The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-15 00:00:00

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DESCRIPTION OF ST. SAINADOR.

[From a lifissionarlifJourual.l
(Concluded from Wednesday's Sex.)
" Soon after there was a procession of Priests,
carrying the Sacrament to the house of a person
just departing ; Antonio and the Major both
knelt, and continued till they 'pait. Senor An-
tonio said, that he ' conformed to the:custom of
the country in trifles.' I thought or Naaniais
and his God Kimmon. I did not, however, thhik
it right to ,push the matter too suddenly ; but told
him, in general, how the English Reformers were
led to the flames, rather than conform ; and that
if Iwas born a Portuguese, I would rather be
imprisoned and burnt than conform to idolatry.
At the same time I talked to him of the doc-
trines of the Reformed Church, &c., but he did
not seem to pay much attention : Senor Doni-
'nig*, asked the if our soldiers have a Minister to
attend them in their dying moments, to instruct
and administer consolation. For the first time I
felt I had the worst of the argument, and hardly
knew what to say to explain such neglect among
the Protestants. He shrugged up his shoulders
with horror at such a'religion. We were then
shewn the hospital erected by the Prince of Por-
tugal : it was a noble building, far superior to
that at Hasler. In the garden each person alter-
nately gathered a sprig or fragrant leaf for me.
The person who shoved it us was a Chevalier
of some Order. In the Chapel, Senor Antonio
knelt, but always looked on me smiling, ens!
said, " C'est le coutume du pays." ' I left him
in order to return to my ship, but finding as I went
along a chapel open, I went in to see the pie-
ttxresi all of which contained; as is prominent
figure, some Friar of some Cfrder. In one, simile
people in flames were laying hold of the twisted
rope which was pendent from his waste, tv re pre-
sentation which would have bi.en more appro-
priate had our Saviour been substituted for the
Friar ! At this time a friar, dressed identically as
the one in the pictare, .moved slowly along ; I
followed him through the cloister, and address'ed
him in Latin. He was a little surprised, but re-
plied. Ile told me that the chapel belonged to
a monastery of Franciscan Friars. In a cloister
Which led round the second floor of the building
he stopped, and by this time we Were able to
understand each other very well. 1 then 'asked
him to prove from Scripture the doctrine of pur-
gatory, of image worship, the supremacy• of
the Pope', and transubstantiation. Ilis ar-
guments were exceedingly Weak, and I felt
enabled effectually to answer them all. Dur-
ing our 'conversation, two or three more
friars assembled round and joined in the dis-
pute. I confuted all their errors as plainly as
possible from the is ord of Cod ; and they had
nothing to reply,- but did not seem,. disconcerted.
A whole troop of them, pa4gng in procession-hi
the cloister below, beckoned to them to retire,
which they did, taking me along with them to
a cell, two before, and one on each side of me.
As we passed along the passage, one of then,
asked me, whether I was a Christian' When
we had nil reached the cell and sat down, I ask-
ed for a Bible, and the dispute was renewed.
I found that they considered their errors were not
tenable on Scripture ground, and appealed to the
authority of the church. I told them this church
was, by their own confession, acting against the
law of God, and was thereforenot t 171: Church of
God ; besides, I referred them to the last words
in the Revelations. They seemed most surprised
at my knowledge of Scripture. When they were
silent, and had nothing to say, I was afraid the
business would end here, without any good re-
sult; and so I said—You who profess to teach
the way of truth, how can you dare, before God,
to let them go in idolatrous practices, which you
know to be contrary to the word of , God ?
They looked very grave. The one who spoke
French, and also the hest Latin, grew very
angry during their dispute, and talked of
the Scriptuarurn interpretes—pii sapientissimique
veri Augustinua Betnardus, Sze.; but, .said I,
6 they were not inspired.' Yes, he said. But
here be was corrected by the rest. As this man
seemed
,in earnest (the others were sometimes se-
rious and sometimes laughing), I-'asked: him
why he had assumed the cowl of a friar—he an-
swered, 6 lit me abstraherem a varietatc rel um
mum damn et meipsum sanctum jaciam ad 410.
riam Dei.' He spoke with great impres.,,lon nntl
earnestness, and seemed the most sincere of any.
They were acquainted with logic, and ergaed tic-,
-
cording to rule. He began by saying N
" ullaret
salutem esse extra ecclesian Catholicaat. axiount
est ?" ' Concede,' said I, 66 sett extra itamanam
salus esse potest,' ' Minirne,' they all cried out.
' Quart.; said 1,6 probe,' but they could not. At
last I went away as the sun had sets and they all
attended me through the lag and datk plos3gl.:,
I almost trembled at the situation and company
I was in, but they were exceedingly pollti , Iva'
begged to know when I was comite.7 again, that
they might expect me. I had staid so long, that
after waiting for hours at the differ,,nt (plays, nt-,
boat returned ; and I was obligeo to return to
Senor Antonio's, from whom I received un Wee-
tionute welcome."
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Conti, Alio. 6.----"'t,''—Thi "Y -• wm
M‘Donnell and David Nagle, ror taking away
arins from the house of the Rev. TnoNt,ts
TowNsEiwn, and also William Noonan, for taking
arms from the bowie of Mr. Gummy: ItoGrns,
underwent the dreadful sentenCe of the lawti, at
Gallows-green : there was art immense concourse
of spectators to witness this awful execution.--
AVD•annell, who showed much resignation, poi-
sisted in declarations of innocence. Nagle :I
whilst in gaol, stated this man's innocence>