Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-01-24
THE ADVERTISER AND OUR
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THE ADVERTISER AND OUR
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The Portland Advertiser will not sue
coed in placing us in false position IN
relation to the election of United States
Senator next winter. We have no desire
to conceal our cwn intentions, and no
wish to misrepresent the Advertiser. 1t
is true as the Advertiser says that there is
now no republican candidate for senator,
and to pretend that we have said there is
a republican candidate is pretence and
nothing else There can be no republican
candidate until the caucus names him next
winter, and it was with reference to that
candidate that our remarks were made.
When the candidate is announced, who
ever it may be, whether Mr.. Hamin, Mr..
Perham, Mr.. Drummond, on some other
republican, we shall support him, as we
believe all true republicans in the lesis-
lature at the time, will and should. Will
the Advertiser say as much9 We know
no Hamlin party, no Drummond or Per-
ham party, but we hold true allegiance TO
the republican party. Is that tie position
OF the Advertiser? In regard to the case
of Mr.. Haynes the Advertiser is woeiully
in error, but we have reason to believe
this comes from wrong information and
not knowingly to perpetrate falschood.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
TRINITY CHuRCH-A VERY HIGH CHURCH
HoNoREp GRAyEs-GRACE CHURcH-RE
LIGIoN AND FASHION.
New York CRY Jan. 18th, 1874.
A week ago yesterday, Mr.. Ecob said in
his sermon at Augusta that the cost Of the
services at Trinity Church are about thou
sand dollars a Sabbath. / took occasion
yesterday to attend that expensive service.
On entering the magnificent building | saw
inscribed over a contribution box the well
known text, "ile that giveth to the poor
lendeth to the Lord" &C., but l at once OBJ
served that they did not even give seats to the
gentlemen strangers, and some twenty were
permitted to stand during the entire service,
although there were many empty seats in the
house. Tarers were burning, chanting was
performed, positions were taken on the stage
and grand music performed. young man,
with his hair cropped somewhat after the
style of a prize fighter, read indifferently a
discourse that but few could distinctly hear.
An English gentleman, but three weeks from
London, opened his eyes until they fairly
glared in surprise to witness this very high
High Church in Americas he plainly did not
approve it. In reply to his questions l told
him that this did not represent American
christianity; he asked me for something that
did, what could do but refer him to Henry
American religious worship aud instruction.
This Trinity church worship seemed to me to
contain large element of very cold theatre
cal glitter, without the magnetic earnestness
and intellectual power characteristic Of Amer
lean worship. 1t seems to ME like carrying
on a war by means of ''dress parades' instead
of battles, or like trying to convert the world
by machinery. A contribution was taken on
massive silver plates, for the purpose of city
missions; would it not be more in accordance
with the gospel, if they were to limit the ex-
pense of the service to the large sum of fifteen
thousand dollars year, and lend the remain
ing three hundred and fifty thousand per
annum to the Lord?
The audience although fashionably dressed,
did not appear to be an especially choice one.
could not perceive how all the pomp, state
ly forms. great display and lavish expenditure
can convert sinners to love and pure devo-
ton. In the church ground saw the mould
ering tomb of Alexander Hamilton, whose
very name once had a magic power in it,
when he as great leader of mems opinions
dictated the policy of great party. He died
the victim of false honor. Capt. Lawrence,
the hero who commanded the Chesapeake and
fell in battle with the Shannon, with his dying
breath originating the maxim, "dont give up
the ship" sleeps in patriots grave under a
monument here. I well remember how more
than twenty years ago, l climbed that monu-
ment to pluck leaf from tree that grew
over it, and have preserved it ever since, in
my mothers Bible, as memcnto of the gal
liant dead who fell fighting the battle Of our
country.
In the afternoon l attended meeting at
Grace Church (also EpiscopaD. This is the
most fashionable church in New York, and
perhaps on this continent, and Brown, the
master of New York fashionable society, is
its sexton. I am not fashionable individual,
but wished to see how upper-tendom that are
not High Church, are in the habit of worship
Ping. The church building is the most ornate
of any in the city. 1t is grandly beautiful
Its interior arrangements are very magnif-
cent. Many windows are of very rich glass,
each one giving different color or rather many
shaded rays, that tone the light to a mellow,
exquisite loneliness, and reflect upon the
grand arches, lofty columns and deliberately