The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-03

diicuy Until we have these churches our position
adenuae provision for preserving the vitality Of those
great principles and of efectualy securing the interests
Of Christ's Kingdom. Many Of our congregations are
able to build churches; but the great majority OF them
utterly unable. As ample provision was made fol
their support the ministers Of the Church were settled
port minister amongst them And the consequence has
been that in parishes the people quite unable 20
contribute adequate and for many cannot be
expected to be able to support minister But we had de-
termned and every reasonable and just ind will see the
prorrety of the that all the ministers who
out with should have the Of existence pro
yded for them. decent provision Of the necessaries OF
life is all that is required and all that seek To Obtain
this, accumulation OF the contributions Of the richer
congregations and Of sister churches necessary and
for this purpose the Central Fund" has been estab
hshed, and msconception respecting this fund
prevails quarters, find may not be amiss to
| refer to the matter for = moment. Some suppose
that we intend to collect sum- the interest of which
will be sufficient for our purposes Well Think need
hardly inform this assembage that amid all most san
gune expectations and most ambitious aspirings we ne
pie object of the Central Fund" is to make the conrbu
tons of the richer congregations available to securing
the necessares of life to the ministers OF congrega
tons and provide for the extension OF churches in the
poorer districts Before conclude these remarks, which
have fear. already been too much extended must say
something with respect to the necessity Of the Central
Fund" in the erection OF churches, because we invoke
your aid in that work. When minister came OUT and
brought with him the great body Of the people, we hold
that lac entitled to decent maintenance and that that
congregation is entitled to retain its minister though
support him. and that therefore they should be
assisted by the annual contributions of richer congregs
tons In like believe that such minister and
people are entitled to decent church in which to
ship even though not able to for themselves
This is view just and reasonable in seif-so SUITED
to existing Circumstances well fitted to maintain
and uphold firm and permanent testimony TOR the great
principles for which called on to contendtha
warmly appeal for aid in carrying it out to christian
churches OF other and denominations the FIRE,
churches Of other lands and think especially thai
we can boldly and confidently appeal for
sistancs in this work TO the free Presbyterian
churches of Observation-Disclosures all less directly
descended from the Church OF Scotland Of which
the free representatives, mean compared with thu
residuary establishment" could give striking
anecdotes illustrative of the lberay of individuals and
also of the deestable tyranny exercised by noblemen
patrons ohc artocracy for the purpose Of putting dow
the free Church of Scotlandto force their tenaury into
dependence could tell you of large tracts Of country
with of thousands Of people who have left the esta
bshment and only few scores Of adherents to 1t bu
in which, in consequence Of the inveterate hostility ofh,
landed proprietors Il is impossible to procure site for
church, in some cases ground which TO erect
camp tent could tell you of these things and mucl
more and hope that may have opportunity Of doing
the other meetings which have been called
But cannot this occasion do this shall merely
fer to one incident which probably Of you may have
heard Of venerable minister so years old and who for
half century had abored in the service of the great Head
othe Church with great zeal and fidelity amongst the
number of those who joined the secession. lie had .
widowed daughter who resided in the same parish and