The New York herald., 1870-01-24

century, into belief IN witohcraft ana spread Gre
wrote false dscreias Nc insetpostcd @ tho Fathers, he
corrupted manners. unable TO destroy doctrine he
polluted II no sold induigencles. ne tore the East
from the West, rent the West In twain and brought
on the Violent rcacuon OF the COntnontal RefOrmor
ton $50 cailed with all Its attendant evils The men
n c ss
Leo TX and Gregory VII. ana others, who, acting
upon the evidence OF those false decretaIs, argued
Tor, prayed for and enlarged the powers Of the
Papacy, were honest, however deceived. Luther
anu Calvin and Ecolampadlus were honest. Indeed
all along for le00 years Satans course exnlbIts to
us the TACT that his plan has been bepuile and
deceive sincere men tnat they themselves shall DO hls
real work against the very cause they STRIVING
IN that tbey tnnk they are working for tnat cause
we are TO look for him where the Rullelcss would
least expect 70 mud HIM. II Catholicty herself was
not proof against wies what charms has Protestant
Ism that II Is exemptY II Satan wishes that many
should lan away from CHRISTIAN truth he need only
compshed his purpose. ke OUT Of ten ten nnE H s they
can nnd the truth IN the Bib.e and especially In the
New Testament. The speaker then gave short his
tory OF the origin OF the several books OF the New
Testament, claiming thar they were written 10 con-
nrm those already instructed. While non-Catho-
has gwen tue Bible the world to find the truth
ITSELF In this, through the agency Of sincere but
aeiaaea man satan nag accomplished what the New
testament warned us against. The SCRIPTURES were
the rule OF faith Tor the Church, bu. were never III
tended to be rule of faltn for the individual
satan, through modern Professionalism mace
u impossible for the Bible 70 yield up 70
Individual private JUDGMENT any absolute and
hXed lalth, as II was recognized IN ancient
apostullc ana post apostolic times Now there
Is no distinction left between truth and heresy, and
the latter has ueen rendered Impossible, an inlpor-
tant satanic result. The presenl system OF Proles
tant Worship closing churches, except on two
IONS one day III seven, aud reducing sermons TO
popular harangues on g'tering geleraies tends TO
destroy Christian truth and pive place to the religion
OF mere Qloran y. This Is what Satan would like to
accomplish. In demonstrating this assertion the
speaker stated that for the last three hundred years
IT was erroneousy taught that attendance at church
was Tor personal lnulvldual edliiCatlon aud devO-
ton. This obltcrated the public recognition aud
honor OF Almighty God from popular Consciousness
The libraries open 10 the individual the very
or all pulpit eorta Tor the past 1909 years and lhOu
sands claim to-day that they can worship God as well
at home in the woods as at church With wear-
ness. tut OF 81 000,u00 In this country only about
IL, co., less than 0no-thlrd pretend to any form
OF Christlanty. This Is the result Of the modern
Protestant system OF personal edi1cation and dcvo-
ton, 10y which Satan succeeded IN very damaging
attack on Christianity ltseli.
Now the speaker came TO the defence OF ritual.
tsm-it meaning the incarnation OF God, lturglc
worship, with Its sacranents and forms; spiritual
worship, clothed In u ialr bodily framework. a
simply spiritual worship as opposed to rtualistic
comforts only with purely -2irituai God, which IS
the God ol raonalisni, while the God OF Christianity
Is God ncarnate. Purely spiritual worship lncon-
sistent with the TACT OF God mcarnate, who Is still
present on eartn III the eucharist and VINO works
through the Otner sacfaments Tue end OF purely
spiritual worship Is Labclianisln, Unltarlanlsul ana
lnndelity. The reasons for a llturgc, formal ana
visible worship run down into incarnation itself 1t
tDat car Ilnal truth that Christ ad become man and
opposition to 1t and Its varied forns inspired by
Satan who may be found at work wnere least or all
suspected, even under q Christian disguise.