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6§2 Th ! E ; Llsade *R. [Saturday,
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One hears men talk of eventful lives , Why , evei ' y : life is full of events .. Seize upon the first wretched pauper that you meet-r-he could tell yoS tiungl whibh should make your heart throb with ptty or indignation . You—strong iu irfteTle ' cV knowing the world , exalted in social rank—would ^ q know ^ ge ^ at " the ^ Ue ^ t caa claim brotherhood with the noblest . . . . . , ^ ^ VVe ^ ^ . mit . the rest of this , and pass on to the period when the writer '• reaspTseparingforordinationi ,- ] ~ jlt ; w { g 3 mftfate tobe-ordaihed . Honestly , in looking back to the whole series < sf eVeits , I cannot divine by , whatt exertion of noy own will , at aiiy particular crisis , it could have been avoided . Of course , I might have withstood" to , the ' death . But , on the ' whole , I can say no more than this— I . submitted £ 0 my fate . Knowing this beforehand , I trained myself into < Sbedien . ee . I am convinced that no disciple of Ignatius Loyola has ever gone inrougli severer otlscipiine , in obedience to the wiU of his superior , and 4 t for the glory of God * ' than I did , in that most painful straggle between inclination and destiny . . . Still , or perhaps as a consequence of this , I formed the" most brilliant conceptions of my future career . I honoured , ¦ with aH 'my soul , the office of the teacher . I dwelt , with extraordinary satisfaction , on the thought that some word of mine—spoken with authority- — mighfeaseOnaching heart . I wrought inyself intothe conviction thatlhada message to dpltver , and that I could deliver it , most fitly , most beneficially , as ari ordained Minister of the Church of England . I was mistaken ; and to those who . & ire in , the same case as I was , I dedicate these fragments . I leave it to-them-tadecide who was in the wrong . ¦ ¦ : ¦ % Whafihcisi ; 1 offends ; me in th ^ Church of England is its glaring incon- isistency . ' Perpetuallyj in the Liturgy and elsewhere , it says one thing and means or does another . Very properly , no one should be presented for ordination who is deficient in learning , or in what is called " godly conversa ^ tibol' ?^ iO £ the ! godly conversation the less said the better ; but no one who has been in the habit of mixing with the Church ' of England clergy will verttare . to say : much for their general proficiency in any learning that Has the most distant connexion tvith the requirements of this age . Why , then , perpetuate'theiarce <> f sending but ' men to teach , who lack the very essential . qualtyy , of ktiowing what they should teach ? Perhaps these Oxford com- ¦ j ^' sj ^ e ^ s ^' ay . iefe Government is wise enough , and strong enough , to carry out what I am certain they will Recommend . ' ¦ i - < WeH'iJ-wit 1 li no indefinite conception of what I was about to undergo , well vei ' se' 6 ? | ii the subtle arguments by which menj too weak , to face tftei real diffioulty of the ordination service , explain it away , and thus tempt the younger clergy to play faiit and ldose with conscience—I presented myself to the bishop . I do not remember that J . was ever so deeply shocked as -ftrhen if wafkedi through tha ^; noblejpark to itlie splendid old mansion that lay concealed / tf & tftuvi its woods , I tne , w it all befor ^| -I kne-w that bishops were very jyvjpalthy , ; put as lfh . e member of an ancient univ « rsity-r-a Church of England institution—how coutd I be expected to chime in with the vile denunciations" of the RadicalPress , or the railings of the fierce Democracy ? OfliUhat flay ^ hdwever ^ the unconscious indignation of a scotfe of years was awak ^ HSd'in a ^ m ^ nt . ' It wp . s nipt ' ^ ho wealtk-r ^ eaven knows a bishop could find objects for charity that would swallow upan income tenfold that of the Hricheat ^ eVater ^ but , it was the pomp and luxury—the powdered flunkeys who look down on humble curates with the scorn engendered by much wearing of purple coats—the intense conviction that , from all I knew of the man—this bishop , at l '< jkst , did caro for and idolise his wealth—it was all thfe ; ' < i 6 Witrasted with , f tie , t ^ oug ]> t p f the , thousand beggars among -whom I was to be sent , that drove tho iron into my very soul * , We were to be examined . I remember , with painful ' distinctness , that was impSnkotted 'for t'Hree' liburs in a- 'ferhall' rborpi , to answer questions which 1 '' jattsW ' et ' ed ' readily by niitipnal Bchbbl children . Certainly I was made to ^ ife i ^^^ Xma ^ pt ^ fe . ' . np ^ . do . Triqw / underst ^ d tho connexionbe > tweeiW'writings Latin p rose and teaching meu the way to heaven . At all ' e veft $ , ^]^^^^ ^ I was about to teachi But , tlxen , the bishop and tlie examiner had never had tho charge of large parishes , arid perhaps they did not know what was required of us jLet * mo ' admiti hbWever ' , th ' at this wns an exceptional casO . I could mention several biahopB , iwhQ so rttjinagef th , oir linterpourao with candidates for ordina tiony that r ^ holo years of vexation ft » d . disapipointment cannot eflface tho i ri > pte | 39 Sbpi ' . .. ' TBo , l ^ iftraination was over . Often , during my lif « I had listened ordination sermons . I hod been told that , in early times , tho candidate ' ' b ^ pd ; $ Hi ) eve' of his ordination in prayer and fasting . Wealthy canonB had instated on the necessity of self-denial . They had proved—oh ! with how much fbrce from the Now Testament and tho example of primitive saintstliat ifc was only by striat subjection of the body that the soul could brought into a fit condition for tho work of the Christian ministry . I flpt ' niean that wo were invited to become aecetics . Few men go bo for that ; . Put , moat assuredly , I have yet to learn that a luxurious banquet tho best preparative for services ao intensely solemn us those for tho ordina tion 6 f priests and deacons . For my self , I know that I was struck with
— * - * . lie a , W ( jj ( wl th to ^ . cy tT gC I ki 1 j , w < . B C ( t CJ st ir S 1 jj C ( t j a n v n g ( ^ h y c j r g £ r j J painful sense of unreality . I thought iheri , and I think still , tihat whatever may be the ctistpgi ' s . of society , the clergy should at least eu 4 eavour to practice wh ^ t tKey pjreach . > ., They should give that one proof of theirsincerifey . Tbey should stand forth to the world living examples of Christian virtues .. As it is , the sight of one indolent priest does away-with all the good that migtit be produced by a thousand sermons-.- ¦ * ¦ . ¦ ¦ . */ . * ..... I arrived in my parish . I was now to test ; by actual experience , the truth of theories which , as I have already said , I had forced myself to ^ believe . It was a large seaport town in a manufacturing district , and contained ' a population t > f several thousand sduls . To an earnest man , entering upon a work so serious as that of a Christian teacher , the prospect ' was appallin-g . No language can- describe the filth , misery , and utter degradation ^ in which a large proportion of the people were sunk . Jplyen of the , rich there -were scarcely a dozen families who could be ; described as belonging to the educated class . The majority of them had risen , by dint of hoaebt industry , to the possession of cpnsiderable wealth" , they were * Sharp-sighted , clever men of business ; but their knowledge : ' , was Confined ' to the laws ^ f trade aad commerce . Scarcely one could : date the . bemniiingof- ^ is f ood-fortune farther back than the last European war . An 4 yet a . more indly-liearted , hospitable set of men it wonld be hard to find . Ifc was some time before I discovered what a depth of selfishness arid narrbw-mmdedn ^ Bs was concealed beneath so fair an ext $ rioi * . . Some of these people bel pn ^ d to the class of liberal-politicians , that is , they had voted for the I > ee-tr 4 ae candidate , and'were in favour of extending the franchise to their workmen . But these were exceptions to the general rule . Thfc rest were obstinately convinced that Sir Robert Peel was a traitor to his country * and , at the time of which I speak , would have willingl y Seen that eminent statesniidn carried off to the Tower , and imprisoned for Hfe . - Hencft ,,. they were strongly <> pi > osed to att movements m favour of education , or any modern improvement whatever . They were profoundly convinced , that to promote such phjects was to conspire ^ against tike ^^ British constitution . As for le ^ - ligion , it was quite enough to attend a Sunday service . There fcauld be no connexiort between that and the duties of common life * > .. Tradesmen , mechanics , and sailors made up the rest of the pQpujation . With persons of this class I had still to make acquaintance ; but , a , t a glance , I saw enough to try the stoutest heart , the keenest intellect , ; the most consummate patience . The routine of daily and Sunday service ^ as very simple , but it was impossible to be content with that . Had a clergyman no message to deliver except to the soul ? Was it forme to witness social disorder and hesitate to proclaim the fact ? Could I hold my peace in the presence of obstinate ana wealthy ignorance ? What was Christianity worth if it had no power to' heal the ills of poverty , to speak to human hearts from a human point of view , to tell ineh something of the Myrs that should regulate society ? I knew something of the questions which were vexing the very heart of English life . I was the appointed teacher of hundreds ' who would never enter the place vhere I was to speak to them . According to a common theory among churchmen , I could hold no intercourse with them except on terms which they could not accept and I w 6 ul < l not impose . They were used as instruments for making gold—slaves of slaves in this old land of freedom—and yet , though their masters would « ot or could not know it , they had hearts to love and brains to think . Even more than this—they were feeling after" mi g hty truths , which sooner ; or later must change the whole face of things . Could I lend them no helping hand , or would they accept the proffered aid from one whose very office must create suspicion ? H .
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, THE SPANISH DANCfcflS . ' : Fon spine reason or other tlie national dapce of Spain seems never destined to . ; aeciimatise itself in England . IivFaris a troupe of , AndidusianGhfi-wazee ; rnay > be periodically looked for ; and for half a dozen weeks in the spring they create . a periodical sensation . But in England the importation has never quite succeeded 3 j Spaniel dances do not go down anipng up unless they are ' * fttor ^ roted , ? ' aa musical critics say , by dancers not Spanish , and so rendered more civilised and J less characteristic . Wo cannot assign any special reason for this comparative > failure of the Iberian Terpsychore , unless it be thai Jto our grim countrymen , 1 and intensely conscious countrywoinen ([ whoso favourite dances arts something f between a fatigued embrace and a fashionahjo lounge ) all those pQntor ^ ons of 3 real feeling are an irritation , and an offence against conventional feeling . Per-1 haps the animalism is not sentimental enough , and the modesty i » too fierce . We know not : Thd reception , however , of the troupe , af the ftaymar ^ eft ' , was [ enthusiastic on the first evening , . though . there' appeared some bowUderraetofcand ¦ uncertainty in the audience at tho meaning . of the " . local colour ^ which the j , groupings and tambourines ^ ore intended to convey . We cahoot say thttt wo found tlie personnel -very attractive . The star of the ' company , Senoja ^ luna I Perea , suggests too forcibly , by her decisive force of mannorand her . uncqiMnro-1 inisinghaughtineas that unpleasant custom of carrying ft daggor in the stocking , 3 which volatile adorers are apt , to bo reminded of in Spain . The cMef rnalo dancer 0 looks imoro like the father than the lover of the terrible Ntoiu , TherO ; was a ' samonoas and a want of charm in tho selection of the figures ; wo missed ' « El Ole " n > and tho maddening " Jotft Arugonosa ; " wo who have dwelt fro lag monies , failed - to recognise all the case , tho grace , tho passionate abandon , and the impetuous o coquetry , broken by pauses 6 f voluptuous shrinking and repose , which are familiar to our recollections of Seville and Cadiz . Alas ! in Andalusia youth and o beauty ripen soon and wither early ! These national dances of Spain are apero feet drama of southern passion ; its wild and wayward intensity , its disdainful * j coquotry . its mad oblivious Bolf-ancrlfiue , its jealousies , languors , storms , r . econdilations | and they belong only to tlio children of the sun ! E . P . J ' ' * • ] ] , ] . 1 - , 1 I ' > - to
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bo do as is - n ~ " Now that we havo an interval of real summer weather tho pubho should , take 0 every advantage of it . And in spito of all that is enid about the want of public 0 places of amuaomont in this country , wo are not , after all , bo badly on " a » is some-| s times made out . For parsons who wish to escape for a fow hours from tho emoko is and dust of London , wo have no more phjasiuit reuort than Oromorno . Who 1- would not ruthcr dine in tho midst of fresh air , and within hearing of pleasant a music , than in a dingy coHoo-houao , with an ovouoy atmosphere ? H .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 22, 1854, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22071854/page/20/
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