The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-03-18 00:00:00

'IIE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARL

.uPt, ms morning

on paying zn

for the Pro-

toneet.4.eistrict. Society, I was disappi
Pressel°tn, arising from several of the
bittLPay the parish

poor people bet.

Zv; -..y kiss generatly
"ng'io pay them at all. AE
-l'antages of this useful inst
pact 11tween the h;gllP-
It
tlites, and thereby blr.-
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Inforte
on you and the pubh
that Voluntary rate, 4s
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A VISITOR
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'OR THE DISTRICT
ENT SOCIETY.

March 17, 1851

7'o Tr 777
EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
„Sill.,—Would you, in your able journal, advocate the
erection of poor men's churches, as the oni., ---
tll.Btoiving the alarming growth of Pop
town nf T -

'e means

along u

who fall a
Prier
benighted creatures. For the acivociLL.,
tchurches and schools for these, we must appeal to your
lalented paper. Our Church is, essentially, the Church
,e the poor, both as re.ards payment and the framing of
4,er.services. She knows no distinction of rich and poor,
'VI and low, titled and untitled, but from the birth to
the burial all her children and members are treated with
c e same respect and care. The cringing and fawning to
lweil lth and rank, which is the blot of all spurious and hp-
iaegii"! to, is not, and I hope never-will be, her u-
n
to ea go the in—
tetin ite a numberg of souls,p oor,
notto a mere
htive-e here„ and there, under her systi
and tr,-„Qu,n(IY, she must have flesh and t
the body,
if she is to be a strong
Let then a 4 .of the , people,—these are h
._
Lu. ••

.vvh-o is ever

the multitude,

She must

.ncl nerve

lesh •and bones

Of
0o the one hand po,,"re liberally to such a noble cause, the erection
ltre men's churches, and they will then discover the
napery -aY of checking ,
tandhe iDissent on the othmensidious encroachr. Witohents f
,
tout' tHooks for the able way in which you have hitherto
ended for
this cause,—l am, sir.,;&c.,

Liverpool, March 12, ISSI

CARITAS

WEST DERBY CHURCH RATES.
tO
`'.E EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
was surprised on Friday by a letter, which was
me by a friend, in the Liverpool Mercury,
tip)prting to be by the Rev. A. 111`Conkey, and bearing
inn l`°
P after the exhibition of bad taste and feel-

14,_,tru the vestry meeting on Wednesday morning. he
te,,ni at least have been contented to have allowed mat-
tp rest there, and having committed one breach of
-"-Priety he would not so soon 'have ventured upon
itUoth
h er.

tot S. it is, and there is no accounting for the consti-
taki,eapf men's minds,: except that, like plants, they par-
ka °I the nature of the soil they grow and vegetate in;
tithe the the human heart manifests its different phases,
au,: for geed or evil, according. to the power which edu-
ieu m or religion have exercised
.over.it. The
in again
left has not had a preponderating influence in again
Will "g the reverend gentleman to publish. a letter which
";titi',ll,!ith thinking minds, do him little good,. and might.;
ull'ganY, be productive of great harm, inasmuch
tpaeal to facts mixed up with extrahneoaurse as it
mnot so
"ve% to mislead those at a distance, w 0.3
its
atld • l'satit with the state of West Derby, its churches,
Nfib, %Misters.
Lebo ,why does Mr. M'Conkey make all this tirade.
,44s untrict, and the not being permitted to marry in
ltretZ'a church, together with much other plausible and
step matter ?
l'isitiw,,°ll,ld ask him, has he ever been prevented from
B_,Pirit"„g,nis own flock, and ministering to their bodily and
;`!: wants ? Can the reverend rector prevent him
),whill ',11i.% or if so, has he ever attempted to do it?
ue itna” nay, does he want more ? If anything, it must
Again, y, and resting in the mere name.
Allurcrtn, the bishop, or Mr. Stewart, (and here I would
e to the indelicate insinuations against his lordship's.
!Ifoe,,acter,) for reasons which, I doubt not, are well-
litled, does not permit him to Tarry in his own church.
hottith as he ever refused Mr. M Conkey the use. of the
etie ? Nay, has he not willingly tendered it when
(thrl 'd, and allowed him every lawful benefit accruing
? Then why all this about marrying ? Simply
trine !
'low come to questions of graver and more serious
ct', and would that I could say the rev. gentleman
Itaidn.,°'llY lit this late affair been the injudicious but mis-
ty actor.
Whiei!, I would ask, is that flock,. or a great portion of
hits he once ministered to, in the church presented
&ith— °Y a lady, in the plenitude of her zeal and
N ride
confidence believing that he to whom she
Ilfp,.l.lt!usted so much 'would have been only a messenger .
:Punt
and mercy to wandering sinners, and a builder up
„ het holy faith of those already in the way to Zion ?
is great portion of that flock, I would again in-
,betym; zcattered, disordered, gone ! Whither ? To that
4gtoi"teifthlyvhich he hasbeen abusing,' and whose minister,
w least et, with so much fluency of speech, possesses
of one great and cardinal virtue, consistency ! and
hi would others of his congregation avail themselves
Well toste •
44., to t ring care, but there is no room ;—it is all very
oh„q to b`l" aboub going to Church to say one's prayers,
a! 144 6 Independent of the minister ! human nature is
the bra and we are led, influenced, and improved
cterpublic as well s rivate vf the minister
Nke pa • a P •
to, its ; arid from him the congregation ill
holt)1 trotrle ;” but when he who has preached the
84488 a and fixed upon his hearers the necessity of
ttb. tretit 4'. a godly life, descends from his high position,
't4eoll-1,1 audience with low jests and witty sayings,
"°e3 he do ; what Vid does serve ? Why,

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