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PoPULARIrY-A DIALOGUE.

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P0PULARITY-A DIALOGUE
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= ScEsE--.A iacyer's office.
Enter a Presbyterian
4 LAwrER.--Good morning. Mr.. h.
8 Take seat. Sir, L attended your meet
iug yesterday. and was highly gra,ifie,
I with your new preacher. I admir-,
: the warm and powerful style your cler
: gymen are Of late adopting. II is Ger
tainly well calculated TO awaken the
thoughtless. If you settle Mr.. M. in
your society you may consider me ,
subscriber. II is true I am not attach.
ed to any order of christians, but 1 be-
lleve the great bulwark Of our nation al
liberties mustbe diffusion acknowledge:
and have always observed your people
to be foremost in patronising and sus-
tanning seminaries and institutions OF
learning. BY the bye, this reminds
me that our election is at hand-I hope
Mr.. B., we have the pleasure of num-
bering you among our friends in the
approaching contest.
] PREsBrTERIAN.-I will think Of il,
sir. TExi,.
Enfer Baptist.
LAwYER.-Good morning, Mr.. p. I
am glad you have called. Well, went
TO the river. yesterday noon. TO wit
ness the immersion. and / must say
that il is beautiful ordinance-and Il
seems TO me, that your mode Of ad-
ministering il is the most simple and
primitive. To see little group stand
upon the banks Of the flowing stream
unite their voices in that beautiful
hymn. %, how blest are they,'-while
the candidate goes down into the wa
Ter, and comes out Of the water, brings
iorcibly TO ones mind the scenes Of
Jordan and Judea. Besides your cler-
gyman, Elder K. is very interesting
man. Your church government have
always admired; il is 30 republican
II was elder l., Of your order, believe,
who carried the great Cheshire cheese
10 Jefferson. He has been a faithful
old patriot. All, this puts me in mind
that the Jegersonian principles are A.
gain 10 be contested this fall, and
hope we shall find you. Mr.. p. as firm
. patriot az Elder L. has BEEN Exit.
Eafey EPiseopaiiaa.
LAwVER.-Your most obedient SER
want, MIR. E.-happy to see you, SIR.
Well, j WINS in New York last week.
and 1 walked four miles in the morn
ing TO hear Bishop II. lie is truly
polished and eloquent man--aud there
is something in your mode of worship
so systematic-and so much in accor-
dance with decency and order. and so
much the opposite Of that wild. rantlng
kind Of worship. tha. have fallen in
love with il. You see here, / have
purchased me Common Prayer Book.
The organ and choir in Bishop HIS
church are superior 10 any have ever
heard. ! called on the Bishop the
next morning, and obtained an intro
duction TO him. He does not, Of course,
take any open part in politics, yet be
gave me to understand. in the course
Of our conversation. that his feelings
were on the right side. Exit.
[ Enfer .Mefhodisf.l
LAwYER.--How do you do, brother
MI call you brother because my
parents were Methodists. and when j
was child the preachers used to visit
our house, and used to call them all
brother. from hearing my father and
mother call them so. Ii is singular
how strong the Impressions Of child
hood are. Though ] do not profess
religion. yet ! always feel more al
home in q Methodist meeting house
than IN any other. And yet do not
know whether this arises 80 much
from the force Of my early impressions,
As from that simplicity peculiar to
your worship, and which is so congo
NAL with my taste. I was riding thro'
q. the other dsy. and a. came oppo-
siie a piece of woods heard the sound
OF singing. Immediately discovered
there was . eamp-meeting in the W.
entity, and Notwithstanding my bust
ness was very urgent, ! could not re-
sisi my inclination 10 attend. So !
tied my beast 10 a tree, and after walk
ing q mile I came 10 a camp gsound.
The first object that met my eye was
the presiding Elder. brother e.. sp-
pealiag ~ = most svsnFc.Icai maanef
10 the people whO were seated beneath
the shading branches # the surround
ing forest. How forcibiy Il brought
10 my mind the mount Of Olives. I
am considerably acquaioted With Mr.
c.. add though be takes no pari in ths
political contests Of The day, yet IN
feeling he end ! have slesys coineid-
ed. Exit. ]
Eafsr UaiUerseissf
LswYER.--HloW d'do. Esquire -
Well attended your meeting in che
school bouss he ether evening. and
vas edifed wiih fbs sermon. Y0uf
DFrschers. whether night o. vFoaR. sFs
certainly men 81 laleui NJ. 3. used
m0si splendid imaginefy IN his sermon,
snd his Arguments, admiifiag ne pre-
mnes. we're ceFseinly Irresistible. J
easnos ere o. ny part, why people
should be - gEeipdiced agsiosi you7
ssaiimenis. They arr certainly very