Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-09-05

We know how 10 employ without incurring ir
| regularity by breaking the skin, are brough
to bear upon the eGlprit. Sooner or later We
break his heart. Here and there sturdy her
etie may seem TO battle us, but no such thing
we send him to one of our mad-houses, to .
department of an Austrian monastery that is
not often vacant. Our.holy Church, who
adapts her agencies to time and place with
.exquisite precision, commissions Brothers OF
Mercy in Prague to turn the brain or break
| the heart Of heretics. In England she EN-
| ploys Sisters Of Charity and Brothers of St.
! Vincent to melt them down. Please remem-
| Der the pates.''
| Nothing that we know needs prevent the
! .'Archbishop of Westminster from enlighten-
| ing West-end auditory, inasmuch it now
| appears to be commonly understood that the
| heresy of Cranmer is to be put down by fair
means or foul. Our Queen had treaty with
| Portugal confirming to US right of worship in
| that little nook Of Europe, and prlnising pro-
lection in its exercise, but We have seen it
quietly set aside, with scarcely a breath of re-
monstrance by the public, and without a word
of protest from the Grown. The French En-
pcror promised our brethern Of Hontauban IA
vor, and assured the ProteStautS of France in
general that they need not fear perseeution in
his reign; but at this moment, not few of
their congregations are dispersed, their rchuEchz
es shut up, and they, panic-struek, dare not
complain for themselves, and are trembling
least others utter the least complaint for them.
From Turkey, where we understood great
things had been done for our Protestant breth-
ren, converts from the Greek or Armenian
churches, our correspondent writes that, after
all, ssnative Protestants in several parts of the
empire are deprived of their rights and NAL
treated, even by the Turkish officials them
selves, notwithstanding the firman issued by
the Sultan on their behalf; and, when appeals
are made by them to the Porte for redress,
nothing effectual is done" 1t looks as if
there were an understanding between the
Porte and the Paschalcs that the famous fir
mans given for Protestants, ten years ago,
shall be treated with common contempt now
that Professionalism spreads. Consequently,
matters in Turkey growing worse and
worse every day, and there is reason to fear
that the promises Of the Sultan TO England
will soon vanish like s.the early cloud and the
morning dew -..-
The case of poor Cecchetti bclongsto anoth-
er class, indeed. No treaty, that we know of:
can Toe pleaded on his behalf He must be
left to perish. lie may starye or he driven
mad, but the -people Of England. who were SO
earnest about the Madiai, scarcely give his
case any serious concern. He was not known
in London as 3 courier, nor his wife as a lady's
maid. There is, therefore, no link strong
enough to bind poor Ceccheti to the heart of
England! Gomez, too, has not yet been cud-
gelled or thrown into cell at Lisbon, but he
is a prisoner at large, to be pounced upon the
moment that he presumes 10 deliver a s'pre-
lection'' on Christianity with open doors. No
matter, our Government has long made up its
mind to leave people TO their fate; and we
think we hear Foreign Secretary say, thai ssif
people have calling to be apostles, they must
be content to be made martyrs
Protestants in this country are weary of put
ting their trust in princes and find that par
tial and mere defensive measures, however
valuable in he conduct of the campaign, will
never win a battle, much less make US respec-
table in the sight of the enemy flour breth-
len could be suffered to die openly, and if the
ashes of martyrdom We're again yisibly scat
tered for seed of the church, our contest would
be sublime and holy, but now it is really igno-
minious. Not the mob nor the stake, nor
even confiscation and banishment by Popish
governors, are now the means employed for
crushing Christianity. The whole mass of
European and Colonial Professionalism is
weighed down by the apathy of some and by
the perfdy of others. We hope for good faith
from allies, but outrage awaits US at Lisbon,
disappointment at Paris, shame at Constsnti-
nople, and scorn almost everywhere else. We
ask diplomatists for projections they are silent
and we think of Lord Howdenas model min
lister. restoring deserted churches in Spain, as
one on whom Protestant would have to rely
in an emergency. But surely q remedy re-
MAINS that we may resort to, after prayer
The Protestants Of the world should now make
common cause, and as the Americans have
been forced into one kind of combination to
protect themselves from aliens, the Protes-
tants of every land should now combine to
pursue the common object by right means, in
defence from all enemies, intran,uros ct extra.
The thought is not new. 1t has long been
slumbering in many minds and possibly the
Protestant Alliance, of all Protestant unions
the most catholic and the most.efficient, might
awaken it into action, and organize calm,
but honest, firm, and unwayering union. of
ProtestaDts throughout the world.
GETTING DEsPER ATE.-'Do you love me,
Simon?. DO love you-ax the sun if it
loves the flowcrs-ax cold kitten if she loves
warm brick! Love you-show me the man