The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-23


sssss at Metropolitan Hail. last evening. Owing to ths
weather which we then experienced the attend
ance was very limited. There about ons hundred
and Fifty persons present at eight O'Clock When the
Padre made his appearance he hailed with loud ap
pause. He sadBefore begin to speak upon subject
"Popery and Pagauism the same"I well mention to
my Italian and other hearers that will devote
evening to the speaking about friends the
Jesuts trust the evening viii be favorable than
this which we would call in Italy, black one and which,
1beevc is true type of Jesuit's conscience. 1t is
cessary that should observe that the Roman Catholic
church is not out of the pale of salvation she
Christ for foundation; but it were possible to cut
away Christ from the Popsh' system altogether there
would be none in the Church for her justification is
works Of supererogation and not by faith in him. Paul
says, Our foundation is Christi and that is the stone
uIon which to build; but instead of that the Popish
system built out Of all and classes of works.
and pure religion thus transformed into Paganim.
Therefore, respect the people of the Romish Church
they are ignorant of the working of the priesthood who
founded rotten system upon the pure Gospel of Christ
Some members of the Popish system may saved but
as they make salvation to depend upon works. is very
oificult for them to obtain heaven and Saint John
would be saved Therefore 1t Is Christian work for
us to make war against this fatal system.
will look at IL in three. different points, First when Con-
stantne the Great imposed Christianity upon the PaRsns
many Of them were introduced into the bosom Of the
church Of Christ the Emperor having rule that none
but Chistians could in his army hold Offices un
esr him , hs thus Compelled them to snts. into tn.
o. Jacob with the idols Of her Isseappesriag Chris
church was sn rstSsr weak to contend ss sns
p'wer and perhaps WAS influenced by vanity to have
number Of converts at oAcc just the Papacy today
and abscves hundreds in order that YOU NAV
read In the newspapers that cc had 500
Thirdly when the Primitive Church fell away from the
faith Of Christ the priests and popes thought that the
Pagan rites and ceremonies could be made and
instead oil teaching the simple faith in Christ which "a
Rossuet Of the good Gallcan church. observes is all
Of one piece they them the Pspist psganisn com
posed o. different pieces, put on BY different in
nnnert 'ge gonerr IN % will say that p.gsn
Gospel Of Christ into the body and blood soul Of Pa
ganim for her own ends This Is proved BY her gods,
to his Father Then there are man many VS. statues a1S
ArRonso's Chu,ch-a statue Of the Virgin M,r1 IL
in marble with her child in her arms and in another
oe h,dr o the same gGod Virgin exposing her
TINS Is worse than Psgansm, which had only one Juno,
one Apollo one Ceres and Venus for here is Virgin
with two gods and different gods different altars
In St. Nicholas church. at Rome there are seven altars
and and seven gods This exceeds Pagansm. (Cheers.)
over gardens, and in my country the Romans openly de.
dcae TO the saints such places Here they practice an
mpostuis to eeesave yoa and il written upon church:
That is, Dedicated to God in honor of Saint
leter." This is cunning mask but in Italy
!"
In Italy they have the the Pagans-St Ce.
res. St Diana, st Satyrus, and the necessary st.
for the tootacbe the carachc and every mortal IN
and 80 BAD the Pngans. In ancient Rome the nurses
Romsu and Remus 10 for 81 bs c TO ask
the very same temple the Popes have appointei St
Iheodorus TO watch over young children, and you can
the Pagan churches they nailed up brass heads hands
and legs to the ancient gods and in the great Catholic
the patron saints 1t had been said that RomuIus an
Peared to Julius Proculus and in Rome they tell that St
sst t ~ PAUL So st. and Others sppe.red and
were carried to Rome after the apparton Of st. Stephen
The kindness Of tho Pagan prets made gods of Cagula
dtres and the Romsh priests Just in the same way ca
noned Gregory the Seventh and Plus the Fifth after ths
infamous lite OF the with the Princess Mathilda and
that priests like the red green violet white and black
the other had killed fifteen hundred victims by the
nquisi'ion The elder pagans had their pgrmages like
the modern Pagans they had the gorgeous dresses Of
bes Of the modern priesthood In the Pagan Famines
we see the cardinals Of Rome, and their Ponex Maxi
mus !. now the Pope sepeci rebuked Csgua for Offer
ing his foot to men TO kiss, but l. my friends once
thought favor to stoop to kiss the ugly toe Of Gre
cory the Sixteenth In Plato we read Of men retired
IRON life; these the monks. the nuns and frars of
the Paganism of Rome The Pagans had candles for the
altaIs the Pope has his The Pagans had their salt and
water blessed and YOU go to mass house. you win
Irish women on hot day-very necessary-wash thsir
faces in the holy water vase which corresponds with the
sprnkied the water upon men, but at Rome Saint An.
thony the Abbott is made the patron Of horses mules
asses cows and pigs and upon one day In the year the
animals are sprinked by priest in his name This in
worse than Paganism. (Cheers.)
The padre took long collateral view OF all the rites
and ceremonies OF Rome and concluded BY calling all
the ladies to avoid wearing and Puseyite rnkes
In the streets for by this Popery viii steal upon
the land Your churches in places ornamsnted
with crosses This is Puseysm. Remember, church
near Fourth avenue had the arst upon IL, then
little Puseyism, and now, my friends, It Is Popish
church. Put such things away from you. Let the Turk
have his mosque the Jew his synagogue the Chinese his
pseoda, and the Papst his house, but, my Amer
friends do you have nothing but the and simple
word Of God. cloud cheers.