The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-18

many questions iu his trashy letter that
It is not easy to follow and review his
rambling thoughts. In one part OF hi.
letter he asserted denominations do not
differ on vital principles, and little
alter he says now these above named
churches (n,taning the Roman and
Episcopaians) differ and ip vital princi
pies. "There is the lie in his own
mouth. Let the public read his last
aud see Tor themselves. There is no
sense 10 that mans letters aud shall
never again review him or any of hi,
sort except l can perceive the mat
knows something or says something
worth noticing. When you write sense,
"Senex," | shall review you in the
| future, when you write trash | shall
laugh at you.
AS to unity | have argued perfect
unity in all ina tiers, except those Of dis.
clipiue, and refer you to my first letter,
which you have not answered on that
poiut or any other On the point Of
holiness | again reier you to my first
letter; can you understand English?
Did not there say by holiness is meant
teaching sound doctrine and producing
good fruit" Did | argue iu favor Of q
perfect organization? Put on your
glasses and read nv letter again.
The Spanish Inquisition, as before
stated, shall d, lend when "Senex'
proceeds on the question, as is his
place, being the aggressor, but 'Senex
remember, to be noticed by me you
have to Keep to one pointj to one ques.
ton, and put in sone sense. and not az
you foolishly write. If your lettels
shall be worth noticeing | shall in quick
time be after you. The Mquisition is
too heavy a subject to III .ddle with now
1t would take too much time aud spac
What ''Seuex" says on it, is like his
other assertions baretsced slauder-l
repeat that the Roman church never per.
secuted on account of Religion or ia any
way. Those foul and malignant slau
ders have been reiuted long since ty
Catholic and impartial Protes tant
writer's people are not generally aware
of the real truth Of the Bartholomew
massacre in Paris 10 1872 and forget
that the crime for il was a crime, was
not an ecclesiastical affair but Was
simply matter of worldly policy hst
us remember that france Is, aud was.
Roman Catholic and that any attempt t.
overthrow catholcy in France, where il
has aourished for 1890 years, is useless,
yet there were men in the sixteenth cen
tury having Calvin tor leader-a fierce
prosecutor who gave Servetus to the
Aames-who thought they could with
their puny efforts rob this great nation
Of Catholic faith. Prominent among
those trying to carry iuto execution
their wicked schemes vas Admiral
Ooigny leading the way by assaiiing
every Catholic 10 Catholic France. Nc
person denies that the Huguenots were
small minority in the midst OF a catho-
lie nation, yet they in minority tried to
force their religion on a nation whC
detested the teachings which cole
barren Calvinsm had to offer for &C
cep,ance The Hu-uenois were bitter
persecutors--and by no means Martyrs.
Hear what an Arti-Catholc writer IN Il
London Protestant Magazine Temple
Bar, June, 1879 admits, evidently
with reluctance, on this subject: The
Huguenets says this writer" cesecrated
churches. broke roodS (crosses) cast the
consecrated waters to swine. There
was not an atroclty the Hugueno''
spared their victims whenever they
obtained the uppel-hand. They killed
children in their mothers arms! they
dragged priests up and down the street
by ropes at their necks; they cut ou
their tongues, tore out their eyes, sawec
them 10 half made them drink boilin!
oil, dlsembowelled them, buried them il
the earth up to their necks and mad
their heads serve as targets for the sol
ders to shoot at. etOwen,a "a pIlest, wa
roasted aud bas:ed alive aud his flesh At
terwards cut up aud thrown to the dogs
They even violated they graves, dlggin!
up the Wondering corpses Of the dead
During rising at Nismes, in 1867
eighty catholics were batchered in col(
blood" Could human nature stand al
that? Catholic France could not bear
them longer though it patiently bore
them for years, and now comes the ter
ribe retaliation which al must lament
There are Mr.. "Seuex" your martyers
what a historian you are! How you can
lle!-though | presurie youare in irwin
chile ignorance. God help you! To ca
the Huguenots mertyrs is to falsify lad
guage, they were cruel, and France
though not all france, retaliated. B ~
such was not the will of the church
1t always lanents it and eoudemn
such acts. The Spanish Inquisito
was condemned of Popes why then sa
these deeds were the church's? whs
about the persecution of catholics in The
reign of Queen Elizabeth? TO show
AMI hold up to the public the false
hoods Of this lying "Senex," [ have
written such a long letter, and for tres
passing to such an extent on your
paper, pardon me Mr.. Editor.
CONSTANT READER.
Ridgway, Nov. 18th, 1875.
NOW FOR BARGAINS.
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