Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-01-10
ITO be confinued.)
" LET THERE BE LIGHT.

"LET THERE BE LIGHT
The London Quarterly Reviewfor April,
contains an interesting article on the state
of Ireland. We refer to it for some facts
showing that religious agitation within, pre-
walls as much as political agitation, without.
The Roman Catholic Priests feel the inhu.
ence Of the same light which is breaking
in upon their focks. Some have ntimated
that they saw no harm in reading the Bible
and others have gone so far as to tell their
people from the pulpit, that they expected
10 find in each house New Testament al
their next visitation. The doubts and d.
visions which have arisen among the cler.
gy ofthat communion are so remarkable
that they have attracted no ordinary share
of public attention. Thus the Rev. DR..
Croly says, in his Essay on Ecclesiastical
Finance.
"Thc differences as to the exact nature
of the Sacrament, or its invisible contents,
turn principally on metaphysical questions
relating 10 certain attributes Of matter, call
ed substance and accident. The dispute
concerning Papal jurisdiction is more a
question Of Church discipline than of faith.
The common notion people entertain OF in.
fallibility is, that whatever IS taught and
presented by the Church is conlormable to
truth and divine revelation. This notion
cannot be correct, for the people are taught
through the medium of individuals, who
may and do inculcate many errors and su-
perstirions. This infallibility should be sup
posed to extend to whatever is embodied
in religion by Church authority. Yet this
is not the case. TO prove which, it is suf-
ficient to refer to the Roman Brevlary, the
Office Book of the Secular Clergy, which
contains old womon's tales in abundance. J"
PIP. l4-ls.
1t seems that the doctrine of the realpres-
cuce in the Eucharist, begins to be consld-
cred nothing more than metaphysical cues.
lion relating to certain attributes of matter
that the Papal jurisdiction is not absolute
ly matter of faith-and that the infallibli-
tv of the Church is questioned upon the
very same grounds with which Protestants
assail it. Such heresy as this has scarcely
been known in that Church since certain
monk, by the name of Martin Luther, first
inveighed against Popish indulgences.
This, however, is but trifle compared
with the letter which the Rev. Michael Crot-
ty addressed to DR.. Murray, titular Arch
bishop of Dublin. The letter bears date,
Birr. Dec. 1885, from which we copy the
following extract, containing sentiments
eminen,ly heretical in the view of every
staunch Catholic, bred up under the olden
time system.
"My cousin and have resisted and with
stood the encroachmen;s Of prerogatlve.
We have combated in support of the peo-
ple's rights we have battled in the cause
ofpure and genuine Christianity; we have
struggled against the inroads ofoPulent op.
preston, and opposed the exercise of Po-
pish tyranny and despotism. We have
abolished the worship Of saints and images,
and the abominable superstitions ofthe soap
ular. We have put an end to the anti
christian system Of the clay morey, which
was gross imposition on the creduIity and
simplicity of the multitudc-an absurd per-
version Of religion and common sense; we
have exploded most nefarous custom,
generated by clerical avarce, and perPetu.
atcd by the tyranny and despotlsm OF the
priests. We have scourged the clerical
denominations of the diocese Of klllaloe upon
the vicarious back of dwelling and inca
pable administration. We have kept our
ground in Birr during the ten years of the
most unrelcntng persecution recorded in
the annals of either ancient and modern
times, against the power and influence OF
the Papal Acknowledgements the persecu-
ton Of the Wing government: We have
enlarged the views, liberalized the minds,
expanded the ideas and elevated the char
acters of the Roman Catholics OF the town
and parish of Birr, and rescued them from
the dregs of popcry and superstition. The
times in which VIC live, my Lord, are big
with pnrcn'ci< cycnrs. There IS spirit