New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-07

ate in England. admit, Archbishop Hughes
never said word IN all has life more strictly true,
when he told the wonder stricken crowd IN OIL
patrick's Cathedral that Professionalism had de-
cined in France Now in the brazen assurance
with which be glories in lts decline he is entirely
consistent Is he nOta sou Of an lnIallible church
Is 10 not a most Reverend Archbishop? Anddld
not the Pope OF Rome order a solemn lie Deum
and a grand pontiiical Mass in honor OF the Bar
tholomew massacre, when the tidiugs came to the
Eternal City !" Is not the medal sill extant,
which was cast in the Papa Mint bearing the
bloody imprint, " HugonOt0rum Strages ne
iSlauetter of tie Huguenots2 Rejoice Archbish-
on If YOU can find pleasure IN the thought that
Professionalism las declined in France rejoice
But know thou, that Tor all these things God VIII
bring the accursed Papacy to judgment! This IS
tyne of all the rest. In the Netherlands, IN Eng
land, inlIreand, in Spain aye even in Italy Prot
estantism declined in some instances 1t was
uuenched by the same Internal agencies. And
now ask is it any wonder? Is not the marvel
rather, that it exists at all Is it not almost
miracle, that despite OF all the horrible ordeas
through which Professionalism has passed IN sue
cessive ages it still holds its own, andl as strong
in Europe, in the aggregate, this lday, as 1t was
fifty wears after the Reformation If it were not
of God, it would long since have come to noughti
but heaven born as it is, il never die 1t may
decline. but it icW revive! It's like the bush that
Moses behed-it may burn, but it can never be
consumed for GOD IS IL 1T.
Here might pause and safely challenge sue
ccssful reply to my answer, but there are other
statements and aspersions IN the Archbishop
Lecture, which provoke comment and rebuke.
He taunts Protestant Missions with want oil sue
cess. He glorities the success OF similar opera
t0ns when conducted under the auspices OF the
Church of Rome Hear him 1--WE know that
within our own memory, millions and millions Oh
money from England and these nlted states,
and hundreds il not thousands oil Missionaries
have been sacrificed in the attempt to do some
thing toward propagating Professionalism IN the
Pagan world and | say it boldly, without sue
cess" In holiness, the Archbishop is not deh-
ci,pt. especially when he thunders in st Patrick
Cathedral If his words were true as they are
bold, they would indeed be terrible: but they are
not At this very hour there are not less than one
hundred thousand converts from Paganism IN con-
ncttion with the various departments OF Evan
eelical Christianity, scattered among the heather
nations OF the globe. The lecturer here appeal
ed to the Rev David Malin, Secretary OF the
American Board Of Commissioners OF Foreign
Missions who stated that the number was tco
iundrcd 0ad fifty @onSoRd. AND now many
Thousands more have passed, in humble hope OF
eternal life to the presence OF the Judge OF all,
after casting their idols to the moes and bats, ana
washing their robes in the blood OF the Lamb, the
great dav only can reveal. But what is this,
compared with the wonders which Catholicism has
wrought Hear the Archbishop AGAIN How
STRANGELY aud yet how instructively has God
manifested the distinction between truth aud
error For while Professionalism has convert
ed none, Catholicism has converted all. inns
is his language. 1t is highly iiguratlve bril-
liantly hyperbollcal jesuit MISSIONARIES visit
ed China many years ago ana VINO a9 1i not
know that the Celestials Emperor and all, are
good Catholics, every one of them, and have been
Tor many ages onafies v ~ oIoen ines e. VI
defed tie Moofs 70 De driVeh IL erGNus u Si9 IL
Yers OF SPAN, ana hau tlltIi uuiy O'l'iou az
VINO does not Know that the hUoI n, ato an So
Catholics to the present ,iVur me- - -; ~
Turk, or ulh son. OF ii W U.S. 80
Africa, but mas Veen c0HtcI.e'' AZ s;
has converted al NGe d" - -,
Apache Backtoot, OF CneLoEee, puL 10
OF the Cnuich loT st,'na,'dona
ali rare :: ~ "
Archbishop no" 'iie "a l'l'ui IL i
have wondered "hel tncy tueuIii' 81 '.o H..
eye and t9e tful9let Eoio9 81 liz on no
s' ana ti M ,a,,oTala cn1leass
lealI rec, 1t " ' ,,it of that treat CITY
,;tI, intolloct and Genius and all the in.
" Md ben brought into the
100, tII. old lint evnI tha fearless champion of
1rtostot;s,n I]r Rrnzvnjav Ind Mt last seen the
,r Of lie Irov ard was coming on his crutches
I;i,id Ca,tai, I',.oerionca in BDnvan's Holy
Vy or 70 hiss The hand of their great Archbishop
~. h., 5los. NOT moan In claim surh trinn1nhs
for H." Ca,6nic;sw ,,hicI he extols, Then lethin
eIraiI from these eytrovaeapt expressions in flu
ture Let him not say while Professionalism has
NOT converted pone-Ca Catholicism has converted
AIR But a truce to rRiiIery Catholicism may
boast Of its Pagan triumphs Protestonts covetno
conversions such as she accomplishes The claims
of Protestant faith are not so easily satisfied We
do not substitute one set of images for another
or banti2c Pagan deities and give them Christian
,on,eei panol Rome occnoied thc ancient Pan
tl,oon o,,d cn4ferad tbo PAGAN Neities TO renain