The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1866-03-08

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Full CL,acLes.-On last Sabbath evening,
the 18th. the Second Presbyterian church, the
Rev DR.. Beadle 5, was filed TO Oyertowlng by
a multitude which found places only IN the
aiSles, pulpit stairs, and wherever there was
room to stand, all listening with unweaned at
tentiOn to the eloquent pastor. 4 few squares
distant Is the Arch street Presbyterian church,
the Rev. Mr.. Conkhng'S and there, for two
years past, as great crowds have been SEEN
Nor have these great congregations been gath
cred in these places by sensational preaching
but by clear, earnest emphatic proclamatlOnS OF
the gOspelof God, addressed TO the cOnSciences
Of sinful men, or directed to the consolation
and guidance of the people of God And We
are very sure that, during the present Winter
the Presbyterian ministry of Philadelphia have
preached to larger and more interesting au-
diences than for many years past.-PhdQdet
phjd Presbyterian.
The HoWjy Star.-This missionary ship,
built by the ten cent contributions of Sunday
School children, and sent out by the American
Board of the Sandwich Island, has been sold
ut Honolulu. The name was not sold with the
vessel, but it is to be given to 4 new one, bet
ter adapted to the purpose which is now
building at Boston The old ship is to be
named the Harriet Newell. The Sand
wich Island Friend speaking Of the sale,
says:
A great and good work has been accom-
plished by her aid. The hundred thousand
stockholders could not have invested their
dimes in more paying enterprise. The
vessel was planned and built, launched and
kept running to further the Missionary cause
in Micronesia. She has fulfilled her mission,
and it has been a noble mission. She has
made ten trips to Micronesia, and more than
half that number to the Marquesan Islands. -
All the missionaries in those groups have been
conveyed to and fro, and otherwise received
unnumbered tavors by her various trips. She
had become extensively known amongall those
islanders, and her visits were exceedingly
priced, even by those not directly connected
with missionary operations Language would
fail to express the joy awakened in the hearts
OF our missionaries by the sight Of her flag,
after dwelling for months on their lonely
islands, without communication with the outer
world. '-Ncl0 York Observer.
Desttution Of Pastors III Col,necticm.-A
correspondent of the Ne'r Haren Palladium
states that there are now over seventy churches
in that State who have neither pastors nor
stated preachers. He says
If our churches want to increase the min
iStry, and thus the power Of the gospel, they
must employ the best talent of our land and
that cannot be done by starving the families of
and diStracting the brains Of clergy
men in striving to sustain themselves on the
Stinted allowances which are being voted by
many churches in this State. In looking over
the minutes of the General Association of
Connecticut, held in 1868, we find that one-Gfth
of all the pastors in the State were dismissed
during the year, and that only eleven young
men were ordained: that the salaries paid to
thirty-three pastors was $500; nine pastors,
$4OO; One $500, and one, 5000; three, no
salaries; one hundred and four, 81 900; forty,
81 800; sixteen, $1,000; four, $500, and
three, $4,000 The average sum paid to min
listers in Fairfield county 81 GA; Hartford
county ,060; Litchfeld county, $3.50; Mid
dleSeX county, 1919; New Haven county,
81 ,l2I; New London county, SS4S; TOlland
county, SIPS; Windham county, 1858. We
ask the question, Can these clergymen, at the
present cost Of living, support and educate
their families with these salaries? We know
that they do not, and that many are suffering
very intensely, and oftentimes without the
knowledge of u single one outside of the fami-
ly Cases have come to my knowledge, indi-
rectly, which, if known, would arouse some
Christian hearts, and we should not see the
3j, TAG families 10 whom these clergymen min
lister in Divine things, resting IN perfect quiet
over this matter.
| have written this article and stated these
facts without the knowledge or suggestion OF
any clergyman, and fearing the authorship
should be charged upon some one interested in
a larger salary, | will. rs q layman, sign my
self, JOHN q. North. y
4 Remarkable Confessions The following is
taken from late number of the Christina
Iaqtirsr, u leading organ of the Unitarians:
But the chief defect of both Uniyersalists
and Unitarians Is want Of religion We do
not shrink from making this confession. We
know there are thousands Of eStImabe, deyout
people connected with our churches We can
never forget the rare piety Of Henry Ware and
Henry Bacon; but piety Is not the character
iStic of Liberal Christians UniyerSaliStS have
rung out the sharp notes Of their doctrinal
dissent until their sect has become an organ
lied critiQue On the penal theology. Unitari-
ans have cOntended for intellectual freedom and
moral fidelity until they have become the re-
cognized representation Of cathOGcity and good
manners. The former have thought more of
their dogma than of the sentiments it should
awaken, and the worship it should inspire; the
latter have thought more of work than of the
faith that wOrkS-mOre of the liberty which is
the condition, than of the Love which is the
end of life. Liberal Christianity Is generally
regarded as an idea, a criticism, a respectable
", dRWbjRg and eraytbHg 6Ut Religion
People feel that, with all its merits, it lacks
some lite-gIying, SOUl-inSplrlng property or
power. 1t has well-nigh stranded on the dry
sands of ethical criticism, and will 90 to pieces
there rs it deserves unless it pushes off into
deep religious sentiments and catches the
breath of God in its sails The future of Lib
eral Christianity depends upon whether it can
pray If It is not a piety as well as a philOSo
ply il will perish But if it can invigorate
faith, strengthen aspiration, deepen reverence
and trust, Subdue Self-love, and open souls to
the infowing Spirit of God,-if it is not mere
" religious but q Religion, it is heir to the
Kingdom and holds the keys Of the future in
its hand
Rer. DR.. Barnes aad the Souh.-''I hest
tate not to say that, on the whole, the conduct
of the South in the feelings evinced on the ter
miuation of the conflict, has been such as to
demand the confidence of the North, and to
secure the admiration Of mankind. Can we
forget, when we think of what Is in the South
ern bosom still, that long-cherished opinions,
feelings, and customs do not soon change
among a people? Can we forget how long
after the wars Of the Roses, and after the
of the Commonwealth in
England, on the cessation of the forms Of war,
the feelings which had been engendered lin
gered in the bosom of Englishmen? Can we
forget how long after the Revolution, the ban
ishment OF James, and the accession OF William
and Mary, love for the Pretender" fingered
in the hearts of a portion of that nation-how
firm was the conviction that he was the right
full heir to the throne? Shall we blame our
brethren if similar feelings hnger in
their bosom