The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-02-22
THE OiTH or 4 KNOW NOTHING.

nistered on the Holy Bible-an oath which obligates
them topersrcute TO the bitter end, all persons who
adopt the Catholic faith, whose misfortune il was
80 have been born on soil a few thousand miles dis
sant from this glorious land of liberty It's also ad
nitred and cannot be successfully denied, that this
organization has caused class of people TO hate
the other with perfect hatred-indeed so bitter
and malignant has that hatred be- me, that Know
Noihings cannot speak of Foreigners Catholics,
without branding them with epithets of the most in
famous and degrading character Through the evil
spirit thus eugendered, Foreigners, including
men and children. shot down in Louisville and
elsewhere, as though they had bean SO many mad
dogs. Only few days since, in the Hall of the
House Of Representatives of Pennsylvania, OF
the Know Nothing leaders on that floor deuomnated
the Catholic population OF Cambria county "a DEN
OF NIPERS - in the utterance OF which disgrace
iu sentiments false and malicious il dis
sracefnl-he cordially endorsed by all his bre-
thrcn Of the MIDNIGHT LODGE, as was evident
from the fact that they all voted TO sustain bis point
Now, what we want TO get at is this. Can
be CHRlSfIAN-can he enjoy the favor of his
Maker, whilst resting under this dreadful oathi On
the other hand does not this oath preclude the posi-
hility of his becoming Christian, until he renoun-
it, and repents Of the great wrong he has done
brother by thus obIgating himself to dc all in his
power 10 degrade and disgrace him for all time to
Gomez Let MS honestly examine the authorities.
and think they will settle the matter without
much difficulty.
In the 22d c of s. MATTHEW, 3G, %, IS, 80,
and 10 v. we find the following:
30. Master, which is the great commandment in
the law!
81. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind.
IS. This i the first great commandment.
30. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love
thy neishbor thyself
10. On these two commandments hang all the law
and the prophets.
s. JOHN, 18th c. II v reads thus:
u. This is my commandment that ye love one a
mother, as have loved you.
In the First Episte General of JOHN, Cd c. o, 10
and II Y. stands recorded these words:
3. He that saith he is in the light, and ha,eth his
brother, is in darkness until now.
TO- lie that loveth his brother ahtieih in the light,
and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
4. But he that hateth his brother in darkness,
and kuoweth not whittier he goeth because that
darkness hath blinded his eyes
4th Book, 7, II, 20, and 81 Y. will be found
the following:
7. Beloved, let us love one another for love is Of
God; and every that oveth is born of God, and
knoweth God.
H. Beloved if God so loved us, we ought also to
love another.
20. If a man say, I,love Cod and hateth his bro
ther, he is LIAR. For he that loveth net his bro-
.her, whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom
he hath not seen?
81. And this commandment have we from him.
That he who loveh God, loveth his brorher also.
We ask every man who has taken this oath, and
more especially those who profess to be Christians
10 read carefully the above quotations which ema-
nate from God himself, and then ask themselves, a.
they expect to at the last Great Day. scan a
man be Know Nothing and Christianl'' Ii not then
let all who have thoughtlessly joined this organza
tion abandon ii at once, aud heartily repent of the
folly.
And to those MINISTER'S of the Gospel who seem
TO have lost all faith in the power of God, and who
have joined these midnight couspiracies with the
view of reforming through the iustrumentaities
of an of flesh, we would direct their attention to
the llih of Hebrews in general, aud the 33d v. in
particular:
80. Who through FAITH subdued Kingdoms,
wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped
the mouths OF Lions.
IL those preachers who consider all Catholics as
resting beneath the frowns of the Almighty, would
earnestly and sincerely pray for them Instead of uni
iiHs III Sct4tN Win thIufI>
ers, profane sweaters, drunkards, gamblers, and de-
bauchees, TO denonnce them, how much better would
their acts square with their professions of love for
The Bible? But, unfortunately, all are not Christians
that preach the Gospel, and the peoplAmust take
heed lest they be misled by wolves inas4eeps cloth
ing. In JOHN, 4 c. v. we are adsnonished of this
fact.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, bnt try the spi-
ritz hafb fba ha f,.,r
prophets are gone out into the world
When Know Nolhngism first introduced itself to
the public, of the religious newspapers Of the
day took hold of it with firm grasp; and, without
waiting what it meant, urged church lnem-
bers TO push on the column. The ApypcArE, the or
gan Of the Methodist Church, church TO which we
devoted by ties that can never be severed ex-
eept by death, and the OBSERVER, the organ of the
Lutheran Church, became the enthusiastic advocates
of the principles of the Order-and in this way ma
ny honest and good men were entrapped into the
midnight lodges that could not have been brought in
throagh any other channel. The result of the abors
Of these journals is evinced in the decline of the
Church wherever is under the control Of Know
Nothing Preachers.
The Methodist, Lutheran, and all other churches
resting beneath the weight Of this demoralizng
Scehfge VIII nave 10 cast oil the loathsome iHcUm-
blance before they can nope to prosper in spiritual
things.
That Minister who has taken an oath TO disfran-
chise his Catholic neighbor, who approves the con-
duct of Others ia doing so violates the strong
est OF the commandments-and, under such crcum-
stances, his prayers, whenever and wherever offered
must be an abominaton in the sight Of the Lord
Will any Christian, such, deny this position p
And further, does Know Nothing deliberately