The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-01-06

| NOW. Is tnaL tue way 10 sPIcAA oNtAltutaA
| holiness over these lands p Is that in keep
| ing with the olive branch the Doctor waved
over the Southern General Conference at
Louisville so recently Aud yet this is only
one Of almost innumerable sparks Of internal
FIRE famed by this eminent wholesale slander-
er Of the South. OF course be feels the pulse
Of his patrons and ministers agreably to his
| diagnosis of their demands, and that only
proves the greater peril.
The Outcome Of all this land this is but one
journal of hundreds just as violent, unjust
and cruel) is hatred contempt distrust, avoid.
ance. 1t feeds infdelity, it emboldens it and
propogates it. 1t makes it respectable and
gives value to its sympathy.
Supposing, now, Southern gentleman were
sick in New York, and needed kind and
gentle friend to sit by him through his last
night send his last words to his family, close
his eyes, cross his hands, aud lay over his
cold face a vail, and so conclude his kind Of
| fees.
Suppose only two men could be found who
might perform such a service. One Christ
ian minister by profession-and an editor Of
some semi religious, politico-partisan paper
the other, Col. Robert g. lngersol. One,
Joab-like, who with honeyed words Of saluta-
tion inquiries, "Art thou in health, my broth
er?' and with stilletO thrusts through his
brothers heart like sayage-the other, a
straightforward hater of hypocrisy and
shams-a man of an ugly, but honestly-ac-
cepted, creed-sympathetic, kind, generous,
brave consistent to his convictions and above
| persecution.
Which of these men would the sick man be
likely to select?" Col. lngersol, of course.
Any body would; even Southern clergyman
assuredly would.
From our standpoint the rabidness of the
Northern and Eastern Protestant Church, by
| its downright injustice, uncharitableness
malgnity and violence-by its departure
from sacred things, its political ambition, its
violent and indiscriminate pursuits OF the
South and its purpose to crush us out-has
laid the broad foundation for aggrarianism,
communism, infdelity and other nameless
| isms in their own midst, that will make their
hearts ache some day if they have sensibility
left to feel.
| An honest, outspoken Eastern periodical
| gives utterances to the following words in
Confirmation of my theory:
| "We believe it to be susceptibl e of demon
stration that the late extraordinary and de-
plorahle increase of crime, an increase more
palpable every day, croWding with its record
! the columns of the public prints and sickcn-
| ing the soul with its endless detail and nov
eltv of horror, is largely due to the growth of
materialism, or what is termed infdelity, and
that mainly in reaction from the skepucal
| DRIFT of the time lies the path of wholesome
reform. The fruit of unbelief among the up
per or wealthy classes is sensuality. Those
classes get to worship instead of their Maker
the pleasures of the moment Among the
poorer and less educated ranks Of society the
cant and poison of living only for the day is
even more directly disastrous. The rich can
crafty their passions without, as rule and
in the legal sense, coming in conflict with the
rights of others But the needy, unrestrain-
| ed by any fear Of future account, and think
ing only to eat and drink since tomorrow
they die, drive straight on to crime. That this
| is no idle assertion can be abundantly proved
| A careful survey of the murders, suicide and
other great felCnies committed in the chief
cities of the United States during the last ten
wears shows that heavy fraction of the per-
netraters were atheists or free-thinkers,"
1t has long been the desire of some Of the
chiefs of the Church, outside our borders, to
allv itself with the Government, and run the
machine" in the interests of denOminational-
ism. The proposition has been made to me.
Since writing the above weekly just out OF
the mail brings the following
"Bisbop Haven is the imitdtOr Of Jesus" re-
fsrred to, and is indorsed, of course, by sever
al millions of Northern Methodsts.
He was lecturng in Walla Walla and utter
ed the following sentiments
"The Bishop took pains to say that those in
their Church who made apologies for the SEN
timents uttered in their papers, were doing q
york to their injury, as that all their editors
were chosen by the Church to do just what
thew are doing in heralding the sentiment of
the M E. Church on all questions whatsoever
He claimed theirs to be the National Church,
and that the,editors.0f their papers were elect
ed 10 carry out the National idea of politics.
a centralized government and conquering
and crushing of the South, which believes in
the doctrine Of stak Rights" >,
And now, as write, comes the New 1orS ,
Christian Advocate, of Nov. g, with an ed:to-
viol on the South that flows along its many
coin4p MS like the red lava of volcano.
The editsf says
"We (the Methodist Episcopol church, claim
the South because the republic, which we have
recently saved by Methodist conscience anC
| Methaiist bayonets (2( now demands at oul
hands an0tber salvation be Methodist faith
Born with the Republic, the Methodist Episco
pal Church has BECOME the guardian of Amer
lean liberties.
| What will other churches and nOn,Ghurcl
communities say to thaU Is not that wha
Bishop Haven claims also, and that thl
church will follow its leaders? Very 'IgHN
can't
Listen again;
We claim the Boutb because it is trampleC
! hv sin. (No sin in New YorkO Its coarse an,
4 bloody despotisms are too public 10 need illus
. tration. While the Gullys go unhung an
Dixon is unavenge1 (the other day he SAT-
Ohio's vote had avenged Dixon and Hambur
Butler has seat in the United States Senate
and DR.. Blackburn, who fought women an
children with smallpox virus, occupies Gov
r ernor's chair and the hero effort Pillow, VIII
|, hurled prisoners alive, has q seatin Congress
! the crimes Of this bloody land can not be hid.
. Would Jesus have said it in that way Tel
v us, Doctor.
/ To the South such views and plans are u
e terlv repugnant. Still, the influence of tn
Church in the South. as whole, is inadequat
. to resist the outgrowth Of impiety, contemp
of sacred things, neglect of public worship an
: violation of the Lord s day, which grows apac
. in the North and East. For one, believe th
= age of skepticism, gross irreligion, commur
!! ism. hatred violence and the reign ofphilsso
= phic materialism in the higher walks of soc
. ETY. has set in, and is daily asserting itself b
- strides of aggressiveness full Of fearful pr'
: sage 10 all true lovers Of God.
Il And for this advancing cataelysm the Pro
slant pulpit and press, North and East 81
e 'qiy responsible, Think Of a PrOtestar
NAL devoting its disqoHrses to the electio
pulpit 7utler in the orthodox city Of Bostol
Of den. of the thousands Of sermon
: Then thlhK leet President and twice te
; preaehe9 70 "a ue the sensitive passions
2 thousand " I'M inst the South on ever
eager Listeners s-s tooether. How precious al
!. 'nT Ttsars s Is another epoch-another upheav'
a HI advancing, il Protestant ehuren ei per
e raPldIy n su hs regarded as reliable authorit.
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