Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-01

Learnlnk and the Aed-eouo,ts and wealth
and Refinement and happiness blessed their toll aud hsi
assdny aud pure, charAb le and holy faith shed upo
ton OF The surrounding people aud their religious princi
pies snd freedom began rapidly spread The Aoigen
have no Elm to for but that Of their bright
pile to beneh,ed world. They resided far from Rome
but the iests aud the Pope thorough
aroused, ioi he saw 10 them rising intellectual,
aud religious power dangerous tho universal dominion
which he Claimed Il. caLedupou the mailed warriors o
tho north, whose arms in every field from the weston
ocean to the holy sepuchre had known defeat
sent them on tho boodest OF cusds against the Aloi
genses; and they crushed In Of the
aud desoa ing sars that blasted any portion the
esrh Prone to the eartb made red by its blood Albi
gensm sustained BY the immortal truth and right OF Ia
principles would for generations dame in holy bsau
aud Brightness, Tar Illuminating the gloom Of the
Ing darkness; but IS ofteu the memorable Pope would
march his armed myrmidous aud hws il again quench.
4 ed In the blood Of ls martyrs
About 1850. WickRf began bis vigorous reformation
10 England lie denied the poser Of Pope denouns-
ing his usurpaons exposed the interpretations and
tupt'ous OF the catholic religion, aud interpreted the
scriptures aud placed them hands Of people
the rule OF their lie and their faith. The Loards Ia,
creased greatly In England spread into Germany aud
almost possessed Bohemia But the indefitg 10 e
and unrelentiug Pope brought down upon hem too. all
manner Of prosecutions and the armed power Of his de-
pendent kings. Another religious aud discriminating
swept them from the earth.
Pspacy seemed now be sl-iominating aud inviuci.
be Its corruIaious aud the scandsous immoraties Of
the popes aud ks clergy went increasing. One Of
them denied the Immortality OF the soul That faith
not for the remission Of aims, had become
est blshed principle OF Romanism; aud the sale OF
written indulgence for the commission Of sin ono
the sources oi the Pop.s revsous. Tezt pushing
traffic in these udugeuces for Leo x, and all the
priesthood intoxicating that tenet throughout Germany
when Luther began the gre. Reformation. Tue truths
which he Numbered, in stroug aud burning words
gsinst Romansm. seemed to DO the echoes Of Gods
spirit, aud the hoary ignorance aud supsrson OF ecu
from hA ,nrh pf the
spear OF lthureil AT the insg.ou, often repeated
the Pope, Charles v. summoned him appear befoIe
the Diet OF Worms TO .nswe, tor his hees!es for which
Leo demanded that he should be burnt, uuss had
| more than . century before. The greatest spirit
of the world, confronting its greatest mouarc in such
assembly OF warriors uobles aud bishops question
and expose the aud power OF the -honured
hierareb, in the cause Of truth liberty religion,
salvation. oil the suomest specaces that has
| ever been exhibited upon the EARTH God held
Luther under his protection AMI no saved for
Immortal work. by his teachings, aided by Melancthon
and Swins.e, aud great aud faithful men, the light
aud liberty of the Bible and oil religious truth, spread
rapidly, aud promised at once to resensra,e Chrste
dom. In less than fifty years, swept fom the Baltic
to the Mediterranean and was going on, conqueripg
| aud TO conquer" The danger the Pope was mighty
| unprecedented. He summoned to tho rescue every
power every tributary which lie could command, aud
all his host which bad continued faithful
extraordinary spirit aud activity S:lprescrsatiou,
tiuuince annihlaon WAS the i-sue AID the spiritual
portion Of his forces every branch seemed be eect
fed. Tho great Catholic powers arms this com
OF desposm. and every energy aud faculty vi
Romlnsm came up TO the esi fii CO. fl c. The newly
instituted order OF Jesuits brought genius learning EN-
thusasm aud industry, perseverance, devotion,
endurance that surpassed AL sht thor
SPIRIT and the trembling fabric of papscy over the
largest portion of his o'n,in upheld aud become
| steady.
The state Of things different With the Protcstants
They had rapidly become string aud cJmpa- .tivey
cure and Withdrawing much OF their atteuo, f;on
common foe, they divided IL - sects and weakened
aud mutual Tue
the reo We hushe in the tomb and there
w're no equal men to succeed ei Fernaud the ri
Emperor that name, Ph lip ii, Spain, and AKIN J..
idn OF Bavaria. espoused tho I, u lus,
less Zeal IN an the Pop Asio, aud again. they charge
with their armed egous tue Peoesns aud the powers
that defended them. AMI re;onq Tered hall that
had lost aud AS FAR a. they owe com the alth
suppressed by the most relentless prosecutions. Tu,
Pope, by every incsnt.ve, was cuns;Ln urging these
bloody champions Of his clurch in their conQu-rr
career aud the re'omes had probably the sad fac
of the bgenaei II God had hot raised up Gusavu-
Adpphus To defend as he did Luther to establish the
formation. Tho councils OF the Pope, the Emperor
the Frencn King too distracted by mutual sanusc
and their hcg claims Tor the highest power. Profess
tansm got rest from the terrible persecution of its
cnemie- by the thirty yeats beng Drought
by the treaty OF westphas. But IN Efforts exurguish
forever its atb It's liberty its Christian and
the eternal is whca m gives seas OF Innocent blood had
been she'd Besides the wars in Germany and the NORTH
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