Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-11-22
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lis the the disgrace Of reason, the
grief of wisdom, and the paroxysm
.Iof folly. 70 fetterthe conscispee, is
injustice; TO ensnare it, is an act of
lsscrilege; but TO torture it, by an at
! tempt to lofce its. feelings, is horrible
intolerance; at IS the most aband0Re6
molatiOn of all the naarinas Of re! gief,
and morality" Bucks Theological
Dictionary Then our point is es-
tablished.
| But we have also said that the ex-
clusion of Catholics from office was
Iimpolitic. 1t is agreed that the Oh
fject of the great body Of Protestant
Christianity is to make a conquest of
the world to gospel truth. Protest
ant Christianity is now. and has been
for years, bending sll its energies to
that end It has yentured upon the
icy mountains of Greenland-It has
tracked the deserts of Afiea-scaled
the walls of China--it is now raising
its temple by the side of the mosque
of the MusSUlman : It is feeling Tor
the heartstings of Popery in some
of the European nations, and it IL
knocking for admittance into and toll
Grafton in others. In the Church
States it is excluded by law; in Spain,
toleration, if We mistake not, is Sc
cured to foreign Protestants only by
treaty-though Spain has recently
connived at the circulation of the BIZ
BILE; and in others, Protestant Chris
tianity is prescribed to q greater or
less extent While it is thus exclu-
ded or restricted, political oppressionis
driving thousands from the Papal
countries upon our shores. Now, il
American Protestantism is really in
earnest about the welfare of their
souls, Why not set the gospel net to
take them, as fast as Providence
seems to drive them in? Why spend
millions of money, and send your
missionaries abroad. and Frequently
to prison and to death, to convert
them, when you have them on our
soil, the best place beneath the sun
to propagate the truth? Be wise as
serpents: let Protestant Christianity
greet them with brothers welcome
--treat them With kindness-throW
around them the arm of Christian
lore. If they hunger, feed them; if
naked, elothe them; if sick, or in priS-
on visit them and minister untoithem;
and then they viii not be afraid of
you, nor afraid to read the Book
which has inspired such sublime char
ity. The Almighty never made a IA
tional being who was not, more or less,
subject to rational kindness. Then
convince them that you are Christ
ians; enlarge your domestic missions;
increase the bumbers Of your colpor-
teurs; multiply your religious presses;
extend the circulation of the Bible; in
short, augment all the operations Of
the Church, in proportion to Catholic
immigration, and If oars is the tras
faith, the word of God is pledged for.
its success: "The entrance Of thy
word giveth light The immigration
of Catholics upon US does not in
crease the number Of Catholics in the
world. It only imposes a greater bur-
den upon our domestic missions, bat
lightens the burden Of foreign mis-
sions. But lest some should be skep-
teal on the conversion of the Catho-
lies, we cal your attention to an ex-
tract from an article in.the New York
O5servsr, July 9th, 1855, and >en-
dorsed as as reliable by that psper:--
"EyANeELIzATIoN or -ITALY,-Ths
conception and execution of the
planof delivering this beautiful coun-
try from the hands of Anti-christ,
is due to few ,pious citizens Of Ge.
neva, y whO, in the year 1889, introdu-
ced few packages Of Bibles and
tracts into Piedmont, to be distrib-
ated amongethe young soldiers of the
Waldsusian valleys. Sixteen years
have elapsed since then, and not
one of them has passed without
bringing to Geneva Italians who have
been concerted by the reading Of
Bibles aud tracts, sometimes without
Eother ihstrumentahty. One eftbeso
was the celebrated Dir. de Sanctis, a
Romish priest, and secretary Of the
Tribunal eftothe inquisiiion. The
! grain TipeHs fsBs'in Italy, that virgin
tS0il OF The Bible. The people hun
'Fgsr anu thirst FOR the truth, rece;viEg
,l,t with more simplicity he, assfothsr