Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-21
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a SUNDAY IN mAplsID.

4 vaIet-de-pjaoe, who was leading Us 70
church Oh Sunday morning IN Madrid,
spoke very fair English, and | asked him
where he had learned it. He said: st the
missionary school IN Constantlnople de
was quite a polyglot. processing 70 be able
70 speak seven languages 1uently. It was
interesting to meet youth who knew our
missionaries there, anu entertained great
respect for his old teachers,-an It gave
Us an idea, too. Of the indirect influence
which such schools must be exerting, when
youth are trained in them, and afterwards
embark in other ealllngs than those that are
religious in their purpose.
lie led Us to the PrussIa1 Ambassador ),
where the chaplain breaches IN the French
language. No Protestant preaching Is al
lowed in Madrid-none indeed, in Spain,
except under the flag Of another Govern
ment The Ambassador, or the Consul,
has the right, Of course, 70 regulate his
own household as be pleases; and under
this necessary prirtIegg, he has, If he is so
disposed, chaplain, and divine service on
Sunday, when his doors are opened TO al
who choose to attend. The practical wOr-
king OF IL Is that a regular congregation
comes TO be established under each flag, il
there are SO many persons of that country
and of a religious tendency as to make It
important. In most Of the great capitals
Of Europe, there are people Of other eoun-
tries resident for business, health, or pleas
ure and they lind a place Of worship IN
their own tongue. la Spain and Rome
0nly.-WrIte it 10 large letters and tell all
the world, to the infinite shame Of the re-
ligiou falsely called Cdth0Iic-no religious
worship is allowed, except that which the
Ambassador, under the aag OF his country,
can maintain in his own house and at the
point Of his country sword
The Germans resident in Madrid speak
the French language, as well o. their own
aud the present chaplain breaches In
French. He Is an earnest, excellent man,
aud his pulpit abilities would make hun
greatly useful 10 a wider sphere .haH this
Ln an upper chamber, that would seat City
persons, \ little congregation, not more than
twelve or fifteen, had come together 20 hear
;he Word. The desk, or pulpit, was hahited
after the fashion in Germany, with black
hangiBgs, embF0idnred neatly By the hands
OF the wife OF the Prussian Ambassador,
and with the words Ia French, GO ye int
all the world and preach the Gospel. /
wasltoid that on Christmas and Easter, festi-
walls Of the Church, some two or three hun
dreds OF German Christians come TO church
and to the communion: but the rest of the
year their spiritual wants do not require the
weekly ordinances, and the congregation
rarely exceeds thirty people
At the present moment, there 10 as little
religious liberation in Spain as in the days
when P0pery Was most fearfully alive and
Cardinal AImenes undertook 10 convert all
heretics by means OF the fagg9t and FIRE.
There are Bibles in Spain, but there are no
Bibles in circulation. Several thousand
sent over by the British and Foreign Bible
Society have been seized By Government,
and are now lying IN boxes in a cellar, TO be
sent back or destroyed. All attempts to
spread the light Of DiYiEe Truth, through
any other than the channels os the Church
Of Rome, are prohibited, and 1t is high
crime against the law, or the royal will,
which is the highest law in Spain, to preach
or distribute religious books. This puts an
endto all coip0rtqge and 20 evangelical efforts
Of every kind. The Queen i the most re-
itg50Hs Of all queens, bas her religion l. after
the pattern Of Saul, not Of Paul
We went after church to the old Palace of
the l0quisiiion. IL il now converted into
dwellings. Over the main entrance was the
inscription, common ali over these foreign