The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-09-15
serniug Star and Catholic Messenger.
The Heather y in Defence

The Heatneu Al DeA'
pr TAFT. the Protestant Archbishop OF
Canterbury, having lately at p%;oht p;oht
,neetinr. expressed his fears OF wnat mlgns
be the result of so .,s many che,,.se .m's.udcnts
nIs aS ctbers. living in London, and OF the
.1anaer involved to Christianity thereby
some letters have appeared in tue I'ondoh
J;n,cs in reply to his Grace's statements
nm a' fsars, Aidesheer b. Kapadia writes
ain these days OF insince,'tE ana a
h1nocrsy, when people are PAID ior &c
ciariue opinions and propaSating celleis
,ney themselves do not believe in, 1t is not
% novel thing to see the high priest OF tie
Establishea Church sending forth from
.,,hIic platform at Carlisle his opinions 70
Isrd;na Iaun the evil consequences attendant
TN the stay of the 'heatireus 10 London =
on;n;ons remarkable alike for their mac
spracy and went of Christian charity. Let
me. with all Difference, remind his ~race
that the object OF the heathen Sssmese 80
Enyoys' is not to do homage oolS, out to
mt on a more permanent footing the
ppol;tical and comneercial relations eubsist-
ing between the two COUNTRIES. fassing
nv this statement, l coEe to enc which
italy concerns the 'heathensis London
Knowinc that accuracy 10 figurcs is essen
1;al for the right understanding of sxb-
iect. l correct his Grsce's assertion by
stating that the number of these heather
students at the Temple aud other ia:rs Is
twenty Luhu SkAOys ouSu w Wy
rnolish statesmen and officials who watch
-he transition the Iedian mind is passing
through, and the rapid strides, intellectual
and moral, which arc the products of no.
rral education, will bear me out IN saying
that the religious belief kn nS ;nIsotas aemg,1as
eelef is meant system which iccuicatee
doctrines of future life, charity, ETC.? OF
me so called heathens is as enlightened ef
.hat p:ofessed tinplicltiy 1oiioweal
hy the class whose views are ectoed by the
1,xo lnrc lnC u a
Ion for their fundamental creed. That M
religion can be considered enlightened
which is not tolerant is a truth taught D.
history. We infer frcm certain expression
which escaped his grace thai toleration ma
20 recognized place in CHRISTIAN religion
In conclusion, I beg leave to inform LII
Grace that it is es unlikely thing Tor Tn
.heathens of London to embrace the be
lief he inculcates as it 10 for hlr. Stuar
Mill or Professor Tyndall to believe IN til
commonly received forms OF fretestan'
.sm."
s. B. Thakuc writes:
IL have read with intense pain til
sneech. which YOU publish this morning
Of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Ca
Iisle. The pain which I felt arose fro
seeing that the head of the Church shou
lave ventured to make tho uuJ ust attae
which he has actually made on US heathen
To educated heathens who are soJournir
n this country at present it is matter
1nerrment to see the different sects
Christians here keeping on so incessa
warfare with each other. Each sect
never tired of pronouuciug the mild cur
Of damnation upon the rest. We, bell
foreigners and unbelievers iu'Chrlstlanlt
cannot meddle with these isiand cal
paigns. But now the monctony attenda
upon this state Of things is relieved by I
efforts of Archbishop TAFT. HE has TAX
t into his head to attack heathens in &c
eral, and us Hindoos in particular. 1
attack, it is perhaps unnecessary to aoa
perfectly gratuitous, without the slight
provocation on our part: lNe COO! ss
suficenoy with which he begins it, his 81
satisfying notion of the identity OF Chrl
anity and civilization, his contempt, W
profound and very clearly expressed,
the heather system OF religion, his str'
condemnation of tole:ation, and, to Gro
all, his want of accuracy evec In very g
pie matters (as, for instance, when he
that there are sixty Eindoos.2t L'ncol
mn aud the Temple, when SO many are
20 be met with throughout the Uni
kingdom)! all these are very Temarka
To those who are his Gealousfciiow
exposition is admirable. On the other Ia
It will do immense good to tAs Grace
learn that most of us heathens from LII
have an unmitigated hatred for those
having it in their power to ascertain
truth, do not study accuracy, who do
care to read the works of heatlen wri
on religion and philosophy, and set at
them and those who foEow them, SIN
because they are heatheas, who have
yet learned the simple lesson of speal
without disrespeoe about the religious o.
ions of visitors to their county;
lastly, who call US heathen of the "
class for adopting the views of celebr
like Mr. Mill, Mr.. Spencer, Mr.. Bar
Professor Huxley, etc. In conclusion
me assure those persons Who, like
Archbishop, are dis posed to proselytIe
that we cannot too highly cosapliment
selves for what we are, especially whei
consider the Christiaa light which
Archbishop is enjoying"
LAMP GOODS Gus, GL.lSsw ARE, ETC
call the special attention OF readers to the ca
De found elsewhere in to days SJAR apnouncin
continuance of Mr.. E. Yeaze in the business indi
,,r ,ho head line of ths notice Mr. Hill thc 8