New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-16

and ReGeemer
Educate. therefore, the colored men among US,
under the benign lntiuence OF our civil and rei-
gous institutions 1t will operate on the race.
every where, like the ledven, u!l the Whole mass
will become renovated, and come TORN olsen
rhralled emancipaied, redeemed, and filled uith
The kno,cicdgc and glory Of God. b. B.
Last Sunday Morning.
Sunday morning, as every pore OF every human
being In New York will remember, was of a Cell
clousness to make the soul sw0on IN man. lhr
temperature was Of an Intoxicating soitness and
sweetness. Having leaned ont OF our wlndow
awhile and like vicar OF Nature, interpreted
tor the dumb trees in -. Paui'> church yard
blessing God for their vrrdure and beauty-we
went out aud took our way 10 Tie spot that mast
"rrsls on the seventh day'-the husned wharvts
OF the CITY. Here Can walk on the Sabbath
and (blrssed III meeting Cnly the poor. VINO have
no impertinence IN their eyes turn ones Thoughts
al will inward or outward win this luxury DC
fore US we were taking cur way epJoyabiy through
Johnsireei, wnen, from shut-up shop, came .
hundred dlscoursrs on the beauty OF sunshine and
the sweetness ot Ie-d=courses That we often go
to hear itha sweet child who comprehrnds hcHs
though as vet ignorant OF the alpns bet. A hun
dred birds imprisoned behind the shutters Of d
crowded blrd-shop, were keeping their DARK San
bath upon what light stole 10 them through lne
crevices, Poor things. how they sang We heard
the sounds dying away behind Us I'LL we turned ou
ot the street and went on ouf walk, saGIrr lor
what these children OF nature think OF The Sabbath
for, in what they found II we could not but see
symbol of the shutters made elsewhere tor religion
-Sdbbaths known most, II not only, by additional
gloom and prlvation.
Having finished our morning geAerclses-(prayrr
with the trees, sermon with the birds, aud sell
communion in the solitude OF the wharves)-we
oined friend IN attendance al the hall OF the Ly-
ceun. Here Mr. Channing preaches-to no sec
We had often heard thinking men speak OF these
n fu,Ir hal N a
hundred persons sat on the bare seats when we en-
tered aud the first glance showed us that bold
thinking would pick community from no partlcn-
lar class hrlslocratS, writers, hatlers sh0enak-
ers bellies and sempstresses--two or three OF all
classes, whose faces we knew-mlnsled IN the un
cushioned congregation. Mr. Chaunng sal behind
The table on the PLATFORM and, as man who iol-
lows no lamp OF anohers Lighting, we looked upon
HIM with both respect and curiosity he has The
cpuatenance of outness' which the Germans speak
of-that OF one who leaves himself al home when
he goes abroad in the world unconscious OF any
interest but in his subject or his pursult-the coun'
enance in short, Ot a seil-tOrgettlng enthusiast
We thought, as he read the opening chapter OF thr
service, that some slight desire 10 be personally I'M
presslve would be an AID To his usefulness, ior his
delivery is plain TO the degree OF barrenness He
read Ike strea running over sand, his mud
sinking apparently INTO the chapter as he went on
-fOrgttfu ofthc necessity ot keeping above ground
to be followed by his congregation. Sincerity ana
purItv however. were too leglbly written On MS
forehead, 10 let word fall from hm unllsened for
Mr. Channng took no Text He commenced ii
once with an outline view OF The movement of the
dav of which the past Anniversary Week was tn
strong eyponent-as The blossom Is Ot the years
lie in lh- Tree He regretted the lniidel Conven-
tlon, and he regretted the effort among lhe Boston
Unltarans 10 check The tree inquiry OF The lntdell-
" in their midst, believing that ruth could onh
benefit by examination. He then proved al some
length and very strongly, that lntidrlitv was The
natural result OF the Ctrsllke lie ot Christians
ui all den0mnatioEs-oi their pOmp OF wealth,
pride and covetouSneSs. and Of Their bgotry Of
srct-nen naturally turning from religion which
produced such fruits. Speaking OF The present rag
inc battle between Catholics and PrO,esan's, he
called attention 10 The silent industry, and admlra
bic patience and manage I4ent with which C4thoI'-
cism extended lis Influences and The contrast he
tween that and the NOISY lnethclency OF other
creecs The close parallels in this city, of streets
of snowy mansions. backed by alleys OF horrible
poverty, We're made the theme oi eloquent com
menl, and the manifest Application 10 us, OF The
tauni, Physician, heal tnvseif froni savage ma
tons whom would evangeiize oy The inrrodGc-
ion OF such fruits OF Christian charity and mercy
Mr.. Channlng seemed 10 think II possible. as well
as undesirable, that all Christian seciS should br
built ogetherin love and charity, AM have al least
a common basement OF cooperation IN first prlnci-
ples-polnis OF difference in 5ehet left, Ike The
Gothic pinnacle to be shaped or altered without
staying the usefulness OF the great body OF the
church. He thought thaI by mutual charity, dete-
renee, and removal oi points contested, or uneS-
seniial, from the common path Of common duty,
this great harmony might be- brought about, to the
great furlherius OF Christ's kingdom. And TO this
we SAID, with him. AuEy
We came away Impressed strongly with the be-
nevoent nobeness OF Mr. ChannlneS religious na-
ture, and certainly doing sincere homage 10 his
power OF seneralizing ani truth. seeing II would
be We II for the country ii he more followed,
or if there were more such men n. Y. Mirror.