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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 189
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MISCELLANEOUS. 179 cast upon your fidelity to the Governmeut under which we live. On nearly if not quite every Sabbath since you carne among us, you have prayed for our country, its rulers, its officers and soldiers, the sick and wounded, the dying and bereaved ; that the crushing sorrows which rest upon us may be overruled for the highest good of our whole nation and the glory of God ; and that in His own time and way He will stay the torrents of blood and tears which are flowing all over the land, and grant us a righteous Peace. Undoubtedly there is a marked difterence between the tone of your prayers on these topics and those of some of your ministerial brethren, (certainly there ought to be, if we know anything of the spirit of Christianity;) but we never heard a word from your lips which, by any fan* construc- tion of language, could be made to imply a lack of real patriotism, or anything inconsistent with a faithful alle- giance to the Government of your country. Whether you approve of all the measures of the Administration or not, is another question — with which neither we nor your accusers have anything to do. There never was an Administration all of whose measures were approved by all the people, and we may safely say there never will be. According to the proverb, " Silence gives consent." But in your case, it is construed by your accusers as implying ^?ssent. They demand that you shall speak on these topics. If 3'ou speak their sentiments, well and good. If the opposite sentiments, then of course you are "disloyal." If you are silent, you are "disloyal." A hard case for a minister of the Gospel who has so learned Christ that he deems it his duty to keep politics out of the pulpit. And here, w^e suspect, is the front of your oifending. While you stand up in this pulpit fi'om Sabbath to Sabbath, proclaiming the unadulterated truth of God to large and deeply interested audiences, and reaping from time to time tlie appropriate fruits of your labor, "you reproach us, also," some of the learned Doctors may say, and say it truly. But we thank God that He has sent us a minister who will not and cannot be made to follow their example in this particular. Truly you have been to us a minister of the Gospel, and not a political declaimer. The talents which God has given you, you
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0189. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 189. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n193/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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