The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-28 00:00:00

CHURCH IN IRELAND.

We beg to call the earnest attention of our readers to an
advertisement which appears in another part of our paper,
respecting the building of a church in -Dunnurlin, and also
to the following letter which we have received on the same
subject :

My Christian Brethren of the Established:Chureh; • :
. Liverpool.
DEAR BRETHREN,—As a minister of the established 61urch,
and with the concurrence of the Lord Bishop of the diocese
in which 1 reside, I am constrained to leave my flock for a
season, that I may advocate their cause, and mukt'known
their wants to benevolent Englishmen. My spi-rereqif spiri-
tual labor lies in Dunnuclin, county Kerry, the mtst -Western
and secluded parish in Ireland. Four parishes are given me
in charge, in three of which are regular and full Sabbath ser-
vices. There neither is or ever has been a Protestant place
of worship in any of those parishes, and there is no fund what-
ever, parochial or national, available to erect churches. By
mere sufferance am I permitted to preach the gospel to my
poor benighted countrymen, in the watch-houses belongin
to the Coast Guard Service; but the Lord has• so signallyg
blessed the word, (chiefly through the medium of'the Irish
language,) that my congregation has•increasedina very con-
siderable degree. But where shall we worship the LOtd "in
decency and in order ?" Has the Lord no people to build
him an house? Shall we dwell sumptuously white The.iminis-
ters of God in a christian emplie are forced to admiliister her
holy ordinances (in many instances) -exposed -to-the incle-
mency of the weather?

MY-object is to build a church attached to the parish of
which lam the incumbent. The estimated cost of the him-
We sanctuary is only £350, and for this purpose I solicit the
charitable sympathy of a people who can serve their' Lord
and Saviour amidst " happier homes and altars free:"
Having received much kindness and encouragement from
my christian brethren of Liverpool, a meeting (D. V.)
be held on Friday evening ❑ext, at Seven o'clock,. .at St.
amore de-
tailed Andrew's School, to forward the above mentioned object
where, supported by the undersigned clergymen, I 'would
us of hearing
entreat the attendance of all who love the purity 'of our
common
dfapiathrt,icaunldarwsht
Dear Brethren, ,
I remain yours, in the best bonds,
GEORGE G. GUBBINS, Rector of Dunnurlin,
26th Aug. 1838.
28, Falkner-street, Hope-street, Liverpool.
We have seen and conversed with the writer of the above.
and feel the circumstances of his case to be so,peenliar, and
his reasonable prospect of usefulness (if assiste4Yto be So
encouraging, that we venture
,to
and
the attention and in-
terest of our christian brethren, and hope they will join us in
giving Mr. Gubbins a hearing on Friday evening,.
oate7neendte.si "1
HUGH 111`NTEItE.
• R. P. BUDDICOM..

THE ANNUAL LICENSING SESSIONS,—YeSterCIay, at the
Sessions-house, Crawford Logan, Esq., and Christopher
Rawdon, Esq., two of her Majesty's justices of the 'peace,
held the usual annual licensing sessions. A great number of
licenses were transferred, and the ordinary business of the
sessions transacted. The court will sit till the whole of the
business is got through, probably some days.