, 1877-07-22
FIGURES THAT LIE.
DEBTS OF US1yER5AL1sT CHURCHES.
To fhc Etlitnr Of Ihe Ttf}n.tie

To the Editor of The Tribune
CHICAGO, July 19.-1 notice that you copy an
article from the Alliance exhibiting the mort
gagged debts Of the Chicago churches The
UniyersaIist churches arc represented as owing
$165, coo. I do not know how nearly correct the
statement may be concerning other churches,
but the aggregate debt of the Uniycrsalist
churches is but $50,000, all on st. Paul's (Or.
Ryster's), the others not being lncumbered. If
the Alliance is as far out or the way with other
churches as with the UniTcrsallst, 1t is very IN
correct
MAY suggest that it would be in good taste
for the dQidnce, which Is the organ OF move
ment that does not exhibit sufficient enterprise
to erect church or own a ball. but that con-
tents itself by using theatre for purposes OF
worship, to crlticise the wcl1-mcant efforts OF
others with care, Rnd at least tell the truth
when it bears any kind OF witness anent its
neighbors3 j. ". HANSON.
RELIGION AND REBELLION.
Rec. + Niliiann Jones in the iniladelphia Times.
But the religious clement which entered that
army, or was developed III it, has absolutely no
parallel in ali history. Our noble old chief {Gcn
Lce) was Christian not merely in profession
but in rea1ity, and did everything in his power
to promote the moral aud spiritual welfare Of
his army. The pletr of sStonewall :" Jackson
is as historic as his splendid military achieve
ments, and the influence which he exertcd for
the religious good Of his officers and men can
never be fully known in this world. These
noble lenders had at the first the cooperation
OF such Christian soldiers as Gems. D. II. Hill,
T. R. Cobb, 4. H. Colquitt, J. E. B. Stuart,
II. a. Pcndleton, John B. Gordon, G. A. Evans,
John Pcgram, aud large number OF other
general, field, staff, aud subordinate officers;
and during the War Gems. Ewe1l. Long
street, Hood, Pender, r. II. Anderson,
Rodes, Haxton, Baylor. and number Of
four companies from Georgia which arrived in
Virginia, three OF the Captains were earnest
Christians, and fifty of one Of the companies be-
longed 10 one church. remember one single
regiment which reported over 4U0 church nletn-
bcrs when it first came into service, and another
regiment which contained five ministers Of the
Gospel,-a Chaplain, one Captain, and three
privatcs.
have not space to give the details, but ] have
in my possession the minutes Of our Chap1ains'
association my diary carefully kept at the time,
files of our religious newspapers, ! larl-e num-
ber of letters and memoranda from Chaplains
aud army missionaries, and other data, gong TO
show that the world has rarely witnessed such
reyiyals as We had in Lees army from the
autumn OF 1862 to the close Of the War. l
never expect to address such congregations or
to witness such results, as we ddaY had ~
that army. I frequently preached to several
Thousand
over 500 inonirers after the way Of life pre-
sent themselves at ono time, and have W.T.
nessed hundreds Of professions at one service.
preached one day in Davis Mississippi brigade
to large congregation who assembled III inc
omen air, and sat through the service With ap-
pareut)r the deepest interest, notwithstanding
the fact that drenching rain WAS falling at TING
/ time Upon several occasions saw baEetooted
men stand In the snow at our SERVICE aud one OF
! tne Chaplains reported that in February, lSG4,
uho o6 in he
| grcgatiou, who stood in snow several inches
! deep during the entire service, and ne countco
| in the number fourteen barefooted mcn And
this eagcrness to hear the Gospel was even more
| manifest during the most active campaigns On
| those famous marches Of the valley campaign OF
| 1872 which won for our brave fellows tue soorl,
onet of sJackson's foot cavalry, Il never found
| the men too weary to assemble IN large numbers
| at the evening praye1-mcctipg and enter Win
bcaTtr zest into the simple service. At ha1fpast
| Z o'clock in the morning the DAY OF the e4ttic
! of Gross Keys, a large part OF Keys brigade
| nromntly assembled on an intimation that there
would be preaching. inc Gnapinln @ 81 L. 1ne rt anvn
| q TAYLOR. now missionary to italy was inter
! rrntcd at 4.third1y," in his able and eloquent
| sermon, by the advance OF the enemy. ana soon
the shock of battle succeeded the lnEllat1ons oA
! The morning Early's brigade was relieved
! from its rcrilous position at Warrcnton Nhlte
| sn,nhur Springs, on the second Afa'1ussas cam
| paign, and recrossed to The south side o1 inc
Rappahannock, one OF 5ae lar argess nzs,cns iin-
mindful of the fierce artillery duel tna@ was
Coi,rr IN at the time, until the service was IN,
terr,intcd by the falling Of an immense shcll
! ia the centre Of the congrcgatlon, out "as ~
snmcd and completed so soou as the conHanu
could be moved back to more sheltered posi-
| ton: The night before the last day at Ing =,
SECOND Manassas, Col. ". It: >. farlof Nts IL ~
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