Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-07-15

For Ihs Palladium
VINO ARE THE EPiSC0PALIANS.

The true Church commenced from tho day that
man became obedient TO the manife-ta tons OF
the divine will, and has from tho beginning OF
tho world embraced ell those who have cleared
God and worked righteousness" ii has sPurned
with adherence the limits which man would pre- !
scribe TO it, il has with a high and holy hand set
at nouaht the pharisaism Of every eye, az bias
phsmy, and IN abomination; il has cast INTO ou-
ter darkness those whom men would have TO be
IN @ children Of the kingdom; It has drawn to its
bosom The poor ou,cast from the eclesiasical fold
Of haugh,insss and bigotry;i il has extended its
wings over all time aud over oil nations, kndreds,
tongues and people, over dreary hills and fertile
wales, over the prophe, as well as apostle, over
tho shepherd and the king, over the continuing
son and the returning prodIgal over the contrite
aduitress and tho penten, ,hief,-every where,
wherever an obedien, soul has been found, the
church has said, Lo an here.
But who are the Epscopalians7 They pre-
tend to have started up abcu, 1900 years ago;
and after q certain king getting vexed with the
pope concluded to fix up church for himself; Ind
20 putting his machinery Of bells and bishops and
waters and strong drink and costly edrfices IN
sa,i.lact tory ORDER no made his church Of epis
copalians. And for fear it's foundation was rah>
er sandy he es,ablished them by lat0; and called
them tho church Of England, not the church Of
Christ But oven after this he seemed to be
doubtful whether tho thing could stand alone;
and so he told tho people ono and oil TO come for
ward and hold i, up with tiihes; and if they
didn't he would certainly put them in prison. or
take AWAY from them goods enough TO keep up
his church; nsd SO the thing has ssen ProPpsd up,
down to tho present day. II you dom, go and
~bao he eli hnu
and take something from you to feed them with
for at all hazards his essdblishment must DO kepi
Up.
Tho Same people were once under the father
ly care Of tho Pope; bu, when the king conclu
ded to Do Pope himself. he changed the name of
his sheep from catholics TO episcopaans.
We'll, after awhile, the old king died; and then
somebody rscollected that tho lows had Abra
ham for their father: and The Romanists had Pc
ter for their fa,her,--cvery body seemed to have
a father except bas,ards and tho church OF Eng
land; and 80 he Sc, his hands and head to work
among . parcel. OF musiy records, TO find out IT
Ep,soopaliuns hadn't a father .lso. And after a.
while no thought he could trace the gensalogy
back 10 the apostle John; howbei., il his finger
had no, slipped away from the right limo, and II
had'ot boon for the Mans Of the thing, tho true
apostle Judas.
And now that ihsy have got father, they are
az proud Of it a. the Jews were when the proph-
Of rebuksd them: "Say not unto yourselves, o
have Abraham TO our father; for verify say un-
10 you that God is able Of these stones to RAISE
I'D children unto Abraham" And what di3 Je.
sus think Of this pharisacal boast Of lneal de-
scenti Ls, us hear: 81 know said he, chat
70 arc Of the seed Of Abraham" What then
Did no tell them they were Jews. because they
wsro Jews ouiwardlyf Did no acknowledge to
them that e,hers were not Jews. though they were
Jews inwardlys No such hing: but notwilh-
standing your carnal geneaiogy, aye arc of your
father the depl, and the luss Of your father will
70 do. Ho was a murderer from the beginning. y
The voice of the Head of the church which
was from the foundation Of the world is purer
than the voice OF the upstart. mcrcenary church
which the exnsperated w,fe-repudiating, cruel.
yes, bloody king of England set up, and |, has
said, "they are not all Israel that are of Israeli"
and "though they are Of the seed of Israel, they
are no, all children" And to the hungry, the
meek the conirte soul in every situation, il has
said: "ths promise is not to tbs seed of Aora-
ham through the Iar; but through the righteous.
ness Of faith"
II tn. eclesia trrl hadias which thus pratend
10 monopoize the means OF salvation, do not IN
herit the bloodess hands tho faith, power and pu-
ri,y of the apostles; If the voice Of oppression is
heard within their walls; if haughtness, osten'a-
ton and the power Of kings and parliaments, have
taken the place of meeknes., simplicity and the
power Of God; in vain do they appeal to their ia
bles Of consecutive bishops, and to their concate
nation with the holy fishermen and ten,makers OF
former day.
The ass could claim some resemblance TO the
lion. because he had clothed himself IN his Skin ;
bat in king Henry's church where do We see the
alluring meekosss of Tho lamb. and hear the
mlidnsss OF its vocef Though that church
should strive to cover itself with Sleeps clothing.
ITS voice will prove to Do that Of q raving wolf.
1t is cot gsnsalogies, nor lnsal descent, nor