The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-10-25
RELIGIOUS Fre don.

AellSlpus Lte DON
u Know no.hsggs Faeeqyd 100 rsiigioos
soctis ss.s H. this c4S.bTy 1ra attrih
Csihoh-s. who believe b c.gisi. sni-aho
fos ;brir unbe,ei. ava al ae dniss ciil
zenship in rnos, parts N % &vMid NJ
the mormon, thea lhe Nst4 sts Uaie4iaa
Presbyterian, and God ebb knows Whvrs
sbe political proeedQdpn smf sad y
Tais ncE soet i b esEisl,lls va-leaysrins
10 gel up in his happy aud l,e,rsiul coun
GEztAsi-bloo3.est -as asoy, d~t,lvfRb.e o.
oil things, ri. ions war. Some oi them
Iusy POT think 50, p.bsrs may deny il, bu,
lsf&fkl te cercsslti .has thcy ar masin.
AZ viSor q eomblna against The Cahuhc,
p o,her religious denominations. Should
te4s SACRED n liHs, there vii dub less >,
- etfEsss sa siiOy, % ccnbinr ttsln a a.,Ains,
ssns ether sect and esasS u oH. - On "a
ssse e0d oftbe chapter, Th,s cgusadv ss!,,,.
The Catholics il certainly liz besinuInr I
= rvhg gaOus var, ard IS ia anAoh s,s mn.
- destroy rsligiuus treedom.-- iQS, Cesler
ave do rot doubt ia the least ih,u tb,
gfeat bedy Of those who haSe contributed
oDsmocrstic defeat. by their religions *
siteHasat, will reconsider rhtir views. or
Tashtf consider their position. Already We
see, in the New Ycik Hs,cId that one ebay
ter OF the Know noihinyS v hose eonstitu,Io,,
has transpired, has Addeti 10 tie li,t oil the
prescribed all Socialists aaI LSajcsysoiists
We do not rejoice ia this, as The beSinning
u the falillnept Of our prophecies. So,
sfiy one can see that such is The legitimate
psonsequehce Of an Order like this. MANY
}of these know-nothiHgs are zealous!y piuus
and fsnatically ihtolerant Many hate Uni
'VersalIsts worse thRn Catholics Many be.
heye that the Fourierites are more danrou.
than Christians, though they be- Catholics.
Would they act against their ordinary IA
Iional-, il they prescribe Socialism
How beautiful will arise oul Of this poli,i-
cal and religious imbrcslju the serene and
rational spirit Of toleratlon, AS en- RATED ON
oursconstitntion! Depart IL, M this srirt
and you must winnow BY lepjstatiou Mi ibe
creeds of Christendom and Inc rnttholopi.s
of Pagapism. We must have our Coppress
hall turned into an ecclesiastical council -
The merits of the Episcopal thiri, nine ar
ticles, of Luther's ca echlsa, Of Bapfisti,al
immersion, of Methbdsdca free gtace, Cal
Vanistic predestinatiQn, Catholic transnb
Stantation, must all be inquired into, and
The grains of trnth siilcd from the chat Of
trfor, Nay, we must have committees an
pointed TO Investigate the Mosaic cosmopo-
ny, the hidden verify Of Greek polytheism.
She mystic ritual Of is and Osiris. to sav
nothing of Mahometanism, Grand Llamaism,
hormonlsm. and every other conceiveabe
form and modification OF religious devotion
tor, II the rue OF the constitution is TO be
'tr' aside, which makes every belief equally
snttied to protection, we must set about Co
aad the 9 erlect good. the one infalble
worship Which man owes to the Supreme
and Cncreate Spirit.
Such consequences these misguided reli- |
Eionlsts never contemplated; but such are
ihs only tgitina tesresults of their opinions
and cepdpct. Can such opinions obtain
permanent ascendency? Viii not such CON
duct react? Is it possible. in our time
~hen civilization is increasing in refinement
when the mind is oxpandin. in thought and |
feeling, when the mere forms of this service
or that are losing their old significance, and
"the heart OF things" rather than the ex |
terror has become so conspicuous meteor
IN the progress ofthe age, that an ascenden
sy can be maintained, utterly subyersiye of
che genius of Christianity? Dr.. CHASS1sG
well remarks that the "great ideas of the
religion must prevail over narrow, perverse
interpretations OF it. On this ground. I
nave no alarms at repcrts of the triumphs
of tne oatholie church. The spirit of Chris
upnhy Is stronger than popes and councils"
mat spirit can Eever live in the carmel |
house 'oi secret political corruption, among
she Skeletons OF the dead forms and antigua
ted preludlees. ltgIovs in the sunlight
u warns every heart with genial humanity.
~ .weleomesJievsry man as brother. 1t |
ttoes this under the shield Of cur Cunstitu
non, which, like that of Prince Arthur, is
pl dlam9Rd brightness and nyulnerability. |