The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-04-22

when the RefGrmers began to trans
late the Scriptures into the spoken
languago Of Europe.
This grand work of disseminating
the Word OF God has been carried
Oh of late years by the Bible Socie-
ties. BY far the most prominent of
these are the british and Foreign"
and american" These two Socie-
ties constituting, perhaps, the most
stupcndous charities in the world
are successfully engaged in trans.
latlng the Scriptures into all IAN
guages, and circulating them among
all people. The magnitude of this
work and the success with which it.
is prosecuted strikinyly reveal the
vigorous life there is in Protestant.
ism, and. at the same time are sug-
gestive Of imminent peril to the Ro.
man Hierarchy.
The love Of liberty, however much
the history of some nations may
gainsay it, is universal principle
III the human heart. Whatever.
then. will promote that liberty will
be sought for; and highly esteemed
by man. It is a fact which no intel
igent and candid mind Can deny.
that political liberty has nowhere
been firmly established and main
tanned save in Protestant communi-
ties.
The PRONUNCIATION by the Vatican
Council, in 1870, of tie doctrine of
Infallibility may be regarded as g
direct assault upon the liberties of
mankind. This will be apparent to
every candid and rejecting mind.
which will take the trouble to in
vestigate the subject, and to follow
the bearings and implications Of
this dogma to their legitimate re-
suits. Such mind will surely see
that this doctrine means simply, in
its last analysis, the foot Of the Pope
On the neck Of the world. The Rus
sian government has not been slow
to see the inevitable tendency of
this decree; hence it's present hos
tile attitude toward the Papal par
ty. And it were Wei if every con-
stitutional government, and all
friends of human liberty everywhere,
would likewise perceive the lurking
danger and guard against it's ap-
proaches. The priest,ridden condi.
ton Of Catholic countries is due
chiefly to the authority of this dog
ma; as in the past so will it be in
the future, every nation that accepts
it must submit to the same degra-
dation.
But the widespread diffusion Of
Protestant civilization, and more es,
pecially, of Protestant ideas OF lib.
erty, has rendered it impossible, we
hope, that any civilized State may
ever again comeunder the degrading
influences Of corrupt priesthood.
This is our hope, because we see
among all the nations of Christen-
dom and earnest reaching after lib
erty; not the spasmodic outburst
OF enthusiasts, but the continued
and systematic efforts of thinking
men, to secure for themselves the
priceless boon of civil and religious
liberty.
This desire is one result Of an in
crease of knowledge: knowledge
will continue to increase, Protest
ant ntidess will continue to be Gfused,
and with their now extended difu-
sion will the desire for liberty be
extended and deepened, until, final
ly, it shall become a fanGe so in
tense III it's energy that it will con-
sumo every obstacle obstructing it's
way, even though it be the decay
ing structure of the once puissant
Church of Rome.
Thus do we see Professionalism
trirmphing over it's ancient enemy,
Roman Catholicism. And now in
alliance, as it is, with knowledge
with all the arts of enlightened civ
ilization, and with every influence
or agency that can elevate or bless
mankind, but, more than all be-
cause it vas directed by Him whose
work it is, it is destined to continue
it's triumphant course, until it
leaves behind it as things of the
past, not only Popery, but Infdeli-
ty, Mahometanism, and Paganism.
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