Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-10-11
RELIGION OF ENGLAND.

The following are extracts from Il. w. Emerson,
late work entitled "English Truits:"-
The religion of England is part of go,l breed
ing. When you see on the continent the we'll
dressed Engllshmau come into bis ambassador,
chapel, and put his face for silent PRAYER into hi,
smooth-brushed hat, one cannot help feeling how
much national pride prays with him, and the reli
gion of a gentleman. So far is he from attaching
any meaning to the words, that he believes himself
to nave done almost the generous thing, and that
1t Is very understanding in him to pray to God. 4
great duke said, on the occasion of Il victory, in
the House of Lords, that he thought the Almighty
God had not been well used by them, and that il
would become their magnanimity, after so great
successes, to take order that a proper acknowledg
ment be made. q
"The ~torpidiiy on the side of religion of the
vigorous English understau ding, shows how much
wit and folly can agree in one brain. The religion
is 4 quotations; their church is a doll; and any ex.
animation is interdicted with screams of terror
y = = The Anglican church is marked by the
grace and good sense Of its forms, and by the
manly grace Of its clergy. The gospel it breaches
is BY taste are We saved \ y X No chem.
list has prospered in the attempt to crystalline a
religion. Ii is indigenous like the skin, and other
vital organs. a Lew statement every day. X 4
The statesman knows that the religious element
will not fail, any more than the supply of fhrine
and chyle; but it is in its nature constructive. and
VIII organize such a church as it wants. 4 4
The curates are ill-paid, and the p~relates are
|overpaid. This abuse draws into the church the
children of the nobility, and other unfit persons
WHO have n taste Tor expenses. Thus a bishGp il
only a supplied merchant. Through his lawn
can see the bright buttons Of the shopmau's ca
glitter. y wreath like that Of Durham almoS
makes n premium on felony. BroLghan, in {
speech in the House Of Commons on the Irish cleo
tive franchise, said, How will the reverend bishop!
of tue other house be able 10 express their due ali
lOTrpDce of the crime of ppriOrv who o,l,n,,I,
declare in the presence of God, that when they
are called upon to accept q living, perhaps Of
tIUUO a year, at that very instant they are moved
by the Holy Ghost to accept the Office and admin,
~istration thereof, and for no other reason what
everP
THE modes of initiation are more damapipo
than ~custom-house oaths. The Bishop is elected
by the Dean and Prebends Of the cathedral. The
queen sends these gentlemen Il c0HQe , ellie. or
leave to elect but also sends them the name Of
the person they are to elect. They 20 into the
cathedral, chant and pray, and bsseech the Holy
uhoSt to assist them in their choice; and, after
these lhyocations, invariably fad that the dictates
Of the HOLY Ghost agree with the recommendation
Of the Queen.
The English, land l wish it were confined to
them, but It's a faint in the Anglo Saxon blood in
Ooth hemlspheres,) the English ana The Americans
CAM beyond all other nations. The French relin-
quish al! that industry TO them What is so obi
Gus as the polite bows to God, in our books and
newspapers? The popular press is Aagitious in
the exact measure Of its sanctimony, and the reli-
glOn Of the Gay il a theatrical Sinai, where the
thunders are supplied by the property man. y y
9ns tho religion Of England-is it the Established
Church No. Is it the sects? No. They are
only the nerpetua'ions of some private mans dis.
sent, and are to the Established Church as cabs
are to a coach, cheaper and more convenient, but
really the same thing, Where dwells the religion?
Tell me first where dwells electricity, or motion,
or thought, or gesture. They do not dwell or stay