The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-09

handsome majority. Indeed, Demo
cratic victories come in now from every
quarter where there is an election.
Religious Fanaticism and BigOtry.
A branch of what is known as the
Evangelical Alliance is in Pittsburgh,
and FELIX R. BRUNoT is its President.
The objects of this Association are stated
to be to promote evangelical union,
with view TO greater success in Chris
tan activity; TO maintain and exhibit
the essential unity of the Church of
Christ; to counteract the influence of
infdelity and superstition, especially in
their organized forms; to assist in the
cause Of religious freedom everywhere;
to hold up the supreme authority of
the Word Of God; to urge the observ-
ance of the Lords Day; and to correct
the immoral habits Of society; and 10
accomplish these ends, it proposes to
act as Bweau Of Correspondence and
Information, obtaining facts and diff
fusing them, with such suggestions as
may seem pertinent, always avoiding a
dogmatic or legislative style, and en-
deavoring to keep the unity Of the Spirit
in the bond of peace"
In a recent address before this ALI
ance, the Rev. Mr.. HAYS stated that
one Of the principal objects of the III
stitution was to contest the ascendancy
of Romanism. as not the Roman
Catholic Church said the reverend
gentleman, moving heaven and earth
TO get this land? glory in her weak
ness in the old country. | glory in the
fact that her right hand, which rests
upon the favored head of Austria, is
resting only upon q corpse. | glory IN
that also, when her left hand rests with
light touch. One by one the props
that have upheld it in the old world
are crumbllng into fragments and will
continue so until man and humanity,
each for himself comes to stand on the
platform of this alliance. 1t is in this
land that Popery has hopes of gaining
groundover this English speaking Pro
testantism." The speaker then closed
by urging at some length the import
ance of this alliance withstand these
evils.
The Rev. DIR. WILSON followed in
his view Of the question. I'VE want,
said he, ito concentrate the influence of
all Protestant Christendom, and make
it available. We are approaching in
this country some great struggle and a
great crisis. There is to be an organ
lied effort made to take from us our
Sabbaths, our Bibles, and the question
now before us is, shall our children
have the joys of the Sabbath we have
enjoyed, and shall they have the same
Bible We need all the Commemorative
power we can give to meet this quea-
ton, and to perpetuate the liberties we
now enjoy This Alliance presents a
grand front to the world, a front that
will challenge the respect of its friends
and the fears of its foes"
The next view of this religious ques-
ton was presented by the Rev. Mr.,
STUCKENBURG. He said: When the
Alliance was formed the Evangelical
Christians felt that they ought to form
one host against one common enemy.
Infdelity has grown in Germany, and
had developed itself in Pantheism.
Deism was not only found here and
there in England, but had crept into
the church itself The Roman Catho-
lie Church was making desperate ef-
forts to again gain the crown which she
had lost Beside infdelity and Roman
ism there was another object. 1t was
q tendency that developed itself in the
Protestant Church. We refer to Pussy
ism and Tractarianism. The tendency
began to develop itself about the year
1888. 1t was called Pusyism from its
leader, and was called Tractarianism
from the fact that in 1888 a number Of
tracts were published. This tendency
has introduced three hundred or more
ministers from the Episcopalian into the
Roman Church, beside many laymen.
If the objects of this Evangelical al
lance have been properly presented by
these gentlemen, the association is
simply one to make Protestant ware
fare upon the Catholic Church; and as
all religious warfares are the most Bit
ter, and the most injurious, and the
most inexcusable Of all other kinds of
warfare that ever cursed the world,