Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-21
Tho Spirit Of Faction.
Extract From Il Sermon Preach
ed In Sumter Countyby
Rev. "A. w. Moore.

HhcV. a. w. Moore.
In his sermon OF Bishopvi;lc, Sumter
County, on last Sunday morning, the Rev.
A. W. Moore, referring to the attempted
assassination Of President Garfield, spoke
as follows
may not iuoppropriatcly introduce hero
brief allusion to that tragic event, which
within few days has stirred tho great heart
OF the nation, might say of tho world
alludc to the attempted assassination of tho
President Of the United States.
But recently installed, amid the accalna.
tons of fifty millions Of people into the
highest place of honor within tho gift of
that people, und ycs carrying himself 80
worthIy and so nobly rs to win the admira-
ton of tho party that resisted his elevation
to the Presidency, he was shot down in open
day by wretch, whose iusquity was inspir.
cd by tho spirit of facton-that spirit
that would not shrink from brbcs and
murder to accomplish its ends; that Same
old spirit that cried: "Crucify him, ccuci-
fy him /"
The ten thousand messages Of sympathy
and hope that have poured into Washington
from all parts of this broad Union, irrespeo.
tive of party, irrespective Of section, ire
spec:lve Of class, irrespective Of sex, is ui
honor to the noble sufferer, and no less on
honor to tho sympathetic, apprecutive,
Christian people. Silent, devout prayers
hearts Of Christians throughout the world
for the Christian President.
For the first time since tho, days of tNo
"Fathcr OF his Country" tho Chief Execu-
tive of the American Nation is a profcssed
follower, disciple of tho Lord Jesus.
Therefore that which we see is not only tho
outGurst of patriotic, national sympathy,
but Of profound Christian sympathy.
The circular of Mr. Bluinc, lis Secretary
of State, assuring the people that the Pres
ident was being sustained by sublime
Christian faith and a resignation equal to
any event that God may ordain, touched mo
most deeply, even to tcnrs. l rejoice that
messages of coincidence aud sympathy and
anxious solicitudc como from the English
Parliament, from the Qnceo, from Parnel,
the representative of the suffering people Of
Ireland, from France and Spain aud Italy,
from the heads Of oil the governments of tho
civilized world, even from the Mikado of
Japan. rejoice in this unrestrained spon-
taneous, universal rebukc Of the murdcrous
spirit of faction, that spirit which ran riot
in Jerusalem whcn the Sauhcdrm condemn
ed an innocent man to death and the Roman
soldiery brutally executed tho sentence.
rejoice that tho human race has advan-
:ed so rapidly that tho brutal act of tho
d!moniac Guitcau and the spirit Of faction
out Of which thatac' grew has received such
burning, spontaneous universal condcmna-
tioa. rejoice to believe to- day that it is
the Gospel, the glorious Gospel Of Jesus.
that is uplifting our race, that is scizing the
hearts Of those who are administering tho
governments of the world, that is linking
men together ia the ties Of universal broth
erhood, and pray that the work of tho
glorious Gospel of Jesus may go on until
the day shall come when such al act as this
which Guiteau has committed from its very
losthsomcness, from its very adherence,
cannot bo committed. [ want tho day to
come When an enlightened, elevated Chris
tian sentiment is so strong, and so rcsistless
that he who waatonly aud wiokodfy, through
hope Of personal gaiu, or political gain,
thinks Of imbruing his hands in his
brothers blood, may know that he forfets
all human sympathy, oil governmental pro.
lection, all political aflilntiop, aud that
with heart so wicked and hand SO rcd
his Inevitable doom is to sink down into the
bottomlcss pit, out Of which came the father
of lies, and malice and murder.
know, my beloved friends, how heart
lily, how trustfully you will join inc in
prayer to God for tho recovery Of tho Pres
idcnt Of the United States, thut tho great
consultations Of the Gospel may sustain him
in his great sufferings, and may also comfort
aud uphold his VITO and sorrowing chill;
dren.