The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-05 00:00:00

Dec. 5, 1843

VITATION TO UNITED PRAYER,

CORRESPONDENCE.

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4 THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ON
MONDAY THE IST OF JANUARY, 1844, BEING THE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—In an answer " To Correspondents " of your
journal of last Tuesday, allusion is made to a letter signed
" A Member of the Church of England," urging the duty
senusearlY Beloved in the Lord,—lt is under a deep f9of rgt ihvei gr
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influe, of a rapid progress of time, and of the commanding
prisonerp" for conscience sake" in the Island of Madeira.
at the our Lord's warning to his Church should have In order, therefore, to elicit more direct attention to the
hies's"! present moment,—" Behold, I come as a thief ; purpose suggestions of your correspondent, and for the
...tiled is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments," p, if need so require, of stimulating the public mind
teatea,t I new, for the EIGHTH TIME, call upon you to to an immediate and cordial response thereto, it may not
otsr Ina GENERAL CONCERT FOR PRAYER FOR THE perhaps prove unseasonable to cite the few following re-
pos:en, RING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, which it is pur- marks, relative to the very valuable exertions already
bey e°Y Divine permission, to hold on THE FIRST made by that truly excellent Christian philanthropist, as
Prit,!TRE NEW YEAR, MONDAY, JANUARY THE copied from the observations of one who, only three
e•'' 1844 years ago, visited that remote clime, and who had the
Lhe' d ' falls, pleasure of a personal introduction to the worthy doctor
affords ay of the week on which the New
.Year.
himself:—
Por tha very favourable season for this devotional union.
That mild spirit of religious toleration, exhibited by
1011,4 PM. ST OF JANUARY, 1844, will dawn upon
the ecclesiastical authorities of the Romish Church, has
Yetis 1.4
the sweet savour of the Sabbath still fresh upon given encouragement to the friends and supporters of
Psat. has
;—on the day also which, for several years scriptural education In Madeira; and one happy conse-
for ; as been set apart by many of the Lord's servants quence resulting therefrom is, that during the period of
that Peeial prayer for the extension of his kingdom. So not more than three years, upwards of 500 copies of the
lotienen united with those devout Christians who be- Bible, of our own version, without note or comment,
with ,L Your own communion, you will be in fellowship have found their way into the various habitations of the
' worm the excellent of the earth" in all parts of the Roman Catholic community, and especially so among the
.
Ma poor. This large distribution of a treasure so truly pre-
e
iistr e our Heavenly Father, for his dear Son's sake, cious, cannot be made in vain ; and although, when such
a° ant Upon his people " the Spirit of grace and of books were first being circulated by a. worthy. gentleman
th't"ea•tion," that their prayers resented before the (whose name and labours I shall mention in the sequel),
tsr?,,,. by their Great High Priest,P may ascend as an the ecclesiastical heads took alarm at such unlooked-for
proceeding!, and orthwith instituted a. ecial ihquiry
ble-"able offering, and bring down a very abundant
essin into the objects contemplated by the individual Scripture
The g' propagator,—suspecting, however, that no very great
ta, aspect of the times specially calls for this United harm could result, so long as they themselves were dili-
-4 eitser of the Faithful ; for the New Year approaches gently vigilant, the excitement thus caused soon after-
so 41;1 day of darkness and of gloominess ;"—a darkness wards subsided, and so the respected party was again
pate e,k, that the Lord alone can clear the sky, or dissi- allowed to enjoy the free exercise of his profession un-
-I,,tne clouds now suspended over us. molested, and consequently unsuspected by any.
te,'l adverting to these dark shades, it is very far from " The worthy individual above alluded to is a Dr.
laiiiletention to speak of there in a spirit of reproach or Kelly, a native of Scotland, and by profession a physi-
led" accusation. I refer to these events with feelings clan, who, on his way to Madeira, procured his diploma
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seuePr sorrow. F. or to a mind in a.ny. degrer, influenced at Lisbon, with the usual license to practise among the
Portuguese immediately on. his arriving at that remote
all Lord's command to his disciples, Love one
colony of the great Atlantic. The. doctor's knowledge of
other
how humiliating is the state of our highly
physics, coupled with long practical experience in skilful
, but deeply sinful, Protestant country ! surgery, soon procured for himself a name worthy of
NtaitenNland alas ! instead of being united in main- high commendation among the. resident poor of the
til the religion of our Protestant forefathers,. our island, and especially so as medical relief was sought and
ete•-;,;, Continues to be disturbed by Tractarian errors. obtained by them without any pecuniary award, save the
it, 1:1 I ransubstantiation, or something very similar to warm and cordial response of a truly grateful heart.
ipre",,,as been preached; and so widely has the leaven " This worthy and benevolent gentleman, however,
elist4git that one of the bishops in our sister island, to does not content himself with merely administering to
11" its influence, has published the powerful charge the physical necessities of the indigent poor, but, along
ee Slivered against these errors ; whilst the Bishop of with that, he is also carefully anxious that their spiritual
seat the interests should likewise be deeply consulted ; and this
the East, and the Bishop of Ohio in the
elha'tt have found it necessary, even in these distant he does with a fervency and zeal, which never fails to
characterise the labours of a truly disinterested philan-
Nes, to guard their clergy against them.
died'''. is this the only cloud. For such, alas ! is our ,thaphiosut.fmßoonuentifual iwnitdhisopefnsiip medicine for fear
same time
eaci ed state, that whilst most persons of sound wisdom deals out withy a
hand,without price, he h und
a liberal as opportunity offers (an !sret,.'ntelligence consider, humanly speaking, that the he is always in season to the native poor of the island),
Stye of our country depends, under God, upon provid- the bread of eternal life. Himself an accomplished scho-
ittere 'working classes with a Scriptural education, the lar, and versed in the language of the Portuguese, Sab-
prti,'"ePt to introduce this national blessing has been bath after Sabbath, and often during the week, is his
esea :ted. by that want of union which is so desirable little chapel actually besieged with anxious hearers, who,
Peels° vital a subject. These are the clouds now sus- although as from necessity they are compelled to attend
1,1%1 over Protestant England. mass and confession, as enjoined by their own church,
Fos,,7otland, alas ! the prospect is still more gloomy. are nevertheless seeking instruction, and deriving edifica-
tion, under the valuable and sound scriptural ministra-
heed': disruption in the Church, which was only appre-
tions of the doctor himself. In addition to his almost
ell i eel last year has actually taken place ; and now—
keen° does not' deeply lament it I—we see a divided c,iosnsteaantatbplii•getidce of Bible
school-houses
and. prayer,l lie
ahnal
sal y' They " who took sweet counsel together, and
ecroansissetiineg of gotsrischildt r'eenLa'natiladulte,
ian'tehese the pupils,ev
aparat unto the houee of God in company," are now are instructed in the first and simplest rudiments of secu`-
'003ti.,!4:1; and, as many consider themselves to he, are lar learning,—based upon the same principles as our own
fot,..7nled by conscience to avoid communion with, if church practice, by allowing the Divine Scriptures, with-
Aetelually to oppose, each other. out note or comment, to occupy a first and chief place in
hike° as to Ireland, what meets us there, but undis- all his educational schemes. As I have before remarked,
lletislefforts to burst the bonds which now unite the his professional advice and medicine are both gratuities
the law empire, kept under only by the strong arm of to the poor, than which nothing appears to tell more
, N,s, , or by military force ? powerfully or persuasively on the mind and natural feel-
-I'Kenare the calls for a devotional union among those ings of the indigent Madeiramese, a very prominent fea-
N,'o Si lure in their character being the. procuring of the requi-
, gh and cry for the abominations that are in the
thißin And ,mperious indeed is the call. For if Al- sites of life at the cbeapcst possible rate." *
Teus much touching the philanthropic labours of Dr.
she el God, in his unmerited mercy, does not help 115
.a. ' Kelly, whose critical and perilous situation in Madeira
tth I." • Who but he, who dispels error by giving
loudly calls for our cordial and united sympathies ; and,
I;4oaeot•lght of the knowledge of the glory of God in...the to repeat what so recently appeared in one of the London
hree,te 4 esus Christ ; " who softens down contending journals in reference to the same momentous question,
Carta ,nt by shedding abroad a spirit of love in their " unless his release be speedily and imperatively de-
eel tie and who " makes the wrath of man to praise mended by the British Govenment, in all probability the
teat remainder thereof he restrains ;"—who but this doctor may he transferred torso me more remote place of
'Cand oerse glorious God, the Omnipotent Ruler of the confinement, where he may never more be heard of."
. t:t.l, ...._,,
k n the God and Father of our Lord Jesus I am, &c.,
n.lvile,,' —who but he, of whom it is declared that Nov. 29th, 1843
''' the".rthe enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit
,ttlie ti "Lord shall lift up a standard against him ; "-
1'411414 BHe can befriend us ? Blessed' he his name ! _____
'fill d ,4.1 d) " Call upon me in the day of trouble, and TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
. hop the
you ; and thou shalt glorify me." MR. Eneroa,—An old proverb says, " What is every-
teeety u,i then, " that loves the Lord Jesus Christ in sin- body's business is nobody's business." Now, as I hap-
iiihi4l
“nr remembers his last prayer that all who believe pen to belong to the Nobody tribe, I shall be obliged by
°tile, inay be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I your inserting, in your valuable paper, the few following
theJltray that they also may be one in us • that the world Somethings, which, though written by Nobody, deserve
elieve enot • ' in more or less the attention of Everybody. lam a plain
e,, . that thou hast sent me"—will join
s 'Monet concert, and, as with one heart, present man, Mr.. Editor, and make a remark or ask a question
:4e, mated prayer that the' Lord, for his dear Son's just as things occur to me.
21iieelaY Pour down the abundance of the enlightening, Last Sunday forenoon week, i.e. the 19th of this in-
stant NoveTber,. I was at my usual place of worship,
ir,:ree
o`fr'tg2 strengthening,_
comforting, and sa:nctifyinz i
' attentively listening to a good Gospel sermon, when the tae Holy Spirit, so that the clouds now hanging • •
Ita ,''3rnaminister and congregation were, as is often the case
r>i y pass away, and " the bright and morning greatly annoyed by the progress of a herd of swine'
Lit ee'eh..dee time appear ? through the street. The bipeds and quadrupeds seemed
; this
n,eB almost unnecessary to offer other motives to vie with each other which should produce the greatest
,toes e eotional union, so powerfully ought the state number of discordant notes. I must, however, do justice
'°o th entry to press upon us ; still I cannot hut men- to these objects of Jewish aversion, by declaring I did not
hear a single oath from any one of them : so the hog is
11Firare,, additional reas-ons :
,mieji,,,., Lne state of the Lord's ancient people. When more moral than the hobgoblin that drives hirn.--24pro-
tlitprvelste_ti.on. for a concert for prayer on the first day of pos, Mr. Editor : there was a great to-do, not very long
ago, with the Railway Company about Sunday travelling!
l','"t ehtir sent year was given, the foundation of a Protes-
Be pleased, worthy sir, in your next week's. publicatiori
Ith_4lipto4elsle.-as laid on Mount Zin and agentsthe hu,ildinig_
to inform the ladies and gentlemen and public of Liver-
Veetisie '. mg' ; but, as if Satan's were .amu
Pool, if you happen to be acquainted with any respectable
oed J at work in all the Turkish Governor has
office where ladies and gentlemen can insure their shins
Tf
the an order to our parts,missionaries to stop the building
rili eh against fr the very numerous wheelbarrows
A Ati church, Application has since been made to the which are constantly perambulating the flags put down
el at
Ao e ere, Constantinople to have this order reversed, for the pedestrian's convenience.--Query: Who pays for
e'atisfa'ean granted allowing the work to proceed; but putting down these flags and keeping these footways in
Pek'et, the y answer has as yet been returned. repair? Not the body corporate, I calculate?
s'eliin 'en, Prayer ascend that he who inclined the I conclude it would be construed into an infringement
Oh tereer°,°riareh to make a decree., that what was of " the liberty of the subject," if people were prevented
8a" f rlued by the God of heaven, let it be diligently from setting their own chimneys on fire, to save the ex-
Ole :; 'Be house of the God of heaven • " that this pense of sweeping. Smothering their neighbours is a
illeesFaci°us God may exercise his over-ruling' provi- trifling consideration ; and if a shilling can be saved,
'Le '°l. the buildingnever mind a house, or even a street, being destroyed ;
itit,re, 4,...,
that, of our Protestant church in Jeru-
and, moreover, let this benefit be recollected—it may
,lthe "°, when built, the house may "be filed help to keep the firemen in practice:, and the engines from
le li! e6'ery of the Lord."
getting out of order.
RBteel,roPra.y for, the peace of Jerusalem ;" remember- lam quite ashamed for being so troublesome, but can
IL eead tnise, They shall prosper that love thee." you, Mr. Editor, afford me information as to the pre-
ea,oB,, During the present year, the door for sending rniums given chimney painters, whitewashers, and room-ma-
eheat,Pel to China. has been widely opened, by the kers, to the -sweFps, for emptying theirs oot-
' agein of the Chinese treaty. Our eastern territo- sacks, and then well shaking them in the open streets,
het have been enlarged ;so Our
s our other when. the dining and drawing-room windows are so inyi-
‘lr I(ais, the highly-venerated Bishop of Calcutta, tingly open to catch the morning breeze ?
Alt..* ,
ti tete Placed over a large portion of the globe, called Law is very far from being a cheap commodity.
4t4 se, Through you, my worthy friend, I may ask a counsello
a question without inclosing a fee. If a carpenter's "basr-
4, ll_ , has now Scinde added to the whole of elin-
lr'reee'llo the Straits of Malacca, and the coast of
ee, e. e ket of tools, slung across his shoulder, should chance
have a saw projecting some ten or fourteen' inches, the
te i+ °De,. surely we need only to be reminded of these to
Thread
arm
for sending the Gospel to the Heathen, teeth of which come in contact with the pretty face of a
teeisee ar-e''' gladly to unite in this devotional concert. belle, or the moustaches of a beau, and
their•
a se, at thseeie of the special calls for prayer which are beauty, might a deodand be levied on t'
ePolise !approach of the new year. May they find Or should one of the huge sharp-edged iron shovelse suaswed
for unloading salt and other purposes, and carelessly ear-
ths 4(44,10 every Christian heart !
lea,,Niee eersons will he encouraged by this fact : that ried on Pat's shoulders from place to place, just happen
la
far
elle, was f r Prayer, on the first day of the present to dislodge a few teeth. from the mouth of a passer-by,
Cks It war more extensively held than on any former could any reward be claimed for a discovery of a proven-
tliteatla, •," observed. on the continent of Europe, in tive of the tooth-ache?. It just occurs to me that I have
eat
Tl4O n, the United States, on the coasts of the Me- observed of late a considerable addition to the number of
,40 i",?, and in the East and West Indies • and at dentists. I hope there is no league, but of late we hear
so much of the Bread League, I am rather alarmed.
kiee fops') "pies of the " Invitation" were circulated. ." I hope I don't intrude " beyond pardon on your pa-
tlA3,4t,tho;:wang suggestions. are respectfully.. offered,' to' tience, but I have a great curiosity to ascertain correctly
i eaena 'ne are desirous of a similar union on Mon- whether any serious apprehensions are really entertained
I,o't- I, , rY 1, 1844 :
by the gentlemen of our Police-court, and indeed by the
litttsln(etea'rtehris_tians follow the example of our blessed police body generally, that in consequence of the efforts
hi Deere ~' '• 2e), who rose up a great while before day making for the education of the rising generation, and the
NI! he alair,a_Ye,r. Let them thus secure the blessing of moral amendment of the town, their services will not be
11),oy p_,B, ' Pray to thy Father which is in secret, much longer required. Such things have been surmised
8;e13e,, ',Leer which seeth in secret shall reward thee as possible, and it is presumed that to prevent so serious
has Let an injury to such a number of persons and their families,
Ilnitils,irit'it them call upon the Lord in their families, for and to. avert. so serious a calamity as the suppression of
juvenile delinquency, St.. john's Market is patronised as
0,, 8, theirel be poured upon themselves and their house- Juvenile
nursery, or rather training-ground, for juvenile. preen-
lr Lora neighbours, their country, the ministers of
NI , the Churches •
e4„.Jne, of Christ, the remnant of scat- es invariably On Saturdays, from the pockets
;id. "e and outcast Israel, and upon the Gentile
01 ~. ofpladiesand gentlemen.
rw' Wb And now, my patient friend, I think. I must say fare-
tioese , ere circumstances will admit of a morningcongregation well for the present. How shall I requite your kindnesb?
Vthe . be assembled, and, in addi- By the way, are you fond of segars ?Be sure let me
ille at appointed prayers and a suitable sermon, let know, as there are some good ones to be got in Dale-
lrtrPte 're devoutly-disposed partake together of the street, and the owners pay neither rent oor taxes. I was
leesthe eslar the Lord ; or, as may be more convenient, surprised, till let into the secret, how these sailor-like-
, ielep ,°l.,e congregation meet in the evening for public looking men durst accost persons in the street, and offer
'4O. f.:::° let an appropriate discourse be preached. them smuggled segars and tobacco, and such a number of
the ministers of the Lord meet on the follow- them, and in the very teeth of the police ; but I find the
yeet'T;uth their brethren of their own communion, in town is in delicate health, smoking keeps off many com-
a Of Player for themselves, their flocks, the whole Plaints, and iso
etrhse
acommissionersx
poef
rfmiccet
te ainf do thebe
nme i
gilot, ,o 48„, 't, and the world at large ; and then spe- to theppeople, I say never mind the Queen's pocket.
tallto tee ~,t together upon the most effectual means for Yours, faithfully, EPSILON
leit fortne comina of the Lord' kingdom,and rt. 43' 1 Yes the .te 8 -
o 4 , that continuance of such a general concert for
k liteoretit ' the year may proceed according to this de-
-4,41 themen
'Ok'etlier Lord accompany these means of grace, or
41ti1t.14 ! as may be adopted,' with his abundant bless-
te'rotti the
it indeed be a season of special refresh-
kie `t th. ''''e presence of the Lord.
A ls b
tOs eye e the prayer of all who read this paper •
^re e N '
Ars at k. ew Year is now approaching, it would be
r, el Ito
,"‘4ll'4flu "ness if those who approve the object, and
ise,,t4,4ee
.over the press, would republish and cir-
,,keill ~, notation, which any one into whose hands it
rik,a4 S
7. h.„ FULL PERMISSION TO DO.
'. With all who love the Lord Jesus in since-
el etla
" hra
ere, Ye their affectionate brother and servant in
Of.

FIST DAy OF THE NEW YEAR

* Vide " Reminiscences of Madeira." 1641

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR,-At the opening of the Conciliation Hall, Dublin,
Mr. O'Connell did me the especial honour to prefer
against me a triple charge of sedition, sectarianism, and
bigotry, at the alleged instigation of a priest in Manches-
ter. That charge was of so unfounded and calumnious a
nature, yet so pregnant with consequences, that I feel
myself bound to repel the allegation which has stained
with unretracted falsehood the lips of the Irish Dictator.
How, however, logical subtlety could torture a simple
repeal address to the Catholic into an instrument of se-
dition, or how even his legal acumen could denounce my
placard to be sectarian or bigotted, transcends my powers
of reasoning, and defies the judgment of those who have
seen it, and who know something of the force of language
and the value of written legible words. In that printed
paper, or placard, Mr. O'Connell's quick eye has detected
words which no other eye but his own can see, and which,
as they do not exist, logic enables me to affirm can never
be made visible either to his or any other mortal's vision-
ary powers, however acute and perceptive. To waste
words, therefore, upon that which is not, would be egre-
gious folly; for, besides that the English Catholic loves
his Queen too well to violate, by preachings of sedition,
the laws of his country, which are guarded by her execu-
tive authority, his intuitive convictions of the madness of
such advice are so keen and vigorous, that he would hunt
from his society the wretch who would be so bold as to

JAMES HALDANE STEWART,