The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-14 00:00:00

PAPISTS ARE NOT CATHOLICS

To Mcsars. I3IRKETT and SHAND, Town Councillors.
GENTLEMEN,—As a member of the Established Church,
permit me to thank you publicly, through the press, for the
distinguished stand you made in council on the sth instant,
against the arrogant assumption of the Romanists, who con-
tinue to persist in styling themselves Catholics, though nei-,
ther history nor revelation affords them any claim to be so
designated. 'Were it merely a matter of courtesy, that could
be conceded without injury to the Christian church and the
eternal interests of the poor deluded adherents of the Papacy,
I for one would feel pleasure in doing so, as no Christian
would willingly wound the feelings of any one ; but, alas !
gentlemen, this cannot be done, for many reasons, one o f
which, from your elevated position in society, you may not
be aware of; permit me, therefore, to bring it under your
notice. It is this—the use made by the priests, on the minds
of their ignorant followers, of the words " Holy Catholic
Church "in the Apostles' Creed. Examine any of the lowelr
orders, however ignorant, and you will soon find wl“'tti:',nl
impregnable barrier it presents to the reception of
truth. •." Sure yer honor believes in the ' Holy eof
Church,' and are not we that same ? " is the substanc .
h to consi-
der reasoning ; and, brought up from their youth to i_riion
der the argument unanswerable, they only look wtn"
of the
on those who would attempt to convince theo
this, may be
con-
trary. And how well aware the priests me of ,
0, the Ho-
, presumed from the perusal of one of the
work
triumphant
CChargolic
manist Bishop Milner, wherein he adduces
ehurch, that if a
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argument of the universality
liitei twhoeukldin
bge-
stranger came into London,oofr tal;Y-o-i
dom, and asked for a Catholic place
instantly directed to a mass-house. te.
then, adhere strictly to
Controversy.") Let Protestants,
This only can overcome
the truth, and call Popery PoPeroYu's assumption of Popish
the pertinacious and miscbiev ofr,t7ireiosri‘rsitheiliwipine,r,s
~
priests.
Trusting to my motive for pardon for the liber

taken in addressing
gyeennhewen, your obedient servant
I remain, PIIILO-JUSTI'IIA

icr,.—On Sunday last, as a number
°":ssrelmbled on the 'Mill Pool, Birmingham,
of}.)ecrcsionnr wT'esreof ,kaiting, the ice suddenly broke, and five
for the purposteun
r ately were precipitated into the water, when
un„tbs-got out alive. The other four never again onlyrm-
of theomne
pearrd. On the same afternoon, another young man
w;is
on an adjoining pool; and on the following day a youth,
c
dust had completed his apprenticeship, was drowned,
%lohsot
skaiting_o A
on the reservoir in the same neighbourhood.
1-1
INFAMOUS Ax.-- letter appeared in the Morning
Post of Monday, announcing a dreadful accident at Combe
Down, near Bath. It was stated that a whole village, with
its beautiful new church, school-honse, &c., were buried in
the earth, owing to the workmen, in a quarry beneath, not
having undermined with sufficient care. The village was
visited by numerous spectators ; but the miscreant who for-
warded the letter has not been discovered. A name was at-
tached to it, which turns out to be a forgery.
Tits Ists•—At Cobberley, near Cheltenham, is a atroam
called the Seven Springs, said to be the highest source of the
river Thames ; near this spot is generally to be met an old
woman ready to point out to the curious the supposed source.
Whilst the old lady was attending a party she was asked if it
were clear that the stream had any connexion with the Isis?

" Ices !" exclaimed the dame, " nothing to do with that ;
the water never freezes, and I will tell you for why—you may
put a snowball or a piece of ice in the water, aid it always
melts directly 4"

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