The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-11

you make free to read and judge the Scriptures II
you tie down to the thirty nine articles the
| homilies. to the Westminster confession What
Kind Of freedom is that The freedom you pro-
claimed invitso me to desert the Catholic Church in
order TO put my neck under yoke which you have
framed for me-. You give with one hand and take away
with the other Prstestsntism therefore IL In contra
dicon with tss and cannot exist Hence is that sill
these persons who have gone in the direction Of
and all those who, denying authority and seeing and
feeling the necessity OF IT, come one BY one into the
principle has followed Protestsntism everywhere.
1t Is like the blood In the human system. 1t
springs from the heart Of Professionalism, and fol-
| lows IL everywhere; hence the humber of sects--
they cannot be enumerated but all Of them jus-
fed In their character by the very first principle Of
the association to which they belong And here, also,
Professionalism hsslost all power the OF
| kind 1t has lost the capacity to preserve
any doctrines of it's own, that 1t 10 psrslysed and
powsriess IL has lost all central force and because
1t conscious of this tact from the beginning you
will Observe that in instance 1t has attached is
self TO the State The Professionals have land Of tree
dom except these United States, and here they have
the Kind % freedom Of which of the advocates OF
other country it is a department Of State You may
speak Of it's bishops Its ministers and Its digutsries
which the minister or king puts in its mouth. Have
not proof Of that In England have not q
dispute the other day, between presbyter and his
bishop about the of the Of baptism
doctrine which settled by Christ 500 years ago
decided by the judge the bench that dispute the
contrary he opposed by the Archbishop there
was the Archbishop. the Bishop, and the presbyter
processing to be protestants and yet they could
nnd what the doctrine Of baptism was, until
made known to them by civil officer
the Judge on the bench In every country but
which the civil law speaks TO It, 1t does to the OIL
GERS OF ths army sndinavy Again you speak Of its
il succeed! We hear Of missionaries going
with high hopes Of converting pagan natives
ana holding, Ton board ship, conventions to
certain what kind of doctrines to present to the
heather. We have seen missionary leave the coun-
How could Ss tho On 1y1 IS P
who are eentradicting each other Add even where
this i not the they have contouuled the Juig
ment of the pagans from the fact that, being Pro-
tsstants they must commence by ssyiEE hat our
Saviour established a church. which, at,er nfteen
hun dred years failed aud that they came to renew it.
How quick viii The heathen with the perez ption of
uatrr .a.,nt say, what confidence can place in
T... church OF the author Of Christianity failed
I.... Itism has no body of doctrines. 1t has
..Ira. ua Intellect com plete system BY which
Gould he brought into association of a religio Gus
.nd Pretests ntsm stili numbers perhaps 6fty nil.
lions Of men, many Of them the most enlightened
and the best educated In the werd Yet under the
happy auspices OF the first principle Of Protesa ntsn
ana II Go would make known what were their speci-
&c creeds il is probable that not ten out of tae whole
number could be found on all points TO have the same
belief in regard to the substance and details OF the
Christian religion On the ether hand the Catholics
number two hundred millions, all over the globe from
the rising TO the setting OF the SUM- and rnu no risk
in stating that OF these two hundred millions there
could be found ten that disagreed regard %
revelations of the Son of God There other
to which might refer II time allowed In every |
country IL is used As State engine, and here where
II is not used, will perceive the excesses and
fsnstacisms into which It rams. what Is New England
now! 1t Is . land Of scepticism The very pulpits
erected for the purpose of preaching the doctrine ef
the Trinity have been used for preaching against the
divinity Of the Son Of Goa You persons declaring
they expect see greater than Jesus Christ and
you see women, the sex much honored by God |
holding conventions, and quarrelliDg about vomau's
and h0 sf0 i'm Ia in tha
Protestant Church to say, unhappy man you must
cease So, too, with Joe smith and the Mornous.
vent him frem sweeping on thousands and thou.
sands from the path ts heaven They presah
bodie. But VIVA. authority are they None az
all. All Is gone-ths life Is gone, the soul
any principle except that which was calculated
to produce a series OF disputes and eontraiic
legacy, one united system Of divine revelation
During all the time 10 which refer, In which the
path. like stars from the ceIusr Ornament, she was
not che hiss made glorious Efforts aud has taken
from Protestants their best men, and repenshed from
the pagan She brought south Ameriss aud all its |
Indian tribes into union with her She her
missionaries into China and planted there nualsus
which may one DAY turn out gorioas aud beautiful
portion OF the Church 81 God. she sent her ante. 4
sonsres to Paraguay aod hey were not OF TIE deli
cate stamp they we're net OF the stamp OF those I
whose only mission appears 70 be 70 distribute |
tracts, ana count them by tbs number Of pages but
missionaries umated With the soul aud lits OF truth
And Ca holic ChVrch be IN error aud Protestant
lem how strangely has God manifested tina dis
tnction between truth and error. when the Protest.
ants have converted none and the Catholics all What,
then has pruttsts ntism done Where, I'M word has
IL exhibited man any of those signs OF divine apProoA-
tion which have always panied the Caholi' mis-
sionaties Pretestantism requires all that ever had
for itself IL gained nothing. IL could not preserve |
have unhRppiy gone farther fron the truth aud when
number thofs who are daily admitted Into tne ia
tbolic church there b. no hesitation Ia believing
that IL declining that It l. destined 70
decline snd that probably becre the end Of century
frt m this Day there vi BE- throughout the girnhsi
world, nothing OF what bad been ProtestAntism and
the ProtetAnt church This is the probability; sni It
10 ths account hstths church has never ceased for
n moment TO rsnd her missionaries throughout the
WORLD. II Il this account Protsstantsm needs and
pretsnds TO have discovtred great secrets IL sad
the discovery hAs been made that 10 IL the intention
Of the Pope Co seize the valley OF the Mississippi They
to think this secret. Not Every one should
know hat thu church will convert the whole people q
the United states fneoessarythea ARM, The navy the
govern mt senator's. Representatives Preaifsnt
bmsslf from God What Pretsstsutt.n
never recsiveda command e. and teach all nations
And Why sbould not do our best in country 20 |
which bound by many ties Of duty and graft
Catholic Church are TO all nations Including
England with its high Parliament and imperial sove-
reign. God. who has PRINTED this great sehism -
tale place hnops the tine sud circumstances Of this
conversion In the meantime look At the lst OF great
men who are lss,os Lab Fisess ana snsiaasa a
zion 20 the true church Look ~ the meek spen
who !. willing 20 b. called tool for the Csureas
strength 81 mis- mighty Intellect aud all the sse.t
ness Of pur. soui infused into every page OF his
writings coming back and cting all In bis poser 20
repair the injury which re and bis associates hai
done who think among ourselvee the number |
that have already in or preparing 70 DO 80
for think may say, In the presence of Prosest
THAT In ell my life have never conVerred Win Pro
testant who entirely satisfied with the religion
he entertained do not cay on this ecsoun thai he
pteferred Catheiicity But the other hand, the
hus trious converts Who have been brought up, ~
we're, In the camp % The enemy from The moment
they became Catholics their souls we're allied with
gratitude.
Dr Adams Sermon.