Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-10-18

| address mysefto you; aud call apon you in
virtue of my office and vocation as a priest, MS
German teacher, on behalf of the teachers of
the people, on behalf Of the German nation on
behalf of christianity, 10 put end to the unho.
! ly exhibition of this sacred coat, To Withdraw at
once the vcsture from the sight of man, and to
rnnke our scandal no greater than it is Know
! you not-ns bishop You must know il--lhat the
| founder Of the Christlan religion b'Qnca he'd to
his disciples aud followers, not his coat but his
spirit His coat, Bishop Arnoldi of Ireves, be-
/ longs To his executioncrs. Know you nol-as
bishop YOU must know it--ihat Christ taught
God as spirit, and he who worships Ham mu-,
worship Him in the spirit and IN truth Aud
! he may he worshipped everywhere, no, merely
at Jerusalem in the temple, not only at Trevrs
! in the presence ofthe holy coat The zealous
and otl''ndcd pastor goes on To state that tho
Christians cf the apostolic times, and OF the fir,
three centuries PRINTED neither an image nor
n relic-and of the latter they must have had
many--n their churches, and i, was not until
the 18th or llth century that the sound and
| healthy mind Of the German people suffered it.
self to he charmed by the Cru ;a,es into de.
grading nGoration Of relics. Ronge denies that
the bishop has had The good Of Christianity q,
| heart in his unsecmlv exhibition for, if this
were the case he says, 'how must your con-
science be loaded with double guilt. for ha.
wing held back from suffering mankind this sa-
/ crcI yec,urn until ,Lo vpar nf rrocn aud
is it not most unpardonable. too, that you should
receive offerings Of money from hundred Of
/ thousands Of pilgrims-you, Bishop of Trcves,
! from the starving population Of uur land--ynu.
! who saw few weeks ago, absolute want dri.
wing hundreds of miserable wrr,chcs 10 insur.
| rection and death, Do no, allow yourself to
/ be deceived by the nockng of the crowds. or
believe that willis; thousands of cre1ulons Ger.
mans are hurrying to Trevrs. millions are not
stricken with deep.nbhorrcncc and bitter sor-
row. Sorrow and wrath are full to overfowing
/ not amongst one party or sno'her-not in
this rank or in that but with every party, and
in every rank, and chiefly with them whom
your conduct most sggrievcs-,he Catholic
priesthood Justice ovcrtakes you sooner than
You expect The historian hns alrnady taken
his pen, that he may consgn tho name Of Ar.
no,dl to the contempt of this and future ngcs.
and to mark him on his pages as the Tc,zeI OF
the 10Th century, Ronge concluded his iul.
pas.ioned address with few words To his teitow
citizens and 10 his brctlcrn of the priesthood,
, bidding them no longer be silent, hut to stsnd
forth and prove themselves true aud tairlltiii
disciples of Christ
The positions assumed hy Roncn upon tho
! subject Of the 'holy coat was uuch in ac
! cordance with the spirit al the age. that the
/ Protcs,ants vt Gcrmany at cncc took part with
! him The fact that he only msde war against
such an,uuatd and i!I.,imcd portions oi the dis.
! cipline ot Rene [wlkout striking al sincc
dcc,rinc rf the church, as were generally ac.
know lodged by the parish priesthood 10 ha Sc.
rous evils aud draw backs upon the spresd o.
practical Christianity, also commanded their
cympa,hy. and thro' them, the feelings Of The
mass OF the Catholic population oi Germany !;
hia writings have made taeir way to Bob a,
and occas un much distress To .hr Austrian 90
veinmpnt Their influence forms now one ~
The grra, facts Of the dav, commanding the IN.
tercst and attention, no, merry of ;hcolog'ans
but politicians.
At first, the dflcron, Catholic governments of
Europe treated him with no attention fancy ing
that his orris would suon cease, and that the
history Of the excitement he created would be-.
come bit scven days wonder in the memory
the people The troubles in Sniizcrand and
France upon the suhiec, Of the lesni's, howe.
yer, have stimulated the public mud to clmost
as great drgrre, and have. of cnursr, power.
fully assisted Honae 10 keep up the excitement
in Prussi..-The combination Of these three
in Catholic Europe has al length aroused her go
yernnen,s To sense Oi danger, and they be rim
10 combat with Rongc and his followers cvpry.
where, by persecution aud coa'umr'y, denying
him the privilege OF preaching in the churches,
and going so faras to punish the school children
for stopping and gazing at his picture in the
windows oflhe prin, shops of Leipsic. Austria
has also taken nrms, and has counselled the O.
,her Catholic German States to use the most
summary and violent means to put down the
new reformation. Among the most conspicu.
ous Of the prosecutors of Ronge, is sad to be
Prince John, most ultra and bguted Catholic.
No man is born nobler than another, snys