Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-12
THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN II PULPIT.

THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN TIE PULPIT.
Notwithstanding the extreme heat of the wealth
er, Il large congregation assembled last night, a
the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
Mt the corner Of Chestnut and Fifteenth streets
attracted thither by an advertisement in the papers
of Saturday, that the Rector, Rev. Dudley a Tying
would discourse on the subject Of Our Country's
Troubles" The announcement created more SEN
sation than usual from the fact that the Ephiscopal
denomination, as n body, have always aiscoun-
tenanced the introduction Of such topics into the
pulpit, as we'll as from the circumstance that the
Rector, since his connexion with this parish, has
generally preserved silence on questions having
the most remote allusion to publ, affairs.-The
minister having selected an appropriate ,ext, briefly
gave his reasons for introducing the subject into
the pulpit, and then proceeded to denounce in an
eloquent strain and straight forward manner, the
outrages in Kansas and at Washington, the agares-
sions Of the slave power, the miserable trucking
of the North to the South, the horrors of slave
breeding, and concluded by urging his congrega-
ton to exercise their rights as freemen at the
ballot-box, in staying the progress of the monster
evil, and invoking aid for she suffering emigrants
Of Kansas. The sermon was listened to with
breathless attention, and without interruption
until the speaker spoke Of slave.breeding, rearing
immortal souls (whO were made for heaven) for
bondage, when DR.. Casper Morris, formerly a
church-warden, rose from his pew, and, as one of
the original church. %wardens, entered his solemn
protest against the Dissertation of the place and
the day by suck services. The preacher continued
his discourse without noticing the interruption, and
at the conclusion of his sermon respectfully sug-
gested to the gentleman who he'd interposed his
objections, to point out the wrong which he had
ommitted in using the Sabbath as the time, and
an Episcopal pulpit as the place, for the u~tterance
of anti slavery sentiments.
Mr.. Tying suggested, too, that it would have
been as well to have waited until he had concluded
his remarks before interposlng any objection to
them. If he (Mr. Tyng) was wrong, ne was open
to conviction, but he would, as a minis ter of Jesus
Christ, express his views of the great exciting
topic Of the day. Mr.. Tying was perfectly calm
throughout the unusual scene, and he appeared
to be entirely unmoved during the decided sensa-
ton incident to the interruption Of DR.. Morris.
We should state, at the commencement of the re-
marks of Mr.. Tying several members of the con-
gregation left the church.
After the sermon was finished, the members of
the congregation gathered in knots to discuss the
unusual event, while maay Of them congratulated
the minister upon the decided stand he had taken.
We understand that the matter will be referred to
the Bishop Of the Diocese.
In the Ne,c York Tribune we find some state
ments which exhibit the courage of the preacher
in a still more commendabie light:
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, July l, 1856.
The Rev. Dudley Atkins Tying is a son of the
Rev. DIR. Tying, Rector of St. Georges Church in
New York, and is, l am informed, a native Of the
District of Columbia. Mr.. Tying received his the
illogical training at the Seminary of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church at Alexandria, Va, and has
until quite recently been presumed to sympathizo
with the South. The Church of the Epiphany is
the largest Episcopal Church in this diocese, and
perhaps the wealthiest. Many Of the congroga-
ton are connected by marriage with the slave
ocracy, and not a few of them are Shareholders.
Hence the opposition TO the Rector for proclaiming
Anti Slavery sentiments. A number of the pew
holders have left the church, and the Vestry at a
meeting held last night, requested Mr.. Tying to
resign. 1t is not likely, however, that he will
suffer himself to be driven from his post without
demanding an Investigation by the ecclesiastical
authority. Mr.. Tyng's predecessor, the Rev
James u. Fowler Of Charleston, 5. Cr was dis
tinguished for his strong Pro-Slavery views, but
he never introduced his peculiar notions in the
pulpit, although he gave free and frequent utter
ance to them out Of doors. 1t is generally sup
posed that the Rector of the Epiphany was the
first Episcopal clergyman in this city to preach a
sermon on the Kansas and Washington outrages
bat this is a mistake, as the Rev. VIM. Studdards,
Rector Of Grace Church, discourecl on these topics