The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-21
NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 81 l872-TRIPLE SHEET

the brain power. and were only q higher grade o
animal, our habits II not brutal would be but rep
ition OF our forefathers, as in brute life. From
what fearful depths Of ignorance has the soul II
man elevated and civilized the world; snt
| y that als Does the man possessing this
spaT Gc ;asSE &GH~s 1g q dSss' s No
Who can cali that ought but instinct that tells tn.
savage Of that deeper germ OF life in him that will
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he immortal, for it Is impossible for them to de
velope; but they teach us lesson. The young
bird follows this perfect instinct, and ut the ap
prOach OF winter files away The knows not where)
In perfect trust; and instinct leads him to climate
suited to his needs "Oh, ye OF little fatthln
Attempt to Crush High Churchmen.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In yesterdays HERALD you refer to the trouble at
the General Theological Seminary OF the protestant
EpiscopaD Church. Please allow me to correct a
statement In your article. You state that 'the
trustees OF the Seminary at q recent meeting re-
scinded the obnoxious rules and resolutions adopted
by the faculty." This statement is quite Incorrect.
The faculty themselves rescinded their "rues' and
adopted substitute before the meeting OF the
trustees in June last In order probably to prevent
the matter coming before the trustees at oil. Well
in their report to the trustees, they say
not one word In regard to this affair
that has occupied the attention OF the students and
faculty for the year past The Bishop of Albany in
troduced the subject at the trustee meeting He
proposed that committee be appointed to inves-
tigate the whole AFFAIR. The whole matter was laid
on the table. The Bishop of Albany, however,
promised to make a visitation OF the seminary and
report the at the next meeting of the trustees
In October or November. The whole matter, there
still remains in force, and il they gee ut they may
view the original rules." BY this substitute, irany
student is present at the Holy Communion without
communicating he is obliged to make an sexplana-
tiOn.' This, In effect, amounts to forced
confession and is pure Popery: This is not all. He
Is obliged to make his confession to the Dean. This
Is ething more than even the Church OF Rome
requires, for she permits her members to choose
the explanation is not Satisfactory. NAV report the
whole case to the faculty, and the students con-
fesaion Is made pubic. But the laws or the
Catholic Church over the whole world forbid any
priest to reveal what is told him in confession
The whole affair." from beginning to end Mr..
mem from M pstitnion that nreesses to
be a general institution Of the Church. 1
need not say that the faculty do not represent the
tolerate such piece of tyranny. If the trustees
do not, at their next meeting, alleviate the wrongs
sns % the students By h e
the students ask is their liberty, and this surely
we have right to ask in this land. Because we
are students is no reason why our ''appeal" should
not be heard There Is no use In trying to cover up
these difficulties. This has been tried before. II
these things are now covered up all the more ter
rlbe will be the trouble in the future. II there be
full investigation OF the whole affair facts will be
presented to the Church that will cause these
with shame, and bring down upon them the rebuke
OF every lover Of Christian liberty That such resO-
raj Seminary i this Century
is wonder that can only find Its equal In the &C
ton OF the late Roman Council. Knowing that you
desire to know the truth OF every matter write
the above and send you copy OF the pamphlet that
was circulated among the trustees ut their late
meeting, which contains an account OF the whole
affair.
A STUDENT OF THE GENERAL THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY.
July 10, 1872
The Oppression or the Jesuits.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
There was considerable rejoicing in some quar-
tiers not long ago over the expulsion by Victor
Emmanuel, Influenced by Bismarck, of the Jcsuits,
with the red republicans, from Rome-many people
considering that one party was as much the enemy
of peace and good order in modern pagan Rome as
the other. The Jesuits have long been considered
by many self-styled good and piOus people to be a
band of unscrupuous fanatics, political reigionists,
ultramOntanes given to superstition and idolatry,
opposed to modern civilization and behind the age
men in whose hands the Papacy during the last
decade has been as pOtter's cay-who controlled
the last Council and carried infability through
by the party whip, and now, that 1t is defined,
push the dogma to Omnipotence and, in fine,
are entirely antagonistic to the progressive
enlightenment of the nineteenth century.
Any attempt to refute these charges which the ma
teriastic indelty OF this age brings against this
great evangelical order would only he tacit recOg-
milton OF their truth, which any sensible man who
later ages knows Is impossible. That the Jesuits,
however, are ardent and untiring advocates of
Christianity, and in spreading the Gospel are
jealous, uncomprOmisng, and, If you will, fanati-
cal, will admit; but have they not the great su-
preme example set before them in their Lord and
Master, Jesus CHRISTI When the Saviour was i'm
the flesh, walking about as an itinerant evangelist
did he not liken the Scribes and Pharisees unto
"whited sepulchre p" and did He not speak OF the
convert that they would make as being ten times
greater child OF hell than he was be-
fore ~ And when or where, during our
dear Lords earthly pilgrimage, during those
eventual thirty-tw0 short years, In any OF
his preaching or teaching. did lie speak
in a mcaly -mouthed blathery dOuble-tongue. Nor
should his followers do so to-day. But the best re-
futation OF these charges and MODEST vindicaton
OF the Jesuits is the testimony of assembled Prot
estantism at Worms, in the spring oil 1862 gathered
around the monumental feet OF Luther, when 1t
proclaimed to the world that the Society OF Jesus
had always battled Professionalism with "Iife and
DEATH" Thisspeaks volumes in their behalf. These
untring evangelsts, walking in the steps traced 10y
Jesus Christ, ever jealous to exalt eternity above
time heaven above earth. and seeing, as they think
they see, that Professionalism Is the most giant in
quity and the most mOnstrOus fraud that has ever
held and enslaved the souls Of men: that 1t has
led the modern world back to heathen-
ism, corrupted society, replaced civilization with
barbarsm, and is making those two thousand years
OF Christian EFFORT almost in vain-therefore they
combat it, and therefore MODERN paganism kicks
them out Of the capital OF the Christian world.
Have not the Jesuits spread the Gospel In China
and Japan, and did they not cvilize and Christian
iZe South and Central America and Mexico, and IN
the United States have not nearly all the Indian
tribes that have been reached by the Gospel been
reached through their labOrs ? There Is Father
Felix one Of the first intellects OF the age and tile
greatest OF living preachers-s he not Jesuit ?
He held conference, few years ago, at Notre
Han tn Dor tla that ttvxaa al