Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-07-24

DEGREES Of Syla; at the coniscalions and
murders os the "Na,ional Conven.ion;" at
the Reputation OF State deb,s in, the new
world. Not as a divine, bu, as a politician,
n sav that thereis no hope for this conieder.
a,ion Of Republics bur in the religious prip.
ciple Of the people, .s4..q h ,m.y "a,
Piiiable France, divided chiefly into Two
extremes! The 6rs,,r generating God, and
Christ, receives, with the most. precious
truths, the most fagrant errors; the second,
aDominating the errors Of a corrupt priest.
hood, .reiecss with ,beuE the most precious
truth. There Is a, medium, hpweYer,, and
lin. that is found her hope. Lei JUS take a
glance at ibis 'thiri estaic,"' that we may
Isee the strength Of lha. hope. The Protcs,
tants are variously estimated at from Two
and half TO five million. A Protestant
Church is establish by law. and governed by
ihe state. Ii consists Of Two branches
Lutherans, who are found principally in the
northern and Rhenish provinces, having
their directory and chief theological semina.
ry at Strasbourg, and Calynists, who occu-
Ipy the soulhern departments, and have
their chief institution a, Montauban. Both
have lost much of their efficiency from the
progress Of Ra,ionalism. The grea. hope
| Of France is in the Non.Confofmists, OF
whom we find
/. Independents, united under the style
Of "Union Of the Churches
2. Methodists, having conference o!
wenIy.four preachers, on circuits both in
the north and south. -.
s. Baptists, confined TO the north, where
they have theological seminary for native
preachers.
4. Moravians, also in northern districts.
s. Quakers, who have small society in
the south.
6. The Plymouth Bre,hren--a low, radi.
cal sect
| 7. The English Church, which hes three
places Of worshiP--one a, the Embassa.
doris. .,.
The evangelical enterprises are numerous
las ..-t.
! /. The Evangelical Society Of France
which has seventy.nine agents, and whose
lobiect is to evangelize the Roman Catholic
population. I'm
! 2. The Evangelical Society Of Geneva
having the same object =, ,. .a
j 8. The Union Of the Churches. mostly
Calvnist, but havinga Confession Of Failt
modified in an Arminian sense. nS.
II 4. The, Bible societies Protestant
French, and Foreign--and Agency Of th'
British and Foreign, who, together, put init
circulation 125,0o0 Bibles and Teslameni'
J during the past year,. ID d al
i S. The Tract socie,y, which distributed
.|during the past year, 1,260, 900 tracts.
III I6s Various stleemosypary societies. Tor or
lphans, widows, sick, and aged. SA
To all this we must add Sabbath schools
the circulation Of books and periodicals b,
} such establishments Us the Methodist Boo
} Concern, at Paris, and by colporleurs, tn
, opening OF day and boarding schools, an
/. the concentration Of Influence by the Evan
3 gelical Alliance.
There is hope,for France. Many VIII
hold Catholic doctrines repudate Papal au
3 lhorty. Many are coming over TO Protes
i !antism; and as forlhe irreligious part Of tn
p nation, bad as il is, it is not worse than
large portion Of English society betwee
8 the fali of Cromwell and the rise Of Yves
! ley. ,"i.'s W [.l'~. = ''f
: Who can thiRkof France without deep In
/. teresl! The polite, refined. ligh..heaed, beau
a ty.loving, enthusiastic naIion,1 situated
: the centre of Europe, with afruilful soil,
/ genial climate, having people unsurpasse
!. in arts and arms, and beholding a gloriou
pas. and hopeful future! lie, US pray, ,h'
r from her cIoisters there may come forth
|. second Luther, and from beneath her eagle
8 second Washington, tina, she may plal
/, ber free institutions upon ,heRpck Of Age
o and find her powerin the Lord Of hosts!
MI E. THOMSON.
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