The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

And their hate is endowed

—every

whether of saint or warrior—perish be-

and hammer of " ieono

ast profanation."

it all the

of life—as if cheerfulness of he

Festivals and holidays are no more, almost the

memory of them has departed from the land, a cold, un-
genial, mirth-destroying race! Against Christmas are

they specially envenome,
of Papistry, is expunged from the cal

ae, as savour::

ar ; but as the

st con

day r
caned for c

e, and rents are to be received, it may be

niencc CHRIST-Tin

No celebration

Lave, it is shorn of all its cLeer,

and, in gloom and

kness of soul, Heaven, for all its good, is " thanked
ss," by tl

mbibed their theology from a

But a better spirit has been awakened out of the chats
of conflicting opinions. The Church of England has

purified, not uni.y from the superstitions of Rome,
tau. sl,rumly of the Puritano , awN CL.lestm..o.c,

ioly associations, has become a reasonable

gratitude; and an age not long past saw

e or pi
brated with an al

ndance of hospitality and a u

1 diffusion

of good cheer which made it a season of

was looked for.

and to by old and

,n which a 1

a share, and a celebra-

ch knit in closer union t

when the

found it more

give than to receive, and t

e poor willingly ac-

by kind

ess. But

we come to our own time ; and every age has its peculiar
spirit—its dominant influence. The charities of life are
adowed by the cloud of religions bigotry ;
faiths, oftentimes indifferent to

now overs

we are tolera

of o the

lour own ; but the sou% and hearts of far too many are
by a worship as deadening, and more sordid,
ch that

ch blinded the

Puritans to so r

was kindly and cheering. The pursuit of wealth engrosses
and distracts ; bigotry trampled down the flowers that
strew the path of life, but the spirit of Mammon does not
In such an age the recurrence of a

In to g

that brings with it ;associations of a better and
nature than are linked with the daily life of the

hat is so

n in its memories, yet cheering in its

.red circle—is surely to be hailed with thankUners

us trust that On—
he

around us rho have been West
1 not be unmindful of the

really and truly laid aside, both in thought as well as
deed, and that all will cordially join in celebrating the
festival of Christmas in that spirit of universal love which
so specially belongs to it. The only way to receive en-

nest is

in the bop a

all our

,e participators in those belonging to
on, we conclude by wishing each and every of them

,ders will be la

MERRY CHRISTMAS

educated and generous congregation, by everything to
gladden and cheer a pastor's heart, and with very few
poor to assist—have yet at their command a gold-filled
art or visage was a I treasury

Is this mysterious inequality to last much longer ? Will
the wealthy merchants of this town see their clergy strug-
gling under the weight of a poverty-stricken district, with-
out one hand to help ? Will the richer clergy of the
town see their brethren toiling on a parching and burning
waste-land of sin and iniquity and cruel want, without

one wish to succour ? No—no ; we cannot believe it.
We feel assured it has only to be known, and a million
hearts will rush to the rescue ; that the clergy in the
lower districts will have their coffers filled to overflowing,
giving them fresh vigour and strength for their work.

Liverpool, Dec. 16, 1852. I am, Sir, &c. CLERICUS

ST. PETER'S CHURCH. LIVERPOOL.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sia,—l shall he obliged by your correcting in your
next number a mistake, respecting St. Peter's Church,
which appeared in a letter addressed to you last week by a
Subscriber. The shilling that was demanded of the lady in
question, was the fee for the Churching, to which the
Rector is entitled, and not for accommodation in a
cushioned-pew. Nothing is charged for a sitting in a pew.
Respectable persons are put in a cushioned-sect, in con-
sideration of their situation, and of them only is the fee
demanded. Nothing is taken from those among the
poorer classes who are placed in the free-seats, And out
of more than G,OOO Churchings in the year. probably not
more than two or three hundred females pay Churching
fees. The Sexton has nothing to do with the fee,—he is
only accountable to the Rector for it.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THOS. HALTON
Great George-square, Dec. 16, 1852.