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Circuses And Theatres

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
October
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Presbytery of Detroit, in answer to inquiries respecling the coodnct of Church Mombers who uitend the performances of "the Circus, the Theatre, and other vain amuse - nioiits," or who fiifibr their households to do so, adopted a report declaring that auch a proctice involve8, 1. "A prnctical breoch of cburch covenont engagement. 2. A plaiti brench of the word of God. 3. A pernicious exatnple destrnctive of spirif nol religión, and growing piety ín the churcb. And 4. The destruction of the public character of the ch'irch of God." "Presbyiery therefore 6olemnly warns all her churches agrainet countenancing in the I least depree, (any such aorl of) vain amusetnents whether of a public or private description, and order that this Overture ond answer be ptiblished in the Evangrelic:il Observer, and read three aucnessive Sabbatlis by the minist tere, or t their absence by the Elders of the] churches under her jurisdiction, to their respective congretjations,"05 Judge Felch is out wiih an answer to nquiries of Young Demócrata who wish to I tnow if he is for electing the officers now ippointed by the Governor and Legislature, or rednong salaries of officers, for Judiciary eform and for selling th Rnilroada? His aniver to these inquines, which filis lwo columns.is as twosided as any thing we have seen It will safely cover any kind of action on his part. for or against these measures. He is a little for them all, bm coupled with so raany i, ands, and buts, thnt it is plain he niay be consiticrably against them all. Any 4'01d Honkei" could sign the letter, and not com-j mil himself in the least. The inquirers will be jnst about as wise bs they were bffore they asked his opinions.Qr Onr miscellancous reading is somewhat cut short by sntne voluable antislavery !irficlc, and will be for two or three weeks. After Jhat, we shal! present our usual variety of the best we can find. {L Gerrit Sn.-ith has rcsuined his Sabbath raeetinors. We notice by the aecoiints in the papers that they are largely attended. [CT The Free Press again cautions the farmers against taking the billa of the Bank ot Wooster, asit is inb.id repute in Ohio. So look out.The story of the morriage of Abb ] Kelley and S. S. Foster is pronounced false n the Anti-Slavery Standard. (EP Tho Dciroii Express eays lint 'pthc nomiI nntion of the 'Farnicr's Tickei' taita Uhc icildfic IhrovjrhoMt thf. whole State." This is news to us in these paria'.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News