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Indeed so much is there alike in the two countries, that a pastor going from one land to the other, will, without much difficulty, quickly adjust himself to the new surroundings. Peculiarities of American Church Life arise from various causes, and so differ in proportion to the local strength of those causes. This being the case, we shall not hastily pronounce a report of American church life inaccurate, even though its colouring may differ from our Own. The Race Element is a powerful modifier of customs, and in the United States this force is remarkably strong. There are millions of the imaginative and emotional negroes, whose fervent and eccentric worship seems often like a wild frenzy. On the other hand, there are the intellectual Northmen, English, Scotch, Germans, and native-born Americans, besides the Scandinavians, French, Dutch, and Russians. Each nationality has some distinctive tendency that gives an individuality to the religious life, and when the foreigners group themselves they preserve for a long time their own ecclesiastical customs. But through an intermingling of the population, a compromise of method in church work is often secured. When you find a community representing many localities, a pastor may, without creating friction, introduce customs which prevail elsewhere, or may put into practice original plans, provided they do not violate the Christian spirit. He may vary his Sunday services by omitting the evening sermon and substituting a lecture, Bible-reading, or Sunday school concert. Sunday school programme may be changed whenever there is a sensible reason given. The prayer-meeting may be enlivened by responsive readings, conversations, or addresses, with black-board illustrations. As a rule the people will fall in with your suggestions. The chief thing is effectiveness, and any method is approved which helps to make "a good meeting." • The substance of a paper read at the Eastern Conference, April 17th. GENERAL BAPTIST MAGAZINE, JULY, 1884.-VOL. LXXXVI.-N.S. No. 7. The |