The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-31

tanse school. But they could say clearly
and well what they desired, and 1felt that
their country was substantially secure in
their hands. Allthis / say while ! have
not in the least abated my attachment to
q republican government. II is far more
highly appreciated by me than ever be.
fore. But need not therefore be blind
to the virtues Of our neighbors, or TO the
faults Of ourselves. r. {'aEF'.
RELIGION AND TIE PULPIT.
Compared With the Continent, England
as to religion is deyout land. Her
churches are not deserted. Westminster
Abbey and st. Paul's Cathedral and thou.
sands Of other places Of worship gather
multitudes within their doors on the Sab.
bath. / have seen the Abbey packed an
hour before the time Of service. Still
one other remark I am compelled TO
make in candor. tits that the pulpit Of
England Is not strong as compared with
that Of Scotland or the United States.
/ have been astonished at the weak
ness OF the sermons which have heard
from the preachers OF the Established
Church. Sometimes they have been very
evangelical; sometimes they have shown
the evidences Of literary culture. Often
they have been miserably delivered. II
has only been among the Dissenters that
Ihaye heard sermons full ofsubtance and
power. l will. however, make one ex-
ception. 1t is in favor Of Canon Siddon,
who is, perhaps, the strongest preacher
in the Church Of England at the present
time. He takes good hour or more for
the delivery Of his sermon. He has
something to say and he says it, not with
any great show Of oratory and rhetoric,
but with directness and fulness which
impress the vast audiences which gather
| 10 hear him. He does not hesitate to
touch even upon those subjects which
some over scrupulous persons might re.
gard as politics. In q sermon TO which
listened 10 st. Paul's Cathedral he brought
before his hearers the attitude proper for
England in the Turkish question
He said that the time had come
when silence il incompatible with the
law OF Christ. Issues were raised which
arc above any considerations OF expe'
diency. The question is not what is po'
litieally expedient, but what is moral
Christian and humane. And then III
words which evidently told upon his
hearers, he described the recent horrors
perpetrated by the Turks, and asked
every Englishman TO make his influence
felt upon the side OF liberty, morality and
humanity. And in spirit ! said amen.
do not love Canon Siddon's peculiar no:
| tons Of the Church. They are high and
exclusive, dohonor him as Christian
and as a preacher who has real power oil
intellect and heart.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
lam glad that ! am able TO add tina!
the English with whom / have mingled
thoroughly sympathize in the main will
his views on the eastern question. Ih'
dominant feeling is that it would be I
mistake and worse to lend moral or ma
terial aid in support Of the power which
rules at. Constantinople. There arr
tradesmen who would welcome war be
cause they hope that it would improve
their business. There are politicians
who would follow in the line Of the past
so far as to plunge the,nation into another
conflict like that Of the Crimea. But the
masses OF the people are not prepared tt
follow such headings. II the present con
sentative government had disposition
actively to take sides with the Turks ant
should undertake to crafty it,they woulc
at the earliest practicable moment b
driven from power. Ifwar should becomt
a manifest necessity on the part OF GreaI
Britain in order 10 defend her possessions
in the east she would not shrink from i
Otherwise it would scarcely be possible
to lead her 10 give further help to th'
! Turk. ID. w. +.