New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-27

TO he n failure tudnariansm exists and had de.
ciared i,se no o, ou ca,n tSo Mos Jh
Professionalism dead. ana ms proved tnht C"iss
still His Church. But as 1t had eonqu cred IN lne
past would 10 conquer the errors OF thi5 hneeenn
century. ....,.., ,,,o fh,ro,
and the Roman Catholic doctrine, placing mans law
above that conscience which had been properly iouuu
under the enlightenment Of God. mans conscience
was above any objective law. Tie German Prince hnd
said that the UltramOntane or Roman Cathoc docrino
of the subjective conscience beng above objective law
should not exist In Germany. The Protesianis had
never dared 10 that IL mattered h'ue whether
monster OF Paris-or the German Prince Bismarck tho
monster OF Berlin; both had nlteren a&ns,
utter. at least not so boldly. Both had denici al tho
principles OF the Christian Church. II mattered ttlG
whether was this one man-who could take thc Iagnicr
from his plOw the trader fr0m his store, aud force
hlm to be soldier to nsnI oniy Tor im or Wne,Gr i.
was the yile mad rabhc when had destroyed We ca n
dral az Paris; the principle was the same IN pom
Christ was denied. Christ, when ile SAD, kel,
der unto C1ssr mo thlhSs Mhich "ie S't5. o. am u
God that which is GOd5,' taught the principle thht
Christians should obey tho just laws ana none othI
Peter when he asked the question u ,Lb,
Learkcu more unto meu than unto Coo, ctiit pht
this same principle Bismarck aud Gladstone bad de-
clarcd that The objective laws or man were EkH' IN
those God tlat man should obey the oi''ittf IL"
rather than hls own cOnscfnce III thcf1 rdl "
Church csidbi- he'd to direct mans conscience u
wuuli have been madness to have allowed every man
to maxi law TO suit himself but such was not tho
case. TIE Church exists and claims InIaDlllty; u hAd
been built upon rock. and Christ had said He wond be
with IL untO the end Of me ami save II from pcrsecu-
tun without aud from error within When any OF the
sO-calcd statesmen Lnd II was dissertation 10 call
them srh-assaricd that IL - riglt for 20
prefer mis- eieuce regulated N wgG by the Cicu,
10 laws made by bad men, when NJ 2ppo'ed his own
nalibiity 10 that OF tho Church. it. Lad always been
assumed Dy Carl ,tiGs that che iHfabIty OF thr state
must give way TO that OF the Church III II Is 10 De-
struggle between Bismarck AMI Pas IN, or ne
Gladstone and the Clurch, VINO - gong 10 rl-
umDhl Take the record OF the past 10 was tit ii!~e
worship OF God against the true which struggled IN
former times il Is the supremacy OF man aglu't
God. TIC zine ~ coming when tie struggle Wi De iOt
merely 81 man reiusi1g TO worship III, anu se'uhS up
the supremacy OF man, but man actually setting up '
worship OF devil. The Church Knows tuht AM
CHRIST Will appear but before That tnc tue Chuth VIII
have 10 see many sun rings Bat every enemy or the
Church In the past had been overcome 80 IN the Iurt
As the Church Overcame tho power oG tue roman Il IL
pre- riunphed over Arlau. rs IL mas 60 qu'Ieu
Professionalism OF the sixteenth century 20 Woul II III
umph over the aud persecution or tEo hetctth
century. As Ders OF the Church Ead diJh thht
1t would finally overcome its enemies 50 should thcy IN
craa-e their devotion. Tao Church one bOiy and
wueD any onc OF members suffered al sun red win
it. As the distant III ttDnra bore part OF inc tcIh3
tho Church ali tho more. TAe day o.
distress spoken by Christ near, bal Il should not
be met stupdiy. Persecution ana tfid should Do made
the means In the heart htner ald trucr
devotion. Every Christian should PROCLAIM WDiC ana
more his devotion tne Church ami the captive Pom.
t aud pray earnestly Tor tlo deIYrrdhct OF the 10Y
Fltncr At the same TINS filing tIct souls more and
more with the spirit Of their furciatn.r9. II they were
ncru n had been wJrted in history. NDCn forty OF
te members OF tn SUccty OF Jesus were sunk III the
ga tleIr words were, "L3t not degenerate from
the history OF fathers" So thtn let not the CIis-
fathers fof in,y not tna cHtdreh OF tio-e "AJ
have suf red OF those who nave bccn peI5ccGtet Or
tIer Cathoc rel Ion not only rs Ia itYuuts, but a.
nation LIT thcm, therefore, prove tichc'os worm
o. their src5 Hni OF tn CdurCl WITH whch theJ are
connected ia when Christ has promised To b., even
unto the emu " the world.