Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-04-01
SLAVE STATES.
FREE STATES.
sa8,soS 70
Total receipts in
February. .$36.

Total receipts in
February .$36,621 81
Thus it will be seen that the great disparity
in the receipts from the Free and Slave States,
continues-that it is no temporary difference,
arising from temporary causes, but one that is
permanent, growing out of the differences in
social organization, and moral influences Will
it not, then, be proper for those in the North,
! who contribute these funds, soon to consider
whether they will stand justified before God,
and in the sight of men, if they do not, in
making the contributions, SO do it that their
direct tendency shall be to counterfeit those
pernicious influences, which produce the dis
parity, and make nearly one half of the Union
missionary ground
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN SwEpEy.-Tbe
great religious movement in Sweden has for
some time attracted the interested attention of
all evangelical Christians. Not finding their
spiritual wants met in the established
Churches, large numbers of the Swedes are
obliged to seek their Christian edifeation in
other ways. Many have become Baptists.-
They are prosecuted under obsolete laws, re-
viyed and enforced under the instigation of
the Lutheran clergy. The King is understood
to be decidedly III favor Of liberation The
sufierings of these pious people have aroused
public attention to the rights of conscience
and measures will undoubtedly be taken to
secure changes in the laws. 1t is said that
two Baptists have been elected to the Diet.
Rev. DR.. Oncken,a Baptist German preach
er, missionary to his native land. lately gave
lecture in Boston, on the condition of the
Baptists in Germany. AS an evidence of what
had already been done he stated that more
than ten thousand souls had been converted,
fifty churches had been built, and four hun
dred stations had been established, where the
word of the Son of God is regularly pre- lched;
besides which nearly 400, 900 copies of the
Holy Scriptures had been distributed and the
blessing of religious liberty vas beginning to
descend on the country. The King of Prus-
STA had promised religious liberty, the King of
Hanover had at least tacitly acknowledged it,
and even i'll Denmark, the most intolerant of
all Protestant countries except Sweden, we
have it.
The American Unitarian Association have
recently dedicated new rooms in Broomfield
street, Boston to their uses. Rev. Dr. La
throp, President of the association, delivered
an eloquent address on the occasion. This as
ISOLATION was formed in 1925. and its annual
receipts have averaged 1925 80, making
total of $202, 3l4 "a; 10000 tracts have been
circulated annually, and 2l2 missionaries
have been employed. A very good spirit was
manifested in the speeches that followed from
several other clergymen.
The New England Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will commence its ses-
sion in Westfeld, on Wednesday, the 10Th in
slant, instead of the 18th, as before stated.
THEOLOGICAL DIscuss1oN.--We learn, says
the N. Y. Tribune, that the Rev. Isaac d.
Wescott, (Baptist) and the Rev. Thos. ]. Saw
yer, (Universalst) have agreed to discuss the
question of Endless Misery as opposed to
ultimate Universal Salvation, at the New York
Tabernacle. for six evenings, each speaking
twenty minutes alternately. We presume
that the discussion will soon take place.