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We hate in 1 \o Hebron, iji o those that Ponv< that were men owglit to do." tion and influent calling David tc Issaclier docs ^ounst'llors, wh wiiich tliey had of might (v. 8] and the ^wisdom iHjrse, is seen ii service, for the I "of truth in the' to advance the vine wicrcy ant giving of all w cccaMon that 1 principle that that God raise most needed, i taken place in which God h from a^e to a] The Apostl their great w( estahlish the c ieach God's ] they have don DISCOURSE. 1 Chron. 12—^. •^■■^■1^.^*1* It^f* We hat« in thiVcharter nn account of the nsscmhl^ of ihc tnbjj *o Hebron, in order (0 appoint David King over a I Israel. Amongst bo i that convened on thiVoccaMon, - were certam men of l..achar, thu Vere men of uoder^tandiag of the times, to know what Israel oLht to do." They were .vise^nd prihlent men, po-sc^Mng repnta. Z a,!d influence, Ao clearly «aw that the proper t.mc had come for callinff David to the throne. ? , ■ ' ., -sir doe. not appear to. hr^e>ent it« *-?r^' ^^^^J^^^'^^^ Counsellors, ^vho could jJ^^san.e l.me engage for the f«fc«« « «;^ Sh hey had the enliiP.trol. Men of understandrng as «cll aB of 4 t (^^ are needed in the concerns of ^tate. and k.ngdom. j and the v^Uom^nd goodness of Cod, the great llulcr of the lJn»- ""r^rrseen in raisi.^ ^ »"«" to engage m l«, ^ke^U^FOint;;ion of the d.vinp glory. and l4;e advancemen ^^^^ In the w^rld. That snd. men are ^^^^^^^^^ "[j:^ to advance the inK^rests of human society, is^ an mdicauon <>[ "k;^ *^'- '.neimrcy and faithfulness, and slm«ld. call forth the devout thank^ ^^ all who (ear Cod. . Without dwelling J.t present an be SoXof6,rLo^ their great work, and endowed with wisdom (Vom f «\«' J^^^-^i^ *° estab& the cause of truth, to proclaim ^^^^'^^ff'^r;,'^^ teacU God's Israel in every age, MwJuit they aught o d^^ _lh« th« y have dope ia the Holy Scrip ares, which coatam th« lawg of Hf I' Kingaora, \»ho, m *' tlic rtoot tftd offspring of DaTid," iball at length rti«n over all the cortb. . ; . # j ^m " lit came id citabfish Hi* kingdom in tbe heart* of mcn—anrt all that oppose bi» purpose of mercy, shall nt length b« destroyed, f Actij- iii 22 k 23.) Alter llic Apostl<»s many ol ihc »o-callcd ••faUiers ot the ChriMian Cnmrch were men of luiiU-r'ttaniling— men that during Ihe firm 3 or 4 crnturies guidi-d tlio nnuir* ot /ion, defended the came of truth and right, and bbowcd to men the only way of wilva- tion. There arose, however, in the Christian Church, even during tbo*e early ages, a growing disposition to nf'suinc power on the one band, and, on the other, to give undue honor to men because of their nosiUoD in society and in the Church of tJod. Against this tendency our Lord warned his disciplon, and wo find by the writmp of the Apoitles that the love of power which 1m natural to man, began to hbow itself even in their day,— ihus John speaks of Diotrophcs, " who toted to have the pre-eminence." . ^ ' . The pastors of the Churches were early requested to act ns umpires between; disputants, or as judges of th« nflairs of the people : and while the Church was devoid of worldly patronage and power, this pracHoe was often Very beneficial in ilsiiifluonce/und much unseemly and expensive litigation was thus prevented. The pastors ilu-n were generally upriglit and earnest men,— who •ought the good of the people, and the advancement of truth and justice. Hut when the lloirtan emperors came to ^how favor to the Christian Church, and to takejiart m its alT^irs, they enlarged the (sphere of the pastor's labors in this department. Most civil as well as ecclesiastical cases were referred to ihc judgment of the IJishops, fo that men of a tru^y apostolic spirit like Augustine, eomldained that their time was occupied cliielly in the decision of civil maltters, alU their attention diverted from the proper duties of the pastoral oIicls }Jut the natural love of power gradually prevailed over the mmds ot most ot those who held high ofitice in the Church. _ Power has charms for the great majority of minds— thus that which sras at first conceded as a privilege, because of the confidence of the people in the purity, honesty and disinterefvtedness of the Ministers ot Christ, was at length claimed as a right by those who held the pas- toral ofifice m the Christian Church. They had altogether forgotten the spirit of Jesus, when be said " Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you ?" .,.,.,. ^ ^i • t Those in places of power in the Church damned the right to thinks fu4ge and act for the people in spiritual maiprs, and often employed, St least indirectly, bribery and intimidation to secure their ^objects.— Id propcrtiop as tbcBC claims wer e g r apted all power passed o ut o t t lw hand« of the ^ that nubordinai lovo to those li which when it usefulness, in si arrangenwmts, proves a blesM became a sour* time a source Tho educati were no longei like the licntar with tho VVori to leave the w ing what (iod Yea, gradually with heaven t< liberty passed thcm,us to the persecuted ai loved power a the good of tl control of the Christian Chu verted from it salvation Ihroi in their purity Hbcrti/y pc^cc All this, bo of Christianit a great J'aU\ Christian Cht In2Thess coming ol CI man deceive ; there come a son of perditi is called God temple of Go for ine, my IV to do justice tacy. I can expositors of f)* f handii or tbfl »»«oplt, into th« hin^n of thmr •pintuti rolew. Henet . that RuborcK nation whicli (lod ordained— to be founded inr«Kpect«nd lorn to tbosc holding office in tbo cbnrch for their work's mIw, atid which when it flows forth naturally, ai honor due to e«ccll*ncj> ^and URcfulneHS, is simply an acknowledgment of lh« wimlom of (!od in hii arrftnacnwnt.i, and a token of subniiiMion to IUa nulhority, and Ihui proven a blc.H.MnK to the human family— that subordination, perverted, became a source of degradation, intellectual and social, and at the s^ time a sour'ce of exaltation to the rulers in the church. W The education of the neople was no longer earnestly fostered ; they were no longer tau>;ht to read and think lor thcinselvei} to compare, like the IJcntans in the day* of raul.tho teaching of their spiritual guidu^ with llio Word of Goil. They were, on tho contrary, enconrageil to leave the whole matter of searching tho Bcriptures, and asccrtaio- ihtt what (Jod hud revealed to man, to tlieir paMors and teachers.— Yea, gradually they were led to leave the whole matter of intercourse with' heaven to the management of the I'riusthood. Thus light anU Hherty paM«««d away IVoin (ho people ; those finit sought to enlighten thcm,a.05<«q/;' w.th an jrticle togiveitenH Dhasis It is then properly " Th^ Apostacyr-ih^ greatest and . &;«ur^^us to mankind that has ever occurred in the history of ou.. worldTlt y. 8 "the Man of Sin" is also called ««/*«{ W^ed-or »ihsia^less oner tlie power that sets aside and nullities the law of God, and sanctions^ iraniorality and sin amongst men. fhis accords with what Daniel says of the XeY^/e 7/.rn, (7--25) « he shaH ^eaj out the samis of the Most High, ai«J thu.k to change '""es and laws. Indeed the term « Man of Siy S^ems to be founded on the descrip- tion ot the LitJe Horn, (Dan. 7-24) "He shall e«e.ed m wicked- ness all that went before him," (Sept.) eil her by promoting wicked- ness in general or idolatry in particular, as the term sin frequently ?.g. mfies in Scripture. (See Bishop l^ewton on the prophecies-p. 390.) • lb proof that this description and those titles belong to he Papacy we need only refer to its system ofindulgences (commencediu the 13th ; celllu^y, to increase its power over thej?eople) toitstariff of sii^ , br which many m.'quitles are virtually sanctioned by Rome --and to dseficmragchentofidolutryintheiw^^^^^^^ rplics Thus in the office of the m.ass before consecration, the priest savrthathemakesthe oblation "in honor of the blessed Mary ever Virgin, the blessed John the Baptist, the holy^ApostlesPe^er and P^l, ind of all the saints." What is this but idolatry ] Did our Lord indeed sutler and die in honor of sinful mortals, instead of for His own glory and that ofthe Father] ^'e followers of R^^^^^^ thus taught to worship the Virgin Mary and other saints. They pray , o theml deliverance from evil, and relief from a 1 the troubles of life Against this Paul warns Christians m 1 Tim. 4-.where he des- cribes the followers of this Apostacy as « giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons." The term demon refers to the dei- ' fi^ men worshipped by the heathen, and by the IsraHites^also, when . . J^I^^dltors^l Cor. 10, 20, Ps. 106, 35,38). Tneheathen ^rd that in honoring those as substitutes, they honored the^Sopreme God, and that these infer^ior deities iDierccded for them with Jupiter, the great God (Lucian). , . ■ , .v In order the more readily to convert the nationsand secure the peo- ple under her control, Rome introduced into the ehristjan Church many of the principles and practices of heathenism. In this case she Stated the naU of i^^^ ■■.■■'- ^ -■■■/■ ; ■.■.-.■■.■■■•■■■ ■■ ■: -' ' .. ■/;■■'•■■. . : ■■■ : that kill e th father or roother, w i fe or «ls; " * As a BpecirtCB, " For a tiiuH mai. «. ..u. «.-."--■ ■•■■ , _„* ftpah ter" lOa fid. For a priest that keeps a concubine, lOs. 6d. To *at flesU lrtirn«^«hibit«d. itl 4s. 9d ! Thus Popery sets aside the law of Q«d. Kirxyau's Rom " lubonlioate deities of the Pa«in world.* Id l.kc manner Ije »»wlh«i worshipped the imaRes of tlieir deities, though they said that Ihey Worshipped not the images but the deities they represented. C«lsas and other defenders of heathenism were met Hy the same arguments which Protestants employ against similar honors paid to images by the followers of Rome— they showed that whatever distinction the more intelligent might make, the practice resulted "»^;»>e actual wor- ship of images by the great body of the people, ^llomanists haye excluded life 2nd commandment from most Popish Catechisms, (divi- ding the 10th into two) and thuM''-t"a"y acknowledge themseljes/ guilty of a breach of that conHndmeut in the practice of iheyr * The'creed of Pope Pius IV., the guide «t4hfr Church of Roma 1 to the present day, requii^s that images of the saints be retained, anil thait due hojtor nnd veneration are to be given them^ Yea, more, the Roman Catechism-another of the standards of Rome-declares that iinagfeS are to be in the churches, « not merely for mstruawn butthatthcymoy bcivorstiippcd. (Stillingilect Doctrines and Prac- tices of the Church of Rome.) ; m. 1 • w But to return to the description of the Apostacy in Thessalonian^ . The Head of the Papacy exalts himself above all that is called OoUv by dispensing with the Law of God, by setting hims_elf above that Law, and by releasing men from its obligaions^accordinn; to his^^ca- sure, (by means of the various dispensations which are granted) and by the titles which are claimed and given. He exalts himself jbove all rulers, claims the honors due to God alone, and even sets Inmself above the Almighty. Nothing is plainer than that the Pope has as. sumJd to himself and received from his followers « 'tnany names of^ Ualhcmy» The Canon Law calls him « Our Lord GodthePc^e. The! Pope accepted this saying of Cardinal Bellemaine, (one ol the moi diJinguished authorities of Rome,) " If the Pope should com- raaiTd the practice of vice, and forbid the practice of virtue,— the Litany of Loretto. the titles of God ar0 given to tho Vij^n Mrjy Monii^g Star. Keftg. of Smnern. Ac Lon^n 1*^^ In the — stich as Morning »iar, neiu^puio. »»..", «-. ,\"--;t "'_.,' j praSrcrs that in Scripture are addressed to God. are in this Litany ad.M-esaed iTwoman I And 'in the Psalter of^St. Bonaventure. /t'e/'J* 1J« "Jf .",^^ appied to the Virgin-her name being iB^^erted instead of t^^^ nSL. thns. »>«. 29-" Bring unto our Ladv. ye sons of Q'^f '^^""f J[»'^ anf worship unto oor Lady." Ps. 84--" How amiable are thy ^We Imgs. O ladv of iHosts." Again, in " The Devotion of Bondage. 1632 ih« >•«; sruiKe occurs-" The soVereign dominion that fltas given her not only over thi world but over the treator. of the world." Sovereign domimou over Screatori CLopdonjT- F;Tmt220.) What is this but the most awful I ■ / _ • I the oreaiori luonnon, i. e-. ir»vi-**«./ •• • -'^ u>>™« anil bl^pheniy ? (See alsoJMidaietoa'a Lette r s from Uom e , PagOD Rome, aa d Ktr\yau's Hoiuaiaiam at Home.) Ift 8 y ■ ■ -/■,■; ■■-. ■■ -■■ . •-■ ■ ■ - ■■ ; . • . ■ ^ ...,■.■ -.^ chutch were bouiKT'to beHcve vice to be good and firtde to be wicked." in a council held at Rome, in Pope's Palace, m Jhe time of Leo X., thesk words were spoken, "In the Pope is all manner of Power, above all power, as 'well of heaven as of earth." Yet ou| Saviour says. "All bower' is given unto me m heaven and in cwth. ^ Is not the Pope rtien the ArUkhmt V Paul says, further, that" t^ Man of Sm ' sits in the temple ^i<^<^\a^God,^}u>'mn'rhimdft^^ In accoraaoce with this the Pope, at his enthron.zation in St. Peter 9, is shown to his subjects as God, andjs adored by them as God H,s fcittino' as God denotes his claiming divine authority both in tempora and spiritual things, and that he would exercise his auihoiity with great pide,^omp and" parade. A vep^ slight^ knowledge of the Papacy Ihows that this has ever been the case. For instance, he claims the right to depose kings and dispose of kingdoms at hi^^pleasore, ^ often has he exercised this claim of Antichrist (Rev. 13- H). Ihc 4th Council of Lateran sanctioned and established the right ot the Pope to depose princes and absolve subjects from their allegiance, and none of the Popes have ever been brought to disown this right. INay, on the contrary, whenever they had the power tbey have exercised it. They deposed Henry III. and, Henry IV. of France, ^and raised money and ^ent an army to aid the rebellion which they had^excted aeainst them (See D'Avilla's History of thecivd wars of France). l^ey deposed Queen Elizabeth of England, and sought to overthrow her power, by sending against her the Spani&h Armada,^which by ^hc breath of the Lord— the winds of heaven— were scattered and wreckod upon the rocky shores of Britain. The [Popes declar^ themselves j^Lereign monarchs of the world, and this claim is gi anted at the coro. nation ot the Pope ; when the triple cro>vn is placed upon h'^ heay these words are used, as we learn from the Roman Pontifical, «lv^ ceive this diadem adorned with three crowns, and know yourself to ^e ) father of princes and kings, governor of the world." And must;io the governor of the world have power to depose and detijrpnj^all pett? princes under him^else how can he govern the world \ ^At v. 9 (2 Thess. 2) Paul says that "his coming is after the working ot ""^ sinel© roan is not tufficient for the work hero assigned, an«r it is agrelb!rSSptu;e aud especially the Prophet^ to speak o^ body^ •fcceseion of men under the character of one [Dan. 7---24. Rev. 17-1-J. .uccew^ 01 men ^jj^ . ^^ ^^ g^me ot the titles which theTope hi ;«ff^ed*rher. to give bim-« Another God upc^ earth, Kmg of K.P^ and Lord of Lords ; t^e same is the dominion of God and the Pope , the IWdoeth whatsoever he liste^^ unlawful, and ^^^^^ x - o^ _ uw; i, ii w ^ « — ^^^ — q „^i, Ki . . . ^i.^n.ia . fti ft not only a llowed in wr i ters (4nS'' i Dan 1 1—36.1 Such blasphemiea 01 not only a llow t Pope. H© oven make* use of Uwm in his own deaee* ' Satan, vritb all [ and iippositions that many shouU fallibility of the gatory, and the i "Forbidding given in I Tim. Man of..Sin"— ' SubStitiiting mai listed this regul were at length c Theobject of t no interests in c their social rela trample upon th but too well, an the fruiiful sour and other laws she pretends th priests, she not also enjoins a c priests into sin. iniquity, that m< as are told in tl so often* detect that when a cc should the man clare that the ] Hence they pr? moved, they be says also, that were in operati in the Apostles of heathen phil Many also of of Rome ar^st themselves— tl which Christiai respect for the live Christians Special horii the Imperial ci a matter of co Satan, with all power ana signs aad lying wondertj" or pious fraqds and iippftsitions of every kind, such as " winking Madonnas." And that many shouldhelhus deceived and believe a lie— -such as the ii|- fallibility of the Pope, the power of the priests to deliver from Purr gatory, and the immaculate conception of the Virgin. « Forbidding to marrv," is another of the marks of this Apostacjr, given in I Tnn. 4. By' this the Papacy has shown itself to be « tW Man of Sin"— " the Lawless One"— by changing God's laws, and sobStitiitino- man's wicked regulations instead. The priesthood rq- iiiisted this "regulation for many centuries after it was proposed, but were at length compelled to submit by Gregory VII. A. D* 1070.-f- The object of this regulation was to form an army of priests, haviag ho interests in common with the people, and no sympathy withthenvin their social relations ; and hence better prepared to enslave them and trample upon their rights andfeelings. In all this they have su*:ceeded? but too well, and the forced celibacy of t^® Homish clergy has been. ^ the fruiiful source of much misery and sin. Hence because of this t and other laws Rome is called « the Mystery of iniquity," for while she pretends that her object is to secure the greater purity of her priests, she not only arrogatenS to herself more 'wisdom than God, but also enjoins a course that naturally and almost necessarily leads hfer priests into sin. It is aHo a proof that this sys!em is the mystery of . iniquity, that men endowed with reason can bolicve in such absurdities as are told in the legends of the saints, and in the pretended miraclcj^ so often, dfitectejd and exposed. In 2 Thess. 2—6, 7, Paul telfs us that when a certain hindrance shall be taken out of the way, then should the man of sin be revealed. Now, almost all the fathers de- clare that the Pagan Roman Empire is meant by the hindrance.— Hence they prayed for the peace of that empire, because, when re- moved, they believed that the great Antichrist should appear. Paul says also, that the Apostacy "doth already work." Its principles were in operation for a long tune— the Judaizing teachings of some in the Apostles' days tended that way^ Many of the false principles of heathen philosophy were engrafted on the pure religion of Jesus. Many also of the superstitijohs and idolatrous practices of the Church of Rome arose out of the abuse -of customs or things innocent in themselves— thus the use of the cross, as a badge of discipleship by which Christians iui^ht recognize each other, led to a superstitious respect for the cross (Jamieson's Manners and Trials, of the Primi- . live Christians). _ i -d- i. V Special honor was sBown to the Bishop of Rome, as the Bishop of the Iniperial city; and this honor, which for centuries was accorded a$ a matter of courtesy, ivas at length claimed as a right. Almost equtl. U ;-V->-,- [■?» 10 boaor ifu for « long liiue. given to the Bishop* ol Antiocli, Alexan- dria and Constantinople, the other chief citie. of the Ro™»" ^j-^^' After the seat of empire was transCpPfed, from Rome to Constanli. nople, a rivalry arose between the bisliops or the Ivto cities, as to who should hold the first place of honor in the Christian Church. John the Patriarch, of Constantinople, was the fn-st Ao claim a supremacy over the Christian Church. By the advice of an Eastern Councri he assumed the title of " Universal Bishop." Yet even tn the opin- ion of Gregory, the Bishop ot Rome, the assumption of that title was amarkof^Antichiist. He thus wrote John ''I ^ confident y that whoever calleth himself V Universal Bishop.' or ^esireth so tp he called in the pride of his heart, he doth foreiw Anlich is .. be caiieu mine \niw m luo i.«."iv, ..- — --- ---- ,r »«*/.,•. Gregorr even applied to the emperor to deprive John of thu hlaifliemousnrmer as he calls it. ButMauricius considered it OiaspJiemoiis name, as he calls iV. But Mauricius considered it liotWng more than a complimental mode of address, hecoming the bishop of the Imperial city. Not long ^ after the Centurion Phocas, a brutal soMier,murdered the emperor, and seized his ihrone;^the bishop ior a time defended the' wife and children of Mauricius in the cl«irch ; butPhocas, after persuading them by false promises to come forth, murdered them also in a most shocking manner. _ . ^ . ^^^ Through envy of John, and a desire to supplant him, Ihe/vile mur- derer, Phocas, was encouraged by Gregory of I^ome,' who wrote him in the most fulsome manner, praising Gcd for exalting h.in to-that situation for the relief of .he church. The result was that Phocas took away the title of Universal Bishop from John, and bestovved it on Bonil^e III., the successor of Gregory. Boniface soon obtamed a decree whereby the title was entailed in perpetuity on the Roman pontifl; who was then by the decree of a usurper invested w.,h the primacy of all the bishops of the empire. Hence the church of Pyome derived her honors from the secular power, by countenancing criine , andthus proclaimed herself in the opinion ot^ Gregory (one of the Ereatest of her pontiffs) to he proud, cxecraNc, blasphemous, auti- ^ian, diabolical, ibr these are some^f the epithets.he^b^tow^ whoever should accept the title of Uwyersa Bishop (CampbelU Lectures on Ecc. History). This took place about: tlie year 606 A. D. the period of the establishmfint^f the ecclesiastical supremacy ol rUrae. The temporal power of the Pop«*<^tes manr years Ja^^ In Daniel 7 &8 we-are told that 3 of the 10 horns of the 4ih Beast or Roman Empire (24) were plucked^ up before^lhe^lijtle horn, j the Papacy. See how this was fulfilled. Stephen IL^BishoporRome, confirmed in his usurped authorily^Pepin King Of E^icc, who had ^ dethroned Childric, lit., the lawfuV King. In return Pepm bestowed upon the Po^e the exarchate of RaYeona and several ciUet belong- /■. ■ ■■.■.■''■•' ' ' •■'■!. ■• '''■■. W to the Roman dukedom. At the same time rebelling ^jnsttlw eSoeror the Pope claimed Ravenna, Lombard^ and ihe state of S Then the three horns or kingdoms fell before the l.tUe horn. HeTad ecclelstLl position before but he did not become a horn, (tl« ttoe"or acmSo the best interpreter, 1260.) ears. John ««, he me spiritual and witnessing cliurch of Jesus as a woman flee nto U wSderS for the same oeU Thetrue '^""h was found, dur- ing tl« dark age, in the Nestorians and Synans •"/,'^« ^ast ".dmrte pfulieians, \4ldenses,Albigenscsa„d Culdces,of theWest. Jhere were also a few good men, in the bosom of the church f "»"«'7'''' Tor^d and served the Saviour, and mourned over the "ef ^ .""l''"'"' Z superstition and immorality, the .gnorance »"<», ''" """f^ '";- rinded them. Do you ask how long wdl the apostacy yet "ntinue, and when w" it eeai t Such an enquiry is indeed natural to make, »d s s^^irar to that made hy the »»"'» "f '^ f ''J:" f ^T "St was shed by the carlv persecuting powers (Ke*.-6-9 and 10).^ Ihe wr. nllure of the predictions is partly to conceal the dates, until tKriLdol thrir Mfilmeot; and it is "°« X'' P^^'' VmJ: mineTthe time «hen the 1260 years began. But when the Man of Sin "the son of perdition," shall be destroyed by the breath of eWsT'smouCd tl^rightoessof his coming t en ■t^»«''^k»™ PTnrtlv when the kin'^dom of Antichrist did begm, iiobert iteming r^'^i:ML!!;^rat^London,n«d.cal^^^^^ Lo (1701), founded on the data given in scrH)ture.^atod "^med the X 1794 as the date of the French Revolu.ion andlhe year ^^8 Cthe yea whenanother great Kevolution should o^cur And as i^^^names th^ year A. D. 1866 as ^^f ":ri?^^Sllc^ Christ it is probable that about that time, the man f * " ':^*"/^ff ;*' ffl^mJther gre^ and deadly wound, ^us -^"f-« J^^ rise of the Apostacy from the year A. D. 606, Bu^ 755 this prophetic period will be completed a^^"^ )^J%r^V a^oL' ^015 Kably, I D'Aubigne says, as the rise of the Great Apos- tacy was gradual, so will be its decline and fall. ^ _ _ ittheind of'this prophetic time, the kin|d.m of Chmt or the, Millenium ^ v in co mmence, described in pan. 2, 44, 7,J0 ,^^^^^^ more- Srrai T ' ;^oi^ anrichr-st has been declm.U|S ftn ttlaioOyear.. AUhe tim. of the Great BefomaUo. lattelSth |:1,J; 1 "IHt;- century Go«lra««d up ^visc and holy rnen, to restore «»•*?« ^»?^- ledire and worslip of God, men of understanding of the limes, to Tow I°rae7wbat they ou.ht to do." Such men were Luther and Melancthon, Zwin^le and£alvm,and many ^»l«"^*",«".°[nXrof eiants in the church of God. In the >«'ar 1526, at the first diet of K religious toleration was grants to the states ^ the Informed religion. But at the second diet of Spires an attempt was made, by the majority of the diet, to deprive them of thts Jnv.- lege, and to prevent the preaching of the pure M^oid ot God, by is- suing a decree, forbidding all innovation until the meeting of a Ge»r ^"aS this decree, issued in the name of the emperor, Charlw V. of Germany, the friends of the Reformation entered their solemn protest, appealing to Christ, the final judge "f «> J"^ .mamta.nmg the rightof every man to read and hear ^preached %)^^o;<»/^^/^ wfthout hindrance from any man or body of men. 1l>e leader who signed that protest were, the Elector of Saxony, the Lantove plilip of Hesse, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Representative of Piussia, the Prince of Anhalt, &c. This gavense to thejerm Protestant, xf\iu^i henceforth became the distuiguishmjr title^of a who adhered to the Reformed Churches, ^be principles set fo^^^^^ in that celebrated Protest of 19th April, 15-29, contain the very essence of Protestantism. That Protect opposes two "I'^scs of man, in matters of faith— the intrusion of the civif magistrate and the arbN irary power of the Church. It set. the Powcr of conscieiice above the civil magistrate, and the authority of the Word ot ^od abjve 1b^ visible c;hurch. ' It teaches with the AposUesthat " .^..mwstoB^, God rather than manr when the laws of God and man conflict. And it also lays down the. principle that all human teaching should t subordinate to the Word of God. In that protest man disappears, and the Word of God reigns alone. Hence the famous saying ol Chillingworth, « the Bible, the Bible only, is the religion ffrote^ tantsJ^ But that protest also iiiamtamed the T.ght^and duty.of -Chrbtians, to p.:each the Gospel t „15). By maintaining that their faith, is alone capable of saving he ' Worldi they defended with* intrepid courage the right of Uins.iau - proseiytism/ We cannot abandon this pros^ytisrn, and the ""ssionary spii-it which it involve?, without deserting the principles of PFotestanl- ism. This duty we are endeavouring to perform, by sending misswn^ arics to the h e athen and th>^ Jew ; and in Canada by , our P' ; ptes mnt : . ^ ^ j_ ^„i- 4U/« l?..on..K Panfldian Mission- an e s to in e n e ataeu auu u i c ^cw , «»" •» ^- — - -/ ^ i ,, ..■ SonstoLo^Ca^ ary Society, and kindred societies ; these societies I commend to your oordial support. The object of theiramers of that^rot§|t w^ *• Mcure civil and heaven-given ri( dictates of consc in the noble effo privileged which to its original ai Hupreme stendai •tatie should alik our Bible, and d ure which it co WofdofGodii Christ, whom it in our heart the Let us now, i the Church of < to meet that cri most powerful a advic^of^he Je sought to overl and combine its self as its head attain this obje( been issued by •This edicts iholemetr— 1592 l^rotestants were I the greatest and I dispatched to lU [ulted is it aa th Oardinals/in pa iras also struck I hate seen one I a 6gureof it m XIIL. adorns o| I cribed with a v the Hogenota, w of the Hugenotf loa her behalf 1 Oharob in Frai its cottfeasors I Oalvaniatic Prei 9 pastors and 80 lion sad a half Itha moBtealigh laochas Admin lin Bevelistion,- MUBt%"— tliafc il * t murn t> ^T* Mcttre eifa and religioMlibertj, freedom of thought ind aelion, the • heaven-given right to worship God according to hi« Word, and tbe | ^ dictates of conscience, without hindrance from man. They succeeded in the noble eflfort and thus transmitted unto us the goodly heritage of privileges which we enjoy. The Word of God, was tijen restored to its original and proper place in the church of God, that ol the supreme standard of truth and duty to which the church and the state should alike bow. Let u« then as Protestants prize and siudy our Bible, and daily dig in this spiritual mine for the heavenly treav- ure which it comains. Let us not rest satisfied with having the ^ Wofd of God in our hands, but earnestly seek to have an interest w Chrbt, whom it reWals as the ow/y Saviour, to huva Christ formed in our heart the hope of glqry. ^ Let us now, my friends, contemplate another crwis in the history ot . the Church of God, and the men who were raised up by Providence to meet that crisis. In the 17th century Louis XIV. of France, the most powerful and magnificent monarch of Eurojje, partly through the advic^of^he Jesuits, anil partly through political and personal ambition, sought to overthrow Protestantism and Irlierty in Western Europe, I and combine its various nations in one great confederacy, with him- self as its head and master. Along with other schemes and efforts to attain this object, he revoked the famous edict of Nantes, which had been issued by Henry IV., in the year A. i>. 1598* • This edict was decreed 26 years after the Lonible ma'sacre of St. Bar- iholemew— 1592— when by the adf ice of the Jesuits lOti.OOOHngenots or Protestants were murdeied in cold blood. And among these were innny of the greatest and noblest characters of the nation. A royal nressengerwaA dispatched to ttoiue with tidings of this bloody triu mph. The Pope ex- ulted in it as the victory of the Church— aiid went with the Bishops and Oardinals, in public procession, to give thanks for it in public. A_Tnedal was alao struck to commeracrate the dowofall of Prot«tantisra ip *'''»"<'«• ' 1 hate aeen one of those roedals.obtaiaed from the rnint at ItQine, and have a 6gure of it now in my posssssion. The likeness of the Pope, Gregory XIII.. adorns ope side of the medal, and on the other side an angel is des- cribed with a aword in his right hiind, and a cross in bis left, destroying the Hugenota, with the inscription "Ugonattorum straged"—" the slaughter of the Hugenota." Thus Rome accepted fltnd approved of what was done on her behalf by her bloodthirsty children in France. The Protestant Oharob in France furnished in 10 years 200.0CI0 martyrs, and Could count its coafessors by tens of thousands. In the year 1571 there were 2159 Oalvanistic Presbyterian Churchi sHn F.^nce— the greater part of them had S pastors and aome of them fiVe or six. There were probably about a mil* lion and a half of ProtestanU before that period, and many of them among the most eali ghtwned and distinguished citisens that France ever owaed-^ Isoch as Admiral Colignyi and the Prince of Conde, Ac. St John declare* in Kevelation,— that be aiw " the great whore drunk with the bleed ot I saintly"— thafc if he predicts thi^ the Ohmch of Rone would shed in defenee ■./^. / • Th« edict WIS repealed by Lou« in the ieir 1685 after beini? m Ihis edici W ™P«» / f J anj brutal sc.ldieni b«t ciUjen,, many of whom remold to P"'«f "', ^°f^rtJ,!I iTtePeUcutioosot Popery; .»d Lorimer's Hitfory of the Iro- ''Tlu*GoV"jTorl«fferea the ho«,e of Bourbon to «i™ i. -whie r„yTthe priesthood. j,ho had prompted < «- atroe. -. were niurdered duri.« the reigu of terror (Lolce 18-1, 8). We "» terrors .nd«nrp.rt.ulhorit,y,»^^ W^; Ataa^nfcnd „„,t ..y that Ihi, h-. ".ee" ■"'" ''•,^" ^^S bW .Hi. P""""! •"" ^^ napoleon, oombined, dijl not •''™,,^. ",1 " ,°, ,!,„ „„„boV dainl.ytlo A„{ich.i>l. Professor Eds»r °'J«""^'ji7it i, muhUion, at «8 millith. ! Bltie* of Rome, to wriie xnai uBaun'",* "«"•—- • — — - .fK^^ L<;d.ihy Blangbtered saint., whose boM«, Lie scattered on the Alpine raoMtams cold . B'en them vho Xcpt the truth »2 P"'^t-*Li ;t*m-A-- A Whea all oar fathara worshipped atockB and itonea, * «ot juafifjr those which Popery b in those scenes ( nasty has been < ■ttxUe in the samt getiots. Thus I will not permit faithful to Ilis^ 40 the persectit( But to retun profligate and S anted him a ( e liberties ol James II., wh( into his projec England, with < England was tk was an enemy, Holland was C( then occurred, getic race, and human liberty, that knecv wlia age, and the nr against the tru free people, W with a mind of tious, reserved the most imp1i< enabled him ta ed or retired ii Holland, by hi age to opposi relation to En the English tb powers of dipl tion of anothe many difficult] the apathy or 4ouble dealing lirogress and the British na lecood of the f :v-^;.j, '::vqf .I,; 15 »BOtju»riff tbosaprowadiiigt; they were tbe fruito of that infidelity which Popery had produced, and thus there waa a double retnbutioi in those scenes of carnage and blood. Since then ihe Bourbon Dy- nasty has been overthrown, and the last of the Bourbon KinRsdied a» ttxUe m the same England that was the refuge of the persecuted Hu- genots. Thus are men taught that the Lord reigneth, and that He will not permit his people to suffer unavenged. He shows HmifccM faithful to His Word, when Ue makes inquisition for blood, and giyes ^to ihe perseciitors of His people blood to drink, ^ • ♦w But to return to the foreign policy «f Louis XIV. Knowing the proBigate and wasteful habits of Charles H. of England, Louu granted him a pension on condition of joining him m a league agamst %t liberties of Europe, He pursued Ihe same crafty course with James H., who, being a bigoted Uomanist, entered with more xeal into his project to crush th§ Protestantism of Europe, and bnng England, with other relormed naUons, again under the, yoke of Ko^e* England was then as now, \he leading Protestant state ; but the Kmg was an enemy, a traitor within the camp. Hence the litlle state ot Holland was compelled to take the actual lead in the crisis whicU then occurred. The people of Holland were a brave, hardy, ener^ getic race, and devotedly attached to the cause of Protestantism and human liberty. There were many men of understandmg among ihcnj that knew what Israel oaght to do. But the greatest man of tbft| aoe, and the man bt-st fitted to cope with the mighty powers rangejr against the truth of God and the rights of man— was the ruler of that free people, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange. He was endowed with a mind of great compass and discernment. He was calm, cau- tious, reserved, yet far-reaching, eartiest, sincere— and J>osscssed ot the most implicit confidence in the divine power and faithfulness.which enabled him to. meet dangers and difficulties belore which others 'Quail- ed or retired in apathy or terror. By the dangers which threatened Holland, by his position as the only Protestant Prince that had cour- age to oppose the powerful combination headed by Louis, by hw relation to England, (his wife Mary Stuart being the probable heir to the English throne) and by his military habits, as well as his peculiar powers ol diplomacy, he was compelled to take the leadm the^forma- tion of another combination in opposition to that of Louis. He had many difficulties to overcome and many obstacles to remove— such as the apathy or indecision of some of his allies, and^fc^reachery and double dealing of others— yet he succeeded not only m checking the Btogress and weakening the powgr of Louis, but at length m freeing The British na t ion f r om the yoke of th e d ci ipot^ Jtunea St u art, t te leeood of the name. m i ■ "N i^e?e eife lent French infantry and Irish cnvalry. W.ll.an) IH., o him-lcd on his chosen band. He had ocarlv 3(>,000 »o'f •«'^;' ^^^^ In?nanr1«»d«,and speaking many tongues. As Macaulay a "Scelyone Proteitant Chirch.scarcely one Trotestant n. on ™ uorepUented in^l^SI^, which a series of *v«nts Jiad^br^uf^ tofiuht for their religion in that remote comer 6f the West. -- A»!ftU"hllf were 'Englishmen; there -^^J'^'^lZ ments of Dutch troops } a chosen band of Oermanfc^and a stron Wade of Danish mercenaries. There 7^«»^%»J;;f!^,t^^^^^^^ Pmlnnd repiment. There were two other bodies of men irHMt army fsricmW^^^^^^^^ tbe eonflict-thc persecuted Hugenots of>rance tn^d^KnlliU or Saxons, resident in Ireland, who had suffered 'i f^ollTtL adherent, of James In tbe bosoms o many of the^ inpn hiirned a love of liberty, and of the cause of truth, strongei inau Xe ferot de ?b The l/ader of the Ilugenots lell on crossmg t o nver^ and while pointing out their former. foes and persecutors, and Sn^lm on L victSry, Duke Schomber^ ""^JZ^Z. sw^ ma* the oldest general in William's army. Kmg W.lham then swam lh\& acfoss'^ the river, and riding up to the men o i;f^^f^^^^- ireadv famed on previous occasions-he exclaimed, « Gen lemen Sll bTmy g««rd to-day ; I have heard much of yo-, et^nff^ ii^g^of j?:,^" soon^iu. tide ^^ jj^"'^;;- ^£;':::i ^ resist yoS all know--the complete triumph of K'og A^iHiam and m armv*over the tyrant James and his French allies. , rtJCmo y of^hat event and its important results, m ^^^^ triumph of Protestantism and libertj^, an associajion^was formed in Sm and I eland, called, I believe, « Tho Loyal Orange^ Associa- .^^^5?^ he ^i le and in honor of the deliverer, ^»"'««» "J- See of Orlnce The object of that Society was to uphold the opened, with reading the Scriptures and prayer, however, every hu Jan institution is lUle to, degenerate atid P^^J?^ f/^^Jj;'^ j^^^^ times joined the association^ with out clear °5 j«fi»»!!,^,lt,i! rT. Sn or main object of the tociety>-iP shuYt, toen ^V'^.^J*^/^^^^^ S-Ind by tteir private brawls, and q-'^"^'^' 'l^^lfl'*^!?!!: lro^ht4i»hoior on the iastitttUon. Hence many mtelligeat and te- rio'is Protestant tbe guidance of •ought to suppn this attempt Hu political power, inands from ye leges, Hospitals own system, of of the Protesta Assoc iut ion haH bers and influer reckon 100,00( Take anothc his work. Or Ireland. AVIu that land in 18 saw what the i bread to the fu example of tlie the body, they folded to tlieni winning mannc the houl from priest or saint. only neglected instances, cxa( the last shilliRg was, that the p They reasoned religion of Pr< them to make save them froi i>uch as thoy h Icnce manifest another elemei the use of the Irish poptilatio Mission (Epis and Teachers, the Irish langi Ass. of the r Ass. has 23 c< trlbuted large rio'is ProtefUnti were ilienited from it. A few yetrt tgo. uo^^^ tbe cuidance of the Hon. Francis Uiocks, the Got ernmeot of Canad* •ouKht to auppresa tbe Orange Awociotion of this Tronnce. but la lht» attempt ibey signally failed. At tho name -time I'opery, a^ a political power, roaH« fre»b demands for political nrivileges, freih de- inands from year to year lor endowments for tbtir numerous Col- leges, Ilwpitals 'nnd Convents, for the purpose of supporting their 6wn system of bigotry and oppression, and that at the expense mainly of the I'rotestonlH who pay most ol the taxes. Hence the (Grange Association has risen into fresh favor, and greatly increased its num- bers and influence in Canada of late years, so that it w now said to reckon 100,000 members. ,.,..,. , i Take another illustration of the ways of (*od m leading men to do his work. Great and btncficial changes have taken place lately in Ireland. AVhen in the Trbvidence of Cod the famine was sent jpon that land in 1847, there were many men of undcistandmg who clearly saw what the Church and People of (iod ought to do. 'i hey gave bread to the famishing multitudes, and <»t the hame time, after the example of Uieir divine master, while they ministered to the wants ol the body, they told them of ihe way of salvation Ihroui-h Christ ; un- folded to them a Saviour's love, and besought them, m a kind and winning manner, to seek rest and peace in .Usus— who alone can save the soul from sin— and not to put their trust m man, though called priest or saint. At the same time, many of the priests of Kome not only neglected to aid them in their distress, but actually, m several instances, exacted their accustomed dues— yea, though it might be the last shilliag— from the starving people. The iintnediate result was, that the prejudices of many against rroiostanlism gave way.-— They reasoned naturally and correctly upon the subject— that li U.c religion of Protestants, and especially of I'rotestani Ministers, led them to make sacrifices which their own priests would not make to save them from death— the religion of the Protestants could not be such as they had been told. But along with the element of benevo- lence manifested by the earnest and devoted Protestanjs, there was another element which contributed largely to their success : that was the use of the Irisli language in their communications with the native Irish poptilation. Last year (May 1856 to 1857) the Irish Church Mission XEpiscopal) employed 697 Missionaries, Scripture Readers and Teachers, among the Romanists of Ireland— of whom 488 spokt the Irish lan^ruage. A sunilar course has been followed by the Gen* Ass. of the Presbyte r ian Church, and by th e Wesleyan s (the Gen . Ass. has 23 congregations in Connaught). This wise course has con- tributed largely to their success. .At the time of the Refprroatioft ,^ ^■' f* 18 '*,... the En«rli.h Goreminent .ought to eonfert the homtn CtthoHc. of ^.g 1h7y hJed a, the l-iu^ua^o of those that -"j^^;- ^-"'1?;;^ whom thpv conMikred their opprcMon. No wonder thtn thaLl roj Tetunt Min J H and Mii^ionarie, hud »o little .ucceM ^tnonlM Unm«„i«ti o • reland. Thtir own prie.t* had a double wi^anlagl ^ertTeVrltlt^^^^^^^ the/ w.r« of tha^myppr^^^^^^^ from the fir.t nilonted tlu- »amd course m Ireland, that th 7 did n ZZ\1\ 111 Jckincr the convorMon of the Celtic tr.bes, the result, .e wondeHrc 1^^ thallTla.cly taken place in Ireland through he power o kindm.«.4d ite exerci.e of wisdom m the meanH IdoD ed by the rrote.tant Churchen. In one d,oc«e alone, that "itam o C U^^^^ been converted to Vrote^tant.nm. And Ihrrahout all the south and we.t-but e.pecally. in the west, where "^(Z^^o^ prevaded-tnany thousand, ^jve adopted the rel^. of the IJible and cast off the mummenes of Komc jhcre is no ' Irof peopl^^^ warm-hearted than the (Celtic, and hence the "at of r'lrislanan as w.ll as the lI'g»;'-«^-iJ^-^^^^ Si encc of kindness, wise and cons.derate kmdnoss,| |i|^ ks Jl^^ ugh e^t happinc.. of tho.e towal^Jwhom .t isshowgm||«rf m r^ n bcttel gmde to the illiterate than the ^''^^mH^Z \L\rZ inif of ffratitude for kind nesH wells up m theWT^hen the mstrue^ Ud^ns ofthe priest would often lead the man to hate or desp se lu ^^ factor as a heretic. Had the Protestants of Un am earher 'H^. eourse of the Churches of late, the - -1« . f H«t'- 0^^ ' Vnow£c Protestant, ^^pealang the Lnglish tongue.^ W^oucrh io expect them to adopt the Saxon language, after ^^Wl^^dopTdlPirame religion, and had ceased to hate the {.axons Sef^c^onJ essIT The result of the late elections m Ireland KwsTranidly declining pbwer of ^i- Fi«^- -^^^^^j^ The number of Protestant members returned to the previous larlia ^1, tod lik< 'rommoi^e dr of th« »eiC»' ' 'fheM fact# wMh to cnlighi arc more susce —and that the in that land, hr friend of linnei Let ui follow Uonte in thin I we consider tli Jews, as taugl have been bro happiness and men and syi-te this distinctior distinction be Popery to be at the same ti teaches us to ^i4|puld lore al the llnmanist: it in His Woi And now, 1 special r^HJO Canada at t^ and exertions of the priests, who, as usual, made every e _ and injure the candidates opposed to their views and to r^^^^^^^^^ bers who would v&te according to f.heir wishes. A g'^^'^'.^f/.!"*^^"; thaii-e has come of er Ireland. It u oa longer cursed to the »m» • Not lotjr « V>€ '"-T " Hate evil all ye thki love the Lord ; ' while at the same time wo tnaraou aboul'd desire the Rood of the evildoer. Abolitionism .. «» y «PP??'';°" Jj evn^and aa, a prSiciple ^ seeks^not the injmy of ^^^^ ^^l I* W > 1 only juatice to tL .lafe. ft^a fnl^ ogic to «iy becaiisj 7^) Or. thfa ourVaemies. w-j ahould not apeak again.t the am of ■^•''•»»1^'°«^: ,.^"/or • t principle we fAoiiW nota^ak against lnte»p«ranct, mwrder. aduUorj. or J ■■/'■•:: rrificipla^ of FroieitantMni $r« %1>^ liberty a|H| proor^, with oW dience ^d f ubjectidn to God^s Word and Wi^l. Th^se principles, even in partiiil operation, l^^ve made the T«st difTerence between everj tliorougbj/ ^rptestant country, such as Britain and tlolland— and eveiy thoroi^bly Fbpisb country, sudb as Spain and ijlaples. This difierence relates to the intellectual, social] aud moral condition of the people, in all of which the real superiority of Protestai^ism appears. What is it tbat has degraded Spam, Italy and Mexico4-sorae of the fairest and roost fertile portions of the earth? ^ What biit the bliglrt- ing and demoralizing influence of Popery 1 What has exalted Britain to her high position awohg the nations I What but her ey»g*'<^en>ng» ennobling, and purifying Protestant principles ? The ignWance and crime found in, Protestant lands arises from the absence oVdeficient supply of the Protestant means of grace, or from the people hot being under Prptes^tant principles ; whereas, the more thoroughly anycouu- try is leaveoed and controled by the priests of Rome, the people be- come mo''e ignorant and debased. The nalurSl iruits of Protest^nt- isin are jntelligence, enterprize, prosperiiy and peace. The natUi;al results of Popery arfe ignorance, indolence, degradation and crime.A- (See Appendix on the social and'raoral results of Popery.) Since there is such a vast difference between Popery and Protest- iintism ; since the former is the religion of Antichrist, and leads away from God and from HeaV€h— as well as degrades the mind of man, and debases human society— wliat, We iffisk, are pur special duties an Protectants in view of all these things? To carry out into practice the principles of our holy religion, a$^ taught in the Word of God ! Liet us maintain in all their purity the principles of civil and religious liberty, wliich Luther and Zwingle, Calvin and ICnox taught us, and 4i0 secure wbich many of our forefathers fought, bled, and died. Ijct us educate our children in the principles of Protestantism. Our reli- gion loves the light, thrives and grows best in the light, because it is From heaven. Popery sefks to keep the masses in ignorance, because only thus can it relainits hold over them. This has been clearly illustrated in the United States, where probably five millions of Popish origin have ceased to follow Rome. Do your duty at the polls— s#nd to Parliament sound Protestants, without respect to political creed. In politics the old landmarks have been removed, both in Britain and Canada; the great duty of the age is to meet and oppose the aggressions of Popery against the civil and religious liberties of tLe world. Oppose then, firmly, but peace- fully and legally, all ecelesias t icar corporations and endowments in this land, for they endanger its liberty and peace, knA are checked and restrained in several Popish countries^ Lend not your political influ- ence to aid ai tain political Uphold th of light Jibe ing vice of ' spent yearly, of the cause Sabbath, Go for the glorlo ants in this, a be kept. Ri on that only but to God's ality in uphol especially in the favor of your children honor"^" T sparingly sba Mai. 3— 8,1 the founders thus advance Protestants ; Avoid quarrc great deal of of private jui Protectants a exist ui rites have one hop God and^bon ism and liW immortal Hai wards" toWai — « No Suit As a heritage I now clos "The Lord I apon thee aii< upoo thee aii< it «nce to aid and advance tbe schenves of Rome in Canada, because eer* tain political leaders are ready to sell tbetnsel ves to Rome for a price. Uphold the national school system of Canada — for it is the friend of light,libert.y, justice and progress* Discountenance the prevail- ing vice of Canada, Intemperance ^ upon which many millions are spent yearly, in almost every Christian land — to the great hindrance of the cause of God, and debasement of human society. Honor the Sabbath, God's day of rest from woHdly labor, and of preparation for the glorious Sabbath of Heaven. Show yourselves true Protest- ants in this, and set an example to others of how the Sabbath should be kept. Regularly and statedly attend the services of the sanctuary on that only holy day ; and thus show your subjection, not to man, but to God's Word and Will. Cherish and manifest a spirit of liber- ality in upholding and extending the cause of God in the world, and especially in the land in which your lot is cast. Do this as you value the favor of Ood and desire bis blessing to rest on yourselves and your children after you. He says— "Them that honor me I will honor"-^"Tbe liberal soul shall be made fat"— "He that soweth sparingly sliall reap also; lsp>iringly," &c.' (See Prov. 3—0 and 10 j Mai. 3—8, 12 5 1 Cor. 1^9, 14 ; Heb. 13—16 and 17.) Imitate the founders of Protestantism in efforts and sacrifices to do good, and thus advance the cause of trutb and righteousness. This is to be true Protestants ; without this we have only the nam'* and not the rea)ity. Avoid quarrels with those that differ from you : they do no good,but a great deal of harm to the cause of Protestantism. Accord the right of private judgment to others, which you claim fOr yourselves. All ProtOf^tants are substantially one in faith, though slight diSerences may exist ui rites and forms. They that have one Lord and one faith, have one hope and one home.. Therefore, love the brotherhood, fear God and^honorthe Queen. In maintaining the cause of Protestant- ism and liberty we should inscribe on our banners the motto of the immortal Hampden— " V«?s/Jj^fwt mi//arci/osswm"—" No steps back- wards" toWardsRome; or the motto of the Prentice Boys of Derry — **■ No Suirendei',"^'!. e. of our principles and privileges handed down As a heritage from former times. . ''- I now close with the benediction pronounced on Israel of old — \ "The Lord bless thee and keep thee ; the Lord make his face to shine apon thee add be gracious to thee ; the ^ord lift up fiis eoantenance upon thee and give thee^ace." (Namb. 6^^24, 26.) ■J. — TT-T— " •:■- ■' .- i':-\ '.# ,■ • ^ .7;v.-.- ■ y' ■ .»"' *t- ., ■ , ■ i ^-/:-'..- ^■■' ■' :P--V- ■ . ' - ^ _ , - 'I----: ■ > . <-;jf; ■': K:: • .riaX ^ l^;.- .A -■ 10. ;.:.);; ■:pvV-/i';._.Vi: In ttealiog i 1)6 the "man c Antichrist, as i meet and resis ties of mankia sire features a mit the system and bind the ^ stand or fall t to infallibilitj. and vfe must d^ pale," to comi Any other cou while the trunl lation all aroui grace j but th Bible proclaim contradicts the finished work, sacrifice of th( represented in puts in his pla church. Chr; tween God an mediators in I dethrones Cbi priesthood the not then Antic ThatPoper illustrated by 1 true theory of '€ullenof the «9me6(t.iadii APPENDIX. In ttealiog wilh the Eomanist, ire should boldly declare Fopeiy to^ be the << man of sin," "the son of perdition," the great Apostabjr •or' Antichrist, as did the Reformers. This is the only effectual Way to meet and resist the encroachment of Rome upon the rights and liber- ties of mankind. All efforts to soften down some of its moi^t offen- me features and restrain its most exhorbitant demands, while we ad- mit the system to be Christianity, is like an attempt to chain the wind and bind the whirlwind to do our bidding. Her whole system must stand or fall together for. she has enstamped* the whole with the claim to infallibility. She thus bears on her brow the mark of antichrist; and we must declare her sdfbh, and sail on the Lord's people within her pale," to come out of her lest they be partakers of her plagues." Any other course is like Joppmg off certain branches of the upas tree, while the trunk and roots remain untouched spreading death and deso- lation all around. The whole system of salvation by Christ i* one of grace j but the whole system of Rome is one of human merits. Thtt Bible proclaims a finished work of redemption in Christ ; but Popery contradicts the Word of God, and boldly supplements the Redeemer's finished work, by the roumnieries and pretences of men, such as the sacrifice of the Mass, Penance, Purgatory, &c. The hdly snh'it i« represented in the Word as the sole author of holiness ; but Popery puts in his place the priest, the sacra'ifieht and the ceremonies of the church. Christ is represented in the word as the only mediator be- tween God and man ; but Popery has formed a counties^ catalogue of mediators in the place of • the ate. It is a system that virtually dethrones Christ and puts creatures m his rtdm. It cfaims for iti priesthood the title, hojfprs and powers that belong to Jesus. Is it •not then Antichrist t ^ , ' That Popery is the enemy of iiitelfeetaat and social p^ogreiisdioiay b6 illustrated by the case of Galileo, who was persecuted for teaeliiHg the '- ' ?. ; ■'m , . true theory of the solar iystelrA; by the extravagant foll/of Archbishop 'Cnllen of the present day wh6 teaches that the tun if a atiudl body «9^ 6(t. in diameter yhy the opp6$i(iott of thet pri^thood to tite feVi*^ 24 val t>f learning in the 14th &^5th centarie&(See Dr.McCrie*a History -of the Beformation in Spain and Italy and B^Aubigne), and by the state of ignorance and vassalage in which the masses are still kept in the rountries most fally under the control of the priests of Roihe, such as Spain, Iftljr, Austria, Mexico and S. America. Compare Spain iu 1500 before the inquisition crushed out the life and vigour of that nation, with Spain in 1850, and what a sad decline do we witness ia all the elements of natronal greatness. It was then the leading nation of Europe. Its population far exceeded that of Britain. Now its population is scarcely half that of ihe three kingdoms, and in all other respects it has equally fallen behind. And France) which long main- tained a certain independence of Rome, is fast following in the wake of Spain. Many leading French writers notice with alarm a decrease and degeneracy in the population of France. One of the chief causes of tins is the celibacy of the clergy and religious orders— 60,000 men, and twice as many women, are dovoted to. a life of celibacy. Free- dom of mind is repressed, and man is proportionally stuntejL physical- ly, intellectually and morally. Difficulties are thrown in the ^ay of marriage, such as confession to the priest, &c, ;. and a large pt^por- tion of the people come und^r the conscription for 59ldiers. Hence many young men do not or cannot marry, but indulge in licenlious\hab- its which demoralize the nation. \ Since the restoration of the priesthood by Napoleon I. the number of the married women has been stationary, and tlie illegitimate births has doubled if not quadrupled, {Edih. Witness^ June, 1857); through the influence of Popery, France has entered on her downward career, while the population of Protestant Britain is increasing at the rate of several thousands a year. !^gain Rome fears education and preven' or retards ijt where she can, and where she cannot she endeavours t counteract its power by infusing her own poison into the healiiii streams, that would otherwise flow through the land — thus in Canada^ she has secured separate schools, in which she may teach her own pe- culiar system, • ° Mark also the influence of Popery on the morals of a people. This may be clearly seen by referring to the difference between Protestant and Popish' countries with reference to the violations of the 6th and 7th commandments* In Protestant England there are prosecuted for murder yearly in each million of the population — 4; in Ireland, before the famine, and while the proportion of Protestants was much smaller than at pre8ent-^33. In Ireland in 1854, with a larger proportion of the papal state try, Naples* wl murders as Pro ment— proporti In Lonclon^4 of the Pope, in lation— 'it rises Results of tjie London, 1H54) things, as any young persons ( checks und resi and promotive she is "the M; In England t found to be des the religion oft they are deprai they are at one ers of Italy arc honor to the vii should be care! and unchangeal of her falsely c cution and immi in full force an( mitted to regaii the doctors of I right in itself, I and destroy hei Reformation, di to be inflicted ( have been appr the works publ Class-Books us the money of t! promises and os has power to al oaths oi allegiai JtEoyed.^ Thfii Protestants, it had fallen to— 19. It has probably decreased still mere since that time, say to— 14. In France— 31. In Popish Austria^36. In Bavaria— 68. lapcweeutmg Tuscanj--84, la appointment, *' te3tants) as ** t fowidby Dr. i 1» the papal states— 74. NapIes-^100. Tbos the most Popish eons- trjf Naples* where the prie&ts have full sway, has 25 thnes as manf murders as Protestant England. (2) Breaches of the 7th command- ment—proportion of illegilimate children in ev^rjr 100 children horn : In London— 4« ; Paris— 35 ; Vienna, over 50; In Rome— the citj of the Pope, in which the ecclesiastics are about 1 in 25 of the popu-^ lation— 'it rises to 73, or nearly Jllis of the whole (See " The Moral Results of t}ie Romish system," by the Rev. M. Uobart Seymour, London, 1H54). "The Confessional" is one cause of this state of things, as any one may perceive by looking at the questions pu| to young persons ot both sexes. While Rome thus professes to put cheCKs und restraints upon evil, the Confessional is actually suggestive and promotive of iniquity ; and Rome thus adds another proof that she is " the Mystery of Iniquity." In England tlie masses, among whom vice and misery abound, are found to be destitute of even the forms of religion; while in Rome thereligion of the country has all the scope it can desire. In England they are depraved through the absence of religion, while at Rome they are at once religious and depraved. The robbers and murder- ers of Italy are aimoiig the most devout of the people, and pay all honor to the virgin and the relics of the saints. Another point that should be carefully noted, is that the Church pf Rome is unchanged and unchangeable in her principle. She glories in this, as the result of her falsely claimed infallibility.'^" Hence all the principles of pense- cution and immorality, Wliich, as a Chuich, she has sanctioned^ remaia in full force and authority, and may again be applied, if j^e be per- mitted to regain powers, Her teachers— from the Cardinals down to the doctors of moral theoldgy— have for ages taught, that it is not only right in itself, but the duty of the Churcb of Rome^ to punish, 'crush, amd destroy heritics ; and treatises have been written, even sincie tha Reformation, describing the various kinds of death, by burning, &.c.) to be inflicted on the yarious classes of heretics. These principles have been approved by^e highest authorities of (hat Churcb, and the works published with their sanction. I need only refer to the Class-Bgoks used In the Popish College of Maynooth— supported by the money of the Protestants of Britain— which not only teach that promises and oaths i^hould notbe kept with heretics, and that the Pope has power to absolve the subjects of Protestant princes from their paths oi allegiance, but which alsojeach that heretics ought to be dea- imp^ Their very Bishops are required to take ao oath at their appointment, ** to persecute and fight" against all heretics (i,e. Pro- testants) at << rebels against their Lord th^ Pope." That oath waa fou&d by Dr. Cumiog, in the Papal docmiient appomtin^ Cardiaal Wwemin, at We»tmin«tr. The same principles have beeiiboldljr and boaBtingly set forth, of »ate, by the leading organs of the Church of Rome on both sides of the Atlantic. They have been ^declared airain and again by the Univers, the lea(Jing^ organ of the Jesuits m France ; by i\ie Civilta Cattolica.the organ of the Jesuits at Kume ; by the New Y«rk Freeman's Journal, the organ of Archbishop Hughes and the Papacy in the Atlantic States; ami by the Shcpfterd of Vie Fa//cy, he organ of the Papacy in the Western States. Wc we told in the (ioolest manner by the two forifier Journals,that Consti- tutional liberty /and Catholic liberty cannot agree, and that the onc.or the Other must be a chimera, the two not being able to subsist at the same time, m the same country. This is the decided opinion ol the leadin«r spirits if Rome, (Bulwark, November, 18r)4). And yet ore aretoTd by soie that Protestants enjoy as much liberty mlopislr countries, as PaWsts in Protestant countries! Such, an assertion ■^hows gross ignoknce «f th^ state of things in Europe at the present day. Is it in Tuicany, Austria, Naples and Rome, where any attempt even to distribute tracts, by i;>rotestants, is ibllowed by imprisonment and banishment from the couiitryl and where if the natives read the Word of giod, and hold religious meetings for the worship ot Lrod, they are fined and imprisoned, and, in many cases, are thrust into the most loathsome dungeons, to rot and die. Yea, even in comparatively enlightened France, the influence of the priesthood is so ^reat, that no new Protestant religious meeting. can be held without authorizaUon from the government. Many pastors have been fined and imprisoned right to worship as Ih^wo/n, while in the estimation of their authori- ties, Protestants have no' rT|ht to the exercise of their judgment or conscience, have no riglit to the enjoyment of religious liberty. ^ ttence in the more Popish countries British Protestants are only permkttd t tions, which are' rendiered very attractive, and the terms of tuition placed lower than in Protestant institutions. Many Protestants have sent ilieir daaghtcrs tp^fopish seminaries, (where they \vere led to be- lieve that no influence would be used to change theirreltgious princi- ples,) whose hearts now bleed under the fearful realily that their chil-> dren are members oftHK.. Gatholic Church. While the parents sqn- posed they were irinoceh% pursuing their studiesj the work of apoV tacy began, advanced aridierminated ; and in some instances when their daughters returned to their homes, they refusiad to hear their fathers voice in prayer, because they said it was riot right to hear heritics pray ! 'Let Protestants beware of committing their children to the embraces of the foul sorceress of Rome, (See " Startling Facts" by llev. Herman Norton, Sec. of Am. Prot. Society, N. York, 1854.) We are indeed told that Protestants, have persecuted. We admit the charge within certam limits. We do not woniler that the Ilefor* mers diduot, all at once, perceive in their full extent, the rights of con- science, or the proper limitL of man's duty, in restraining error. The/ learned their persecuting principles from their cold-hearted stepm.ilher the church of Rome ; but they an J their descendants learned th« Heaven-given right of liberty of conscience from the Book of God, that principle indeed Was embodied in the Protest of Spires. The Reformers and early Protestants were not infallible, and to a certain extent were encompassed with the fog of bigotry, which the persecu*- 'ting spirit of Rome engendered, and from which many earnest and faithful raen did not altogether get clear for a time.' fiut at length the sun of righteousness arose in his brigbt effulgence, dispelling the mist of Romish- bigotry from the Protestant churches, and showing them in the pure, bright light of heaven, that they should 'live in peace tnd priyi- i Free- IVot**- -iJi with all men> and love one another, that they should freely and fiiUy accord the right of private judgment to others, which they claim for themselves. The Reformers were far in advance of their age on the question of the rights of conscience. Whom did they put to death t t : T-' -^ .•■ .■■■ ■ ''■■.'' ; . .Z9 - .. ,:; W« dtnr 00 tUe b«»t ftuihority ttot ^al? In^t S«rvetui to death. The Council of Geneva did so, after consulting the Reformed govern- inent*^ontrary to the wwhes of Calvin. The governments being constituted a jury their verdict was unanimous. Besides Servetus «ras condemned by the council more from political than religious con- sideration. Calvin was set aside. He was not consulted for the final judgment. His influence was not in tho ascendant at Geneva at that time, but that of a low political party. Calvin in common with aU the Reformers did hold that the civil power should punish heresy such as the blasphemy which Servetus taught, according to the Mosaic Law against blasphemy. This was not the fault of Cnlvin,if fault it was, but of the age, and of the church of Rome which liad so long acted on the principle, and which also condemned Servetus to be burned at Vienne in France. Had he been burned at V ienne , (instead of escap- ing to Geneva), liltle would have been heard of the matter, but be- cause he was put to death, by Protestant magistrates, more has been declaimed upon this case than upon all the hecatombs of victims ofter- ed by the persecuting spint of Popery. The poet Colendge has we'l said upon this case, " if any poor fanatic ever thrust himself into the flames that man was Servetus." (See Cahin and Servetus, by^Dr. Tweedie, Edin., 1846,3s. 3d ; and Hcnry'siJife of Calvin, 2 vols. « vo.) Calvin was one of the most enlightened, laborious and useful men that ever adorned human society.^ He was the theologian of the iie- formation, andlhe better he and his system arc understood the more will they be iMred by all succeeding ages). But when so much is made of thislllnce of persecution, and that in a case lyhcre^he lio formation, andlhe better he and his system arc understooa me more will they be iMred by all succeeding ages). But when so much is made of thislllnce of persecution, and that in a case lyhere^he lio- inanists had previously condemned the individual to death, the Rp"*"": ersmusthave been wonderfully free from a persecuting spirit. We aie told that Protestant England persecuted, the R. Catholics of Ireland. To this we reply tluitrauch of the so called psirsecution was simply a matter of self-defence. The lives and property of the Protestanis or Ireland were in continual dinger, owing to the fierce and barbarou* spirit, infused into the Celtic population, by the priests of Home. Hence it was necessary, as a matter of self-preservation, to put certain checks, restraints and burdens upon the Roman Catholics of that tand» in former ages, which happily the improved state of society^in later times, tas enabled the British Legislature to remove. Inlhis Fro- tesUnts acted just as we are compelled to act towards Robbers and M urderers. If there was any cruelty eacercised:bey9nd this, we regret it and repudiate it as amichristian and improper, as altogeiher in^op- posilioa to the principles of Protestantism. We do not defend fcog- laad'fi aeizttre of that land, iittr her usurpations ovents mhabitants. This occured, however, while England was Popisli, and wa» sanQtwU' td bv the Pope contifoul of Ron land, Hallum^s J ages resided ii it was necessary of Rome, taugh troy all\eritics. persecution, and secuted it was c of faith and man tains her persec her intolerance shrink not from of millions for tl out the life— im ^tates of the P( testant lands is < to delude lukew can have her ov on the neck of \ fche becomes the the control of t! the mild lamb is Rev. 13, 1, 10 And those P Rome, heed to (2 Thes.2,9,; Rome of late p the seven hiil^, ; on the rights o\ ed but destroy c destroyed by ti was a prelude i fcire the divine I warning call of Infidelity and si ally themselves the influence ol tians fanatics oi not the powe r < principle strong Mammon, in w God, There a "ti * J~ fd h/f the Pope, bticause at that time Inland was not falljr under tb«' eonti[oul of Rome, as the best historiana dehed out the life— intelleetoal, social and moral--of Spain, Naples and the ^tates of the Pope. The crafty policy of Rome's emissaries in Pro- testant lands is to conceal the worst features of their system, 'in order to delude lukewarm and worldly-minded Protestants, Wherever she can have her own way she allies herself with despotisnyand tramples on the neck of prostrate liberty. But in the free Protestant lands, ishe becomes the champion of hberty, of equal rights, until she can get the control of the state, and then her dragon voice is agaiu heard anJ the mild lamb is transformed into the hissing and biting serpent. (Sec Rev. 13, 1, 10 and 11 v.) And those Protestants that permit themselves to be deceived by Rome, heed to be reminded of the solemn warning of tliQ spirit of God, (2 Thes. 2, 9, 12, with Rev. chapters 14 to TO). The course of Rome of late proves, tjiat she is still the same depraved sorceress of the seven hills, as when ^'he formerly sat ehthorned as a queen tramplins^ on the rights of men and of nations. Her destirty is not to be reform- ed but destroyed, (Rev. 17, 16, 18) and it may be that she will be destroyed by the very infidelity to which she has given birth. There was a prelude to this in the French 'Revolution : then let all who d„e- fcire the divine favour or care for their own eternal welfare hear the warning call of God,*' come out of her, my people," &c. (Kev. 18 4.) Infidelity and secularism, both enemies of the religion of Jesus, readily ally tliemselves vvith Popery to crush liberty ofconscience, and destroy the influence of evangelical religion. They may call ear-nest chris- tians fanatics or bigots, so were the Apostles called by those who knew refe' I not the powe r of r eligious con v ictions. The r e is a p ower in religious principle stronger than the fear of death, yes, stronger than the lovv ot Mammon, in whose temple so many worship, regardless of every other Godj, There arc many so palled Protestants that if danger cane .^''. m wovld sell strong position hold* a MOM II tbeir birthright for a m|S8 of pottage. Popcrj h P^^jilion m Canada, which, unlew Protetvtantu awake to a of tbeir dutj, will endanger the liberty, peace and prosperity of this otherwise happy land. The governnifnt of Canada, bas been (or years, to a large extent, under the influence and control of Popish Bishops. Popery is not merely a religious system^ it is a great polit- ical confederacy, ogoinst 'the rights, liberties and happiti(B|| of man- kind. Let Protestants then be faithful to tlieinHelves afi^i^eir chil- dren after them, and send men to Parliaiifent pledged tO'ffesijtt the further eocroochments of Home. Let the word of God b4 .read, and freely circulated through the length and breadth of the land. Let the cau<«e of God be liberally sustained, and the darkness of Popery be everywhere counteracted, by the light of divine truth. The sword of the spirit is the weapon whiclKRoine most fears. That such is really the ca.w, we need onljriMlvert to a few facts: ^thc Holy Scriptures in the originol Hebrejjpfiiid Greek, were bated by the monks and priests of Rome, before tlie ileformation, even ns the Protes'ant tranblations of the same, into the spoken li^ngunges, are hated by the modern priests of Rome. Hence such men as Reuchlin and Huttcn attacked the priests for their ignorance and opposition iq the progress of human society. This was one of the causes of the Reformation in the 16lh century. (See Robertson's History of Chas, V„ vol. 2, book 2 ; D'Aubigne antl Koch's Revolutions in Europe.) The priests of Rome do not hate the Bible because it is the Protest- ant Bible, but because it condemns their false system of religion, ahd leads the people away from the, priest to the Saviour. There is so little dilference between the Douay version and the Protestant ver- sions, tbit many Protestant writers quote altogether from that Romi.>.h version, when proving the Romish system to be contrary to the word of God. This was the course adopted lately at Montreal, by the Rev. J. Jenkins, at thgjime Wesloyan i\l inister at that place, lih elcellent and judiciop series of lectures on tlje doctrines of Rome I commend to the candid and careful perusal of both Romanists and Protestants. The Uliuixh of Rome virtually prohibits the reading of the Word of God, given h^ our Heavenly Father to be a lamp to man's feet, a guide to his paths while on the way to the better land. The Council of Tholouse, 1229, prohibited the laity from having the scriptures in the vulgar tongues. But after the Reformation, the Council of .Trent was compelled by policy to modify the prohibition ; ( yet it does 'so by an e n actm e nt which amounts to a v i rtual prohibit i on . Th€t Roman Catholic 19 not allowed to use the scriptures without the written permission of the Bishop, on the recommendation of his priest •r ««BfaitQr, which may at any tiinie be withheld, and evtfn then he must ii9t adopt an priesta tell u; cation, for [ Rome being great mental matter fStit — The desig ties in the w In Britaii little restrair plaining evei tinent ol Ki scope. Ab upon the pe when they a; Andrew's, 1' tsed to be so pish commen M artmi's, in course none Dr. McMuri the people hi of' the priest none for sale tain Packenl gentleman ai »e Scriptur stantially th< tria. In 18 New Testan Romish not? used. The Scriplures fi propounded c is now in op the schools^ Scriptures fc have the Re might give t the r i s i ng ge for the last less than the i^a'ioD with MM*! \ : . -^, \ 91 Mi tdopt any teoM ttninry to that h«ld by Rome. Yri,cotiTertQiK priesU tell U8, that the fear of the anathama, or cume of eicominuni- catioQ, for permitiing evin a doubt io their minds an to the fact of Home being the vpouse of Christ, has kept them long in a state of great mental ancuish bofore the/ had courage fully to examine the matter fStillingflect^s Doctrines and Practices — Note on Chap. H). — The design of the Council of Trent was to place as many difficul- ties in the way os possible. In Britain, and some other Protestant lands, Romanists arc under little restraint— sare that the text is UMially overlaid with notea, ex- plaining everything in acccrdance with their claims. But on the con- tinent ol Europe, and in most Popish lands, their system has full scope. Abridgements of Scripture, Mass-Books, &,c., arc palmed upon the people as the Bible, and are shown to Protestants as Mich when they ask for the Bible.^ The llev. J. A. Clark, Hector of St. Andrew\ Philadelphia, says that the only edition of the Bible author- ised to be sold at ilonic, is in 15 large vols., which are filled with Po- pish commentaries ; and the only edition he could find in Malta, was MartiniVin 27 volumes (See Popery unveiled, 5lh Lecture). Of course none but the rich can purchase a copy of tlic sacred ^criptUres. Dr. Mc Murray, or Kirwin, could not find a JUhIc at Rome. IJe soys the people have no Bible — they know nothing about it^ Multitudes of the priests know nothing about it ; and when asked why tht-y hnvc none for sale, the BoOlBcllers will tell you that it is prohibited, (^ap- toin Packenhnm, once a Banker in that city,, and a roost respectable gentleman and devout Christian, is now in banishment for circulating tlie Scriptures there during the short existence of the republic. Sub- stantially the same state ot Uiings exists in France, Spain and Aus- tria. In 1820 4he Pope published a Bull, forbidding the use of IIiq' New Testament in Roman Catholic Schools in Ireland— cvtn with llomish not9S— and even though the Roman Catholics wished it to be used. The priests then, after endeavoring in vain to exclude the Scriplures from the schools ot the Kildare St. Society, contrived and propounded a scheme of education substantially the 9hme as that which is nOw in operation, and which virtually excludes the Scriptures from the schools^ The priests not yet satisfied with the exclusion of the Scriptures frOm the National Schools of Ireland, have since sought, to have the Reading Books remodelled, and purged of everytliing .which might give the least inkling of scripture doctiine and saving truth to the rising generation of that land. The history of Popery in Ireland. ■■ ■ '\ k » ■ -, i . ■ ■■*■ . 'V. -r'" ■ . ■ .' ■-' > . --''/, ■■ for the last 40 years, shows that Rome is never satisfied with anything less than the entire control of any people. Take these facts in conr« i^atioD with th« atatement of Father Sim(»i| in his Criticdl Hiator|r oJ& / H )i /:■ r (lie Old TetfairrtMit, tbtt tlw Popish veniom which were made iknt% the Reformation. w«re prepared for the purpose of «* connteracting previoai heretical tranMatmns ;" but that no translation of the Hihie into " anjr of the modern languages was made before Luther.** Take these things together, and the/ ftulTioiently prove that Poperj is op- posed to tlic circulntion and reading of the fScripturr'i in the vernaoU' lar tongues. What a contrast in all this to the rlTort.H of Trotcstanti, to make the Uible as (iheap as possible, and to p>it it into the hands of every one, as (rod*s own gift, and t!«a4 without note or comment, ifl- rording to the divine will (Is. 8—20, 35 : John 5—39, 5, 17, 20, 3 1 : Rom. 10-11, 13, 15; 2 Tim. 3— 16,17| Rev, 1— 3: 2 Tet.!- 15,24; Rev. 22— 18, 19). / Let the Church of Rome give to her adherents the true Word of Ood, as delivered by him to the Primitive ('hurch, and w tronsmiitcd by various channeh, by ti.e Jews, and by the various sections of the (Christian Church, — and her va^t system of" delusion, which has so long held the human mind in bondage, would soon melt away -like, the ice and snow before the summer^s sun. This is evident from the result attending the introduction of the Bible into Italy (and, I believe, a Roman Catholic version, namely Martini's) in 184.8, and Ibo vast eflbrts put forth to ferret cut and destroy every copy. Yet wrh all these elTorts, thousands of Italians have had their eyes opened 10*1110 true characler of Popery, and to the contrast between it and Bible Christianiihr, and are only prevented by a French army at Rome from pasting off the xeligion of the Pope, and adoplinjj: that of .Icsus as revealed in his Holy Word. How is it that Rome is most hated and abhorred at home, and by the Roman and Italian people, who have most reason to know its true character t The more intelligent Italians esteem it as a system of imposiUtm, immorality and oppression from beginning to end ; and no wontler tliat many of them should become inndels. Sucl/is the natural and necessary result of seeing constantly such frauds, deceptions, imposition, extortion and iniquity, palmed upon them and the world as Christianity — as the only true religion, — But give these men the Bible, and tell them what it reveals concern- ing God, his character and his love to fallen man. Tell them wh.U Christ did for the guilty, wretched sons of earth,and in most cases you will touch a chord that wiH sooti respond in a manner that would fill the Christian's heart with joy : and they will then tell you, This is not the religion that we have been taught— This is not the Christianity Uwkt Was formerly presented before us. You reply — No, truly, this is the religion of Christ and his apostles— that is the religion of An- tichrist and his emissaries, The Bible, or God's revelatioii to man, i» thettthe only hope of the world. Beforfe its light Popery must and f, »Jm11 ftiil, fo Perdition, n th« brightof and hates tl fall at llica{ the Bible 8 and they ar4 Some 1V( 1\*t^^ but &ii mid tliat V ii'cacliing aj [lis sway ov Christ woul( To be true christ, and r has for year Sermons, Ti ants of Brit breadth of 1 people, and of the Papa •A Collet clety, wliich i of tilt. F. 0. ihjuIhIiilvc pr nurnboi' of cl cation, caiino braced Protci fiosK^ lo|tii)f; .Society beloi many «rtLo denomination of Ilumo, in fates, and the and poUtical 'Interosts, T makes con vii peraecutiun, t deed.tbe pri« FroteHtantR, ( means of tlie out tbe conni this, study I h priests ia ita tern ia there wreak fsarful <1mv^ endured _,^^r ■, " I 83 nUIl ftill, for lb* mouth of tho I^crd hatii ipoken it. '* Tbt Soo of r«rdition,ivbom h« itball deiUroj witli (he brrath ot bis roouth and Ibii brij^hmcw of his rominji;." No wonder, (hon, that Hoiim fcan and hAUii the liibh)- tho ISwrord of tho Spirit befort which sbtt ii to fall at the appointed time, Heoco, Topo after Tope lias denounced tho Uiblo Societies as the greatest enemy of the Church of Homel- and they arc rij(ht.* Some IVolcslants think tliat we should not say anything about Po- Mfy, but iimply Preach the Gospel— as they express it. Now, w# hold tliat wc cannot faithfully preach Christ in this land, without preaching against Antichrist ; because the latter is seeking to citend hitt sway over the land—and if he attain his object, the preaching of Chri!*t would be prohibited or prevenied, as in other Popish lands. — To be true to Christ involvcj the duly of preaching against Anti- christ, and exposing his system and his claims. The press of Britaio has for years toenied with new publications on the subject of Popery : Sermons, Tract-s Pamphlets, I'eriodicaU and Hooks. The Protest- ants of IJritain employ talented agents to traverse the length and breadth of tho land, forming Protectant Associations, to enlighten the people, and arou.ic them to their duty, in rcftfrence to the aggress|ons of the Papacy, And wh;^t is the power of Popery in Britain, com- A i^niiection r&siaknn np nner tue KSormoo, for Ihr 30. It is ploasinff to of tlip F. C. Missionnry Sdciety. Through its cff«>rlH houIhIiilvo onihrftccd I'rofijstnntism since its CHtablishm A Collection irHs'takon np nfjer the Sormoo, for the IT. 0. 'Riblo So- notice tho snccpss upwards of 1(KK) ,,,.,, . -. »mcntinlR39. The numtier of cliildren who have rpcuivod » good Hocular and scrlpturnjedn- ealion, cannotiM! Iohs lliun 500 ; who with scarcely an exception hav, P. Q., Toronto. The Bulwark, Edin- burgh, 4s. ^^d. currency— the monthly or^n of the Protestant Asso- ciutions in Britain. It is illustrated with, engravings, and gives the ■latest and most reliable news on the movements of Rome. . ; The following Card was published in ^6 Ingersoll Chronicle , vrith reference to the obserTance 4)f the 12th of July in the Conntf , A Cab !tiigersoll, brethren i qiiiet, ord< anniversar Ingersoll. that an as out its pro Signed, IngCFsol 4th Auj and the as2 as to the { and 5tb N< and eminer 5th Novep the deiiverl That the l it is now Sermons); men of hot If we ar where is it of the Que speaks of tl Must this i doning eve testants kn abandon 01 Pirotestanti proper to d grant the s; they claim •SeeEdi "Popery as i -r-a coBvertc WaUedStatt 35 ir's , . A Cart.— The Members of The Loyal Orange Association of Tngersoll, hereby take the opponunity to record their thanks to the brethren throughout the county, and to the public generally, for the quiet, orderly manner in which all parties conducted themselves on the anniFersary of the 12th of July, held on Monday, the 13th July, at Ingei-soll. It was highly creditable to the good feeling of the public that an assemblage of about 3000 people should convene and cayry out its proceedings in such an agreeable manner. Signed, in the name of the Orange Association, T. e. BROWN, Master. ..: A. PENDERGRASS, D. M. JOHN WADE, Secretary. ' IngeKolI, July 14, 1857. 4th August. In consequence of the riots about the 12tb July last, and the assaults on Protestants at Montreal, &c., a question has arisen as to the propriety of observing the anniversaries of the 12th July and 5th November. We would" remind Protestants that the amiable and eminently holy Richard Baxter observed the anniversary of the 5th November, and held religious services in grateful remembrance of the deliverJmce England experienced from the Gunpowder Plot.— That the best men of England have done so since that day, and that it is now observed b^ the devoted Spurgeon (See 2nd Series of bis Sermons) ; and that it is the opinion of many of the wisest and best men of both England and Scotland, z/*a^ Usiiouldbe kept up still. If we are to avoid every thing that Romanists regard as "offensive," where is it to end ? They regard as " offensive" the coronation, oath of the Queen. Is it to be abolished ? One of their infallible popes, speaks of the « never to be sufficiently detested liberty of the press." Must thisalso be swept away ? In^a word men may speak of aban- doning everything "offensive" to Romanists, 1)ut all intelligent Pro- testants know, that the thing is impossible unless we are prepared to abandon our rights and liberties as a free people.* We hold that Protestatnts have aright to observe those anniversaries, if they think proper to do so, and that Romanists should in all justice and fairness grant the same freedom Of speech and person to all Protestants, which they c laim and get for themselves. They must be taught to respect • See EdiDburgh JSultoark, Jan. 1855 ; and an admirable work entitled Popery as it was and is—Auricular Confession." Ac, by Wm. Hogan, Esq;, -r* coBverteJ priest and for inaBv years an able and upright lawyer io tb« OJaited States ; $1 25. Also, « Bomanisra act OhriiUanity," by Dr. Kice. 36 ^be law of tbe land and the rights of others bjr the united combination ot all Protestants. If thej;Ov«mment of Canada is under the domi- nence or dictation of the Romish priesthood, then must' it be delivered - irom this degrading position, and be placed on a free and independent basis. While the Protestants of France stood manfully together and defended their rights, they were secure against the attacks of their mighty foe : but as soon as they were lulled into security by the syren voice and false promises of Rome, they were ^enished and massacred as a people. (See Lorimer's History of Prot^ Church in France.) But while we maintain the right of Protestants to observe those anniversaries, we would advise Orangemen and all Protestants to " follow aftei^ the things that make for peace.'' Hence we would recommend them to consider the propriety of giving up their public processions on the 12th July, against which the Irish Catholics have an inveterate hatred, and thus in sO far do what they can to remove the prejudiceB of Romanists agamst Protectants. We have no fear that our liberties will be endangered by the voluntary giving up of these public demonstrations. They are not kept up in the United States, yet no people are keeping Popery better in check than the Protestants of that great nation. AH old-world nationalities should be given up here. We should realize that we are Canadians, and have all common interests. The proper an^ the best way is to form one great Protestant Association, such as have been established in England and Scotland,, with Local Associations all over the country^ -in connection with which Lectures may be gjiven^ — Tractsv Sermons, Pamphlets and Books distributed, to enlighten the people. And let , the entire Protestants of the country be united in one iiirm band of Brotherhood, to secure and maintain libertii/,Jttstice, peace andpro- gress— and then will our highly favored land he delivered from the &rther encroftchmeatsand blighting influence of ■ ■■■^j% In ■ •.-«■ Vf^ •■*■■ . 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