The New York herald., 1871-12-03

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Now, wnen the lie s,siaiurc uses the s,mp. word
that 1t means a Protestant translation Of q PRO.
iestant received text OF only sucn books as sre
received by the majority OF CnrlstIans. all other
, ,sA.s - ana al other tran.iations i The nroLuc.
uon OF sacn boJk q compliance with the law or
gross pervers'on AMI VIOLATION of It. Is II augnt
warren, IN his lie ,al Studies cites as master
pIese oil logic, Cnillingwortn's work, "ine Bole
the hen-ion oi ProtcsiaDls." Now II the Bible Tor
!he ro.estant III LEI Is the rei,gioa OF iroesants,
then tnis iorciug o the FRO essant BIDle ilto Inc
pubic scnoos Is the esta lsnel at OF tue frote tant
Is Established IN our whole educati nal system The
board u Kcgents, the hignest cducaiional oodv III
mcmher, and though nu.noer OF Cataoic col
lie .es are suo ect 10 1t no Catnoiic member has
nearly a century. there never mas been Catholic
EXCEPT, perhaps, as professor Of lan!laaes III The
B.ole, by an INTERPRETATION or law, which Is arcs
Is inirudcd into tue schools Tue Protest.
the schools, although II IS admled 10 spurI, Us
Groes zach long succ showed 4 10 be spur1ou. The
mara II 70 be s,urou. The BaItists IN their recent
iransauon .! the bible ABANDON It as spur.ou and
Sawyer. oi Bos;oa, IN Lis recent translation aban-
dons It as SPURIOUS The re. lsers now NJ
ad reject il ana yet because It Is used used
sun IN Protestant cnnrcncs, 1t $ forced into the
pnDic scl0ols and CatnJiic children compelled 10
join III tins putting OI Spurious words inf0 The mouth
o tae saviour under penalty of expulsion or chas-
usemtnt.
Are not the schools, as administered. part and
parcel oil the Pro esant church system p though
the whole farce cnded and ,hal tie sun Of ju Ice in
our State arms should really rise and make tlls
winter oi our disconient glorious summerf 5.
vindicaiiOu Of CnihOlicism Against Ixn0rancc.
To THE EDITOR or rHR HERALD:-
An article appeared Ia your issue Of the % IN ult.
under the name OF ~. T. Blakeney," embracing
contradictory views to sope statements contained
In my letter to you OF the l5tn UT. Mr.. Blakeney
as convincing proof of his thorough know. edge OF
the Catholic Cnarch ms sixty years. stay in its od.
| He may posi- lly nave been catholic. nomlnaly
speaking for that number OF years, bur entertain
grave DOUBTS as 10 nc creJlby oil his assertion. For
man having remained SO long In the true Church,
am sorry To ind min 50 unncrcuuly iyn0raat 0f It's
teachings and benefits 10 soc.ety. Mr.. Blakeney,
secondly, remarks that liberalism Is advocated all
over the world except by lew Interested persons
priests, ana their dupes." Liberalism in religious
| as We'll as IN secuar matters means, practically, !,
no creed at all and 'set every maa Oe bis own
creed religion" Now, can MIR. Biagcaey
inform Inc what Kind OF re.igiOn It Is which allows
ard teaches every man to iaterpres the scriptures
as his CONSCIENCE may dcta,cr should consider 1t
to De none at All. IRON the SIMPLE iact that every
lc lSoi must hOid 10 creed wu.cn yvcs II vitality;
and as iiuerat Cnrislal iUl.oas no iaitn out MS
own, religion estaoi,snci on tnat principlc IS as
ridiculous ~ u Is unnecessary. The Ca,uu.lc clergy,
is rne, are not advocates Of this la.se primo pie,
ior they are endeavor9 steadily To upro0t " rom
society, wnicn mas srOwn morally ald socially
weaker b, It's cL,'riclOn5 ieusions. Ma,eflailsni,
waicn eacncs an inpor,ant attachment 70 MATERIAL
0D,eclS iatlcy tnan tn spiritual Oues mas Also been
opposed " The Ca noilc church, ana am grieveI
To admit with Mr. BiaKeney mat ~ was never bet
fortunately, pervcrihs tne iae,Iects u our people.
and to impede IT'S Progress US iar MS possloe
| Is the constant W.r& Oi tho Catholic Clergy. de
| "beieves and cun denostrate that ,he most
successful destroyer o. CHARITY Inst the world mas
ever seen IS the catholic eau ch." II Is pity that
MIR. Biakeney views Oi charity are entlreiy the
reverse Of inose whica Tue .a.nuic Cnuica sought
TO incucate INTO his wayward mlnd ,or
sixty years. He ueems the church unCn4rltaue
because sns holds firmly TO the teneis Hlveu b. her
inlable Founder. Jesus Christ. anu will not devl-
ate from her sacred MISSION ny Introducing into
her vocabulary any novel Ideas, allowing man to be
| his own Iora. II CHRIST had w,sned man TO work
out his salvation alone he would never have instL
tn cd y Church; aud II stands 10 reason that as He
founded out ole exclusive religion there should he
Mr.. Llakepey Is decidedly wrong In his conviction
that CaIhOc scnoois are PAGES M wnicI Iynorance
is taught, knowledge Ignored ami sec,srian preju.
dces nursed am CERTAIN from personal oUserva-
rnorans Of saelr rsSou .San Catholics are Of iSeD
religion, aud the bright mteects clnanatins from
III society and 4 noted lor their kI0weuge
charity have lar be- ter record tndn those o other
religious denominations. lhe true Catholic training
Is easily dislingulsnaDle ana commend4De the
graduates Vi our Catholic insfituuons, anu although
anu blgo.ry. sim tneir actions and WORKS in aler
lie demonstrate The contrary.
| Mr.. Blskcney Is DISTURBED In mind because the
Church teaches her children - discriminating
watch illness against hereto al books newspapers,
to evii the Church, TO Obvia tins inclination. ols-
allows the reading OF hereticai books. &c, and en-
ones She. on one nand understanding the weak.
ness OF human nature and It's propensity 10 cvis
&c, b. her children; anu. on the other nand, KNOW.
Ing that the uture pros erty o the Church and the
Young ~ m her doctrincs incacsns lno aner tender
minds the solid primo pies OF morality and protnery
purf me a a IA
OF writings W her rising generation. J. b. b, JR.
The Greek Church and the Church Of
EnzlsnA.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
The pubic are greatly Indebted 70 the HERALD
for reproducing in Mondays issue all the pulpit
orators worth hearing on the previous sunday.
There cannot he Gouot that the fact OF giving this
publicity through the columns Of the HERALD tends
very materially 10 improve the tone and character
OF pulpit oratIons. In . late NUMBER or the HERALD
you stale that IN many parts OF England the Estab
llshcd Church has reciprocatei with the Greek
Cnurcn forming junction with the latter Church.
Now, the Church OF England has only reclprocated
IN part, not ..fully,n those who have 80 recipro-
Gated being very insignificant part Of tue
Established Church. true, Numerous meetings. have
been Eelu with the object Oi bringing ABOUT union
be,ween the two Churches The suDJect was
warmly advocated ~ the religious press. the
secular press, with keenLess Tor wnich II Is not
exceilei. saw at giauce tne hoiiowness 0i rs
righteous cOnteIn ordres. IL At once denounced the
arsnrdlty oil such a union, atnd such conncilng
bedeIs aud declared II an insult 10 the Intelligence
OF the Greek Churcn. In England the movement
had Its origin pdrty In The religious sentiment,
pary IN fanatcisIl. bat mostly IN the emoitt cred
and undyIng hatred OF everything Catholic. Tie
weekly Dts pdtcn one OF the most able OF the Lon
don journals, declared thai sucn was the feeling OF
the evangelical parry towards the CatnOilc Cnurcn
that II would ally itself with evea his satanic Ma
Jesty to stop the onward mdrcn OF CathOlic;y. IL
was thought tnat II union could be brought ao0ut
tie evanRecans could then boast the ''respectablty
OF numbers-S And what purpose would junction
have served? lt would nave simply created "a
party wiinin party;' for without total abandon.
ment Of what lew d0gmas possessed uy tine Cnurch
oi England ana profession OF iaitn they could
LOl be ndmLteu INTO tue communion Of The Greek