17 JANUARY 1874, Page 14

A REMARKABLE SERMON.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, —I attended the evening service on Sunday at St. Barnabas', Pimlico. The preacher proposed to consider the reason why sinners were created. The reverend gentleman attributed the creation of evil to God, and informed us that He had put sinners into the world as dark shades are put into a picture, "to act as a contrast to the brighter colours."

I The preacher evidently does not regard himself as a "sinner," as he informed us that his solution of the difficulty was very "consolatory."

I hear much, Sir, of a mission to those who are in utter ignor- ance concerning the nature of God. Would not the " Miasioners" do well to begin with some of my clerical brethren ?—I am