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Deah Reader, Being short of and vet desii money, and yet desirous to help a class — the poor, who require sympathy and means, I delivered the following Lecture, in the Church where 1 minister, charged a trifling sum as admission-fee, and ile\oted the proceeds to the help of the needy. Several who heard the Lecture thought, that if it was published it would do good in another way. Relying on the judgment of those friends, I submit it, as it is, to the public. You need not look for polish or grace : to these 1 make no pretention : but you will find searching, keen-edged truth. And if you receive " tiie truth in love," you will derive some benefit from the subjects glanced at^ THE AUTHOR. I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO ALT, SINCERE PROTESTANTS, BY THE AUTHOR. } is I the (lee rinr pan nat stri •llii SUA arn Stat had Bui sop nati roll its and hnr fro I nei nor gra chp stal NATIONAL DANGEES. rED JTS, THOR. What shall be the cliaractor of our nation in after times ? is a question of momentous importance. The statesman, the patriot, the philanthropist, and the Christian are all deeply interested in this question. We are ripe in expe- rience. History, like a gigantic and magnificent moving panorama, passes before us, displaying to us the mightiest nations of earth in the infancy of their existence; in their struggles up to maturity ; and in their "decline and fall." '1 he past is gone ; the present is hero ; the future / what SFiALL IT BE ? Wc havc an extensive and well-disciplined army ; so had Assyria : we have able and experienced statesmen ; so had Greece : we have national honor ; so had Rome : we have extended co'umerce ; so had Spain. But the Assyrian army did not save the empire ; the philo. sophers and statesmen of Greece did not preserve tlie nation : the world-wide acknowledged honor of Rome did not roll hack the tide of burning desolation which swept over its people, bearing before it every thing wealthy and grand, and leaving behind it the barrenness and sterility of Sa- hara : the navy and commerce of Spain could not save her from the decripHude and impotcncy into which she has fallen : neither will the army, nor the navy, nor the statesmen, nor the wealth of England save her from the dishonored grave into which she must inevitably descend, if she cherish not the true elements of national greatness and stability. 6 NATIONAL DANGKRS. I These consist, not in the splonrtour of Ucr Sovoreign's palace, nor in the prowess of her army, nor in the magni- ficence of her navy, nor in the extciisivcne.ss of her com- merce, but in the char^ctkr of heu subjects.. A huild- ing may be ever so prodigious in sizo,, porfect in its archi- tecture, chaste in its ornaments, and beautiful in its appoar- ance, but unless the malerhih which constitute the structure be durable, it will nececsurily fall into dilapidation and ruin. A nation is not the cphcnirral creature of a day, nor tho ofTspring of man's excited iinaginalion ; but a great, im- portanf, stern reality ; fustcring under its wing Art and Science, sheltering the outcast, :'vfending iho helpless, and gilding and gladening with light and sunsluiie all wiiliin its ranjje : or else, castinrj its terrible shadow on all under its influence, and rendering itsell an object of dread and terror, rather than of admiration and love. The greatness and safety of a nation do not connist in the wealth of its exchequer^ the cxtensiveno.ss of its territory, the salubrity of its climate, tho f riility of its soil, nor in the number of its subjects ; but in tho nature of the principles which govern it. A break-water may be fjrmcd of tlie brst stone which was ever quarried ; but if the cement which binds it be not good, it must inevitably crumbl'i in ruin. Prhiciph's are the cement of nations ; and they are strong or weak in proportion as their principles are good or otherwise. It is said, that an eagle, in building her nest, employed a twig which was on fire : in a short time tlie nest ignited, was speedily decomposed, and destroyed the eagle's life. Nations often weave princi[)les into their constitutions, the carryinor out of which utterly ruins them. England is but I f-r SoYoreign's in the mugni- Hs of her com- xa. A build, ct in its archi- ll in its appear, e the structure lapidation uiul a day, nor tho t a great, im- wing Art am] f helpless, ati(] e all wiihin its n all under its read and terror, t consist in the of its territory, its soil, nor in NATURE of the f st stone which 1 hinds it he not Principh'S are II,' or weak in •rwisc. est, employed a he nest ignited, lie eagle's life, onstitutions, the Entrland is but I NATIONAL DANGBES. « a nation ; and if we foster elements which are opposed to virtue, truth, and the Bible, the issues must be ruinous. From the numerous dangers to which our nation stands exposed, 1 select tiie following : I. Reliance on Men and Means, instead of trust IN God. That model nation, the Jewish, organised and constituted by God himself, stands out before us, now lightning-scathed and thunder-scarred, a sapless skeleton, a terrible monu- ment to all nations, warning them not to rely on power less than Omnipotence. What illustrious statesmen sat in its cabinet ! what brave men wore numbered among its com- manders ? what mighty armies it sent into the field ! what glorious victories they won ! how terrible its name ! how pi. tent the arm it swayed ! how widely-extended its influ- once ? But where are now its golden honors, its illustrious sa'^os, its soiil-stirring bards, its statesmen, its philosophers, nnrl its generals ? Wheue ? Where is the throne which frowned down iniquity, and where the cry of injured inno- cence was ever attended to ; where many a conquered nation bowed, and paid tribute ? Where the Poet King, who .,ftMick his harp to the key-note of angelic minstrelsy? and where the illustrious Solomon, who dispensed the best laws, and spoke the wisest and tersest sayings in any language? G.>nc ! All gone ! The sepulchral remains of that mighty nation have been scattered across the face of the earth, like Novoniber leaves before the whirlwind ; and over the wrecked and blasted remains God has stretched a flame- scroll, bearing the terrible inscription, " Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm." There was a period in the history of Persia when she braced her muscles, raised herself up to her full stature, and it was 8 NATIONAL DANGERS. I.M ^ colossal, mustered her martial forces, headed them with the renowned Xerxes, stimulated herself with the certainty of success, andmarched out to meet her foes. What a mighty host she gathered ! Vaster than Alexander of Russia, Napo- leon of France, or Victoria of England, can send into the fiold. How martial their appearance' IIow certain of success ! The Hellespont wilhout a bridge was no obstruction : a bridge of boats soon chained the shores of Asia and hUirope together, and the jjroud, godless host rushed madly on, as they thought to success, but, alas ! to ruin ! Tlicy relied on their own arm, and wiiat was the issue ? Xerxes and his host were routed, and the haughty Commander, in his flight, re-crossed in an insignificant ferry-boat, and without his army. There was a period in the hi^^tory of Spain when Romanis'n (the enemy of science — the Syron of freedom) purposed to bury Protestantism alive ; and hoped to read over its immured hody her bann of excommunication, and over its stoneless grave fulminate licr cataloirue of execra- lions. The friends of Rome woro summoned : their intcl- lect was taxed to its utmost tension: th;ir plans were arranged with the utmost precision and skill ; and, self- trusting, Spain undertook to carry out the plrui. The strength and va/or of the nation wore concentrated in a mighty fleet : Bishops and Cardinals, and other high Digni- taries of the Romish Church were present to baptize it — (fo"* Rome wouM haptize Beelzebub, if ho could find sponsors, and would pay well for the service) — and it was arrogantly baptized " The Invincible Armada." The winding-sheet and coflln of Protestantism were put on board ; and, amidst the united accln motions of thousands, the blessings of cowled Monks, the inciwitations of Friars and Priests, the ships weighed anchor, and stood out i NATIONAL DANGERS. 9 i them with the le certahity of kVhat a mighty " Russia, Napo- u\ into the fiokl. ill of success ! obstruction : a iia and hi u rope I madly on, as Tiiey relied f Xerxes and imandcr, in his at, and without f Spain when n of freedom) hoped to read Tunicalion, and )irue of execra- (1 : their intcl- lir plans were d!l ; and J self- 10 pliin. The sent rated in a her high Digni- baptize it — (fo"* 1 find sponsors, was arrogantly ntism were put ifl of thousands, I .tions of Friars f I and stood out for the coast of England, The sea palpitated under the tremendous weight ; and the ordinary winds experienced almost a difRculty in propelling those giants of the deep. England was apprised of the invasion, and in the strength of God went out to repel it. Elizfibeth, brave and noble, appeared in person before her troops to encourage them. She forgot, for a moment, the sex to which she belonged, and the woman was merged in the warrior. Our little fleet prepared for battle, and as it moves out to meet its gigantic fDos, forceably reminds us of a score or more Sword-fish, surrounded by a schuyle of monstrous whales. The Spanish vessels, tiiose leviathans of the deep, frowned defiance on our little ships, and could have packed them, men and all, in thrir holds; but the God of the Bible, in whom England trusted, stood up to defend His own. The elements were marshull.vl. anil rained fury on the Spanish fleet ; wind and Water JM >ud ill c..iifcderacy against our foes. Neptune si'Miied r> have a carnival in his watery domains. Boreas Oj.tenf^d his treasures of wind, and the storm burst in wildest ^i-iuideur on the proud armament. Destruction waved its hl;udc penon over the struggling and groaning vessels: — Death, pale arvl gastly, sat on the crested billows, laughing in wildest revelry, as he clutched his gasping victims, and hurled them hopelessly into his black domain. The WRCCK of that powerful fleet returned to Spain to tell the dire calamity, — to brood in silent melancholy over its terrible defeat ; and demonstrate to after ages that God pays attention to those that trust Him ; to stand up, a terrible beacon, throwing its glare across the sea of Time; and wariiinfr, with a voice like the thunders of the Apocalypse, of the danger of trusting in men and means. France and England were not in past times,, as now,— I NATIONAL DAN6CRB. allies ; but terrible and bitter enemies. Each wat;;bed the other with lynx-eyed sagacity and attention, looking out for opportunity to make the fearful pounce, and carry off the prey. How often they met in terrible conflict ! How fright- ful the devastation that followed. What bio )d was shed! What rancour and hatrid engendered, to be failowsd by fearful retribution ! Not half a century since the French Eagle screamed across the channel, and the shrill voice entered into the ear of the British Lion, who was vvatjhin )d was shed ! •e follow 3d by ce the French le shrill voice was watjliirifj; ■ liberties, the captive at his 'uiing triumph, ers, roused the his Marshalls, , and prepurc(| were gathered, m the field. — ?arguii)e, their tlieir leader a a? "Vhat a I at Waterloo, flying, plumes mding, strode with measured ing, and !:ps to meet their >f battle, and lern the sablo rappings, and 1, the master. 10 had shaken any conflicts, and struck the " feverishness of excitement into the heart of Europe," — was there in person. England, too, had her veterans there, to meet the self-con- fident French. The world was gasping for breath while the terriffic scene, in the last drama of Napoleon's life, was being performed, and in tremu!"us suspense awaited the issue. The Hannahs and Jacobs of Britain were in their closets, crying to God to stand up in defence of His people. Napo- leon, inflated with pride, was looking to his troops, relying on his skill and generalship for success, and what was the issue? The iron columns of the French "melted like snow in the glance of the Lord," and the haughty, self-confident Napoleon was sent to St. Helena to gnaw his chains, quarrrel witli Pate, and learn that God sees "the hero perish, and the si)arrow fall," not indilFerently, but accomplishing His own purposes, and fulfilling His own will, I have selected these instances from the many of a similar character, so that we may see and avoid the danger. Other Nations have been shipwrecked on this rock, and it is now as dangerous as ever. If England ever trust to me7i and ynemis, she will drive the suicidal knife deep into her own heart, and let out her life current to such an extent that she will sink from her dignified position, — the Sun of Nations, an*i«-»r» o ^»^..f»l-. ;„ _^ I Tiate in a snow I embargo even nan to road the liirgardly hand, le Pope's oven, i if you cannot 3 is, in reality, Yuu might as 'SS a vigorous ■nsps. sh, hut gorging ;n of the cross ; e surely intelli- ovvth in grace ! 5t be kept at r signifies, lest i , and turn its | loves " dark. ved on its orbit n on his knees judgment, and changed, say the late Pope mpany deputed Davy, to wait ain the Pontine THE Pontine THE Pontine ED, TIE WOULD Popery in the NATIONAL DANGERS. 19 Popery lets no man think for himself, even in the most important things which concern his being. It converts man into an automaton ; the priest locks up his mind, and regu- lates it the same as the engineer his machine. It will not l«'t you believe what you see. The evidence of your senses, it holds, is not correct. The "court of justice," where partiality should not be known, where every man should be dealt with on an equal footing, dare not do right where Popery reigns. Instance the trial of the murderers of Corrigan, — the court scene f the jury! the judge! the mock trial! the acquital ! the ferocious human tigers unchained and turned loose upon society ! Look at these things, and see in prospective, what may take place in Toronto in a few years. What freedom is there for the Press where Popery reigns ? Would the gentlemen of the press in Toronto speik out against popular abuses as they do, if Popery reigned here ? Instead of launching their thunderbolts against vice and immorality, — they would have to go, hat in hand, and ask permission of the priest to publish their articles. At the present time, in haugiity France, Popery is tightening its manacles on the limbs of the Press ; and in the United Slates it is at its old work, — labouring to destroy the freedom of the people. It is an authenticated fact that the notorious Dr. Ives, in a lecture delivered in one of the American cities, publicly stated, — " Books and printing are exploded HUMBUGS ;" and the same doctrine is taught in St. Michael's in Toronto. Popery is the mother of Slavery, — of tho worst kind of slavery, — the slavery of the mind. There is not an element of true national greatness legitimately found in Popery. It is a parasite, it must have a root or stalk to grow upon, a 20 NATIONAL DANGERS. m foeder to atrtnin it ; it cannot subsist on itsolf. It is tho sanne in a .lation, as a polypus in the human system ; the same in an empire as Phthisis in the animal economy ; it will live as loner as vitality remains in the svstom, or state, on which it 1ms fastenc.l, anrl then die, if not snstHiti.,d from some other source. Look at Italy ! priest-ridden, Poporv-crnshed Italy ! its fertile soil, its sunny skies, its flowery Holds, its unrquallod climate, and what is it ? Now a proppr.! up skeleton, dry and lean, gasping in the last stage of consumption. France has been pouring life into it to keep if from dying, and Austria is .idding another stream to see if it can bo kept from its ahnost inevitable fiUe. Look at Rome itself A recent *t.-aveller says :-- From Civita Vncchia to Rome we passed f ,r miles and miles without srcintr a sin^vlo human creature, nrul hut for the dome of St. Peter's, iryOf^ci high, ... It Nvnnld jiave been impossible to h.-lleve that we were near the city of tho Caesars. Having arrived there, and sot out to see the city, we were struck with the si)ectacle of the two great classes of the population,— the clergy iu all sorts of habiliments, .... numbering 6,000 persolis, or one to twenty-five of the whole population ; and the bogcrars num boring m),000 out of a population of ir,r,,000. 7/ h \i fact on Roman a-ithorlfy, that, suhstracting the ecclesiastics and the foreign artist, and tourists, every fovjih person of the inhabitants of Rome is a beggar ; while the Campagna, a tract of land rich enough to supply ten Romrs, lays absolutely idle. ' That is the perfection of Popery. Spain, once the Malakofi of Romanisu), where priests and knights, mingled in wildest glee, where Popery harl its own way^and revelled uncontrolled ; what is it now ! The bones Jit Tl - T wr^ J ~ ivcv. L,. Taylor, of th a sys at Pc mora that i Ame vicioi prese mam ramil Sevei Were «ap; at Iht must and c b and "^ i Lo ^ive i tre£ I Irelar ; the p i when what rind SI stimu in swi ever j Soi oblige dying you t Oregc NAtlONAL bANQERS* 21 loir. It is tlio I system ; tho economy ; it stem, or state, siistaitii'd frorn hr'd Italy ! its its unoqiinllod ) skeleton, dry )tion. France in dyinf^, and t can bo kept ome itself. A chia to Rome I sinj[Tlo human 450 feet high, that wc were tliere, and sot )ectacle of the ■J?y in all sorts ans, or one to )ogirar.s, num- // is a fact, zlesiasUcs and person of the Campagna, a hnjs absolutely ire priests and ■y had its own ' ! The bones of the kingdom remain, the vitality is gone ! gone to sustain a system that never did and never can sustain itself. Look at Portugal, a huge ulcerated mass, reeking in the foulest moral corruption. All impartial writers on Portugal agree that in no country in the world, excepting perhaps South America, the Roman Catholic clergy is so corrupt and vicious Hi. in Portugal. A curious discovery, during the present year, furnishes a recent example. A very large manufactory of counterfeits was discovered at Oporto, having ramifications in every important town throughout the country. Several tnembers of the clergy, and some of high standing, were found to be involved in \t. One of the accomplices, " a priest" (in the holy succession), " was arrested at Oporto at the moment when he was going to say mass." What must the people be when their guides are so fearfully corrupt and depraved. Popery has made more infidels than Paine and Voltaire. i Look at Ireland ! poor Ireland ! noble Ireland \ whose sons ^ ive been first and foremost in the battle, and the last to ; treat ; mighty in the Pulpit ; and unsurpassed at the Bar. I Ireland, the green. house of Romanism, where for ages ? the priest has had everything in his own hands, and j where you see the system in complete operation, and I what is the issue ? Popery has blod Ireland so frequently I and so largely, that she has fainted, and nothing but active stimulants and tonics can save her. Mexico has been kept in swaddling bands, and detained in infantile helplessness, ever since Popery established itself there. South America has run down in degeneracy until she is obliged to ship priests and nuns to keep the system from dying a horrible death,— that of starvation. And where do you think the articles are found? Chili, California, and Oregon arc now being supplied from Canada ! Canada is I i 1' 2^ NATIONAL DAN(JEll!3. now being marie tlie feeder of these places, and to Canada Rome is now directing her hordes. Without the "ken" of a prophet, [ see what the issue will be, — your Schools, now THE ADiMlRATION OP THE CIVILIZED WORLD, WILL BE CROWDED IMTO NUT-SHELL LIMITS ; YOUR ELECTIONS WILL BE RULED WITH THE CLUB ; YOUR SaBBATHS WILL DEGENERATE INTO Popish holidays, the same as they are in Montreal j YOUR courts of JUSTICE WILL BECOME A SHAM, A MOCKERY ; THE PRIVILEDGES YOUR FATHERS BLED FOR WILL SINK INTO THE PAST, A!VD BE AMONG " THE THINGS THAT WERE j" THE BLACK PALL OF THE " MAN OF SIN " WILL HANG 0\ 2R YOUR FERTILE LAND ; AND THE ILLUSTRIOUS NATION, OF WHICH YOU FORM A NOBLE PART, WILL RECEIVE A STAIN ON HER ESCUTCH- EON, THAT THE WINDS AND WAVES OF AGES WILL NOT OBLITERATE. PATRIOTS! BRITONS!! watch Popery, IT IS PLOTTING YOUR RUIN ! i jr:; 111 ll In Conclusion, Allow mc to say, this is not the time f^jr apaiiiy, but for action! Our liborlics, our righi-, our M'\'rests, and our nation are exposed ! And if vve would avoid the ovils which are looming up before us, we must act ! Our national chains are being forged, and the enemies of God and Truth are congratulafing themselves on the success of their fiendi plot! Ileal- the voio" of warning ! Hear it, before it bo too late ! And look to BiLl- princijjles, and to God, for help ! Guatv! yo!;r Cunrnon Sciiools, a-.d beu-.-iP^ rf . xchidinrr from ti.-m 'h « I^ihlo. Tills is oiii a;,;is of j)r(,;ruii.)n. What RiiMis »it'-< lufVs u-rro to liiii), pliysierilly, iLc IJ. bio is to us, tiuliuaudy. AtheisLs and Pa]d.-.>ts would huvj us lay it by y- - NATIONAL DANGERS. 23 and to Canada ' he "ken" of Schools, now L,L BE crowded riLL BE RULED lENERATE INTO N Montreal j H, A MOCKERY ; riLL SINK into * were;'^ the NG 0\2R YOUa , of which you ^ her escutch- GfES WILL NOT tvATCH Popery, ipaiiiy, but for rests, and our Iho ovils which Our national GJod and Truth of their fiend- t, before it bo nd to God, for I''"" rS . xcliKb'ng lection. What IJ.blo IS to us, J us lay it by as obsolete and mystical. Why ? Because it is death to their systems. Look to your Sabbaths. Devote them sacredly to God ; and to the high and elevating claims of immortality. Let no human power rob you of them. Watch, with argus-eyed vigilance, the movements of Intemperance ; and let every lawful influence — civil, moral, and religious — be employed, to shield us from the Anaconda embraces of the monster. Let us send in petitions to the Parliament, by the cart-load, written with ths tears, black- ened wiih the sighs, at.d sealed with the blood of the tens of thousands it has slain. Let us lift our voices above the thunder-storm which crashes the pines on the mountain-clitf, and startle into activity the dormant energies of our Colony, and rest not until we sit down in the shadow of a defence, as impregnable as Gibraltar. Be alive to the seductive influences of Popery. It is not what it seems to be. It is as deceptive us the mirage to the thirsty host, — as the Syren to the unsuspecti.ig and admiring listener, — and as the ignus-fatuous to the bewildered man at midniglit. Popery resembles the basket of figs conveyed to Cleopatra, Que n of Egypt, — externally all seems right, but the viper and the poison are within. What will open our eyes? Sh- uld not the past, the terrible past ? By the DOINCS OF I'oi'EKY IN THE PAST — LOOK AT THEM ; BY THE STRAT.>GE3IS OF THH Pin:SENT ; AND BY THE DUNGEONS, AND CHAINS, AND FIIIES OF THi: FUTURE, WE CALL UPON YOU TO TAKE WARNING, B1:F0RI: IT UE TOO LATE. The careful pilot shuns \hn sun!;on rocks, :\\v\ ilm judi- ciousoHicer the scci-et ainbtisli, to uv litl iho ci.ns: (|uri]ces. Let Ub du the sam •. Thcu iliiill wc ah aluhLiuI, ia.J pre. 24 NATIONAL DAN6£:rS. served in the midst of turmoil ond commotion, — mighty In our gigantic might ; and our nation, the representative of magnanimity and power, live, when the thrones and names of tyrants shall be forgotten, — " The home of the free, And the land of the brave." , — mighty In resentative of I and names