New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-09
a,uiy,r.ary Sermon Before the New.Nork Bible


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The very tpestuous state Of the weather had OF course
the effect Of lettering many from venturng out but under
the circumstances the attendance good though graced
by the presence Of very few ladies'
nv Plpmmer selected the text the sd verse Of the
18th Chapter Of St. Luke
Woe unto you LaWyeu for hsve taken sway the key Of
1s SiS 1:sss = '-'''
The lawyers he proceeded whom Christ here speaks Of
were those protesting be the authorized Interpreters Of
,s Mosaic Law One Of the fatal in their rule Of
och was that they did not abide only by the written Scrip
[ Int by oraltrsdtion too and cOntendedhs Scripture
and tradition constituted the Word Of God Another was
that they had aprocpha books and deemed the writings
ofJopaihan equal 10 the Word Of God Their next error
was in claiming the exclusive right 10 interpret the Scrip
lures and denying the right Of private judgment All this
was plainly stated in the Scriptures They separated
themselves from the rest Of the people the very word
pbarisee" meaning a separatist Then they INDUCED
in all sorts Of preju1ces against truth for instance they
denied that Christ prophet because he came out OF
Galee but yet they admitted that Jonah was who also
came from Galee. But that not all they became the
most corrupt kind of casust and perverted every law and
word Of God by nnumersbe legends stories aud refine
mens and to complete the work. they TOOK away the Key
Intellectual people who had heard him must be struck
with the simlude between the Jewish Pnarsee aud the
PanaI Pharsee The Papst had written scripture and
oral tradition They stood by themselves and denounced
the rest Of the world corrupted all the principles Of Scrip
ture and had ten thoussndmgb he not say ten nnons'
of stories legends and refnements II time permitted.
this could be easily traced out in the Church Of Rome and
il could shown how they had taken away the Key oil
knowedge so far they could learn, there was mol
pole Catholic Bible Society and the cOnvc ion forced II
self on the mind that Rome hostile to the reading OF ne
Scriptures This grave charge but II was nor IaS1y
made and if could be proved was not unchsAoie De
cause it ought to be published c.,.
There was DO fair dispute between them and the Catho
lies as to the right Of making TRANSACTIONS OF the scriptures
IL we had Luhers and King Jamess Bible they nad tue
Douay which they acknO wedged as an accurate ana cor
rect translation The Apostles also translated the scrip
lures from their original tongue into Greek and useu tue
III, in he
deIso0d by the people AphOnsas Acasro admitted IN
the book had been translated and at the same time SAID
was heresy TO hold that the Scriptures SHOULD be uas
lated into the vulgar tongue aod even admitted that the
Scriptures read several years by the Apostles after the
ascension OF our Savior.
Though therefore there real or fair difference
between them the right to translate them, the Roman
Catholic Church hostile 70 the free use OF the Holy
Bible For than three centuries they had been en-
gagged in missions different parts of the world yet in all
that there had not been single instance IN which
they had had the Bible translated into the language of any
of those nations and there was Ons had eluded all
their research and inquiries was II not strange that men
sboud actually 90 ahead prOfessedy TO preach the Gospel
and not lei the people have copy! lie had never
known and would be glad hear of any Popish Bible So
ciey or any Bishop high dgnary Of the Church being
engaged in such object This something more than
curious-every sect and some that not Evan
gelical being engaged in spreading Gods Word. Now
and then pious priest might be found who so, but
never heard Of Pope Bishop Petitions were got up
and money forwarded for the purchase of crucxes and
rosares for alleged Catholic converts among the Heather,
Holy Word-and how could this be accounted for except
that the Romanists did not like the Bible
When the editor Of The Fremaas Journal stated that
where an Italian was found with Bible intending read
IL that he was surely member of Of the and
revolutionary clubs he told perhaps, truth than he
was aware of for with open Bible was impossible for
them TO sustain their corrupt Government They also
opposed to having read in schools from any edition what
In the Pastoral letter of $40 were to be found these
expressions we disposed to doubt seriously whether
the introduction of this Sacred Volume into schools would
be beneficial to the cause of religion and IT went on to
saw that if the authorized version used II should be
under circumstances very different from what they are in
our institutions So that there place in the land
where was fit the Bible should be read aud this said
in $40 but they did not stop here the Bible was not 10
be read by any class appeared by the "admOniOn
prefxed 10 the DOuay Bible as repubished in 1870 and
approved by Archbishop Hughes These men printed
book and then warned the people not 70 read it, In page
we Ii judged necessary To forbid the reading of
the Scriptures without the permission and advise of the
Pastoral and Scrpura guide even by men accomplished
in all kinds oflearnng" This was truly marvellous. lie
could not have been surprised had been written in 1910,
from Naples or Rome but printed in Philadelphia in
1870 and iu plain English.
Who was aDv Eccesastc that he should step in between
man and his God II tins not taking away the key of
knowledge Whist was They not only have no Bible So
ceties of their but they made all those who
did spread the word of God Pope Leo in SPA denounced
Bible Societies. and quoted Plus VII of pous memory
he was called and Gregory WI sung the same song
and saio they sorrOwed by night and by day in
ouence of the influence wrought by these societies Plus
lX writing in the present day regrets the recent improve
men in printing and says these scple not to recon-
the poison could not fail to be imbbeG by the reading of
them What was this but the Pope making the BIZ
Bile The thing quite clear.
He then cited the edict OF the Council of Trent the
subject the passages the Caecsm and the Rule of the
Jesus by which person entering their Convent 10 90 of
fees were allowed TO learn TO read and write or il they
knew anything they not 10 learn any more, but to
serve Christ in innocence and simplicity passage read
from the April number of The metropolitan, published at
Washington he also cited 70 the purport and stated
as fact that short time ago there Bible to be
fnup in Rome which
francs was demanded His first proposition therefore
that the Romans hostile to the free and crcua
ton of Gods Word. Secondly, that this hostility
reasonable unscrptura Ii matter of wonder that
they did not except 81 Peters Epses. Why not read
letter from The first Pope the encyclca one from the
present His epistle described in note to
the DOuay Bible manietng many excellent points
on the doctrines of Faith Hope and Charity but the
that II manifested the very contrary TO their
doctrines for ST Peter had said Among Elders also
an Elder He did not claim 10 be their Papa, or Pope
aud why was this letter written by an inspired man,
about to die produced! Another wonderful
thing was that 81 Pauls Bses written for all Rome,
the beloved OF God" was never seen there.
The Scriptures the only rule Of Faith shown
by some OF the passages in this Epise "a ls chap
ter 4h chapter 2tth chapter 10Th The
able Apostle John had written for old and nants-the
weak aud feeble; but the Epstle of ST. John was
forbid also To prove the Scriptures intended for all
who could read DR. Pummer read several passages viz
Deuteronomy, chapter ., verses j. and 2l-chaper 90
% Joshua chapter 81 and 3 and the 10th
Psalm, in which the PSalmt differed entirely from tbs
Council of Trent There never was and never could be
Bblertadiug priest ridden community
Again in John 80, Christs own words according
to the Douay Translation, Search the Scriptures
though capable perhaps Of different translation they
themselves admitted that this the one-n the
imperative mood. In al 81 Paus Epistles he enoined
that they be read to al people and in other churches
His third proposition was that this hostility condemned
by the uniform practice Of the primitive Church for five
six hundred years after the ascension of Savior In
support of this argument he quoted several passages from
the writings of the early Fathers, St eneus Chrysostom
and 81 jerome and Peter Dens had also admitted that III
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