Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-12-23


lies mammoth weekly, the central
organ of the largest religious denOmi
nation in America, published in New
York city and containing thanksgiv-
ing sermon in full by the Rev. j. A.
NJ. Chapman, d. d., delivered in St.
Pauls NJ. 4. Church, N. Y" 1t is fen
feet. five inches long. and three and
fve-eighth inches wide. 1t has four
teen headings, and, fortunately for the
Bible, no scripture text is announced.
A sample is herewith furnished, to
wit;
INJUSTICE TO WOMEN"
There is to-day, however, another
outrage upon the principle of equality.
I refer to the denial of the election
franchise to the female adults of the
land. Women have the same interests
at stake that men have they are as in
telligent and virtuous as the men; they
are as capable of exercising this right
as the men are subject to the same
laws their property is equally taxed
for the support of the government
Upon what principle then are they
disfranchised p? In what respect are
they disqualified? Because of sex ?
What has sex to do with equality, lib
erty and Justice? What has sex to do
with human equality? In the name
of justice, equality and liberty; in the
name.of all that is dear and sacred to
humanity; in logical consistency with
this great postulate Of Republicanlsm,
give the election franchise to the wo-
men of the land"
Shades of ST. Paul This, too, in
st. PauTs Church. How different
these sentiments from his teachings.
But so it goes. Thanksgiving day,
the day set apart for expressing our
gratitude to our benefcient Guardian
for His Astounding grace and mercy,
celebrated by condemning from the
pulpit of radicalism those things that
are displeasing to the celebrant, and
recommending the ENGRAVING of some
pet scheme int0SGus national constitu-
ton. This same divine (?), in the
same sermon (?) calls Abraham Lin
coin our second Washington, and
tells as that he caused the doors of
the Temple of Liberty" which had
been closed for eighty-fve years, to
swing open upon their golden hinges. "
And this in the spirit-the spirit of
fanaticism-that elevated "our second
Washington" to the presidency that
has held the reins of government ever
since, and proposes to do SO to the end
of time. Even the teachings Of" Him
who spoke as never man spake" are
perverted from their Legitimate mean
ing, and to snbserve the disbolical
purposes of our task masters.
Ours proposes to be christian re-
public, founded upon the teachings Of
the revealed word Of Coo, but chris
tianity is very different thing from
fanaticism. The latter characterized
the late Radical campaign. What the
devotees of despotism denominaed re-
ligion, piety, &C., were so incorporated
with their politics as we'll nighto dis
gust unregenerated humanity with
christianity proper, and give aid and
comfort to the cohorts of infdelity.
But no intelligent, thinking man will
confound the teachings Of the Bible
with those of the code of religio -raii-
calism. The former all good men rev.
erence and recognize as divine author
ity, to which We are all subject; the
latter are loathsome and detestable.
The former elevate and ennoble hui
mainly the latter corrupts and besti-
alize every fibre thereof
And now another Thanksgiving day
is pressing fast upon US one which is
we'll calculated to excite within us
ineditations of most profitable char
aoter While no one knows the exact
day that Jesus, the Christ, and found
er of our holy religion was born, we
all consent to accept the twenty-ftth |
day of December as Christmas, and on
that day call to mind with grateful
hearts the advent of mans Redeemer. |
During the late thanksgiving festival
some uttered thanks to God that Grant |
was President and had the pluck to
seat Hayes in his vacated chair, while
others deVoutly thanked God that
Grantism was so nearly abolished
Too great caution cannot be employed
in telling our Divine Parent what we
are thankful for, yet we risk nothing
in giving the fullest expression of our
gratitude to Him when the manger
and the cross are spoken Of. We haz-
ard nothing when we approach the
Father with words Of thanksgiving for
the gift of his Son.
But will we observe our phristmaa
as a day of profitable meditation and
Of giving of thanks to the. tFiune Je-
hovah for the inestimable scheme of
or shall we claim kin with
and practically ignore the
'unspeakable gift" of God to man ?
True, it is not day nor a season set
apart by any authoritative code of
morals to be kept holy, but is it not in
The very worst of taste. if not really
criminal, to select the birth day of the
Babe of bethlehem as the beginning
1f such festivities as we're condemned
IN every act of his life and word of bis
"LetaH things be dane de.
emily aud IN order" G.
A harder subject to deal with than