Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-16
sempesent 'ojudge Of those great truths.
But ! do feel that those who have u for.

eompesent 'ojudge Of those great truths.
Sut ! DO feel that those who have for
saen allegiance which they consider su-
Per'or TO their oath Of support TO the glo-
nous constitution our foref,thers be-
quea'hed to US. should be debarred from
soloying the privileges conferred by that
bIessed document, In their fullest SENSE,
or At least he deprived of the power OF
subverting our institutions by an undue
trust. We all owe spiritual allegiance
indeed, Catholics to their Pope and he
70 God, We, directly TO the throne Of
. Grace, but no political allegiance, or
spiritual, that controls political, shou d
receive the sanction or support Of him,
who 6rst regards his duty to his God.
and mex, the prosperity Of his country.
: And In conclusion will say, that you
have either misconstrued or misrepre-
sented Mr.. Lords argument He said,
Christ foresaw ,ha, the powerful and in
iquitous servants Of evil, who held un-
disputed way on earth, TOu d nt con
sent 20 the innovation Of the Democra.
cising truths of revealed religion, with
out long and fearful struggle. He
did not consider war ereI jusiifable, un-
less in the grand conflict for liberty civ
II, or religious ;and uho among us, ly
Ing upon and enjoying the fruits OF such
struggle, will not echo the sentiment
from his very heart. p. X.
For the reason which We gave when
We 6rst received p. Rs communication.
We now give it a place in our columns.
He speaks Of our Vulnerable creed )"
he would have manifested little more
discernment if he had waited until we
announced what our creed WIS, before
he pronounced it vulnerable. We ap-
prehend a man may advocate or de-
sounce a creed, without protesting that
ere ID himself, lin support Of this po'
sition we reler P. Il. to his paragon. Mr..
Lord, who has reformed himself, in these
matters. until he has no creed left, aud
does not now belong TO any particular
denomination. P. II. certainly, cannot
objec, TO the authority which we have
jus, referred to.
p. X. alludes to something which ap
peared in our columns some weeks ago
in regard TO the Church of Rome, and
what other sects had done, &c. We
deem it proper to state that when our
correspondent alluded to THE, in II for
mer communication, we did not know
what he meant, as we had never writ
ten any sucli article. After his COM
municaron was published, we referred
10 our files and found that the article
was written by our associate, who had
charge Of the paper, during our absence
from town,-ant, oi course, we are noi
responsible for his sentiments.
Our correspondent says that the E.
piscopaI Church denies that the Romm
Church is the true Church. but claims
that honor itself, because The Church
Of Rome was corrupt. and the Church.
Of England is the regeneraled Church.
This is ianaticaI assertion this Is what
Episcopal clergymen preach to their
congregations, and the latter consider it
az truth, and do not trouble themselves
with further investigation. He who
denies 10 the Roman Church a grea'
antiquity, back even to the Apostles
shows himself most proio ndIy and
mortifyingly ignorant Of history, espcc-
tally when he comee boldly before the
public TO espouse the cause Of the
Church OF England p. Il talks about
the Church as il it was IA human instItu-
ton as if men could do with 1t us they
pleased {; as lthey had right 10 alter
its fundamental faith whenever they
chose, and to establish new Church
At any time, and claim it to he the
Church. The fact is p. X. neither meets
or answers our argument but he talks
oil around the point, without touching
IL.
A very large proportion Of church GO
ers and church-members know nothing
about crecds and faiths, except what
their Ministers tell them and they be-
lieve those to be genuine which their
Pastors tell them are so. This is very
we'll for those who have a fancy Tor il
but such persons should not at emrt To
argue matters in regard to which they
are entirely ignorant. Such persons
have been taught the foolish notion tha,
all Catholics are rascals, and ought 10
be az much dreaded ne the devil him
cell, he "ause all Priests are in league
with that evi-dsposed person. This is
q bugbear which is in keeping Wit.
The horrible ghost-storiss which nurses
tell 10 children 10 interest their inlanill,
minds, land the former operate as SIN
liar opiates on the infantiIe minds Of re-
ligious fanatics. With such stupid and
infatuated ignorance we have no sym.
patby and 10 such willingly iIIiierate
creatures We have nothing TO say. We
write for persons OF more comp yrehrnsion,
who can distinguish between fair argn