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bands of the Philistines. (Heat,) In thew:labouring town
of Whitchurch I referred to this same Jezebel in a passing
expreession.of the speech I delivered thetas :andasked, ' What
peabe so long as this woman Jezebel• continues her witch.
craft ?" I believe .no person who was present on that oc-
casionhad, or could have had, the slightest suspicion of any
application of the word Jezebel except to the Papacy.
But Popish malice is not to be restrained by fact, or
by argument, or by reason. c The ingenuity, moreover,
of the Pro-Popery advocates In this country is not
to be measured by any known rules of probability.
Imagination was fertile ; methinks,` my lord,. I could
trace the secret source. Familiar with treason themselves,
with enough of what is human to be conscious of its base--
ness, and enough of what is diabolical to persevere in its
cultivation, they readilyembrace any opportunity of ascri-
bing to another the secret venom which is rankling in
themselves (cheers) • and so it is in what -my Lord Bacon
calls the "faculty of irewhich they have taken a high
degree. (Loud cheers.) They slid say, and publish in their
newspapers, that 1, a clergyman of the established church,
not only called our,
,gracious Sovereign Jezebel, but it was
absolutely given in a ministerial paper under the heading, in
capital letters, of " An Incitement to Murder the Queen."
(Cries of " Shame.") The resolution which I have been
requested to second, I will take the liberty of reading again,
now, that you have heard some of the grounds upon which
you have been invited to pass it. [Having read the resolu-
tion, the rev. gentleman continued.] I hope that enough
has been said to lead to an intelligent assent to this state-
ment, and to such passing of this resolution, in this assem-
bly, as will go to the swelling of that rising tide of British
Protestantism, which, I rejoice to say, is gathering upon
every aide—which is getting strength from the north and the
south—which I had lately the happiness of seeing burst forth
with electrical influence in the city of Glasgow, and twice in
the city of Edinburgh—which it was the privilege of some
who now hear me to see kindling itself again in the neigh-
bouring town of Whitchurch—which others may have seen
or heard of in Sheffield, in Manchester, in Liverpool, in
York, in Norwich ;—it is travelling its course right and left,
taking all the great towns; it is moving southward, and.
has a resting-place in Worcester, and another in Here-
ford ; it gathers with it Bristol and Bath ; it embracei
Brighton from the south ; and it is condensing itself,
before the meeting of parliament, to come, with the
combined power of the rising ,feeling and the deter-
mined zeal of 'the. Christian Protestantism of England, to
say to the governments-to any government—for Ido not
speak of individual men—to say to_ Lord Melbourne if he be
at the head, and equally to Sir Robert Peel if be be at the
head of government,—(cheers)--e• We will have no half mea-
sures in this cause." Cheers.) The careful measures which
our leaders are observing will not do ;—(hear, hear)—even
the. Conservative leaders are not committing themselves to
Protestantism. (Hear, hear.) .L_ssiye nry lord, it will not
do, and the people of England must tell them so,—(loud
cheers)—and the people of England will say, " We have no
confidence in you, Conservatives as, you are, unless you also
become Protestants. (Renewed deers.) After all, m lord,
what is Conservatism without Proteseentsfeelinne •Hear,
hear.) Why, it is only a little higherem an-inclined p inree-
it is easily topped over. (Hear, hear.) Nothing will stand-
firm but what has the truth of God for its basis, and unless
they shall declare themselves Protestants let us not be content
with them—let us not be satisfied. (Hear.) I believe that
those Conservative leaders to whom I am alluding are waiting
for this very thing. I believe they want to be justified, and
not only to be justified but to be pushed forward by the popu-
liir voice. (Hear, hear.) I believe that Sir Robert Peel
`would be glad to be urged by thecountry to undo what he did
against his will ten years ago, and has been ashamed of ever
since ;—(hear)—and I hope and believe it would rejoice him to
find that-the watchwords which we took the liberty of giving for
the people of England three years since are become national
watchwords. The first of them is scriptural education—(hear,
hear, hear)—the second is church extension—(cheers)—and
the third is the repeal of the emancipation bill. (Long con-
tinued cheers.) And now, my. lord,- I must draw to a con-
clusion. (Cries of " no, no," and "go on.") lam thankful
for the opportunity of addressing your lordship and this very
large and influential assembly upon such a subject as this. I
trust that as far as the argumentative part of the question
goes, in fastening upon the awful system of Popery the fea-
tures that belong to that woman Jezebel, I have plainly and
without exaggeration succeeded. I trust also that in ap-
pending to that the few observations I felt called upon to
make of a personal nature, 1 have not used a word imbe-
coming of my position in the church or my character as a
Christian. (Cries of " No, no.")- I trust also, my lord, that
the distinction has been sufficiently marked between the de-
crevices priesthood and the deceived people. (Hear, hear.)
This is a distinction which ought to be more sand more
kept in view. lam altogether - satisfied, my lord, that
we have many Roman Catholic fallow-isubjects who bete
no conception of the iniquities of the. system to which
they belong—that if they could but be satisfied, from sources
they don't suspect, of the principles their own priests are
pledged to, 1 solemnly believe many of them would forsake
that system for ever. (Hear, hear.) But they are not con-
vinced, and they mistake us, on these occasions, as condemn-
ing en moue • the whole system. (Hear, hear.) They mis-
take us as acting from enmity against them (hear); they
mistake us as advocates of a particular set of men in the
kingdom ; they mistake us as party politicians; and they do
not believe the truth, that we are enemies to no man. (Hear,
hear.) Myself and my reverend brethren, who are engaged
iu this work, have no connection with any party, and we have
uo confidence in any man or party, whatever his politics may
be, until he avows publicly that the word of God is his stan-
dard. (Hear, hear.) To that word of God we must return
if we would have peace for ourselves or safety for our coun-
try. (Cheers.) Having discharged this duty this morning
as regards my country, I would just, in conclusion, invite
your attention, my lord, and the attention of this large as-
sembly, to the grounds of personal peace held forth in that
word. Here we shall find real patriots, and here alone. It
is only while resting upon the divine principles of truth, re-
vealed in the gospel of Jesus Christ—it is only while resting
upon that assurance of God's love, which calls forth the sweet
response of love to God, that we shall rise so above
the fear of man, so above the clamours, wherever they
are against us, and the flatteries, where they are for us,
of the passing multitude, as to be consistent, and to enjoy
stability. (Hear, hear.) "There is no peace, says my God,
to the wicked." No man can have real peace. in time of
danger, but the man who is trusting in him who rules the
storm, who walks upon the whip of the wind. (Hear.)
Trust in God is stability. There is nothing in the universe
so strong as the soul that trusts in God. (Hear.) Trust in
God is reposing upon him who made all things around us,
and invested them with all their attributes and all their pro-
perties. without whom they cannot exist, without whom they
cannot hurt a hair of our heads. The Lord our God has
invested fire with its property ter burn, and water with its
_.to drown, and he who gage, the- evopartiaa CAIII
ii their agency; its-Is as easy for him to protect ,'its
/servants in the fiery furnace, or in the depths of the sea, as
it is upon the surface of the ground, and we have revealed
specimens thereof. We read of three of his servants who,
on the order of the idolatrous king, were cast into the burn-
ing fiery furnace, It was • God that bad invested that fire
with its property to burn ; it was God that had given to
woollen garments a ready susceptibility to receive the smell
of fire; he who gave, suspended, and they walked through
the midst of the tire ; " and the form of the fourth [in the
fire] was like to the Son of God ;" they came forth, and not
a smell of fire had passed over their coats, their hozen or
their hats, because they were not careful to answer the king
in this matter; they trusted in God. (Cheers.) There, my
lord, is true peace ; there is a peace which no tyrant can
demolish; there is a peace which even while the flesh of the
poor creature trembles in anguish, enables the spirit to
remain stayed upon the Lord ; there was the peace enjoyed
by our martyrs when " that woman Jezebel" had power in
England—(cheers)—to tie them to the stake, and lay her
faggots around them., (Cheers.) When the flames reached
them, when their poor trembling flesh quivered in the
flames,—for they had feelings like other men—still leaning
themselves upon their God, their cry was, noue but Christ :
" be of good cheer, brother," said one of them, " we are this
day lighting a candle in England which shall never by God's
grace be put out." (Cheers.) Surely there was prophecy as well
as power there—(hear)—and if it shall please the Lord our
God to enable his servants now to repose on his word, to
find peace in their own souls, to rest
upon that stability in
the midst of danger, the testimony of conscience, that they
are serving him when they are telling his truth, we have no
fears for the result. (Cheers.) The end of Jezebel was,
when Jehu came into Jezreel, and looked up at the window,
she had attired her head and painted her face, and she looked
as the Queen. And Jelau called, " who is upon the Lord's
side, who ?" There lOoked out two or three eunuchs from
the window, and he said, " throw her down." They threw
her down ; and he his ehariot-over her body ; she was
crushed In the streets; ; " andllogs did eat the flesh of Jezebel."
(Cheers.) And whit is the end of the papacy to be ? The
Lord Jesus Christ him ,elf teaches us he shall come again in
his glory, that that man of sin, the son of perdition, shall he
destroyed before the brightness of his coining. Babylon is
fallen, is fallen ; that is the cry. As Jezebel fell in the streets
of Jezreel, so when the great Babylon is fallen, the Lord's
children shall raise their hallelujahs, when the smoke of her
torments shall ascend for ever. (Cheers.) I wish, my lord,
before I sit down, to enable any of my friends here, who feel
desirous to put themselves in the possession of this valuable
little book. 1 have mentioned two books. One is Mede's
Apostacy of the latter times, and the other is Sir William
Colburn's volume on the massacre of St. Bartholomew ; I
now call the attention to the sth volume of the Reformer's
Library, and entitled " papacy as opposed to knowledge."
It contains a very important and valuable digest of the
various documents, with the original in notes, at the
foot of the pages, which it must be extremely useful
to refer to. I particularly recommend it to my reverend
brethren, who, I do hope and trust will buckle on their
armour in this cause, and get themselves qualified by
secret study to explain it to their people, both in public
and in private. (Hear) And I assure you it is not so hard
a task as you may fancy it. (Hear.) It is not at all neces-
sary that you should be able to do it with commanding
powers of oratory. Nay, you are personally safer without
them. They constitute a painful snare. It is flattering to
human nature to attract attention and secure applause. It
is our bounden duty (from which we must not shrink through
fear of vanity) to exert all our powers to the utmost in the
service of Him who rave them. When they are such as
challenge the admiration of our fellow creatures, they be-
come in the same proportion dangerous to ourselees. But,
with interior powers, honestly todo whit we can; to do it
usefully, although we cannot dolt brilliantly ; this is at oneo
'more self-denying and less dangerous. Let every one of us
then be busy. (Loud cheers.) Let parochial petitions be
got up upon this subject. Let meetings be held in your
school-rooms, if they_ be only of 10, 20, or 30 people ; ap-
prise them of the effects of Englaed's deliverance from ido-
latry ; show them what it is advise them about it ; put
them in possession of facts. (Cheers.) You cannot have a
better back ground than Popery, upon which to exhibit in
beautiful relief the everlasting and glorious truth of the Gos-
pel of our Lord Jesus Christ, Avail yourselves of such back-
ground, (cheers), and you are doing two things at once. How
can you skew Christ better than by chewing him in contrast
with Antichrist ? (Cheers.) Let those preachers-who have
learned this lesson adopt parochial petitions, for if we can
but come to the 'system ot pin:legal petitions throughout
England, no government can keep the reins of govermuent—
no, not for a month, without pledging itself to national
Protestantism in church ,and state. The rev. gentleman then
resumed his seat amidst the most enthusiastic cheering.
The noble Cu.tioseeN then put the resolution, and it was
adopted unanimously.
HENRY JUSTICE, Esq. moved that the following address
be presented to her most gracious Majesty the Queens—
" TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

" We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the un
dersigned inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Mar.
ket Drayton, in the county of Salop, beg leave humbly to ap-
proach your Majesty with the most unfeigned assurances of
loyalty and attachment to your Majesty, is the Sovereign of
this Kingdom,-and with earnest prey ors for the security of
your Majesty's throne, and the prosperity and happiness of
your reign.
" While we pray that your Majesty may ever be duly mindful
of, the Protestant principles which seated your illustrious
family on the throne of these realms, and gave your Majesty
a title and right of succession thereto, we regard it as a Chris-
tian duty, and as an act of loyalty to your Majesty, to express
our deep concern and alarm at the uppoAntment of members
of the Romfsh church to high and iafluential situations un-
der the Crown, and to the exalted lank of confidential coun-
sellors of your Majesty, a a time when that apostate church
bah openly threatened the extinction of the Established Re-
ligion in this country, and is now seeking, by deep-rooted
conspiracies and secret intrigues, again to bring the whole
people of these islands under the tyrannical yoke of the
Romish priesthood.
" We have also witnessed with utter disgust the introduc-
tion at your Majesty's court, by the prime minister of the
Crown, of the arch-infidel of the day, who denounces mar-
riage and parental affection, declares reveletion to by a series