,
+ but by others who were present at
+ the time, at which the offensive
= prayer ,is falsely said to have
Ir been made, that no sane and sober
,, individual present-(these epithets
10 are ours )-could possibly have
:, = been guilty of placing even con-
"a structively, the Objectionable mean.
D. ing on the words actually used.
: Had the writer Of the intoxica-
10 ted (2) essay given himself only q
70 very little trouble to inquire of per.
"a sons who heard the offensive
4 prayer, he could have saved him.
A. self from the just charge of being
g but too willing to bear false wit
y. ness.
k In all ties--Richmond
Of is no exception, We unfortunately
have too many persons--any ar,
~ too many-who, having their mora
= sensibilities pretty effectually bru
Or talized, by the use of-somethin{
III stronger than WITHDRAWING draw
"a inspiration from bars other thar
y. the sacred desk--who being bu
m too conscious Of their own mora
tv derelictions--and envious at see
ing others better than themselve
20 manifest very natural, but dev
no lish ambition to squirt mud at al
ns around, but more especially at thos
he above them.
Gu How far our Herald Editorial
NJ msnifests this disposition, we vii
on not presume to Judge.
70 "Hs that is eiddy., thinks the world NOV
ed round"
il We would, in conclusion. gent
A. suggest to the quill driver of on
a neig hbor, that he would be lii
tic more magnanimous than to d.
cts sire too much OF his own kind ,
us company--too many converts
ca his regcnerated religious persus
~. sion--as in that event, we can br
Of. entertain fears that the NOR
its health of the community woul
i not be improved.
In one respect, we guess, Il
the writer Of the inebriated srticle h
My clearly the advantage of those &
10 whom his precious sermon was d.
nat signed-in his general habits,
does not belle his professions.
two The proposition to suspend t