The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-30

OF CIvIl ana ECCLESIASTICAL ROVER IN the IOVerh-
ments of the Middle Ages" was delivered last
night in the Tabernacle, Broadway. The attend
ance was quite large upon the occasion OF the
first lecture; but although the Lecturer spoke
with more emphasis and effect, the auditory APP
peared colder. The lecture, nevertheless, was
well received-so well, indeed, that Mr. Cheever
was easily persuaded to deliver third In connec-
ton with the same fruitful topic. Bishop Hughes
has thus brought upon his head not only terrible
mass of defamation, but body OF research
enough to appal and bear down any controver-
sialist Of ordinary muscle. But in these days,
when clerical gladlatorship is so fashionable, we
do not know what deep and desperate polemics
some champion hitherto unknown to fame in this
way may not have yet in store for the amusement
of the dearpubc. Cheever's lectures are to be
published this morning when the sparks which
they contain here and there will doubtless light
upon the infammabe finder of some enthusiastic
follower of Bishop Hughes-may be the Bishop
himself will take fire. Who knows!
The usual forms of opening the meeting having
been gone through,
Mr. CHEEyER presented himself at the desk and he
received with degree of warmth The first point of
interest which he addressed himself refutation of
the statement put forth by Bishop Hughes that to
the despotsm Of the church in the middle ages owed
whatever we possessed Of civil liberty. The comment
upon this assertion was that If looked the pages
of history should find that the world owed to the des
potsm of the Church of Rome what 1t had
Of preatica and ecclesiastical tyranny. If the original
mind Of the bishop led him to make such discoveries
this those who DOUBTED were compelled to follow him into
history they could not help it was as natural as that
the animals which wished to enter therein should follow
the Ark. He (lr. Checver) therefore, not to be
the middle ages that # the bishop Instructed us in
the use Of Eliminating thunder we ought to have a
guide book to the consequences of the explosion -
He however to the conclusion that such thunder
such bomb shells were much better suited to the dark
ages than to If Bishop Hughes led to the Of
the Giant Pope and told to observe the footsteps Of
civil liberty coming out Of it, and upon looking
rowy found many footsteps going in but none return
ing and that the cave itself vast catacomb Of dead
mems bones, sure he that very wise in tell
ing Bishop Hughes we would put our liberty where
else for safe keeping Il Bishop Hughes told us it
to the genuine repubcanism Of the people, but the
very great aversion Of the Church Of Rome the union
of Church and State that we owed our liberty would
tell him in reply that our native repubcanism was quite
good enough for that-and we did not wish to have
veins opened for thepupose of such ingredient being
injected into them Our tree of liberty stood naked
tree at all events it did spring from the
OF hierarchal desPosm, nor could it flourish under
any of its dark shadows. We found and felt the
effect of its dark shadows, however where its bale.
full gloom was most perncious namely, in the public
schools for the education of children--where
they kept out not only the elements of pure historical
TRUTH but the light of heaven but long the
try stood so long would have these things in
puDhc schoOS-mpartlal history and the OF God.
Cheers) Before he proceeded further he wished, in
sentence to correct amisapprehension entertained in the
minds of some OF the audience at the last lecture when he
presented school books to their attention
was supposed by some that the work of expurgaton
was restricted to the Roman Catholic schools The fact
extended through all the public schools in this
city was not only the Romish schools which had the
passages he had before read backened and expuged but
even into our Protestant schools the brush of the genius
oil fearless non-concealment in the Romsh Church had
been brought Cheers) The next topic taken up by Mr.
Cheever was an investigation of the alliance between the
Church andstate On this subject the Rev gentleman
followed the stream of history from the
S hss who united in him
thority He made himself by law the supreme head Of
the church upon earth authority which Christ alone
possessed and from that period to be traced the mix
ture OF spiritual and temporal power which had continued
with little interruption for than fourteen centuries
To this be traced all the evils the world had felt
but it alliance which could not have taken place
not the church before that period began to assume
some characteristics of worldly hierarchy The mode
in which the church prepared described to be in
the setting out of diocesan divisions assisting in the poll
teal defence of the empire the erection of judiciary
galising the courts created their position and authority
He created in fact new worldly power by consolidate
and the idea Of separation between the two had been ot
sight OF and forgotten slice by European nations
ne contended that at no subsequent time had
the Romish Church the union between Church
and State except 1t for the purpose of arrogang to
herself all power in bothwhen she said am the State
and from me all temporal, well spiritual power
flows" She denounced the union except so far
It essened her own power. She always maintained it, If
thereby she increased her power and she only repuda
papacy as the Capitalization of all power and desposm
and declared that when civil and ecclesiastical power
nous oppression and crime This was most
instructive historical fact In fact the union of the
compound bowpPe of despotism, which burnt every
hing Having exhausted this branch of the subject Mr.
Cheevsr referred to an admission Of Bishop Hughes
racterized the Church of Rome an historical
accident" 1t was singular accident, he remarked,
which took fifteen hundred years in happening
and which was still happening every day. But, added
the Bishop God had ordered the affairs Of the world diff
erenty for 800 syears this accident would have hap
pened Inherently. Acute reason The next land fourh
great principle forming part of the Rev. gentlemans
ply to Bishop Hughes had reference to the employment
Of civil penalties by the Church of Rome the compul
sion of conscience in religious things in which of course
the INCLUSION passed under review This branch
like the others treated historically, the facts cited
being considered as the dreadful results of the alliance
between the civil and ecclesiastical hierarchy II is
necessary to mention the and
lures to which the Rev lecturer reerred he accused all
sects oil resortng to them except the Quakers On the
subject OF accommodation he especially eloquent;
| and he contended that if the Romish Church had
the power at this day, she would exercise the same
prosecuting spirit which had always distinguished her
Part of the oath taken by all her Bishops Here.
les schismatcs, and rebels against aforesaid Lord
THE Popel andhs SUCCESSORS will to the utmost Of my
prosecute and oppose" The entire oath would be
cusion, he commended he justified in calling her a.
this day prosecuting church, because she would not
modify any oil her doctrines. and her Bishops
ponsible not to the people here, but to Rome
An animated speroration on Christianity closed
| the lecture.
MISS GJERTz's CONCERT OF LAST EVENING
This talented young lady gave her first concert last
evening at the Washington Hotel, and fully sus-
tanned the reputation of being superior pianist
which she had acquired at Knoops and Ole Bulls
concerts. Her style bears the stamp of Kalkbren-
ners method, which leaves knocking and tours d.
farce of the wrist to the worshippers of the modern
eccentric school, and confines itself merely to the
fingers, as Beethoven and Hummel did. There
was much originality in Miss Gjertzs conception
Of the different pieces she chose, and although she
played them all beautifully, we give the palm to
The first. Mr.. Rapetti and Madame Otto acquitted
themselves of their respective ,norccaur with their