The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-02-23

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;. Free Pews In churches. g
The Philadelphia Ledger advocates th,
doctrine of the free pew system in this coun
try and it has various correspondents wht
second the proposition. a One of these cor
respondents writes the following .a sas
,s'In our country, where Europeans 1ool
upon ours as the only Democratic, free and
equal rights government in vogue, (if not in
full force) why should we not have free pews
or seats for the poor who are unable to pur.
chase seats to hear the gospel expounded.---
Why my dear sirs, we are the most aristo
cratic in the way of religion, OF any people
in the Christian world Let poor blind,
lame or afflicted creature find his way into
some of our church doors To hear the ser
vice, and he will soon meet the sexton, OF
some other functionary, ready to GUST him,
or point out some obscure corner where the
rich and proud nerves and sensibilities Of
| our purse proud pew-holders cannot see
them. am an old traveller. l have seen
| many foreign countries, and have visited
their churches and end there is no distinc-
ton, no selection of favored seats for the
richer classes,
The Scriptures tell as Of q rich man who
made a great feast, but it was not exclusive
at all. The rich and high in power were in
vlted, ii they chose to come, and still there
was room left The master of the feast or
dered his servants to go into the lanes, high
ways and by-places to fiji up the vacant
seats. There was nothing said of centre
right or left aisles, front seats near the altar
for the favored few who are able to buy
seats at the highest bid, rs though che tenn
pie ofGod was an opera house or place Of
public amusement Let Us have by all
means, the free pew system where the poor
and humble can approach the altar without
fear of being pushed into some obscure cor
ner, or told there is no room for them in
such respectable congregation.
In 1850 had occasion to visit the Island
Of Cuba During religious festival at Ha--
yana visited one Of their principal church
es, with q native friend. While present at
the cere moniesl could not but notice the
free and equal opinions and arrangement Of
the accomedations for all in the house of
worship Well, thought, here is true De-
mocracy, in point Of religion, and made the
remark to my Spanish friend that there two
modes OF government among them-one was
aristOcratic and the other truly democratic.
He smiled and answered, ayes, have yisi
ted your churches. and found when l enter
ed, you had one place invariably for the
poor white people, and another for the
blacks; but in our churches all are treated
alike, and equally admitted, free to select
their seats
Here is equality and true Christian spirit
in the fullest sense of the term, and if we
more Of this charitable feeling for
our fellow creatures and made ample proyis-
ion for their accommodation in the House of
God, we should practice more fully the pre-
cepts Of the Divine Teacher. @
SUFFERING IN New ENGLaNp-There has
been an Immense amount of suffering here,
Ind in the neighboring towns, this winter
do not refer to the "po0r poor, as the |
Italians have it, for we always have them
With us, like every other community: and |
perhaps they are used to it. as Holsters arc |
0 being boiled Those speak of are pco-
lie who generally contrive, if not to keep
he wolf from the door, ut least to hold him |
y the ears, and so prevent him from |
evouring them and their families but this
ear the wolf has been too much for them,
as sprung away, and is raging fiercely.-l
Without metaphor, they are industrious peo-
lie, who live fIugaily by working all the
me that is not absolutely devoted to sleep
ng and eating, and they neither sleep too
lucll nor eat richly. This season there is
ext to no work to be had and consequently
o money. They will not steal, they do not
now how to beg, they have no reserved
leans, or have eaten them up in the four
lonths that have elapsed since the panic
egan and work ceased Starved from cold
nd hunger, sickness comes to aggrayate
leir troubles, and the state of hundreds Of
milies is such that death would not be
slief to every member of them. I have
nown Of some. being turned out Of their
,uses by the agreeable process of having
eir doors removed, having paid no rent !
r some time past j hear of others who
q under the notification that they are to /
} served in the same way it they shal not
able to pay up at tho close Of this month,
hich they can no more do than they could
y the State debt Yet it is but Just TO =
. landlord class to say that, considering
w numerous must be the deEsulting ten. :
It's, the number of persons of that kind I
no have been harshly treated is very ],
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