OUE SPECIAL EUROPEAN CORRESPON-
SABBATH IN PARIS.
•* : ' - Paris; June, 2oth/rBjß7.
Dear Editor: Let me give you an account
of toy Sabbath in Pdris. ■ '■-■'lf., “ i
I'started out to find the 'Fifofostant chapel,
which was opened here some years since by the
American add Foreign Christian Uhiori. ori'the
we met carts and wagons, 'some loaded' with
stbffei'ciraWii' by Fhtek' hors'es; some“also"loaded
With sind, arid some With vegetables, passing
filong' the streets. 'Nearly everyA'tore was rip feri;
sforeS'sellirig fancy" articles', (and there are- tlioff
sands of such in Paris) boot and shoe stores ;
srimfe triirimirig rind riiillihefy stores! Large 1 ‘dry
goods'stores had all'their windriws opfen', with the
finest dressfes, &C'., <hsplayed/!bti£- the doors Wfere
cldsfed; though on some the' painters were at
work outside. The meat and fruit stores Were
all opfen. Srferi with-' large harid-oaitfe filled with
chferries, strawberries;' iSci,* were'‘crying' tout their
goods as' thfey them ,along : i;he'streets.
Others standing* at thfe 1 side walk Were busily 1 en
gaged weighing out their cherries to' customers.
"The cafes were all open, with many in'en'mnd
women sitting around little round 'tables'On the
side-Walks, drinking 1 wine; coffee;- &e.; cofek Shops
with very nice looking pies and cakes in the win
dbws were all doing business. Bread shops, with
itoaves'of- bread a yard long i(and'"about' as' thick
as : our ten ■ cent twists in ' Philadelphia) iri ' the
windows,'Were rill dbingathrivihgbufe'riess. I priced
tone of the long loaves onto day—“’Nineteen cents”
'Was the reply. In the afternoon I noticed many
of* the larger stOrCS -Were closed, though the
'sirialler ones ■ Were nbt! ••'tie coal arid wood strirfeß,
wfere ripen all. day—little shops where they sell
wood in short rouiid stieks and teoal by thfe pound,
generally to the poorer classes. Men werfe at work
tori'‘ scaffolds, building bouses, with the mortar
toikerfe l at "Work in- the streets. The cabs; tof
'which 1 there are many thousands' iri Paris; arid,
omnibuses, Were, all running just*- SS 1 ton‘ -other
days. They have no street' 1 though "the
omnibuses ’ are larger than ours formerly Were,
arid run crowded inside arid on top.' "On'the
road to the Exhibition tbe Crowd tof pfeople arid
vehicles of every description was as‘great, and'
probably greater; than we had noticed it on Week
days. ■ - - : '■
We . found ‘our way to the chapel on Hue de
Beri,iri a very good-portion of the city, ribt far from
the Arch of ’Triumph and the Champs Elysfeek
The church we found to be a. handsome building.
The inside was quite tasty. 'Eight cfeiuifins
painted to imitate Egyptian' marble, sdgpbrt
high Gothic arches forming the ceiling,—Which
was painted blue,; —With Handsome stained * glass
windows. The congregation Was between four
rind five hundred, many of whom Were residents
of Paris for longer or shorter periods. 'lff fact,
the pastor, Doctor Eldridge, told us afterward
that pews Were rented by Parisian residerits elear
Hack iri tixe door." The Doctor entered the pub
pit in a black silk gown,'and with him Doctor
Bellows of New York, also iri blaek gown, who
gave us a very good sermon from thfe' text,’ “Be
hold, I stand at thfe' door arid knock.” Before
the sermon', Dr. Eidridge read a large part of tie
Episcopal sfervice, omitting the Litany; and in the
. prayer “for bishops arid oiher elergy” insfertirig
the words, “ for all miriisters of the gbspfel” iri
place of the bishops, also ! after that for the
President of ihe United' States * inserting, “and
the Empeitor of the French.” Thfetohauts write
all handsomely performed by an‘excellent choir,
with a fine soprauO'Voice and a capital organ and
.'organist.- We hsid hoped to. have heard a plainer
.and more.homelike service; particularly, as we
saw notices of several, Episcopal services in, [Gng
, glish, in Galigaani’s .paper. This paper, by, the
,way, is the only one in, English in Paris, and the
-one all .strangers fop.k to for information from
America and England. Here also they find noti
ces of all that,is going.. on,of interest to strang
ers. .Below the notices of the. churches open on
Sunday, the notice appears that all the . theatres
and circuses in ,the city are open pa,,the same
day. Fine concerts too are advertised in the
Various little theatres in the gardens of the
Champs Elysees where you pay nothing to go
in, but. merely sit . down at the tables and buy
wine qr coffee, and. listen ,t<a fine .opera music, and *
comic, singing, and witness the dancing and other
performances, amidst a blaze ..of gas lights, on
the-gorgeously fitted up stage,, with splendidly
dressed .lacjf performers, and full, orchestra ac-'
companiments, all in,the open.air surrounded by
trees and slirubberji Near by, among the tjrees,
,are whirligigs,-where hoys , girls for. a few
pennies, are,whirled around on Wooden or
in boats'whieh.hold five .or six each, and which
saiL.up.and down, while they.,whirl around. These
( gardens, aye much fuller on, .Sunday afternoou
arid evening than on any other day in the week.
Dr. Eldridge informed,us that the church was'
prospering finely.; that a debt of §l2 000 in gold
bad just been paid off the last Week, that he had
a Suuday : scbdor established, and that the 1 week
previous," they had ' held a ' Siiridaytochool
monthly concert, the, first one'ever held in Baris.'
' They have been using this partial Episbtopal service
(four-fifths Episcopal) in the mornings, in ’ order
to accommodate the numerous American Episco
DENT.
t.THE AFRICAN THURSDAJ, AUGUST 8, 1867.
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palians who eome ovfer! ['As the Ameticari Epis
copalians hptfever hivri lately/started a of
their own, wfe j ridge She nfew comers Will gb to it.
-Jn the afternoon, the Sfervice iri purely Presbyte
rian or Congregational, but as we did not know
this till afterward, we hunted np the English
Congregational Church, near the Msdaleine, on
Rue Royal, in the very heart of the city, where
we heard*familiar hymns like “Not all the blood
of beasts, &e.,” sung to familiar tunes in which
all joined, accompanied finely toff ;a largeCcahiript
,organ-.- The text was. from .Rom, 5 12f,0n jus-_
tification by faith; the discourse was close and
ptirigfebt. • The preacher fefrfriigned His ‘hearers,
class by elalßas corirt of pressed
the question home to each one: Are you justified ?
The prayers Werfe’ferveht'arid-earnest-‘and told of
the Yeaf'' wautfe* ’of ’ sib 1 sick’'sorilfe:' ’ 'There-'were
froto 200 to ’250 pres‘e l rit;' i! mostly 'Eriglifeh; riot
Arnericaris-i-xßev. l ßarbri' Haft lit the. pMstbr. 'i 1 ' I ''
. 'Beirig n'e'ar l by i wfe' W ; eriinnto f the’ I MadSlfeirie, i oae
of' 'the mofet' byari'tiful''buildings in Priris', built
just like Girard College, and 1 though' riot 1 quite'feo
large- ’ 'still vfery exterifeive.' : 'Splendid’paintings
were upferi-tlie' walls, at : 'grand- altar;
krieelirig; but 'there b'eiri ! g‘rio : special* se'rviek'gol
- -oripwfe merely' saw them 'prayihg’atthe'differ
erit the’walls. "No pfewS die-tribe i
Seen; all srit'-rin chairS arid ’kneeled ton r a- lower '
chair' pla’cfed before’therii. The' whole 'effect of;
the interior was gloomy, and we soon left. 'ln j
fact all tbe Roman' Catholic toburches are' gloomy j
inside;' iVtrife Decide, ‘ the J 'Urgfest; has a 1 grariili
Mgh ; 'stained glkss window’s,'
high np, ! in have and " 'transept; but the 'c'biirch'is.
glooiby. ' Thfe dby'We J were there' two' furierals
were takirig ‘ placej, 1 arid 1 tbe* priests ‘wfere going’
through the Seiviceriiri two’‘Side’ ' Thfeyi
Were' both of’the poorer' felasSes.’ ’• ’ The grarid'Ga-:
thedrail ife ’ located iff a district'o'cdupied'by'the
prior. 1 The'prie'st fobk'-thiri saefametit, piaffed ini
‘Lritiri for 1 thfecsriiil 6f ; the deceased* sri'lciwj'tcio,
that rio onfe’feriuld hfear; ' but hisrittferidarit rarig a
bfeli wbferi the'people WferfeHiri kliefel'cirbow dri’wri.
Afterward, 'tlib priest sent"tberii''a :i, little ! 'mac'e,:
with Which all 'the'reiatioris, rirife'by orie,-made,
the ’sign 1 "of' thfe ‘feroS's 'fever ;the‘ coffinj'and -he
‘Walked riff IfeaVirig* -them ’•doingit: i; 'When ;i this
deremtony'was tovfei; thfe tiomtis 'Vere 1 ‘pifekrid u ! pi
atid carfiei' out. 1 Oiife' of’theiri 1 Was-made of
rriffgh uriplaned bdards half' ari' iri'ch' "thick' 'arid
roughly nailed together-, with 'a 1,f wMtfe’ 'she'et
fhrowri’over it; "The tother of fatheirb ! ettfer‘eliiss,
was covered With' a blfeek dloth. Prior people !
How we pitied therii " in thfeir sorrow,'With'only
silch 'abttrial ! feervifee‘'to corirfrirt -fbfem bow We
thought tof 'thfe service‘ : iri ! ouf riWrilririd 1 and ;l iri;
Our oWri chdtch'es."-' - ' 1 " : ' j
To kefep down 1 the dust in'Paris, therfe 1 are riieu
who water the streets with a hose. These‘men
rire’at'work all'day everywhere, in' fevery’street
and' public ’ squrirfe 1 iri'eiridirig the 'roads' r triiles 1 irij
extent in the Bois dfe'B'otilogrife; 1 Ttiefe'toristcbe
i‘ooo tor 1500 rif th'feiri'all'the ti'm’e'.attr* Work,' rind
rill 1 day' Sunday th’ey Wfere 1 sprinkling the streets,
just a's-'ori othfer dayS! 'You meet ever jWhfere* the
gens d’armes,' the prili’ce of' thfe 7 city, do iriilitiiry
dtess"With sword at their side( Wearing'dark-blue
coat With silver buttorisupfothebbifi rink d-Mdjor’s
military chapeau—or bat. On'"'Sunday' these
men ferfe' dressed' 1 in black coat arid‘pants', with
large silver buttbris; and* present‘‘a very fine ■ ap
pearance. There areprbbab'ly'two' br'three' thou
sand of theto/'for you riieef them at every corner,
in every garderi br'public'Squarfejto'r’park'arid' at
the Exhi&tiok 1 by the hundreds.' ’ - 1 :' ' *vi J.ji-.ii
' The Working'people 1 on 1 the Sdbbath" attend to
their Work,' many of fhem' in the • mornirig? arid
take the'dfterntoori'for 7 pleasure. Some Of them
Work" all-'ddy! -The" full "'effect 1 of. tH'eir 'Rotodn
Gatbolie rfeligiori-is'seeri in thfeir Sribbath.-.-' They
Seerii to Have rib ffdea;-, whatever that thfe‘Sabbath
is intended for rest arid Worship, but rather for
Work drid pleasffre. ' ll - - ' ' "-."'/i. :.-
• - HoW do I 'tharik God for 3 our American Sab
b'ath i arid , for 'o'uf A’merican Church; rind pray‘for
the day When both ! iriay-blfes’s' riot- orily l orir town
land but the whole' earth; Yours, &e.y . ' i
ORG ANI ZED" 0 H RISTIAN EF FORT.
ITS DEFECTS—A' HOPEFUL CHANNEL. •' 3 ‘
The tendency to'organize is part of our lifeas
rational beings—is therefore a‘vital process', and
in its proper 'degree ’ 'healthy and 1 useful.- • The
human face develops itself into societies as natu
rally, and almost as ' spontaneously, as a vine
clothed itself in leaves itnd 'brahcbesi But one
vital' trait in a vine’s cbnstitutioyi.'is a tendency
to make woodfaither than fruit’; ft gbod gefdeOer
‘ will check' this', and'end'eavor'always to increase
the ratio : o'f the'frUit' borOe' to 1 the size of the
plant. Is it‘ possible‘that’ some 'branches Of'the
l ‘Tfue‘Yiti'e’''have the same tendency? - !
There seefiis'to be ! a iiniverstt'l sluggishness-in,
the creation, eOfreSpOndiDgbo the'p’rofiCfty'
'of 'inertia hr "dead ’fhh'ttfef. ’ ‘'As manifest'‘ as the’
impulse toward'OdfaWehietitj iC tbe con—
'ttrafy tendency to stop khorfhfthChigheSkpCffec--'
ti’on-, 1 either in animal or vegetable life-ito' 5 rest'
m'fbe means' rather th'a'n 'embrace the ehd.' CCr
‘tainly nothing is* more constant ‘or more mClan-,
'bholy in human history than 1 the disposition ; to;
idolize form's, ceremonies and material 6 ! thib<rs, J
whose only use'or significance lay in (jhe ! spifit'-
which ' they* were intended' to' enshrine. : 'And-, c on’
the other hand, nothing'is more constant'Or inofe
marked' in the teachings l of our : Lord 'His>
apostles, than the intimation that Chrisfianity
was to be a life and not an institution.
•"V ioVj-0;.!*., * \ £%■, S ■ f? >?.■
, Alt tbe and
ifeures simplest dissemW
/nation of. theAruth. Ia
it is saidy^Theji teapi;.
no more every man his neighbor ana every man
his brSther,■"saying, Know the Lord,” clearly im
plying that such had been the method during
the preceding ages. “ Let him that hearetb,
say, Come !” was the last great commission given
by our Lord-, among the last divine words that
'sirr,edythe air ,of< this lpwer|-w(pdd.r "Why have (
we nof* rendered ais univfef-sal obeaiincto fri thfesfe
as to Bis otter worfes: “Do thisin remembfance '
of ( Me'A r fe they not as'distinfet;'as'sacred I ,'at
binding? "Or do We; perbaps;-'TriVe ferdinariefes
better than 1 the 1 irifetitbtlrius' 'bfettor - 1 than
the' wrirk’ oT the Gospel?" "" - ’ ,,J ' ' --
"'ln "a -large 'part of" tbe' ririmiriaillyoCbtifetiab
wrifld'; thfe 'religious'life has' 1 expressed’‘itself'in
ritesbn'd 1 c'eretooriiesj to the'feo v mpleto-fexisluSirifl'of
raKßriaUafetivify/' And 1 So farb'afe tbi'ff .extended 1 ,
thSi-'thfe 1 simplest l commands' rin'd dneidents iff the
New YeStamerit have been caught rip arid 1 crystri
lized into'ordinances; of'Whirih the AjWstles never
dreamed? ■ In tbe 1 south' of ; Frari'fee; ■ we'aslfe "told;'
it' , ife ! feuslom'ary-fof the Bishops once 1 to vfery yferir
to march id sblemn procesfeirin thiorigh the streets,
WeritingWglovfe' ripori'fheir 'left'haridjJarid'iWith:
the' ‘other flinging coins'among thfe crowd 1 of beg-;
gars Who congregate,-Of course, ttvpeffofrii ’thfeir :
paft'iri'this’pious'fafee;Gririld’there 3 be"a' mrire!
profarie’ mofekery* of the" eototriand ' fef “Christ;;
11 When' thou' driest' thine' Aims', 1 lfet riot 'thy -left 1
ha'rid kriow what' thy right 1 hand' 1 dri’eth V"' Arid
yet’'could any thing’taoie completely illustrate ‘
thfe tendency to^reserVe 1 and 1 idoliWe the forth tb >
tbfe'uttfeV’neglect of 'the''Spirit? '"'Those brrive -
women whfenttetided out hastily fexffempomed hris- j
pitals; cleansing and dressing lo'athsferiie' wburids,'
dll l 'for pity and" hotbirig for''riiferiritor'reward,
Vightly obeyed 1 our Lord’s irijuriction,' “ Ye' riught
also to'Wash orie another’s feet;” 'But thetitular!
'Head of tnfe Church, annually trailing his ponti
fi'cial' iribes 'upriri - a' pla'tfrirm of' 'tooSai’c,'. to' ; wafeh;
the feet of thirteen beggarS froto : a‘Silver’basiri,;
presents a‘spectacle’that would be- ludieitous; If it ;
Werfe not too sad 'in’ its Kalf ignorant "approach tb
blasphemy.' 1 Wherever the!Spirit' ’rif‘Christ l Wferks;
itself orit’ sprintarieonsly"in' the lifej'w'e need'toot,
fear thfe form#* it Will trike; ’ hut 1 -where wfe -seek
idrilatroußly to ‘ preserve 1 thfe' originkl l 'form',! we,
Shrill Speedily find d'eath arid ‘eorruptiori'upori'tour j
harids.' The b'ody,"like all‘'organized- thiri'gsj l ha's
its period of life; arid torist I ' oool6Xo' its 1 feridp'-the:
'spirit ’is 'immortal, iricorruptiblej'and eari l ' clothe
itsfelf 1 in ever 1 riew"forms. 1 1 1 'j:; ;k
; Europe 1 Is'bverspread with 1 the-liffei’ess rem'ai-ns.
of- systems tHat'havfe “had their’ day arid "cerised
to'be;”—once energetic arid' powerful; now worse
thari useless, a burdfen arid 1 an tofferice. '-The ques
’ tiriri is —the queStiori triWa¥d the' solution- of : which
all the Rfevoluti'riri's'sinbe 1790 haWeb'eeri'blindly'
' Woilcirig:' Shall thfey’be’repiafe'ed by hfew-systems,
'toquiilly 'cOthplifeatedCor 'bAn‘‘ there 11 b'e 'a- resurrec
tion io ! newri'eSS' 6f life 1 !' a''life! F tliat''Shall' :l ciothe
itself•spontarie6usly r in 1 toore vital 1 fortosi?' Wei
bfelieve'ihat fevfen' tO :i tbe civil—certaiii'lyYri'the.
spiritufel—life -Bf l Enrripej‘ the told’ fferfo'uli ! 'Wil] ;
apply: “T le law 1 off' the spiHf : of ' : U/e { °. : !J .
makteth'“f efe froiri the law df sin‘-aViii ( idfeWUhW”
It'banrio ;b‘ederiied povrferfofri’cer
tairi ' feect Has 'degenerated 1 into»‘this "'cohip licated.
machinery; 1 ‘Perhaps rio'-'orgririizatibri'Yrir riiiy
purpri’se; saered or* secular, 'hafe evec Sprfeafl'itsfelf
ofeer So'vrist afeurface;'controlled tor'influericed 1 so!
manymien, turried'to'ifo town usfe-So vfesf''aWiriety!
rif means','or produfeed So 'visible l riri 'array-of tC :
suits', J "as' the Sriciety of the’ Jesuits,; 11 ‘Adapting
themselves" with singular flexibility to the cirferim
'stariees rind' customs' 1 of the l va’rioris 1 iirii'ioris 1 i'rito
which ’tbey have" gone; sh'ririag !; thfe hut ‘o'f’tohe
'savage arid the’pala'ce tof'the king; 'conversing
ton 1 equal' tferras with'the'-highefet- -in culture'arid
learning,’arid reaching thfe 'lowest wbis ign-rirdnee
and’ squalor', the 'irieiribers of-the' I Soeietj- | have
planted thfeir strindard' ; ori'altorist'evfery point in
the-knowii’ World! We l feel ; tbeir irifliifenee iiitour
owb honsebolds, almost as' pervasivei Ws thfe dir' that
envelopes'and sustains us! ‘ ,
G. W. M.
A half-defined ilTipfessi'ori prevails dmbng mdby
Protfestdnt Christian's,‘that the-;Sariie plan 1 of'or
gan'izatibiiiiiight 'avairtb'sprfead the truth as'we
believe it. 1 "Why should' the children" of this
World be Wiser iff thkir gferi'erdtiott'thriu the chil
dren of light 1 ? 'We have been ’almfbst 1 Veady to
concede that our zeal arid faith are less; because
We have riOt , ‘ , built I 'up' sb'’vaSt a' ffiatohinery'for
their expression 'arid diffusion. '' This' nii'gh't"be
just, if we had yetto'ny evidence’tbfet ri p'ure gbs
pel could be'diffused'by ariy’sffcH'riie'aris. A'so-
ciet-y for the ordinances is one
thing'a me'ans; for 'the' enkiOdlibg ! of' a true 1
Christian faith is nfecessirily'another,'and'a very
different thing.’ ‘lf vie could knOw in hOw many
disciples'- of the Jesuits a ; fieliT tra'nsforniatiou' of
life fias fCsuTted frOm the‘iuitruefioias 'tlicy have
receiveij, .^.gjhoul^, jkn’oiy-,better 'jho'w, to, estimate •-
their: success as'aireligjousm.tjganizatipa ; J3ut,wb :
dmkhow'fchat,! in .earlier _ages, the white robe.;Of
the baptized' ;cbnvert f: too' often' covered a heart
'beating with. The sitUeyold Heathen 'pas’sibas tbat
animated the,pagan warmer.
.... Unhappily: for .the systems, life refuses to.bfei
f subjected, tp machinery. Iu their.own sphere, and
'for.their-’ own ? limited- purpbse; : arp:
cerjtamly gpodf', For developing ap'd diStributiajgJ
, wealth, -ipr applying force; fa, material, things^,for-
/masses ;of men! .where, tboy- ,m,vist jbjei
approached as masses, they are indispensable..
An army is a great machine, the more completely
/' /?,■?' .i r -\ r: . ' > , .
governed by maelflnery, the,, more perfect in its
character as any atony. ;. Apd tho ministration of
upfcy winch accompanies tjijik ministry of death
inapt*cdn&spon&lp/iis forfii and'method.to thC
object it has to meet. Sanitary Commissions
must organize the sympathies of mothersTtfltPSis-"
ters at home into an all-embracing system of heal
ing and comfort for the wounded and the sick.
Yet even here, if it were Bow much'
more effectual to each individual sufferer would
be the living of mother or sister herself,
'tban that of hOr'officiai representative!
But au army is an unhealthy growth on the
civil body I ,' thrown out like' many another 'symp
tom 'bf’disease, as protest against I ’evil ; or
abuse,—riot a model for healthy 1 life'. ‘ lii idettlin**
with 1 those ‘Vi tail interests' which' ‘m'alk'e l every h' #3
man'sriiil something thete'than ari'item bh a p'4y4
ri>H, 'bf 'sl'iever ! iri l a' i iria(ihme,-r-a- toe'mbefbf tbe
great' family bf God',—-the"official toachiuery may.
fail.' Nay; ! we nray ; fi'nd'tliat xh J;
fife'fbr the'old 1 harichtddiarid method
is better than modetoi brigade md.htetmfp. ij
‘ "For there 1 are 1 some things'that 1 catto’o the done
hy complex ’organizations: ' What,but Fourierism
run' toad, ever dreamedofisriatcbiii'g-little children
frbrii the protecting arms ‘of their toothers'tb ! cast
them upon the tender misreies bf 'rih institution*?
Heathen SpSftia‘may have irivented'the phin; but
Sphrta wahlah'orihg to traitoiip’armies; hot families;
arid the' gobdb'f'the p’ersbtf'wWprirjibsely sabri
ficed to I 'tHe-shpposed go'bd’bf the State’. 'Wheri
a'fealTife’ is to fee’nourish i!d ’and'developed;’ the
simple' ‘lnstitution which God'Cteatridih 'Paradise/
alohe’ cih' meet’hhe' base'.'! A“h4 it'may 'bfe thatun
itopartirig I 'that truth which gives" life io' 'men’s
souls,' the same lrititoatehomtouniotoof'min'd 1 with
imndrisbest: Ode hbart etikmdled by ! the v tfhth
may doirihiiunicate 1 its 1 heat'and light td'th’e otto
ii’eatest it/ and so’ the’sacred fla'ine be sjjrbadla’ster
than J we;cari invent and’bmld toachihyfy for-its
'diffusion':'' ’ ' ' '•'‘•‘ ’I h-i'f'.'- >'!<•’. .rr>'!i)u )
•''lbe heed 'fbr bfgririizatibribelbngs'tb brir' limit
ed'being.'' 1 WhbTe ! hdtoan and' reason"‘are
working out'their ehdsj a’cotoplicated'arrayhf ih'-
toay be But the life of Gbd
is ’ one ; making, 7 like ' the ’light'/ ; its f 1 b'Wri-yiatbs
through iis'it’goes’forth' 1 ib' diffus4
its savihg hbaftlf ihfb all’ nations.' ,J And’wliere
'ihe object’bf buii working 7 is not"mere’ly'tb dis
tribute 1 ihatyfial things, Us books tor tra’ets/ but to
'open l by personal influerice i 'a r 'bhab‘oel’’through
wbitih the’'Spirit of GrOd,' rictfag’aecofdi'rigtd the
means which He has appointed,- ihay-entef "thb .
sbiils'bf toeri, our’ plan may Welf'cbhfofto’to’tbe
simplicityof the Divine/ rather tliah th f e‘ complex 1 -.
iiy of human/operations.’ >!-■ •
” Every Christian disciple has a commission from
our /Lord himself to prCach the good hews bf'th'e,
■kingdom, ''Have we not'teb/'fefteri satisfied ohr
selves with preaching,’ as the 'SuMfeEte pray, By;
machinery'?’ J Or '' have’ we ‘nbt at least left 1 the
wort ’of' the' 'Chutbh fob ’exclusively to; one class
ih Its tofediiibrship ?" If the ’’body of''Christ is"a
living bpay,‘its heat I .must 'Be toaintained;
By the eVeh circn'latiori of' blood in every limb,
‘thrbiigh 'the healthy ‘cOSpCration of the [ artenCs
and veins of every part.* ‘' ’/But' if the'baP'dk’ and
, feet are benpmfeed 1 for want 6f eiercisb/ what is to
binder congestion' upon somb vital Orgaii, / and'
disease in the wboje frame ? if one membef'suf
fer, /ail the members'suffer "withitf y iahd'if one
member of tbe Church ptagnite m sloth/ the jtfe
and vigor of the whole is by so'great 1 a‘degree
injured. The “ movement cure ” would be effec
tual'ifor a greajt 'the/diseases which
affect our spir'ituaf life. ’ ir. • ;
Qiitj liym§'treee, whoseleayes are for ljeal-t
teg.of.tlie nations, exists : appn®. ( up in’thp‘
The distiuctiyc, good, gf this mode ; of
workingr-it /is, ;bardly,fifed/ to be. cjfiied
.an, .Institution—is,,not .in .the, teachi i)g of ciii 1 dtqu,
lor. luis always, bo(oi (lono \vherevor there, was
.comtnop; affection ,npd intelligence .in the j payept
—but in thcmotive.and spjjere;fpr activity whicli
4‘u living,.Qhijistmn.,,, Great
gopd<has .already..been donc.by this,niost sypple
of ipstrnnjents,; and this good to.not
,to nuqipqr of children*’in
strueted, because the. the
heart and, soul of the, teachey ip ,among, its most
precious .results.
■ -3£iia natural, that the t Sunday scjioolt sbpuld
haye produced its. greatest. effects,in:, our pvrn
country where-, religious, lifg. ;is -.more yearly: free
from theweightof deadordinnneeS. ■ ; , .■
. But its poweris bJrfead^felt'in'Eulrbpe,where,
for. several yeairs,. a Current >of, new life - has - been,
moving the; stagnant waters of official;staife-reli-i
giott. ■’ In iGermtmy; alone ten tbousandichildren
are > every? rShuday'.under! religiousitinstriiotibn; -
chiefly through an impulse-given ?byan-American'
dayman'devoted,, to this .means ofoejraSgelization.
In Italy, by, the same .Sunday-.
? schools, have-übeen;established jttdl’jfc theipnor j
gress pf othafe great Refoj:!nattioh;.of. ..which .
•has! dawned i y pou vthatjand, sol loqgiOKeeehadOiWed t
by spiritual ,despotasmuthe)mlue :of this-ipriniitiye
Christian .agep,ey:,cann.oti.he;oVjerestimate_d. ii. -i -.
1 Our-limits, r - 'already ’Overpassed'wiliijnotiadmiti
Un-account;, of 'th'e'iFree .’Church; of < Italy intrriicjff
the- efforts, made; by one l of its; thin istersj libhriti«-
as a, Suirday-schoqli agentyfb extend' thistme&ns
of evarigelizatibn;atnOn'g;the omasses %f the people . 1
If; the--American PRESB'viRRiAiNE will* open; its"
; hospitable icolutefls oncet mote, .weipromise- tO ;de-l
‘tail, very briefly,-Some; facts coubierhingjthbiSuij-!
vdayusehppl. movemeHttdii
justify strong hopes for its success. ‘
LBTTEB FBOM BOSTON.
Dear Editor I see by year paper that you
are making good progress in sustain jog the ;; Sun
day Liquor Law,” so called. This' is, indeed,
./progressing from where we were two or three
years ago, and it is matter of rejoicing to all the
friends of temperance in Massachusetts, that the
great and rich State of Pennsylvania has a tem
j>ej;anee and the beautiful city of Phil
adelphia a Mayor who, it is hoped,-will enforce a
Law so promotivc of ai islybur pre
sent one, for places where’ ltqubrs afe allowed to
be sold.
But. ybu-need tb take one step more and get a
proMbuifyHvr, like the bpe in this State. 1 There
is now no liquor sold openly in this city, and,
every week/the State constables take all they can
find, and either destroy it, or confiscate it. In
addition. tp, ( this,-;nptn a-w.eek. passes, wheu some,
more, or ies3, are not fined for selling contrary to
law. . ....
i. tit <* .* r.l , i> i j l L , T
You are already/,aware tnat the strong effort
l/J Vi i .i T '.-.i /:IPM ~U,
made before .the last Legislature here in favor of
a License Law. was a, co.mplete/,failure, More
would ; haye votqcjl foj- License, had ,pp effort for
it been made before, the Committee:-for the more
*>{{• s .\'j. *>• ' > .*! •> -kZ- f i‘,>
theye said, the worse the petitioners for Li
cense appeared, If ,pras ( peculiarly, unfortunato
for thq,m .that thq t|yo jawyers, whom they selected
to. plead. thejr cquse had a
; ex-Goyernor -Andrew, yraa. the
father,,of thecqnstabulary iaw; T and Hon.
Linus Child - ; the chairman of a, legisl/atiye
cqmmitte,ejin i lBs7-, yvho.made a,strong report ip
favpr of a,prohibitory, law, / The t fact that these
two jawyers pirated against thejr former con
victions,, as it seamed, : /or r nwnet/^ , operated, albo,
against tjhe! liquor ( sejlera’ , r Some said,
these changes, of the, woman who
Philip sober;”
rev,ermng.,tte.qrd^ ( oulj. ( ; vl
The business.. pyppp ; ecis of, Boston seem to ,be
brighten/ug., ,/rhe apount.of fypm tbisoity
New, York-is immense,,. Yp ( ur .corrpsppndent
has ; taken R r , trip, te th,atj,eitj ? . by, the “ New
Line of Steamers,’’ so callejij; that is, the Kne by
to Bristol, is but the
short,ride, .of an houy und, a 1 the
(J 1 .opghj, ,tp :sAij>s,/i are,taken. The .two boats
on this lf,n,e f surpass,in size,, jieauty,,and speed any
J.hsy.e seeu;, and were .completely filled oh both
rTO; «»mf«r fc
pu, this,litre. ,18, you/.nepd,npt get up ,tiF nyoyning
thp.jpute., ( and yoii a.re,in : Boston
at,6l, A. in good timpfo,r ( bfqakfaatj;jand,you
alwuisjayriye, . time .to, ; take ..the
N,ew, J/ersey ,cqrs at 7, .o’.pToc^foi;,-Philadelphia.
Sp. npncli.ffpr ,the. ...henedt of .those whp. wish to
.pqss,between ,and as many of
your readers do^at^.this season,
~ Wq ar I e j having ,a Cpmmittc of
.the city govQrEmiput abo.ut. opening the .reading
ypom ,qf. thp cjty lihrary, on; the Sabbatli- It, so
; h a ,Pßens tha,t-,the. flity.Council,..or a majority, of
.then;; fa,vor.pf, opening and
fbfbey hgye giyeuthosp, whp i ase I pp,gosed 1 p l such
,a mo.yementan,pppoptgnity, ,to, remonstrate against
it. I have no .doubt.you have pbserv.ed how cu
you find
dhe sa?nepqpplepu.,the side pfjljhe. devil,in every
.moyeinent; , ,!fp i .. i the, gentlemen
W,h°. appeared jhefpre the ppmpjitte.e.pf Legis
lat.uj-e,,yhfi.a; ppjv,,appear before a
.Committee , of.tb,e. cifygoyeypinentyhf ppening the
teSjUlt will ibe jis: not yet,,kpown.,
become aljnpst,as .customary to vacate
'.PiS n 4; thpehutphts, psiit is in Phila
?K??th er -,i N? WO,ndcr I how,BauLmanaged this
I epufeps lsja hpt.pliice in
ibutj/Bpstop, has, a pea-breeze
almost ejiory. dayiafld.pyeningj and there is ( ,noth
ipglgsined,,by,people’s dpaving, th,eir large, cool
jmjises, ,in thp little, .pun-burnt, dirty
.djens which niapy.pfithem gq.injto ju the country.
,Home is, place jin hot weathpr,
.for children., ~ ~/W. M. Corneh..
; July, 1567. .
FROM OUR-dHIGAGO GOEEBSPOIDEUT.
'Mill:;!-.:';;; i! '"oHifcjSSO, v ;July ISth'i 1867.
Dear PttiisßYTEßiiA'N last letter to you
was dato'd -frOrn' tbe lowa Division of the C. and
W;fßLlt ^ abd; ended with the road, at Omaha.
A few'words more about this and- the neighbor
ing town'of'Council Bluffs.
s: ';U'Do;yo'aigb : far : ;West 1” saitFone of my fellow
■passengers ' on 4ke' trains to > this- next, -neighbor.
11 No 5 only to Omaha ” wits the reply. It is but
a very short time since this would have; been .con
sidered pretty well “ qut West,” and.it m*y still
strike, some; of: youti Eastern readers as, feeing s '-
Itiis,- howevfflt,! difficult -for one-looking upon it'
ibroad- .and iJikndsome {streets; , its -fine.,ibusinc"
, blocks; life-numerous? tasteful private residence.-.
:the fine! equipages!—in which its eitjfcens seem f
(takea.’Very! special, delight,, judging from their
tnUusuali wumberfe-rthe immense . works in process
.bf.eredtionibyJthe.Unioal’abific R:Il.,;or already
■ oomplfctfed, . and, the! lbng.i line of cars departin:-'
daily for points,i4oo,kniles West of: here,-Mt h
difficult jl gay,; foroones looking at all these token
of an advanoed state ;bfi6iviliaa±iontto realize th?* 1
!>he istflekff 'tKekgeographicalg centre oft‘the cont-i
-ttferitrp'and* where i scarcely ait dozen years ago th>'
red man held almost sole and undisputed p°S'