The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-20


their own base ends. to the subversion Of
Christianity, making great show OF pie
ty, some in one form, some in another,
until their aims are accomplished, then
the tail will drop out through the Sun
day pants.
The Devil has shown himself lately in
a very stirring way ON the other side of
the Atlantic, by the recent exccmmuni-
cation of DR.. Dollenger, the ab,cst eccle-
siastical historian and ripest scholar OF
the age, and the fruits of this work of
the arch fiend are apparent throughout
all the churches Of christianized Europe
at the pI esent time.
But we need not go 80 far to look for
him, he is here in our midst. A very
usual trick of his Of late years has been
to put on the clerical coat, the pretension
Of excessive piety,-abuse all who,
through reflection and convi,tion, dare
not to be the hypocrite he himself is,
proclaim at meetings how good he is,
and how good he feels, and how wicked
everybody else is, and continue this
course until sufficient number of
dupes have been collected and wheedled
into signing their names TO enough of
notes and security papers,-then the tail
pops out-the Devil in human form APP
pears for a moment, then decamps for
fresh pastures, and more lucrative
scenes of action, leaving hearths and
homes of confdipg friends desolate, and
many widow and many an orphan to
mourn over the fatal credulity which led
their protectors to place their own intel
ligence Goods noblest gift to man) in the
hands of another.
"Woe unite ye, Scribes, Pharisees, hy-
pocrites, for ye devour widows houses,
and for pr, tense make long prayers
therefore ye shall receive greater dam
nation"
Those werds of Christ-so applicable
to tie present times, prove the need of
church of Christ, independent Of sectari
an prejudice, for in any other He has
still to contend with the hypccrites, as
who n on earth; and the fiend will appear
no matter how specious the pretenses or
or how grand the display. The tower
ing sphere may aspire to reach the hea-
yens, the lofty dome may rey.rberate
with music Divine, natural and art ficial
anthems from human choirs or from or
gan's peal, or in humber edifices, the
ceiling and rafters may ring with the
shouts of vainglorious proclsimers, of an
impossible amount of instantaneously
acquired piety, and the joists may shake
from the exciting and excited gestures
of the actors, hut If it ba not a true
church of Cbrist--independent of the
Devil, of sectaran prejudice-the arch
hend will appear, and his tail will out in
the long run.
Under the present system Of sectarian
training, there seems to be apoor pros
pect for "Young America" Our ears
are daily greeted by blasphemous oaths
and obscene words, issuing from the
mouths of youths--mere children utter
ed, too, under windows and doors of
church leaders, and even of ministers of
the gospel, unchecked, unheeded, and
unreproved, yet the language SO gross
and SO disgusting that sensitive ladies
and even laymen have to close their
doors and windows, to prevent the con-
taminating sounds reaching the ears of
their young flock within. Hear what
Christ says of this subject:
"But 1 say unto you, for every idle
word men shall speak they shall give
account thereof at the day of judg-
ment."
''Those are the things that defile aman
but to eat with unwashed hands detileth
not man."
"Let them alone, they are blind lead
ers of the blind, and if the blind lead
the blind, both shall fall into the ditch"
Verify, verify, they have fallen into
the ditch, those leaders, and the foul,
earthly slime of seci arian prejudice ad
heres to them and blinds them, else
these things would not be.
We need not be surprised that a
youthful poet of high aspirations and Of
great observation, seeing the fantastic
tricks the Devil plays with his puppet-
msn-should thus exclaim:
"Man, vain insect, hopes to be forgiven,
And claims himself sole, exclusive
heaven
Oh, man thou feeble tenant Of an hour,
Debased by slavery, or corrupt by pow
er,
Who knows thee we'll must quit thee
with disgust;
Degraded mass of animated dust,
Thy love is lust, thy friendship all a
cheat,
Thy smiles hypocrisy, thy words de
ceit."
Christ found man as thus described,
during his earthly pilgrimage, more
than eighteen hundred years ago, and
expressed himself to the same effect in
another land. and in another Language,
while conten5ilg with the Pharisees
those olden time Jewish hypocrites, and
the modern Pharisaical christian hypo-
critics attempt to keep up the same anti
christian contest.
AUDITOR.
WILMINGTON, May 9th, 1871.
An admirer of dogs having had new