New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-27

brctberly affection in which it is offered Heartily
wi hing that you may long be spared 70 tread
That it may give yeu pleasure to know that your pure
and boresi elertoDs in the cause Of the drama and
it. children srs appreciated and respected BY many
who are Thousands Of miles away,
We have the honor TO remain, reverend Sir,
(sispeO GEORGE MEYRiCK President.
RAEGks 3 ROGERS Hon Secretary.
ALL Souls PARSONAGE, New-York, U. s. Az
To The Member, Of the Liverpool Gsy,iek CAB
GENTLEMEs: / am sincerely gratlhed by the ad
dress you have Obligpgly made me, on account of
ny rec.rt lecture on the theater II is one OF the
most valuable among many cherished testimonials OF
sympathy which have received from trends Of the
drama. That voice, unknown on your side OF the
water upon the sacred themes customary to it, should
make itself 80 distinctly heard there when raised at
Il is distance, upon tbs unfamiliar topic OF moral JUS
tee to the instincts for pleasure their best serv-
ant, the player-pIoves how quick the Of the
word is TO every accent Of tenderness toward orr
fail hun anity and how sensitive the public at home
aI abroad are becoming to the Obligation OF redeem,
ing pubic meps from false Reproduction, 81 Wen
a. from opepIess TO honest ceDsure.
The reception witch my address has met with from
the no caed religious world tboua far less chill Dg
pgleo sanctions and restraints Of piety around tho
p Of men, has been cool and cutiGg enough 10
encourage ally spirit not sangniDe in the fath that
human nature ever wins her case 10 the end against
COnteDtOnaI or ecclccHsIcdI pTtJuulCcS. CDHuppuJ
for society, though fortunately for me, the religious
newspapers, my only bitter opponents. do not repre-
cent the best intelligence or the soundest plety OF
CbristepdOm. In our day, and on both sldes o. the
Christian candor the good and the humane and
progressive feelings Of the public, than the secular
press; and that great organ Of experience and innu
cnce s distinctly with you and with me, In the convic
ton that the thester may be- ought to be- and will be-
sustained purified and accepted as legitimate lIst-
tu ion.
More encouraging and more grateful to me than the
support and cooperation Of the public at large-be-
Cause more directly copfnnatory of my views and
auspicious Of their iumph-is the
Of the actors themselv. and of the associations more
particularly devoted to the encou agement OF the
Drama. The grateful teDsbity which the theatri ,al
profession and its immediate friends have shown to my
humble sndeavor to justify the players calling elevate
bis social standing improve his audience and purge
bis business has confined my assertion that the stage
does not necessarily harden the conscience spoil tue
heat Of its children; and that kindly reouke aiiec-
opate warning honest exhortston, aud the applicG-
III Of the Christian sprt and law TO human chatac-
( and pursuits produce the same and as abundant
fruits, whether the field be the market place or the
the efthe world in little which is the stage, or the
stage in large which is the world. can rejociDgy
ray that in the whole range of notices paid my I'D.
dress from dramatic quarters have not seen the fst
attempt to pevert its plainly moral and serious inten-
ton, to take advantage OF its lenity or to throw
sneer or sco upon its religious Tone % the con-
Tray actors AID actresses weeping with mingled hope
al conri'ion in my study, managers communicating
voluntary promises Of moral amendment 10 their ad
Citations formed among players for the
Censorship Of plays addresses from CLUBS like your
in the elevated spirit OF your present communics
ton-all attest the thoughtful and humble temper 10
wbt tie dramatic world hasreceived the first formal
attempt the part Of Christian minister to carry
the Gospe-its charity as well its rebuke, but its
sacred justice well as its gentle mercy-into tae
theaier When add hat neither fee nor bfi6e, how,
ever Lgenously disguised, whether 10 the shape OF
free ao ssions or more substantial FORMS has IN SIN
olo aftempted p0nciate rood Will tJr lie
future OF reward it for the psst-th8 no low adyan
taee Ct any kind has been taken Of my position before
e Iublc 10 turn my opLiOus to the pecGnary prJht
Of the tbeatersyOu will agree with me, AZ sure, 10
sayirg that no missionary enterprise. under similar
difficulties, had more encouraging nauguIanon
Gentlemen of the Garrick Club. let us resolve to
continue What is SO well begun II al the drama'ic
associat animated by the spi it You breathe
the theatrical brotherhood is 80 docle aud grateful Tor
moral sympathy why should We not hope that, after
msny failures in the effort to bring the theater within
| tie pale Of Christian charity and consequently Of
Chri.tan care there should at last be success The
soknowt dyed difficulties Of the undertaking should
not discourage our zeal, but rather quicken in,o
heroism. Though the transatlantic cord just parted
ray snap again and again, the yearning OF the con
nebts for each other will prompt new efforts to moor
the Old and New World eide by side, with one cable
efforts certain TO end in victory more glorious the
| greater the odds aganst il. far more important
md imme nelly difficult uni IN remains to be con-
spmu ated between the instincts for happiness aid the
oblie aors tf duty; the republic Of natural seasib h.
tits and the realm of supernatural requirements; the
| world and the church; the human and the divine.
One strsrd Of the cord that is to bind up the broken
heart Of cur ratureto ineSrste its scattered
bers making peace AMONG Tie conflict Of tastes and
duties. pIoPeLsiies and obligations, which nov d
vice our huDsnity-we are spinning in The loom Of the
controversy that draws forth your address. Other
s:lars are preparing in other workshops. Gods prov
dence will IN its time, twist them together u
foim that indissolube bond which destined 10 join
pleasure and use, beauty and duty, reason and faith
Maker, in perfect ard eternal union la that day.
when upon the bells Of the horses" shall be written
Holiness unto the Lord the Drama will enjoy its
fual conservation; and tmid dkciples with mistaken
zeal will 10 more hold back the more courageous and
believing apostles Of hun snty, as they did Paul at
Eph, sus desiring him" " when he would have En-.
ter, in unto the people" tina. be would not adven-
.u,e in self into The theater." (Acts Xix 80 3l)
CIseily and ateusy, your Obliged friend add servant