Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-08-12

| uuDtluIeu TellgiVuS ilooity Soh ho's'
scourge the earth with 1.-THE of the
evils which have been perpetrated, and
arc now perpetratel, by religious tyraH..
ny; truth which finds its prompt aud
complete confirmation in the history Of
these United States, compared with the
history of Europe. .,........ ..-
"What, in effect, are these dangersl'
What? exclaims tho author of the
le,tcrs. "Why the Millerite will pitch
his tent in front of St. Pster'sin Rome" !"
and undertake to prove that the end
of the world is at hand" We'll, and
what is there so terrible in this2 flour
Millerite be wrong, surely there are
ecclesiastics enough in Rome to refute
him. If he be right, may it not be a
mercy to population SO vicious as we
know that of Rome is, to be admonish.
ed the "day of the Lord is at hand"
and he warned ITO fee from the wrath
to come % But hold, replies the Arch
bishop,this Mil.erits may not stop there.
He may, by applying figures which
never lie" 10 the Book of Daniel and
of Revelation, and calculating the sub
iect still more by exhibiting appropri.
ate drawings of the big horn aud the
little horns, with various references to
the number of the beast, descriptive of
Anti Chriss-prove that This doctrine is
right. In the meantime it might hap
pen that this supposed Anti Christ, the
Pope, would be looking down from
some window of the Vatican, unable to
interfere lest his government should be
understood as violating tho rig hts of
American conscience as shadowed forth
by General Cass." '''- i
Well, grant even this, still what then!
IF the preacher be in error, cannot the
Head of the Church, the successor of
Peter, initiate Peter, and expose the ig-
noraut ranterl Crowded as Rome is
with ministers of religion, the truth
would at once be vindicated and false
hood be placed upon an eminence of
derision.' "Let truth and error" "have
a fair field, truth will never have any
thing to fear" Would it be necessary,
even in Rome, to interfere by physical
violence lest it should be proved that
the man "looking down from some win
dow is indeed the Anti Christi Say
you SO ieJo,ns .as P.s.I. a's'iRs" a
Apply TINS rs . aoe.''"e s., =. s,,,u'rs "o' Trans.
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,er ,e 'ne case 'aoa' ~ mo',I AnaI;,;an;s, ~ frnm
ma suppose an au'1. w III, Jo.,r;m,, H
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not noMesef' uesaa'e y ,ha nr"r;ncs
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et"ineht % " p.o.ess VI. o.".,. ] Th;s
tisnts "' pG.son @ snu s,;t,. p,ip', : ~. anJ I
u .,,haaa"ar ,hasa r;ab,s are ,ss,ilea mn
mailer under what plea, the govern.
ment i hound N interfere. This inter.
farenco !, NO, based lpou any authority
n regulate 'tbeolory Int upop the right
and dn,v of Govern meut TO secure to The
c;,;zen The Safety Of Ills life and tho
nenceoble nossession of his property.-l
Tn decide between truth and heresy. to
h. casui,ts in divinity. to settle polsmi-
~, dogmas 10 promIlpute or propagate
rel;gions ortbodoxy-aIl this is no more
the snd far which magistrates are ap.
nn;n,ed than il is rbe end for which the
presi1spt ond Directors of the Balti.
more Water Company are elec,ed.-
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