The Religious Amendment.
By Uriah Smith
The Christian Statesman, giving an account of the Convention just held at St. Louis, Mo., says:— The Convention of citizens of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and neighboring States, in the city of St. Louis, on the 27th and 28th of last month, was a triumphant success. In a city where there was but a small constituency committed in advance to the support of the proposed amendment, public attention has been earnestly drawn to the movement, a large audience was called out at all the sessions of the Convention, and full reports of the able addresses delivered have been published in the city papers. By special arrangement, the St. Louis Globe gave a full report, like that of the Pittsburgh Commercial or the Globe of Boston, but the other papers also contained full and respectful accounts of the proceedings. Fully one thousand people were present at the opening session, and at least three hundred at the day sessions on Thursday. Three hundred and ninety-four names were enrolled as members of the Convention. The address of J. C. Wells, Esq., a lawyer from Chillicothe, Illinois, was marked by the same vigor of argument and fervent Christian spirit which lend so much power and attractiveness to his able little book, entitled, “Our National Obligation.” Mr. Wells was also chosen President of the Convention. The friends in St. Louis and vicinity are heartily to be congratulated on this result. The closing resolution adopted at the Convention reads:— Resolved, That, recognizing the importance of this subject, we pledge ourselves to present and advocate it until the nation shall declare its Christian character, as it has, with one consent, already asserted its freedom, in the charter of our rights and liberties.