THE

CHURCH AND THE REBELLION:

A CONSIDERATION OF

THE REBELLION

AGAINST

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES;

AND THE

AGENCY OF THE CHURCH, NORTH AND SOUTH,

IN RELATION THERETO.

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By R. L. STANTON, D.D.,

PROFESSOR IN THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCA

DANVILLE, KENTUCKY.

NEW YORK:

DERBY & MILLER, 5 SPRUCE STREET

1864.

BRITES

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864,

BY DERBY & MILLER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern

District of New York.

0. A. ALVORD, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER.

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EVERY CREED IN RELIGION AND EVERY PARTY IN POLITICS,

PREFACE.

THIS volume does not claim to be a History, though some of its chapters are chiefly historical. The time for writing the History of the Rebellion has not come. It is, however, just as opportune now as it will be at any future period, to inquire into the causes of the revolt against the Government of the United States, and to examine the agencies which have been concerned in initiating and impelling it forward. These lie upon the surface of observation and are patent to all men. Time can throw no light upon them which will essentially change their character.

Believing that the Church of God in this land,or, properly speaking, many of those in the different branches of the Church who have been leaders in its councils, and who are largely responsible for the formation and character of its public opinion, —may be justly held to have done much towards precipitating the Rebellion, as well as aiding it