The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-23
THE DAILY GAZETTE.
THE RELIGION OF ENGLAND.

Inc rellglon OF England is part OF
good breeding. When you see, on
The continent, the weil-dressed Eng
Iishnan came into his ambassadors
chapel, and put his face, for silent
prayer, into his smooth brushed hat,
one cannot help feeling how much ma
cional pride prays with him, and the
religion Of a gentleman. So far is he
from attaching any meaning to the
words, that he believes himselfto have
lone almost the generous thing, and
! that it is very condescending to him
to pray to God. A great duke said,
on the occasion Of u victory, in the
/ House OF Lords, that he thought the
Almighty God had not been well used
by them, and that it would become
their magnanimity, after so great sue
cesses, to take order that proper ac-
acknowledgement be made.
The torpidity, on the side ofreligion,
Of the vigorous English understand
ing, shows how much wit and folly
can agree in one brain. Their relig-
ion is quotation; their church is a
doll: andany examination is interdict
ed with screams of terror.
The Anglican church is marked
by the grace and good sense ofits forms
and by the manly grace Of its clergy
The gospel it breaches, IS, 'sBy taste
We are saved
No chemist has prospered in the at
tempt to crystaiize religion. It IS
indigenousl like the skin and other vita
organs. 4 new statement every day.
The statesman knows that the relig
ions element will not fail any more
than the supply of fibrine and ehyle,
but it is in its nature constructive, and
viii organize sueh a church as il
wants.
The curates are ill-paid, and the
prelates are over-gaid. This abuse
draws into the church the children OF
the nobility, and other unfit persons,
who have a taste for expense. Thus
a bishop is only a surpliced merchant.
Through his lawns can see the bright
buttons Of the shopman's coat glitter
4 wealth like that Of Durham, almost
makes premium on felony, Broug
ham. in 4 speechin the House ofCom
mons, on thc Irish elective franchise.
said, sHow will the reverend bishoI
of the other house be aide TO express
their due adherence Of the crime OF
perjury. who solemnly declare IN the
presence OF God, that when they are
called upon to accept living of "a,
600 year, at that very instant they
are moved by the Holy Ghost to ac
eept the Office and administration
thereof: and for no other reason what.
eger!"
The modes Of initiating are more
damaging than custom house oaths.-
The Bishop is elected by the Dear and
Prebends ofthe cathedral The Queen
sends these gentleman a cong d'etSse,
or leave TO elect, but also sends them
the name of the person they are to
elect. They 60 into the cathedral and
chant and pray, and beseech the Holy
Ghost to assist them in their choice;
and after these invocations, invariably
find that the dictates of the Holy Ghost
agree with the recommendations OF
the Queen.
The English land | wish it We're
confined to them, but It's taint in the
Anglo. Saxon blood in both hemis
pheres.) the English and Americans
cant beyond all other nations. The
French relinquish all that industry to
them. What is SO odious as the po,
lite bows to God, in our books and
newspapers: The popular press is
fiagitious in the exact measure OF its
sanctimony: and the religion of the
day is theatrical Sinai, where the
thunders are supplied by the property
man,
Bnt the religion Of England-is it
the Established Church. No. Is It
the sects? No: they are only the per
pctuation of some private mans dis
sent, and are to the Established Church
as cabs are to coach-cheaper and
more convenient, but really the same
thing. Where dwells the re5sgi0n9-
Tell me first where dwells electricity,
or motion, or thought, or gesture.
They do not dwell or stay atal. Elea-
tricity cannot be made fast, mor;arel
up and ended, like London Monument,
OF the Tower, so that you shall know
where to find it, and keep it fixed, as
the English do with their things, ior
evermore; it is passing, glancing, ges
ticular; it is a traveller, a newness,
q secret, which perp.exes
them and puts them out. Yet il relig
ion be the doing of all good, and for its
sake the suffering of all evil, soastilr
dc tout le monde Ct ne .faiTc sosWfiT
paisoane, that divine secret has exis-
ted in England, from the days OF Al
fred to those of Romilly, OF Clarkson
and Florence Nightingale, aud in
whohave no fame.-R. w
Emerson
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