The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

(F2O 3I JOHN DULL.)

MAai are the causes of discouragement -which in the
presentt, day tend to, damp the zeal of those who are
labouring for the welfire of mankind, and 'for the glory
of God:: The serious- dangers which, ini more thamone
direction,' threaten too interrupt the peace of 'the world,
and to,,disturb the refatious of amity in which it is to our
and theireommon interest that we should live with all
the nations and kingilonas of the earth ;—the various
causesopf dissension, mid tendencies to disruption, which
have grown up in the body politic ; the consequent
weakening of the tie* which attach to the mother country
the vast foreign and: colonial possessions of 'the empire,
and °Cabe bonds by which the different: parts et the
United Kingdom are• cemented together:; :and fae-
tiouauese of spirit which the conflict of opposite principles
and of antagonistic mass--interests has engendered;--the
marked deterioration of our social conlition ; the relaxa-
tioniof the ties by which, both in domestic, life, andin. the
wider circles of society, man hangs on to man, as well as
of the bonds of mutual sympathy and of moral obligation,
resulting from an increase of selfishness,: and from.a
mul-
tiprocity of causes and opportunities of alienation ;—lastly,
meat distressing of all, the irreconeileable dittrences
which have rent Christendom asunder, and have arrayed
large portions of it in open hostilitr.against each, other,
cast against that truth which is theonly sure foundation
oennity, as well',.as, with regard to our own ,Church in
particular, the spirit of sectarianism:which .has given rise
to numerous separatist movement*, and actual...schisms,
and which, within her pale, is cons4loutly, begetting jealous
sturpicions and .bitter animosities,—all ,these worktogether
to produce a state of things most painful and disheartening
to every rightly constituted, every.• truly .Christian mind.
In the midst of these discouraging facts it isnot a little
cheering to fatd that the one influence to whichaChristian
mind looks,, as to the only source of solid improvement
and of real peace, is gaining strength in a manner at once
striking andunexpected. Wit.h.our readers we need not
labour to establish the poini; that theprineiples of the
Church .form the only true bond of union, the only foun-
dation ofi• lasting peace ; nor. need we be at the pains of
casting. about for argumentsto,prove thati_to the Anglo-
Saxon race- belongs, in the• order of Divine Providence,
the high. privilege of exhibiting the. character of the
Church,.h.er doctrine and her constitution, in these later
ages &the world, in the Bona, which makes the nearest
approach to primitive purity and integrity 2 whilst to the
same-race is likewise assigned the task of spreading by its
widely-extended commeree.the arts of civilization in every
quarter of the globe, and, of upholding• by its influence
auctexample the ascer.dancy of right against might in
the-political world.
We cannot look batik to the. 'history of this country-
without perceiving thatshe.was greateet and most power--
full at those periods at which her.people were religiously,
twitted ; that her seasons of internal weakness have been.
those at which the nation was tors by religious discords.
No one can doubt that the dissimilarity of the course
which the Reformation took in the northern and in, the.
southern part of the, island, greatly retarded the union,_
and still obstructs the hearty amalgamation, of the. two
kingdoms. No one will, call in question the feet, that
the neglect of the Church in, the sister island, in not car-.
rying out the work of the Reformation, but allowing the
old stock of superstition to spout afresh, and to extend its
vicious growth in rank luxuriance, has been. the main
cause of all the calamities which have fallen upon Ireland,
and of all the embarrassments which she has created, and
continues to create, to the Imperial Government. No
one will deny that to the supineness and, indifference of
the authorities in Church and State, in making no provi-
sion for the planting of the Church in our transatlantic
settlements, the separation of the United States of America
from the mother-country is mainly attributable. Nor is
it possible to cast a glance over the present condition of
our colonial empire, without discovering the fact, that it
is on that part of our colonial populations which is
attached to the Church, that the greatest dependence is to
be placed for loyalty, that they form the link by which
the connection of the colonies with the mother-country
may be preserved.
It is not only as Churchmen, therefore, but as citizens,
as true patriots, that we have cause to regard with deep
satisfaction every indication of the increasing influence of
the Church of England, both within and beyond the
limits of the British Empire. And that that influence has
been of late greatly on the increase, in spite of many ad-
verse circumstances, is a fact altogether beyond dispute,
Amongst ourselves, at the very centre, the asperities of
party divisions and sectarian animosities within the pale
of the Church have been greatly softened during the last
few years, and it is not chimerical to hope that the next
generation may enjoy the blessing of a united Church,
undisturbed by the admixture of Genevan ingredients on

the one hand, and of Romish elements on the; other ; nor
need we, considering the marked revival of spiritual life
within the Church, be alarmed by the convulsive efforts
of Popery and Dissent to impede her progress and to
undermine her position. In Scotland we see the sister-
communion of the English Church rising afresh from the
state of deep depression to which she had been reduced ;
and her Irish sister is achieving the most astounding
conquests over the darkness of Popish superstition. At
the very same time we find in all our foreign possessions

and settlements the influence of the Church growing
apace, under the fostering care of a Colonial Episcopate.
And, to complete the pleasing picture, we behold the

auspicious renewal of intercourse of the closest and most
brotherly kind between the Church of England, and that
branch of the Anglican Church which flourishes with in-
creasing vigour in the United States.
Viewed in this light, the report presented the other day

by the English deputation on its return from America to
the " Society for the Propagation of the Gospel," is no
less deserving of the attention of Statesmen, than it is
gratifying to the heart of every- Churchaaan. It is not
merely the promise of a more united, more consistent, and
therefore more ective prosecution of the mimtouayy

labours of the Church in every quarter of the globe,—the
immediate object for which the deputation was sent out,—
that renders the result of the visit paid to the American
Church by four delegates from the mother-Church, so
highly important, but the pledge afforded by the reception
given to the deputation, of the active influence in both
countries of a mutual sympathy in those principles and
feelings which constitute the best guarantee of peace and
amity between nations. Whilst for so happy a result we
must look up with deep gratitude to the Supreme Author
of every blessing, it were ungracious not to acknowledge
the important service rendered on this occasion by the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, not only to the
cause to vrhich its labours are specially devoted, but indi-
rectly to the cause of humanity and civilization, of " peace
on earth and good will towards men."

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. A. Alington, 8.A., to the ltoctory of Burnell, Lin-
colnshire.

Rev. W. Atkinson, M.A., Rector of Gateshead Fell, to an
Honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral.

Rev. F. Bachel°l', M.A., to the Rectory of Caistock, near
Cal lington ,Cornwall.

Rev:F. H. Bishop, M.A., to the Incumbency of Grazeley,
near Reading.

Rev. E. 'omen, 8.D., Fellow and Tutor of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Holt, Norfolk.
R v. E. M. Clissold, 8.A., to the Rectory of Wrentham,
Suffolk.

Rev. J. J. Cort, M.A., to be Chaplain of St. Michael's
Church, in the Church of England Cemetery, Birmingham.
Rev. J. H. Croft, M.A. to the Vicarage of Timberscombe,
near Dunster, Somerset. _

Rev. W. Dry, 1.A., to the Curacy of Barwell, Leicestershire.
Rev. T. Evetts, incumbent of Prestwood, Bucks, to the
Rural Deanery of Atnersham.
Rev. J. Fawcett, to be Assistant Curate of Lismore Ca

Rev. H. E. B, Ffolkes, M.A., to the Rectory of Hillington,
Norfolk.

Rev. R. Fisher. 11. A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Sbaw,
near Oldham.

Rev. J. R. Hoare, M.A., to the Curacy of Castle Bromwictr,
near Birmingham.

Rev. S. HOsegood, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Wayford,
near Crewkerne.

Rev. J. Winstanley Hull, to the Vicarage of North Musk-
ham,. Nottingham.
Rev. J. Jameson, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of the Pro-
prietary Chapel, Leamington, Warvackshire.

Rev. L. S. Kenny, MS., to the Stipendiary Curacy of the
Parish Church of Lancaster.

Rev. .1, R. Lauder, 8.A., to be Assistant Minister of St.
Catherine's. near Niagara, Canada West,
Rev. I. Lichtenstein, 8.A., to the Curacy of Wheatacre,
Norfolk.

Rev. R. Pike Mate, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, and
Perpetual Curate of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge, to the
Vicarage of Wimeswould, near Loughborough,.
Rev. A. Matthews, M. A., to the Rectory of tEkunley, near
Market Harhorohgh, Leicestershire.
Rev. T. Miles, Curate of Dromkea, to the Rectory of
Tienoagh.
Rev. A. Perceval, R.A., to the Curacy of Horfieht.

Rev. E. R. Pitman, to the Perpetual Curacy of Pipe
Ridware, Staffordshire.
'Rev. W. Proctor, M.A.,: Perpetual Curate of Doddington,
to an Honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral.

Rei.E.l.Wanbaut. A. 8., to the Curacy of Templemon.
Rev. J. D. Ridout, M.A.,• Fellow of Christ's College, Cam-
bridge, to the Vicarage of Bourn, Cambridgeshire.
Rev. T. Saulez, M.A., to• the Incumbency of All Saint's
Church. Islington.

Rev. W. M.-Smith, 8.A., to, the Curacy of Kirk Michaell,
Priwof Man.

Rev.. H. Weightman, to the Stipendiary Curacy of
Emmanuel Church, Bottom

Rev. K.. Whittington, M.A.,otTrinity College. Cambridge,.
one or the Masters of the Islington% Proprietary School, to the
Assistant Mastership in the Merchant Tailors' School.

Rev. W. Whyatt, 'M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St.
Mark's, Cheetham-hill, Manchester-

DIOCESE OF CASTER,

PREFErbtrXTS.—The Rev. William Thomas Newenham
has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. John's
Church, West. Derby, in the county-of Lancaster, void by
death of Rev:- W. H. Tuer. Patroni,Edmund Molyneux,
Esq. _ _

The Rev. Jail% Davies has been licensed to the perpetual
curacy of St. John's Church, Smallwood, in the parish of
Astbury, Cheshire, void by cession cfßev. F. Twemlow.
Patron, Vicar of Astbury : value £lOO.-

OBDINA.TIONI—The Bishop of Chestert intends to hold
bis next Ordination at Chester, on Sunday, the 12th of
March next, being the Second Sunday in, Lent. Candi-
dates are required to send all necessary papers to Charles
T. W. Parry. -Esq., Chester, his Lordship's secretary, on
or before the Ist February, at the latest,--after which day
nono can be receive&

Tir REV. W. MAXWELL SMITH, B. has been
licensed by the Bishop.of Sodor and Man to-fie curacy of
Kirk-Michael, Isle of Man, on the nomination-of the Rev.
J. Brown, M.A.

ST. PiTYL'S • CATHEDRAL.—The Bishop of London,
assistedby Dr. Lushington and Sir James Fitteson, sit-
ting as assessors, will coca hence an inquiry into certain
alleged abases connected with the above cathedral on the
9th Januiry.

THERE' ARE IN ENGLAND, in the gift of the crown,
2 Archbislioprics, 24 Bishoprics, 38 Deaneries, 4£ Prebends,
and 1,028 livings : the Lord Chancellor has 888 ; First
Lord of tfie Treasury, 103 ; and the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster 39 in their respective gifts.
OUR CiornEouALs, the- Athenceum says, seem to be
walking up one by one, to a:resumption of something like
their old musical state. We. are now informed that, for
the first time these two centuries past, the HD musical
cathedral service is daily intoned by a competent and
powerful choir in Peterborough cathedral.
DIOCESE 0.1, MAN cirEsTE-ru--Preferments : —On. Tues-
day, .1, the I>»000wn Itvglsiry, the Bishop or nteueneet.ii
licensed the Rev. Lewis Stanhope Kenny, M.A.,..tc, the
stipendiary earacy of the parish church of Lancaster.--
His lordship has presented, the Rev. John Winstanley
Hull, incumbent of Grimsargh,near Preston, to the vicar-
age of North Mnskham, in thecounty of Nottingham and
the diocese of Lincoln. His lordship presents to thin living
alternately with the Bishop of Ripon.
PRESENTA7IIONS VACANT.—The .Rectory of Little Tey,
near Coggeshall Essex • value. £l6O a-year ; patron, the
Bishop of Rochester.. The Viearage of Yarcombe,: near
Honiton, Devun; value, x7co. a-year ; patron, the Crown.
The Rectory of St. George's;. Glamorganshire;; value,
£l5O a-year ; patron, L. Fraherne, Esq. The Vicarage of
St. Hilary, Glamorganshire patrons, Dean and Chapter
of Llandaff. The • Vicararge • of: North Elkingtonp Lin-
colnshire ; valtte,,.£2oo a-year; patron, Rev. W._ Smyth.
The Vicarage of Easttiladdony Northamptonshire;
£lBO a-year. The Vicarage.. of Berwick-upon-Tweed ;
value, £350 a•year ; patrons the Dean and Chapter of
Durham. The Incumbency of Great St. Mary's, Cam-
bridge ; £l2O a-year patrons, Masters andTellows
of Trinity Cellege:
IJNivansimr,REFOßAL—Sletter has been reeeived, by
the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, front Lord
Derby, as Chancellor of the University, enclosing:a com-
munication addressed to hiraiby Lord Palmerston, in his
official capaeity, wherein is stated that hen- Majesty's
GovAutiment, have determined to bring forwardia-measure
oftniversity.reform in the ensuing session, and, that an
intimation to that effect will appear in the speech. from
the throne, Most colleges have been occupied during
some portions .of the term,in preparing schemes-. for inter-
nal improvement. At Brasenose a scheme: of a most
liberal character .had been.framed, with the full, sanction
of the late lamented principal, which was tn. have been
submitted to the • visitor- (the Bishop of Liheolu), for his
approbation, during the coming term. At- Exeter a
general revision of the statutes has taken nlscei, and the
changesare to be laid., before the visitor (the Bishop of
Exeter), by a„deputatien of the fellows in ttlao:week before
Christanas.. At Pembroke, even before thel.ong vacation,
a plan had been formed, which was submitted, to Lord
Derby as visitor,, but did not meet with; his. approval.
The eases of Trinity-and New College are-still. before the
Bishop of Winchester. Ralliol, thoughaseareely requiring
any. change, has .hceji making fresh anatugements iu eon-
Iletaoh with the Blundell foundation, St. john's has just
entered: upon the consideration of what ohanes are
needed ; and. Merton is said to have. framed a very excel-
lent scheme. The colleges which have made no move-
ment are -comparatively few,—perhaps not above two or
three-

Tng ANCIIENT BUILDINGS OF GREECU AND BONE
we. may class with great propriety in three successive
orders. First, we have those ancient structures denomi-
nated Cyclopean, from the mythus of Homer, who attri-
butes theil foundation to the sons of Neptune. These
structures consist of vast and irregular masses of unhewn
'stoma,. put together without cement or mortar of any
kind. The ruins of the citadels of. Tyrus and Myceme,
which, are of this description, have remained in their pre- I
sent condition for 3,000 yeark and present the most per-
fect specimens yet existing of the military architecture of
the heroic ages. The next improvement on this method
has been termed the Irregular Polygonal structure, from,
the circumstance that the stones are no longer unhewa,
although no attempt is made. to reduce them to the square.
These lateral plain sides are sufficiently smooth to form a
close joint, and the angular proportions of the one steno
fitted the angular recesses of the other; and their faces
are cut so as to give the whole wall a tolerably smooth
surface. Examples of this second class are common in
the Etruscan tombs, where, says Mr. Dennis, these blocks
are arranged so as to present their ends and sides in alter-
nate corners, in that style which builders denominate
Old English Bond, or more vulgarly, "headers and
stretchers." The same description of masonry was used
extensively by the Romans, and seemed to have reached
its perfection in the forum of Augustus. In the third
species of mural building the blocks are laid in horizontal
courses, but sometimes so irregular that none of the hori-
zontal joints are continuous, but all the joints are accu-
rately squared and fitted. Example of this kind of
masonry is to be found in the celebrated Lion Gate of the
ancient fortress of Mycenx.--The Builder.
A COAST SCENE.—A footpath leading over the hill led
them to the top of the promontory, covered with the finest
green sward, and giving a view of' the open ocean. To the
right, lay distant Flambro' Head; to the left, Scarborough,
with its castle and its bold lofty headland, and the mass of
red-tiled houses lying clear, as if only some half-mile dia..
tant. But on the sunny sea vast numbers of vessels
stretched from horizon to horizon ; all, in fact, traversing
that great marine highway from Scotland to London
which is perpetually crowded with a nation's traffic; mer-
chant vessels; whole fleets of colliers bearing coals from
Newcastle to the metropolis, or returning fbr more;
steamers bravely bearing onwards, and leaving their long
lines of smoke behind them; with the white sails of almost
myriads of those butterflies of the ocean, fishing cobles,
gleaming bright and sunny on all parts, near and remote,
of the ocean plain. But great as was this view, the one
directly under them was not less impressive. There the
sea was raging against the rock % which rose to a consider-
able altitude. North and soutOttended the jagged and
indented line of' precipitous cliff, rent and ravaged by the
storms of ages. A narrow neck of land ran out just before
them, to which they advanced, and stood aloft, as it were,
in the centre of this really sublime scene. On one hand
the sea was boiling and sweeping in milky whiteness
through a great cavern ; on the other hand rushing like
an assailing army into a circular abyss, which it had worn
in the precipitous cliff, and leaping all foam on the huge
ledges of projecting rocks, and plunging back in fury into
the boiling deep. The whole' mass of waters was in a
y
motion, like some vast and restless living thing, swelling,
eddying, and moaning with•
ing as with a thousand ca
of cavernous rock.—Howi(eB Sores of Englifli and
Foreign Life. nanwoilnclO'netlahencdhLikY' or
eutohwu n
wallsd
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REV.

F. CLOSE ON TABLE-TUR.YIIO
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the
UNDER the title of " Table-turning not diahwblished a
Rev. F. Close, incumbent of Cheltenham,
pamphlet, on the subject of the recent mhassnifPe:lte.
spontaneous rotatory motion by tables. lie sgs
d;il that
"Truth, candour, and honesty, oblige us to a
,_,lishea
for some time past there have been certain well-eenwnturaj,
rilatter.
developments of powers, whether natural or snee
which to us are inexplicable, for which we are, Los,
unable to account by any known or ascertathee
dechle•
either of matter or of spirit. Beyond a doubt large
edality
jl
tion must be made for imperfect experiraents, done of
cr,„
in some witnesses, and hypocrisy in others. But after
in
reasonable deductions are made, enough of sarPris7e the
remains to perplex the wisest heads, and to P,.310 coo.
most scientific. There are well substantiated facts Tole-
nected with Mesmerism, Animal Magnetism, en' anted
turning, which yet remain to be explained and ac„,tiac
for. It is true that some philosophical' and so;
„,,d
persons have attempted to sneer at the whole mattee,
with a scepticism to which they are specially Pr°r/operi'
are deeply read in the well-ascertained facts o.
sob
mental and practical philosophy, affect to treat ah
getting
exhibitions as delusive. This is an easy way .of of self'
rid of a difficulty ; but while it adds to the feewg?,,ged
complacency and contempt with which they are tmrpily
to look down upon believers in such facts, it 'OWOIO
proves nothing, and is far from satisfying tiwse hive
either are eye and ear witnesses of such things, erdouht
received them on testimony of such a character that to testi.
it would tend to destroy the grounds of credited to
mony. Another division of this party appear dit-crart
attach a certain degree of credit to the facts, but 3,,tory.
to account for them in a manner still more unsatisTdoced
It is unquestionable that many instances may be e"" ea
where tables have been turned by designed or usaesraot
muscular movements of the thumb and finger,e, and
the
by any new or subtle power unknown before ; r 013
same time, cases can be cited where such collusion'
unconscious muscular motion could not by possibibeble le
produced the result. Thus, when a large heavY, delicate
moved about, at will, by two or three feeble an eeise
women, who could scarcely move it at all by the el.eal;
to
of their natural powers, it is simply feeble and
~laden,
talk about unconscious manipulation. Manir this at
whether conscious, or unconscious, could mat d 0" di Of
all. Surely it would compost more with the sisdoi7 ea
science if a fact is admitted which cannot bel3l/1,4,
upon any of the known and asgertained laws of mat.
to wait further results of experiment and of time to rattee;
or to refute the facts, or to discover the hidden !old
by which they are performed. It is really stir
that in the present day, when discoveries are contin
made in the world of matter, and new and strange
...e1;,
binations traced, that honest, honourable and senor
minds should yield to such vulgar
.is pitiable—hut scepticism is mischievous ; and thereber is
occasion for the exercise of either the onW or the of
the case under consideration. rea
" But how are these circumstances viewed bY
scepticism. Cr
ligious mind or the country
P For
in this- questio
jeo,
are more deeply interested. Mistakes in phYsiealpSifgiees
correct themselves, but speculative opinions olional cove'
and moral subjects, involve spiritual and sn feetiair
quences of good or evil. Superstition is the Pious, rerr
misdirected or in mess ; and to superstition tierel°
ligious people are more especially at all times prolle'rediag
will be more or less the case in proportion as the ' f the
of religion is or is net under the sober guidancet! bifie
written Word. Now, those who have watched tee he
and tendency of the minds of spiritual people di-',..„,t0
Zest twenty years, will bsprepared to expect that
of the wonderful, or mysterious, will be readily re }ate
supernatural and miracuibni. The character of
the'
portion of our popular religious literature during ",,,el,O
riod referred to, whether issuing from the Iligh-da ei
Church press, has had a tendency to create a re°rvalaii°l3-
pectation of wonders : undefined and ardent sPectrilli,l
hafsbeen created; a disposition- to catch at eve,r.lo. to
event as the fulfilment of someprophecy, accorwe" flee'
of
private interpretation of some' popular Savni ,3ase „
Table. Turning, or anything epee; the natar3-`ted- to
al";
which:remains unexplained, is iimmediately
pernatural causes; miracles just now would vs'ata
welcomed and greedily swallowed,because they so fay
in with the bold prophetic speculations which ar,er„deoe/4„
tar. There is, therefore, not only the old natur3.;-;ith, b.
of the layman mind to superstition% to contend theories,
that principle cherished and fostered by popular n-f 00'
and the unprofitable, becanse speculative, studies -
religious people. „; ofeer
" But worse than this; not only arestteh discove.-e4oitt-e
and hidden= principles of nature heedlessly and,wrthe,,,re'
consideration' pronounced to be miraculous, 01",,,ici
ligious logic'of too many carries them' further'
cause, according to their opinion nog good object' e
obtained by these experiments, and ;use soln reftba
01,
persons may have made an evil use of them, °led
they jump to. the next conclusion that theY are we!,
Devil—that they are miracles wrought' by the 1/4.°1,0 Oh."
the wicked one, to beguile, and deceive, and WA- tract?
unhappy children of men. And paraphrets an.,,,`"aitolfll
appear warning%us against witchcraft, and nee''-or-n
and unclean spirits, until we seem at once tr, thow
into the midst of the dismal temptations-of St• -1";;i to
—and we expect the civil power to be called 114- a the"
terfere, and the -Mosaic penalty to be enforce",
or
shalt not suffer wwitch to live !" rs,
" God has never pbe ut -forth miraculous, Pore BO-
enabled his people to exercise them, except taant 0014
a message or a messenger from IlimselK such NoYses
were more or less-displayed from the calling.''',_
the Captivity in Babylon. They ceased with' for for ty
of the canon of tlie Old Testament Scriptdree
400 years, were renewed at the commencement 0140,03
crave'. UlBpenagartdOtr . triaGy were- e0utd...„,..-44.-10.' • toe
of one hundred years and again ceased about tneiatel
when the canon of the New Testament was. cola
and they have notheen renewed since. via
" Diabolical interference in the shape of mata,
des, commenced with the first miracle of'3lese the
were permitted at intervals, until the first cesaatit:oed'
Old Covenant miracles. When the latter were'
slisrt-inef
Satan's miracles ceased :--when the New Testanlellease,°
des commenced, Satan's revived ; and as iikane-orw"
those of Moses, were swallowed up by the
of Christ. When Christian miracles ceased, Satall f
also—and have never been revived. At no pool cry, 1,"
world has Satan been permitted to work wo-
when the power &God wrought them too. ; elfi;
" No miracles being allowed in this dispensate ottfloi
the apostolic timesyinatural wonders should ont,,diver,
buted to miraculous,interference ; and since thVtes,
the Devil was overthrown by Christ and his ar'tableAhl
on many accounts as dangerous, as it is unwarra,?n, "-t1
attribute the power of working miracles to. foie' fore';',
present extraordinary-exhibitions should not, tnt••;l,,
any account, be admitted to be properly 011.:jor
they may be wottlerfal, and governed by vir""-°-. "or
undiscovered physical laws, but there is fed,
they should not, one day be satisfactorily disploo.
greater',rsi the
upon principles of 'natural philosophy yet to -01 ag, ;tie
Least of all should they be attributed to d and For
cies, for which there is no solid ground in rees°-;it-
whole analogy of our Scripture guide is age pert'
these sufficient considerations, we confidentit

"THAT TABLE-TURNING IS NOT '
„ 001
THE "THEOLOGY Or TABLE TIIHNINGb fsiror
day night the Rev. N. T. Godfrey, Incumbeat ° se 0'
Leeds, delivered a lecture on this subject at t
_bet off or
square Roomsi,liondon. The rev. gentlemso °a°cl
tended that table turning, spirit rapping, a°„Atioll 'te``
ante were nothing less than a direct comalo"-selesis0
the Evil One. The chairman, Mr. J. Batxsll3ll',d s geelie
that the meeting should conclude by prayer,
was sung amiiist great confusion. An extraorul., pui,T,oto
then took place. The chairman, lecturer, and,,
re'seilt;
of clergymen on the platfcrm ade a preciP"-
amidst loud: cries for the chairman to IteePetillg' the
Several gentlemen attempted to address- the nler, for tor
a Mr. E. Connor was called to take• the ettleral ~e5tV
purpose of making experiments. He• made icitP pre'
ordinary statements. The officials connected were iloiv
hall attempted to extinguish the lights but .iog• the
vented doing so by main force. Tha. table 113;005,
ever, been at last turned over by the salne
meeting:separated amidst great confilsio the P. I!:
THEUEV.DR.CummINGis not convinceu;-, 00:015
test applied to table-turning. Last- leuestlacullir
delivered. a lecture at Exeter Hag to the I the Titjitilicl.
Christian Association," upon the Signs °f eugs (is)"
Table-turning and table-talking-he ranked aolr fora_ipo-
signs, and he said he differed from Profess° 1, eoPise•
explanation, inasmuch as from his own Pers,°rlc''
tion, he had found tables perform very eceett!'wesseuwaio'
countable gyrations. In one ease he had 'citable, v0c.p,1‘,..
might be termed a conversation int' de ...,,abecaitur.o
answered certain questions by the usual ion to
ing. The table in this case•refused to ans"P%e‘tll'ler
ot the,
ho laughed. (A laugh.) But he was nothe
the length of some writers,. who alleged teatpi 14 tljg tigely
tial operation was that of demons, or tbec:2ool„94: t_l
wicked. In the course of his lecture, Pr'o,lid ''aere7.l
ad 1.01,11
at length upon the subject of propheePotodtis•
years 1793 and 1820 aa,those in whi,e,,,"oneu'-
that the downfall of Papery and JO"-
be commenced. _