Smyrna times., 1856-02-06

ever, am SpirituaIiSt, but the too facts
above mentioned did not convert me.
To give "Crito" and your readers some idea
of the process by which DaS converted, will
add: Early in youth formed for my guidance
the following axiom, as one of my rules of ac-
tion-"I / can never know too much of sub
ject before forming an opinion; consequently,
| have no right to form an opinion of any Sub
ject under consideration, without first having
studied it in all of its UGriOuS ramifcations and
Developments Since l formed the above |
have found it is also my duty to 6" try all things
and hold fast to that which is good" Christ
one said, " He that believes on me, the things
that do, shall he do also, and greater things
than these shall he do because go to my Fa-
ther." Where are the believers? What did
Christ do what did Christ mean ARE ques-
tions | ask Theologians generally and the
Clergy in particular.
Yours, for truth,
VIM. H. LAMBDIN
0F On account of the late arrival ofCrito's
Philadelphia letter, last week, we were COM
PEELED to defer the publication of portion OF
its Notwithstanding the following:
PHILADELPHIA, jan %, 1856.
Mr.. Editor Our city, the present winter.
has been prolific for lectures and other inter-
estlng pub ic meetings. Last Monday evening
a large meeting was convened in the Arch St
Presbyterian Church in I'D of Sabbath Schools
in the west during which the spea kcrs impart-
ed some very interesting facts. Rev. Mr.
Childaw, of Ohio, said, few weeks since, he
met an old man 81 years old, who told him that
the first thing he recoleced was going to
church and taking the text home to his mother
Mr.. G. asked him it he could remember it now !;
whereupon, the old man recited it, TO the as
toniShmcnt of Mr. c. Mr. John McCullough
of Kentucky, made few remarks about Sab
bath Schools; he had been engaged in Ken
lucky for IL years, in establishing sabbath
schools; in that State there now exist $50
schools, with $4,000 scholars; he further sta
ted that in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, aud his
own State, 3l0, 900 children were growing up
without receiving religious instruction, besides
23O,O00 grown people who could not read
Some very amusing incidents occurred to the
above named gentlemen during their labors.-
Mr.. Chdaw stated that at a place in Ohio
where they were about establishing a Sunday
School, an old Squire got up and advised the
people not TO engage in such project, that the
= American Sunday School Union was formed
by the British before they were driven out of
this country for the purpose of uniting Church
aud State" DIR. r., in speaking of the effects
OF Sunday Schools, said they always had the
tendency to bring good preachers about, for the
school was the nucleus of church the effect
that Ignorant preachers sometimes produced,
destroyed both church and school. DIR. r. cited
a case of Hard-Shel Baptist in Georgia, who
was severely censuring his hearers, and said
that they would all be damned if they did not
repent, and they would cry out, ga horse,
horse, my kingdom for horse as
Gen. Washington did at the battle of Water
! loo -
The Finances Of the city are in a most de-
pressed condition. School teachers are Obliged
TO wait week after week before they get war
rants for services rendered when their war.
rants are signed by the City Controller, there
is no money for them; then the shaver per-
haps a city councilman, or a particular friend
of the city -, shaves the warrants at 10 OF
12 per cent discount. Yet, these shavers man.
age to get money out of the city treasury
Twelve cents on the dollar is large sum for
poor person to lose, especially when the bill il
30 or 40 dollars. The public press bleeds the
city of its dollars as neat as any doctor ever die
his patient The law in respect to publishing
City Controllers report, says, that it shall b,
done in three papers; yet five papers have pub
lished il this year. Just think of it--a maj
performing work which you have given him n,
authority to do, and then presenting bill o
$4,000 to you! Such is the position whicI
several papers occupy here When bill i
, presented to councils for payment, it is imme
diately passed-their policy boiug to keep il
: league with the press. Instead of the publ
: printing being given to good papers, such a
I. the North American, Ledger, Pennsylvania
: and Inquirer, it is given TO the Sun, News a n
, Bulletin la9 a1Bssat oi h8aaiH8gHi aai s.7isa
= eiasz4i Ts2sC 500 "a 8a.i leeds Fl :. Caro-.
e or Many persons have a habit of repeatin
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