Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-05-11
EPlSCoPALlANISM,
RELIGION MADE EASY.p


lecture Of Rev. Thomas Beechcr--
alleged "ETrors" and sC0rruptionsr
of the Roman Church.
ave may reform to the Alcomn or what i vorlo
as iaras Atheism itsolL ~ Golfers ca. Hisiory,
! Editor Cicarfeld republican.
] cannot hold yoa responsible for
Rev Mr. Bcecher's lecture, as your i'm
Partially to all creeds is well known.
For tho reprint Of that pompous
lecturer, / blame tho unwise and
unlcarncd zeal of the local Protestant
| Episcopal authorities. / would have
noticed the document when published,
but official duties allowed no time I'LL
now, and besides, had hopes that the
unworthy and disgracoful production
would be disowned instead of being
endorsed by the Clearield Protestant
Episcopal authorities. With great
love for kilh and kin roligiously, the
lecturer calls all Protestant churches
"sisters," finds "errors" "unreason," "
or corruption" in none-saye IN the
Roman Church. His creed of course,
is the best-it's apostolic, because be
traces il TO the "morning star of the
Rcformation"-W Wiclllifand followers,
Henry VIII and daughter '1ho maiden
monarch" Mr.. Seabury's "second-rate
Scotch consecration" and the "frst-
class conservation" Of three bishops in
l7G7 by the Archbishop Of Canterbury.
Therefore tIiumphantly concludes Mr.
b., the Protestant Episcopal Church
Ia the Unuod Statos Il as "apostoHc
as the Church Of England herself
What q pity that this beautiful struc.
ture is based only on "hay and
stubble" foundation ! lst, Nothing
apostolic about the church ''as by law
established" because Matthew Parker
the first Protestant Bishop never
received tho Episcopal character
"Tho nag's head" farce may be
disproved-'iho Lambeth Register"
may be proved fact instead Of a fic-
tion or a forgery Barlow's conse.
cration-record may be discovered, but
even when all these difficulties will be
overcome, still it can never be proved
that Parker was raised to the cpisco.
pacy, for the form then used and for
one hundred years after said nothing
about the "work OF q bishop" OF
"priest," hence, the Anglican Estab.
lishment has no apostolic mission, nor
even valid ordination. The "Ameri
can Churchmsn" is in tho same pre-.
dicamont. Tho lecturer is aware OF
the difficulty and speaks OF it with
great lcvity. "The apostolic success
sion is SO damned by the proclamation;
of Henry and Elizabeth, that many
able writer's deny the river Of ofapostoliC
succession can get round the dam. &c
! TTns Atharasian creed is spoken of ir
tho samo way, il is rejected because
at has a dry funny rattle, &c."-hi'
church received ii at first and omit
ted the Nicone creed. His ideas on
/ this subject are confused contradictory
and almost on a par with Barclay,
"Carnal Artists" If a person bo
lioyes his bishop be viii got from hin
an the bcncft that will come from
bishops" This Is the reverse Of th,
% and &c Of thc aihmons 80 Articles
| ID, Wicklilf and bis followers taught
.thc trath &c. in 1880, one hundred
and fifty years before luther (l5iT)-
not Quito-only 49, Tyndal !
another OF his apostolic links
shall cite a fcw Protestant writer's {,
show the real impaus tonols Of Oh,
lecturers "gfoat religious ancestors
I DR. Hcylin, Episcopal, says. "WiclS
IiTs errors could not challenge th'
name of Gospel, bat such is the hu
mour of some men as TO every separa
ton from the church Of Rome--th,
greater the separation the purer thI
! Gospol"-1)Loilaris TeBGs
o. "Christ 10 al his deeds did no
deserve heaven.
~. "Tho commandments bo givol
not to do them, bat TO know our dam
nation and ask lor mercy"
Is. "All flesh IN bondage Of sin
cannot avoid TO rim continually"
40. "To wash dishes and to proacI
is all one touching the deed to pleas
God."-(2) )1gnddrS Opinions.
1st, "Baptism is insignificant be
cause children arc bapliscd in Latin
%, Sacrament no benefit Sd, a TurI
believes in God better than Roman
list" His "hctcrcdoxes" says, the pre-
testant historian Collier care too Wis
bic to reckon him amongt the reformou
Of the English Church"-(3.)
1t is strange that the Protostan
. Episcopal Church in this place ca
Z endorse the daring mendacity Of Oh
man who calls the above abominabl
errors, "trulhs,' "wiso doctrine" sc
and their authors "martyrs.' iii
description of Henry the VIII, an
the Reformation is not worthy Of a
l "Amcricau ChurchmAn." iie tries {
- hide tho crimes OF this monster b
the phrases "Curious King '-lik
{ neutrality-suspicious. piety, &c. Wha
a do English Episcopals say Of 10
lustful wife murdercrg DR. Iloyh
says: "1To never spared man in hi
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