, 1869-02-16
The FiTHt Protestant Service In mad

The first public service by the Pfoscstanta
Of Madrid took place on Sunday JannarS u.
The correspondent Of the Lsu1aou News de-
sc1ibes the EceEe:,
As I passed up the staircase at No. 9
Plaza de Santa Catalina de les Donados, ]
hearb, ior the FIRST time since littt England,
Congregational singing to one q Luthef's
grand old tunes. The room had evidently
INTO an anterior 1t had q deEble row OF
reat, red-cusbioned beuches, With narrow
passage In the centre; d harnontrm u one
corner. When eutered the seats were luli, and
after It became crowded, and many had
+ TO 70 away unable 10 find even standing
| room. At tho extreme end was small pull
| Dit, or rather desk. The preacher was
| mlddlc- sized man, With good forehead, ,aud
a countensnce rather INCLINED to 2e ha1d.
lappets OF the Church ot Eugians !, c.nd the
SCI vice. which hc rend Ia Spanish, Was part
Of her beautiful service: The 'sinsiag was
from printed sheet OF four hymns which
| was given TO every enc on eutcEug- t;ne
Of these was translation Of that beautiful
one OF Elliott's, beginning:
".Jaet as am wliuou. one pea.
| Bat inst Tny h!nod ~as kued for nc :
A and smother was the doyology. counted
\ one hundred and thsrty.nlne present. batt
how many Of these we're Protestants, and
haw many had come from mere curiosity, OF
:. course could not tell. =
'lnaL R0u0lY uul4pets Au"esets rIec VIZ
| former, was uDmis:akahiy evidenced 81 the
III singing, when 1t Is remembered thatin tht
,Kcuan Catholic churches the people do MOI
= sing; all thkt Is left to the priests Thi
T.. singing was started with heartinessand !
i precisle n impossible amongst those who wer'
, NOT accustomed to It, and the congregation
:, go easily took It Up and sustained u as =
d proye thu: most Of them were familiar Wit]
: theu1usic. It was the more marked ns tn
,r majority present were men. There We:e no
ie,l q dozen females nor half dozen children.
" "Ihc preacher, who hfterW ards leafne
u was Pastor Ruet, the Spautard who has don
~ so much for Protestantlern IN Alseria, too
~ Tor bis text Matthew. xviii, l9t1 TO sul
IA which he WELDED with evident power oV
it his audience. After picturing the ecene
his text, and c1pounding the lessons 'dcr1F
BILE from II, be alluded to the fact taat fece
events permitted every spausaed tc.t6ank !
himself and 10 exercise the she y tSer 10 ,opg
asr tries, Of worshipptns God. according to t
sv Gictates Of conscience. In the eIerciSe
be-! that right he, a born spaniard, Tas coada
n Ing tie Protestant worship Of Protest:
I'LL bad BEN made against them, 70 me
IN, tect that they were carrying on Iae.r Pre-
'Ms' eapda by EoeIIsh gold. They were spanlat
and not behoiden 4or one penny 10 any
'eo hut spaniards. Euxland ceItamlS. M as = q
,nso mcrt, btt beyond that he and his ts!e
!, nci,her as1ed nor accepted any asahta
sn rom is England, but were carrying On 7
mission to their Spanish fsllow.eountr5!
lean, 10 tie Spanish Language, and BY means OF
and clusiyely Spanish contributions. The
vices would b. continued twice every Suu1
II re-. 60 long a. the authorities sanctioned ffee
The Of #cIshlp, Nnae.. ~ "a uoP - ~ N,
ho,v, at!ous of Protestant doctrine, be very y
bur. used no fanatical defamation aea.nss
uAA7 Il T,,r,h ~ Roma md It's EQiSnfaA.
would not do with people 80 superstitt5
larttn | a4iacled tn It as The Spaniards nrc.n