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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 242
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232 EEV, MR. Carroll's sermon other means, and ample for all. Why take those intended for spiritual ends, and so pervert them that they shall effect only what is selfish and secular "? It is the peculiar mission of the press to give such infor- mation. Why then should the j^ulpit voluntarily give up its mission that it may assume that of the press, which needs no extraneous help, throwing off on the wings of every hour innumerable and much wiser treatises on these subjects, and which neither asks nor gives thanks for foreign advocacy.^ Besides, we ask, in the words of Dr. Dwight, " Will party politics carry you to Heaven .? Has Christ said, ' He that is a Federalist, he that is a Democrat, shall be saved .^ ' Has he not said, ' He that believeth shall be saved; and he that believeth not, shall be damned ?' Has He not said, ' Except ye repent, ye shall all like- wise perish "? ' Has He not said, ' Without holiness no man shall see the Lord ? ' Has He not required you to ' Folloio peace with all men ? ' Has He not told you ' that the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of those that make peace ; and, therefore, that it cannot be sown in contentions — nor by them that work contentions ? ' " Not essential, sowing tlie seeds of discord, and already absorbing the minds of men six days out of seven elsewhere, is it necessary that another ^place, God's house, and another day, the Lord's Day, be appropriated for the discussion of such themes, and the dissemination of worldly knowledge, thus leav- ing the great God without a temple or a day for
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0242. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 242. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n246/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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