The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-22 00:00:00

" Use not vain repetitions ; "

if they choose to gratify the longing desire implanted in
their nature by their Creator for green fields and purling
streams, in my opinion, it is a silent reflection upon your-
selves, that you do not possess either the love or confi-
dence of the people, a silent but potent reflection, that
your preaching is of no avail— that you are promising
" bread," but giving "stones "—that your vain forms
and ceremonies are rejected by the growing intelligence
of the people ; that your gilded shrines, your painted
windows, your burning tapers, your so-called sacred
instruments do not satisfy the demands of the ever in-
quiring mind, that Christianity as preached by you, is
but as sounding brass and tinkling cymbal—that it is
Christianity in form, but not in spirit and in truth.
With regard to the latter part of your remonstrance,
"that such conduct must be displeasing to Almighty
God "—it is prejudging the question to say so, and is
merely an assertion without proof, as the dicta of Priest-
hood are, and always have been in this and former ages.
I have frequent opportunities on Sundays of seeing
the Bishops of your religion rolling about in their well-
appointed carriages, with coachmen and footmen, of
seeing the aristocracy of this country going to worship
in the Metropolitan Temples in their sumptuous equi-
pages, or with footmen with gold and silver stick walk-
ing behind and carrying their gilded Prayer Books
—of seeing also the Parka of London crowded with
the noble, the rich, the peer, and the millionaire,
Pillars of the Church, all alike professing Chris-
tianity ; and when I reflect that these men have six
days in the week in which to transact the duties of
life, and also to enjoy its innocent amusements, I
cannot but wonder that you do not raise the Banner of
the Cross and preach up a second crusade against this
great and crying sin. But no, you allow this to pass by
unnoticed, and when the poor man, who, exhausted
by his day's work, and who, unable to snatch an hour
for the relaxation of his mind, or the invigorating of his
body during the six days, ventures to get upon a steam-
boat on the seventh day, and which boat only employs
five men to contribute to the happiness of five hundred,
whereas, the bishop's carriage employs five men to con-
tribute to the laziness of one, you raise the Sabbatarian
" Hue and Cry," that cry which has been so unsuccess-
fully raised against railway travelling, and the opening
of the Crystal Palace, which has been so often raised in
Scotland, to the disgrace of the clergy, the detriment
of true religion and morality, and which is diametrically
opposed to common sense, to the commands of God, and
the requirements of the age.—l have the honour to be,
sir, yours, most respectfully,
WELLINGTON GREGORY.
To the Rev. J. Hatchard, M.A., and others.

THE PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON.—When the packet sta-
tion is removed from Plymouth to Southampton, which
will shortly be the case, there will be eleven arrivals and
eleven departures of foreign mail packets connected with
the latter named port every month. The whole of the
mails conveyed by these 20 packets monthly, or 240
yearly, will be sorted in London. Southampton as a
foreign mail packet station will shortly be connected
with the Peninsula, Mediterranean, India, China, Aus-
tralia, West Indies, Mexico, Brazil, River Plate, Central
America, Spanish Main, Chili, Peru, California, Cape of
Good Hope, and the United States.
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