The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-10-10

ry grant, entitled The Regium Donun1;
atFording facilities for extension and esta'
blishment, of which the principles of the
remaining sections Of the church will not
allow them to participate.
The Wesleyan Methodlsts are unhappl'
ly divided into parties, having scarcely
any other distinctive feature, than, in one
a rigid adherence TO the communicable
and baplsmal service of the established
church, and, in the other, the proper al
lowancc Of Christian liberty in these re-
spects. They differ in nothing from the
English portions, except in the increase
Of selC-denying labor, greater ilineran1
rrivations, more formidable obstacles 10
encounter, and the greater, need OF the
exercises Of faith and patience as they
fulfil their ministry. To them must be
assigned the enviable distinction OF having
preserved numbers from conforming to
the Romish faith, and Of having been the
honored instruments in the genuine con-
version Of many during long period OF
Incidence on the part Of wealthy esta-
blishment; they, too, arc preparing for
the more vigorous prosecution Of their
important work, encouraged and aided
by their centenary contributions.
The congregational Churches, as di-
vided into Independents and Bap,ists,
next claim attention. Except in some of
the large cities and towns, as Dublin,
Cork, Waterford, Sligo, these are. either
wholly or partially under the fostering
care of the societies supported by their
respective denomination, with exclusive
reference to Ireland's welfare: for a
period they must be thus or
similarly sustained.
Protestant dissent has every adverse
element 10 encounter; and it was not in
aptly observed by an English Minister,
al the close Of atour in this country. "It
must be the praise Of our brethren that
they labored and not tainted" Their la
bors are essentially Missionary;a and though
not associated with many of the dangers
and privations which attend missions to
The heather, arc, i! is conceived Of much
more depressing character. The heathen
appear more accessible; they have not the
suspicion and the prejudice Of the Irish
Roman Catholic, nor arc they surroun-
ded by the namelcss petty jealousies and
hindranccs which here encompass the dis
senting teacher, be his spirit as inoflen-
slve and as candid as it may; like their
brethren, in distant lands, they labor, for
the most part, alone: to the interchange
Of service, to the friendly converse that
brightcns aud sharpcns, to associated
prayer and counsel, they ore compare
tive strangers, they have not the resources
on which 10 fall back in time Of need, that
sustain, their English brethren.
Yet, while the condition of the majority
presents these claims on the sympathy
and prayers Of their friends and brethren
in more favored circumstances, colnpa.
rison Of the present with the past is su(-
ficcnt 10 encourage in course Of patient
perseverance. The expenditure, the toll,
the privalions, and the severe exercises
of mind, which must accompany evangcli-
cal labor in Ireland, have not been unpro-
ductive: On many benighted district has
shone the light Of life, it has penetrated
the cabins of the peasantry; awakened
the spirit of religious inquiry in the mind,
which Popery appeared to have hermeti-
cally scaled, conducted the trembling
soul to Christ as the only refuge, and illu.
mined with peaceful rays the departing
spirit as religion consummated its glorious
work"
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