Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-05-14
RELIGIOUS.

| The Anniversary OF the Sabbath School
connected with the Sd Baptist Society, Rev
Mr.. Wayland's, viii take place tomorrow eve
ming, services, commencing at six o'clock. In
addition to some interesting exercises by the
school, remarks may be expected from Hon.
A. H. Bullock, Rev. j. d. E. Jones and Homer
B. Sprague, Esq.
Recently Danish Baptist church was re-
cognized at Raymond, Wisconsin, which has
been increased from fifteen to thirty members.
A correspondent of the Christian Times says
Rev. Mr. Jorgenson, a native of Denmark, is
their pastor.
Rev. Mark Carpenter, who has been pastor
of the church in Holyoke, Mass, since 1850,
closes his ministry there, and assumes at once
the charge Of the First Baptist church, Brattle-
boro', VT, vacant by the resignation of Rev.
p. S. Adams. We learn that Rev g. w.
Gorham succeeds Mr.. Carpenter at Holyoke.
The Christian Waterman and Reflector says;
1.-The popular literature of our age has little
respect for the pulpit, and often sneers at it as
a kind of antique fossil. which has lost
power over the living minds of this genera
ton"
Eighteen years ago, on the 10Th inst, Rev
| Theodore Parker preached the famous sermon,
/
Rev. c. c. Shacktord, entitled "The Trans
lent and Permanent Christianity" which yir-
tualy separated him from his Unitarian breth-
rem. By an arrangement with Mr.. Parker
before the latter's illness, Mr.. Shaekford will
commemorate the anniversary of his ordina
ton by supplying Mr.. Parker's pulpit, at
Music Hall, on Sunday next. There will
| doubtless be considerable interest to hear Mr.
Shackford, under the circumstances
The Christian Waterman and Reflector
takes to task DR.. O. W. Holiness Professor,
in the Atlantic Monthly. The charge is, that
the professor" assails evangelical religion,
and that this is an impertinence in magazine
devoted not to Theology but to Literature,
Art, and Politics" 1t must be confessed the
Professor is not quite innocent in this matter.
In the May number of the Atlantic he was
| quite sharp on evangelical theology" and
| had something to say of those who leave tracts
in front yards, or give them to little children
whose parents believe the theology of such
tracts to be unwholesome. The Waterman
and Reflector says =
"1here is something remarkably witty and
original in his method of conducting discus
sion, when he sees fit to introduce any.
| There are two boarders who sometimes object
to what he says on religion. Oneis Divinity
| student, very modest softly-spoken young
ster, who just ventures to question little
this puppet is worked when the Professor
wants to treat those who differ from him with
something like respect The other is a maid
en- lady OF mature years, who fidgets, and says
| she cant bear such talk The innocent
reader is thus impressed with the immense SUI
periority of the oracular gentleman to whom
he is attending. When he wants to be denun-
ciatory, he calls out wonderful dwarf who
plays Philo Junius to his Junus. Little Bos-
ton can cry knave, fool, bigot, and all the 9TH
er choice epithets in the vocabulary of Extra
LiberaIty, while the Professor smiles, and
sometimes affects to restrain his ardor."
And again =
''Now the Professor evidently believes that
large part of the evils which affct society
arise from the prevalence of evangelical reli-
gion. If some form of free thinking, as deism
or Uniyersaism, could only suppant that mis-
chieyous faith which really supposes Christ
and the apostles to have spoken with Divine
authority, and to have meant what they said,
| he would think the good time coming" had
arrived. He would seem to regard it as an i'm
| pOrtant part of his mission with chivalrous
ardor, ''to encounter expulse, repel, and resist"
all upholders of the obnoxious faith. We judge
this to be the case, because, so far as we can
| remember, le never gets through MS series
without letting fly at them, severely or jocose-
ly, directly or indirectly, openly or silly; OF
insinuating the contrary doctrine in some form
in prose or verse"
On the other hand, ''Warrlngton," writing
to the Springfield Republican, takes the cudgel
in behalf of the Professor, and brings to his
aid the following fact -
"ln day or two after / read his remark tc
the divinity student about the people who DROP
rreligious tracts on religion in peoples en-
tries, had an experience nearly similar
found that one Of my neighbors had waylaid
my eldest girl and had given to her three LITTLE
books from the Tract Societys press, full Of
the wickedest and foolishest notions about
God and human life, and that she had actually
read one Of them quite through! To think Of
interrupting a little girl on her way to pick vi
Diets and cowslips before breakfast, and plac
ing in her unsuspecting hand book conveying
to her the pleasing information that she was
on her way to be burned up if she did not re-
pent and beleve-something or other This
ought to be matter of police regulation. This
same Tract Society, which sends foolish men
round to trighten little children, has come tc
the conclusion, | see, that it cannot protest
against the slave trade. OF course not it is
humbug, and the sooner it is broken up the
better Whichever section, North or South
gets rid OF its publications, is the fortunate
one"
This religious controversy usually causes
people to get considerably heated. We hope
the Professor" will be little more torbear
ing, and, especially, see the propriety of not
allowing himself to be "as witty as he can,
over theological questions Whether it be
right or wrong, it is certainly true that diver:
excellent persons, who read the Atlantic
Monthly, may be tempted to reply and then
there will be "a pretty kettle of fish"
A Breeze among the EpiscopaIians.-On in
three years, delegates are elected to represent
the Episcopal Church in Massachusetts, in a
General Convention of the same church in the
United States. The delegates consist of four
clerical and fourlay members. They are voted
for by ballot. AT a recent meeting in Boston.
the following clerical delegates were elected -
Rev. George NJ Randall, ID. D., Rev L. M. ~
Wells, ID. D., Rev. George Leeds, and Rev.
Mr.. Shaw, of Lanesboro.
4 Tho four lay delegates elected, were inc
Hon. William Appleton, Hon. Samuel L.
Croker, Hon. Edward A. Newton, and the
Hon. Robert c. Winthrop. The whole mum.
Der Of ballots was III; Mr.. Appleton had Ill
Mr.. Croker 10Y; Mr.. Newton 1902; Mr.. Win.
throp &C. Shortly after the election protest
from the rector of St. Stephens Church, Pitts
field, and delegates from five parishes, was
presented by Henry M. Parker, Esq, against
the election of Mr.. Newton, for the reason that
he had been suspended from communion with
The church. There was u warm discussion.
ana the protest was rejected. In the course