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t - EISDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1866
10DERN APOSTACIES.
e great instructive lessons of
-,,ry is the care of Providence
',u rch, not only in its conflicts
(.: Id, but in those far more dan
•• lids, which arise with error in
utuinal limits. Like a steady
true Church maintains its
wo, king itself clear of impurities,
way through narrow gorges,
-_ triumphantly, over rocky barriers,
taming its identity through vast
hi-tory, differing in volume and
hut not in nature or essence, from
„ I 'm-natural fountain of truth from
.1-,rung, It is a great wonder—it
u,racle of history; whose explanation
;• n ot so much in the zeal, the larn
. rontroversial acumen of the friends
as in the closets of those faithful
w.io keep open the line of communi
-Vet tt earth and heaven, and through
1, :Ile spirit of Christ Still dwells with
has been done in the past is going
-lay The struggle for mainthlining
rutli. is in fact, carried on most earnest-
v , thin the nominal Church at this. day;
n .q. -he spectacle of apostacy from the
am) simplicity, the doctrine- and
of the Gospel of Christ, is being con-
usiy enacted before the eyes of this
As the great Romish aposta
,, i.pears nearing its close, others are
- to take its place. Churches once
in the rolls of Protestantism, with
cable histories,. martyrologies and
are yielding; at a fearfully rapid
o the inroads of error and giving
:i.welves to the defence of iniquity. The
i , ;o1 past, as it is called, of those churches,
beady all that -is alive of them now.
must read the history of the heroic
struggle of the Netherlands, in their days
m robust martyr faith, for religious and
ii liberty,' in oblivion of the present
ca•nuated rationalized religious spirit of
Patch Church, if we would glow and
,r with the glorious recital. - -
And what in beoorain of the o:►oe re-
E , :mmed Church of England; - tile purse, the
mn 'utter of perhaps the very beet forms
uitivated Evangelical riety, that the
.A has ever seen ? What is the present
one of that Churoh, whioh sprang from
•lt noble seed as Wyoliffe and Tyndale
Bilney and Latimer ; which passed
armed through the fiery ordeal of Smith
-1; which gave to the world the best
3 , lation of the Bible to be found in any
ng language; the existence of which
made England, for centuries, the great
, t,stant nation of the world
KA undeniably, if ever there has been
instance of apostacy in the Christian
ureh, we are to-day witnesses of rapid
,d marked, if as yet incipient, steps, in
process, in the Church of England.
v,iftly she is shaping her coursein the
,r/mtion of a two-fold lapse from the faith
her fathers and' of the Gospel. The
West attacks upon the authority of the
rd of God and the cardinal doctrines of
Gospel, are allowed within herfold;
vindicated by the decisions of her ulti
:?.te authorities. On the other hand,
r clergy, by thousands, are introduoing
'le poisonous and superstitious leaven of
mirmism into her ritual, and overburden
-g the simplicity of true worship with
zultiplied puerile ordinances, and invest
:4g the priesthood with the terrible power
I:ire mass and in absolution, from which
as the glory of the Reformation to have
`4ancipated the world. The most melan ,
01y sight in England, since the Refor
'.74tion was• fully established under Eliza
'th, we are inclined to believe, was the
`tkitrition of " Sacred Vestments," filling
Itve n apartments, and coming from some
'R'e hundred churches, at the late Convo
°ktion held at York. And as if this show
:f man-millinery to the value of fifty thou
`arid dollars was not sufficiently ominous,
3 'e have the accompanying lecture, by a
Rev. J. B. Lunn, "On the Cloak
, eft by St. Paul at Troas," with weeks of
ilscussion and mousing scholarship in The
cuardian, to show that it was actually a
icargical vestment,whioh, with his prayer
bAks, the Apostle was asking Timothy,to
recover and return to him!
And every week brings some new evi
lence, or mass of evidence, to prove that
the ritualistic fever is spreading with the
rapidity of the pestilence through every
'rt of the Church. Priests are receiving
'infession and pretending to pardon sins ;
rocessions, as in medieval times, sweep
' , :rough the aisles of cathedrals, with ban
''TS streaming, with crucifixes held up on
1:11, with. chants pf men and boys) the
rnigt6tail "reslipterjan.
New Series, Vol. 111, No. 51.
bread of the communion service is held
aloft as an object of reverence, and with his
back to the people, and veiled in a suffocat
ing cloud of intense, the minister prgfesses
to bear his people's prayers befores God.
The name of Protestant is repudiated;
many among nobles and clergy are going
at once to Rome ; others who remain, are
laboring to bring about a union of the two
churches ; and a refuge to the Pcpe, dis
carded and cast off with exultant jcy by
the emancipated Italians, pis offered on
British soil by some of the most distin
guished members of the. Church of Eng-
land. The demonstrations of the ritualists
have suddenly become so numerous and so
powerful, as to call off all attention from
hose of the rationalists. Such monstrous
proceedings, unrebuked by the proper
authorities, and increasing every day, are
rightfully named an apostacy
The sad case of not a few- of the Conti
nental Churches, especially those of many
parts of Germany, hiewell known. 'And in
our own country, the desperate attempt of
the Southern Churches, aided for a time by
part of the Northern Church, to prop up
the unchristian system of American slavery,
and which broke out in the preaching of a
crusade against the lawful authorities of
the land for leaning ,ever so little to the
side of freedom, must be classed among the
most palpable and blameable of modern
apostacies. Any Church which, at this day,
gives its learning, its moral influence, its
religious sanctiona, its canons of Biblical
interpretation and its•method of instruction
in philosophy and theology, over to the
justification of American slavery, and of a
rebellion waged in its defence, is so far
apostate ; and so long as it remains inipeni
tent, must be deemed unworthy of recogni
tion among the family of Churches.
But what of all these apostacies in the
old world and the new—in ancient and in
modern, times ? Vital Christianity always
has been and will be the gainer by them.
Sometimes they result from the gradual
'previous withdrawal 'of genuine Christian
elements from bodies, in which the. germ
of apostacy had been long before " detected
by sound Christian instinct. In the Eng
4ish Establishment, the up:evangel:l9A claims,
of prelatists and the untoward - influence of
multiplied forms upon spiritual piety, long
ago began to disaffect many of the best
English Christians. "Dissent," " Non
conformity," from the days of Laud, has
been drawing away a large, and, we must
believe, an increasing portion of the vital
piety and living Christianity of the Church
of England, leaving that which remained a
mere powerless minority, incapable of 'con
tending efficiently against the anti-Christian
and superstitious elements with which they
are assooiated. The true Protestants and
Evangelical Christians of that country, dis
satisfied with the imperfect character of
the Elizabethan Reformation, and with the
worldly tendencies of the Establishment, are,
no longer in it in preponderating force.
Hence its , apostasy; which, after all, is but
nominal,, It is rather a revelation of pre
viously existing facts, than a development
of anything 'materially novel. •
So with the Establighed Church of Scot.
land, which, by the disruption of 1843,
was largely depleted of its independent,
vigorous, Christian elements, and now
threatens to sink into a similar chaos of
ritualism and rationalism with the Church
on the south of the Tweed. So our South
ern Churches generally cut themselves loose
from the Northern bodies, whose sentiments
were approximating a truer standard on the
subject of slavery, and gave themselves up
to the control of the corrupt sentiment of
the country, until they were ready to ac
cept tie conservation of the abomination of
American slavery as a solemn trust from
the Almighty.
Vital Christianity is not involved in an
apostaoy. It is saved, eliminated, illus
trated, defined arid defended thereby. At
some point in the downward progress, God
takes care to sever his own chosen ones
from the . corrupting mass, so far as they are
still involved in it. We look for a move
ment of the Evangelical portion of the
Church of England before the apostatizing
tendencies in that body have made much
greater progress.' And all over the nomi
nally Christian world, where State Churches
hive become instruments in the hand's of
Satan for protecting and promoting epos
tam we look for a return to the voluntary
principle, as the appointed means, in our
day, for rescuing and perpetuating the true
Church among men.
REV. HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET, a well
knoin and respected colored clergyman, was
invited by the two Houses of the Vermont
Legislature to deliver an addiess in the State
Capitol, and has complied with the invita
tion.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1866.
TRUE RESIGNATION.
Much of our resignation is conditional.
When trying to submit to temporal afflic
tion, we are conscious of some hope or ex
peet.ation of temporal relief. We secretly
look fore a removal or lightening of the bur.:
den; for a turn of affairs which will make
good our present disappointment; for a new
earthly object to take the place of the one
we have lost. In many 'ways the flesh
strives to evade the result of being shut up
to God, and the-duty of . unconditional sub
mission to his will.
It is, indeed, a relief which God often
kindly grants us ; in the heaviest afflictions
something is still left to us. To him that
is joined to all the living there is hope. We
should be unable to 'bear life's burdens if,
under the heaviest of them, we never ould
hope. But the fullest, most thorougldis
cipline of the spirit, is in those rare serene
when even that earthly consolation isi cut
off; when fortune is swept away at a period
in life too late to hope for a recov .ry ;
when sure decline of the vital forces by
disease or old age has set in when be
reavements so heavy befal, as to mak• it
mockery to speak of replacing the dep ti
ed; when the dearest, most cherished pl . ,s,
in which all the sacred enthusiasnl
high, enterprise of the soul are enlisted
exhausted, come to naught, and leave
amazed and confounded and broken-he•
ed ; it is then that God really puts o r
temper to•the proof. It is then the pro -'
lem of submission is simplified. Then e
i
may learn' ourselves ; we may know wheth i
we really give up. Then, it we submit,
is with no implied expectation of a lighten
ing of the burden, or a removal of the
stroke ) • not because we see wisdom or l
( higher good in the stroke; but simply be-'
cause we have unshaken faith in God;,
faith in a mysterious God; faith in infinite
wisdom and benevolence, when everything
looks most opposite to wise and good.
Indeed, the marvellous declaration of
submission to the Divine will, uttered by
Habakkuk, teaches us that it is just under.
1 1 such overwhelming providences that sub
mission is likely to take the form of joyful
acquiescence: Just when utterly cut off
from every form or expectation - Of earthly
goodi—thu---all-aciftioiency of the believer's
God unfolds to his mind, and spiritual joy
'comes in to replace and recompense a thou
sand-fold, the lost pleasures of time and
" Although the fig-tree shall not blos
som, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the
labor of the olive shall fail and the fields
shall yield no . meat ; the flock shall be cut
off from the field .and there shall be no herd
in the stalls;, yet 'I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation."
And even when our afflictions admit of
temporal alleviation; it should be our habit
and preference to turn to spiritual sources
of comfort. We should cease constructing
out of earthly hopes a refuge from earthly
sorrows: Daily we should be learning
and acting upon the great truth that no
thing can satisfy the soul but Ged. Even
earthly joy and-temporal success should be
received with a feeling akin to submission,
with fear lest they usurp the place of God
in our souls, or, at least with a care that
holy thankfulness should be a chief element
in our enjOyment.
For it' may easily come to this—that
earthly good is a real disadvantage and
injury, a genuine affliction ; while temporal
losses and suffering are manifest and great
blessings. Blessed are they that mourn,
for they shall be comforted. Woe unto
you that, laugh now, for ye shall mourn and
weep. Not, indeed, that it is holy to mourn
and sinful to laugh, far from it; but that
the mourners and the merry have just cause
to inquire into the ground of their experi
ences before they pronounce themselves
happy or • miserable. God is every day
reversing the shallow judgments of men on
these things.
'A Remarkable Escape.—While holding
the Court of Common Pleas, on the 10th in
stant, Judge Brewster escaped a violent and
death in such a manner as to render the in
terposition of the Divine hand almost a special
providence. The Judge was seated in an
arm chair, almost directly under the ventila
tor in the c3iling. A tipstave approached
him with a message, which of course he was
obliged to deliver in whispers.. To hear him,
the judge leaned forward. At that very in
stant, with a tremendous crash upon the
back of his chair, there descended from the
circumference of the ventilator the iron centre
pierced to receive it. The weight of the
piece is abOut forty-five pounds. It com
pletely demolished the back of the chair,
missing the spinal column of the Judge by a
bare inch. Had not the tipstave come up at
the precise moment that he did, and had not
the Judge leaned' forward that the whisper
ing might be audible to him, his death would
have been beyond all possible peradventure.
The escape is one of the most remarkable
upon record.
SAL SUFFRAGE IN THE DIS-
E TRICT.
TNIVE
14th dip great work of enfranchise
n which:the loyal people are engaged
ttered upon its final ti stages. On
lay of last week the Senate passed
1 giving the full rights of citizenship
colored population of the District by
f 32 to 13, and the next day the
without a moment's debate or delay
emdments introduced by the Senate,
ithe bill by a vote of 118 to 46. So
re seems no reason to doubt that
sure is beyond the reach of the
nt's veto, which, at this writing, no
its it will receive.
At
ment
has c
Thurs
the bi
to the
a vote
House
over m
ratifies
that tl
the ml
Presid
Ole .tit
record this act of COngress with
It joy and thankfulness. We have
e , . particularly enthusiastic for un-
We
hsarti
never
qualifi d =uffrage, such as this bill bestows,
but eve instinct of justice cries out for a
removal of distinctions based upon color
alone ; nd if no educational test is required
of the • hite man, then let it not be spoken
of in oil:motion with the black. After all,
there i a test required. This is no rose
hued s heme to buy off the consekt of the
loyal p i •ople to a general jail-delivery of the
great criminals of the age. It is no part
of that bargain and sale called "universal.
suffrage and universal amnesty." One, and
one only, condition—that of LOYALTY—is
required. " Excepting persons who may
have voluntarily given aid and comfort to
he rebels in the late rebellion"—that is the
language of the document. Universal suf
frage to all, loyal people; all who had
soundness of heart and of head enough to
choose the side of their country, and of
liberty in the late struggle, and such only,
,are regarded as competent to take a part in
'controlling her destinies. Such legislation
puts the deserved brand of infamy upon
rebellion. It rallies the true men of the
country, white and black, to its support.
It is s an index of what all legislation on the
subject in the rebellious States Auld be.
Loyalty 2' e c likharity covers a multitudepf
4 s focts;'tile treason vitiates - and nullifies
• allthe advantages which color, education,
lalent — aiiewealth — can give. Treason dyes,
arkt:double , dyes, body, soul and spirit.
Loyalty communicates •its lustre to the
darkest complexion.
So the people believe, and so Congress is
beginning to act.
THE, WATER DEPARTMENT.
Our readers in this city and vicinity,
have doubtless noticed with astonishment
and alarm a movement to'displaee the pre
sent faithful, energetic and incorruptible
chief of this important department. That
the incoming administration should single
out for removal the officer who, in the most
difficult and responsible of positions, has
distinguished himself for the efficiency,
economy and fairness of his management,
a4gurs ill for our city government for a
yar or two to come. We know that, what
ever mere partisansor superficial itemizers
may think and write, leading men, we may
say the leading civilians, of the City and
State, regard the act as a public calamity,
;11 are free to express themselves as of
tis opinion. It is not too late for men,
ii est of whom were unwittingly drawn into
the act, to retrace their steps, and secure
toi l the city the continued services of one,
nit more fitted, by his experience of six
o
/ 1
seven years in the department, than by
h ' own engineering talents and his per
f tly unimpeachable character ; instead of
g ing the important position over to hands
al ost clean of contact with such great and
p aetioal matters, and with no reputation
oil their own in the business of supplying
a rowded, rapidly-growing, manufacturing
city with water. ,
(1 1 BE LUTHERAN OBSERVER., the organ of
the "General Synod" wing of the Lutheran
Church, is about undergoing important
changes. On the first of January it goes
into the hands of a stock company, and will
be enlarged and removed from Baltimore to
this city, and, until the appointment of a
chief editor will be conducted by Rev. Drs.
Hatter, Stork and Conrad. Rev. G. Diehl,
the present k senior editor and proprietor, we
are pleased to see, continues his services as a
corresponding editor.
A GERMAN REFORMED. ENTERPRISE has,
been established in this city, under the name
of the Trinity: Mission. Its place of meeting
is ;in the Hall at the northeaAt corner of
Fourth and George streets. For the present
preaching is maintained by different clergy
men, but a permanent ministration is ex
pected at no distant day.
THE CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCER, the
organ of the Reformed Dutch Church, has an
article favoring the idea of an organic - union
of its denomination with the German Re
, formed Church.
Genesee Evangelist, No. 1074.
On Tuesday of this week, the Presbytery
of Chicago met at Joliet, for the purpose,
If the way should be clear, of ordaining
Mr. 0. A. Kingsbury, and installing him
as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Kingsbury is a son of the gentleman of
that name, who has been so long and favor
ably known for his connection with the
American Tract Society. He brought
papers of transfer from the Fourth-Presby
tery of New York, under whose care he-
had placed iiimself as licentiate. For seve
ral monthslp has been preaching at East
Haddam, Ct. His examination was thor
ough and well 'sustained. The services of
ordination and installation were held in the
evening at the M. E. Church, and were
attended by a large and interested audience..
Sermon by Rev. Z. M. Humphrey. Or
dination prayer, Rev. E. J. Hill. Charge
to the pastor, Rev. Glen Wood. • Charge• to
the people, Rev. J. H. Trowbridge. The
church has as yet no house of worship. Their
Sabbath services are held in the principal
room of the court-house, which has been
comfortably fitted up for the purpose. The
Sabbath-school is held in a school-house
owned by the Lutherans, and used by them
for, educational purposes during the week.
This Sunday-school is already large and
flourishing. The church is imbued with a.
spirit of Christian enterprise, and is hope
ful of a large increase under the lead of
their youthful pastor, to whom they are al
ready much attached, and froth whose labor
they derivd great profit and satisfaction.
OUR CHICAGO CORRESPONDENT.
ORDINATION AT JOLIET.
THE PENITENTIARY
This institution lifts its long walls and
castellated towers from the plain on the
edge of the town—a little city of itself,
populated by an interesting colony from the
dangerous classes of Illinois. At present
it is overcrowded, the number of prisoners
being nearly eleven hundred. This is an
increase of more than half upon the num
ber confined there two or three- years, ago;
a foot significant of either an alarming
growth of crime, or of an increasing vigi
lance in the administration of justice—per
haps both. The chalilain, Rev. Mr. Lathrop,
is full of zeal in his efforts for the spiritual
good of his large congregation. He hopes
for more marked results from his labors as
soon as the arrangements now in progress
for a better classification of the prisoners,
can be effected. At present it is difficult
to separate those who should never occupy
the same cells. The •boy of ten, confined
dor larceny, should not be brought into
daily contact with the foot-pad and the
murderer. If it be worth while to seek the
reformation of criminals at all in our pri
sons, it is desirable to regulate their daily
associations. It is to the credit of Ameri
can ideas that a convict discharged from
prison does not necessarily go back to so
ciety with a brand upon him, which will
make.all goocLmen shun him- forever. Vic,
tor Hugo , could scarcely have drawn his
noted character of Jean Valjean in this
country. But if we are to receive crimi
nals to positions of confidence, let us e see
that they are made, worthy of trust. That
is a mawkish system of philanthropy which
deals with sin as simply misfortune, yet
there are many among our criminals who
are more unfortunate than guilty. A pri
son should never be, for such, a school for
instruction in the arts of crime.
RELIGION IN CHICAGO
I notice in • recent issue of the AMERI
CAN PRESBYTERIAN, a statement taken
from the Congregationalist, that "in com
parison with the growth of the city since
1860, the churches are falling behindhandr
—the ground for the assertion being that
" since 1860, at least 70,000 hate been
added to the population, yet the Congrega
tionalists have but one more church now
than then." The inference is hardly fair.
The Congregational churches have greatly
increased in strength, if not in number,
during the period specified. Previous to
1860, but two of these churches had much
life. Now nearly all of them, eight in num
ber, are in a flourishing condition, and are
exertingwide-spread and powerful influence
for good. Congregationalism is certainly
more than twice as strong in Chicago to
day as it was in 1860.
As for other evangelical denominations,
if we consider not only the number of new;
churches they have established, but also
the large amounts of money they have
expended in building church edifices and
in establishing mission schools, it
,may be
safely affirmed that the amount of ivangeli
cal influence is relatively greater 'now in
Chicago than it was six years alp). - Take
the growth ,of our own churches for an
illustration. Since 1860 three new-congre
gations have been gathered, and a foturth
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brought up from infancy to a vigorous
maturity. Four new church edifices have
been constructed, and two or three mission
chapels, each nearly as large as our largest
churches. In 1860 we had a membership
of 1091. Now we have a membership of
about 1800. We surely reach more than
twice as many souls with the appeals of the
Gospel, every Sunday, as we reached in 1860.
The city - grows with a rapidity which
almost takes away the breath of the " oldest
inhabitants," but the Christian enterprise
of the community never flags. New points
of interest are almost always occupied as
soon as sufficient encouragement is offered,
by one or more of the Evangelical denomi
nations, and often with a success whieh
seems little. less tnaitvansgical.
About a year
,the First Congrega
gational Church b °;" commodious chapel
in a thriving dist !about a mile from
its own sanctuary. Lait spring Rev. Mr.
Healy, of Milwaukee, was inducted into
this field as missionary. Very Soon, being
unwilling to continue , his labors without
the support of :A t well organization, lie
resolved that he wonkflait l tempt to gather a.
church, though it shoot number more
than a score of souls:Wafter a brief
canvas of the field, a council was called to
constitute a church in his chapel, with a
membership of, eighty. That church now
numilers two hundred.
A similar story might be told of the Bap
tist Church in the same division of the
city, whiCh has a history of only about two
years, but is now ose of our largest
churches, and has among its other organi
zations for the spread of the Gospel, an
adult Bible-class of 350 members. Chicago,
will not claim to be in fall . discharge of its
duty in the Master's work, but it; is unwil
ling to admit that it is falling behind the
efftcienoy of former mars.
OTHER ITEMS.
Oar church in Urbanna has recently ex
tended a call to Rev. Mr. Nott, grandson
of President Nett, of Union College,' A r
new house of worship is nearly completed.
Rev. E. J. Hill, has left Thorntree Station,
and is preaching at Will. The church here
also has a new and fine house of worship
nearly ready for occupancy. It is at present
encumbered with a debt which has : " caused
a suspension of work upon it, hut it.is ex
pected that the encumbrance will soon be
removed. The Eighth Church of Chicago
took possession , of the chapel rooms of its
new sanctuary, last Sunday. Its new bell
—the children's bell—one of Meneely's
sweetest, rang out the call to worship. The
audience room will be completed about the
first of February. Our pastors are much
in earnest respecting the collection for
church-erection, to be taken next Sunday.
Dr. Ellinwood was here a short time since,
and spoke with hope and enthusiasm of
this great cause. WABASH.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13, 1866. '
CHOICE BOOKS OF THE PUBLICATION
COMMITTEE.
Few publishing houses have shown
greater enterprise in bringing out accepta
ble books in handsome styles than our own
Committee during the present season. Be
sides their Life of Brainerd and Bowen's
Meditations already issued, they have just
brought out a new work by Rev. Dr. March,
of Clinton Street Church, which will be
found to correspond admirably with the
true idea of a Christian holiday book. It
is called "Walks and Homes of Seam."
Gala(' by the graceful pen, the glowing
imagination, the keen observation and sound
scholarship of the author, the delighted
reader traces the footsteps of the Redeemer
in all the accustomed places of his abode
and travels. With great skill, many of the
most important lessons of his life are inter
woven with the description, and a thorough
ly evangelical impression with none of the
mere sermon style is conveyed by the
whole.
The illustrations are numerous and ele
gant, many of them occupying full pages,
and presenting accurate views of the locali
ties. Some of them ,Ire from photographs.
The printing, in large type and on heavy
tinted paper, the binding and gilding, com
bine with the contents to make one of the
best presentation books of the season, at
the low price of $2.50. .
The Committee have also issued a t holi—
day edition of "Dutch Tiles, or Loving
Words about Jesus," handsomely bound
and gilt; price, $2, one of their best books.
Their series for still younger cbildren,
comprising " Little Red Cloak," " Miss
'Muff and Little Hungry," " Jesus , co.
Earth," "Ram Krishna Punt," and " Hire—
doo Life," with full-page , illustrations in
colors, must become unusual favorites.
among the children.
$3 Op
. 550
. 7 50
.1200