Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-21 00:00:00

HEATHENISM IN LIVERPOOL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
4 have been much interested, as very many more

Tour leading articles for some time past; and now that you
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tics, I rejoice to. think of the opportunities you will'hae of
doing Food among all classes of the people, by whom your
paper is so much, read..

With a humble desire of contributing',• if only by a sug-
gestion, to the great object I believe you have in view-,
permit me to call attention to the immoral andirreligious
condition of a large portion of the poorer population in our
town. Were there nothing else to evince that condition,
the hundreds, not to say thousands, of those that are to,be
found in vulgar revelry, and unhallowed disorder Sunday
after Sunday, testify unmistakeably to the fact. They are
evidently living a far worse life than that of ordinary
heathenism ; and I cannot but think that t

have -a

-stronger claim to be the objects of Christian missionary
zeal than the heathen of distant lands can with reason be
said to have. •

This is a work in which the Established. Church ought
by right to take the lead ; and I, for one, should be happy
indeed to find that some more vigorous efforts were made
by the Chnrch in this respect than have yet been attempted.

know that our parochial clergy, or ninny of them, have
their hands full already. , But this would .be extraordinary,
and should therefore be made extra-ministerial work. In
fact, there ought to be a " home,mission '' of the Church

worst parts of London.. I throw out the hint. God grant
that, through the medium of your columns, it may attract
sufficient attention to lead to the formation of such a

PATER• F/OpLIAS

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CONSERVATISM. IN LIVERPOOL

congratulate you upon realisir

to the Censers-a-

and anxiously looked for,4namely, thepublication of a daily
Constitution:el journal. It was to say the least of it,

though thrc

humiliatiLgto find that, a, . iaberal papers. were
published here daily, we could' not get any party with
"pluck" enough to bring out a Conservative daily Jour 1.

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Now, then, that we have seen the embryo, we are not dis-
appointed ; and. I am free to assert that you will be well
and freely supported.—l am, Sir, your well-wisher,
TRUE BLUE.-

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BANQUET TO LORD DERBY

TO TIM EDITOR. OF THE IGILTILERN TIMES,

15erb)i to a bancipet in this town, as a neighbour and Com-
servative. I feel. convinced it will. be acceptable to hi's,
lordship, as also nrost gratifying to the' Constitutional party_,..

ands honourable prinei

mostgracious INfajesti, who has so ree'ently distinguished

The great body of the commercial interest of Liverpool
wouldlrejoice in such an opportunity of sliewinf7r their respect
to one who has servedihis country so ably-and disinterestedly,
at a most criticaljancture.—l am, yours obediently,
A CONSEILVATIVE CITIZEN.

THE " REVIVAIS" IN

THE .NORTH OF

IRELAND

[FROAG A, CORRESPONDENC.:I
-The extraordinary manifestations of religious enthusiasm
still. continue' unabated in the north of Ireland, and spread
with equal, if not increased, rapidity- over the country,
effecting in; many plitees• a complete change in all the
different relations of society. 'Wonderful; and to many
indeed incredible; are the accounts received of this great
movement. Many- good men believe and rejoice in it, as
the work, of God',. others say "it . is- the work of the
devil ;" earl some, with more philosophy, attribute it
to, a wide-spread nervous malady. One thing,. however,
seems to, be admitted on all hands, that the
'result is. generally good, at least for the
present.. It is, acknowledged that the, boisterous and
quarrelsome, have become quiet and peaceable ; that those
who were enemies•now love one another; that the lips that:
used to utter-cuisingsand blasphemy are -mow with greater
frequency-employed; in the praise of God ;; and the drunkards
have become, sober. to. such an extent that in some place
'EP- •••have.abaro It' If' ‘,

publicans; have abandonec. steir business, sue, ae 1€
case, which is not disputed, and •it be the, devil's work, it
strikes us•forcibly that that evil one has tompletely reversed
his.usual.taetics, anetthat pandemonium' must soon become

subsequent and. continued horror of sir /and desire 'for peace•
to, the ,disturbed conscience, although affliction has in
all, ages of Christianity been a great: means of bring--
in,g: the sinner to repentance. In. this revival, what
iS,termed, liyaterid in not always accompanied with suddtn
conversions and no natural cause has been proved to exist
that would affect thesewide-spread andinstantaneous physical
prostrations, nor can we believe that the powers of hell .are
lbt loose toperforna miracles of this nature. To admit such
a belief WOlElii be a strong argument for devil worship ; and
we were somewhat astounded to learmthat the Rev., George
Gilfillan, -of colossal intellect, publicly and dogmatically
declared, that " The Irish revival was • a work of
the, devil."' There may,, no doubt, have been hallS-
cretions- on the part of a few zealous advocates,
and mistakes hi point of feeling, and', some who have • been
"smitten"' may have returned to their old habits, midi thus
given grounds for such assertions, but these seem rather to
disprove than favour such statements; as errors belong to
man, and. the temptation to continue in iniquity belongs
more, to the eternal character 'of Beelzebub than to, what
the Rev: Geo. Gallen would ascribe to him. Those re-
marks were elicited after reading;no small pamphlet written
by the, Rev.. Samuel J. Moore, of Ballymena, givia:g the
history and prominent characteristics of the revival in that
neighbourhood. 'The tract is ably- written, and will prove
interesting to the religious world;. The tract commences by
showing that the movement' in: Ireland began in the same
month as the revival in America 4 but proceeded with slow
growth until a late period, mitt confined itself for -some time
to Conner, County Antrim, where existed a "Believer's
fellowship meeting," and whence sprung the germ of the
great movement. In the first instance, for nearly eighteen
months, the conversions were not at all accompanied by a
" smiting down" of the body; or any extraordinary physical
prostration more than what. might be expected result from,
great anxiety and deep sorrow.

LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTARIIMIMENT FCi
BOY'S CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed( for the week
ending Saturday, July 9th, 1,025 ; corresponding week last
year, 989.—Increase, 36. boys.

SHIPPERS AND' EXPORTERS.—A most profitable article
of export, to warm climates especially, are. the Self-eleans—
ing,Charcoal Filters, patented by the Messrs. Saunders and
CO., of 16, Parker-street, Liverpool—ina fact, they ace in-
valuable wherever there is bad water, S. and Co. make a'
liberal discount on, export and wholesalP• orders. di
It is a well-known maxim that " tine is monef,--the
terms are relative,-; so to save one is to, save the other. W.&
save both time, and economise patience, and present god
tempers; when we have a good PEN7=-R bad' one uptf.ets.pati-.
ence and temper.. Preserve all, thm, by purchasing- Yom''
steel pens and other stationery at- E. T. liall'swholesale
steel pen warehouse', 23, South John-street. John Gilloat%.
Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes,, and other makors' Pew. at
is per gross. Good Pen Holders. at 2d per dozen.
CHARITY' CHILDREN AT TH4E CRYSTAL PAV,"*—Yes-
terday morning 6,000 children belonging to
the -various
schools ofthe metropolis left London for the. Crystal ralaee•
The storm of the previous evening had ccoled the air, and
the journey by water and rail was performedin comparative
comfort. , They moved in, procession through the streets,
headed! hy the churchwardens and beadles, in their robes of
office,. and were in many eases accompanied by the parochial
clergy.. The great mass of children were safely
depositedat the, palace by the railway compaay, no accident of any
kind having occurred,, and immediateky bow) to avail them-.
selves of, the various modes of amusement which were libe-
rally provided for them.

DEATH OF THE REV. CAN DoVOLAS.—The toil-
ing of the cathedral bells on SatrrdAy announced the death
61 the Rev. Henry Douglas, m.A, , -of Durham Cathedral;
after a painftd illness, extending. over a period of severed
months. The melancholy event, took place at his residence
in the college at 11 o'clock on Friday morning, The rev.
gentleman, who was in his 67th year) held the 7th canonry
in Durham Cathedral, to which ho was appointed hy. Bishop
Van Mildert on the 14th of October, 1834, and was in-
stalled, on the 16th October in the same year, He was for-
merly the rector of -Wbickhara, which living he resigned
on, the 25th of September, 1864, upon which he was instin.
tuted by the Bishop of Worcester to the rector of
Solwarpe, Worcestershire. Ho afterwards resiguledi this
livid m favour of his son, the Rev. Wm. Douglas, the pre_
sent moumbent, The stall rendered vacant by the death
Mr. Douglas goes to the Ecclesiastical CaninaisAoners.—
Zratecaselo Chronicle.