There were between seventy and eighty plumpers for the two
successful Churchmen, and about five-and-twenty split votes for them and
Casey, who had distinguished himself by his coarse attacks on the
Doctor. Mr. Bingham had a bad cold, and did not vote. On the following
Sunday the church was fuller than usual. The Doctor preached on behalf
of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He did not allude
directly to any of the events of the preceding week, but at the close of
his sermon he said--"It has been frequently objected that we ought not
to spend money on missions to the heathen abroad as there is such a
field of labour at home. The answer to that objection is that there is
more hope of the heathen than of many of our countrymen. This has been
a nominally Christian land for centuries, but even now many deadly sins
are not considered sinful, and it is an easier task to save the savage
than to convince those, for example, whose tongue, to use the words of
the apostle, is set on fire of hell, that they are in danger of
damnation.
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