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—The four negotiating Presbyterian churches
of England and Bei:itland spend - X60,900 per year
•
o n: Foreign Mis Siena, and ,
'£15,106, in Home
Mission work.
—Regent square church in London, which
has been ministered to by an Edward Irving. and
a James Hamilton, , calls to the pastorate Rev. J.
Oswald Dykes, a orMer colleague of Dr. Cand:
lish in 'Edinburg, and latterly a very. popular
preacher in Melbourne ; Australia. He is':in
England now.
—The London U. P.,Presbyteri have received
to membership Rev.• AlJen Curr, F. G. S. and
F. R. L. S., a popular lecturer who is widely,
known throughout the kingdow,,and has gather
ed in a congregation, of some four hundred : by
six months' labor a tetuporar,y:iren-church at
Hammersmith. Mr. Curr, was prought up among
the United Presbyterians, but i cenvictions led
him to the Baptists, while riper, views briUg
him back to the Church of-his childhood.
—Spurgeon, like Beecher, is not: afraid to!de
dare himself above' and in'dependent of the, great
modern movement towardi :organic.: Christian
Union. In a recent address, he said ,
"I am a Sectarian lof the Sectarians. 1 1 do
not believe in the modetn Diana of 'unity, which
some people cry up.so mightily: I believe that
the existence of Christian denominations, so far
from being a blot, is one of the beauties of Chris
tianity, and if I could associate all denominations
by lifting my finger, I would not do it."
—The. °tidies's " organ question" whichAas
got the Presbyterians of Canada, Scotland and
Ireland by the ears, has genie up among English.
Presbyterians also, and, is to. be ,disposed , pf at
next Synod, after having,,beL n finally disposed
of in the negative ten„or eleven years, ago, The.
Lancashire Presbytery , allows, of instrumental
music in one of the Liverpool churches. Cam
den Road church in London bought a harmo-'
niutn and piped joyously, but their Presbytery
" would not dance." They debated the subject_
till midnight at their summer meeting, and then
• • .
put it off till winter. . .
—The North German Gazette, a setn • jai
Prussian paper commenting on' von - Bettst's' re
fusel to unite AuStriaAnd Bavaria in luimediate
oppositiou to 'the Ecninerlical Couacil, on the
ground that it was uncertain to what conclusion
the Council Would come, points ont the fact that
the constitution of the 'stib Comraittecs to prepare
business, leaves no doubt on this head. 3 ' All'
the leading members of these committees ai'e the
most decided and zealous partizans of I.lltramon-:
tanism; so much so,'`as to completely cdnfirni the
opinion that the great object of 'the Council is .
to give additional strength to that system, espe-
cially in its relation to the temporal power. Un
der these circumstances it is impossible to blame
the civil Governments if they alread,y' commence
their prepirations for resistaneei'inde4d, their
adopting such an attitude may prevent' the: ex
pected conflict."
These words are especially important as 'foti- .
shadowing; Prussia's` policy toward Iline:
—What seems to us a "ctirmais judicitil pro
.
eeeding has taken place in the Free . 07inrCh see
ion of Coupar Anglia in Scotland.. Two Private'
members—a manufacthrer and a leacher—have
been called to account for hOlitiOg erroneous
views on the Atonement, InsPirapiOlij 860.' The
minister—a Mr. 'Bain—had had' cOiiveisatious
with them, a ndresolved to cite them; lieforetes
sion. One of them appeared under protest,tomJ
plaining of the Ise , which Mr. Bain had' made
confidential conversations, and denying the right`
of session to judge of the faith of those who held
no office in the Church and giving notice of an
appeal' to "Presbytery in case his protest were
ignored. The session took the •matter, into eon
sideration. ' ' '
—The Mill,wall Church of London have done.
an original thing. .flaving lost , their..pastor,
(they increased from seventy to nearly one hun
dred in the vacant time) they now ask the Lon
don Presbytery to ordain over them a Congrega
tional layman, Mr. tf. Plana, Who lute, had
no academical training :whatever, but has, lahnied
for some sixteen years in tbe , work the Open
Air Mission. He is in tgoddilusiness wherelle
can support himself, whilethe deprOssed state of
trade makes it hard for theMillwall Church to
raise the money needed to pay the expense of
public worship. The Presbytery authorized the
Millwall session to employ him ,for six months to
supply the pulpit, and then report results,
—The Ritualists, are ; having troublesome,
times. , The neN4 Bishop of London will not,have
even a cross of flowers on the communion table.
'of any, church that ,he is .earksecatipg. The
chaplain of Trimulghcrry, in, India, haying adopt
ed ritualistic ways;three hundred priyates, of one
of the,reginnents turned Presbyterians on the: spOt
to avoid attendance ! at ,his, services,
Jenner has to give up his claims to, his ; New
Zealand Diocese and go,back to his ICentNicar
-age, because he " galivanted " about with " the,
advanced" of the party while in. Engliutd: Rev
-Mr. Purchase of liriotton—the successor Of 'PoOr
F. W. Robertion's persecutor, we presume—is to
be tried for, ,Ritualism on thirly.three distinct
Charges. The English Church Union; has fallen
out, end its Seeretary, resigns. The American
One has forfeited i many, friends by interfering in
the Ohio prosecup . 4lp, , ,. ; , -
CHURCH AND STATE IN 'CHICAGO.
Very many ef our cotempuraries, in reviewing
IVIr. Cheney's' course : in calling • in thetivil . au,
thority during an ecclesiastical trial, censure his
.proceeding as Erastiai and wrong. Not' being
able to see the case in 'that:light askittentiort
to alewP° ints
•
Cheney did .1
not ask the' canes to
decide on the merits of his Cage, or of any case
involv s ing theological questions lie did nOt ask'
fihem,to,gay,that he was right in using' or. not
d
using 'the words regenerate and l
regener i at:d in
the,baptismal service. $e simply asked.' t tliem'
to see that he, liad a Tair trial wider the laWe
his own Chiirch, and that becangd , ` `trial in
volved the legarright Stindry 'pieces of pro
,
perty
His riv
course was o - unusual in that he made
his appeal at 'an' earlier i stnge. of the proceedings
than neual. Had he waited until * 'sentence hid
been pronounced against him, and then' appealed,"
to the civil courts on the same ' ground, no one
would have found fault. .11e wonld, then 'have
civilf Illinois `and' •
come before the courtso inois and said,
"'I and,my people beckme, a minister and con
gregation ;of tlik Protestant Episcopal' Church;
under, certain cldarly expreseed and published'
conditions. Those conditions 'defined mutual'
rights - and duties on our part and op that
,of the
Diocese. They defined how those rights
forfeit, . and also by *hat Methods their
.for
feiture could be legally ascertained and 'Pro
noUncecl upon. The antboritiek ofthe diocese,
however, ignoring,the methods prescribed by the
conditions pUblished, have PrononuCed our rights
forfeited without havinc , legally.ascertained 'end
pronounced upon our offence. 'We ask ofs Court
to take ,thd ease in review and see to it that our
legal secuhir rights are' not 'prejudiced by 'these
.illegal and irregular acts of the civil authorities.
We do' so becauge these express condition's of
membership and communion are of the
'of a civil contfact and involve civil igsues.''
This is done every day, and in every branch of
the ChUrch, from Roinanisfs to 'l;itiarefs: No
one feelsit strange or censures becitise - how:
ever jealous 'We may be' of any'interferenee O'f
the State with the 'Church ? we feel that'4444
civil rights are involved , tie State shOnletiOt,
stand` by to see' Men" trampled' upon by any high
handed' ecclesiaitical autocrat; whether, if be
bishop 6r syned.
- In the, earlier pe : riod of our legal history, there
was more delicacy in rpgartj to.this question• than
.Itt Present. The:Courts were disposed totreat'
the higher Onirtsof any bij,.3.41 as the -tiltanafe,
tribunals of' appeal on itil.aapect of threviestion
-of law and . . fact. 'fp later t i inies i thOdisposi4on
tb treat Church constitutions as Of the nature .
'of civil contraets_lasieqnlM the increase._ The'
decisions on the legality of' tliie,Exsci r ndilig4ots
.or 1837, Was an illUseraiii)l4`Or t 'fbti` vieiv of
question. The decisKin': i fnaliing tie injunction,
perniatient in Mi. Oieneyii case; until the'
Conti.' of the Church conformed' it's • 'piae,tiCe;t6'
the , Ypw of the' Church, is inbtaltee: 'AT' the'
lattety preatiee.
Mr. Cheney a ` appeal was earlier than,' )isial,
but . that 18%11'0:Let is l'inuiltal 'in it. *idle the
Cdttrß`was"yet in sessich;'andWiten its theitche'ri
haejiiiit'infitsed to donfornito the Cab Onicai'
the civil "cttliOrities cam=e to his aid, and de
eided on. the qnestioii 'cif the legality of a pro
ceedinig;' upon which - 0 - 4 would` otiteh - vise have
had to pronounce after
,"sentence had been giien
against Mr. Cheney. 'This coniSe was probably
dictated by Mr: C.'s' determination to stay in the
T. E. Church it all hazards: lied he wished to
leave at Bishop' VPhitehouie's gentle persuasion,
it would have been much safer to hive let' the
Court go blundering on, trampling on canon
After canon, and making his case, strong When
the question came at last before the courts.'
,That,
we believe; Was the policy adopted by the7Liber-:
ala in the•• R. P. General Syned when the
of Geo. H. Stuart was under consideratidn in
Pittsburg. Any: State Court would have) issued.
an injunction in the case; , had it been - Wished;
but the minority saw•that the , : easiest ways out of
their troubles . was to, let ~ t he. majority dO• their:
worst: r ir. Cheney, howeier, has other 'ends ;in
7iew, and will fighf Bishop Whitehouse'l ;Cou r t
inch lby in& sooner. than let , that gentleman put,'
him outoof the d'enomitiation.: ' i- , ;. • •
i~ ;,~
HISTORIC NECESSITY. ) OF CHRISTIANITY,
,
The hiatory 'of' inn 'IIOVeS that Chriatinnity
is a necessity for hire.' s "
• 'What this%Lisibry bfit 'a , record
failures? `Everywhere, and in} every age; kettni has'
been religio's. 414 quo 'set Up altars ana2 otrel•e'd
oblatiOns. ' The !Assyrians ' , worshipped an ideal
god;; under the nanie 'of They had' their,
priesthoOd, their ritual; and their ceremonies:
They cut themselves with , knives wheniseeking
favort from their' deity. 'They feared; thet.peti-1
tinned; they', were imad'lNVitli ..disappointment.
*hit did theitreligion rot. them ?
.ize that?: Did: it give them•good laws , ?i , Did it
Fpnder their homeei haiipien? , Did educate
them beyond 'a 'ride , grandeur itr art ?. or lift them
aboyetherineat .gloomyluctions of the IDRrinity ?-
:,
Did it give hope :to a single spirit, or-raliev&any
Boni of,iits,guilto and fear ?.:Did it ever: make's:,
man better? ,or. ,satisfy orie sathinal':desire; or
hush the ory of n.single conscience ?
The Grecian worshipped beauty. Every statue;
every, temple, every'; religious thought; with JAM/
'Was :aesthetic: thatihe .did or said,,dr sung,
W'es , graceful, rounded; symmetrical.-. His *pa,
4'as-beauty, and' his,religion , was art.. 4 , What was , :
its issue? 7 ,, Th'e loss ofraitrue ideal, and the (fall
of, mind:and. soul into ;the, worship then:
into inst. :The? statnei beoameathe embodiment ,
of Seni3ualnesev-/The,,Mind did: not eeaelr,the
beauty of holiness, it fell to the lowest•blandisll,
Meats, vide. , 2
Take atiy form.ofi religion that.everexistediside
from that of the.-Old tAnd , :NeiraTestitnent, and
*hat' have allbfithem over done•eveaolgive man ,
a true idea of hiMielf ,or , ofl'Oodl?! Havei theY
'lifted• the sonl.above materialiam;ior , given it one
gleam of the ,spiritual•Llife? • :There was , .Kome
thing:grand. anclimposing in the ,sun worship.of
the Tersianp ;. something .elegint , and pleasing in
the :refined, religion :of Giteee; somethings awftil
and-stupendous in the'Romani and Norse MY
thology. There may have 'been I something; in
them.ite !lake warriorz,,tp ,develep •vigor of :
They helped men to, dieihravely, .to meet ithe,
rudeness of the age • they hardened humanity
for • endurance. So does the l northern winter;; :
so !does •the lice of, the, Esquimaux in conflictl
'With,thc i yialrnsrand the,hear. And the religion.
of thoso old ,natiqnsi ,mnett,_higher 'than
nature, not /4 1 404,1diffAtOtikt , fr9rniAature in= her ,
cold.,,,atormyi wild it and scolne reigns „,
Men, ;that . aighett ;for; sympathy;,, souls ,;that .
agonized for, , prpmiee ii.Aataseaghtisonae, being ;to
love ; ,that sent aitimid hope into ;; the future ; ;
"thitt trembled u der ! the,rekultes, .of conscience ; . :
found ,nothinc , itt the sun 'nothing in•ideal beauty
nothing inAllealtamof T,hor,and Wed* to give
, poiaA to, a Joylog god ? forgiving God,
to.an all-sufficient sacrifice. Anickas:.mau,never
realized in any:of ithese systems•rwhathis nature
'
claimed; - as 41t Olei o
•reloions.he.hm tried , before
• -
and Aside ifrom , Phriatianity,rhave d proved Allures
adequate,,to, hislwants,,not equal-;to his
convictions • and, his ;:sorrows , ,--they are demon
, ;
stiations, and his history is-a..demonstration, that
dristianity is . a
,nece§sity for ,In .other
words, there is an abzelqtc<Reedof i that
can gatisfyhis 'hope, his love, his conscience, his
want of , goodness and,happin2.ss • and this Chris
tianity alone can do:
It is no relief toia•man's Moral:nature that he
is !religious/. This fact is ;lie' , burden' and his
' there be .to meet!' ands satisfy his'
reiigious nature..
,By its very definition, it de.
mands'God. By thneonscionsness of , man he is
itnpelled,to seek, something better than i the ,reli
gions pf the world. his morabwante.aredeeper
than they. His fears and hopes ,are: too: stupen
dous; his soul is too great; his capacity for joy
'and sorrow too large f?r anything less than the ;
infinite;' and the gospel offers the infinite.
The history of man therefore, the history of
his religious iitture, its developments,
pressions of moral need, its failures, its wasted'
energies, its aspirations unsatisfied, its experi-,
meiits of systems and philosophies , 'these are ,
proofs of a solemn necessity. 'They revel 'Man
to is in his agony and'Unrest. l They tell us how
far below his natural grandeur and the demands
of his soul are the best things - oe art; of
religion, aside from 'tie gospel. They, present
him* bast helpless, bereft, as on the shore of ,a
"
Mighty ocean, the wreck of is own passion an d.
UST 12 ) 1g69.
Pride;, to 3be saved, if saved, at. all, by the angel
'of Chrititiati dove arid hope. ,
; • . • -
EXPLANATORY OF THE FIGURES.
he results of the .yeat'si workitt both branches
of Ithe - .obuteh i ;,theugh. showing , decided t pre=l
6.64 aret far t : less encouraging:, than we, had!
hoped ) to; chrookle:. , This is especially. true :in.
'the .net•growth of; the. memberkhip, which, in the
New: School brailth, less than fout ,, thOusand.:
`Lest year, itwas :over;., ten thousand, : Wore, than
fwice•aer.great., A is a:remarkable fact, too,thitti
this pot, the result of, a ~serionar
ieSsening ,of d the. number,,of converalOts, and
additiops.by profession ,to the churches.. The
reports of ; revivals and accessions which we were•
privileged,: o record duping the - year.., prepared a?
to see a final. summing littie-,balow.that
of
,y9ar, before. I „That was. 10g391 this
Ye.ar'.E! ofiah4tio t l l B ,74l;TPres,* lll 9,707,
a falling off .1,1:84„or .one-ztinthi,the remark,
'able faptheing o that this small difference
in Ithe number of actual, additiims, the growth
"of d the Qhurch,-sho i ttld
~ bersoly, a little , ovor -one
third of what, it 'malt* 79 might,
have counted on t an accession of nine thousand
j itdging frOnt , the proportion -of last -year's gairt,to
members,reri i vecl, we haye:an increase of less them
four thousand (004).
,Xit,other words,,:rtoarly
all of last ypar's additions by profession, were
1..01 711
'utF/ped r —their whole effect Was _felt .in the „re,
-. .
'turns of meqiers, for the year:) , while ,of this
accessions only somewhat, more. than, one:
third s {373 v iite Wb6i4) seems to
, have been
• . .It.'
retaied! What has become of ,the ; Awo,thirds ?
INn the precise channels of this drain be dia
-1 covered ?
th
. in:i),ni e ..
,:,orhf .
6 a ,,
t, v :
le
reappear-possibly
e,
i.o already i
_i,os!c,f, - 4 . , ' ,B. •
31 ''..
~N: ;;Lip- C ne ,of these •
-.-
We
li e, 1n the [ withdrawel: ";:of - : - Congregational
'Churches, who have felt:' thetosilie,s., Called .to
-. u p9l9 ted
thoOSe between two forms
in, anticipation of . the
~; resilltS. n f, threunion
movementl:` ; `ThnS we find ;there: Were dropped:
of Church government, 'l
from , 'the • rolls in the, Synod of Were
t.W"
; o , :Onondaga, five churchesvt e wochurches :
s. P.:-
v ' °'
one the .church ;ssnott Susquehanna,..; . ' r ' . I:lev ' fl'
.dii , u , iohei 1 , 0 NeNiYork, and JerseyNeir *' two .l ' .
chVicheW '1 •'
from :era ted.other,e ,es.
j :-,ros:i ,
one .t, a• ' enumerated .
''Synod ?l '; o l h Ur d . i ' stippd
este
a7 .7 tn ee r
i v - j e 2 , 4 l 2 ' B resbytery of Trumbull,'
130:ers,: -
onethaiteho:nia,e;ohytiet!aorit,:t3 minutes.., ; making a total of thir
t
Niskt:htitio:byoigipat,lls,,,,e.ohi,
iii
ri
1t:
E,kc, mc members, I : ae fo rs a , n a, a s . reported ,irenee,
From the.
4ft 'th I re deducted ; the c, : , : a l l l; l ;, ' .. erri o:r a t hi ,
j hit` about On• e half of thed . .t, : ip s .x t y, l ;:feeSion'
to be ac o •C;: t rit h - lf; een
neutralized:: 0 :: ., — lh ° o f
, 1 pans 1-. 1 -
.- a • , i .;
i ' ndvidual churches., h'' ree ' tifi7
this am'
coludin' of ",uninOwn" which, ler a few
Lpast,• , has Stood in the statistical kahfss;ll;vr4u 3 Tr a el"
,the . reporting in the, Column, et . "Total;',' the
entire n'ttridi j r'f : ' upon ; ,the roll of each
urch but in this year's, longerl.l. : minutes t the i'tn
, C; e ir r i:o f s ioni O 7 f ol 'r itte e s : !i r r ; i:, i vlleiii.
i th th a ie n i.
.I,, y l. ,.. k o n f: o t w li i.n o . s ,m e; e3:l d
41 a e;i tl u c
have te.i
real s ie'lgth o'filleir:6l;.l';--hi Pg only the
• repoi:te , d onli e th e e e r n em t a ii i e nd_O otts tV e ct '-
1 , i , ,h.
Sseiren7is,d to
o of fi .'7 .'13 Pennsylvania especially s a hi n ,io,a l na a. ' h ` rj:,...i ' 7: i: , l :!,: rh t ' g t li p l. i d e s ti : .
m s l t y o a . , n cir i ; . e i ld' u ju ' . :l : , : ri . h : o , .. ahlT it , l n s e ;
her r 5 average h
h,
:, t , 11: n, .. i f n :
additions by
lt,Wetv'e•,t4 each OhOre
• t t h a e i r p
f S' ytio,di.
additions h . " t : r b
t : o
1181. 8z e,4.6 t t i : ek e ,a,v ft:e 9 7;l 3 ' , : p i T fil t i: i ; i n f) ,..ia , tt c u c? r i : c i eE: y i ia P :::: (tlf l : o tli:l : '
°Yln"' eolllmn in this S ,accounted-,
-
9 wv , ,,,.,;),
ponds
11 . .: iY ol i n d i : 1 ;; ; 4 1oth both, asl i . 1,f,:t11
. 7. 91 ::: 1Y co
,r
-resyP this :deficit, and
, n i• ,BggePts=what,
1 : 11 .4 1 . 0 944; , ,i ) .o'nce aee . to y ' • • •3 ‘;e P'iil
utes opea t ,befor i e
,
cleering,tht ... 'their rolls' , and reporting i T‘ •
fact "that the dh ii i - '''' " ' '') `2."i
the
Etien ' ith, only,, , to,;:the:„q- r, ,,s e: e (ta r p a' t l ploi ' ars ss ii ,
t ,......c7 r r.eal
Iy l ,n r , ' Od 's : ' S, C :i;:: ,
r a ,t; i 4ti n . t e 6;:a , rdih::s-'6Synod,ll-”.New
y4rk
aiiii.
o not appear" ' 'l
suer f t,hieen •.?
s
New Jersey, , which is Inttobnifh7a.llle°nilitiellir
ennsy _
vania, in the average l3'''' '
, .• . 1- •olimi...e-,,
profession to its elm h '' ' of additions
b.irr `
izedthe entire, ;mrnberof : tlios:add ' iionsW. within
bycomparison , of lt the w m n in o tt i e o s i i!.!
a Viet' But
ton. • -- , • :-, -..,,.
this anirlast year • (wbe • 111 4
showed a 'total. of no les than 2,836 in this
Synod) we disc ' over no such ; signs of 'ti n
in
f f
p t N h e : o p sy h ii n v r a c o h ia i . ecc E rd 6 s r , a e s; f,i a im pp;e i b e ar , appears ,
single
g i i h e : o e pr y g n in o g
65nf7,2..ew course , the
repo , rkedllas a t v y 9 e . a i r oa a r : p io,
ed of
ea:l Church
members, 47 being unknown. This year'
butnotto the u d n e tt i o tii w o n o : , fi,
i s .put
t a n
m the b : 6
e nf e:b et n hs p i e : h s u e e r ‘ i s
T oo ° ! d t: I,l';:w'':t,i
the h'
t7ta 'i l od we o u E ld P h n a n' y s e . h l' een . less than i'; '1"411 in'
tilee
and had the records been, purged throughout ihe
~ nr hm: t 4r e d ;
Synod of New till' and New4ersey, - the
b' pro
gress indicated' would have
- , been less. .
Genesee Evangelist, No. 1212.
I HOMO & Foreign Miss. $2.00.
`Additss:-1334 Chestnut Street
We do not wish to'bit understood as passing a
Tildgriient 'upon either 'of the methods' pursued
in making' up the 'S'eatisties. Whether the un-
'knoWn ioluran shoUld have been retained, or
whether, in its 'abseite, the'Neiv'York or the
PenneylVa i riis, Syn'od's — Policy were the wisest, is
not a qUestion. ' hOweVer; that of the' New
ork Syntod.haci been iiu'isiied " thionihout; or if
tee "unkrioWn" eauinn 'had been retained, it is
ear to our' Mind
that the total 'Tank would have
been far more flatteringilan it now is'.
The tailure of.ovei Tour thousand of additions,
on examination to appear in the year's totals,
may, we think, be readily.aceounted for, on the
supposition of ;a ' rectification of the foils of many
of the 'hliurohes, whe 'telt themselves excused
from that duty last' year by the opportunity af
forded of reporting delinquents' in the column
of. " unkheWri."
The'lOsa ineinbers :in the :Synod of 'West
i'ennsylvania to the aCcidental omission
of the membership '6fthe Second Church, New
Castle, from the Coliunn of totals. The number
of additions is' given; but not the entire Mem
bership, whicli•ninst
,be "over 0().
• •4 , IN. Tlin' COUNTRY.
the :the country. There area few such
paces '7
left'in the onward sweep of civilization.
Iti alies'cine feel strange to get into a real coun
iky piaee: J , Ijmean such as we read of in former
times. 'SUch a qu i et region . of life, as the older
People' fainilY'remembered to have seen and felt
a little, a long iime ago'. What
nice thing it
would be; if wecould keep a few genuine back
:c)untry teivris, free frinn' the inc'ur'sions of modern
:customs
fashions, ustoms 'tastes, where no two
''storied Sataioga 'trunks ialieuld ever be tolerate d,
steam whistles •and thundering car should ever
be heard; where the people Should be kept in
- their primitive integrity and' old-tlme
Stich a place would' be capital' for weary editors
and overtaxed pastors' to visit in the summer
` We have some things.in this .plade (I cannot
:afford to say juit where iti is, lest Youshb.utd all
come and disturb lily quiet) such' as 'you don't
very readily find in the summer or winter, in
towhi and cities, viz. 'and fresh eggs, and
swings under the trees; and long still nights, &el
And - then Snndays a'rp'so quiet. The street-cars
-are prohibited by the force of public sentiment I
Horses rest out here alf`day, and sleep at night.
I attended"church last Sabbath, and heard an
)-
ad
mirable serition. I wag instructed net only by
the. sermon, but by Observations made on the ma
terra of the congregation. There' were a great
,many Children. • They came into chnrch respect
fully with their`' parents, and sat with them. The
idea of the people seemed to be that , the'children
were 'made to be converted, christianly educated
and saved.
I am persuaded, that in
,our 'city ',churches,
there is -far too little of this. will not attempt
to , speak of the causes, but the fact is undeniable,
that often the , Z alike faAiilyis distributed among
two: or three churchim The. flock. , is early
scattered abroail. ',Soiree have gone to the Netho
-diStai one preferred:the Episcopal service, and a
third ahas Veen baptized by inimersion, the unity
of the family is 'broken; and , the, peculiar charm
of church felleisishiP in the .family is :lost. Far
generally.d tw'ouldrildvs to . seep the children
coming. to the sarlctuary and' sitting. : ' with their
i parenta; trained inrthe., same spiritual household,
acd.fiittingialsoLiOth parents,.it thelthe table of
the. Lord. , Thero: is, a ,sinipliCity and Apparent
sincerity lia,:the , manners and, Worship of 'the
country peoplelhere; -quite in ,contrast with our
City ways, and:fieelly zefre.shing, if not instrud-
On , my , way ^ ttr tliie place; Y • fell in tom
withqtboiA ont , htidred iSersons, on their
way`licime , fromltbe grdat-Methedist-'camp Meet
ingi',ltAoundi Lake, and a 'more perfectly self
aomplaeentlarfd satisfied.: setiof Ohristiabs, I never
saw. I listened for an hour to their exhorts.-
tio,ns, singingi and praying, - &c., the burden of
whipli,peprued,tp,b - e,, that THEY were all going to
heaven, though they go alone;,for I did not hear
a word that would inform any poor rwayfaring
sinner, how to, get there. The Round Lake party
appeared te hav,emongpolized the whole thorough
fare to,tbe better country. Such ; meetings may
be beneficial, at least to,a,chosen few. X.
August i 869.
—WetrUit 'out good friend of the Hearth and
Hvine is not about to commit fela de se by going
into the Woin i en's,Rights Movement What will
beco r me of all the' Hearths and Hoines, his own
representative and honorable one included, if
Miss Antlion, - y loan Stuart Mill, and the Rely
lation'keceed in their most undomest:c and un-
christian ; plans?
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