Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-02-18
For the Lew1shurg Chronicle.
NOTES OF A TRAVELLER.
Preachers ip LONDON.

| EoS. AND REv. 8APr,sT ". L-EEv. II. xE1vII1I.
On unday l went to hear the Hon. 4
Rev Baptist Wriothesley Noel. He has
of late been the subject of very much re-
mark and Of very severe censure in some
quarters, because he followed out his hon.
est convictions and left the Established
Church to connect himself with the Bap-
lists Of course here all who are not
members Of the Episcopal Church are Dis
sentcrs, an as such are looked upon as of
an inferior grade. MIR. Noel is the son of
Sir Gerard Noel, Baronet and his mother,
Lady Barham, is Peercss of England.
He is thus scion of England's proudest
aristocracy. He himself was for some
years one Of the most popular preachers
in the Establishment, and was at last ap-
pointed Chaplain to Her Majesty, Queen
Victoria. OF course when he, few years
ago, left the Church to become Dissen-
ter and Baptist it made quite commo-
tion. He fortunately survived it, or |
sho'd not have had the pleasure Of hearing
him to-day, and it certainly va. pleasure
to me. He has written a work in which
he gives at length his reasons for the very
great change he has made. 1t has attrac-
ted very much attention in tins country,
and has been reprinted in the United
States. 1t has every where been received
with the attention that the We've Of such
a man deserve.
repaired to his church, which is very
near to my boarding house, at an early
hour as l thought. But found it fast
filling up. The church-chapel should
perhaps call it, as only the houses belong
ing to the Establishment are churches ac-
cording to English custom-is u very neat
one and was very well filled. The gallery
runs along each of the four sides aud the
little round, or, it may be, hexagonal, pull
pit stands out perhaps eight or ten feet
from the front of the gallery at the back
end of the house.
was very happy to find that Mr.. Noel
himself was in the pulpit. He is not so
old as had supposed, and his appearance
is very prepossessing. He has high,
open forehead, his nose is long and aqui-
line and his chin prominent He is very
calm and quiet in his manner. l was
struck with his first prayer. 1t was long,
but was simple, clear and explicit. lie
seemed to be perfectly familiar with the
ordinary scenes and duties, cares and wants
of every day life, and to make this knowl-
edge available in leading the petitions of
his large and diversified congregation. 1t
has seldom been my lot to hear one who
was so clear and direct. There were very
few present, 1 should think, who did no,
feel that some confession expressed their
state, and that some petition embodied
their wants, and embodied it SO that they
could not help feeling that they themselves
were brought into the presence of God
l was fully prepared from this to expect !
very plain and very practical sermon, no'
was disappointed. He has very little
action, yet there is no want of earnest
ness. You feel from the very effort which
he makes to meet the various circumstan
ces of his congregation, and to point ou
their dangers and duties, that he is in ear
nest. You see and feel that he earnestly
wishes them to be wiser and more godly-
and that therefore he speaks. l was yer.
much interested indeed in his discourse.
The singing was all congregational
The leader sat in the little desk beneat
the pulpit, and gave out stanra, whie'
was sung, and then second given out an
20 to the end. The congregation gas yer,