The Ottawa free trader., 1868-04-04

| laration OF independence and forms OF our civil
government were copied largely from them. An
English writer, in speaking of the organizers of
the Revolutionary movement, called them law.
less band Of Congregationalists, Pfesbyterians
and smugglers." The classification is good.) He
did not believe IN boasting, as brother Field has
done but would ailittle. "It was not boasting
either, because it was the truth" shat Wither-
spoon, presbyterian and one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence, spoke at some
length and was largely influential in the adop-
tion Of that measure which gave birth to our
present form of governments and he claims as
consequence for his church the parontsge of the
ogspring."@I a-It-a .-EAI
On the other hand he alluded to Bishop AS
bury, ''the only methodist who did not flee to
England for safety. He was concealed in gar
ret for two years, and when he did venture forth
from his retirement, it was with croakings about
what he had done for his country" He was not
surprised that Br Field should follow in the
footsteps of his illustrous predecessor and boast
of the loyalty of his church during the late
rebellion.
There were two things he knew the metho-
dists were good at. Dragging and begging
Rev. First, Baptist in laying the foundation
of his lecture, claimed that the Gospel saved
none but by faith Infant damnation was not
one of their tenets. Those who charged them
with it have only to read their own creeds, and
they will find that they are enjonsd to preach
that hell is lined with souls not span long
Christ taught his disciples to preach the gospel
to every creature, and to baptse those that be-
lieved-not every creature-but the believers,
oircumcised and uncrcumcised' Ruling elders
had been on probation for hundreds OF years, to
find where and how children were born into the
church.
'As the love feast of bread and wine is sym.
bol Of the crucifed body of Christ, so is baptism
symbol sacred to them by his resurrection"
The stars and stripes of bunting, ragged though
1t be- still serves as an emblem to rally the forces
to mighty defence. So also had their symbol
OF baptism increased their forces to q mighty
squadron to cooperate with the land forces'-
$4,000 Ethiopians in the water squad in single
state" He might be close but not close com.
'nun'on baptist. None had right to commune
with them unless baptsed. A catholic or qua
ker is not allowed to commune with prssbyter-
iahs or methodists" "a hard shell is better
than no she'll" "Why did you bare your bo.oms
in the enemy's country? For the same reason
we take to water" "a presbyterian killed a ca.
that caught rat on Sunday" He had thous.
and other equally good reasons for being
baptist.
| MIR. Ralph, (Universalist.) Young ladies of
choir dispensed with knitting, talking, Sc, long
enough to sing, in opening, THY will be done
Mr.. Ralph was universalist, because sit was
the only doctrine consistent with the idea Of in.
finite wisdom" "If He can stay the planet in
its course, can He not make the spiritual BODY
subject to his will ~ Quoted the bible and John
| Wesley. He having been unwell, his wife.w wrote
his quotations, and he discovered that she was
| giving her old friends thrust ut would re.
quire an angel from heaven, with undisputed
| credentials, to make him believe in endless pua.
| ishmsnt." ut would require quite as much
stretch OF imagination to prove methodisn a.
to prove mormonism.' THE object of Gods law
and OF universalism is reformation" He, - we'll
as those who preceded him, produced abundance
OF evidence to substantiate his doctrine I
thought it wrong of him to take advantage of
the crowded house to preach an excellent sermon
to those who expected only abuse and sarcasm
for their sights and slurs
REMARKs-The congregationalist appeared to
be seriously convinced that his was the true 70.
religion. He knew not how or why, unless be.
cause he was born The methodist left the
impression of methodism on the minds of his
hearers by his gestures and peculiar twsng Of
voice. and the ranting, disconnected tumble of Door
English were all emblematical He was ridcu.
lously interesting.
The presbyterian discourse was logically elo-
quent and forcibly interesting. The baptist, un-
like the methodist,I was lecture fraught with
modesty and conclusive evidence, impressinv
the minds Of his hearers favorably as to his quail
ifcations christian teacher
Since it has boen the policy of the lecturers 10
far to omit speaking of the universaist in any
wcy, I will not diviate from tho line of duty
pointed out by christian ministers by comment
ing on his discourse. t.'
The first lecturer in opening his discourse,
felt "that he was selling his brains for ten cents'
the course costing 90 cents.-Concession by
hearers-"Singly his would not bring half Of
that" no value received.
1t is noticeable that majority of the regular
attendance are persons not protesting any of the
four evangelical faiths. This is owing somewhat