Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-03-31

Gone TO CHvacn.-Bishop Hughes Of the Holy
Catholic Church, 1--WE Catholics are all devilsh hey)
breaches at st. Peters Church tomorrow, at the usual
hour. This prelate is an excellent preacher. he 70
the Massillon Of the American Catholic Church. ana
has all the Osctisn Of his great prototype. kenaed
and Intellectual females particularly the Methodsts
are always charmed with the good Bishops as
courses-Doctor Power for the savage sinners IN
breeches, but the Bishop for sweet female saints In
bib and tucker. / say the Methodsts, because, SIN
gular though il be- there is great resemblance be-
tween the religious sentiments-net the speculative
points Of fah-but in the feelings characteristic
of the Catholics and Methodlss.
Letus talk on this delicious subject as feel par
ticularly pious this morning.
John Knox arose in half civilized age, when they
nsuted and teazed the beautiful Mary Of Scotland
merely because she was beauty and woman.
KNOX was man of strong but hard, masculine, half
civilized feelings He communicated the same for
bidding feature 10 the Presbyterans, which, in part
they retain to this day except great many Of the
lovely saints who visit Doctor Springs Church. be-
cause they have infused into the yterans of that
assembly, degree Of civilization, federation, modera-
tien and other ++*atons which place them toleraby
high in the scale of modern refinement. Doctor
Brownlee the only real Presbyterian antique of the
age; and il is singular too, because individual
he is the most amiable and tolerant of men, but when
he gets into the pulpit and hears mention made Of
the Pope then he looks at once like my Aunt Debo-
rahs tom cat, when fat little mouse crosses his
track to the pantry.
Nimporte, the Methsdsts are altogether different
Wesley and Whitfield were thrown upon the great
of time, at period of intellectual refinement
when the original doctrines of Saviour in relation
to the equality of the sexes had begun to influence
manners, and to elevate the position of woman in the
social system. To their peculiar doctrines of Chris
tianty they gave a c,loring hue, ray ofroman,ic
sentiment which invests the Methodists with some of
those beautiful tnts that only be paraeIed in the
physical world during the rising Of the sun at Rocka
way, his setting, over the blue hills of New err
sey.
like the Methedsts because they have more ro-
nance, and sentiment and love, and Affection and
heart and SOUL about their religion, than the Presby-
terans The latter have more speculation, logic,
soning and werd-chopping- heart in religion
heart heart is every thng-logic little or nothiAg-
as Five Points loafer would say, damned nom
sense"
Now so it is with us venerable Catholics. When
we lest our temporal, modern power-when his Ho-
ness was, by the Reformation, cut down to his great
toe had 90 back to the real foundation OF an
cient Christianity the heart and affections and take
new departure. This is the foundation of our reli.
gion in these latter days. Each of us-at least do
believe Just as much Of eur numerous m ysteries as
we think necessary for salvaton-but, like the atfec
tomato Methodsts all agree that love is the foun
dation Of every thing religious, pioss, moral, good
and heavenyin this world or the next
Ga this old principle revived, the good Bishop
Hughes is burning and a shining light. He will
preach tomorrow, and will be really worth hearing.
have idea of going myself just to take posses
sion of my pew-but if should not, the ladies can
have the use of it and wecorie. The music alone is
sufficient TO draw a crowd of believers.