The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-04

In reference the completion of the graduation and
perstrucure with the means in hand and in accordance
forw ard the work, have hesitation in declaring my
belief that the road may be completed and in operation
through its whole lengthon or before the list OF July next
(signed) JAMES ]. sHIPMAN,
Chief Engineer.
DIR. Cunningham's second Appearance mt DE-.
Skinner's Church, Last Evening.
very respectable and pretty numerous audience
assembled last evening in DR.. SINNERS church,
In Mercer street, for the purpose of hearing Dr;.
Cunnngham's appeal to the Free Churches o!
America, on the part OF the s. Free Church OF
Scotland" very considerable number OF the
we recognized Dr. Potts-looking somewhat more
savage than usual-Dr Skinner, DIR. Knox, DIR.
Mcleod, and others equally distinguished.
DR.. CusslscHAM commenced by saying hewoud not &C
cupy the time of auditors by extended remarks the
principles involved in the controversy which had
Gently in the disruption of the Scottish estab
represented grand and efficient depository of
gospel truth He had had the pleasure the other day of
Of the celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims The
orator of the day had truly stated that the Purans had
learned much from their intercourse with Geneyaso too
had the Scottish reformers. Some of them Knox and
others, had been brought up at the feet Of Calvin and
Be1a at Geneva Melville had also resided there From
that source rather from the word of God az
and illustrated blythe great lights there the founders othe
Scottish church had learned many of their soundest
tons Of civil and religious liberty Dr. C. then went on
speak the had produced the disruption of
the scottish establishment had aw avs been the policy
of the States who established religion in any form to
worldly and secular purposes Accordingly patronage"
preserved. That was in truth relic of ieudal bar
barism 1t substantially the right ofsome of rank
property to present the minister Of the parish in which
he resided with which he connected" This of
OF the church. was absurd that the possession
ly OF certain civil right should entte thus to
on the rights Of tine that Was sh
ofscotand succeeded in 1892 in rendering this system
less Questionable Yet there still remained reservation
of the right representation to the crown and landowners
At the era OF the glorious revolution, patronage
abolished, and church and state union
The church courts then established ia the right of
veiong the nomination of the patrons But the State
still DESTROYS regain unlimited power and shortly az
the revolution the system of patronage re.estab
lshed The power of vetong indeed still remained and
in small cases was exercised But patronage gained more
and ascendancy and the church in consequence be-
grevously corrupt Several secessions accordingly
took place during the last century These secessons,
however not based much great principles
individual of oppression Many holy men
remained in the church, and they struggled faithfully
one whose memory was still dearly cherished in Amer
ca-Dr John Wiherspoon, for many years President OF
Princeton College He labored most zealously and eii-
ceny against the system of patronage and its necessary
evils Still under thelascendancy of the moderate par
ty," whose, true character was exposed in Wither-
evils to which he DR. CO referred continued to u-
crease. At length matters assumed more favora-
psy gained Ss and to
apply their principles faithfully to the management
of the affairs of the church From this resolution and the
present application to the carrying oft out all the recent
discussions and subsequent disruption took their origin
dr. here repeated substantially considerable portion
of the statements made by him in the Wall street church
and which were fully reported in yesterdays Herald
In speaking of the legal struggle Of the church. Dr. C.
rty of the lawyers and by five of the Judges
Dr. c. went to describe the relative position Of those
who remained in the establishment and those who had Sc
parated from tit The former retained their civil privi
leges and emolumen as the condition becoming slaves
bound hand and foot renouncng the headship of Jesus
Christ and rendering unto Cesar the things which
Gods The latter stood forth in the liberty wherewth
Christ made his people free held by their principles and
ured the loss of all things rather than desert their duty
God. That indeed time to test mento try men,
The sin Of relinquishing the most trivial principle
Of the greatest worldly advantage They thought that
they had done bothihonesy to God and to
ing God by adhering to ms truth and acting no.
priviegesrather than retain them sinful conditions Dr.
G. then proceeded to describe the condition and sacrifices
terms reported in yesterdays paper In speaking
of the beray of the bodies of dissenters in England
Dr. C. remarked that their friendly feelings had been ex
cited only towards the Church. also each
other. He DR. C had been delighted in this country to
perceive the existence of such friendly relations between
the various sister evangelical churches. He might give
many facts illustrative of the berality OF the people Of
Scotland To many of them they could say in the Ian
guage of the Apostle, "To you power and beyond you
power have given" One instance might be stated a
mason in Argyleshire came forward and contributed
others very correctly replied that that a madness
which would notb very contagious laughD and indeed
such as that were not but they were not
unknown altogether. Some individuals had given up the
use of their private carriages. One poor woman who
lived by the productions of small garden on the estate
of the Duke Of Buccleugh who refused to grant site
offered her garden a place which to build free
church. The Duke, when he heard of this offered her
that from her Maker she got that ground and to him she
gave backand on that very spot of ground Church
has been erected and will be opened OF course he
Dr C need not ask which OF the parties in this
the nobest Of the two-the corroneed noble the
obscure female who gave her whole inheritance to the
Lord The vast work of erecting churches by
them in all its magnitude, and with equal cearness
seen the utter inadequacy of all the means within the
There some wealthy churches ia Scotland but so
great the work to be done for the great number OF
poor congregations, and deeply convinced Of the i'm
potce of the speedy that those wealthy
churches have resolved to content themselves with the
scantest and most humble accommodations consistent
with dccency. And it recommended general
rule that the Of erecting churches should exceed
Ii shillngs a sitting that that church capable Of
containing looU persons shouid nor cost more tnan one
thousand times that sum- And at present was resolved
that the income of ministers should be graduated in the
economical scale in order that the general waa of
the whole church might be provided for In such cir
cumstances he (Dr. CO thought that he need not be
ashamed in soliciting assistance from the free churches Of
America About million of dollars had been collected
for the erection of churches but that did not afford
onehn of the expense to be incurred in the erection Of
the churches necessary. snoono additional was
the expense Of erecting churches DIR. C. then
made very vehement appeal to the liberalty
in particular He concluded by referring to the OPP
pressve in which the landowners and patrons
employed all their influence in harassng the =" free
church" These acted altogether the principle,
that "a may do what he likes with his own" utterly
regardless of that other principle which their attention
had been recently directed that property has its duties
well as its rights In places where the lairds"
refused ground which the congregations might
stand worship the God of their fathers the people had
to watch the time when the tide receded and then
bled the sands Of the seashore within high water mark
Other cases OF similar nature were reated-he Duke Of
N cin nladn