The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

THE CON DERATZ CLERGY.

The Emspiical Mapuisse, which ins
Weed the "Address of the Comfaiseate Cleray,"tbisnienlk
publishes the following theervatinse ea that itheammet
"Startling phenomena eometirsea scoot is the math world;
doctrines are taught whisk sou into vilest within with
our most efiseithed convisions ;ad ersseames me ein-
e= favour of those doctrines which, if they de son
by their ingenuity, at lead astonish byrinkbeld-
am. And whim mound all that there is the... sa Mao*
phere of the ease smith demtiss—the most iimesest
oossitios of revelation, of God, of eternity, sad of the mine
of the Mums minl—it requiem • Use vision to pereive, as
well se sees dopes of amp to tlealsee, that the whole
thing i &liaises, deceptive, ad eopkiseiaL It is
perhaps, thee to cluiraciebe the prodnetteabg"Ok
men who math seismily appeal to the heattmarehing God
sad to the jeigatestof the peat day for the troth eV their
thataineste ; yet we mast so thasseterise the Address to
Othistians throughout the World,' by the dente cf the
Oesfedeeste finites. This remarkable paper—resiettable
for its style, its intense earesetases, end its clearly speeded
objest—bas bees before the country far some time, and is-
smith mum* advertisement in relisions assasines ; as
V three whe ere resposaihis for its oiroalasioa bed deter-
mined Mum no ey
clans of ffort and so a:poem to get it nailer the
eye et ever perions in this emery. For this, of
seem% we have slither the right see the dimities to
blue there. The gems is mesa ; teeth mama suffer by
rabbit? ; and • doessieet Minedby the Widths clergy of
sell dissimisations is the filderake States sight to
be asevhdly pesdeted by Eagliehrets, if it were
only out of mere courtesy. We ham read this extzsardi-
eery inandento with great ewe. sad not without the deepest
maim Whoa ws god ministers of the goopel of Jeans
Christ appealing to us ' in the name of our Holy Christi-
salty' respectiog matters which they believe • deeply ma-
sers the came of one blamed Rather when they aware se
that they *peek, ' sot in the spirit of soetroveray sot by
insparatioe, but as the servant@ of the High
God•
,' for their own sake, for the sake of their posterity,
for the sake of hounity, for the make of the truth, and.
above all, for the sake of the Redeemer's kiagdom
and when they solemnly add. ' For all that we
my is the following dedamsons we are willing to
be judged by succeeding generations, and to answer is
that day when the secrete of all Mari shall be made
Mown we cannot deal with what they nay is • 'hasty
or captions manner. Th bwe totally dissect from their
oesolusiooa on that which obviously forms the very soul of
their address, and though we we amazed and deeply
pained to lied Christian ministers pleading for • system
which we consider the commie of all aboiniaatioss, yet we
shall neither doubt their sincerity, me deny their right to
make themselves heard. They submit for the maiden-
lion of Christians throughout the world, first, ' that the war
waged against our people, is principle and in fact, proposes
to 'thieve that which, in the nature of the cue, is =pm-
Wide to aocomplub by violence.' We appose English-
men will readily admit • proposition which in fact
amounts to • truiam, for it means jut this—that cordial
union by force is an absurdity. They submit, se-
cond, that • the separation of the Soothers Staten is uni-
vmally reseeded by our people as final, and the formation
of the Cosfederate government as a fixed feet, pro-
mising in no respect • restoration of the former
IJaies.' This amounts merely to the declaration
of • dierraisation on the part of the Southern
people to conthme in the field until the ' fortunes of war'
shall decide is their favour. They thee proceed to tell us—
eantiously approaching that which i the burden of thou
prophecy, and which they know would shock the anti-
slavery sentiment of Europe—that the proclamation of the
President of the United States, sealing the °rumination
of the slaves of the South, is, in :heir judgment, ' a suita..le
*maim for solemn protest on the part of the people of God
throughout the world.' Upon this we just remark, that
whatever view be takes of the Northern policy in issuing
the proclamation, the idea of the people of God protesting
against it is the way the writer, indicate is monstrous in the
extreme. Having broken ground, the writers adduce, with
• tularemia which te to us most astonishing, elaborate
arguments in favour of the system of slavery. Emancipa-
tion is an ' imaginary' good; ' Abolitionism. is as interfer-
ence with the plans of Divine Providence' and Scripture is
quoted—' Let as many servants as are unjer the yoke,' &a
TLe Confederate clergy reduce their authority—' nese
things teach and exhort !' To answer these gentlemen
would only be to repeat arguments with which every-
body who reads this magazine is familiar, and
to express sentiments most assuredly believed
amongst us all. Differences of opinion there are amongst
the Christians of England as to the war that i being • aged
—the principles ou which it proceeds, the time of its ter-
mination. and its issues immediate and remote ; but Ist
sow of our American brethren for one moment imag as that
there is in our churches the slightest abatement of that
hisses moral abborreoce of slavery which grew up at the
Weenies el the watery, and achieved in our own time
that Act of Emancipitios is which we rejoice as one of the
noblest events in our national annals. We would only add,
that we believe the Confederate clergy could have dons
nothing more likely to damage their own muse with the
British public than to publish this address."

CHURCH Naves.—A correspondent writes :—" Hie
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury ha. conferred the
degree of D.D. on the Rev. Alfred Bowen Evans. rector of
St. Mary-le-Strand, and evening lecturer at St. Andrew's,
Wells-street. Mr. Evans is • favourite preacher amooget
the tractarian party in the church of Englaad. and several
of his published sermon have become well lumen works in
literature. We understand that it is purposed to erect a
church on the open ground between the rear of Mr. Spur.
geoa's Tabernacle and the Kennington-bite. It is Mated that
the first incumbent will be the present senior curate of •
church in the north of London well linen for he high
church practices."
Coy ioz or Parxxrrour.—At a
lomeek.,g
C4'1144 aj, "we 12tli otaaH. 4"e
IfiCiag officers were re-elected for the currant year :.-The
Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D. D., head master of Shrewsbury
Grammar School, president of the Council ; the Rev. J. L.
Collis, D.D.. Bromagron ; the 1t.,. J. N. Hoene, D.D.,
Liverpool ; Mr. Joseph Nye', P.C. P. late of Lsetherbesd.
vice-presideota of the council; Dr. E. T. Wilson, F.C.P., of
Brixton-hill. treasurer. The diploma of associate w con-
ferred upon Mr. Samuel Baraptou ; the following gentle.
men were elected members of the college. Mr. J... 1. Brows,
Grove home, Highgate ; Mr. J. H. Croons*, Francis-ter-
race, Hackney Wick ; Moss. G. H. Dont, Maine:me ; and
Mr. H. Cairo:, Cbarcitstreet. Winchester.
LOSS or • VALUABLY RACISM. —Considerable ex-
citement was created an Marlborough on Saturday evening
shout six o'clock. by the report that Mr. Flatly had lust lost
his valuable racer, Ebor, which had the seam week woo him
two heavy stakes. It mesas that the animal shied and
turned the saddle under him, throwiug the jockey. It the.
started off at full speed, and is coming does Kispbury.
strait the saddle lacame diseegsged, but the animal keeping
up its speed at full gallop rao against Crook's Corner,
Solverlssentemet saddened on; its brains against the wall.
Mr. Ralty's Inners variously estimated at from 14.104 to 1,000/.
—Wilts/in Journal.

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