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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8th, 1896.
Reply to Rev. Dr. Doyle's Address
to the Baptist's Social 'Union of
Manhattan, on the Ate -
union of Chris-
tendom.
"POPERY IS A DOUBLE THING TO DEAL
WITH, AND CLAIMS A TWO -FOLD POW-
ER, ECCLESIASTICAL AND POLITICAL,
BOTH USURPED, AND THE ONE SUP-
PORTING# THE OTHER." — JOHN
MILTON.
Editor News -Record
DEAR SIR,—I should have taken no
notice of such a grandiloquent, inane
and uncandid production as this ad-
dress of Dr. Doyle is, were it• not that
Mr. West has introduced it, osten-
sibly at least, as part of the reply
which in your issue of the 20th ult.,
was announced as forthcoming by
him; and also, that it is a representa-
tive specimen of the coneurn-
mats duplicity, and utter hypocrisy
of Romanism, and Roman apologists.
The re -union of christendom, always,
of course, under the protecting egis of
Rome and the papacy, is an excellent
trap with which to catch protestant
gudgeons, a magical terra to conjure
with; and is adroitly employed to -day
by Romish adepts in the art of dupli-
city and sophistry. Romanisrn em-
ploys, double speech, double conduct
and two sets of literature, for a double
se ; the one to weld more tightly
theemchains of slavish obedience thr
monstrous system upon her Rornan
subjects, the other, to disarm, lull to
sleep, inveigle and capture unwatchful
protestant people, communities, states-
men, politicans,business men,journa-
lists, oernmets and nations;lournand so
toconyert them into obsequious agents
to gratify her avarice, pander to her
arrogance, and promote her power.
The objective direction in all her aims
and movements is ultramontane, that
is. over the Alps mountains, towards
the Vatican ; and the grand goal of all
her aggregated efforts is the accumula-
tion of the influence, power, supremacy
and world-wide dorninataan of her re-
puted King of kings and Lord of lords,
the pope ot Rome.
Papal prelates, priests, jesuite, and
laymen obligated by the creed -oath of
the Council of Trent, are oath -bound
for this very purpose and end. They
are fully alive to the fact that power
for the pole means power for the hier-
achy and priests, and necessary to the
church, in order to realise her arrogant
pretension of being Mother and Mia -
tress of all churches. These oaths are
literally destructive of every Pi otest-
ant institution, church and govern-
ment., under heaven; and pope, prelate,
priest, and Romanists, called good
catholics, maintain these principles to-
day, as defined and uncompromising
teaching, which they are irrevocably
obligated to maintain, defend and carry
Oa to their logical concltsions and
consummation; and they boast that
Romanism is the one organization on
earth fully:errnipped and alone adapted
to that end. I challenge the produc-
tion of any Roman catechism, need in
separate and parochial schools, that
does not contain the elements of
this teaching, to soy nothing of its
accentuation and elaboration to the
young by Roman jesuit teachers.
And I challenge open and authen-
tic contradictions to any state-
ment made. These principles of Ito-
rnanlsm, the papacy, would, accord-
ing to the Romanists standard of con
science, if it had the power, impose,
enforce and execute, in our day in
every country, by all the persecuting
decrees of the councils of Lateran and
Trent; and all the horrors Of the In-
quisition. But as she dare not employ
these means in North America, the
confessionals, excommunication and
anathema, taketheir place as against
Romanists; and the business boycott
and ballot against all classes of busi-
ness men, municipal, local and other
governments, and individual politi-
cians. Business men, politicians and
governments, well know the truth of
this. And to such an extent is this
species of inquisitorial coercion exer-
cised, realized dreaded and sub-
mitted to, that Romish priests
rand demagogues can utter the
foulest and most insulting ex -
pr esfons against the reformed re-
ligion, its institutions and ministry
Without a word of general protest, but
the moment Romanism is attacked or
retaliated upon, a cry goes up from
huainess men. politicians, municipal
aspirants and an obsequious press, of
pereeoution against unoffending Rome
and Our Roman Catholic fellow -citizens.
With the nominally protestant press,
little or nothing anti-romish finds
favor; hut ]'tom ih aggrandisement
and laudation are ateeasatapremium.
If the Mope 'liter a colic, or a cold, or
givee au atkdiettee to a few pervert
pilgrim at the Vatican, or the corner'
stone of a church or separate school is
laid, all the papers have ample space
for minute details to the exclusion of far
more important matters. Rome
knows well how to ring the changes
upon, and to take advantage of and
utilize all this to her glorification and
interests. Do Romanists and the
Runtish press act in this way ? Not
they. They claim all this, and much
more, front protestant.s, as rightful
homage from the sometime rebellious,
but note returning prodigal children of
the holy (?) Father, the pope, and Moth-
er church. But now, 1 shall pay my
respects directly to Dr. Doyle.
Any reader may detect the double
face and double dealing of Rome, by
comparing Mr. Laruber't's letter with
Dr. Doyles. With Mr. L., the church,
"as to ditined doctrine, roust be un-
compromising, claims to he the church
of Christ," is infallible as the revealer
of truth, and asserts her right "to lay
down the conditions of unity, and of
which the pope is the euprerne head
and centre." WVith Dr. Doyle, all these
pretensions, of irrevocable doctrine,
and uncompromising ar rogance, dis-
appear or are non-existent. I unhesi-
tatingly declare Mr. Lambert to be
honest, even if arrogant, and Dr.
Doyle, to be dishonest; and while the
candor of the one is to be honored and
the hypocrisy of the other, despised,
yet they well ii)ustrate two of the
essential chtirafctei sties of modern
Romanist� viz : arrogant pretentious
assuwaBilin, and consummate dupli-
city eeDr. Doyle, naturally enough,
tal�cs advantage of the o por•tunity
iffInrJed hire by the Baptists to
eulogise the old scarlet Mother (Rev.
xvii, 5, 6), and glorify her supreme
sovereign lord, the Anti -Christ describ-
ed by pope Gregory I., and St. Paul
(ii. .Chess. ii. 2-12), Leo XIII. The
Baptist Union of Manhattan, have
perfect liberty, of course, to applaud
pope and popery ; but in so doing, I am
of opinion thev forgot the "rock
whence" they claim to have been
hewn, and the hole of the pit whence
they profess to have been dinged,"
(Ise, 51. v. 1). If I mis:,ake not, they
claim, somewhat strongly, to have
derived their tenets and origin largely
from the Albigenses and Waldenses of
the 12th and lith centuries. If so,
they might politely have requested Dr.
Doyle to kindly translate for there in
whole or in part, and as a proof of the
love of "the great motherly heart of
the Old Mother church," the terrjble
edicts of persecution launched against
these aboriginal Baptists, in the 3rd
and 4th councils of Lateran, by the
holy infallible Fathers, Alexander 1II.
and Innocent III., 1179 and 1215, A. D.
I shall supply this omission in part at
least for the benefit of Messrs. 'West,
Lampert and Doyle, in the wordy of
the 3rd council of Lateran, 1179: "Be-
cause in Gascony, Aibie, in the parts of
Toulouse and other regions, the accurs-
ed perverseness of heretics, variously
denominated Cathari or Paternes or
Publicans, or distinguished by other
names, has so prevailed. * * * We
therefore place under a curse. both
themselves, their defenders and their
harborers; and, under a curse, wo. pro-
hibit all persons from admitting then
into their houses, or receiving them on
their lands, or cherishing thein, or ex-
ercising any trade with thein. More-
over we rejoin all the faithful,
for the remission of their suis, that
they manfully oppose themselves
to such. " * * * * And let
their goods be confiscated, and
hefreely 1 permitted to princes to
let it ee
Y
p
reduce rnen of such a stamp to slavery.
We likewise, froni the mercy of God,
and relying upon the authority of the
blessed apostles Peter and Paul, relax
two years of enjoined penance to those
faithful Christians,by who,the counsel
of the bishops or other prelates, shall
take up arms against them to subdue them by
fighting against them."—Lahb, Council,
Sacros, vol. X. p. 1522, 1523. These
simple, unoffending people were accus-
ed of no crime, other than that of their
religious opinions, and following the
dictates of conscience. And that the
motherly care of the Old Mother did
not stop with words, 1)1. Doyle, might
have proved her care for the race
of man by an account of the
terrible slaughter of these people, men,
women and children, by the pope's
murderous janizaries incited by holy
St. Dominic, and led by the infamous
Montfort. In 1209, the city of Biterre
was captured, and all without distinc-
tion of age or sex, were inhumanly
massacred : and priests exclaimed vo-
ciferously. Slay them all 1 Slay there
all ! and every soul was hutchered 1
Now as some modern Protestants are
so innocent and gullible as to maintain,
that the Church of Ronne is now quite
different from her former self, let me
quote from the Syllabus of Pope P1118,
11X. Prop. XXIV., March, 1861: "Cur-
sed are they who contend 'that the
rhurrh may not employ Torre."' And, cur-
sed are they "who hold that Roman
Pontiffs and Ecumenical l'ouneils
have transgressed the limits of their
power, and usurped the riehts ofr•in-
c•es." Prop. X X i f i. 1 hid. 1861. W hen
did we hear a Roman prelate or priest
profess that his ceureli had repented
of her atr•ocionsdeeds and had changed?
Never. Will Mr. West or i)r. Doyle
do so, spec•ifyitime, )lace. extent
and manner? ngill Dr. 1)oyle or Mr.
West state taint the generous, liberal,
holy, loving "marl of men, Len the
Great," present pope. does not sustain
and justify, the cursing and persecut-
ing edicts of recognised popes and
councils, such as those of 3rd and 4t h
Lateran crewel's i if they do, i shall
confront then) with the sworn state-
ment of a living Romish Bishop. in-
deed both they and Len, must main-
tain that such popes and councils have
not erred, or their precious dogma pap-
al and church infallibility falls to the
ground. I)id Dr. Doyle in his long
glandilo cent address before those de-
lighted Baptists, candidly declare that
his church had changed ? Was he in A.
position to pledge his church to
reciprocal concession, and com-
promise as to defined doctrine,
with a view to the union
which he predicted so surely to come,
and which his church professes so
eagerly to seek and pray for? Did he
do so? No. His object was only to
mesmerise his gullible hearers, and,
have Rome glorified in the papers.
Dr. Doyle speaks of Leo's care for.
"the working men, and his eyes fondly
looking toward the young giant repub-
lic of the West, and seeing in America's
future the brightest signs of the eleva=
tion of our race where liberty and in-
telligence have kisedd." It is well
known that those terribly destructive.
and murderous strikes of the working
men, many of whom are ignorant, lazy,•
papist, foreigners, rarely occurred till
the papacy tampered with them. Pa-
pist jesuits incite them to turbulence
higher lunges of which priest and hier-
archy rob thew; and then as In the
dockyard strike in Lendon eorne years
ago, a Romanist cardinal (Manning), is
proposed as mediator, and of course
the Roman dupes obey their masters
and instigators, and the gullible press
proclaim to the world what wonder-
ful peacemakers and mediators Ro-
mish pope and prelates are. Romanists
and jesuits incited a murderous riot in
New York, in the time of the presid-
ency of Lincoln, who understood the
cause and bad the courage to threaten
Archbishop Hughes with thecannen of
the giant Republic, and Roman Hughes
soon called off his doge of riot. But
brave Lincoln soon Paid the penalty
by the hand of the Jesuit assassin, J.
Wilkes Booth. Yes, labor and wages
and the working men are magical
terms for papal Ronre and pope Leo to
conjure by. Why has not the condi-
tion of the working man attained the
acme of prosperity in purely Romish
countries, such as Spain, Portugal,
Mexico and Central America, South
America, San Domingo, Cuba and
Hayti, the south and west of
Ireland where pope rule is su-
preme, but, where destitution, squa-
lor and rags are very prevalent?
As in the matter of education, in purely
Romish countries, little other than the
oral dogmas of popery are taught, and
the greater percentage of the masses
are in dense ignorance ; but in Protes-
tant countries where education is fos-
tered, pope and -priests assume to he
the uur•sing fathers of education, and
deers it to Be indispensable ; but, theh,
it must be taught in separate Romish
schools, under the superyision of papal
Jesuits, but supported by the state.
Pope Pius IX, blessed and encouraged
the rebellion of the Southern States, in
the hope of making a second Mexico;
the project failed, and now Pope
Leo desires to take both north and
south under his paternal care. Leo
looks with longing eyes toward Amer-
ica. Peter's pence is drying up in the
old countries, rand America is the El
Dorado of papal jesuits, and like vam-
pires they are sucking its life blood,
Lafayette, himself a Romanist, said :
"If the liberties of the American peo-
ple are ever destroyed, they will fall
by the Rornan clergy." American
prosperity exists, as it is to -day, not by
the aid of Romanisrn, but against the
teeth, and in spite of it. Romanisrn
is the most disturbing element, and
dangerous enemy, to prosperity and
peace in this age, both in the United
States and•Canada. Ample proofs can
be given of the truth of this assertion,
and if patriots sleep much longer the
present-rneek-eyed old Mother will
change into the devouring ��she-wolf,
ere they are aware of it. When wol-
ves are few they are cowardly and
meek, but when in a pack- they are
daring and ravenous. Dr. Doyle
speaks of liberty --another word for
ItoNe to conjure hy. When did papal
Roane, having the power, grant
ciyil and religious liberty? Dr. D.
means liberty for the papacy to
acquire power ars an engine of oppres-
sion when opportunity permits. Ro-
manism, when in the minority
is ever saying : "Give, give," like
the daughters of the horse -leech, and
prating about liberty, and crying—
"Let us be at peace," but when in the
ascendances, or in anticipation of it,
assumes the true papal aspect, and
plays genuine Rornan music. If Rome
loves to see the "race of men" enjoy
true liberty, why did Pope Pius IX.
caul down that terrible corse on
Victor Emanuel, on his entering Rothe,
ih ti
in 1870,on achievingthe liberation on of
Italy ? The terriblanathenna is too
lengthy for quotation here ; but I
think, as a prelude to his liberal aa -
dress, Dr. D. might have recited it for
� i• Butlet
the Manhattan Baptists.
P
Pope Leo the great reats ak for himself.
e
Dated, Rome, Jan. 10th, 1890, Leo says :
"Crises happen, in which the State de-
mands one thing from the citizen, and
religion the opposite from Christians,
and 'his undouhtedly for no other
reason than that the heads of the state
pay no regard to the sacred power of
the church. or desire to rnake it euhject
to them. No one, however, ran doubt
which is to receive their preference.
It is an impious deed to break the laws
of Jesus Christ for the purpose of obey-
ing the magistrates, or to transgress
the laws of the church under the pre-
text of observing the civil law." Here,
all the dogtrots of error and persecuting
decrees of Itornanism, are to be deemed
the "laws of Jesus Christ" because
they are the laws of the papal church,
The young giant of the west, therefore,
may know what to expect when Len
and popery has the power. Dr. 1).
would Also have done well to read the
Bull, (beam ,Sanrtam of Pope Boniface
Viii, which says : "Either sword is in
the power of the church, that is to
say, the spiritual and material. The
former to be used by the r•hn1(h, the
latter for the church. The one in the
hand of rhe priest, the ether it the
hands of kings and soldiers, but at 1he
will and pleasure of the priest. It is
right t hat the temporal sword and
authority he subject to the spiritual
power. Moreover we declare, say, de-
fine and pronounce that every human
being should be subject, to the Roman
Pontiff, to he an article of necessary
faith." Article of necessary faith,
(11('aitls One necessary' to salvation, and
the violation of which , In Ronan the
ole y, consigns to eternal penalties.
And he it remembered these are de-
fined doctrines. which (ince defined are
irrevocable and 110(11(0 )roinising, and
being declared ex cathedra by infallible
popes, their change or retraction would
be destructive of infallibility. 1)r.
Doyle says it, is a slander against the
church to rely "that pope, leshn) and
priest have a right to dominate
our liberty and intelligence hevcnd
the authority of God." This is
vicious sophistry, and the falsity lies
in the words : "beyond the ; authority
of God." Pope, Bishop and priest
make and define doctrines re-
pugnantt(t (orfs word, and then im-
piously Impose them as the word
and authority of God, and then con-
tend that when they do not dominate
beyond these popish dogmas, they do
not dominate beyond "the authority of
God." Will Dr. Doyle, honestly con-
tradict, openly, the above defined doc•
trines of popes Leo and Boniface ?
Dare it ? He dares not or he would be
cursed and excommunicated as readily
AB was his brother Dr. McGlynn for pa
far less offence. And again, he holds it
a slander to say "that stn can be par-
doned by confessing, it to another
man." Here again is another vic-
ious trick and juggle. The sin
Is not pardoned by confession
to another man, but confession to. a priest
of the Roman church is necessary to
absolution by the priest, and without
absolution there is no forgiveness.
Again the alleged slander charging
"that something equivalent to divine
and riot, regardless of the interests of 1 honor can lawfully he paid to crea-
laborers or employers, with a view of i tures." Here, still another trick of vi -
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clops verbal legerdimain—not - to
creatures in general, but to such
creature—relics, images and saints, as
are adjudged worthy of adoration by
the holy pope and Roman church; and
to some of such more honors are pais{
h Romanists than to the Creator.
What clever tricky fellows those Ro-
man priests are ? How Dr. Doyle
adroitly escaped ecclesiastical censure,
on the one hand, and pulled the wool
over those Baptists eyes, on the other,
by this sophistry and dishonesty 1 But
further, he denys as a slander, "that
the Roman church is a high conspiracy
against the liberties of the country;
that did it have its will it would ggite
chtrch and state, that its purpose is to
smother the aspirations for knowledge."
These statements relate to matter of
fact, not to sophistry. As to "high
conspiracy," I have already quoted
popes on this matter. Let rue quote
agaur from the letter of Pope Pius IX.
issued Mar. 1861. Cursed are they "who
contend that Papal judgments and de-
crees, may without sin be disobeyed,
or differed front."
"Or who assign to the state the
power of defitrieg the civil rights and
province of the Church."
"Or that power not inherent in the
office of the Episcopate, but granted by
the civil authority, may be withdrawn
from it at the discretion of that author-
ity."
"o • 1,14 the civil immunity of the
churh rind its ministers depends
upon civil right."
As to Union of Church and state—
Cursed be all who hold "that any other
religion than the Roman religion may
be established by a state,"
"Or that in 'countries called Catho-
lic,' the free exercise of other religions
may laudably be allowed."
From Roman Canon Law—
"All human power is from evil, and
therefore trust be standing under the
pope."
"The temporal powers must act un-
conditionally in accordance with the
orders of the spiritual."
"The Pope has the right to give
countries and nations which are non-
Catholic to Catholic regents, who can
reduce them to slavery."
"The Pope can release from every
obligation, oath, vow, either before or
after being made."
"The execution of papal commands
against heretic: causes remission of
sins." N. B. This accrrds with the
decree of pope Alexander III against
the alhigenses, which promised remis-
sion of sins to their. slayers.
"He who kills one that, is excommu-
nicated is no Inuderer in a legal sense."
Letter of Pope Pius IX Dec. 8, 1864.
"The church has the right of perpetu-
ating the union of Church and State."
"She has the right to require that the
Catholic religion shall e the only
religion of the State, to the exclusion
of all others."
As regards suppression of know-
ledge: "She has the right to deprive
the civil authority of the entire gov-
ernment of public schools." "She has
the right to require the state not to
leave every man free to profess his own
religion. She has the power of requir-
ing the State not to permit free expres-
sion of opinion." From Canon Law :
"The Church has the right to practice
the unconditional censure of books."
Romish countries submit to these and
many other monstrous papal laws,
what will our position be whenever Ro-
manism finds herself able to impose
then
1' t For enforce them she will.
The Catholic World of New York, a
higher authority than Dr. Doyle, says,
July, 1870, speaking of these very mat-
ters and the press, included, that when
Catholic autorities have power, they
will be enforced
"even to war and
bloodshed." And this they look for
within the next quarter century.
But Dr. Doyle professes to he liberal.
Does he pledge Rornanisul to reforma-
tion on the basis of the Bible and the
Catholic Church of the first three cen-
turies. in the pope's ringing call to uni-
tyy? No. We must accept the whole
abominable system, and be thankful
for the favor. But he actually men-
tions the Protestant Churches of the
Gr•indelwald conference. How liber-
al! Let me quote for hint from Priest,
Pastel's Catechists, authorized by the
Roman Archbishop of Baltimore for
use in Roman Schools in the U. S., as
illustrating the true spirit, of Roman-
ists : (sues.--I)id Jesus Christ assure
us that no one can he saved outside of
the Roman Catholic Church? AIM. -
He did, when Ile said to His Apostles,
"Go teach all nations" &c. tdnes.—
What du the leathers of thechurch say
about those who died out of the R. ('.
Church ? Ans - -They all without ex-
ception, pronounce them infallibly lost
forever. (dates. - Have Protestant.:+ any
faith ? Ans. They never had. (,lues.
—What follows from all this? Ans.
it. follows that, as the heat hen 18 damn.
ed, so also all those Will be damned
who die out of the Church of Christ.
(duos. -Sithe the 11.. C. Church alone is
the true church of Jesus Christ, can
any one who dies outside of the chot'c•h
lie saved? Ans 11)' ('cannot.. Ques.
What, then, awaits all those who are
out of the Catholic ('hureh1 Aits.
Eternal damnation as sure as there is
a God. Did the (lrindelwald (•onfer-
ence pray for union with unreformed
Romanisrn ? i do not, believe it : or, if
they did, they were ignorant of the
genius of popery. But Dr. Doyle in-
timates that all who obey conscience
will be saved, of every religion, and
those of no religion. This is the other
face of Romanisrn. He well knew the
falsity of his position, but that, is noth-
ing to a Rolmin Priest. Let me quote
from notes on the R. C. Bible. let. on
the passage, John x. v. i. Note -"All
protestant clergy are theives, mur-
derers and ministers of the Devil ; lead-
ers of rebellion against the lawful
authority of Catholic priests; they are
engaged in a damnable revolt against
the priests of God's Church, which
revolt is the bane of our day and coun-
try, and they should be put to death."
Again, on the :passage Romans
x. v. 15: "All Protestant min-
isters are usurpers ; none of them
sent by God, but by their father the
Devil.' Acts x. v. 35. "All Protestants
are of their father the,Devil." This is
the other face of Roruanism; hut then,
this reverend Commentator, Dr. Troy,
was not fishing for gudgeons as was
Dr. Doyle. I have in A former letter
commented on Dr. D's loathsdme and
degrading similitude from p1 tloppladm
and evolution. He esaags'a surprise
for his audience h a quotation from
the decrees of the Fourth Lateran coun-
cil, purporting, to vindicate and sus-
tain the sovereignty of conscience. It
would be a surprise, indeed. If he could
demonstrate that the said Lateran
council in all its tenor and decrees 'al-
lowed true liberty of conscience : V'hy
it was one of the most destructive
councils, on freedom of conscience, ever
held by papal Rome. As well might
Dr. Doyle quote from scripture that
"there is no God," because such words
are to be found in the Bibie Ps. sly v.1
as to quote 4th. Lateran for Roman
authority for true obedience to con-
science. It was conscience, but such
only as Romish dogmas defined and
commanded to obey on penalty of be-
ing tortured and burned. Let ole
quote a few specimen sentences: "We
excommunicate and anathematize
every heresy that exalts itself against
the Hoy Orthodox and Catholic faith,
condemning all heretics, by whateyer
name they may be known—for though
their faces differ they are tied together
by their tails. Such as are condemn-
ed are to be deliver ed over to the exist-
ing secular powers to receive due pun-
ishment," &c. Canons, 4th Council
of Lateran. The reference W the
"tails being tied together," is, I pre-
sume in allusion to the foxes Samson
tied by
the tails to tor'rueut the Philis-
tines (Judges XV, 4, 5.) ; and this re-
minds me of a foot, note continent
in the Douay R. C. Bible, now before
nre,of Editionis Sixti v. et Cleruentis viii,
on Canticles ii, v. 15: "Catch us the
little foxes, that destroy the vines"—R.
C. Comment ; Catch 88 the little foxes. --
"Christ commands his pastors (R. U.
priests) to catch false teachers (protest-
ant clergy) by holding forth their
fallacy and erroneoussdoctrines which
like foxes would bite and des-
troy the (papist) vines." We are,
truly, dealing with Philistines, but
our R. C. Philistines may some-
times find a Samson instead of a
little fox. Dr. Doyle talks in magni-
loquent peroration on the agency of
truth and conscience in making for
unity, but forgets that his Roman reli-
gion, which virtually suppresses the
Holy Scripture, the fountain of Truth
and the true guide of faith and rule of
conscience, can never promote real
Catholic Christian union ; for as St.
Hypolitus says, "all heresies arise from
ignorance of the Scriptures," and ri
system which exalts human tradition
to an equality with the word of God,
and to its disparagement, roust needs
be heretical.; and papal Roulandsur is
the hugest aggregation of heresies un-
der heaven to -day. Interesting as is
the analysing of illy Romanist ft iends'
productions, 1 must forebear trespass-
ing further at present on your valu-
able columns, and wishing my friends
the compliments of the season, I hid
them farewell until atter Christmas.
Faithfully yours,
A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE
PROMOTION OF TRUE CATHOLIC Doc -
TRINE.
Clinton, Dec. 18th, 1895.
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Christmas Sunday at 4000
Church, (mato%.
The exercises consisted it) realt(a,
tious, and responsive scgripture plead-,
ing, which were varied by singing by
the choir and scholars, by sola singing.
by quartette, or more approprlately, ,
as it was called a double duet, The ,
officers seem well chosen. The order
was perfect, and the responses were
free and full. An original Carol, speci-
ally composed for the occasion, was
reuiered by one of the young ladies.
Another read the tollowing original
essay :
CHRISTMAS.
Our religion is bounded on the one '
hand, by the coming of Christ in humi-
liation to redeem, and on the other,
by his coining in glory to judge. We
look back to Jesus in the manger, with
love and gratitude; we look forward
to his predicted return on the throne,
with hope 1111(1 joy.
Neither the church nor the world can
estimate the benefit, nor exhaust the
significance of his advent ; for, to it,.
all past history tends, and from it, all
future fulfilment diverges.
In looking back upon this time, we
can out fail to note the application of
the old story, to even our enlightened
age. Though the world has passed
,?ttu'ough many centuries of varied and
pr gressiye experience, it trust ever be
admitted, that we can not outgrow
Jesus Christ.
If we review these events, we will re-
member that Caesar Augustus was
levying taxes throughout the Roman
Empire, and that, on is account,
Mary and Joseph went, .t Bethlehem,
where were fulfilled• t prophecies
which furnish us"t'he to that Cr'od'
did, in every deed, dwell th men on
the earth—Immanuel--God ith us.
Not to the Governor, in whose Pro-
vince, the affair had taken place, nor
to the rulers, recliuiug on their luxur-
ious couches, but to the Shepherds,
who like David—a thousand years be-
fore—like the Shepherd of Israel
always, were caring for their flock, ex-
posed and helplesss. They knew little
of the world's condition. In the Classic
Lands, the old religions were worn out.
The Jews could get no more good cut
of the Old Dispensation. The nations
were hushed under Roman sway, and
the spread ot the Greek tongue and
culture, made it a happy epoch, the
very fullness of time for a new effort
in the work. This effort began, not
with kings and rulers at some great
Capital, but here in humility, and sud-
deuly. No wonder they were sore
afraid. To there was announced the
glad news of Him, of whom it had been
said, "He shall he great. and shall be
called the Son of the Highest, and the
Lord shall give unto liini the throne
of his father David, and he shall reign
over the house ,of Israel for ever, and
of his kingdom there shall he no end,"
Then the men hastened to Bethlehem,
where they found the Babe lying in a
manger. There they made known
abroad, the wonderful sayings which
they had heard, and returned, glorify-
ing God for all these things.
The Shepherds were few, but the
tidings are for all, and the wondrous
system of grace is that the tidiugs go
from this standing place of the angel
to the uttermost parts of the arth.
Moreover, we read of the " se men"
who carne to the Saviour h the'
costly gifts, and we learn f them to
offer our lives, that we may g orth to
duty and service, nay suffering if need
be, in all fidelity, blessing those for
whom lie was horn. 5
Since then, other lights have arisen,
waned, and vanished for ever. But
the Star of Bethlehem, alone, never
eels, To its brightness
all nations
shall yet be alt r:u•ted. Every system
of error shall pale before the Gospel of
atoning love, which restores fallen
men to a forgiving God.
In music, eloquence, devotion, the
Christmas thought enthrones itself. It
fills the tittered pages. it inspires song
and sermon. It enkindles the hope -.,
and feeds the faith of men.
it extends its influence to the home, re-
juvenating the old, and brightening
the lives of the young.
Have you ever thought of the ways
in which Christmas is kept in other
lands 1 In Sweden all the courts are
closed, every one stops disputing and
quarreling ; much merriment abounds
throughout the country. On Christ -
Inas eve, the shoes of the whole fami- ¶
ly are brightly polished, and set in a
row before the hearth -stone, to indi-
caq.e, that everything will he peaceful •
during the corning year. Any onet
wishing to give a present, wraps it in'
a quant it yof straw, paper, or rags.a
slyly flings it in at the open door,
no one i4 in sight.
111 Belgium, the children
shot's with be(u.s and ca .Ls
they place in the chimney for
saint's horse. In the rnorniu
find them tilled with presents
turn for their good behavior.
The little ones of Spain hid ::<'tft ir•
shoes or slippers in the hushes; whil
those of itaaly go bravely withl tJ14
parents 10 churches and cat.hedfai
where the Bambino. or Child prese;i
t,henl wit h 1 heir gifts.
Holland gave us the gond-nate
Santa (1:1114 with his sled and mind
careering (ivy) the hnus(•4tops bring'
his hea1ilifnl store. The idea of "go
cheer" is always associated with th
blessed season, and why nut? If th
morning stars sang together and
th' angels shouted for joy, when t
inundations of this world were lit'
surely Heaven's music was
when earth's Redeemer came, fdi
was the only time for renturies„ .
peace ruled t.hrnitr;hont the world''
if the Magi brought worsh ;'
their most costly treisnres to tfit
font. shall n.)t our e'nwns be IVAi,
t. he feet of our adorable Lord , x
our highest joy he in our Kingc...,
ural
Remember that he tame to bifid
filleverry� b bb
every broken spirit; to
with peace, and every life witht,ier
sweetest, melody. Let us the sill
our natures gladly to reediSTdi;
Father's donation, the blessings,pt;
Son of (clod.
From these hallowed servict''
joyous scenes of ('hristmastide, `W g(it
to hear the good tidimgs untoQir er8y:,
with the echo of the angel -son t (l tee'+ ,.
upon our redeemed souls, ire de gtl'd'
"Thanks be unto God for His unspeaat,'
able Gift."
CHASE'S K. k L. Pi LLS CURE DYt ry `'
PEP91A. t`
For the laast, eight, years f have heaft6v':7
a sufferer from constipate )n and flyby,,
Pepsin-- i tried dozens of differentrttf9(tJi
lanes. but nothing gave me t elief qty
i used Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver 1'j
which cured ane.
,LAMES HEARD,
Woodville, Oats's