The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1889-06-01
PULPIT AND FRONT raw.

ciiVNu WHcil DiHnpp IOttCf OF
New York, bya few braye and
incisiye words spoken IN scaso i !,
csnt,es the attention Of the whole
co antry upon himself aud on The
subject TO which he rcfcrred
orlcily and IN the fierce spirit of
| Christianity. II WAS in less than
Ia hundred words all told, that he
referred to tho coiruptionand do
n oraliztlio Of our politics, but
4 the response was immediate.
They were thctruth ;they brought
the blood; and tho whole coun-
try applmds the blow-Aftc re-
covering from is surprise that il
should be glvsn,
We have IN the United States a
| pulpit thar renders everything 20
CESAR; that forgives everything
to CESAR; that leaves Truth nj.
ways to be judged seforc CEsAR's
seat. The lIeblow and Christian
\ Scriptures, from Genesis 20 Rove
lltioD, are flied with the iiesccst
denunciations Of the crimes Of
our politics; cf the lust andpride
of money; ol the oppression Of
the poor; Of the abuse Of author
ity, Yet when he voice or tho
pulpit Is heard At all on such sub
lccts. il IS only IN some specmI
crusade against an accidental re-
suit. Such 40 accidental result
was slavery; was auarchy; and
/ such an accidental result is tho
aonsc Of The safe Of intoxlranrs.
All these the pulpit has cr1saded
against in special fights ofrs own
ID Just that spirit IN which Peter
the ileruit "stumpadv Europe
to iaisc auarny OF swords aud
lances to fight for the tepulciire
Of 4 Messiah Of Peace. And III
at least one instance in this coun-
try the Peter the IIermits in the
pulpit have seen lyers Of blood
flow at their biddlng,
But what lhe Christian Scrip
lrres and The Hebrew Scriptures
jDin IN deoonncing as the real
evils, th Clrisiian pricsl or
preacher and the Hebrew robbi
alike keep silence about. There
qfe many honorable exceptions f;
there are many exceptions dis
honorAblc. Of stump speaking
from the pulpit; but the pulpit
rs a pulpit through tho whole
country Jares NOT speak Of the
wcigltier matters Of The law in
the spirit Of David aud Isainli or
Of Christ and st. James. 10 the
men - the froat pews who pay
the salaries, II addresses IT'S nd
nloniilon rs llie Christian bishop
Of long ago addressed the s.erce
German rObber about 10 have tho
water Of baptism poured on The
blood on his head, not for wash
lag but for iningline. "Bow
tllnS head, mill Sigambcrl' n
stlll the message Of the pulpit to
tic trout pew. Itdors MOI speak
except ia words whose sound has
been made soft and harm0nizcd
to the music of organ pipes that
"rlcyate The soul" and 81 an
whitcd sepulchres with music of
self-satIsfaclion. To underwriters
ed scpulclires more white.- thet
. tie principal work of the pnl-
pit Of the United States. Il has
no tins left after the tlhos OIL
mint, Of anise and Of cuinllf.
It 4 not 70 be supposed TIM
there i any lacl< Of Political and
partisan preaching The country
iias seen i and heard il util the
pulplt has lost mDre and mDrc ir|
influence with each clusade Yet
whea i Christian minl<ter 10 The
pulpit speaks 4 few words, ron
paItisan,wlth none Of tlic spiritof
fanatlcisu ID Them; wllrn be
speaks them directly 10 The teeth
or the fsolt pcw, the country is
sastonishcd it bis jocirine.
What has he said2
OMy tbIslic has dca iuprca
the power and last of money; aud
the abuse uf authority nor by one
paity or another, Or by this IN
dividual or that; not as at'acking
any Constitution, or any class
bur simply as i teller Of Naked
Truth with 81 gaimcnt Of far
words woven aroJnd Il to bile the
indcccncy Of is uakctlnsss.
Whpt his motives were IS not 20
| the poist here. II j. c4tain
lth,t wrong motives workto wrong
ends ind ~ wrong agcnclcs, but
/ The point hero Is that one man
has centred the attention Of The
country by few words from
pulpit, as the newsp. per- Of lhs
coaslry haFe not . ca able % Do
after month ~aea years ofreitcra-
ton 81 Tic same trat!s, often