The New York herald., 1873-10-12

and evening services In the Church Of the Reiorma
tion.
The pastor OF the Berean Baptist church, Rev. p
L. Davies breaches this morning and evening.
The Evangelical Bete Noire-A Reply to
estant Conference.
To THE ErIToR OF THE HERALD
1t Is grossly unjust TO have calumnes thrust ON
the American public by chose who claim to have
authority to teach the charity OF Christ. With your
permission, sir, shall endeavor to point out lew
OF these calumnies.
Up TO last Wednesday morning the proceedings
OF the Evangelical Alliance were in general harm
less; nobody was hurt, save, perhaps, the inhde.
There discourses, learned, indeed, on litera-
ture on the state oi modern society and on mod
ern science. Ii Is to he hoped that many derived
spiritual profit from them, but on the above-men
toned morning the turn OF Romanism or Popery.
came. remarked with pleasure that Americans
left this part Of the work mostly to the foreign
delegates Whether IL was Their sense OF liberty
and fair play that prompted them, or whether,
being more enlightened they would not stop to
excite mean preudices, l cannot say. only note
the fact being creditable to Americans. II we
except Professor Hitchcock, LII. d. Professor Dor
ner, of the University OF Berlin, In discussing Papa
iniallibty, had the advantage OF stating, without
fear OF contradiction the case OF his opponents. He
could define Pap infallibility to suit his own
views, and could set up his own target and shoot
at IT. He did so, apparently to the delight OF his
hearers; for when he struck the bulls-eye
lusty cheer went up from the assembled multi
tude. But, apart IRON metaphors, his argument.
as l ind IL reported, was weak one,
hazed by some OF the mist that hangs
around the schools OF Kant and Fichte. speaking,
as he did, 10 an Evangelical Alliance, We were ex-
pectlng the Professor would bring forward the
Bible IN proof but strange enough not text was
Pope is not iniallibe IN the Catholic sense. ltwas
not what Christ did tnat the gentleman exam
ined, but what he himself, p1iO2i, thought about
the Pope's preroga1ve. As no account was taken
OF the Bible truths and the historical belief OF
Catholics, it was easy to invoke despotism and
C:esarism. The HERALD justly remarked IAN
intelligent comparison between the implied inde-
pendence OF Papal interference enjoyed by the
Catholic world before the Council, and It's condl-
tion since, would we believe, dissipate all the
talk about the new Catholic despousm." The def
milton OF the Vatican Council was new, but the doc
trine defined Is old as the Christian Church. The
divinity Of the Son OF God was not defined until
A d. 1885, in the Council OF Nice, and that OF the Holy
Ghost until A. d. 3S1, IN the second General Council
at Constantnople. Would the Professor think that
these councils created new doctrines No action
had been taken by the Church in regard to these
articles OF faith, because heresy had not denied
them. II the infallibllity OF the Pope-whch was
always practically beieved-has been defined in
our days, II is because the errors OF the age re-
CURED it "The unity OF the church, as the
HERALD report has 1T, 'cannot be made artifcially
by man. IL is absolutely created by God and by the
communication OF the Holy spirit" am happy TO
OF Christ is that one Church which, whoever
will not hear, ''let him be to thee as the heather
ana the pupcan ,h she Is the pillar S and and ground
against which the gates OF hell shall not prevail"
II was Christ, then, and not the bishops OF the
vatican Council who gave unity TO the Church
These only declared virtually what their relation
has always been TO the successor OF St Peter. But
how, according to the learned delegate the defni-
tion OF the Council destroys the equality OF Chris
tlans before God, or their intimate communication
with Him, IS more than can say. 1t should not be
FORGOTTEN
civil character another IL does not follow that
General Grant ceased to be citizen when he be-
came President
The latter part OF the Professors essay must not
have been encouraging 10 hls audience. II Catho-
icty he seems TO say, failed by believing too much,
Professionalism failed by believing too little Nomi- |
nal Professionalism land how widespread this Is,
common fault 1t does not understand what re-
ilglon is.n And even up TO this late hour, las |
each other" An explanation OF this singular state
OF things may be found in Professor Hitchcock's
speech when speaking LOT ms cor communion, ne IS
my Judgment no 9cumenical creed, not even the
Apostles Creed is that for each one puts his own
the theory OF his cOnJrere OF Berlin by saying that
the official press OF Rome upholds the opinion
that when the Pope conceives an idea it Is Christ
who thinks in him and that Christ is visible in the
Pope. Here are truly, II correctly reported,
Let us see how they read in the light OF the Vatican
Council:-"We teach and define IL TO be doctrine
divinely revealed, says this assembly that when
che Roman Pontif speaks eD Cuthedyd-that is,
when, In the exercise OF his onice of pastor and
teacher OF all Christians, and IN virtue OF his su-
preme apostolical authority, he defines that doc
trine OF latin morals is 10 be held by the unver
sal Church, he possesses through the divine assist
ance promised to him In the blessed Peter, that
iniallibty with which the Divine Redeemer willed
HIS Church TO be endowed in defining doctrine Of
faith or morals; and, therefore, that such defn
uons OF the Roman PontifT are lrreformable OF
themselves and not by force OF the consent Of the
Church therefor
First, then, we have 1t defined that it is only in
his official capacity, the Pope, by the assistance OF
the Holy Spirit, cannot err, and this, too, in de-
crees issued by him to the universal Church.
Secondly, that the subject matter OF such DEGREES
must be faith and morals In mis- private opinion,
therefore. the Pope Is not infalble; neither is he
infaible In mere literature science IN ques-
tions purely POLITICAL nor in the ways and means Of
simply material progress. Where fait and morals
sense. Yet all this, the Professor of Bonn tells US
is against law and right and decency; and no
doubt 1t Is, as decency and right and law are unr
derstood in Prussia Just now.
The two French delegates said little worthy OF
notice, OF them took up the cant about Jesuits
and their intrgues, stun that has been served up
to US al ndusedm; the other seems to have dealt
In rather unseemly structures on cabmen, clearly
forgetting In what country he was speaking. We
have titled ranks here, and the gentleman
should have known that cabman OF New York
has around him the nobility OF American citizen.
Being from Paris the centre OF fashion, his thoughts
did not run on evangelical poverty; otherwise ne
could have well remembered that ot. Peter was q
fisherman and st. Paul tentmaker shall only
the canon canons Of this Evangeilcal Council
Will there be any 2 IL is said that the delegates
have resolved alter tneir arduous labors, to make
pleasure tour to Niagara Falls, to Washington
and else where. This at least Is good result.
IMPARTIAL
The Protestant Council.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-