The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-28 00:00:00

NEW CHURCHES.

FOR THE SUN.
1.11%lit• EDITOR,—First thanking
yott for your
nd
to re'llark on my former paper, give me leave
assure
s you that no man delights more in the
Pirit °f TRUE religion than Ido nor can any be
intote offended by its perversion than I out. None
:ils:gra" it more than those who cloud its get nine
.!'tr'.ntildes with the darkness of supet stition, clothe
terror, and exhibit it in all the horrors of the
A TltUe sense of it teaches a reliance
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luvulence, and increases the happiness of a
thejr hile falsehood, veiled in fanaticism, warps
ininds,
4 by plating faith before works, and
4'111"1 for the sake of believing. Such is ;heir
L r(lttc"'On, in the lower walks of life, that they
tr.eit antusenielit in preference to spiritual josh-sic-
:o atlY Where but at church, which they leave to
" aged, the serious, and infirm, who are too few
:4114411'er to fill it. In this assertion I adhere
Ituth, and call to witness it the officiating
thetit4* I have not objected to the increase of
the it 11:". and have only given my reasons, while
to be 14
°net are so little attended as I know them
tatioanY where, why my fears exceed my expec-
esirnl)iti' that new ones will be little more than
tes.,) Particularly of those for whom they are
tended, the people at large, rather than
tr:se in the higher ranks of life, who are presumed
,4 trout divine instruction least. A million of
tro
:ler is an enormous sum, though to be drawn
i the oppressive fount of Extents in Aid ; and
vi,antkiPate experience, that Government will be
;111rPointeci, and the habits and morals of the
.6t er"e continue as they are ; none deriving Irene-
I>}•bY the proposed additional Churches but the
rirerit'r clergy. The object, however, is highly
I:,:i4j'e•worthy. It is to amend the ways of the
ektd, by opening their conscience, to spew
rte'll the naked beauty of virtue, which is its own
ie't'n-d, and the horror of vice, which is punished
t‘er• It is to lighten the duty of the Magi-
ii;atei by teaching a due obedience to the laws
`-'O,l and man, to promote brotherly love, root
tilt the fury of treasons, murders, and depreda
113. Wit faction and discontent, tumult and in-
41'ection, as evils of abhorrence. This, Sir, to-
rtlher with diminishing the triumphs of Tyburn,
tlif
'abject, which, from a long life of critical
I:Pe:knee. I cannot help Laying is not likely to
,:o`)taitied by the erection of New Churches ;
I atinlit it to be possible, tinder certain im-
stsi Irs"nents and regulations, which, with your per-
t; sjun. 1 may point out hereafter. in the mean
tt,,tl)e) be t Lnown, that as religion elevates and
'Fttts tile heart from the affair,' of the world, its
:141"ce on men as citizens, leads them to do
4 Ffur the sake of everlasting happiness, which
en%gft to be done for society here, for the sake
'll3 temporal good.

CONSTAN TINE.

FOR. THE SUN.

TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON.
Lotw The situation so ably filled by
Lorchhip as Head of your Diocese, induces
;lei(' address your Lordship, and I am not aware
anY public channel of communication can be
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Pr"Perly adopted as the columns of Tug SUN,
die thAnipion of our glorious Constitution and
Itil"
ti c)IY Ittli.'ion, The dSy set apart for the so-
ittzalio Of our Blessed Sa‘ionr's Crticifixiou
)tii.'t invariably been observed, and I hope always
that decorum mid devoutness, the
is titaracterktic of the Protestant Rdigiou. It
wlt4s'th.ject of regret that any deviation trotti the
t44.llli,heil rule should take place, and I humbly
yoor Lordship not to suffer any relaxation
NI" prescribed duties of the Church, as such
fi,,')"tion affords a triumph to Sectarians, and, I
licr-inecasions converts to their doctrines. Under
4 I
consider it as a duty to state the
`')lll,'ving ciicionstance, which appears to require
t't j,"Planation, and I trust will not pass onno-
l'::,.,nY your Lordship. The inhabitan:s of this
on Good Friday, assembled at their
t;t•rcli for the purpose of hearing Divine Ser-
Ty' ntui offering up their supplications to the
itiolit)" of Grace. Judge, my Lord, the surprise
4stonisloneut that pervaded their mindsou
dismissed, after the reading of the Morning
without a discourse from the Pulpit ! ! !
it circumstance must be pronounced new,
contrary to all precedent, for surely a slot-
-I,le discourse was naturally to be expected.—
i Inv
Lord, is responsible for this duty but
vt! acctor ; and to whom is he accountable but
iz:11" Lordship ? Admitting that a Clergyman
1-''Y Properly posse” more than one living, which,
ieondeistarol, is. the case %rills the Reverend
niieniati alluded to, yet where were his Cu-
1-`ttes ? Why were they absent ? They should
14" taken care not all to have been away. The
`vverend Gentleman, it is said, owes his living to
the
patronage of the Doke of BEDFORD, io whom
) "'as Tutor, and it would have been ,vell bad
"''' Grace fiirnished the inhabitants with a Rector
l'"110 could have given his whole attention ; and,
Perhaps, this would have been only a mark of
`'ility to those who contribute to the income o'
that Nobleman, the Subscriber to the Author of
blaspi,emous Parodies ! 'frosting that your Lord-
%lli!) cause some inquiry to be made into this
',cry sinoolar omission, I. remain, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
A PHOTVSTANT,

St. Paul's, Covent-Garden.