St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-15

W. Ia "iN II. " ~ .
l'litI people otEolio o'iier PeoPiI' p''
because from the days OF ~. blrtlolo-
NEW, the conSclences OF the people iih-
stimulated, un-energlzed by the actloll
OF divine truth. became so scared ana
Suplne. that the corruptlonS OF il gov
ernment like that of the dethrOned en-
peror became possible. True, France
since the day of st. Bartholomew, mas
llsen to dizzy heights OF power, but
never since that time has she possessed
that moral gr;tdeur ana hrhness oi
prlnclple, which alone nus nation 10
stand III the van OF tfue human progress.
SO with SPAN. She is what she Is To-
day, because her people as mass. nave
been excluded from the study OF the
Scriptures, by those very agents who
are now striving to exclude the Bible
from O"r schools. And here l may be
pardOned the depression of asking, why
do they wish 1t excluded from tne
schools 1t has already been sald thls
Is their Ostens'ble, but not their real OBJ
Ject- The very genus OF their religion
Is the union OF church ana state, and
the Bible stands III the way OF It's ac-
compllslllnent. Ana the outcrE ior It's
exclusion from the schools Is only on"
step toward the abolition of our school
system. and the ultimate establishment
of their hierarchy upon the ruins of oar
free republic: Il hierarchy whose every
act. in every land where its power has
prevailed, has been to ROB the people
of those very rights which they now
profess to hold ;" dear. But do You
say. all are not Catholics engaged III
this movement True, and with sor-
row. ii Is confessed that we find pro
tcSSed Christians following III the UraIn ;
but they are few i'll number, and would
he speedily oVer-rIdden by the mass.
The larger part of the advocates OF this
s0-cdited reform are Roman 'ath"llrS'
Jews. Atheists and SceptlcS. But I'M
der which "i thesr c"uld we "arc eA-
pect amy greater hpertN OF conscience
than We now ENJOY. glance ohiH al
nfidcl France, III her revolution OF lE'
affords tar reply 10 the question
Is liberty OF conscience t" he found WITH
those VIII" deny the tod Wh" mauc
and the Lord who bought them Al
ready have steps been taken IN states
"l our mon looking toward ',ii> SIe"'
SIN ahti lHc com lI'll dtlNc liI''ii'eI'l'''
WIN Nlli'il II l. Nic"eu ny l"'S' iil"N>e,
"l 'ile people, SHOWS ''ie "'',>'H y,
hulhhiill% ourselves "'i"i' ''"t' Hh'
Wi'n prey" "'i'i'@ prayers "i S"lt'ii' IL,
ms pl'>>'h% uP"', "i' e'''''"N VI ~ s'o'l
the torrent Whlch threatens |" e'S"l
"ui snip "i state
SABBATH DISSERTATION.
Intimately connected with this dis
regard of and oppo>ition to. the wore
of ,;od. there iS another sin which ha,
already Ia Il large extent become ma.
tiumal and that is Il disregard of til,
Sacrcdnc>s of that dav appropriatclN
called the .Lord's."
This j. observable everywhere. No
only in citic~. but in the country. il
towns and villages. We all know
something of the laXity of principl,
which exists in European nations ul
this subject. even among those whicl
are regarded aS Trotcstant Already il
many ot our cities. yes. all OF our large
'i'''s' 'i'i' i S''" ny ",Si'-'i" /"
'il' it>''"'n'> vi '""' nIi''"'' "'N
>,hi'':'i /" 'I'''' eAi>'l'IS III EUROPE a"'
thr ilNih% generation are m'lh% cu'l'A
-" l" 'i' I'm vi Iit>' ''ii''-T
'He haI ,iial result Oh "iI''H Is l" urea,
''"" !, '''t'' I'>i.''' '"' '''''>,' .''N>' N"'''
are 'ii' '''I >A'rS"''"> "l 'l''' mora
llihrlpIr' ahh Nlll'h al"hc can III on
Young men l" stand IKE rocks aSAil'>
me lh-lIl>I!liG tldc "t corruption. WllirI
Is sweeping over the nation i"r thrr
are very lew VINO iihr righteous Lot
can listen I" the lithN conversation "
the wicked. and preserve such Il Purlt,
of heart. a> I" have their righteous soul
rcr'd day 10y day. Remove these safe
guards To a pure conscience and d"
voted lives. and You deprive the men "
the land of the only stamina which cal
enable them t" maintain the intc"Iit.