eartormantt.
BE-UNION.
BY REV. HENRY FOWLER
The re-union of the Old and New School
branches is fairly before the Presbyterian Church
of the 'United °States. Its discussion has become
a necessity—because the laity of the Church fa
vor Re-union; because the causes which produced
the schism have ceased to be either efficient or
final; and because the teachings of our Lord
Jesus Christ and his Apostles produce in the
Christian heart a sentiment which leads to Re;
union.
L. CONCERNING . THE LAITY
We concede the difficulty of estimating public
sentiment without the help of the ballot. Yet
we do not hesitate to affirm that Re-union is the
wish of the Presbyterian laity. This-`,fact is re
vealed through informal conversations. It crops
out in occasional newspaper commonications. It
- seen in acts and wiftds 'and resolutions at ec
clesiastical Meetings. A notable instance occur
red in the last General' Assembly at:Rochester,
where 'the delegate from the 0. S. body, a lay
man, expressed hiniself in behalf of Re-union
witha discerning appreciation and a cogent elo
quence which made N. S. clerical appeals seem
thin 'and tame. ,He is a lawyer in a large inland
city, and - a man of Such information and position
as• unlikely. to mistaken in his unqualified
Statement, that he repreSents the sentiment of
thelaity,,and especially of the young men, of the
G.'S . ; branch.
natural that the men .and' the women of
the laity should desire Re-union as.soon as it can
be effected. The men bear the burdens of sepa-'
ration and reap none of the incidental advanta
os, which a select circle of clergy May manage
to gletth. They pay the added expenses of two
corporate bodies in the place "of one, 'of tiVo . sets
of Boards, of multiplied newspapers., of , redupli--
cation L inehurch buildings, of .increased numbers
or Pa i to'rs. One Board with slight enlargement
could'' do the work of two. The reduction of de-'
nomittational newspapers one half, though it
niight:nat reduce the price, would, by added ex-'
cellence, give to the head of the Christian house- .
hold i twice as good a periodical for his money.
In' any localities one rn
edifice would accomo
aatn'the-congregations, and one pastor would
feed - tend cafe= for tivo'fiocks better than two pea'
tots (no* do it, .because of better food'and care'
himself. ,_.To this -enumeration a layman
.would
•
with pla.nsibility, add the economy of-fewer theo 7 .
logicarseminaries. We concede that all our se
Miharie's'are not full of 'students, and sortie' are
not:dangerously full in-other respects,-but we see
B.4.oll . .advantage to the. Church and to the corm
try in. the :present number, characteristics, and,
geographical disposition of the seminaries, that
We doubt not a united Church will wisely and
cordially support them all. A quarter of &cen
tury will show-not only the advantage 'but the
necessity of all. : -
And the, women of the,Church, " those women
which labor with us in the Gospel," favor Re
union, because they dislike theological controver
sies and hard speecaes; hecaitse they judge of
merit .by intuition of character, and see no dif
ference between the earnestness, the conseera ,
tion, the-gentleness, and the wisdom of pastors
whom they know in each branch; because they
would like to escape those sharp missiles about
" our superior unity" which Episcopal sisters
dispense in society, or at least be able to return'
a delicate and proud allusion to our one Presby
terian Church ; because they have a special gift
of discernment in the.direption of those inciden
tal advantages which Come by Re-union : our
greater consequence inthe 'eyes of public men,
our higher consideration with other denomina
tions; and finally, Presbyterian womgn favor Re
union because they read the book of John More
than any ether book of the Bible; beettithe they
linger long and tenderly around the 14th; 15th,
16th, and 17th chapters, and because - the be
loved Lord of Mary and of Martha : of Salome
and Joanna prayed His last prayer with the dis
ciples before the agony, " that they ALL may be
ONE I"
While we are in the affirmative division of our
subject concerning public sentiment, we may ap
pend ,our opinion that the young men of the.
clergy as well as of the laity in both branches
earnestly desire Re-union. We are aware that
there are exceptions, but these exceptions are
confined to those who have come under special
personal influence used upon them by the origi
nal actors in the division, an influence so re
spectable that its control
-is not derogatory to a
young man, and yet, if withdrawn, would leave
its victim not a self-reliant and persevering
champion for continued separation, hut rather
silently acquiescing, and in time, happily partici
pating. in Re-uninp. " Young Presbytery" is
young. America by'the grace of God made Chris
tian and by Church relation made Presbyterian,
and young Presbytery proposes, by the union of
the Church in its plans, efforts, and beneficences,
to do its full share in, Christianizing the country
and the world; and this rising power is approach
ing the point of control over both branches of
the Presbyterian Church And what is here
stated is especially try of the young men in the
Old School branch.
11. The causes which produced the separation
have ceased. to be either efficient or final. Let us
review them.
1. It was alleged all a jtistification for the es
seinding, act, that the organic connection of Con
gregational churchewwith. Presbytery, according
to the "
,Plan of Union," was unconstitutional.
`This Plan of Union, whether in its inception
unconstitutional or not, has ceased to be a cause
of offense, because "it has borne its legitimate
fruit of transforming the Congregational church
ea into Presbyterian churches.
In. adopting this Plan, the' Congregational
Church surrenders, its distinctive polity of, inde
pendence. It places itself under the care .and
authority of Presbytery. Its finances, meMber
ship, and ecelesiasticzd action are . annually re-'
viewed by Presbytervthiough its book - of recerds
sent up fbr examination.: Its 'decisions .miy be,:
and are, brought before Presbytery by appeal
and carried up to Synod and General Assembly.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 18.6.
Its board of deacons is elected in the same way
as a board of elders and does the same duty. Its
lay representatives in Presbytery are known only
as elders. Its pastors belong not to the individu
al church, but to Presbytery, and can be disci
plined only by that body. The practical work
ing of the "Plan of Union" is essentially Pres
byterial.
Becausethe church retains its original name
of the " First Congregational Church," this name
does not continue it a Congregational church any
more than calling a church " Central" necessi
tates its continuance inf - tire; heart of the, city.
Neither' does, this_ original title prevent its being.
Presbyterian any more than calling a church
"Pant Peter's" prevents its being Presbyteri
nn. It is not the name but the vital fact
`which the wise man regards.
,These churches
are consistent, bona fide Presbyterian clinches.
Every one who knows their real life, kiwis% that
they are. An intelligent Congreistionalist ivould
not own them. Theybaieaequired the vervat-'
tribute which distinguishes- aPresbyterian church
from that of every other 'denomination, to wit:
an organic connection with Preskytery. They'
have lost the very attribute whieh distinguishes
a Congregational chnich, to iiidePendeney.
Out of regard to tininhonored 'associations , and
respect for the'Wishesof elderly people no change
is made in the name. it is ofelight,cousequence,
as compared with the harmony_and prosperity of,
the Churah. - . .50 regardto - eke lekeerie
are autherized . to'iii the . PiesbYtefiairaifti.l
There' is no violation hyiliese courts either oP
the sprit-or of :the letter of , the-oonstitution in
receiving them : , There violation of its spir—i
it, because these men are elected according to the
constitution and because `they fulfil' the duties;
prescribedby the nottatitUtion. Thee id no vie:
lation.of the letter because they appear befere -
Presbytery as elders,-they , answer the,rell
as elders; they•submit to, the regulations unposed ;
orielders. . There is but one omissionof cerfer-,
mitt' to: the Beek' of Discipline,`alid.' that is an"
omishoti not by PreilYiery; biltAyltlie'indivitinal
Church.: dre.not ordained' iaedord--
into the precise form. prescribed by. the - I,s'nek
Discipline, but.the.object for whieh,,that : form
.was imposed is gained in,arother way:" Does thin
omission *dlr . corruption ,to ihe'bitiod . r' Does
invalidate "every superior ""amid — essential 'OW& to'
be regarded iisPresbyterituiJehurche.s.t , ,,dlinst
!large body of excellent churches be,esseinded,,
I r.whioli. are:in living and..growing union with.
'Presbytery, which , conform in .their :'elat ion wtith, the bb'clyte" each nif - eieheVeiffeatiOn r oT
polity,AwhiUlfrite'stiund' the'faith;lloliihh
sent their -collections. :rthrongh ')Presbyterial-
Uoards, which are governed,ly_liishopspclucatedt
at Presbyterian Bemitiefiesniust they be rutb-,,
kesly and. f disastionSlY,Out; Off beNre the'New -
Scheel 6hrirelif is pure enough for Ito-Union r
EiPaCinny INS to be forced 'to 4in . inimediatei
issueovben. .time 'alone is- needed , (for .`a fair utili
derstanding of the casepn their part) in order tot
see thesei:churchencheertnlly conforming in this
one omitted particular tO the letter of the Book'
of Discipline,' as they now de'to its spirit ? •
The wide and Conservative Christian who`de-
sires thnunity of the .Chure p li, can, answer thin
question in, but one way God forbid! Thisf
"UniOn with i Congregationalists„" One 'of 'the .
original causes fOr Separation,' haslost all
ty, for theeimple yet' ciiiieluSive - reason;- that the:
quondam 'Ciyagfregitiquilists are./zusePresbYteri:=
ans. The
,effense has become, a defense, the
weakness a strength.
We are aware that to this argument the ex
ception-may be taken that the do-called 'cdngre
gational Churches disregard principle of Pres:
byterian.poilly in the admission .of members not
by, authority, of session but of the, church. We
will not ignore the exception. Yet it. is •an ex
ception-.which the churches need - time only to' re
move. llfeanwhile„ it does'not invalidate our es
sential position that by organic connection
Piesbytery these churches have ceased tolbe Con- ,
gregational in any sense which makes the,"Plan of.
Union" an actual offense, perpetuated by Pres=
bytery against the constitution.
TO BE CONTINUED
FROM OIIILTRAVELLING 00AREgY0141VENT.
ST. P&irr Decefribei, 1867
~ ,
DEa, EDITOR : - Wheri' I started, .1 - hardly ex,
pectectlcrwrite to you 'from a point Within' the
shadow of the North Pole, is Mbaridiititdidltiit
lie within nircetitemplated route,-but here I am,
and lam heArtily'glitilko have got so far. After„ ,----,- • ,
spending some months 'ofi* ''. : prai r ies, if is' i
real relief to find onestift in a I :k . , rollieg bro.
nt-
ken country` this great North-wes ;?.,
The twenty-eight hours' ride from 'C ” (To to
St. Peril is not a very attractive bit ii .
~
% raw
" The shades of night were falling fast"' as= we
started, and soon-shrouded in •darkness the' sec:
tion of Illinois and Wisconsin through which we
hurried. We had. jest time to see- the.-lights of
Milwaukee, and then hurria by night across
Wisconsin. We...passed many places reputed
beautiful, but such of us as were not asleep could
distinguish`"riothiug in the ..darknesi.' By day
break we reached Prairie du Chien and saw once
more the Father of the Waters. , The thin ice
that formed on the surface of the River was not
sufficient 'to prevent 'travel, and a ride of three
or four miles "..by steamboat took us to North Mae
Gregor on• the lowa side, a cold bleak-looking
town, built in one long street between two bluffs.
We took the cars of the . newly completed Mac
Gregor Western Railread, and passed through
the rolling ground of the River bottom and out
over the boad, flat, black prairies of North"
Eastern lowa, whose monotony is broken only
by here and there a snow drift, or a " baby town"
that had sprung up within a year or maybe a.
month past. Much of the land through which
we rode was destitute even of a trace of a fence,
the fields beinc , unenclosed, and the main part of
the country being not even reclaimed. Where
we came upon . the river-bottoms they were covered
with brush rathet• than timber. The stations
bore grand names,---Galtriar ' Castalia, Ossian,—:
but the names were all that was grand about
them, if We except the prospects -for the future.
At three o'clock in the afternoon we were offered
ri-" thirty minutes' stop for - refreshments" which
we foned to mean the privilege of, running across'
a small prairie of a public sgeareenaindulgitigin'
crackers, cheese and whisky in WhicheVer - One of
a dozen small groggeries looked most promising.
Here the more northerly route from St. Paul
(via Milwaukee and La OresSe) unites with that,
by which we have come, aod the trains pass by
the same road—the Minna*t4teniral—to the
Northward.. The country totiaued its monotony
and bareness, though the towns are older and
finerpla.ces—Faxibault is especially deserving no
tice- It not till we approach the point at
which the roads to St. Paul and Minneapolis di
verge, via. at Mendota on the extreme southern
elbow of a bend in the Mississippi, that we enter
the true Minnesota, the land_ of river and lake,
of rock and hill, of vallies and . pleasant places.
before darkness' has ;fallen! iiPcin i tudAe secim 4 o
time we,can discern tlie change in the scenery.
We are scarcely ever out of sight of a lake a'nd
the hills lift up their Beads ,through the "Iglciam-•
ing." - And often we pass under high; sandstone
rocks through deep, cuts made for the . Rail Road.
Inthe darkneSs we enter West. St. Paul and the
journey of some twenty-eight hoUrsis•afled. -
I It is only within'thelastifeWinonths that this
',new route has been , completed. ,by :'securing.
" through connections", between Dfae Greger.s34,
"Owatonna,while three orfour, p a pi ailes
, T iv q yei,
and: an 'annecessarY Change or ears a Milwati-s
kee still detract frorti t iti" peifece- s eiiiitinuity. ''The
old routewhich. crosses - - Wiscdnainl. in vsomewliat
higher 'latitude, involves , rthirty,niiles, of stew*,
,boat travel in,eammeramitstage 05ivel irb winter,-
Petween.La Crosse and :Winona- ._ Th e
.9cimile r
lion of anew
.railread:,lietWeen these - 14 gain `m
will; scion render thii t the best 'route.' 'Botleidadh '
are owned hytbe satiteleenkany, so that'. there is
not minch'cOmpetitfierilnor ladirintising frivalrs, hr.
regard to them.
,:- ~,•;.:..,: , '.* ' ~.. . • -
St, Paul is , the r m 44.411041 in situation of,
all the cities that I have seen. It is placed ] on .
a .lofty , amphitheatre of sell rock which aes
quite a ' heighta ove the low ound- along the
MisSissippilbanksi •Aecite , ebd the'ground slopes.
down gradually to the levee4rat.tho other itrises
'to;a precipitous ,height above*, while, just,un der
this.uppeN town is, hilt a, rower town which must_
besprflooded bythe * 'fi• - 11"&' -- 4:1 -r e Inland"
mg es e . tits nan
. . .
- side, the town is shtered .. k. a wide-sweeping
_semi-circle of sloping blas, - vilii - cli are beingra
pidly covered , wittrifinerTeE*.unes; : : :Thy view
from this MA and even tram the Streeta'of the
WA IS very fink einlirdeit'g"Cleii i estretch •of
the-;course of the Misgseippi whichtwidds'intol
I
an. enormous S, .running.; aLmostdue iNOrth.vaat , .)
the town, between high7rangps , of, aluttlk.moun t ,
tainous, bluffs. .li-was a view
/ that fixed one's.
i
gaze eve" n the bleakness of an 'early winter ;•
,could imagine *-hitt'it'inilstie in the ''fiti.sh"
1.,
, aildglotv of- its'surniter,s beauty: . • , .•,,I.
~,01.
St.-. Pawl is' as happyiri its material - E'er lbuild,..:
iii,g, as' ,in . its position., r; The.. plain of , rock.' on
which the city is situated; consists . -largely ,of
blne limestone and ,bluish-gray grautte; h . .
Tnrnis
ling an 'nfiefinalli,4"niattrial . ' for hinloliiig. --The
earlier'Setl leis had' of course' little' means at hand:
for quarrying then** and. were, compelled; to.
;build houses., Of. !wo. o 4,:iblitr. , HS-. Ae-: .4 0 ‘9 1 ,JAaA.
grown, beautiful, , tasteful , facades of stone are
taking the . place of the older Strizettires'ane
'vial - yet be the nal . ? kind t 6 'be' seen Liril*St.
Paul. Third St;the Cheitant St of St:Paul,•
runs alonc , a the bluff, from the loiter, to the uppeupper;town. andwill compare favorably in point, of ar
...chi.,40414
0.90 R With any-street of itspiz4
.e .4t:,
, .I.haVe ever seen: the patement, Nkin not need soon
to be. 'replaced, as'it is simply the living rock.'
'The stone of which these fine houses ire huilt , la
obtained in' excavating. the cellars ; a fact. which au-
nihilates the cost of transportation and makes one
sure of the foundation.
•
Society in St. Paul is of a very ex.ceptional
character for a western city. I see it only in'the'
ditllest seasfin,.When navigation by 'river is at an
end, and when the gay orovid.who flock hither
to enjoy the. mild. Northern summer have gone
back to their. Sunny South again. , Bilt, even in
winter one is struck with the nnusu.at proportion
of educated peenle.. Probably in no,city of put
continent, with-the possible exceptiortog Beaten;
is there such a large, proportion of ,persons, Of
cultnre and refinement.- And the reason is, man
' ifest. The settlers :,of,St. Paul havenot ,come.
... . „ .
West.simp/y,to "push forune." .;They.are
very largely
,people of ; good; family' and Secialpo,„
sition, who have selected
and finding
as a, residence,
for reasons of health, and finding that the eli- 1
mate has benefited—thenr,--4they have -the good
sense,
.to.,,,,tay„piier, to , find, li the,. venation
of the:Flife- the're. - Tl' . lle ruilei-concfortless 'Ways
of igettinblon, that. characterize,other other. places - , - as
young as St. Paulnre not tt:" he fctuUd liere., tE.,vi- ,
denees . Of taste. and refinement abound on every
hand' Ina measure far beyond that' of Chleigo:
lhaVeno hesitation in saying that the number
of stores Where works- of art and -literature are
ca sale iaiSt..E'aul, at lea4t , N.Pala 'those ill eta
eagy. ',What the future of St. Paul ; will i, p ,,i, s,
mainly in ,the hinds - Of .163 citizens: TheY hate
, it -
Oe means' of makingthe Atheria=as itis al=
1 1 41,,,y_ttie .BeSten,--:=Of the GreattNorthweSt. ,
spiritual matters ;1- can only judge of ..St.
ral l ll bYilikky• T..h.P.- -- E,PisPPPOia,Ps P l 4: RP:
manists seein'A take the lead. There are
two.
New School`School`aifOro .01d School` Chiircli •• the
second of the fOrme hurches=the' House. of
Ir littiv„
Hope—loses its pastor, - . F. A. Neble, , arthe
New Year, .a. 3 he takes Iferrie ohnson'eChurch
in Pittsburg,while Dr. Inlinso dto
, •- - - -. -. n, rge , C .4)1-
to St. Paul. The frivolous masses f this . gay
and cultivated' community need a taitlyef his
fire and steady earnestness, and I belie ghat`
under God the watchman of Zion (weredi A
L,,, lkit
come) would no longer need to look down in
the valley and ask: "Can these dry bones live?
That the present time is 'one of spiritual drought
here lam informed on all hands, but a few look`
prayerfully and in faith for :a-eoming shower ;
and hope that the wave that has swept,as far as,
Chicago will not recede until it has reached Min-
nesota. Among the hopeful, signs may men ;
tion' the resuscitation of the Y. M. C. A. as an
active onganivition *as a 'hopeful sign: The young
men of St Paul are moving foiwarkand hoping
for better things.
St. Paul is destined to be, a . place of greatand
wide=spread ,influence--in fact the capital of the ;
great North-west: In manifactures it is very
much behind-hand and must ever be so, as its
neighbor and rival gitineapolis possesses Stich' un--
equalled water-power, a thing of which it is al-.
most destitute. But as the' head...of river navi r
gation, the political and social 5 metropolis of the: :
State,. and the converging point of .the Minneio=
Bailioads; . it will - always - b6 - the -l co*in&air
centre of Alia
so many and such well built railroads running
from this point. One of these the St. P and Lake
Sup. It R. is being Built by the Pennsylvania
Central to the head of Lake SuperioF, and - Will
enable the Minnebotiarik 4 ship thei;Vrain to,
New York at alep cost than it can now be sent
from Chicag o, and will turn a very important
item of trad e out of the Chicago channeL, Wbenn,
it is remembered how important the grain trade
is to Chicag o, and that Minnesota is one of the
.1,
two great heat regions of the Mississippi valley
—Southern Illinois being the other—it will be
seen what an important , bearing this will have on
the future of Chicm?. Another of these roads,
the St.".; Paultaq fide], is pushing steadily west
ward to Iteil - River on ids way to Oregon, and I
We'llgaicrailigills.llliFiinfesetianie - express the
opinion that this , ,road may yet be finished before
the Union Pacific of Kansas, The rapid- pro
-1 grese r hitherto effected I?y ,: the iatter 7 should . not.
lead .mis
to forget that, it 1,4 the easy part of AC'
rotite' than;' has been gOViArer;'iirlkile ' ttee''fait of
the I roald - will; not be 4 - .ove . i. 'prairies antFrolling
lands 'but thfotigh •tlie,•liery- heart:of Nhe , . - nletlift I
tail% and goer jusP u.,PA 4 1, .Pute, aatAhai. 6 f.ithe_.
,Penokylv t ania, Central through the '4.llooloi*
and i frOm ,flie' 'l44th de tie. - that irfooletU
w4lthiek' 11 1 .1V-"ehrpiitiatiiiii Ve We' land War
tieill rthitilti rietiburgl, we may judge Inilieoga
audliow&eatrzif thiis,othei road_ to , San Ffancfiseo
. .w.ilL bfhcgraPlEledizffiaquzli.4,-Xediß ll
wore.
mogFzi
tlifbAs by far e than wPslqn. Pennsylvania Now
theMinnei6ta - rodavoda all AidobStactes,"and
rtai'?leAPal:AONO' 0666'1101 *0W as: &Y
aa'the triimi 41cilel; am& to:o)4l'lw lNat
it: mill,. be swore :obstructed. byl spowtthanF= its
'iScgkal9rk.rivAl -4 Aqk Acclyx:Part ( etr,tok: the ler
rt , tt_iBslB on, the latter evert-nor haye t i o b e earivif,
on nude?' gieas;wl.ilgtie Ade%fViidinp, and ,
taiirli4liilkinitat be4norluinfe h lOhe t•fheiltiit=
xtrad isr badly beeiltd.. ilia 'is- aireadibonterigibtj
tell---a:Plisirissippi Valleylll4lroad. -,4Alliretientl
0 1 40age;takciP toll of, A..v l m-147q ! 1 _491 ktft,iple s
`al - 14 .patience: f9A,Eiver :traXll:, -If r Yn 7 rfult to
go to anY Phice in the W;esi,'aveli' Olien, in the
West—youmust go to - 0111eago'Ibileti in it: 'A
ritilioa'd 4 iiiiiiiing ittoiigrthe eiknriferote thg. Mg's
jissippi Lifillf ' , ma - uniting idlitthe main-Awn . tuoni
iitniigkics } 0Y.040--I,arthlti.7q4war4.,x,(4'illi and -
!breakil r liK i n A°9•Pß9k7:•k -Ract .9f. 8110- a road. i 8
'ilFady . ecected .; the need' of, its completion :I'S
'leeehlrfelt - by - 6sifaligts %t - si7tviiiiii i it&-i
k - etk,. BufliligtotqSt!Piiil land beltetiilaciliclitieli
it- inay:be inCoompkitt..operation at no lateAl2 . 4.Ll„l
1 ,1, 8,44 . have„.scnicthiug, Ao . say of , AlipnpBoPa)
climate .apd . peensyhq4e, ye r xt.
.fclirs; &c.;' , . . 1 ON THE* WIRG:'' "
,„ ~ .w.„1,, ,:...,,,,„ .„.. ..J ~ 1.- - • ,r: i ll ...I-I
L.; ) .71 elwuti_bi
OUR-LONDON TT
LlETTtlt3_4 5"21')
r . . ,
• • f!„•(' •1s 0;1
I€~ 4 the le4i, that has . kist gone r has 'been to'
. .`
Englanci as well Is to Entope of critical iinpor
tiknee, the one which we now begin promises to, be
r , ll ki
ittegnant with eirpinistances results even yet,
L'1•:
;more startling, ninrenOvel poregraye, There.
have teenthe. eras in the history e world when"
great revolutions have worked - thei r way with
siour - and solemn tread Arinigh l patient periods of
social change, and there
,liaire,:been others wheii
.the vicissitudes of nations 'have 'Veen Conducted'.
with almost meteoric rapidity .andferce.. , "4Stich '
an era as thislattei was the great t'renit(ltevo-'
`when'-by' a mighty volcahic 'Orithurat 'a
nation , strove to throW off the inward Seethings of
political-..evilt We are mit , passing through, such
bloody and tempestuous. tiniest-times:, swelling
with such tumult : lions passions—yet, never liaVe
events ao important andc hanges so. great'presse d
on more swiftly and iniperatively.- .
The - rea s on is, that now everybody'is 'wide:
awake,• everybody is , thinking, everybody is try
ing .-.top - act, everyody.is becoming , oortkoious -of
righ*a t udltowers, everybody: is :protesting against
,sembhmees of auteeracy. And that is why,
looking over the great society , M" kiiglend, and
looking out-on Coutiaentid i nations,and. mindful
;of last year's developments, I feel that this year
marches' in; upon ut With a-knapsack full :of -so
lemn changes : ,
To ginglatvil especially- does this Ilromise to be"
a year, n,„ot ,only,Of anxiety, but of large result. .
drat 101iticar ana'grfia:tl
,religious questions a e
ib be Settled- in 'it; one way or --th'e othei. These
qUestimis have;hitherto , ,illeen , litirked.by an-over-;
:weening aristocracy; on - the• ,one „hand, and by a
state subs diced . reljgions l fligar4ation .f on the
other. It` reqUiree no keen
been
to see that that
aristocratic' influence heen hiolien. The first
Reform Bill was a crack- -thesecond is a frac
ture. Any one has mixed in .English•socie
ty singe , last September, will, if he looka back
upon his experiendei there,' be surprised to find
how rapidly , its ~tone is changing With regard to
What usedio" be 'll gd.'' deirecrati c imPnlses." Men'
!airoWsiMpathies now with republican ideas ,
before they scouted. With - regard to the educa
tion of the people; there.% every prospect that' we
- shall have a comprehensive scheme constructed:
Irelanda eommissinn hasheen appointed con
sistinc, of six Roman _Catholics, two Pre.sbyteri
,ans an d t six . Angkioans,., to consider the whole
. question of Irish cdneation. In England it
lioears as if the fight would . .be between the 'De.'
notninatiMial - sygtem and the local; Secular,
;paying - Method, in .Lvoguei in' the: ITiiitedStatesi.
'The - .,sbattle nf: the - .torn:ker. : l is lfought% in the inter-.
tests of the English,.churgh by many doughty
kr'eh pions, Archdeacon."Dectison doughtiest and'
loudest them all. The dengregatidnaliste;
have held 'but'siojiolig" - agiiithiliState . assiatariee,'
ase.4 — hangin . g-their-oPiniontria• I. think,
lv
sae - ad4ir
tional %went
:is at
iwpoa
nomll
their
instri
prejut
would
figuref.
dons
change
Churn
tube
and rt
every
frig,
addith
Ichurcl
,sable
*. An
person
op of Armagh, in a late charge, urged ill n •
clergy the duty of educating the childre n „f
parishes," as children of the Church, wil l
'Church principles, • founded upon sound i nstr : '
lion in her Soctrines and formularies "— t },„
lect being to help them to withstand the ch li . "
of Rome and "those numberless sects \s
at once the weakness and the reproach of th e I L.
formation." The Rev. Mr. McAlister. a l'r,
tefian - Minister, v - bitured to ask the Bishop,
was Of course interested in keeping well
that "sect,'. , ' .of wind. }lr.. McAlister w a ,, „
ber, for the tiakupf - the:establishment, j),l
call my Church - a seal"' To which the
bishop answered : "Incur - Church is the
lished Church in Scotland, and though not t:,
established tlittiCh sere, i partially end owe d t
the State : THEEEForta-A-hear, 0 heal en,
your Church is far from my idea of a sck.t.
Says "THE NORTHERN WHIG," " the correq,
deuce was puhlished in an Irish tory organ a: a
marvellons prgof ,of his Grace's c0n1,een,i,..,,
and of this ttidon of 'two -Protkstant Church;.
Aisfor:.the poor-Wasleyans, and the poor di.ll
- ofßther . denominations, that, it seemed • were
as sects, the reproach and weakness of the Ile
fotr9htion, .they might give the lie direct, if th,
Pleased. The Archbishop'cared nothin g t r
therici2 The truth really- is; and it has been
'Bitted by.earnest Protestents,lhat if one Prute,-
taptiAlicrch*tabopii at, Ones the reproach an]
iveakness of the Reformation ; , it is the pre,,L:
ligh"'estiiblishuient.'': I d'inet' think there Iva,
nitiehlri"thitisliiip's reply, 'Ltd it is only an
ideiloO of-horsVoittr Presbyterian brethren in
North ofirreland are hampered and shackled i, 7
their 'invidious toadyilam,to the State, that eve
one in„t t hat . Ohurchsocepted,the answer
ttirdier Archdeacon
Comeitictbse 'the Corrusitnidence, and forthwith
itittal , fiery Rive asks the Arebbis.ll l
inistriting
-.,!` I: beg,lly, to ask your Gran.
i s .*Ron
,tllO, account of what makes a
to be a 'Church' and not a ' see t'
-iiiiii"Ohifichined ih Tiigland and Ireland an.
EttkOrtlitiiisOinikiitTiisisting the assault
about: ol.be made,:upottithe ~Church of Ireland,
and% OtEonglr.her lupon the Church of England I
ille i ffluse e if se„l humbly conceive that it will be
flindimiossible to Ogriiiiine together any Mllit
biabk2OrTM hilrahliteiritti J thet 4 plrpose" of such re•
isito.!
eiUivehtfrohr be' Sapostbliti.in order, primitive
;94.iCAti;Olie 4 1 1 , 04 74 i i5te,*4 discipline, then it
is pAll_;y z itli. nittien.fliat Andi it established
kylav - taiit - tirsi.§, dirt, Etas it 'the National
It-thuds it. It is
not thg. fast tof • establialinvenritnoiof recognition
and - Partial , 'entiOivinentrottrty more than it is the
:fack a %f a its being the..icinu,r,clk7gfi 4113 majority of
;thtgeoep, t that gives the skim.. These are hu.
!man things; di citileis l tre r at r llninan only, but
divin e. - - t=ra
.'' 4- sit is for Ahe - ChurcitiAif Ireland, established
by ilaw,--bOattso :kenplegand !tleliyering by her
ago lit - ; iiistsythe trsith,49-ed, that Church
men haver . 47 conta4`ad._ The position is neces
sarily an ekelitsiVe Irlt,j)e not each,-
'si ve leis - loopy - • tf • -
tPerhapn - 4he Arehdeabon:taken the stron.gels. , ..
otop4,4cmtin, 44ut .Ike•thiukshazt.san make
:thing for 14s/old:punt tble,sort,,of . advocaey. lie
is mistaken. • tie aei net' see that he cuts the
grouna tiontnitdCi. - his own feet.' Per, until h.:
ieoplt Wink:44y of Ireland and
of England—to see as he does, his.assumption of
divine rights will be looked upon as an absurdity .
The aiitistles"neker arrogated to themselves de
right to State supporti'und Were they alive now,
I fancy the true :-""ispostolie - church " would net
be fouctala Abbeys triidfOathedrals, or its mini,
try in -copes, and stoles and- bands and gown,
but in simple
,evaugelisticeveryday apparel, tread
ing the courts and alleys`of oar great cities.
are "much `worried by the " Fenians."
'whose etrocitiekso natu3elesit and so useless, bale
.set .up the, back of all England against them. I
regret that , so much of theit.Oility to create this
sate of things'is furnished from your side. We
haffe not alwayibeen feit to you = yetl should
like to have Seen soirte4fere distinct expression
of ' disapprobation'frernthe' Christian portion f
; your community of thisom i tlhed conspiracy. If
you coulo,see the miserable, beings engaged in .t
- 7 ,-or being, on the spot mess } re the whole absur
dity of their YoiNtntid in the cause of
humanity and for thnsake of the men theruselve•
contribute to bring about, in rAinerica, a state j
opinion which would stop all outwardcomplicity
an. insurrection, which, .if were neeessar•
will be put down' by,the whole n fOrce of Britain.
But it 'never ' will be - necetiiiiry. the seriousne , s
of the thfug has been greatly exaggerat e d, by the
,
Fenians - themielvesrfor. the ., ..pteriKee of helping
'on their organiefitiewin..Amerm . ,. bythe Govern
ment here , for Ahe sake pfgetting credit for what
•is yerily,itt my.belief, it`„factitiollis activity. So
We . get governed When shall t'
have honest and C ltriAtant Gtousenments ? When
:shall the t Millenialiyear, , op r be seen ?
L,.."..•The Christian . Timm,' li pAnwo nn this para
graph: ,
ottrvAßT,
Lamkea thel'ilkfe'r Meeting, ago ]
- I ,t
'one year. The-health iff - thii fittle meeting.
Toor , thost of =the y 4 ar . ,:und•-ivartifeßiespaired 01.
,But a few anxious friends kept it alive, and Some"
times it would so Teyive asqo encourage them.
. ) . I :)iseOuragenlent at'hult tirgVairell,'atid the prayer
is 'dead:- 'Llt 'died qieglect. Not a
• Ohristmlew as r pitteittilewiltidiedj Over 'forty
were living_ witkin ilfile „ ,atit i -and .not one wa
there ~E iaktwo, ,, been ther..e,.4 life might bare
;beensaved, for, here tiro ori - three are agreed.'
eta. Twp i~liirds 6f the ft;ty - ' Mika have be,D
there'had they?-been'sb tont they were
not, and thw prayer. meet/willed:P.'.
' " - vr 4DELPHos.
seems
.te de
get, for
Ational
igious
Y°A
anew,
iistitn
tisk or
The
Loment
shed
Work-
In.
11 sen-
- : P aisT STINDAX NifiCARK.-31.1Y.r
of Newark, has*usii . a,notiee
the liquor dealers against fortlier. violations .
the ordiUance proWting the' sale of intox,o
tink hgai3ra on the 'Sabbath. Th e seggetiL•l l `
of the Mayor'lo4 - heriite quitiPtgtuerally e u:"
plied with, and thogemhaliersisf in the praet (e
are given. to andeAstand 0 4 4, th e 4 aw will be en
figPed•
14. 9PY, : I Ye ,ck,/ •As -for Oe • temperate
qrktrAY eitigew(l,Qt Ai le y are to
mash disappointed in their ltayor as the Repub .
licana were in Andrew Johnson !