Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-12-26

H NhuSh oh e" uOt III HuilHit( Us iiC
first came, bot in grandeur and power,
clothed in the dazzling panopy of Om-
impotence, crowned, not with thorns but
with diadem of efiulgence not in the
form Of humanity alone, but with the
visible attributes and Coz quail power oi
the Almighty God. No little star will
be the forerunner Of His advent, as
when he once came TO Bethlehem in Ju-
dea-bnt all the elements Of nature will
announce His coming not one little
s,ar shall tell of HIS presence, but the
whole physical universe shall be shaken
by His motion the heavens shall 70 |
tremblngIy away TO make room for His
advent He will not then be attended
simply by Mary and JOS pin, but His re-
tinue will consist of the whole army Of
heaven-the angels and archangcls, and
all the pure spirits who hover around
the throne of God in ceaseless alteration
and worship. Then will Christ once
more become the great visible Head of
the Church which He established on
earth and He will receive the Church,
and present it pure and spotless to His
Father, as the grand fruit Of His mis-
sion the fulflment of the object of His
birth, life, death, burial and resurrec-
ton. "Then,' as ST. Paul declared to
the Corinthians, "cometh the end, when
he shall have delivered up the kingdom
to God even the Father when he shall
have put down all rule and all authority
and power )" that God may be all in all.
Ifthe Roman Church is the Church,
whatever iniquity there may have been
in its heads, in past times, does not af-
feet The Church, although they are to be
regretted because the Popes Bishops,
| Priests, &C., are but the agents, and if
they have erred, they are responsible
for their acts to God their deeds cannot
affect the Faith Of the Church. The
Relormers did not reform the existing
Church, but they ATTEMPTED to orer-
Mrow and demoiish it. They did not
avow the Faith and creed of the Church.
but they denied the Apostolic success
sion, and they denied the doctrine Of
Authority in the Church, and they es-
tablished nep crceds and new doctrines,
and rejected such as did not suit them.
We hear much said in praise Of Ger
many Tor having been the great battle
ground of the Reformation ; it was there
that the Protestant fire was first lii.
Now what is the me aning Of the word
Protestant Why the Reformers pro.
tested against the Authority Of the
Church Of Rome they protested against
her Faith, against her creed, against her
doctrines, and claimed authority from
the Bible TO interpret 1t according TO
their own consciences, and 10 believe or
reject whatever they chose; in other
words, they made every man church,
and every man Il successor OF Christ (;
they atte"ptad tn hrsak down all disrir-
line and gloried in confusion Of crecds
We ask what has Germany gained by
the Reformation 2 She has been re
formed. until she is without faith or a
creed which is within the reasonable
comprehension of man her children
have so subiimdted her doctrines that
they pass mans understanding All the
Socialism OF the day originated III Ger
many she is theenchantcd land ol clas-
sic idealism, and her dominions are
echoiug the song of spiritual perfection
Oh earth. The wild thesis of her phil
osophers have been waited through the
world. and her poets ha throwna IL syren
charm around those delusions, "hich
4 have tinged even the powerful minds OF
all nations. They have spread abroad
their fascinating religious mysticism. un-
/ til the whole world has become rife with
the dreamy splrilualism Of Germany, the
land and the home Of the great Retor-
I nation. In their high-toned literature
there is mingled dangerous vein OF er-
ror, which has strong tendency to uni
versal skcpticism; with the Germans it
may be regarded as all elevated spirit
ualism, but it requires their peculiarly
balanced minds to prevent it from deteri-
Grating into vulgar sensualism and deba'
sing infidclty. From this land ofeccen-
| trc minds has originated all the ultraisnl
| in religion and philosophy. at the present
| day much of which has so degenerated
I into weak and insipd non .ense, that II
| is disgusting TO refined and healthy
mind. This is what Germany has gain
/ Ell by the Reformation she renounceC
| the ancient F,ith of her fathers, and sh'
accepted in its place all the wild isms o
fanatical philosophers, and all the unau
thoriscd dogmas of hereticai Reformers.
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various kinds. and it is sometimes per
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