Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-11-23

ngregatlonallStS, PTesDyterlanS,
Baptists, Methodists, Lutheran, and
the Dutch Reformed Church. He
said 500 Catholics had been "con-
perted," under the auspices of their
society. He gave some statistics,
showing the proportion of Catholics
TO Pedestrians in this country and
Europe-exhibited the Holy Wafer,
Rosary, an ivory priest in his con-
fessional, and the taper which lights
the departed soul through the dole
ful glens of Purgatory. He spoke
of the Papal pretensions to intalli6il-
ity, the intolerant and oppressive
character of the priests, and of the
superstition and idolatry of their vic
Tins. This would all have been
well enough in itself, if there had not
been an assumption on the part of
the lecturer, that there was less fault
with the sects and clergy who man
age the society which he represented
that there are among them, no
claims to intallibility-that they do
not claim to be the true church of
Christ-that they are not idolatrous,
covctous and intolerant. He did not
tellh audience that to be excommun-
icated from his church, is to be hurl-
ed over, outside the walls ofthe New
Jerusalem. He did not tell US that
no man, even in his own church, can
be priest, unless the solemn diUincs
license and ordain him-that no man
can be minister of Christ, unless
hands are laid on him, mot of the
Pope to be sure,) but then divines'
hands. Now Isuppose divinity glides
from the smooth hand Of a Protest
ant priest into the head Of the or
dained, in the same manner, as it
does into the Holy Wafer, from the
hands of the ghostly Father, as he
CALCULATES, "Hoc-corpus dcum'! But
is not that wafer, as really the body
of Christ, as the bread and wine of
Professionalism. Our lecturer did not
tell US that all those sects which
manage his horse, hire priests topper
form worship for their souls-that
the priests won't do it unless they
pay them for it, although they say,
"woe unto us if we preach not
and then they won't, unless the peo-
pile will make a !" House of God" for
them-and go into it on holy day
They will not allow people to wor-
ship in Gods vast temple-the uni
verse, consecrated by His universal
presence, and lighted with His glory
-nor in the Temple of the Holy
Ghost, whereat whose affairs we all
arc priests, ordained by Him. This
would upset their "ofice,'' and
make solitary their House of God"
! The lecture was closed, and friend
Brown passed round for contribu-
tons. He asked me for my mite.
but l refused TO aid his nefarious
project. / then rose to STATE my rea
sons for opposing his scheme. He
very graciously moved that | magh
haze the " privilege" Of stating the rea
sans of my refusal Of has request; but
had not spoken two minutes, befor'
: he interrupted me, and broke UP tn
: meeting. e knew that my reas
Ions would show his scheme to b
hypocritical, priestly and devilish
He is priest himself, and dares nc
/. face free discussion. He cowere,
$ like a culprit under it.
!. Having shown the principle, @
: basis of the popular Protestar
!, churches TO be identical with that {
: the Catholic church, | wish brief
! to show that it is less humane, NOR
: bloody and murdeious in its spiri
: 1t banished the Baptists from Mas
+ achusetls, slit the tongues of ii
! :, Quakers, cropped their ears an
: hung them-it hung and browne
the "Salem witches"-it has licen
:, ed, baptized, and consecrated war
- it cherishes the spirit of the Amer
~ can Revolution, and has canoniz
its chief hero-it hangs and impri
Ir, ons its enemies whom chrisliani
- enjoins US to lore and forgiue-it b
murdered all bot small remnar
- an entire race ofinnocent and frien
r ly people-it has swept them aw;
= in a whirlwind of fiery spray-it h
- plundered aforeign land of Its peac
81 able inhabitants, and brought the
- into hopeless perpetual slavery
NC has ordained thieves, robbers, adj
=. terers, and murderers, to preach
ne the name of Christi has conferr