New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-14

The relative strength Of the prnciP aldenomi-
D,,;ors sccording 10 the census IL as follows:
rha remaintsr Of the 90 800 is composed .f .olate

hfrO Of
SsnSer Of UnsiAn Church Edifees -
TotL....................... 500
The remainder Of the 20, 800 is composed sf soated
copgregatiuns and very small bodies
F1onS the above we see that the Wesley an Method
t Church is by far the largest body OF Noncontormiss
having IL OO7 church edi6ees, or 2624 more than
every other dis entng body pat together And THIS
church too, only century old
according 10 the CensKs we find that the Church Of
England had 070 more church edllc0s than the
MeihOdiss; and it's to an examination oi tns po ht
thai we wish particularly TO eau the attention o'
your rtaders-for think the figures OF the census
are calculated to misead the mind in the effort to a.
certain the relative strength of these two bodies We
do consider the census, as tar as II Meth
odism, positive data, from which TO decide It's
actual strength and reasons for this opinion are
the following II is well known fact to ell cOnyersant
with the matter, that Methodism in Englsnd and
Wales as we'll in The United States, does not con-
fine IL min-tratOns within church edces but thou
sands OF other places occupied by TO dispense tho
Word of Truth and there societies are also gathered
Therefore TO get at anything like proximate idea Of
the strength OF Methodsm, there ont Doas las they
NAV be called must be taken into the account Let
po. these be underrated; for know from personal
observ ton that the congregations which assemble IN
such places much larger than will be foued Ia the
same number of country chunhcs belonging 10 the
bment and taking these into calcd da'ions,
the Wesley sn MethUdiss have unquestionably more
prsacAing plaees ihan the Church OF E0gsnt.
The Methodisis in England have much difficulty, In
certain locstes in obtaining church sites from the
aristocrac high church landed proprietors his has
beep great drawback in the building OF churches. In
some places they have been Obliged 10 erect "tfn-
slbr church. similar to caravan, IN order 10 supply
the d. fcieuey caused by high church Intolerance,
which is taken from paee TO place az circumstances
demand. What DO you think of this
You sta.e-no doubt taking the ce lsus "a your au-
thority-''that noDconformy is stronge1t in Wales,
the pOpuous counties OF the North OF Eng and ani
some OF the Midlsnd Counties as Nottioghamshire,
m t..ra fnrN Nha Al
part the Church of England predomlnatosi it.
"streneih III 5e1ng particularly great in the agricultural
"di,tIfcis q tke South and West 7 England
The former part of the paragraph il unqusstionably
correct lut the latter part Is not ln most ot the
Iocatifs where /, is SAID this Church OF England pre-
orderatey The evangelical clergy are in the ascend
ancy-if,n which fact the established church is
largely attended by MethOdlsts, who partake OF her
communion &c.-indced the same u the case, IN
LEES or greater exteB in other lOcaltts-and thus in
gard to those places false issue hIs been made.
Many still look upon the Establishment az THING
belonging TO the country and open TO all Irrespective
of their peculiar vews-belieying that they are NO
less Methodiss though they attend the ordinances OF
the State Church under the control Of an evangelical
But there is still another fact to be considered.
The arstcracy-who are the great land proprietors-
esneciay the high church class-lOOk with no favor
upon their tenants unless they attend the ministra-
tions Of the f. tablishment; and, IN many cases no
esnte cCefciO Is used with their tenants 10 iofce them
10 abandon the churches Of their chocei asd many
has been erected from his ftril because no WOuI
not succumb TO the tyrannlcal will Of his bigotted
sristocraiic landholder. We have known OF many
such cases in Eng land and Wales.
Therefore. in endeayering 10 ascertain 'he Posn've
must be taken into consideration-which is certainly
not done by the Superintendent of the Census-
neither, indeed does 1t come lesitmately within his
province. Taking into account all these uI9ass-
tonabe facts we unqualifedly assert thar the Meth
odst Church alone Is de tdcto numerically stronger
than the Church Of England
But it Is not only in this respec; the hethodlsts
have the advantage over the Establishment they have
a!so several r,d[ internal advantages over which
probably is not generally known to your readers
and prominently among them is UNITY of sentiment
and doetrIne-a fact which cannot be said OF any
other body Of Christians in the world-not even OF
the Roman Catholic Church. The Church Of En.
gland is heterogeneous mass-without any tnterndt
aehestre dtsposOHkept together solely by the love
OF "spoils and by aristocrac arrogance and tyran
nv. Read what The Record, Church OF England
paper under the control OF the EvaDgehcsls, says OF
iis internal state:
"Ihe margin within which dlrsr,hy Of d0etrtrs
even on fundamentals, may be maintained and pro-
mulg aied with the utmost impunity, would lead
stranger 10 suppose that the CnuIch 10 lhn ieho
England imposed tests, required no subscripton
10 articles Of faith and bad ecrpturs landmarks
for her guidance. There can be no doubt that there
are among the parochial clergy men who far exceed
Laud in his opinions and practices-many who follow
tie highest and most rigid forms Of church notions
not few who have no particular strong oprons nor
clear views on any subject-numbers OF Low Church
men, some decided Calyinsts, many Armnians;
while upon matters purely ecciesiasteal, touching
church government and ceremony, there are almost
az many opinions as there are men. At the same
time there is no distinct governing power over he
whole body to which any general or consstent defer
ence is paid" Again: Notwithstanding the many
,ecessioIs TO Rome, large portion OF the English
clergy are more ess affected with the Romsh doc.
trins and are addicted to Romish ceremonies and
rsiDg party springiDg up OF another school, even
more dangerous 10 the truth Of God than the former
-peither Sacramentarians nor hltualsis, out ne
tionalists on the verge Of universal skeptcism;
This, then, is the internal condition OF the Churcn
of England faithfully portrayed by one OF Its Own
ministers. And what apicture IL ths-dark and a"iai
indeed How long do you think such corrupt IN
adhesive mass this can keep together-csn WIN
stand its bros within and the whitening attacks OF
is never sleeping opponents wthoat-wifh nosnIns
10 keep il combined but the law Of the land and ATS
tocratio predictions Not long. Every rnnng
year weskeDs its cords the seehs oi sno .o.y
are firmly imbedded in its vtals ana nlus' very
soop. fIoin its own rottenness, fall into pieces;
Methodis has ever been great sappo, 70 tne s'cte
estsblisbment-s fact freely admiA.a ooIn W tne
friends and foes Of the latter %, .ne sy.asn' ISn.
depcies Of the greater portion OF the clergy 70 NO
msn-m has greatly lessened this support when, to-
ge,her with other vicious influences sprnging up IN
he bosom Of the Church Of England, viii, at no
very distant day, forever senale netnodsm rom u
bis and whep this does take place the evangelicsls
~. Isrge majority of whom Methodists IN sent;
osnt snd doctYine-wl naturally fall into the Metho
dat rsnks. Some have supposed that the evangei;
csIs would form an independent church; this would
be az impossible it would be unnecessary as their
Chief strength lies in Methodist influence. We might
.av much % sustain this point but this h not our
pre sent Object. 49,
lis is fayorite hobby with political gamesters 70
ars ue that the monarchy must fall with the Estab-
Isbed Church. with the Established Church."
says Lord John Russell, the hereditary n0aayehy
and hereditary aristocrecy mus. stand or fall We
A. NOT thinL that the doznfal of the church