The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-06


all stands yon noble rock erect unmovsd, and unchang
-. Tea thsssand times IN thsuaAnd storms zay raes
empires may rise and kingdoms fall millions Of human
beings may and the terrestrial vale
its pathway about the p.Ier. orb yet unsh,asn and @
beastifu deity You who 6ar pc that religion win
b eKtngushed wisdn, 3 study the ton Of
storms or contentious On disact Gage at the
life irving gioes clouds tempess diminish
But where lhall find this religion which changes
And when acquainted with it's locality, how shall
know that ii Is the true religion The answer Is to
be found in the New Testament-"rhe kingdom Of hsa
ven is within you That is the law and tina spirit the
way, truth and life natural to the soul We hear
much amentston concerning the fate of the Bible In
ble They must stand or fan together But cannot
think So Cannot man exist without SHADOW? Are
symbols essential to the existencs Of houghtsY Surely
the letter and the spirit not indiss0lube. II they
are, then wen may We lament any examination of the
Bible The idea that the Bible is tho infabls word Of
Cod that IL is the Rock Of Ages that in it is only to be
found the true religion fatal itself There il pre-
yang superstition generated by commentators, that the
Old and New Iestaments are ntrinsicaly and exsrins
cay harmonious. When tie whole volume is correctly
understood (they assert the beauty and stupendous
unity Of the system is clear the in the heavens
presumption 10 suppose that they have seen the
mics Of the Scriptures Let reflect this. The
sumption Is that the Bible is the word Of Coda
turay origin ated and inspired volume,
given to for his enlightenment and salvation And
yet according to the Protestant system OF private juds
ment and liberty of conscience, each mind though unn-
spired and in no manner supernaturally endowed,
is left to read and find out the meaning of God
fallible another ands It falible, one discovers it
to be harmonious, another inharmonious and come
contention and criticism. cannot but admire in bold
contrast the beautiful logical consistency OF the Roman
Catholic Chur CHI 1t guilty of trusting religion
to the peopenever committed deed fatal priestly
inerpre, supernatural book The reading Of
the book is fatal the idea of its origin and
To It's 81 re0n aae
must later that the door wh:h
Martin Luther opened be shut against the free
born soul The nfsbility Of the Pope is but continue
ton of the Protestant idea of the infabity Of Noses
John or Paul you admit the supposition OF the pro-
granted the premises upon which the POpes and priests
nfsbty is predicated God even to inspire
supernauay jew or dweller OF Palestine how do you
know that he does not also proper to systematically
inspire Cardinal PopeP Luther In protesting against
the authority Of the Pope opened door for the final
based Pho Nino likely to be chosen vessel Of God
Paul in the beginning Of the Christian era The
other no account where supernatural TRANSACTIONS
involved in the premises. Therefore, affirm that the
Protestant idea Of infallble Bible writer Is the firm
foundation of the Papish despism and Of all the absurd
ties Of the Catholic Institution Persuade that the
paper and pasteboard Bible is the nfble word Of Cod
the emporium Of his divine favors. Persuade me that
Moses, Joshua, Solomon, David Isaiah Matthew, john
and Paul. in very truth the chosen vessels
Of the Supreme Being, and promise you that will
at accept and would demonstrate concusiuey from
your principles that the unbroken chain OF Cardinals aud
heaven certainly the attorneys of Jehovah and
Indispensable to all temporal and spiritual govern
meat ard civilization Moses Joshua az Paul are to
soul to its Author then why may not accept Pic Nino
my master and father II spiritual thngsa You who
me this logical inference But you reply that should
not allow mere to rule over my conscience-that
yielding my Liberty to the jurisdiction Of and
of religion But what you Protesants doing when
you Moses and Paul for
tsristics Of humsnkind and why should they be my
masters any more than Clement or Alexander, In the
affairs Of my souf Dr. orestes A. Bsoy.son editor Of
and independenee very consistent faithful exponent
Of religious aims and tendencies He has travelled from
mised land which he is preparing to rid of all Pro-
teants by logical weapons rotestants advocate the
supreme Authority of the Bible but tolerate to each man
on the other hand advocates the absolute supremacy of
the Pope. and denies to man any rights God only has
rights. Man has duties. The church is Gods represen-
tatye and society under its exclusive dominion The
church grants privileges to governments and govern
this is nothipg less than theological dcspos logically
carried into practice But how ucn better Is the
clerical dgmas OF Prokstsnts? The Bible il Gcds rep
resentafiye word. The Pope regards all hsretics
who reject his authority, and the Proestans denounce
all as inhdes WHO reject the authority OF Moses, The
Catholicism. BY law of hereditary descent the parent
smts its character TO the otspiog but evidence
OF OF progress the child is not wicked and de-
graded its venerable pr0gsnor aod prefer the
existence Of the former Catholics make more oppo
tcn to free schools whereby education may be extend
sion Of the Bble whereby truth may be elected and
transmitted to pcstery Father Gavazzi cocses
country and hits up his eloquent voice against the des
poisn and denominations OF the Ronosh church; bat he
is in bondage and do nothing mere than delight
Prote. audience He cannot do the work of deruc
ton because he stands entrenched in Professionalism,
which deserves the fate He erica out against the
ignorance the doa'y of Caholcity; but ag.inst igno
rance idolatry and slavery his voice cannot be raised
the RECEIVERS of cOnp0spd of
the latter party He arms that Catholicism is too
for his soul. With soul so expanded beyond the
crcumc rbej confines Of Plus the Ninth, wsnder how
he breathe the confined sir of Protestant bgory and
superstition. can difference between the infali
bilty of the Pope and the ipfaibilty Of Paul. Bat
have political freedom under Protsstantism which the
Church OF Rome denies to its subjects Very true But
now this blssngS 1t first established through
that ruled over mankind But in blessed land
let raise the hymn Of gratitude to Thomas Paine
Jefferson, Franklin, and many others who the
sworn friends Of liberty and Of Tree principles Let be
remembered that the political and other blessings of
America are not exstions on the part of the
priests to any logical application o. the doctrine Of
Bible inallibity, upon which Protestaptfm rests The
scientific education Of the Protestant clergy utterly
usually enter the Geld Of labor without the proper PIE
ments Of spiritual husbandry; consequently, having
read the standard works on Theology, and one or two
books in repy to ndel objections the young minister Is
apt to entrtan several inflated notions respecting the
perfection Of Bibcsl wisdom In the light Of the nine
teenth century tie Mosaic notorouy unsound
and falhbe Ths idea that the Bible is connected
whels without contradiction inconsistency, is
superstition Of tie Protestant priesthood. The in.
telgept and accomplished Jesuit entertans no such
uDensble opinion, for ne depends upon the external
despctsm Of orga azaton ond upon the attractions Of
we'll regulated ard venerable ecclesisstcism for the
OF his designs upon the religious liberties Of hu.
mabity. Protestanm and Catholicism deserve the same
condemnation they differ not in the character Of their
notions respecting allibity, but IN degree only. The
Catholic idea of Pope ard church nfaiby simply
eoDgat extension OF the Protestant idea OF Old and
New Testament nfsllbility. The two parties are, in
theory and theology equally foes TO the interests and
liberties Of the yord and have shown think that the
should not be allowed to impose any restrc-
lions on The soul of ma THAI the othertha Is 20 say
neither good enough to meit the support Of ipte
gent, benevolent free and conscientious minds. cloud
applaufe)
Mr. storrs, ar. Wright, and the Chairman having ad-
dressed the meeting, the convention adjourned until half
past seven.
American Bible Society.
The Managers held their monthly meeting on
Thursday last at the new Bible House in Astor
place. VIM. B. Crosby Esq, Vice President, occu-
pied the chair, assisted by Francis Hall, Esq.
Five new auxiliaries were recognized one in each
of the States of Ohio Illinois Alabama MississpDi