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      972 F H E Ii E A 3 Fi'- ' Ft. [Ifa 394, ...

      972 f H E Ii E A 3 fi ' - ' ft . [ Ifa 394 , October 310 ; 1857 , ¦

      Notiobs To Correspondents. If. P.—We Hav...

      NOTIOBS TO CORRESPONDENTS . If . p . —We have not aided in propagating the scandal ; therefore we decline publishing any version of the story .. S . R- CJ . B . ) - ¥ e do not ' undertake , even" in our Open ' Council * to correct our contemporaries . It has been found , necessary to observe this rule . ¦ Crystal Palack . — "We * regret that we are unable to insert the communication .

      Several Oominunications Unavoidably Stan...

      Several oominunications unavoidably stand over . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owinp to a press of matter ; and -when omitted , it is frequently from reasonsquiteindependent of the merits of the communication . No notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence . Wiateveris intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a paarantee of hisgoodfaith . Wecannot undertake to return rejected communications .

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      Saturday, October 10, 1857.

      SATURDAY , OCTOBER 10 , 1857 .

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      There Is Nothingso Revolutionary, Becaus...

      There is nothingso revolutionary , because tb . ereis nothing so unnattrral and convulsive , as tlie strain to keepthingsfixedYrhenallthe worldisby the very Iawofit 3 creation in eternal progress . —Da . Aknoid . - * . — : —

      The Pay Or Humrliation. Tche Day Of 'Sol...

      THE PAY Or HUMrLIATION . tCHE day of ' solemn fast , humiliation , and prayer' passed exactly as we expected . An . additional Sunday was thrown into the middle of the week , witb a subject dictated

      for all the sermons , i the congregations being expected to make a , collection . There was * prayer' yarying in its fashion according to the tenets and colour of the congregation , unore or less sincere—more or less formal : — uenei iua

      more or less Dereti 01 any xu ejuicacy . There was ' humiliation with the greatest number for the two hours in which the congregation was in church ; a humiliation , iningled with no small sense of Sunday . finery . But where was the ' fast ? ' Not a single meal was omitted on that day ; on the - contrary , it was a Sunday dinner instead of a \ Dinner

      worKmg-aay . A strong sense of the terrible calamity in "the East did impart a greater solemnity , ear-1 neatness , and truth to the feeling * of the day I than is customary in these observances . "We have the evidence of this feeling hi the general strain of the sermons ; Seldom have we gone over a mass of clerical literature so devoid of any individual ' striking point , ' very seldom have we seen so much harmony in . the universal utterance ; Not indeed that the clergy , ' whether of the established or non-established rih-mwliAn' : orrnsrifirt tho time nroblem " which was

      presented to them . They were , perhaps , com- pelted to take it u ^ j according to professional fashion , the fashion being' set in ages long past ; but they did their best to Reconcile the practical requirements of the present day with

      the contracted knowledge of past ages . Theiir I Version ' of the" story which they had 'tdi tell I was this : having neglected to extend Christianity in India , havlfig' on the contrary tole- 1 rated the idolatry and t > he ' vile ^ rafetibes' of the Hindoos ,- we have comtnitted a ' gigantic

      Bin , ' of which the revolt' was thb retribution . This-was the ' presentment ' ' ofHlt _ 3 wh 61 e ( clerical jury upon the offehder to * aigried before ' the uacred tribunal ] ' ; ' i : Therfiiit » frBoWid fl < iwfl in the / case . ; i Ab one

      . preac ) hei t"p t ointed btit , > if Ebgland is th <* offender , justice has strangely visited With retribution taot l & ngland bat Iwdia « ' bias iriflicte ' d the . tfarger < Ahartv *> f penhMy r > ot ev < 5 fn ! & jp 6 ft ttfcS'IEriglisfi in ^ Indiw ; bttti tipfcn'th ^ Hhttteo'A , ' ! httkox ^ fe ^ foomtlthe' slighter ^ fHltr ^ gtfeater ! tunn amo ^ tlio Britirfli . Hdmy o ^ tlia imoYb

      timid amongst the clergy tremhle lest modern knowledge should " prove to be inconsistent with sacred'truth ; as If truth and geniiine knowledge eould ever be inconsistent ! as if we should find out in tlie works of the Creator facts inconsistent with inspiration ! On the occasion of the last day of solemn fast we had much broader and . more -truthful explanations of out wrong-doing , and , therefore , much clearer light thrown on the method of reform . But still there were some few who could seize the truth , and set it forth even in an established church . One preacher laid down his discourse upon the established tramway . The Divine Tuler of the world , he said , " accorded not to individuals the fiual judgment on their deeds until the close of their career , but communities of men have their probation in this world ; " and in the government of the world there are moral laws as well as physical laws : — " All the physical convulsions that ; have agitated the world have proceeded in conformity with the natural laws assigned fr 6 m the first by God . An earthquake , a volcano , an eruption , a flood , though seeming to break in on nature , does nevertheless fulfil its laws as truly as the falling stone , or the rising sparks of fire , or the ripple of the streamlet of the valley . So we may be sure that the just laws of the Moral Governdr are fulfilled in the most inscrutable of human events as truly as in the ordinary tenor of human existence . There is human probation going on beneath the Eternal Eye . There rausi

      is a moral meaning for all that nappens . we not then suppose that when we have traced to social and natural causes the enormous crime and misery ' which have just afflicted our Indian Empire , we have done with them . " The Times , said the same preacher , " has wie uiaiue

      had the courage to cuarge ux uuc present outbreak of heathenism in the East on the defective Christianity in the middle classes , who have abetted the Indian Gtovernment in compromising between Christianity „«>] Un ^ iUnninm " T ^ T" TllATS a A 1 « V Tlf & t mif

      tSilXAU . 11 CClUilCULAOXH J ~ r * - « -a . M . v *'" v . »« . ** . — - - ^ tion these statements ; but he retorted that the ptfess does but reflect the mind of the middle classes ; and we may add , that in the main , if the middle class have pandered to compromise in India , the press has pandered to the middle class . But , says Dr . Irons , " this ' mutual shifting of the blame on one 1 « . ^ J . ' U , ^ . . 4 < s . ' i-if > -. TT ^ - » -irl-ViTT nf ei aniAmn V » r > lll » li kft .+ ; hft

      —I I I , iXlXKJvLXd . ID UUVTUi vuj V- * « ww . » . * ja » -wa *» v«— »»« -. « ..-w present . " "We have all had our share in the low tone of religion and morals among the I people . : If England -will nob - trust religion , God will pluek up and destroy oiir power . " We may , perhaps , question the accuracy of I sonie expressions here ^ ' but / it ; is the rough flHaertidn of a creat truth . ' : m ;

      I If we , as ot people , habitually mingle truth and falsehood , if we adulterate our sincerity with mere outward conformity , we undermine the Bfcrength that ia iu us , and -render ourselves iilcapftble of maintaining our own 1 1

      | greatness . Strewed throughout thechurches of the country on thAt day devoted to icortihnuning with the DWine > Power ' waa a unlass 1 of hypocrisy , of pretended belief , ofac ^ uiea-Icence in doctrines that' are no longer sillthe OJivme

      cerfely accepted ; and m rresen ^ b the people of this country were lying . 1 >! Jsit possible that it can throw its heart ^ into 1 the wor ^ lc , can prevent its' mind ^ 'frotn' 'hecomin ^ confused , or crin distinguish' -between Cbn ^ - soience > and hypobri « y , between the work ' to 1 !

      be done andthe 5 Work that ought' » 6 tto : be dOnB'P' ' !'"•'' ¦ ' ¦ -i' -i ' i ' . v' ; 'i ! « iif-,: { ) >; i' tit-. i n ><¦}'• -As if toanatomitse and esiiolae the nature I of our religious' > obaervanfcoa ^ bfefor'tf % -u' ^ fftife , i tftiereat ' cornmereio / l oontiinBV ' ihdd'iB-rtteo ^ Alliri

      added to ^ tsnmuiseu ' mi ' ibr ' tho < ti \ yl » r i ? he' 0 ryBi ; rtl ! Palace Coinpfthy i hnd" ' prociirC ( i l : a > J « n ( Ofi (& t ; c » r spe 6 i men , *> f * tlie" 'gtoas ^ > P ! p « fache ^ nrid tliy attrA < 5 tibia of « fchaty'zo & Iogib & lJ curiosity ^ jdrtJvV' < iii 'immenbe « rdwd of'h = olidjiy bongr ^ iUiioniftlfaild . -Qp vitaEOjp pronohfeii' tto ^ j 5 00 pb ! raonfl . ' ' v » He j Iknow fchaii'hte-wua' ^ xiXicted io »( b € ^ 1 6 $ r ikiwg ^ j

      he has & voice as" capaMe as aiiy of filling gdme part &? that" irrusetim church ; ' and he has' the ± eadyknaefc bf skying thrngs -that ate' ' not generally spoken outy in a coarse language ' which borrows its apology from tfataaticisnr arid ¦ adds' a spice to religious unction . Th tliira direct language of a Walworth Peter the Herrhit , He tbldi , not home truths , btithoiUfr truisms ; pleased the people by loudly abusing them t 6 ' their faces ; and begged on behalf of the collection with a forty-parson- power . The congregation laughed , almost applauded . 'One and all , whether High Church or Low Church , ' Catholic or Jew , joined , or ' at least appeared to join ; in the ' prayer' of the 3 jow Churchman ; and having thus gaily c humiliated ' themselves on that soLeinn day , no sooner had SPFKGfEOK e-rided the entertainment , ilmn half of the congregation hurried back to town engagements , while the other half rushed to finish the" fast' in the refreshment-room . For seldom , have the waiters of the Crysstal Palace been so busy as on that day . ¦ ¦ - ¦ l- ¦ ¦• .. ¦¦;¦ ¦•¦'¦ . ; In all this great national exposure there 1 is something that is respectable as well as ! painful ; something sound and earnest as ; well as that which is hollow and ridiculous .

      JLliC' I / V / UXIUI J V /( C 7 U /« . O \ J \ J \ JL \ J YV * - -l . l j I / UU XU . V-CiJlUUU distinctly see its duty . Being Christian , it ought not unquestionably to discourage Ghristianity in i ; he East ; being wise , it ought not to tolerate the most odious , silly , and even bestial idolatry . But recognizing as ire do the sacred right of freedom for conscience , we must leave to Hindoos their faith , must al-T / - \ iTT- 4-Vk aw \ 4-l- *>* 1 o-4 i 4- ^ -i rfl /^ 4-l \ *> + ni ? « i /* iciim * SnV « rfil \ 'oa / VAWIiUi i \

      JUll I / UVIII Ukl \ s JUU 1 UUUV UlltiU »»^ v ^«^»* j > - *^ w . Christians are not bound to tolerate , in any land vvhieh they govern , murder , torture , or compulsory slavery- * -oil the assertion that it is sanctioned by the Hindoo gods . But on the other hand , if it t > leases Hindoos to bow before

      idols , or to perform any other act which is not an ^ aggressionuporitli ( iir fellow creatures , our conscience is not so clear of follies that we have theright topreveht tlVem . - Weneednot supply them with the laws to carry out their tyranny ; wo need not tyrannically restrain them from folly . -If we enforce the broad laws ofhumanitv aarainst murder , rapine , and depravity ,

      we may leave the i rest to the free trade ot progress ; for if the Hindoo cannot overthrow the empire of the British , neither cair he resistor divert the calm , wise , and benefioertt course of a Government higher than any which resides on eat * th . , , ' ¦ - ¦ . < ' \ I . I \ M ' - ' ' i i ,

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      • , . . l : - . > . I- .... ; . ;•¦¦•; , ¦ . ••¦ INDIAN ltESPONSIBIIilTIES . We are toot « now ml < $ ne ; aa we orig inally were , in desiring tli & r « cal o 4 ' Iiord Canning , lne triith lias hQ & n ' ¦ toldr so plrtihly" that it has to Tesist ic

      been found impossible : ' ; i- >^» those ' -orgniiB' Which • gleaierally support the Govdrninentl \ i » ve ^ alleiv to'si note ot the ' fiHntoB-ti'J atid most'idaiiiaginff praise wheii xlealine- withtlie acta WnA " policy of the ( Jo-¦ Mic

      ¦ vepnor ^ orenernu . ; oi j . n « ra . '" p * w ; .. ---o jouwiulshavo deserted'him ; and are clnnioming for hie inrrmediato ! Biipercession . India kntt Ewgknd ^ re' of ' ohfe "rtiiiid on this ques ? - tion ' ^ hoth say that We risk the ent ire it ^ o retain Lord Ganninq > ' The whole story was jbuwj

      v not'kno \ vTiflt'ftrst . '' It ^ Wfls'in-ai'Sit'oi » = * httfc"Uo refiiBed- ' - . tlv ^ - ' aHsistance' of JV y BA ^ A * obw i ( md . hife € Mwo ( rkarf ; who mignj have ^ avfett Qm-inporefl-i Jf ^ "we knoy J' » "J kfte be ^ n' < B &{ d'i of' the ad > 'G liooHwff and , then

      chM ' j Tholatt ^ r hhs ^ eeii Vilified . As a trca-I cherowa iryranf j't ^ 'i o rttt ^ lmv e ' "been ndic « - - * dtf $ ly < ' *« d S ^ nor ^ t ? y , l < lfesbribed as' pig n" ^ - lBUt » « Jw » tf--B ! AirAtMR > ur * Has ' m « ver bet ^ n wi-• firf * Mtal ' « o > . En * tond |» i « % ttd lte ;' ttift' 6 iifg otliej , whtf ^ Arri ^ d * L ^ i * a GUlftrf « ' 6 t ittil ! ten «^ f . ; V " gbra >| -- >& * t *> " 1 ris « tro ^ j * ificy ¦ hav ^ flivrfruiOiy

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 10, 1857, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10101857/page/12/