Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-21
BISHOP CHAsES LETTER.

OHiNcu S'ateS MS prclate has ads
dressed the annexed letter TO one Of his
hother Bishops on the subject of Ro
mdnism.
Ally yERY DEAR BRoruER
am glad To hear Of your health, and
10 be assured Of your kindness towards
one so unworthy as nv self have
had so little correspondence Of late with
my brethren, the Bishops of the Ameri>
can Church, that tender word from
any one Of them affects mo almost 10
tears; much more am | moved with
pleasing emotions, whom addressed in
this way by one whom esteem 50 high
ly as Yourself
| rejoice to be made acquainted with
your sentiments with regard 10 Roman
ism. | perceive that the memory Of the
past serves 10 guide your opinions and
practice for the present and the futu re
The bloody pages whereon are written
the names of our suffering ancestors,
are not, | thank God, obliterated by the
soPhlstry of modern apologies for the
Church OF Rome. la your sentiments
on this subject entirely concur. But
never forgetting what Rome hath done.
we wall be guarded agai nSt her insiiious
wiles TO effect our destruction IN future
am shocked al the sentiment (surely
1t must DO In a small circle) that il is
policy TO approach as near as we can
with safety TO the doctrines and usages
OF the Church Of Rome. Such persons
surely are not aware tina; Rome is
precipice including the gulph that is
beneath her. God grant tha. we may
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the Lords chariot ut a distance from
her! To illustrate the full meaning of
the expression, beg leave to rela'e the
following story.
A certain king, ist and merciful to
his subjects, once published his wishes
10 hire an experienced and trusty coach,
man. Muny appeared, all being most
solIcItous for the appointment.
The whole kingdom was mountainous
1t was therefore al indispen sable item
In their examination that the appointed
coachman should be skilled in avoiding
PrcciPices. The question was, How
near can you drive TO the roads edge
with safety TO the coach and passengers?
One:said he could do so within the dis
tance of a foot, another said he could do
1t within half that Observation-Disclosures,
more bold, exclaimed that he knew SO
much and was so good a driver as to
need no more than one barley corn of
space between his whirling wheel and
the GrightCul precipice. This, is brave,
indeed, said the king, but what security
will you give me that your skill in dri
wing VIII not fail Us in time Of peril?
To this the man made no reply; when
turning round with anxious look, the
eyes OF his majesty were met by those
OF modest well experienced youth,
sparkling with loyalty and faith fitness.
And what will you do, said the king, If
] appoint you 10 this imTo rtant ofiicei
Do! may 1t please your majesty will
try and do my dIty in preserving your
majesty and household, by keeping the
royal carriage as far from the precipice
as possible. 1t need not be added that
prudence and faithfu!ncss were prefer
red to vaPorlng temeriiy.
1t is said that approximations 10 Rome
are innocent. Not so. IL is a sin TO
think Of Rome's idolatrous practices
without adherence. These regard as
our Lord taught US TO estimate another
sin of which II is shame 10 speak -
Rome is so polluted as TO de- ecrate a
chaste and we'll disciplined mind. To
look upon her with complacency is the
adultery Of the heart Of Which the Saw
Iour speaks. From this sin, at this time
we have the greatest reason to pray in
The language OF our Liidny, Good Lord
deliver US
Again, Ii is said that we do not study
RomanIsm enough. She has truths as
we'll as errors in her creed. This is
not denied. Nor is il denied that there
arc ingredients Of pure nourishment ia
the poisoned loaf. But whoever thought
Of aualyZlng at every meal the bread
that has poisoned its thousands2 Must
we now stop TO learn the process Of an
arithmetic long since understood? Must
we be stlgmatIZed as uulearned because
we do not keep the horn book Of papal
corruption before our eyes? II is long
and hard lesson that cannot be learned
in three hundred years. II is a blind
eye that cannot Distinguish plain sen
fences when the letters ure written in
blood. The history Of tho English mar
tyrs shows that this remark is not irrev.
alent. The same may be said Of that
relating 10 the Protcstants IN France
The revocation Of the Edici Of Nautz
(which was a solemn covencnt made by
the highest earthly authority with the
PrOtestauts, and b.Oken az the command
Of the Church OF Rome) included in / q
train the murder Of more than million
OF souls. Only one night heard the dy.
ing crowns OF many thousands, all slain