The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

CELEBRATION OF THE TWELFTH OF JULY

IN LIVERPOOL.

We gave in our last a brief notice of the meeting of the
Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution, held in
this town, at which a union was happily formed between
that Institution and the Protestant Confederation—a t ery
powerful body entertaining the principles of Orangeism.
but who have hitherto been kept separate from the order
by a few immaterial points of discipline, which from this
time will be assimilated. The head quarters of the Con-
federation have been Birmingham, where their members
are very numerous and influential; and to their exertions
and organization, in a great measure, we owe the conser-
vative triumph which has been achieved in that town
during the past week, and which, we trust, has finally
broken down the tyranny which radicalism and chartism
have hitherto exercised over the constituency of a borough
so important and, at heart, so loyal. May that triumph
be an example to the constituencies of other boroughs
similarly trampled upon by faction ! _

On Tuesday the united orders met, and having arranged
various matters of detail, and elected their several officers,
the Grand Lodge was adjou ned until next July, when
they will meet again in Liverpool.
On Friday morning, the 12th—a day which has ever
been set apart by the Orange body for the celebration of
the triumph of Protestant principles over the power of
Rome,—it was announced by placard that the Rev. T.
Nolan, at the request of a respectable deputation, had
consented to perform divine service in St. John's church,
and to preach to the assembled body. In obedience to
the wishes of their officers, the members had previously
abandoned all idea of getting up any procession, or of
making even the slightest demonstration which might
have afforded an opportunity to the Romish and anti_
church party of the town, of getting up a disturbance and
wreaking their spite upon the loyal supporters of the
constitution, and the Protestant institutions of their
country. At the usual hour of divine service, a nume-
rous body of members proceeded accordingly to church,
without anything like array, or preconcert, and without a
display of a single banner, or any other emblem ; and be-
fore the commencement. of prayers the whole of the body
of the church was crowded with a respectable and atten-
tive audience. a considerable 'proportion being females,
the wives or sisters of the members, the gallery also being
respectably filled. Amongst the congregation we noticed
the Rev. F. Parry and several others of the clergy of the
town, J. Wilkinson, Esq., senior churchwarden, James
Parker, Esq., &r. , &c.
The service was impressively read by the Rev. Albany
Lloyd, after which a sermon was delivered by the Rev.
T. Nolan, of which the following is a sketch, part being
given verbatim :
The text was taken from Exodus, xviii c., 20 v. "And
thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt
shew them the way wherein they must walk and the
wortk they must do." The reverend gentleman then
proceeded amidst the profoundest attention a.: follows:—
It is known to most of you my brethren, that I occupy
this place this more ing in compliance with the special re-
quest of the body that has wisely chosen this mode of
celebrating a day, that in their hearts and minds has long
been associated with principles to which they are ardently
attached, as well as with the remembrance of mercies,
for which this country can never be sufficiently thankful.
An invitation to preach the gospel is one which any ser-
vant of Christ would find it more difficult to decline than
to accept, and on this broad ground I might easily jus-
tify my appearance here this morning : but as much for
the association's sake that invited me, as for my own, 1
deem it right to offer a preliminary word of explanation,
inasmuch as this society, like a still holier society in the
olden time, has of late years been almost "everywhere
spoken against." Our blessed Lord has said, " Blessed
are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my
sake." Now, though not belonging to the Orange so-
ciety myself, I believe the imputations azainst them to be
groundless, and I rest my belief on their openly avowed
principles, which are brictly enunciated—Loyalty to their
Sovereign, based on fidelity to their God. Their practice,
in order to be consistent with their principles, must be
" sober, righteous and godly ;" and while I protest
against the unfairness of holding an entire body responsi-
ble for the inconsistencies or extravagancies of individuals,
I have never discovered the practice of this body to he at
variance with the high principles they profess. Your
proceedings of this day, I cannot but regard as strictly in
unison with your profession : you have come openly to
the house of your God, to praise and to pray according to
the sublime ritual of the church of your country : you
have asked me to offer, from my proper place as a minis-
ter of your church, a word of instruction and exhortation,
and you design a contribution to a strictly national and
church purpose, the Blue Coat School of your town. I
have cheerfully complied with your request, and DO,' pro-
ceed under the Divine blessing and guidance, to testify
unto you the Gospel of the Grace of God, that Grace
" that bringeth salvation unto all men," that faith that
purifies the heart, the love that keeps the c9inmandrm nts,
and in keeping of them finds its first, its best and great
reward.

I In the good providence of God, our lot, my brethren,
has been cast in strange, eventful, perhaps even perilous
times ; a restless desire of change seems to be the cha-
racteristic of the age in which we live. Mighty princi-
ples, the soundness of which hitherto has not been dis-
puted, are now.dragged forth and put upon their trial—an
example from modern politics and theology will illustrate
my meaning—the question, of national education, which
we thought was included in the settlement of the national
church, and of the sufficiency of Holy Scripture as the sole
rule of faith, which also we supposed to have been closed
up for ever, at the time of the Reformation, are now
opened afresh, and find strenuous supporters on both
sides. In such a time then, when the prescriptive re-
spect due to venerable truth and ancient usage, affords
no longer protection to institutions time honoured and
sacred, it were downright folly to expect, that an institu-
tion like the church, by God's blessing planted in the
midst of us, should be allowed to maintain her position
undisturbed, her principles unexamined, her privileges
intact, her possessions unassailed. Only consider the
state and aim of the different parties into which society is
divided in the present day, and the position of our church,
the protest she maintains, the counteracting influence she
exerts against the objects and designs of them all : against
the Revolutionist, she is the upholder of peace and good
order: against the Infidel, she is the faithful witness and
keeper of holy writ : against the Romanist, she is the
stedfast protector against all tampering with either the
truth of God or the liberties of man, denouncing alike her
traditions and her encroachments, proclaiming in one
article that " Holy Scripture containeth all things neces-
sary for salvation," and in another, that " the Bishop of
Rome bath no jurisdiction in this realm of England."
When all this is taken into consideration, our surprise
will be moderated, that parties, who on every other sub-
ject, are wide as the poles asunder, having no other prin-
ciple
in common, should yet be unanimous in this, and
cry out together against our church " down with it even
to the ground." Our church then has many virulent
enemies against which she must contend, but in main-
taining the struggle, the word of our God to whom we
look for counsel and for strength, teaches us that " the
weapons of our warfare are not carnal." Danger to the
church involves a duty of course on the part of her chil-
dren, to rise up in her defence. You, my brethren,
are aware of the danger, and alive to the duty; and my
object is to offer you a word of advice as to the manner in
which, most effectually for the church, and at the same
time most advantageously for yourselves, this defence
must be conducted. In the remarks I have to offer, I
have need to be comprehensive, for I must necessarily be
brief; and unless I am also plain and easily intelligible, I
feel that I must miss my aim altogether, which is to
say something encouraging, instructive, and useful to you.
Bearing this in mind, then, I would beg your patient and
prayerful attention, while I endeavour to show you, first
of all, what it is that makes a church valuable—without
which it would not be worth maintaining or defending;
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is the way, the living, and the true, as well as the only
way. She teaches you the work that you should do when
she declares to you the will of God, even your sanctifica-
tion • and that " without holiness no man can see the
Lord." •

First, then, we ask, what is St. Paul's description of
" the Church of the living God ?"—" the pillar and
ground of the truth." That only can be called a true
church which has the truth, and preaches the truth, and
provides for the transmission of the same truth in its
purity and integrity to the generations yet to come,—
the truth as it is in Jesus,—the truth that sancti-
fies,—the truth that makes free. In this consists the
excellence of our own church. She is built 'upon the
broad foundation of scriptural sufficiency, and scriptural
truth; to the sacred word of God she assigns due pro-
minence in her creed, her articles, her services, through-
out. She has, under God, preserved the truth thus far ;
and as long as she remains what she is, she will continue
to teach it to her children ; since, where the liturgy is
read, the truth of God is honoured and set forth in it.
On this ground, then, we are bold to maintain for our
church, that she answers the description of the Apostle,
and, therefore, lays undisputed claim to the title. It' this,
my brethren, be the real excellency of our church, in
what should the character of real churchmen be conspicu-
ous ? Ought it not to be in the value they set upon that
truth,—in the zeal with which they defend and propagate
it; and, more than all. in the growing holiness with which
they are bound to make manifest its blessed influence over
their own hearts and lives. Here the Rev, preacher en-
tered, at some length, into the gospel scheme of redemp-
tion, by Christ Jesus, meeting all the exigencies of man,
and satisfying all the requirements of God, shewing that
.in Christ the law of God is magnified, and made honour-
able, its perfections drawn out by the very act that de-
prives it all of its terrors. In Jesus only is that, other-
wise tremendous, question answered, " What is written
in the Lord, how readest thou?" "Look unto him and
be saved, for he is God, and beside him there is no Savi-
our." This., brethren, is the " one tiling needful ;"
without this, all else is valueless, as the foam on the
waters. .Make this your grand aim, "seek first the king-.
dom of God and his ri,ghteousness, and all other things
will be added unto you, —" Seek the Lord while he may
be found," seek him in prayer and in the study of his
word. He will shew you the way in which you must
walk, and the work you must do; thus will your peace
flow on as a river, and your righteousness as the waves

of the sea. We regret our want of space for even an outline
of the 2nd division of this instructive discourse : it consisted
of an appeal of the history of England from the reforma-
tion to the revolution ; exhibiting the two principles
in collision—of Protestantism (which he identified with
our church) and of Romanism, the enemy of God's truth.
He sheaved that when Protestantism was in the ascendant,
peace at home, and success abroad was the result.
Whereas when Romanism provailed in the councils of
the state, disaster and defeat invariably followed. The
Revolution he dwelt upon, and the bill of rights, wherein
he said was established and consolidated the power of the
Sovereign, by defining and securing the liberties of the
people,—after which be proceeded :
It remains for me to say a concluding word, as to the
mode in which, especially, I would have you to defend
and support your church. Brethren, the best safeguard
(humanly speaking) a church can have, is in the ardent
affection of her members; and the fairest•reflection of
her excellence is that emitted by their gradually increasing
holiness. Every one amongst you can do something in
this respect, and, while effectually serving his church
thereby, he is also as certainly promoting his own growth
in grace, and most convincingly refuting the calumny of his
enemies ; " that whereas they speak evil of you as of evil
doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good
conversation in Christ." Now dear brethren, bear from
me a word of exhortation, easily associated with the last
remark. You know the severe vigilance with which your
proceedings on all occasions, especially on such a day as
this, are marked by the enemies of yourselves and of your
principles; you know that, while your forbearance or
self-control, will meet with no encouragement or cons-
, mendation, the slightest indiscretion will at once be
magnified into crime, and thus discredit will be attached
to our holy and our beautiful cause. Let me then exhort
you, that the continuance and the close of this day, may
be in unison with the mode in which you have chosen to
commence it, being " sanctified with the word of God and
with prayer," separate early, and proceed peaceably to
your homes. The Christian's purest earthly delights
ought to be at,horne ; his most cherished companions, the
wife of his bosom, and the children of their love. Act on
such anniversaties as this, in such a manner, that your
wives and your children may have reason to rejoice, and
to say it is good for them, and for you, that you have been
here. Then, indeed, will you be in the way wherein you
should walk, and in the work that you should do.
After adverting to the good effects of the several Dio-
cesan Churith Building Societies, originated by the good
Bishop of Chester, end now adopted in every other
diocese in England, he enlarged upon the benefits re-
sulting, and likely still to result, both to the nation and
the church. The public mind was gradually being
disabused of that popular fallacy, that the church
meant only the clergy ; and the energies as well as the
affections of the people were directed towards the church
of their fathers, which he looked upon as the great strong-
, hold of her security and strength, without which, he said,
all parliamentary enactments and ecclesiastical commis-
sions would prove of no more avail against the tide of
revolutionary fury than the cry of the affrighted courtiers
before the plashing surges that dashed the feet of their in-
trepid kine, when he rebuked their sychorancy and ta-ught
them to give the glory to God. After which he concluded
nearly thus:—Finally, brethren, be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might; whether rejoicing in hope,
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you deserved, both sympathy and support ; and this even
in high places. Still you have duties to perform : if others
neglect or forsake their duties, that is no reason for us to
be remiss in the discharge of ours, and we are not without
encouragement, for we serve the Lord Christ, and He
demands of his followers activity in every duty, fidelity
in every trust. " Quit you, then, like men, be strong."
We know Him in whom we have believed ;" and He
will never desert his cause, nor abandon those that put
their trust in him; we know that we shall, we must be,
victorious in the end—" Even more than conquerors
through Him that loved us."

There is a principle and a power in true religion that
can't be described; it must be felt to be undersood. It
enhances worldly prosperity, acting like the pillar of the
cloud lest the glare of this world's sunshine might wither
the Christian's graces : and like the pillar offire it flings a
light from heaven across the path of this world's tribula-
tion, lest adversity should blight the Christian's hope.
True religion—" the faith of the Son of God"—enables
the believer in patience to possess his sou!, tarrying the
Lord's leisure, hoping still in God: it assures him that at
last he shall surmount every obstacle, and rise superior to
every pressure. So felt a holy man of old, so he believed,
and so he spake, and his words are written for our learning
and encouragement—" Although the fig tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines: the labor of
the olive shall fail and the fields shall yield no meat : the
flock shall be cut off from the folds and there shall be no
herds in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord I will
joy in the God of my salvation." ,

A discourse like Hie above, coming from a minister so
universally and deservedly beloved- as is Mr. Nolan,
wherever he is known, and whose hi,:h talent, sincere piety,
and consistency of principle are acknowledged, may well
be concluded to have been received, by the members of
the order assembled, with gratitude and admiration. It
was so received ; and from every source of.information
which is open to us it has not been without its due effect,
in strengthe,ing the hearts of the brethren, allaying that
irritation engendered in their minds by the harsh and dis-
trustful conduct towards themselves and their cause by
our local authorities ; and, above all, in leading them to
look more deeply into the principles, for the dissemination
of which they ire associated, and to strive to direct their
proceedings and their lives in strict accordance with those
principles.
At the conclusion of the sermon, a collection was made
in aid of the funds of the Blue Coat Hospital, after which
the congregation Quietly departed.
But it was not the intention of their cowardly enemies
to permit a body of men, whose principles are held in
detestation by all disturbers of the public peace, to return
even from the performance of a duty so sacred as the at-
tendance upon the church of their land, without insult
and attempted outrage. Accordingly, on the termination
of the service, the church-yard of St. John's was found
to be surrounded with a mob, filling the whole of St.
John's-lane and the Old Haymarket, and extending for
a considerable distance up Manchester-street and along
Whitechapel, about whose mischievous bent there could
be no question. Several attempts at stone throwing were
made, and no taunts or insults were spared to induce the
desired disturbance. The presence of a strong body of
police, however, repressed any very active violence;
whilst the highly-praiseworthy coolness and patience of
the Orangemen most materially contributed to this gra-
tifying result. One party was followed along Lime-street,
nearly to the Park, by a mob of disorderly fellows, who
were only deterred from an attack upon them by the firm
and resolute, yet forbearing, demeanour which they pre-
served.

In the evening, the lodges dined at their various houses
of meeting, displaying further their obedience to the au-
thorities of their town, by submitting to, what we cannot
but think, a somewhat unreasonable demand of the magis-
trates, that the usual flags should not be hoisted from
their lodge windows ; and we ate glad to be able to assert
that, notwithstanding continual and persevering attempts
to aggravate them, not a single case of disturbance, re-
quiring the intervention of the police, threw a stain over
the orderly proceedings of the previous day.

ENGRAVING FROM THE CELEBRATED PICTURE OF
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the British forces on that eventful day. His Grace
(about three years ago) authorised Mr. Salter—and him
alone—to paint a representation of the banquet of that
year, and every facility was afforded him, the officers pre-
sent having expressly sitten to him for their portraits.
He is admitted on all hands to have succeeded in conveying
in his truly national picture correct likenesses of all the
gallant men who were present—some of whom have since
been " gathered to their fathers”—as well as of the splen-
did apartment, and its appurtenances, in which they met.
The picture thus possesses, and will continue as years re-
volve to possess, increasing interest. In the language of
the prospectus of its publication, it is well remarked that
" It is impossible to imagine a subject of greater and riaore
general interest than this picture, which represents the
actual portraiture of more than seventy of those warriors,
who, having won fame and rank under their gallant host,
thus assembled on the anniversary of the crowning act of
all their heroism--to recall the events of that stirring
time—to offer a tribute to the memory of those who fell—
to rejoice with those who are spared—to offer their con-
gratulations to their veteran leader—and to receive his
hospitality beneath his roof, proteeted during twenty-five
years of a peace which was won and has been guarded by
their valour." When we add that we have seen the en-
graving, and that it is an admirable work of art, in the
finest style, a perfect counterpart of the original in indi-
vidual likeness and detail, we trust we need not add a
word to induce many of our townsmen to do honour to
themselves as patriots and as men of taste by visiting Mr.
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; that of the late George Canning, given
Since the writing cf a notice of the Queen's picture, by
' Leslie now on view at Mr. • Grundy's Repository of
Arts, Church-street, we have been' gratified with a view
becoming
of a splendid new portrait of Lord Sandon, destined, we
believe, for the Collegiate Institution. The picture is
painted by the same artist as the full-length portrait of Mr.
Gladstone, which we recently had occasion to eulogise.
It is rich and powerful in colouring, well studied in ar-
rangement of light and shade, and firm and vigorous in
execution. The position is easy and natural, and the ex-
i.ression pleasing and characteristic. We are glad to find
that it is proposed to engrave this portrait upon a large
and important scale, uniform with the full-length portrait
of Canning, after Lawrence—to which it will make an ad-
mirable companion; and from the deserved esteem in
which the noble lord is held by all classes of his consti-
tuents, we feel confident that this opportunity
.of being
put in possession of a faithful record of his person will
not be neglected by the public. The picture will, we
understand, remain for a few day's at Mr. Grundy's,
where we recommend our readers to take an early oppor-
tunity of viewing it.

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