The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

en Tuesday morning the friends of this excellent so-
c'etY breakfasted together at the Adelphi Hotel. The
chairman was the Rev. HUGH M'NEILE, who, after the
eimaliallY had sung a hymn, rearl a portion of the 2nd
chapter of Acts, and then delivered the following address:
--Ile said their attention in that portion of Holy Scrip-
ture Wass
might
called to the matter of language; and he
be permitted to add one or two observations to what he
bad said the evening before. There was a remarkable
Peculiarity in the case of language as a medium of com-
rounicatioo ; for, while man's communication with God
was identical all the world over, by means of faith, and
while his communication with external nature was the
same, the senses acting identically everywhere, his corn-
taunßcibliation with his fellow-men was not the same. With
the e before them, they found no difficulty in account-
tog for this; because, while there had been no divine in-
terference to disturb the unity of man's communication
!gull God and external nature, there had been an inter-
ference
to disturb the unity of communication between
man and man. That interference took place at Babel.
Here they read, at the commencement of the gospel his-
tdtiri, when the middle wall of partition was to be broken
Tv", of a counter interferense—a sort of anti-Babel
-I;viracle—supplying
divers langna the apostles with power to speak: in
ges- The design appeared to be, that during
Pr Christian dispensation there should be a variety of languages. The design of the Christian miracle was not
to enable all nations to understand the same language,
but. to enable Christian preachers to address them in their
anifferent languages. (Hear.) Here they found Christi-
the as usual, in direct opposition to the perversions of
that Church of Rome. As if by a fatality which presented
e system everywhere in opposition to God, the aim otf
.seretee Church of Rome was unity of language, as if hat
the genius of the Christian religion. She would
. have all learn Latin, in the face of the passage he had
read, showing that the great Christian miracle established
the use of divers languages. (Hear.) „ With respect ton
Proposal that a particular book should be printed i.
thee
was to can
he taking to observe, that although it
'the accomplishment
to be a distinct unde, they raw their way to
t_haraccomplishrrient of it if they found funds. The pile-
"?._ Y difficulty would be a correct translation. But h
Profitably ern
"might there were gentlemen in Ireland who could be
reign SocietvPloYed in making it. The British and Fo-
would not, i had a set a Irish types, and though they
Tiles itirect Society,
ligiou
book but s asociety, meddle with the printing of
_any.
- the Bible, they might lend the types to the Ke
that hy eev.e,;J• Ite CONNOR said it had been suggested,
who would attend to the printing.
they ' ''''''ng the Printing to the Achill Mission press,
.translwtOuld g,i, two objects—first, in getting a good
Thear/' and, secondly, in assisting the mission.
The- nAllteraN said the hint should be attended to.
Rev. Iv
.. •• ILLIAM PENNEFATHEH, one of the depu-
tation'aoeiet sa'o, that with reference to the operations of the
Y, he would mention some circumstances which hal
r_Ysui? under his own observation. In a former parish of
of ihin the county of Cavan, he had once called a meeting
Aftere teachers, which was attended by about 200 persons.
and prayer and exercises, as usual, they were dismissed
aetu two of them, named Keegan and Campbell, on re-
en ill
ng home, the weather being extremely hot, were
subseuently died. It was a melanch
'and very serious fact; but the priests instantly laid hold
forof it, and spread through the country that they had died
Inthe direct visitation of God, for attending a rpeoetl
wasg
,bout 34
c.ir the translation of the scriptures. Keegan, wo
hil-
urett ',years of age, bad let a widow and several c .
clergymanher
fn„ • , tie would like to read them an account of this
a% [The speaker then read a letter from a bro
his being
, describin the opposition that had been made.
-On the part of the relives ot' the deceased, to
buried in the family vault, and the effect of the p!rsecu-
ting and unchristian spirit so manifested, in inducing se-
veral, and amongst them the widow, who had previously
been undecided, to quit the pale'of the' Romish church.]
This narrative, he said, was remarkable in one particular,
that it showed them how events, seemingly the most
overwhelming, turned out, to individuals and to the
church collectively, the• greatest blessings. So the pecu-
liar difficulties surrounding the Church of Ireland, if they
bad Patience and trust in the Lord, would be found to
:tend to the deepening of the piety of that church, and to
its more extensive usefulness to their unhappy country.
He would therefore commit the case of the Irish church
to their prayerful consideration. They stood in the most
perilous position, and looking to the prospects of human
aid, they found they could expect none. Oh, that the
trtttetnen of England would consider theecase even in a
selfish potnt of view. If they thus sold the Irish church
to gratify Roman-
, Ism, they would find that the English
church woued not long stand
Irish church went, let 'Le. ;They were one; and if the
Rornanists, who now, cont upon it that the
rtlar elgnjili iroris registered
on the statute-book of the Parliamentye Britain, were
endeavouring to overthrow that church, would find words
to blind the statesmen of England to the state of the
'English church, and in the same manner it would fall.
Mr. Pennefather then gave an interesting account' of a
Roman Catholic youth, who was studying for the minis-
try at King'secourt, having been taken by him from the
streets and placed at school, where he displayed so much
Intelligence and sweetness of disposition, that having
ultimately avowed his preference for the Protestant faith,
be was placed where he would, in time, be qualified for
'expounding and commending it to others.
The her. D. FOLEY wished to give a somewhat differ-
ent tone to their feelings from that which they were likely
to receive from the reverend gentleman who had just ad-
dressed them. Not that he at all disputed his facts, but
G
'he thought they were entitled to cherish brighter hopes.
od delivered the three Israelites of old from the power
-of Nebuchednezzar, but it was not till they were in the
midst of the fiery furnace; he saved Daniel, but nut till
'he was in the lions' den ; he delivered Israel out of cap-
tuiTiitY,
w but not till they had hung their harps upon the
ter °, till their hearts were sad,
and they felt their mi-
sh Juillul bondage. It was of vast importance that they
intended
Progood courage.nation.Godevidently
wPiergstrong and of
ee'h
fend
at any moment the light of the truth was spreading.
who knevemtelanithful men in Ireland, who were prepared
t to lay
~. down their lives for the Gospel, and
great point- that
they would only compromise that one
, they ee last fort it,ht .
Protestant
have perfect peace. Within the
had ;).--ter a rrotestant clergyman in the south, who
for putb .us hand zealously to that work, had been prayed
sensepublicly in all the Rornish chapels. This marked the
11,e_O
eFriter n a
tai-e- by the priests of the injury he was doing
Voiniiirreanse. They should, he repeated, have no agitn-
reent, -tc
union irred
pretest agai s '... they would only consent to wave their
'thee bt• ° t the errors of Popery. It was the Bible
1.11, all the opposition. But there could be no
t„r between light and darkness. The observations of fli ,
.Pennerather on the Irish language suggested a thought
t
ruck
iinatil'est blind'
acts of It seemed as if the English government
upon the very error of Popery in trying by
law, - Parliament to abolish the Irish language. Penal
.everyvrwere enacted against it : it had been discouraged in
in One SaY, and treated as a hostile thing, as, doubtless,
of mica e!l'e, it was ; sedition, rebellion, and every kind
doing?sehl'f, was hatched in it. But what were they
They were trying to abolish a mark of God's
curse, which would remain till the end of time. God's
evil k
worithwas to correct in the world : he did not abolish the
eer in the saints or in the world, but he put ano-
ther
principle in action, which went through the great
',lass of crime, and darkness, and wickedness, correcting,
renovating, renewing, till the day of Christ should come.
If they would follow the analogy of God's dealings, as
Well as the plain dictates of. his word, they would try to
remedy, not to abrogate; to find a machinery suited to
Man as he is, not as he should be. Whenever they turned
away from this principle they fell into many mistakes,
and the Lord stamped confusion and dismay on all their
attempts. [Mr. Foley here, at the request of the Chair-
man, detailed the circumstances under which he bad him-
self quitted the Romish communion, which were listened
to with great interest.] They were little aware of the
ordeal through which a convert to Protestantism in Ire-
not had to pass. The first thing a priest did, if he could
hpiri,doce him to go back, was to expatriate him, to drive
,„,.. uorn the place, by exciting the
`"aidog it " too hot " for him, as the phrase was. For.
people against him,
they tualiz a schoolmaster, who was thus treated at Galway,
Y bad got a situation at Dublin. He was away five
of death, she
years;, his wife was then taken ill, and being on the point
wished to be taken back to Galway. She
rteaened the Place alive, contrary to all expectation; and
L seemed that; in addition to her desire to be buried with
er relati •
h. 'es, she was anxious to testify the sincerity of
pf the cry against is profession. No one could form an idea of the extent
persons in her situation—that they are
hypocrites
die. _ • , and will be glad to have the priest when they
; lie steadily refused all entreaties to receive the
.ti'riest or the ointment, but died sound in the faith. The
ti?rnsequetrce was that a universal ferment was excited ;
the ee heedred men, women, and children followed her to
hu rve with all manner of execrations; she was refused
in t,"11 in the consecrated ground ; and after being interred
and he sand, four miles off, under a strong force of police
cot coast guard, the grave was opened in the night, the
iv 1 broken to pieces, and the bcdy kicked out and
thieed down the shore towards the sea. What must they
Iris-lilt of the odium that rested upon a convert, when
was "'en could forget that respect for the dead which
as they h,
oritil, Rev.
the strongest feelings in their bosom, and act
...7 had done to the corpse of this poor woman !
Otherrj'an E. NixoN explained the mode in which the
zerita,_Nnshich
Institution was worked. They did not, as in
eet instances, receive the children inter one establish-
was thought not so well calculated to adapt
Wieti. f r
respectable situations in life. They placed them
.4 pi:_ farmers or cottiers, and, for four guineas
arta l't they had them comfortably lodged, fed, clothed,
alreaec7ucated. With respect to a subject which had been
teats Y mentioned, he was happy to say that the treat-
.that :,f. the man Campbell had been very different from
xee nieh had been described as having been shown to
fol., he had
Luigi" Though he had been a faithful servant of the
won the esteem of his Roman Catholic
an;l°.-ariehioeers, many of whom attended his funeral,
Iltieestifitd the strongest affection for him.
140" ,1!ev• JOSEPH IVYLEE took that opportunity of
het-' '"e extension of tie operations of the society to
Rehr °wn land. There were not fewer than 30,C00 Irish
tlie7'" Catholics in Liverpool, and not less altogether
„mil
i1j.000,000 in these parts of England, as deeply_bigoted
ei‘o Ir,_b.Otted in F•uperstition as in
.any part of Irteland
aro, ~" soul in Liverpool was quite as important as in
or ihdenub, though there might not be the mountain scenery
ing hi,i, ogs to cast an interest over the work of reClaim-
nie,e2,°• He had once a Scripture reader of his own em-
r. Groves
by ilu in Liverpool, the necessary expense being borne
obliged ; but the increase of work at Birkenhead
home him to withdraw him. He could assure them,
"'ever a t thfield, and that much
good . , a ere was an ample
• .c. might be done. .Ir. i
51.., • xIsINEFATHER and Mr. FOLEY approved
satouPosition, and said that, as far as sending qualified per-
" over, the bad doubt it iht he carried out.
The , Y no might
Pers CHAIRMAN suggested that, in the first place, two
den ons shouid be sent over, to be under the superinten-
ce of Mm,
Baylee, should the committee in Dublin,

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