The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-02-14
The Religious Amendment Of the Constitution

Inc hSl1S1oUS alnsAOus0I W ~-1S SS-''As~N-I
|. The Rise and Progress, and Aims and
Methods Of the movement 70 secure the ne
-liyioas Amcudmcn: Of the Natloaai Conssl-
tuition.
2. The Moral Accountability, or the Morai
Personality 0: the Nation.
. 8 The lmposSibli:y Of Neutrality IN our
Government towards Christianity
4, The Relation of Education TO Religion .
o. S, The Distinctly Christian Character OF
the Proposed Amendment, or the political
Me>siahship Of Jesus.
g. The Argument for the Proposed Amend
ment, from The preccdents OF our har.!es
History.
:. tn. Proposed Amendment no step to-
ward Uniting Church and State, nor amy In
fringemenr Of the Rights Of Conscience.
s. The Pr~c,ical Ealue and Ef-ct Of me
Proposed Amendment
We published in ou1 last issue, by request,
q document relating 20 Convention in Gin
cirnati about putting religious amendment
10 the Constitution We did so in order
that our readers might soc whittier tho coun-
sy drifts
In the heads of the addresses before the
Conren.ion-foand abore-appears The fol-
lowing:
~rhe Political Mcsslaship Of Jesus -
THE l.npossibility Of neutrality in our gov
ernment tow Is Christianity" " The pro-
posed amend ment no step toward unlIlhG
Church and State, nor any Infringement VI
the rights of conscience"
To some, at casual glance, these mon
strous fallacies might have plausible
semblance of truth. But they uncrrlng'y
point to the dreadful tendencies Of the age.
"Che political Mes.iaship Of Jesus" What
su awful heresy. The Savior distinctly states
that His Kingdom belongs not to earth
with its flesh pots and pomps. That Caesar
should have that which is his own, &C.
Aud If tho government is not ncutral TO-
wards Christianity, then where is the vitality
OF Christianity .y-Charity-which is its al-per-
vading. pure white light? And what OF the
Rights Of Conscience ? 70. where viii fand
the Israclite, &c ? And then as this new phase
of the madness Of Purisanic :ransceGdcntal-
ism and highcr-law sweeps and surge, into
an angry, seething food Of fana'cism, who
stalI tel! the limits Of its license Will there
not spring issues as to whether Catholics or
Protestants are Christians ? And # ;hc for
ner, then which division Of the Church-thc
Greek or the Roman? if P:otcstan'ism, then
which sect? The Episcopal or the Prc>hytc-
rian Church If the BaptiSts or the Metto-
dis,s, which branch The Wesleyan or lie
Protestant Me,lodiStS he .lAa-bapis;s
or the Pedo-E ,lti>,>? Might it no, he pos.
sible that tic M"rmun$, or !a:tcr-,'av saints
as they are called, or The frcc-?orcrs. passion
al-at,ractionist> 0: the >pi-iiuaIi>;s be, after
all, decla1ed The true tvpc?
II needs no ArcSrl-nt 20 proSe u!st tic
in,cr, Of this mud Sch,nlc il TO ESITE
CHURCH AND STATE, and ;i!a; in time some
thing would be called THE CnC RcH, and ,''Is
Church would rule Us never did rhc in-
QUESTION Upon the plan that the recon-
struc,cd S:atts were ncl.uhiicaAizld into :he
Union. would ,h. hn2iouS fathers of this
modern Mo!och fcsis!a:c for their Mas;odon
EstabishScnt.
We think that 10 make a.relig;ocs amcnd>
ment frass Constitution now would be bias
pbemous- Verify, the cru in which we live
is that of tie destroying angels. STc have
passed trcm tie ilsad of the builder 20 tha:
OF the destroyer.
We learn from ,hc publisher, ar. James
Brennan, that the Southern >Ce!t, soHetirnr
since unaroidably suSsoeasca, will be re-
rbjS I a, '.lrlo
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