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those principles are in accordance with the revealed will
of God." •
Some subjects, he said, spoke for themselves. Their very
titles proclaimed their importance and their worth. The
basis of the resolution in his hand was that principle con-
stituted character, and, therefore, in order effectually to
advocate the interests of the Reformation, and make the
members of the Church of Rome join their ranks, because
honest and consistent Protestants, they must act upon
this rule of principle constituting character By charac-
ter, he meant those natural qualities which glorified
God, dignified man, and purified society. (Hear, hear.)
Character was not talent. A man might have all the
wisdom of Newton the logic of Bacon, the metaphysics
of Locke, and yet be destitute of character. The philoso-
phers of Greece and Rome knew as much as they could
know without the Bible, and yet they were destitute of
those cardinal principles which constituted sound charac-
ter. The philosophers of France, at the end of the last
century, the leaders of the revolution, were, many of
them, great and energetic men, but were destitute of
those principles which constituted true men in the sight
of God. Character was not station. Some of the highest
geniuses had been dug out of the roughest quarry.
(Cheers.) Rough hands, unshaven faces thick arms and
legs, and stalwart constitutions, had contained the gentlest
and noblest, and purest of spirit. (Cheers.) Charac-
ter was neither talent, station, nor reputation. The most
ignorant Hottentot, or civilized European, whether king
or subject, master or servant, who made the Bible
his guide, the glory of God his end, the exaltation of true
scriptural principles the summit of his ambition—whe-
ther he lived in a hut or a palace ; whether clothed in rags
or in fine linen—that man, in the sight of God and the
universe, had downright, settled, manly character. (Loud
applause.) By principles they meant, not opinions, but
those great motives which resulted in settled action ; and •
according to the character of these principles would be the
nature of the action. With these sentiments in view the
resolution in his hand had been framed. Now, the object
of the Reformation Society was to circulate the religious
principles of that Reformation, which unquestionably was
the greatest event that had taken place since the day of
Pentecoet. It was a mighty upheaving of mind ; a won-
derful shaking among the dry brnes ; the throwing
off that incubus which was eating up the very vitals
of Christianity. One of the great religious prin-
ciples of the Reformation was that the Bible alone
was to determine' the essentials of salvation. This,
too, was in accordance with the Pith Article of Vier Church
of England; for, though the members of that Church
might differ—as tedid• with Mr. WRITE on minor matters
of church government—they yet deemed that everything
necessary to salvation; was to be found in the Bible* or
nowhere. (Cheers). Martin Lather, who saw that there
was law in the material: creation, so was there law in the
religious economy. He fOund, however, that the decrees
of Popes and Councils were not sufficient to satisfy
cesiscience as a sinner, and he maintained throughout
the integrity and paramount authority of the Bible. It
waa this that the Papists dicta not like, When they said
that Rome was the mistress of the churches, give them
the'llible and ask them to prnVe it. When they said the
Pope was the head of the Clurreli,bring them to the Law
and the Testimony, and they would fly. An open Bible,
and the'plain 'common sense declaration of God's truth,
they could not stand. Protesants; from the earliest time
—Abel was the first —Protestants patriarchal, Mo-
saic, prophetic, and Christian, Martyrs and refor-
mers kept the Bible in its paramount authority
as the rule.of faith and the guide of practice: The supre-
macy of the'revealed law of God, thent.was one principle
which the society was anxious to circtlitte• and maintain
in Liverpool: The poor Romanist, who from birth to
death heard but one voice—" Hear the chtireli"—was kept
without that rttle-whereby only he could he :saved. There
were many thihga about which they (the Protestants)
might differ ; but-there were two things about which no
soundly and religiously constituted minds, could differ—
that the Bible was the rule of faith, and that' the -Bible was
the book for everyman ; and whatever mightftakeplace—
however powerful Might be the aggressions of-Popery—
however the nunneries; and chapelries, and. monkeries,
might increase ; horeever frequent might be theNlaitations
of the priesthood in, this town, they (the Protestants)
would keep their prinfeil)les intact and pure, would defend
them so long as a drop -of blood remained in theirrhodies,
and would pray from the bottom of their hearts, and
teach their children to, lisp, "From all the detestable
enormities of the Bishop4ofßome, good Lord delifier us-!"
(Loud applause.)
The Rev. T. ROBINSON, Vi'at., seconded the resolution;,and
alluded to the foundation of'the Protestant Reformation' So--
etety amid some few storms-and amid many prayers. After
remarking that the present gathering must be very cheering
tfethe missionary Mr. Worratt(wharn he, Mr. Robinson,-had
recommended to the appointment which he now held).; the
speaker took a hasty and brief review of the political Trim,'
inenta wnich had of late agitated all classes in reference to
the great subject of Protestantism in these realms. Hie
conLiiince he declared to be shbilen, and he found by expert- •
ence irwould not do to look ro Government for a display of
those bold measures which are indispensable for securing our
Protettfint institutions. (Cheers:) Aft were aware of the
brilliai,t election promises made when courting the support
of the people; but as workingmen-they were all aware that.'
action epeahs louder and with more effect than words. Of-
the men'-who have composed our ministers of the crown, in
connexion with this great straggle. we have found them
equivocar,evasive, dilatory, unprotestant. (Hear, hear.) The
proceedings of such men made. Min tremble for England's
future; and that anxiety was increased' by every day's experi-
ence. it was but lately he read that an.order had gone down
to Chatham, providing that the same chapel for the accom-
modation of the soldiery was to be used on one part of the day
for the services of our Protestant C'durch,.and on the other by
the Popish priest, as a place in which'to disseminate the abo-
minationaoPthe Romisit belief. HS'knew not what answer
might be sent to such an order by the chaplain at Chatham ;
but, if be-had received an order thus to mix his inini,,try
with that 'Watt apostate priest, he .would instantly have
penile his. resignation, and would -7• have. been.no party to
so blasphemous a mixture of Christ with Antichrist. (Cheers.)
A feather, ithad been &lid, thrown,up shows how the wind
blows, and'onecircnmstance lately struck him as significant.
When our beloved Queen lately visited Ireland (and our
Queen is, without any doubt, a trtv.and stamen Protestant)
—(loud cheers)—she was made to reach Ireland on a Monday,
and to leareit on a Saturday. And why was that so? It was
lest these amiable Papists should be offended by Her Majesty
going to worship God, in connection-with those parties who
follow the prinerples upon which William...Hl. had become
the hero of the. Battle of the Blayne. (Loud and con-
tinned cheert.)• We can place no• confidence in men who
could thus- conned temporising- on the part of our
Sovereign. All incident he might relate. however, which
showed that whatever might be the=-disposition of Minis-
ters, reliance may be placed on, the members of the
Commons House of Parliament. At- the- close of last
session net= fewer than fifty members of that House had
pledged themselves to maintain the-Protestant oath of supre-
macy entire. (Load cheers.) These are the-men who should
be counters-aced and supported. and,towards an augmenta-
tion of whose numbers every Protestant should direct his at-
tention, as the parties really capable of opposing and court.
teracting the' Pope's brass band. (Great and continued
cheering.). Em this time England has had: to fall back on
her middle- classes ; and we natrvc.onie to you, to the
middle classes, and the lower classes. Among them
we find few-conversions, perversions they are more properly
called, to. Popery. (Cheers.) It is among the upper classes
that such unfortunate movements are-to be met with. It is
for yon then to be np and be doing,und to show year deter-
mination to exalt and uphold the truth as it is in Jesus.
(Cheers.) A gentleman to whom he.(the speaker) had lately
to address himself concerning this-movement disapproved of
it. The gentleman inquired what arguments could be adduced
by working men to counteract the- operations of Rome. He.
forgot thatAltose men have the happiness to sit under evan-
gelical ministers—(cheers)—that they are accustomed to dis-
cussion among themselves ; and they are thus enabled to
contribute powerful efforts to twoor the unrighteousness of
Popery.. (Cheers.) It had been found by many that thought
was very.ermtic; that ideas very,saletnn. are rapidly suc-
ceeded:by others that are very ludicrous. . His thoughts had
on a late occasion transported 111111 inimagination to London,
the time he thought was the month-.of May,. and he to him-
self fancied be was on his way- to Exeter-hall to attend a
meeting of the Protestant Association. He encountered, he
thought, a crowd, and on ascertaining what was the occasion.
he discovered a large mastiff in. .the act of shaking anti wor-
, tying a little pet clog. The crowd shouted and used every
exertion to rescue the little sufferer, but without effect-
Presently a little gentleman,--a very small man compared
with many of those who were exerting themselves on ilia.'
oceasion—pressed gradually forward, and having gained thu.
front rank, he took a small box from his pocket, and out of
ii-
he lifted a small quantity al ,anuff, which lie placed within
the.. jaws of the mastiff. The huge cur gave a great
howl and ran away. (Laughter and loud cheers.) The.
big dog bounded away, and the little one was left free.
(Cheers) Let us follow a ,similar course, and send away the
great beast of Popery from its attempts to worry and destroy.
our poor little Protestantism. You will aid in putting a pinch
Of snuff in the jaws of the great Papal beast, and effectaally
scare away the great Cardinal Wiseman, who of late has
threatened to destroy us. The reverend gentleman resumed
his seat amidst loud and continued cheering.

The Rev. V. M. WAITS moved the next resolution
" That this meeting desires to give its cordial support
to the Liverpool Auxiliary to the British Society fir Pro-
moting the Religious Principles of the Reformation, and
in so doing contemplates not only the general elects that
may result from the society's operations at larv,- but also
the particular henefit which may be looked for to the
Roman Catholics resident iu the town and neighbourhood."
It was necessary (Mr. White said) to distinguish between
persons and principles. They spoke,iin the present contro-.
versy, in reference to principles. They loved the persons of
the Papists, aud it was because of this that they endeavoured
to do them good,by telling them the truth ; but they bated.
the principles cif Popery—that masterpiece of the devil, who,
never prodt.aed•a system so well calculated to dishonour God,
and destroy the souls of men. The facts of the case showed,

that in every; country where Popery was established ierse7
cution and; intolerance prevailed; and yet, notwithstanding
this intolerance in principle and practice, she would fain
pass before the wend, in free Protestant England, as the
very essence. of meekness and patience. Look at the
poor priests here,, for instance, who. Dr. Cahill said,. would
do nobody any harm—(laughter)--but yet the writings of
their church breathed the most intolerant; fiery, and perse-
cutielg. spirit. lie (the speaker) shoull endeavour to show
that, in principle, it was utterly impossible for the Church of
Rome tobe anything else but intolerant, persecuting, and the
enemy of all that was for man's good, and the comfort of our
soul's hereafter. First, it was utterly impossible for any
nation to be free that was under the government of one who
possessed nothing less than the power of Almighty
*God
Himself, and yet who had all the frailties, defects, and infir-
mities of humanity. What had been the character of the
Popes, they who claimed thus to be gods upon earth? Why,
one Roman Catholic writer told us that there were 150 Popes
who were apostatical and not apostolical; and a Romish
cardinal, who had written more than any other member
of his church, and was a high authority, described
them as monsters who had crept into the pontifical chair.
(Cheers.) Again, Romanism must be a system of tyranny ;
for no freeLom could could exist where there were no laws to
direct the government of a country. Every government had
laws, even the most arbitrary and despotic. The Church of
England had its laws ; but in the Church of Rome the Pope
was at the head, there was no law but his, and, therefore, the
people must be slaves. They said they did not restrict the
Bible ; but they taught that it must be interpreted according
to whatever sense the Church chose, and thus the Pope could
defeat Scripture by the interpretation which he chose to esta-
blish. In the third place, the Papists could not be anything
else but slaves, in consequence of the hold which the priest-
hood had upon them, tnrough the confessional and other
agencies. He spoke not of the priesthood personally, but
officially, when he declared that it was impossible for a man
who took an absolute oath of allegiance to a foreign prince—
to consider his interests first, and to sacrifice all others so
them—it was absolutely impossible for that man to pay true
and faithful allegiance to the sovereign of this country. Popery
ever was, and ever must be, intolerant and persecuting,—
the enemy of God and man; the foe of man's best interests,
individually and socially, both for time and eternity. (Cheers.)
The Rev. G. L. iRRIAND seconded the motion, remarking
that as Rome was maintained by organisation, so must the
Protestants, by organisation, and by the formation and sup-
port of societies like the present, seek to battle with and sub-
due the foo. He contrasted the superior condition of the Pro-
testant with those of the Roman Catholic countries of Europe,
with a view to show how debasing and enervating was the
system of Popery ; and pointed out, as an illustration of the
same fact, the wretched state of many portions of Liverpool,
particularly the district about St. John's. This Society was
composed of the persons by whom the work r f the Reforma-
tion could be most effectually accomplisheet—if they chose
properly to exert themselves—namely, the werkin&-classes.
The Rev. W. B. S. MAIMIAs moyed a vote of thauka to
.. the chairman.

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