Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-03-24
ORIGINAL PAPERS,
For the Spirit Of the Age.
Facts worthy Of Contemplation.

For the Spirit Of the Age
Facts worthy Of Contemplation.
fcoSrINUED FROM OUR LAsr.)
What dark and foreboding clouds of am
rchy, superstition and ignorance, lowered !
yer the eastern world during the dark
yes. Fruitful fields and fertile gardens
re devastated towns, cities, kingdoms
nd empires are ovesthrown, and the most
powerful nations laid low in the DUST
Countless numbers of human beings fall
victims to the guilotine and gibbet daily.
are roasted on livid Goals riv-
rs are clodded with human gore, and yet
Zero, one Of the perpetrators Of these helm
as deeds, not content with this gross wick
dness, wishes that the whole human. fami-
y ihad but one head which he might sever
~ one fatal stroke Behold that hydra
aeaded monster, Roman Catholicism spring
1p in Popedom. Priests, though reveling
nH|tnnkenness, debauchery and bloodshed
Issnme the prerogative Of the Deity, and,
|retsnding to pardon the sins of their sub
< hts lead them in the grossest delusions ;.
from them their pecuniary resources,
nkes on them too grievous to be borne
ithhold from them the only true
bun eternal woe to endless. day
Red is man, the noblest object Of
degraded almost to level with
hd perpetrates every species of
d the adversary of souls can in
Nv is delineated the truthful
riptuFal assertion, "The whole
u wickedness and every imagi-
bought of the heart is wicked
There is within every hui
an innate sense of right and
Seriousness of future state.
nveloped in this abyss of pol
We and unhappy and finds no
~ his cravings for immortal
6r boy, clothed in tatters, sub
mofsel begged from door tc
may obtain an education.-
in understanding and learn
of luxury and evlnces such
elevated, moral and intel
that the aristocracy of the
9 with him. Again we hea
ng, with undaunted zeal, the
Iant and sublime truths which
kct collision with the absurt
he ruling men, and make, al
emble from its very foundation
ubIishes ninety eight theses tn
sained in which are TO be tn
b will dissipate the gloom of th
s., and infuse light and knowledg
Is portals. How mysterious tbs
5pe of Rome, who wishes to extir
every ray of Gospel truth, issues
Be which prohibits the molestation
s parsonage, though he wields an invis
Z sccptre sharper than two-edged swor
before which sceptre all the nations of I'll
earth viii eventually bow; priests, pop
and potentates fall hfeless and unseen
things, and infdeity atheism and catho
cism vanish like mist before the mornir
sun. As the miner extracts the most va
liable gem from the comminuted drifts,
this individual learns the truths he Incl
Gates from an old dusty pocket Bit
which he, inadvertently, discovers in
obscure corner in the library Of Erfurt
ANDY where is the christian whose heart dc
not swell with emotions too big for uttt
ance, as he contemplates this same indivi
ual, Martin Luther, an eloquent, phila
thropic orator, enchanting enraptured 6
diences by his sublime discourse, and pl
pairing their hearts for the reception Of tt
propitious Star which, arising in the
distant East, will burst asunder the gall
yoke of catholicism and guide the delud
feet of the released subjects from the re
of eternal despair, tojoys unalloyed on hi,
Asia the bright oasis of art, science a
literature; the chosen residence of God
carnate and the grand theatre Of His a
his Apostles wondreus works, soon becor
the receptacle ofidolatry. Her places,
lowed BY the sacred presence of the CIR
Am, are desecrated by the most helm
crimes, and she, soon after witnessing
ascension of the Holy Lamb, sinks low
ignorance and pollution. Europe now
cupies Appointment place in the fore-grou
of the picture, revels in luxury, exults
powers, pays homage to crowned he
and cronches before royal sceptres.
is created free moral agent, hence, tho
tyrants and despots usurp his rights awl
conscience will ultimately resume her pl
ince and prompt her possessor to re
against these illegal restraints and a
his own principles, though such an ave
subject him to every Inconvenience
cause him to be burned martyr on
stake. See that poor man poring carne
over few scanty volumes. By thoro
investigation, deep study, and hints ga
from these volumes, he arrives at the
clusion that the earth is not static
planet, but revolving sphere, and
there is consequently continent opp
the one he occupies. The ignorant