New-York tribune., 1867-06-17

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SMITH.
The Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, who has just re-
,urped from England gave last night some account OF
She wonderful Lay Preaching movement that began
few wears ago in London, and has since swept over ne
entire Kingdom comprehendng in the ranks OF Sy OK
.norained preachers, In every rank ana oonuoJ J
An life from Peers of the realm TO NetnSdS lad
carpenters After singing by The copgDSsd ggo%ssrd Mis-
son NewYOk followed by prayer ana e1fsman 5e am
ry reading Of the Scriptures. the beS bnt merely
nanpoed that he should preach set sermon, Dut 49,
give account OF the moYeme' acbers Snu who have
~ tie most noteworthy Of the lay Pre'fe fe ss,d.
spr11ag directly from the lower OrIeis ny a ooolov
when asserted last sS9SS O od eyery sunday in london
City alone, many may have & o, That the Rev G.
S1a'eS ~ scos Sno alone COO men from his ehurcn,
every one Of whom pIeaches hs so,he ewHeio hos O "a
sunday sunday cIsss Of more than 2oO-that nearly
cS1 aSnavr In every business takes Bible and
fSdssevery sunday, some place to preach ana IN laT
1d uef say too much The way of these preachers who
have no churches lecture rooms OF then own Is 10 o
a Bbie and generally one or two persons 10 sing ny'
and to mount stump WAGON OF 70 iscS S To-
ar any place where they would be toleratSa anu
sing and read and preach was astolssneu ~ vi ,nraS
IN England everybody breaches laymen not Ony lIeae
and pray but they bapze and administer the S
English people DISLIKE exceedingly the ute OF %
nv mat name This dislike comes from the establishment
OF legal church, which exercises the rgnt OF eo1etTs
tifhen church rates by process OF law from every pOu
whether they attend church or no. and people nave Ma
tnTs p1e9aSe wgheSer thew enjoy them or not Lord
S5aftesury Who began this movement many years ago,
said mat not one in twenty OF the common people ever
enter church not being able to pay the pew rent ana
that theater preaching arose from that TACT On one %
special Sunday al the churches IN LOnuoh d S
working classes come and listen to sermons prepared
especially for them and every chnIeh Was Mas % fe b
adording the poor temporal relief as Wen a. sGha6
them merely Spin5G1t ndTyinns in this country till
we do the thing. They began Win Itl "a
to eat and were then gradually interested rest din in TeOTs s
matters until many We're eonvete9 DSUre tes Ieses We're
fVl,e alarge mppfi
asked state themselves, in thelr own way Iessons
than dozen trades abutcher, saddler, a shoemaker
etc, stated each the same taet S' nSy aud ;n tb,s
TO go to church because pewrent Is so hlgo m % 'h h
country it is too much Religion ike 1usuce mas DC
come luxury, and few eau getlt unles tey pay d oI ~
was built on zion Hin by order Of Christ and and
y yet & was % e9 20 also % provides amusements for
people. In the city of Liverpool under charge on
Ors that city play at one of the largest o. the
theaters They produce nnexcepSV%nSe % Sops @ and That
they may not feel that they treated IKE paues, uo
Tes eSnts of onr rencyl and the children are thrown
I'm This may seem strange business 10.
20 be engaged n but feel bound to say that these per
formances have verify believe, been means OF grace
to of thousands The theory OF II Is TINS we hnoM
that many of the working classes spend telt MONEY y,b ~
drink, but when they attend these utStrs St ~ WIZ ~
much pIeasSnter and better spend the even.
ings there with their wives and emldreh t IMAM
noneyfrom the theater conducted in this way 10 the
Sunday meeting the gradation IS easyahd SO ihny m % an
fnds himself Christian before he suspected ne was on
the road. Another great influence Is exertSd Dy @ iaes
who go about and teaehthe women o Se Sa and com
fortable; don't know exactly what SfSlilal s ai"S ~
near to II as ANYTHING we determine Richard weaver
most noted Of the hay preachers was original ma
ly collier he was drunkard prize En- anu 1 o9 @
dangerous man He is now 40 years old IN tS 5e VIZ
strangely converted .ou,Sg ana III. sxneIlre and
preaching e had one of the worst fathers ever man
she was abused by her husband would tell him that she
would cease pray for him. and that she hoped 70
was aeconpsRed the old converted at the
OF 5S and died true shn %ondegf natural
elOquence and capacity for touching Inc hearts o. o.
his pulptin London, and when demonstrated with by
many friends for his alleged indisereon and improper
conduct in allowing man TO preach WHO haa ne Dee
ordained the Bishop replied that to him u was
evident that the ; lord hsa oTaRGa RSaber ms @
had said any thing TO him not; so Weaver came 10 Lon
peakeT Dn @ Rsfaee hs account Of Weaver by number Of
anecdotes illustrative of the character Of the man and his
opinion, " since Whitfield had done so much
good OF Assompshed 50 great work m RTessnas SSas @
Pa movement o Mr. smith said thai the great strength
81 this kind Of preaching Is that they preach
Christ q Jesus only, and do not attempt TO
ffnG SredeSer eS pTRse' Was n q Roa eo " neSo
hood he did not occupy himself with abusing the Catho
the Catholics tn you are g but TIL ycn can get class
-nt Si1e their noble sisters M o. CnaIlg VINO % wa, WIN
go and visit the poor and attend on u0 eK ~ ne A2E
pals they viii beat you ten to one, ana so ney ought
"a There Florence Nightingale. when there
shoud have been thousand. The only way to Overcome
these people is to Oudo them IN works Of charity ana
mercy III you haven't any CLARITY for the thousands
Of the poor who perish you haven't any Christianity
worth having Mr.. Carter is another OF these London
preachers whose labds lie especially among teVes ana
pickpOckets and after few years labor Le Los BOW
church of over reformed persons His wife and &c
began their work the tea meeting plan, and teg
earlier meetings they dared not have knives, forks
spoons for fear they should be stolen aud they na TO
watch every cup and take 1t away as soon as elg1utd
The reverend gentleman closed with urgent appeal
TO Americans not 70 let our transatlantic lelds beat MS
in this good work or IN anything else so nOOie~
THE COLORED PEOPLES CHURCH IL CHARLESTON
The Rev. II. g. Adams, cOlOred missionary at
Charleston s. G. addressed large audesce Last evening
at the Teenthst Presbyterian church, the address be-
ing mid Of the erection Of church edce for his
cCnRreeatipn a Charleston Having spoken OF the
eighty Of God in controlling events for the benefit Of the
church, illustrating hls views by references 20 the old
Testament he expressed his belief that of all the great
changes wrought by the Rebellion, and wTenched from
Southern Shareholders by many Northern sacrees that
which spreads education among his people, 10 the greatest,
and viii STing forth Most fruit He appeaied 90 te CON
gregaton for help to church for the colored people
In Charleston, saying that then Church has 800 members
and 200 pupils attending Sunday SehoO who are unable
all 20 aeet together under roof for worship te
used for service being entirely too small The church
will cost S200OO 5000 of which has already been col
leeed parity III the North and partly from their own
been erected and the object to be gained Is 70
put onthe roof which being done IL believed the cd
Ored people themselves VIII be able, by eXertOn To do
The rest The Rev. DIR Burchard made few remarks TO
the congregation requesting liberal assistance for the
church. A collection was then taken.
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