The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-20
Religious Intelligence.
CHURCH NOTICES.

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CHURCH NOTICES.
ST. PAUL's CHURCH.-Rev.Wm II.
Van Antwerp, Rector. Services
Sunday School at 8 A NJ; Morning
Prayer, 1O3; Evening Prayer, 7:45.
Rev. Walter Scott, of Trinity
Church, Vanderburgh, viii of6ciate
in st. Paul's tomorrow.
Lamaseo Mission Sunday School at
Up. NJ.
TRINITY NJ. E. CHURCH-The reg
ular Sabbath services will be held in
this Church tomorrow. Sunday
School at 9 A. NJ. Preaching at 103
A. N. and 8 P. NJ. Glass Meeting at 2
and 3 P. NJ. Public generally invited.
Seats free.
INGLE STREET NJ. E. CHURCH.
Regular services morning and even
ing. Also during the week.
THE Western Christian Adrocate
comes to us this week with the name
and salutatory of its new Editor
Rev. s. NJ. Merrill. 1t also contains
two speeches in the General Confer
ence against Lay Representation,
which is slightly Indicative of the
course of the Ad05cate on that ques-
ton.
THE Cincinnati Gazette notices that
Rev. G.. F. P~entecost, late Pastor Of
the Baptist Church Of this city, was
expected to preach the initiatory SER
mon for his new charge, at C~oviDgton,
Kentucky, tomorrow.
THE IRISH CHURGHAND NATION.
The ignorance of Intelligent Euro
peans on matters American, is some
times astonishing. This is only
equalled by the ignorance Of intelli-
gent Americans on matters Euro
pean.
The Round Table begins an article
on the Irish Church with the follow
ing amazing statement:
The wrongs Of ireland began:soon after
the quarrel Of Henry VIII. with Rome,
which made the English a Protestant peo-
pie, without a the same time, converting
the Irish from the faith of tueir forefath-
ers. In consequence of this quarrel, the
Client Church, passed into the possession OF
the new. A whole people were made TO
support a religion protested only Dy a
small number OF alien residents
Some of the facts of Ireland's con
neetion with England, both in Church
and State, are briefly these. 1t is
easy to compare them with the above
tissue of plumbers:
In the beginning of the Twelfth
Century, Ireland was, oivilly, govern
ed by its native chiefs. 1t had no
central government. It was au IN
settled country, peopled by half civ
ilized tribes or clans.
Enthusiastically it was governed by
its own Bishops and clergy. Its
Church was entirely Independent of
the Papal See.
In i156, Adrian ". nicholas
Breakspear, an Englishman, and the
only one hat was ever Pope,) granted
the Island to Henry III. on the ground
that all Islands belonged to St.
Peter and the holy Roman Church"
The object Of the grant was that the
barbarOus people might be civilized,
and taught true religion q e., sub
AAcotOh " bAC 0CO VI 4buIuG+J 4uty
were to pay Peters pence for each
house, etc.
The Normans had been the soldiers
of the Papacy in driving the Saracens
out of Italy and Sicily, and after
wards, IN protecting the Popes from
the German Emperors. The Popes
wore, therefore, grateful to the now
semi civilized northern pirates. AL
exander III blessed the banner under
which William the Bastard fought at
Hastings. The Norman conquest of
England was in the interests of the
Papacy, that the half independent
Saxon Church might be brought
under obedience to the Chair of
Peter" William secured such sub
mission and his own throne by VIC
lently ~displacing the Saxon Bishops,
and filling their Sees with Normans.
If the existing Church of Ireland
be the Church of the conquerors,"
and badge of conquest" it was so
before Henry VIII. 1t was just as
much the conquerors' Establishment
under Richard | as under Victoria.
Its endowments, its buildings nearly
altogether, are the work, not of Celtic,
but Of Norman and Engl.shh ands.
These are the facts Of Ireland's
connection with England, we'll attest
ed IN known and unquestioned his
tory. We have given them as they
stand. The extent of Dure barharism