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THE NOVELTIES OP POPERY

A course of lectures, by clergymen of the Established
Church. on the twelve articles added to the Nicene Creed by
Pope
,Pius the was commenced on the evening of )Fri-
day, in the Music-hall, 80ld-street, the surplus funds of
which are to be devoted in aid of the Liverpool Protestant
Association. We believe that the idea of these lectures
originated in the recent controversy between the Rev. Hugh
M'Neile and Dr. Youens, relative to the history of Pope
Pius's Creed, with the circumstances and the result of which
the readers of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD are familiar.
From the eminent names announced in the prospectus, it is
evident that the novelties of Popery, as comprehended in this
creed, will be grappled with by the greatest learning and
eloquence which now adorn the united Church of England
and Ireland ; and that as the course proceeds the interest of
it will increase. The first lecture was entrusted to the Rev.
Thomas Nolan, Incumbent of St. Barnabas' Church, Par-
liament-street, a gentleman whose zeal and eloquence, com-
bined with unaffected piety. have rendered him deservedly
popular among all classes, although Ins residence in this lo-
cality has been but very short. The hall was well filled by a
highly-respectable auditory. The subject of the lecture
(article 13 of Pope Pius IVtli) was these words—" I most
steadfastly admit and embrace apostolical and ecclesiastical
traditions, and all other observances and constitutions of the
same church" ; or, as it is given in the original Latin—
" Apostolicas et ecclesiasticas Traditioncs, reliquasque ejus-
dem ecclesim observationes et constitutiones firwissime
admitto et amplector."
On the motion of Mr. JOHN llowenn, seconded by Mr. 1
JOHN SHEPPARD, CH ARLES BOUTFLOWER, Esq., was
unanimously called to the chair.
The Rev. TOWNSEND, assistant minister of St. Bride's,
at the request of the chairman, implored the divine blessing
upon the proceedings of the evening.
The CH AIRMAN having addressed a few appropriate words
to the audience, on the objects of this course of lectures, and
the necessity for the speaker to be heard in silence,
Mr. NOLAN then came forward, and was received with
loud applause. He commenced as follows :—M y Christian
friends and brethren, I feel in the first instance that a word
of apology and explanation is necessary on my part for assu-
ming the responsible position of delivering the first lecture
in this important series. I have only to say, that the con-
venience of our kind friends at a distance, whose names are
announced for the succeeding lectures, coupled with some
circumstances of a sad character at home to which it is unne-
cessary to allude more minutely now, have led, upon the part
of those who got up this series, to the present arrangement.
And while I feel infinitely my own incompetence and weak-
ness, both absolutely as regards the magnitude of the sub-
ject before us, and relatively in connection with the respected
brethren who are to follow, yet I could not think of inter-
posing any feelings of my own to an arrangement involving
matters of so much consequence e still less could I suffer
them to place me at variance, with the. expressed desire of
one whose slightest' wish, recommended by all the sanctions
of esteem, gratitude, and affection, comes to my heart with all
the weight and influence of a command. I feel, my friends,
moreover the peculiarity of my position, as yet almost a
stranger, and comparatively untried amongst you, and, of
myself, more disposed to sit and listen to an important ques-
tion ably discussed by another, than eager to attempt an im-
perfect examination of it myself. I mention these particu-
lars in order to bespeak a claim on your indulgent forbear-
ance.. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, I might have summed them
all up in the single statement, that 1 appeared before you this
evening as the unworthy substitute for that dear and valued
friend to the cause of Protestantism, of truth, and of God—
the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, to whom had properly been assigned
the becoming task of leading the way in this fresh effort to
contrast the power and simplicity of scriptural truth with the
complicated falsehoods by which the corrupt system of Ro-
manism is supported. (Cheers.) You know, my brethren,
that his heart and his prayers are with us, during his retire-
ment and patient waiting on the Lord and may the blessing
promised to all who thus wait upon God. be realised to his
soul, that he may renew his strength, and be enabled to come
forth to the closing lecture of this course, comforted in heart
and cheered in spirit, as the promise runs—" they shall
mount with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be
weary, they shall walk and not faint." (Great applause.)
Though I am far from supposing that any disclaimer of
ours, will protect us frontthe violence arid misrepresentation
of our interested opponents of the Romish priesthood, and the
Romish press, I cannot proceed without expressing-the feel-
ings by which we are actuated towards our fellow-creatures
who are bound in the chains of Romish error, and the mo-
tives which have induced us to take in hand this course of
lectures. (Hear.) We are not, dear brethren, (if there be
any Romanists present) your enemies because we tell you the
truth. Judge of us rather by our own words and actions to-
wards you than by the calumnies and invectives of those who
would make merchandise of your souls, and would still hold
you in the fetters, from which it is our aim and object,
our " hearts' desire and prayer to God" to set you free.
(Hear, hear.) It is to open your eyes to the wilful frauds
long practised upon you that we have taken up the articles
of this new creed, issued under the authority of the pope
whose name it bears, and promulgated to the world for the
first time in the year 1364. In order to this we have circum-
scribed ourselves within these limits, and have selected for the
subjects of the successive lectures, which, with divine per-
mission and blessing, are to be delivered in this place, the
consecutive articles of this creed. Our indictment against
Romanism is, that by the adoption of this new creed, she has
superseded, virtually, the old ; she has forsaken the old
paths, she has departed from the faith. If so, then, if she has
become apostate, it is our bounden duty as ambassadors for
Christ, to cry aloud, and spare not. " Come out of her, my
people, that ye be not partakers in her plagues." Now you
will be ready to do us this much justice, at all events—there
is no concealment or reserve in our proceedings—all is fair,
open. and above board. We lay our charge, submit our
proofs, and only ask of you to consider the matter seriously
and impartially, and to act out the dictates of your genuine
convictions. " We speak as to wise men, judge ye what we
say." Such, my dear Romanist brethren, are our claims
upon your forbearance and moderation, at least—perhaps we
may be able to add, gratitude also, before we come to a close.
Our only motive is the strong desire to do you good. We
love your souls, and long to make you partakers of that liberty
with which Christ has made ourselves free. The mode we
have adopted of pointing out to you the sandy foundation of
the modern church of Rome, is that most likely to carry con-
viction with it—viz., an exposure of the fallacies contained in
that epitome of Romish novelties and corruptions, the creed
of Pius IV., implicitly subscribed and sworn to by every be-
neficed ecclesiastic in tht Ruttish church from the promul-
gation of the creed up to the present hour. We have no de-
sire, nay, we strongly deprecate any intention of occasioning
avoidable offence. Our abhorrence of false principles is to be
carefully distinguished from any feeling of hostility towards
those whom we anxiously commiserate as the deluded victims
of those principles. And for myself—l would take this early
opportunity, lest peradventure an unguarded expression may
escape from me bye and bye, here, by anticipation, to apolo-
gise for it, and to disclaim from the bottom of my heart, the
slightest intention of wantonly wounding the humblest indi-
vidual, be he priest or laymen, of the Romish communion.
With respect to our timid protestant friends, who hesitate to
give a full approval to our present proceedings, it must be
enough to prove to them, that we are strictly within profes-
sional limits, and in the path of dutiful obedience, in fulfiling
an obligation assumed by every minister of our church, with
all the solemnity of his ordination vow—" that he will be
ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all
erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word."
This creed of Pius has of late years, since the commence-
ment of this controversy, become more and more a sore sub-
ject with Romish ecclesiastics—they don't like to be pressed
home upon it, which is in itself a tacit admission that the
foundation is not too secure, and will not stand too close a
scrutiny. Dr. Youen, in his remarks -on Mr. M`Neile's
speech, delivered from this platform, says this, " In Eng-
gland, however, little use is made of it except by Protestant
controversialists." This does not certainly go so far as to
disclaim its authority as binding upon the Romish church ;
but is calculated to suggest a convenient doubt in the minds
of the unwary as to the degree of importance annexed to it
in the system of modern Bomanisrn,--(hear, hear,)—by
which expression I would be understood to mean the Church
of Rome since the adoption of this very creed. It becomes
necessary for us, even on account of the Doctor's ingenious
insinuation, to establish, upon sufficient evidence, the au-
thority and importance of the creed ere we proceed to an ex-
amination of its fallacies ; and here I gladly avail myself of
the learned labours of my friend Dr. O'Sullivan, whose
" Apostacy predicted by St. Paul, part 2nd, I hold in my
hand. I give you his own words, for few would venture to
supply language to this distinguished champion of truth,
when the opportunity is at hand of hearing him speak for
himself. [Here the rev. gentleman quoted at some length
from the work referred to, citing from the Bull " injunctum
nobis," the evidence of the late Dr. Doyle, Mr. Charles
Butler's book of the Roman Catholic Church, abundantly
establishing the universal admission of the creed of Pius
as the accredited faith of the modern Church of Rome.
After which he proceeded.] The article of traditions neces-
sarily forms the first in this creed, because it is the only
foundation for the remainder. Take from Rome the appa-
rent support of tradition, or I should rather say, deny her
the facility of inventing and circulating traditions to. suit her
purpose, and the whole edifice of Papacy reels and totters to
its very centre. The voice of simple truth as set forth in
the word of God is clearly opposed to it. No less so is the
testimony of legitimate antiquity, the tradition that has stood
the test of the " quod scalper quod übique, quod ab omni-
bus" that pretends to nothing new, but only receives and
attests what has already been declared in the Scriptures o
unerring truth. Romanism has perplexed the question by
an ambiguous use of the word tradition, and by giving cur-
rency to the notion that all tradition ranges on her side, and
is completely rejected by us. (Hear, hear.) Now, before
proceeding further, it is necessary to disembarrass the ques-
tion of this perplexity by stating in the first place what the
character and use is of that tradition on the part of Rome,
which she inculcates in the first article of this creed, against
which.we are called upon strenuously it) protest. I will en-
deavour to show how the .ttstimolarof primitive antiquity,
the only real tradition thatos io vejountt, leans its.valuanie
aid not only to the self-sufficiency of the word of God, but
to the doctrines taught and adopted by the Church of Eng-
land. We object to this doctrine on the subject of tradition,
which would elevate it to the same level and authority with
the word of God, implying that Scripture was insufficient in
itself, and that tradition was necessary to supply its defects.
This is the doctrine of the Church of Rome ever since the
Council of Trent. The catechism of that council, towards
the end of the preface, sets forth "that the Word of God is
divided into Scriptureand tradition," and the Canon of Trent
adopted in the fourth session of that council, decrees that the
"written books and unwritten traditions are to be received
and reverenced with equal piety and veneration." IN can
readily understand how important a principle of this kind
must be to a new system seeking to establish corruptions
both in doctrine and practise, opposed alike to Scripture and
primitive usage; and so we find it as strenuously struggled
for by the pope's party in the council, as it was opposed by
the reformers , who referred to the law and to the testimony
as the only authoritative standard of truth and error in mat-
ters of faith. The pope, however, prevailed—the canon was
decreed—proclaimed in the catechism—and made an article
of saving faith in the new creed of Pius IVth,—and not
only so, but is the only foundation and support of the re-
maining articles. Against this we are found protesting now.
as well as then—and for these mighty reasons. First, Scrip-
ture abundantly attests its own sufficiency. Here the rev.
lecturer entered at some length into the argument from
Scripture, and quoted largely from the Bible in proof of his
position, after which he cited rnany passages from the writ-
ings of the early fathers, as made use of by Archbishop
Usher, bearing conclusive testimony to the sufficiency of
Scripture alone as the rule and standard of the Christian
faith. The extracts he produced from the writings of Ter-
tullian, Origen, Ambrose, and Jerome, were listened to with
much interest, especially the last quotation front Theodoret
and Eusebius with reference to the first Council of Nice.
That father (Theodoret) relates, that at the commencement
of that council, the Emperor Constantine admonished the
assembly to consult only the inspired writings, " because
the evangelical and apostolical books, and the oracles of the
old prophets, do evidently instruct us what to think in
Divine matters." Cardinal Bellarmine, it is true, affects to
sneer at this, saying that " Constantine was indeed a great
emperor, but no doctor." However (the rev. gentleman
proceeded), this sneer affects not merely the emperor but the
whole council—for Theodoret informs us, that his command
was obeyed, and " that most of the synod were obedienotote
what he had discoursed and embraced, in mutual con rdlo
mid sound doctrine." Here the learned cardinal seesm:on.
exalt his own private judgment against the unanimooou
sent of the 318 fathers assembled on that o asion,
in the name of whom Eusebius delivers this
writtenremark-
; e
able sentence, " Believe the things that a
things that are not written neither think re th
this on nor n_Pe in-
proceeded
h
.quire after." (Loud cheers.) - After
to au examination of the character of the Romish tradi-
tions. Our Lord, he said, condemned the traditions of

the Jews, by which they made the word of God of none ef-
fect, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men, and
these, having vastly more claim to authority, than any pre-
tended traditions in support of the conceptions of modern
Rome, left us without excuse in embracing the latter, where
they were so emphatically condemned. He dwelt on the
character of Romish traditions being, as described by Bishop
Patrick, " not to make all men better, but only some men
richer." All the Romish arguments against the sufficiency
of scripture by itself, he maintained to apply with greater
force against their fond traditions, and showed, that Roman-
ism in its hostility to scripture, made common cause at last
with the infidel and deist; so also in def6nce of tradition, she
joined issue with the different heretics censured respectively
by Ambrose. Tertullian, Jerome, and Chrysostem. The
same passages advanced by these heretics in support of their
traditions, being similarly used by Bellarmane (de verbo dep
in support of the traditions of Rome. This head of his ar-
gumeat he summed up by reading an extract front the
Reverend Hugh M'Neile's fourth Lecture on the Church
of England, pp. 19G and 197, on the subject of the
Church's doctrine, as regards scripture and tradition. The
reverend gentleman then referred to a letter whet lie had
received but a few days ago, signed " Denis O'Shaugh-
tessey,', enclosing a copy of The Catholic Vindicator, IVa•
,!
which contained an address delivered by the Rev. T.

Maguire, in answer to the Rev. T. D. Gregg, in which thir-
ty-six points were enumerated that had not been answered
by any Protestant champion ; and calling upon him (Mr.
Nolan) to answer these points, as he had allowed himself to
be placed before the public as an enemy to the Roman Ca-
tholic religion.. The reverend gentleman said he had read
these points, and that all of them had been answered over
and over again in a most satisfactory manner. The writer
then went on to ask him, if he hoped to have any success, to
show the Catholics that there was no danger in listening to
the Church of England, she being but a fallible church—
and might she not be teaching error at the present time. We
regret that our limits prevent us from reporting Mr. Nolan's
reply to the queries put in this letter. He showed that the
promise of our Saviour, " Lo, I am with you always," was
made unto his church, but that the church of Rome, by add-
ing a new creed to the faith professed by the church, had
separated from her—in fact, that she had apostatised. He
next proved from the warranty of Scripture that the Church
of England. had held fast the promise, and that she was the
depository of pure truth. Such, lie proceeded, is the cha-
racter of our beloved and venerable church. Scriptural in
her foundation, Catholic in her creed, and Protestant in the
bold and unambiguous expression of her principles. (Cheers.)
In the creed she professes, the banner of faith waves over
her, which was once delivered to the saints. In the adoption
of her 6th article she plants her foot upon the firm pedestal
of scriptural sufficiency and truth, and so lays hold and re-
lies upon the sure promises of God. In the face of the con-
gregated world she is prepared to come forth-, and say with
Luther before the Diet of Worms, " Here I take my stand,
and God is my trust. But, alas ! there are no slight symp-
toms ia the presenfilav, of ki disposition to disown and dis-
parage those high and holy principles. Men in the very heart
of her sanctuary, who have subscribed these very articles. and
to all outward seeming have cordially embraced these princi-
ples, by virtue of which they are suffered to minister within her
walls, and are invested with her dignities, eat her bread, arid
wear her honours, are found openly discountenancing her doc-
trines, undermining her strength, contemptuously lifting up
the heel against her. Some of them indignantly repudiate
all connection with Pi.otestantism and the Reformation, and
speak mildly and tenderly of their elder sister, or even their
mother Church of Rome. Well has our pious, watchful,
beloved Bishop (whom may the Lord long preserve!) de-
scribed them, as sitting in the Reformers' seats and tradu-
cing the Reformation. What the treatment would be which
he and the rest of his most reverend and right rev. brethren
might experience at the hands of these gentlemen of the
Tractarian school, when they had matured their projected
plan for " bringing up the refractory bishops," I hope will
long remain matter of conjecture only. They profess they are
not of us : why do they not honestly go out from amongst us ?
(Cheers.) Our holy Zion ought to be at unity within itself, as
well as with itself. We want no false friends to hold con-
verse with the enemy without—no Catalines to remain in the
city, until they have fired and sacked it, and then be off to
their confederates, Manlius and the camp in Etruria. Let
Mr. Newman and his misguided followers depart, and openly
make common cause with Dr. Wiseman and the encamp-
ment at Oscot. Let them fly at once into the gross clasp
of lascivious Rome, but let them no longer trespass on the
patience, abuse the indulgence, and betray the confidence of
their insulted and disowned Reformed Church. (Loud
cheers.) It is worse than the infamy of the heartless cl-
bauchee; who introduces his 'guilty paramour within the
sacred shelter of his maternal roof, polluting, with her pre-
sence and his own the very spot which every generous or
virtuous feeling would have taught him to reverence and re-
spect,—it is worse even than this, for a son and minister of
the Church of England, bound as he ought to be to her by
the powerful bonds of dutiful reverence and filial affection, to
profane the sanctuary, the place where her honour dwelled',
by the introduction of the harlot practices of Mistress Rome
into the chaste and sublime services of our pure and lovely
Catholic mother Church of England. (Great cheering.)
But I dwell on this more from the enormity of the offence
than from any apprehension of danger now to the church
from the faithlessness of some of her children. Our bishops
have spoken out—our own amongst the first. The trumpet
has given neither a low nor an uncertain sound. The
people of England give their practices and their principles
neither sympathy nor support. And so, brethren, let us pray
for them, " If God peradventure may give then repentance
to the acknowledgment of the truth"—and let us be of good
cheer as regards our church and ourselves—for " Her foun-
dltion is upon the holy hill, God loveth the hill of Sion."
After a brief exhortation to be more and more Christians in
deed and in truth, and not in name only, recapitulating the
leading features and mercies of the Gospel of the grace of
God, soliciting their prayers in his own behalf as well as in
behalf of those who were to follow him in the course of suc-
ceeding lectures, the rev. gentleman concluded by invoking
a blessing upon all present—that they might be sanctified'
wholly and preserved blameless unto the coming of the Lord
Jesus Christ.

The. lecture occupied two hours and a quarter in the de-
livery, and was listened to with the greatest attention, inter-
rupted only now and then by bursts of applause.
The Doxology—" Praise God from whom all blessings
flow"—was then sung, and the assembly dispersed shortly
before ten o'clock.

THE LYING MERCURY

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Stu,—ln the Liverpool Mercury of yesterday I perceive the
following statement, under the head, " Price of Provisions at
home and abroad :"
" A man can buy in New York 22 lbs. of flour for 3s. Id.,
whereas in London he would have to pay 85. 3d. for the same
quantity."
Now, very good flour is sold both in Liverpool and London
at 2d. per pound. What, then, must we think of the man
who could propagate to the public so despicable a falsehood
to agitate the minds of the ignorant and to encourage dissen-
sion and opposition to the government. The cause of the
radicals must needs be bad when their principal organ in
Liverpool publishes such a false and slanderous calumny.—
I am, Sir, very respectfully, your most obedient, humble
servant, J. SELBY.
Liverpool, March 51h, 1812.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

15, Lever-street, Manchester, March 5, 1842

SlR,—Permit me to contradict, in the most unqualified
mariner, the report to which you have given circulation
respecting my being the paid agent of the Anti-Corn-Law
League.-1 am, your obedient Servant,
GEO. THOMPSON.
am neither paid, commissioned, nor officially em-
ployed by any anti-corn-law association in the kingdom.
[We readily give insertion to the above disclaimer of Mr.
Thompson; with respect to his having any official connection
with or pay from " any anti-corn-law association," being
perfectly aware that there is a way of managing these matters,
so as to enable the worthy lecturer to satisfy his conscience
whilst thus representing himself to be clean-handed. Di-
rectly, we are bound to believe him, that he derives no pay
from " the league." But will he deny that he derives no
profit from his agitation ? Is he so disinterested as to pay
his own travelling expenses ? is it not a fact that, at South-
ampton, he received a purse of 50 ? And Is it not possible
that from some similar indirect payments in other towns, he
may be as effectually a hired lecturer as if he was in the direct
pay of the Anti-Corn-Law Association of Manchester ?
Mr. Thompson, by the way, having noticed the paragraph'
in our columns to which the above letter is, we presume, in-
tended to be a contradiction, is we think bound to reply to
the charge which we brought against him in the same publi-
cation. Until that charge is satisfactorily met, we do not
really think that any statement of Mr. T. will be received
with much confidence by the public. Perhaps when the
worthy lecturer has done this, we may be able to satisfy him
that we know something of the terms upon which he carries
on his last East India agitation.—E. L. S.]

It has been determined to send the 10th and iSth regiments
forthwith to India.—Naval and Military Gazette.
We have just heard a rumour that her Majesty has it in
contemplation to raise to the peerage a few of our most dis-
tinguished admirals—namely, Sir Robert Stopford, Sir
George Cockburn, and Sir Edward Codrington.---Naval and
Military Gazette.
• - -

FALMOUTH, MARCH 4.—The Trent arrived down at noon,
and will leave to-night at 11 p.m. for the West Indies. The
passengers speak very highly of her sailing qualities. She,
ought to have left this port yesterday at 11 a.m. The Petrel
proceeded this morning for the Brazils,
- -

The Thames Tunnel will be finally opened to the public
about the second or third week in April, when a small toll
will be fixed for passing from one side of the river to the

Sir Robert Peel stated, on Friday night, in the House of
Commons, that the new corn-law scale would come into effect
as soon as the bill was passed into law ; and that the new
mode of taking the averages would have effect six weeks af-
terwards.

SINGULAR CASE.—A singular case, that of Grant and
Grant, came on for hearing in the Court of Bankruptcy, on
Tuesday. The fiat bad been issued fifty-nine years ago.
namely, in 1783. At different periods tile bankrupts had
paid 20s. in the pound, and there still remains a fund in chan-
cery more than sufficient to pay all the interest up to the
present time. The whole of the debts amounted to
£16,415 Is. 3d.

It is with extreme pain that we learned that a genotl,etß,l"
holding a highly responsible situation in the office 1
ntlemair
Pay-
master of Civil Services, has disappeared.
alluded to is Mr. Perkins, one of the Cashiers in theiaid to his
merit above-mentioned. Among other matterisit
of stamps
The e depart-
charge is this : that he procured a large arnoot?
~,000, which
from the Stamp-ollice, to the value, it is saido,net}t'
stamps were intended for receipts for the
in his capacity of cashier, the custom beeinsgamp` Y
necessary to
so receiving should pay the price of thstamt
in
drat - bpye risi ionni
the have been ex-
cover the amount received. All these
pended, Mr. Perkins has made no return It It is a curious
public.
circumstance amount, and
that particular sum is also lost to t
circumstance that Mr. Perkins hadhebleen, for a considerable
-office, a clerk in
time before his removal to the Ytnaster's
Beaumont Smith, of Ex-
the same department with MrP.B
chequer notoriety.— Ob'server.
DR. H ERSCHEL,
srnoNOMEß.—Herschel came
from Germany as the
TurasE A
tCr of a military band, which for
some time remained in Yorkshire ; and, while there, he was
es place
preferred to the orgail in the great church at Hall-
practised as a
ls
recollect that such was his ardour
musk;
for He afterwards removed to Bath, and
teacher of ica;
i i some benefit concert which he gave, he
ann sd I
for discovery, that
had his telescopexed in the window. and was making his
between the acts.-- Gardiner's Music and
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observations

I;'rAjel.BTlWlTiEs.
friendshiP you it is absurd to lend money to a man whose
are desirous to preserve. It is absurd for an
infidel to tell you to abandon your Bible ; tell him you will
will
do so when hebring you a better book. It is absurd
to exhibit violent passion in your family, foaming and fret-
ting at every little annoyance that may cross you, and at the
same time expect them to be placid. It is absurd, if you
have half a dozen children, all of different dispositions and
capacities, to give them all the same education, with the ex-
pectation that they will all shine in the same sphere. it is
absurd not to go tubed when you are sleepy because it is not
a certain hour. It is absurd to see a man professing Christ-
ianity bristling up with auger twenty times a day like a
hedgehog. It- is absurd to suppose that a Leghorn bat,
loaded with flowers, will cure the headache. It is absurd to
suppose that a gold watch will cure the consumption.—
Boston Transcript,

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