Daily Republican., 1881-02-19
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8 Last Night.
u The Rev. W. W. Newell, Jr. OF Psri,
delivered an interesting address las
ni9ht to a small audience In the Cen
ral Presbyterian church, on "The Re
vlVal OF Protsstantism in France. ;
Rev J. Ii. Nixon, pastor OF the church
Introduced the speaker referring in
complimentary manner to the work
ghioh had been accomplished by Mr.
Newell.
The speaker is fluent in language }, an
easy and graceful tslksr and at onca
gained the undivided attention Of his
audience which he retained to the close
of his lecture.
In referring to the Lords parable Of
the draught Of fishes he thought the
church which was the fisherman should
let down the net az ain this time with
more faith and large draught would
be the result.
He let his audience know that he
was not specifically seeking funds, bat
that he wanted to let the world know
what grand and glorious work was
being carried on in the cities and
amongst the beautiful vine clad hills
and valleys Of France. He referred to
the prosecutions OF the early christians
in France and compared the situation
then with the present, and said it was
almost impossible to realize what the
Lord was doing in France to-day where
thousands were being added TO the
church. The enemies OF God In their
derision called the Protestant Church
THE French Desert" and the French
Protestant had accepted the title ::
they certainly had been weak and bar
rem, but now they seemed TO be gaining
strength and power year after year,
until the promise of a plentiful srysst
seems about to be fulfilled.
He said he had passed through the
very streets that ran rivers of blood
from the massacre of St. Bartholomew.
and under the shadow Of the Bastile
Shioh WAS the prison house of the early
The Archbishop Of Paris had said of
that awful event that it was pity
that the government had not killed
every Protestant in France the same
spirit OF the Church of Rome was abroad
to day but it was held in check By
the strong ann of public opinion. In
glancing At the public schools lie stated
that IL seemed 10 be the determination |
OF the Government to control them and
see that every child was properly edu-
Gated, but the religion OF CArist had
taken possession of many of them, and |
that whilst they were educational "a,
tablishments they we're also nurseries |
Of the church.
In referring TO the work of Rev. Mr..
Mccall, an English divine, no said that
gentleman had been instrumental in
q number of missions in
Paris, but friends We're needed to build
churches where these missions had be-
'ome too small to hold the hundreds
Who focked thither..
In Paris alone there we're twenty.
our such missions in Lyons, six; in
Bordeaux, four. These were all doing
wonderful work. In one of these
which he visited, he found
me hundred and seventy people, more
han could be found in attendanc on
Wednesday evening meeting at any
hurch in the United States with three
r four hundred members.
The church of the Huguenots. the
'Societe Centrale" of France and the
ociete Angelique Of Geneva, he said
'ere all doing q glorious work, and !.
rance which before was only Repub-
C OF anarchists, had through the bless.
1g OF God been given another Repub-
c founded upon religious liberty aud a
Iteration.