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' NEW CONGREGATIONAL OEUROH,

CAMPERDOWN.

Tho cercmonv of laving tho foundation Btono oiLn new Congregational Church at Camperdown was perfprlieff on Saturday afternoon A piocesslon of Sunday-school chtldren, with » neat little banner, was fo-med anfl marched to tho site, and tho proceedings com- menced shortly after thov had been seated on tho phtform erected for the occasion Amongst tbosa vino were present wore tho Itov J Varlow Davies Al -V the Rev S Savage tho Rev T Jeffries, LLB* thelvov J C Kubv tho Rev A Lu/acott B A ,thoEev' 1 Foi »¡nth tho fliv C Hardie, and Messrs Joseph Po-iv.W T Green, lommg, \V S Buzacott, Preston, and S Thompson the ptoposed building has beea designed b> Mr Herbert lhompbon, arohitoct, and the con- trai tins Mr Finns It wall ho of the modorn Gofhio stj lo of itrchitectuio, with diftoient coloured bricks tho dimensions 40 feet long bj 2o fcnt bro->d, and will seat when completed, 22 > pconle '

Hie prchminan dcvoional o^erci pniveio conducts by tho Rev T C Kirbv und the Rev i Buzacott after which the fust nara d gon loman load the lollowing history of what had baoudono up to the present " lho Congrega, tionahsts bogan their vv arl in C uupordown about Hirco years ago On May 12th, 18"C, Mr T Lvans or Dowlmg street, opened a Sim lay school at tho oruei of Groso street ana Camperdown Road with an i end mee or four childien In courbo ot time the schoo1 merca ' Thoto ore now over eight} on the look w th a stilt t si" tea"hoi» Schoolia held morning and att"i_< on Du mo service for adults waa luvst held in "\ovombei 187" "Op to ho present sorvico has onlv b"Pii h/>Id on tho Sundry even ma, hut it is m ended on ti o completion of tia new church, to hold -crvicp both morning end ovemn" Scoing th it tho congregplion was hi olv to becomo perma

neutand mcrc-so thelncndsre lived to pul chase a suitabls site upon which to er Ci, a church 1 he "Tound on which we stmd was chosen v hen Mr Duddndge, tho owner, agreed ti uecipt a voiy rensonablo puce ana cavo tvrolio months in which to complete the payment v ithoit charging any intere t Iurtlci, a lee pt ot pt/iucnt conveyed it ovei to the trustees fi eifc s( \i/ M^strs A lorning, VT J Grroa, 1 II Ro-sitoi, Tohn Dudundge andT Evans During the tu civ o months beioro nientioucd tho tutu o£ £ 100 ras rai )»d bv the v olunti rv bub cnptions of the people, which deiinjcd the c st of hogrounc1 In lune. lb<_, after duo inquirj and da borallon tho Pev J

Iiickard. pastoi of the Globe Congre^ationi 1 Chu di (mo had kiudb intci's cdhinn-ellmt cvounc, c u«e\ formed a Congiegtttionul Church ut Camncrdowu l^eevorc six niembors received into -"ilbvsiip Mob is 1 ¿vans and I "sargeant w ere elected dca ons _i d tlio Rev J luckird pabtir lho chui h stcaitlv in creased, but ill licillh and pr s me of duties caused tho Fev I Rickat _ to resign the ] a tonito which was accepted with legtet, anda heuirv voto ofthankswas cimed to ho Roy Mi I icvu-1 f - his senn.es TW doijlv rct,r t that bein ab at fiom the olonv ho is not able to be with us to da rii"Rcv J C Iii bv ftho urinimo-s call oitho numbers his accept" 1 the acting pastorate, with the u¡ prob" on of tho C hutch E\tcnton bocictv Vrcqietl vmt,occni too to the chu ehesten

fion cjninultec, tLe 'auctioned lho erect on >i a 1 nee church on sime fouiuhf'îrib, oc ordm to plans andspeci

hcations bv Uorbert s rhouipson the ni 1 itect rho iilto will supennt nd th« eieetun Hie poition now to ba (iert"d is 40% 2J feet Hie total pie "Ut e\Dcndit_rc including gifts o* lab ui willie ovc £ )00 \' e expect lo seit 9'j pei ons Ihechuieh ha«-also to n-dcuo ledge th» gilt of tliol eaulJful Sunday s hool bannei bv Mis_M_rv Anno Lv ins Also tho "lft et ai p\"ell-_t communion service hi Mr Ja no I rees one The stun of £390 bus been advanced bv the Chmoh extension ^o etv '

Mr Lvans presented Mr Peir-} v th a mallet and ti o v el, uid bottle« couta nm" au account ofwha had b°en done several newopaiers and silver com of the realm huvmg been depo«i el ii thi -tout Mi PEÍ ni, in the name of the Fathoi Son and Holv Ghos, cteclaied the st ne well md tnüv laid J?» sud thtt onh dirie is a o th" pla o wh»ie they nivv were was bush tul tiled v ich huli_n_es "nd what a caongtílrud tal en placo smcp _ien B-ttnogravi. question with th _i now w not v nat fa» past had been nor even vh»t the pie pnt vi butwhat i>e fnai" '0 yean w i uid het If rh->v v m ed to ma e the _»ople of lh.s neighbomhopd Lnopv md KC s c_litwoua _otb do_a bv bmldme; house er -"owning stiegt oi even c~n slraenng taeatre-* ana ] uohe hou e , but it would be bv build n»- h_ieh II i is a fact that nçlrtou nç i exalte'h a i »lion m d ii i* saHen a na ion it ulse evaUed n community and indiv il iaîs thereio-e it was right thal ev trv one should ulscnoc, not on v io b uld e_._rclics, bul

to sus um thom ittc- th vveie oail

Ino Rev Mr Fo1 k ITH ottered up the dedication

prava

Tho Rov Mi D vi s hen addre=sod tho»o present He thought it w as no e\ i-geration to s_v that this vms an event, and the futuie vvoul t sho-vthat it was an event uf profound signiceance hat woula reach across time tar into etenntv He did not thuL it would be extravagant hnguase to sa> fit thi« was a grea er event thru the turmn_ pt the hi ' cod of a iwlvav to con n°ct two such colomcs as % letona and Iver South "Wales, or of commei cm, such a structure as that intended for the S}dn°y International Lxhibition iNot that thore w"s anvthmg ia the building b it tney had he^un te build a breakw iter rg inst the mighty surging tide of the ina eualrsm oi the precen* ame The) baa beçun to build a haiboirof refuge, too mto which mea and women, driven bv the cares of lifo nughl retiro and have an IIOJI s silent communion witi their God Ii thev pastel thiough Ppmsn Catholic countries thev would find one tmng that would strike them as of peculiar significance The doprs pf t_e churches were open all day long F» hal seen the poor ste-lmg'ia t_«-1i raa-B OT,A ti _ n S- l,n_*.-_ *ol>t_r cv moment flO_ th« business of the day to hold communion with God If there was anv place on the faca ot the eaith whew thev needed reminders that there was a world above us und an en_le=s onl wv ctenous future beyond us, it was in these colonies, and eveiv church that was built vras _ silent protest against the materialism of the world lhen, in building this church, they wore erecting a terop'e f"r tho worshp oí the çreat C d Men wera non saving that th» pulpit hrd lost its power lhere was a. time wh<_ tLe pulpit was e erything

but the nress had taken a largo amount of the work out ot their bauds They did not euvv the pro's, they rather thanked Gbd that the rauge of their wor1 had been limited As lone:, hpwever, as th<>v lived in a wo^d of guilt and sin, as long ns humrn hearts wero sad and sorrowful us long as millions of their race wero sinking into perdition without God and without hope, and as long as they announced the simple message of Jesus Christ so long would the power of the pu!->it continue The Church was a great hospital, and blessed "be God, the phy siçiun liad not loft the patients By the inorcv of God he trusted this would be a ward mto which manv souls would be received and new lifo ana vigour imparted to them lho Church alto was to bo the home of Chnstiiin follow ship, and it was a pit} that in their ohuichee tlic-e was co mu h sand and sn httl« cement He hoped that her° thoro would be no bickermu and no misunderst mdingb, but that mutual trust would pievad down to tho little childien Agam it na« not merely a Chu^tiau Church, but a Christian Congregational Church winch co_ ended for th» libsrtyot sclf-gov exnmcit of e ich b lv of Christians, i nd v/hilo Independents laid down their own principles clearly and boldlv thev wcieieadv to work'most cordia'ly with -hns

ti ins gathered into other orç- im/ations Ho read ths protest of the mart} r John Pel ry who had sufforcd death tor tho sako o! religious conv ictions, and trusted that the hoi o c spirit that chai actor sed lum and the early found« s ot --dependency

mi e,ht ever continue

lhe Rev Mr HASDIF offered up a jpraycr, and pro« nounced the be_edictipn and the pio ecdin-s wem brough

to a close

Offerings to the amount of over £il vero snade pn tho stone ________,__-*.

I ItAN-CE AXD THE AL'STBO-PBVSSIAN WAH. Somo interesting revelations of the policy of Napoleon III. towards Austria und Prussia in ÎÇ66 are contained in» book recently published in Paris bv the Duo de Or»mont, under the title* of " L'Allemagne' Nouvelle, 1863-67, pat Andre Memor." On the day utter rhe battle of Sadowa, says the author, M. Drouyn do Lhuys, who was then Minister of Foreign Affairs, proposed to the Emperor that ho should at once place a. corps of observation of 80,000 men on the eastern frontier, as the Rhine yvas completely divested of Prussian troops, and the French Ambassador (then the Due de Gramont) had reported that Prussia wa! quite exhausted by her victory. Thus by a military demonstration and yvithout any bloodshed (urged the Minister) Napoleon might becotno master of the situation. The Emperor at first received the project favourably, but he nfteryvards rejected it, loaring that, as hp had eemi-officially supported the conclusion of the treaty between Italy'and Prussia, he mitrht be charged yvith having betrayed" Victor Emmanuel if ho npw declared himself against Prussia. It seems that ho was threatened with the publication of documents which would prove that the treaty of the 8th of April had been approved of and ndvissd by" him. and that ho was warned tbat the policy recommended by M. Drouyn do Lhuys might plunge Frp.nee into a war for which, owing to th« requirements1 of the Mexican expedition, she was not pre- pared. When King William pocepted the mediation ol France, M. Benedetti was at once sent to the Prussian head- quarters and Prince Napoleon to King Victor Emmanuel, It yvas known nt Florence that the Prince was entrusted with the mission of demanding that Italy should at onca cease hostilities ; but tho Italian Government preferred to come to an arrangement yvith Prussia, and the Prince conse- quently caine too late. Another interesting incident of thesa negotiations was the despatch of the f olloyving telegram to Vienna by M. Drouyn de Lhuys, which proved that m Paris the cause of Austria was looked upon as irretrievably lost : "Paris, J toy 12, 1866. Piussia makes the conclusion of an armistice dependent cn the acceptance by Austria oi certain preliminaries of peace- Wedonotknoyy préciser*/

yvliat the latter are, but xve believo that the principal, demand will be that Austria should withdraw from thi German Bund ; the other points are less important, and are reserved for subsequent discussion. Under presentçirçuni" stances the Emperor considers that the continuance of tin yvar would be Austria's ruin." To this the French Am' bassador replied that before the Emperor could consentí» the withdiawal of Austria from tho Bund, he must be in« formed of the other points pf the preliminaries of peace,

" Should «ay of thom be unacceptable-such, for insttoe,' r.s a demand, for «csjoa of territory-».Austria will trotha

fortune of war, tmd,if neocisory, perish houourablyi«*« . thoa buy har »jilvationat sucha pnee.':

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