New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-12


BY moe. other religion. -ec,shs; OF Councils Assemblies
svuods &c Under the Congregational arrangement, th'
seaLe- proceeded 20 show each church attended 70 Il
own aYairs which IL members might rel be supp>ef
understand much better than mere Outsldsrs This pre-
vented the inermedding Of persons AZ distance, Vi
oou,d 10: possibly know the temper or vans Of an
churches but theI Ova. Another tendency wa 10 iFa~
trafe all those comhns.oEs of the clergy-th's' -
Ar busc whereby the members OF eccl-sIstlc1
Organizations had successfully promoted their anoioS
,chernes of personal s.srHndsenea COngregationasr
wes Furthermore great personal educator II stimulated
;nd;yduasrn of eLracterin the clergy. Having prop
70 dereud on each studied under God 10 develop hs
native powers the utmost extent and ie the nece.r
OF locking well h vayS feeling liai ne must stand
fall before his people upon his merts. For the SCRIP
tural sustlnert II the system the reverend geniemn
apply quoted the e1hoTtaiOn 10 Vt every church sta
.to b. quiet and 10 DO ts business. An Interesting
theory of the influence of climate on character was ly
20 show the necessity Of leaving the pastor in the Oh
World and the New alike free to adapt himself 70 the Pc
cuIiaes Of his flock FIR as strict adherence 10
rel rrucule- would remit him t0 Do l. shown thE
ieft unrsmmeed BY cIeeds and books Of discipline each
Congregational clergyman could "ork out hi- misso1
with ,ll the native force Of his character, aRi
with the circumstantia force Of his location, a. te
never could do under ecclesiastical control Then ayar,
the Congregational yseIn tended to strengthen mat sense
Of individual responsibility requisite 70 the pastor while
90 iucst eusable 70 true Christian life. Mr. Webste
when once by Col stone what thought Oftene-t OccD
ried lis mind answered that If nv individual respOns
"biy 10 God. This the feeling which had guided the
Puritan Father and it. development result Of
Characterization. Ii had been objected that they had
cal concocon But they had creed, nevertheless-ths
best Of cTeedsbtcau the growth Of true pety in the
individual heart enlightened by the light Of divine truth
beaung VI on the mind il was creed that allowed oi
widest dversitv o. mere doctrine while begeng unity
10 essentials The influence Of ecclesiastical ute- wIs
brought review by the Rev gentleman 70 chow that The
Coneegai0ualsts had vastly gained by rejecting all such
tes - "ihe Holy Father in God. Right Reverend,
Most Reverend. &c. They believed in ordination.
The great Robert Hall had never been ordained but ne
Ls regret Of the fact The speaker eed
IN WEI
the Congregational auangemen-such as that the clergy
had TOO much power that they were virtually
"order Of bi-hops" SC. They had some bishops, but
they had become such Of native right welding whatever
influence they had acquired If divine ordination The
reverce such bishops received not for the office but
for the man. whose personal uhulness to God and his
flock and ecclesiastical body, the Of
biz power and his influence over his flock They had been
called Jewelers.. But they leveed upward instead OF
downward. They had forms and cerenonials But
they meant something, instead OF being mere
mesmerc Iiances In their manner of worship they
discarded a mere bows and genutecOns and conducted
their services they who realised the presence Of the
lio High. 1heirs plain and simple, but substantial
servic,-a worship in spirit and in truth Congrega-
tional ministers study TO be all things 70 all men. IN
the sense Of St. Paul With this view wide latitude of
opinion doctrines and measures given or rather
reserved But in Their very diversity lay ther sreng
their unity in fact Unitarauism referred 20 for the
purpose Of showing that s comparatively slow progress
owing 10 lie congregational features Had that form
OF Doism avalled Itself Of the ecclesiastical machinery
with such men a. the truly great Channns =" control
there would have been far more niaans IN NewEngand
Tie late venerable DR.. Edwards after travelling much in
foreign countries had testified that where had he heard
Tie cardinal truths of the gospel faithfully preached
than from the Congregational pupts of New England II
was claimed that nearly all the great benevolent enter
prses Of the day had got their start from Congrega
iionass.
III the couIse of his address which well received by
large CONGREGATION Dr. PARK INDUCED in some keeny hu
morous hits pamThleteers growth Of the freedom and
latitude encouraged by Congrcgationasn. There were
strong pamphlets and there weak The people
read tiem and decided and there the matter ended lie
also made some admirable hits at clerical iogyism lie
said there were and always would be- young Old preachers
and old young of the former were superanua-
ted from birth and could not help il! This part of the
address excited almost audible merriment. Dr.. Park
closed with exhoration to charity and forbearance
toward each other coupled with ervent personal zeal as
essential to the continued progress oi COngregatlonas
Ii was announced during the morning that the enerps-
ING firm Of Bowen McNamee had purchased, and pre-
senod the cergymen assembled the OCCASION tickets
admitting thomse es and wives to the Crystal Palace
The Union assembled again at 81 o'clock, Dr. BAooS in
the Chair. After the usual religious services
The Rev. +. NJ Posi- delivered lengthy address, going
over part of the ground previously occupied by Prof
Park but presenting additional and important views
of tbe Congregational ir romdiks had special
reference s operations and progress in the West where
the reverend gentleman has abOred extensively and
efficiently for the spread Of Congregationam Inns lead,
ing doa was that from the very freedom OF thought AMI
action permitted by the system sprang MS unity ana lls
power This view deliberately and orcbly sustained