Show politic POLITICAL PREACHING CURED curel The Hartford times relates the following A congregational church in a neighboring state got BO so completely com petely enlisted in one of the th presidential entla I 1 contests that little attention was given to religious questions the minister ml nister nitter was constantly preaching praying and ex bortin hortin upon political cai cal issues issue s and his bis deacons and laymen followed suit at the prayer and conference meetings finally a worthy old farmer oab oae of the staunchest and best beat members of the church and a firm undeviating democrat was called upon to offer a prayer 60 0 lord sail hea hes he uphold the dem denn cratic party which has received thy ever since the great jeffersonian F struggle continue to bless that party which has ui un der thy protection and providence brought great blessings upon this republic it it i be thy pleasure and I 1 believe it wil will be oh carry that party through this struggle to a complete triumph oh bies bles the opponents of democracy personally but bat utterly destroy their fanatical and injurious schemes if it be b iby thy will to do BO so aa as I 1 verily believe it is be B on the side aide of 0 democracy 0 lord as thon thoa hast bast baen been and in their peaceful pursuits instead of warring 1 wickedly man against brother and oh ab I beseech thee especially fo free the crristian Cn ristian churches from the political strife and bitterness which are rending them b em a asunder abunder under destroying their usefulness and turning them unhappily into mere political associations let us hear of thy word tor d an and d t mercy lercy on the sabbath we have already b been en plied to fullness with political cal fanaticism and our minister has become a stump orator against the good old party which thou iu in thy wisdom bath upheld so long and repeatedly guided to vi victory C t 0 r and I 1 sustained in the establishment 0 of soun sound ma m a ob turn his mind from these things and direct his big attention to his legitimate ia r lilious duties cr turn him over directly in the tb hands bands of the abolition party and let them take care of him and provide us with a tru true minister of the gospel at any rate late the arc sent state of things cannot last if politics I 1 are to rule I 1 shall claim one half of the time I 1 in behalf of the democratic party so that tl t there b e re m may ay be a fair discussion within thebe these wails walls amen meny this was a stumper it was the first fi rbt pra prayer 11 ev ever t pub bubli licy I 1 y offered in that church forth for the success of the democratic party and its nominee t g though b a uh hundreds hun dreas dreda of 0 prayers and exhortations eting had had haa been made against that party when the old man had bad finished there was wag waa a silence of half an ho hour r and the meeting then adjourned and thus ended the political pr preaching eachin in that church from that time forward the minister attended to his gospel I 1 I 1 duties and left all yoli political questions to ba de settled by the people outside of the church again the society prospered and aud there was wag a better feeling among its in members embers mor more christian charit charity more brotherly love the th old mans earnest prayer was answered la in more respects than one |