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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 234
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224 REV. MR. Carroll's sermon, endorse the truthfulness of the statement of Wash- ington Irving when he says, — " a cunning politician is often found skulking under the clerical robe, with an outside all religion and an inside all political rancor. Things S2)iritual and things temporal are strangely jumbled together, like poisons and antidotes on an apothecary's shelf; and instead of a devout sermon, the church-going people have often a political pamphlet thrust down their throat, labeled with a pious text from Scripture." But I need not tell you, my hearers, adopting the language of a distinguished divine to his people, " that it has come to pass in these latter days, that these standing places of God's messengers to a ruined world, become oft-times the mere platforms for political harangues, where all questions of practical morals are discussed as side issues with some aim of the dema- gogues. That the cross of Christ is taken down from its high place as the crowning glory of the sanctuary, and in its stead, as an engine of reform, is lifted the ballot box ; and the popular passions are lashed into storm, that with their suffrages as freemen they may carry a Maine Law or defeat a Nebraska bill. That these altars of our God, Avhere the broken heart is demanded as a sacrifice to Jehovah, become oft-times only "seats of custom" where the worldly tribute is rendered to CaDsar. That the precepts of the Divine law, thundered from Sinai ; the promises of the Gos- pel issued in the death-cry from Calvary ; alas ! they are all set aside and forgotten, that these ambassadors
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0234. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 234. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n238/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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