The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

SABBATH DEFENCE MEETING.

ON Tuesday last, a Sabbath Defence meeting was held im
St. George's-hall, which was completely filled on the occasion,
by a highly respectable and enthusiastic assemblage of both.
sexes, and of nearly all ranks in life. The chair was occupiedi
by T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P.; and the following gentlemen
were also present :—Revs. S. B. Sutton, D. T. Barry, T. Daw-
son, J. Gilmore, H. J. Garrod, Wm. Hurt, Vaughan, B;
Clarke, G. C. Harvard, W. A. Mocatta, D. Joseph, H.. P
Heckar, Webb, Dr. Hillcoat, John Roberts, J. B. Lowe,
John Hughes, T. C. Cowan, A. Knox, D. Anderson, Thomas,
Sleigh, Josiah Pearson, L. Thomas, D. Price, James Minn,.
D. J. Hirsch, J. Gibson, E. Williams, T. 0. Powell, Walter
Smith, R. D. Fowell, W. T. Newenham, H. Marlen,
Falloon, H. Chettle, T. Robinson, Thos. Jones, J. J..Mossi
Dr. Blaheney, F. A. Power, S. Fenton, R. H. Lund*. Dr•
Hellmuth, R. Vincent Sheldon, W. Jones, J. Nicholas, J.
Herbert Jones, Joseph 13ardsley, W. Rawson, C. W. Lawrence,
H. Carpenter, John Kelly, F. M. Harke, C. J. Hamilton, W.
Woods, V. M. White, H. M`Neile, D.D., S. Minton:cnzul 'J.
H. Johnson, Charles Inman, William Crossfield, J. llii•. Boon-
thwaite, Wm. Cleaver, Josiah Jones, Wm. Jones, David :Hodg-
son, Edward Jones, David Rowland, John Reed, Hugh .Donald,
son, George J. Duncan,. Joseph Robinson, Edmund Buckley,
Thomas Haigh, Joseph Leather, Wm. Brown, Wm. Jones
(Fulwood), Samuel Hohne, Owen Williams, Statham, F, .
A. Clint, John Eden, William Gregson, J. A. 'rain, James
Montgomery, Herbert Campbell, John Campbell; Anthony,
Jones, Royston F. Boaltbee, T. D. Anderson, Thos. Dent,
Thomas Ball, J. R. Williams,. J. R. Jeffery, John. Crone;
Robert Williams, John. Brownbill, William &kers, John,
Roberts, Wm. Williams,. John Atkinson, and. Thomas Ka3res.
Esqrs.
Precisely at twelve o'clock, the hour fixed for the meetinge.
the chairman, accompanied by the members obthe committees,
made his appearance on the platform, and was. greeted with
loud cheers.

After prayer by the Rev. C. M. BIERELL,.
The CICALIULA./5 addressed the meeting, explaining that the
circumstances out of which it had been caned. arose from. the
attempts recently made by members of the legislature to
legalize the opening, of places of amusement and resort on
Sunday, and out of an endeavour made by Lord Grosvenor to
pass into an act a, bill for the " bette7,- regulation, of Sunday
trading." The principle of this bill he, the Chairman, said
was wholbrat variance with the law cf the land, as% proposed
to regulate that which the law condemned as entirely at va-
riance with its provisions, which condemned all trading on
Sunday as. illegal. The whole principle of maintaining a holy
Sabbath was, assailed in that bill, and helelt helves cnly per-
forming a. conscientious act of duty in opposing that bill,
which he accordingly did. (Great cheers.) Ins allusion to the
recent riotings in London on the Sunday, haehaervedthat the;
object of the bill to which had alluded. was ostensibly to
correct the evils out of which,those gatherings had arisen, and
the scandals to which they had given birth. If traffic wee to
be regulated on the Sandy, it recognized the propriety of such
traffic, and must give rise to serious consequences. Ifle be-
lieved it would be injurious, because it would interfere with
and trench upon the sacred. character of the Sabbath. In con-
clusion, he said he hoped, that the movement now made in
Liverpool would meet with sympathy and imitation throughout
the length and breadth of the land, till it had been made plain
that whatever other nations may do, the people of England
still love, and arodetferrained to maintain inviolate, the sanctity
of the Sabbath-day. (Great cheering.)
The Rev. Dr. MNErr.,B, in a long and eloquent address,
moved the adoption of the first resolution, which was as fol-
lows :—" That this meeting regards the Sabbath as an ordi-
nance essentially divine. It believes that it was given by God
to man„ immediately on his creation, as a day both of religions
observance and of physical rest; that, having meantime ob-
tained a distinct recognition, it was solemnly re-enacted in the
publication of the moral law ; that its sanctification was con-
tinually pleaded for, its profanation continually rebuked by
the voice of the prophets ; that it was redeemed from tradi-
tional corruption by Christ himself, who, being the great
founder of the Christian church, did not hesitate to proclaim
himself ' Lord of the Sabbath ;' and that, accordingly, it was
presently transferred by the inspired apostles to the first day
of the week, when it became thenceforth especially the Lord's-
day: being the day of his resurrection."
Joint CIiOPPER, Esq., J.P., seconded the motion, which
' was supported by the Rev. A. Kivoic, of Birkenhead, and
unanimously adopted.
• The Rev. F. A. WEST, after a long address, moved the
adoption of the following resolution That this meeting