Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-04-09
City anb County Sntelllger1e,
FAST DAY SERVICES.

God to the pulling down of strOngholds
The preacher maintained that the Gospel is
the only renovator of the world, is Gods spe-
cial fundamentally, for cleansing the world
ofiniquity, oppression, idoatry, and every other
evil. But there are not few who, while they
profess thorough belief in the Gospel as
specific remedy for personal sinfulness, are
skeptical respecting its practical application to
the evils that aflct society, and which are
embodied, it may be, in Institutions. They
make such distinction between religion and
REFORM as to embrace certain things in the
latter which do not, in their view, belong to
the former. They connect the Gospel with
personal religion, but attempt reform by other
methods. They believe that the Gospel is the
influence to lead man to repentance, faith,
hope. and joy, to set him to praying and sing
ing psalms, but do not look to it to reform him,
to lead him to forsake his cups, to cut loose
from corrupt companionship politically and
socially to liberate lis bondmen and bondwo-
men, or if he stand not in this relation to his
fellow men, to remember them that are in
bonds, as bound with them. But if the doc
trine of the text is true, there is not one
stronghold of sin, on any field, in any position,
individual, social, political, or otherwise,
which is not to be assailed and reduced by the
Gospel into complete subsection. Reform is
nothing but "the new life made manifest"
Mr.. James improved the occasion to make
| appropriate alusion to the speech of Ru-
fus Choate at the late 25th anniversary gath
erinp of the Rev. DIR Nehemiah Adams's So.
ciety in Boston, where Mr. Choate made
glittering speech in defence of his pastors
"South side view" manner of preaching, that
he had never at any time in any prayer, SER
mon or discourse made anv allusion to slave
nv or its coonate evils. Mr. lanes said =
6Tb;s is most remarkable tast;monv tn q most
die with the words am now pttaring and he
convovod tron, th;s ,Iaco 70 INV sornlebra and
left there 70 ha fnrgotten and IN rot thrn to
hear such THING trulv said If INV ministry
Methinks the euIogv Of such friends must be
harder IN hear than oil tho to;Is of tho ,vort
or ali tbe onnosition of the most MALIGNANT Of
foes ITnonest;onabIv tho s30O0 which nre.
coded this orat;S, Of humans r,5,lo,;on viii bo
tbe dearest costlieet favor which that nasfor
has ever been nrvileued to receive The Ian
onaoe of this address cannot he mistatan
IF means 7 am comneed tn believe that
tbis silver-toned ORATOR had never once
heard his nastor slIndn IN the groat WRONG
which orr country is ;nA;ct;ng mon tho ARP
can race never had heard him nse a word in
PRAYER or HYMN or sermon. which imnlied
even by remote alusion or ASSOCIATION of IDEAS
tbot ~, ~ 80 =; -.
tho cbstta savervmsbo ha na~or rod sor
the ono Oo0 bondnoen novor counseloj L;nd.
nose and bnm.r;+,- +owords +ho,n no,-or
expressed the idea that slavery should cease
before the end of ali th;ngs never confassed
the criminalitv of the svstem never ackno,vl
edoed humble hefora Odd ;ts dorino ,vicLod.
ness never ;nsinuotod on ;doo tbot Tho info
mons berns;es If tho Drod Scott doc;s;on
wore not in accordance with the orC1;nancos If
Heaven and the motherhood of man
Salem Srprpr Curpcr, Tho tonic of
Rev. Mr.. Richardson's DISCOURSE "Tba
Perils of Liberty He began bv remart;ng
that tha liberty r. which ovory mon hos a not
nral and ;naI;onab,e ;o,h+ rs,;oll cos,s lrraot
the Arconants found tho Goldon Fioaco onorJ.
cd bv DRAGONS HE d;sconrse ,ros n,o;nlw DO
voted to two noints
First liberty ;s ;mnor;lled tho nravalonce of
nrincinies hostile to + -nr;nc;nlpps which onr
fathers ahborrad TbaI d;d not believe =,
slavery and snnnosod Tho ;nst;tut;or would
soon disappear. Now there are those who
maintain that slavery is . blessinu-that il ;s
right. and the like slavery is defended in
MANY nulnits even and tba nrincinlas of doe
potism are having Growth among ms This
cannot 90 on without being destructive to In.
erty.
Secondly. liberty ia imnerilled nv that ra-
pacity which perpetually seek, to acGuire new
territory We cannot annoy the sarvila and
mongrel races of Mexico Cuba and Central
America without weakening and destrov;ng
the Republic. They can bring ms notbino hut
weakness and death I,etu make the most
of what Territory we have and give the no.
blest examine of the nohlest froodom and civil.
ization. and we shall not only save ourselves
from ruin. but also do others most oood
Mr.. Richardson smoke in the strongest terms
against slavery and the fugitive slave act and
also Maid his resnects tn M Cboote,s d;scourso
to the clergy from which he d;ssented entire
lv. This Sermon was delivered very aarnest-
" and with much effect TO a large audience.
US1vERsAIIsr SERyIcE.-A Fast Dav Con-
ference Meeting was held in the IJniversaIist
Vestry, Harding's Block. Front street nj II
o'clock An opening address founded nnop n
part of the 9Th chanter of Mathew was made
by the pastor. Rev J. G. Adams in which
the New Testament instructions as to the din.
ties of almsUiyinq. PRAYER and fasting wore
set forth. In these instructions the Sneaker
believed that two things were made clear /
That the true Christian life Is inward and not
outward,-not in what man shall do or he
to gain human favor or applause hut in WORK.
of Righteousness done "heartilv as INTO God
and not unto men," Second That in order
IN secnre the henof;ts of tb;s I;fo W. -.
our own weaknesses Mood rnost froono,,t a,,d
thorough .eIfexaminotion No saleyr;lad
selfproud. selfriohteonsness ono ;s in a f.;r,
way of making moral nrogres.-Nof en;ov;na
moral prosperity or great Spiritual elevation
They can never nrosner TINS Commun;t;o.
cannot. States cannot nations cannot All