The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-23

JULY 23, l87l.-TRIPLE
revolutionary rabbe that poured into Rome with the
invaders, and whom your correspondent IL pleased 70
term he majority OF the citizens" the actual peo-
pie OF Rome forbid celebrating an event nearest
and dearest their hearts, which they have looked
| forward 10 for many years. This In the Popes own
domnions, where ne Is the only legitimate sover-
| eign.
to know that forty-seyen POpes have been despoled
| OF their domnons and temporal power ana nave
reganed them. There Is more tnan M. human IAN
POpe's temporal power is at an end Is about as
great saying that God Almighty has ceased TO De-
| Religious Freedom in Russia.
| To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Many thanks for your well-deserved rebuke to
| Priest Bjerring. administered to him through the
| editorial columns in late issue OF the HERALD.
For the last eighteen years have been constant
and careful reader OF the HERALD. and often
| asked myself the question: "What would become Of
the truth OF every important subject II 1t was not
| for the HERALD~ ANY ignorant foreigner may
come to this country, assai the most cherished In
situations OF this land, and palm himself on on the
American public o man OF consequence, and rep
resent his despotica home government as being the
best under the SUM- II 1t were not for the HERALD
which at once discards the man and brands his
statements with faseho0d 1t is, indeed, q matter
Of surprise where and how does the HERALD obtain
all the information concerning men and facts be-
longing to foreign lands In all liberal movements,
good cause and mans freedom the HERALD always
takes the lead and yet its editor is charged with
being In the service OF the Pope Is there news
paper this country religious secular that has
passed more severe and sensible rebukes on some
OF the doings OF the Vatican In Rome, or
more heartily endorsed the unity Of Italy
and the emancipation OF Europe from priesty
intolerance than the HERALDS Is there q
warmer friend to the cause Of human freedom
everywhere than the HERALDf l myself. although
engaged In work antagonistic to the Church Ut
Rome, have received Kindness and most generous
and to me most valuable favors, times ana over,
through the columns Of the HERALD. This fact con-
vinces that the HERALD Is In the service OF right
against wrong, and its fearful and most effective
batteries are directed against every oppression, be
itn the Church Of the West or OF the East; In the
Protestant faith. Jewish synagogues or Mahomme
dan mosques or the temple OF Confucius.
And now comes Priest Bjerring In his attack on
| Americas nobesr institution, the "Evangelical
Alliance" strictly Protestant association, and the
Poplsh HERALD comes to It's rescue and vindcation
and trust PrOtestants Will not be unmndfu or this
| fact.
The statement OF Priest Bjerring that there is In
Russia freedom OF conscience Is SIMPLY prepOster
ous Are not the followers OF the Greek Church
| who become Professionals or even Roman Catholics
thrown into prison or banished TO SiberiaS Al the
convocatlon OF the late Ecclesiastical Council In
| Rome did moi the russian government forbid the
| Latin pelates to attend the saneS
Priest B)errng calls himself an American citizen.
| Precious specimen or an American citizen he must
| be A lew sundays ago. when ne celebrated the
birth OF another Russian prince, he In his prayer In
Russia but avoasa to ask the sans bess
ing on the country or which ne Is citizen,
and upon the Cniei MAGISTRATE OF thus great free
Ambassador.
Priest Blerrng came to this country and estab-
shed in New York o Russo-Greek chapel, without
asking permission from the authorities so TO do. In
Russia, again, no Roman Catholic, Protestant or
Jew would dare to build church without special
permit from the government Again. Priest Bier
ring says that the Russian government suStains
Roman Catholic and Protestant schools at It's own
expense. This false aud challenge Priest Bier
ring to name to me one solitary school
Protestant or Roman Catnolicwsastalnsa at the ex-
logical German seminary, supported out OF the
private purse Of the late EMPRESS OF Russia, who
was the sister to the present Protestant Emperor OF
Germany Again, Priest Berrng says that all the
clergy ia Russia-Greek, Roman and Protestant
phaticaily deny. The Roman Catholic priests In
Russia, like IN every other country, are paid out OF
few German Protestant ministers are paid by their
own congregations, and receive AID from Prussia.
The Greek priests IN no country nave liked
They have regular tarin for all their services For
baptIsmal. much for funeral 80 much; ior mar
rage visitation OF the sick, &c. so much. Besides.
every man who has landed property must give the
priest yearly many bushels Of corn, wheat. Dota-
toes, &c. AS regards the mucn-abused fellow NOR
tals Of ours the Jews. why, they have show at
all in Russia They are treated by the liberal gov
many homeless dogs.
Concerning Poland-poor, enslaved and unhappy,
BIerrins mas made statements that are untrue from
beginning to end. He says that In Poland the
Roman Catholic priests are masters OF the sltua-
NJ, N
The higher, more educated portion OF the people Of
Russian Poland are Roman Catholics. and it Is they
that fought the battles Tor POiand's liberty. The
peasantry belong to the Greek Church, and hence
the reason why they sided with the government OF
OF most barbarOus cruelties int cted on POpish
| dOgs''-men, women and children.
Look at the Danubian Prtnclpaes M0ldavia and
walachia- AS long as they were directly governed
by the Turkish government there was religious free
| DOM But as soon as they set up government for
! themselves and the Greek Church became "the
Church." other religions mad no show whatever.
There are PrOesrants IN those princpailtles and
| Protestant mission could not be sustained. The
| few Roman Catholics living In constant dread.
and the poor Jews, God help them Whenever
the MOldavians wish to have some exciting
| pastime and amusement they go TO butcherng the
| Jews and burning their hOmes-all In the name Of
orthodox pety ana the liberty OF conscience ~ rep;
the Jews in odessa, Russian city, but few weeks
ago. speaks In eloquent language how mau's con.
| science is respected in Russia.
| Again, Priest BjerrnR denies the statement that
consecrated bread was forced down the throat OF q
| frOtc8t8uL Gul. he Says tncy use Drcau III WING,
| cut in small pieces. Now happened 60 be born In
country where there 4O00, 900 OF our people
| longing TO the Greek Church. have freqhenty at
tended their services and claim to know as much or
| the Greek religious ceremonies and rules as the New
| York Greek priest does.
Every Greek church Is divided into three apart
| ments VIZ, the altar, the male and the female.
The entrance to the altar Is through three doors
| right, left and centre. The middle door, which is
| called sOvaG DrettGtd, Is covered with curtain,
which Ia, but on few occasions, drawn aside inside
Is the sopatd uapezd the holy table, adorned with q
silk cover, the Bible the communion service. pic.
lures and robes Of the priests, consisting OF saz,
| D0uar petrdhH, ndruEUize, Odestdd, and, II the
| priest be OF the monastic order, EamilaOkd. The
priest dresses himself inside OF the al ter and does
not show himself TO the people but tree times Il
| speak now Of the service which Is the main
| one and which they call tturOid), VIZ, when he
! the sacrament leap In right hand and plate on his
| Whan he dISIrhute6 the stpQ9kuriZe y