Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-07-25
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

Evangelism New England claims to be
the very properest place in the world Its
equal in righteousness, if the reader of com.
mon sense can be persuaded to believe its own
story as it prints that, has never existed since
the world began. Its religion is thrust upon
the traveller there turn where he will, in sea-
son and out Of season; the church and church
matters being almost as common a theme of
conversation among all classes, as politics, in
Maryland, for instance. Church associations
and connections there are the only sure roads
to wealth or public honors. In fine, in New
England, the church is, in some way or other,
connected with every thing one sees, hears
or does. He who in his tastes, habits or con
versation, dares fly in the face of the prevail
ing sentiment Of the church in any New
England neighborhood, is tabooed by society
and voted "worse than the heathen.'' Its
tyranny is far greater than that of the church
In Rome, even as the latter is reputed by New
England pens, when one considers the vas.
difference between the institutions and laws
Of Rome, and those of our own country. One
would naturally fancy that as evangelical as
View England has become, according to New
EDgland's boastful publications, her admirers
elsewhere might, with perfect safety, 90 to
sleep in the conviction that her sons and
daughters, SO far as heir vital Christianity is
concerned, are shining lights for all the Chris
tian world.
Yet we verify believe that the people of no
other country whose population are half as
well Informed, are less actuated in the con-
duct of their everyday concerns by the sober.
self-sacrifcing spirit of Christianity, without
which all professions Of religion are most hurt
ful to the true interests of society. Meekness,
charity in word and thought brotherly love.
ana real faith in the Creator and Saviour of
mankind are no longer taught in the nominal
Christian schools (churches) of New England.
except by few very old fashioned religious
instructors, who are very unanimously voted
bors', old fOgiss, and heretics, by the wor.
shipping crowd. The very sneezing Of the
Rev. Theodore Parker commands more re-
spect and attention throughout New England
at this moment, than the most learned and
scrptural Tin soul and sense) discourse that
the new DIR. Adams can preach; the latter be-
ing In the habit of limiting that the spirit Of ar.
rogance and selfrighteousness may possibly
De at the bottom Of more or less of the no,;,;-
cal 'irades now regularly spoken or preached
by the popular clergymen around him Tho
prevalence and character of this mani. Ii
is so fast rendering New England Christie nj
by-word Of reproach against true religion
is so capitally illustrated by brief adver'
tisement not long since appearing in a Wor.
cester (Mass.) newspaper, that we are i'm.
PEELED to copy it as follows, viz:
NoTIcE.--By particular request, there will
be meeting at the Wesleyan church, Leices
Ter, on Pleasant street, at 5 o'clock, p. m
Sunday, July IL.
subjset-HeIL:frea and Politics.
"B. N BULLOCK, Pastor"
The politics" are to tickle the preyailin,
tastes OF New England congregations, Will,
the hell fire" portions Of their discou,ses
which are in these times nearly altouetbs
launched at the devoted heads of thu hath,
of the Southern United States. ara 70 or.,;s,
the sentiment of bitter hatred and in..r.'
luminosity toward everything Southern (sxcsn
the monish' Of the South) which s..us !.
be ever present in the New England popula
mind. In times past, the sins in the ealenda
as perpetrated there were held I'D for repro