The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

Feb. 10, 1846.

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND-41";
SIR,—It is quite obvious that, in a variety nc,casheo.'
" coming events cast their shadows before them, be.'
ther as regards individuals or whole communities•
tempest-tost mariner knows, by the movements or the
upper strata of clouds, in what direction be may "fat
the breeze, gale, or storm. So also the morning twi",ros
is a harbinger of the full blaze of the middayen" orb
the darkness of night vanishes before the celestial
oo
of day, so will mental error and -unscriptural deinelod
give place to and disappear before the light of truth, 8.4
ignorance be superseded by that knowledgewhich is ba
For these
upon and agreeable to the word of inspiration. eti
and other weighty reasons connected with, and confirtad,
by the signs of the times, may we not expect the gee I
downfall of the Papacy ?
It is very striking to notice the connexion there i 9
tween ignorance and imposition, for wherever and vibe:,
ever we notice or read of persons being in a state of M,
tal darkness, it is almost, if not altogether, a necesesg,
consequence of such a state of mind, that they sheuljths
the dupes of crafty and designing persons, or else. •
dupes of their own blindness. And truly ignorance lure
community generates hypocrites and impostors, w.hlaof
ever ready to acquire and retain a grasp on the mnes..„,
those who have not sufficient sense to reject mental be",
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dage. The political state of Ireland is a striking Pe°°f
this.
te in&
Perhaps the Popish usurpation of power over the •rh
of men has been the most baneful of the many /11.;0
which this world has been afflicted ; for there
possible delusion that could be devised, but has been u'
posed on ignorant persons by the Pope and his ad,be 0
r,
eats ; no cruelty that could be invented, but has °lv
practised by Papists. Surely no earthly genius can Vali
pare with the Tapacy in respect of making lies, an°
forsooth, in the name of religion. If people in the P..„`
sent age were aware of the extent to which the Pei,
carried their villainy in former times, all who have aece:a
to the Bible would shrink with horror from such a erenf
as that of Rome. The Popes have usurped the place"
Deity—they have attempted to pluck eternal justice rel
her awful throne ; and, whilst shedding human blood OA
cutting off thousands of the p-ople, pretend, with infer 7
impudence, that it was all done for the honour of p?,.;
It appears, now-a days, that the Pope has a great clysliK
to railways, and objects to any being constructed in bie
patrimony. In truth, he may well be afraid, not tnereit
of railroads as such, but he may dread the advanced stets
of society, with which the present age is blest, becausel
is destruction to his sway. We need not fear. however
that the steam-engine and its utility will long be retarded
in Italy, even though the Pope should exclaim against it.
To show that Popery is declining fast, we need onli
compare some of the years that are gone by with the Pte•
sent period, and perhaps it may be useful to do so:--

POPERY RAMPANT. POPERY FALLING.
In the year A.D. 1074, At the present time, Ai's'
Pope Gregory VII. obliged 1846. the Pope could o,°
the Emperor Henry IV. of remain three days in Pal'
Germany to stand threedays because he is so cruel t°,
at his gate, bare footed, and the people there : he shoo
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in the depth of winter, and fly, were it not for the Ear
to implore his pardon. peror of Austria or Ge';
0 mores I 0 tempore 1 many, who sends a ar,‘
body of soldiers into Pia'
to keep the people in 1)0
b1l;
dage, and the Pope on