The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-01
DenoeratIe RELIGION

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l." LsaderA" The /5cos5ern OrgAc replies
that .rGts" nseaas Old aEd venersbse
rrircspSes. ard that " Ies6eEsS are repre-
seasa.ire <nez WHO more faithfully tAse
oshe-a fIsssrats tbese principles In thsar
Hyea Itresorrs tkas tie NOrf5egnszs le&Ee
ttsoae tsue-bo1ored rata too dAringly taAs
I they issTe rot only the rat bat the road,
acd scatter AL oyer the OPeo Seld Of
opiaion that they can have DO leaders
beeanss they have DO hxsd principle 70 be
exsnpliEsd By representative ChrissSAs-
TIE Y. O. PrestyteyiGs calls this style Of
reaigioo, OF Csnreh governDent, Demo
cratic, In eostradissisesion 20 ia ovn HsoEe
cherished plan which 1. defoes - Repre-
sertasive.- Is szss:
The De1oexssse ssscss-s kAs szSTezfe6 20
Igreas sxIsnf, tie Representative feas1-e Of TIE
tsIsx shs pssos II sss.isd PirrGPle, Noos ca
tel what opinion VIII rrePosdsrase, . yeAr
kenes, or What p1incspie ack1owssgsd n0s,
VII thea be aeoePsec- FreSeoy tse1e =
IL PnasbJseriaa ee2se- Fog EoE szn f1srs
be q rsprsse-sive, Ebes tb&Ee u % h1sd
p-irs5psS 70 repgesee1f Dr. Ho6Ess sore
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We INNS: do oaz neigkbor tie justice 10
ssy tha. is ideas are Ss- more conservative,
though, At the sane time, Tag less logical
than shose Of iis more sdvaceed Northern
brethren. II IL better f6r Essn % adhere
with consistency 10 . set Of priDeiPles
which enbOdy q good many shreds and
relics Of truth, than 20 run vSld after every
vain shadow Of novelty that AIts aeEoss
their psth. 1. IL better 10 have some kind
Of 9overrmens in revolution, than simple
anarchy. Even . usurpi-g gOvernnsat il
not 90 bad - after lavleesneas.
Bat the us1rpation i none the less L.
logical. By what authority can one Presby-
terrain say 10 another: am right; yoa are
wrongi By what authority can oneFsay to
another. @Tbe old way Is better thar tie
new p How old il his way No Older than
the tinee Of John Calvin, and lad Calvin
authority 20 impose code of principles or
. syssem OF Church government or any
body : II be had rot, how does his imposi-
ton acquire authority By agei VII! ahoald
q srnart New Engiauder, under the calcium
light Of the Nineteenth Century, imagine
that Calvin, under the luEid glare of the
stake and faggos, would be more enlight-
such thing; there may be conservatism
in it; there may be certain amount Of
Chinese wisdom in IL; bat there Ia lot {
particle OF logic.
1t is interesting to observe how . mal
can bequeath his principles 70 posterity
and bow the man, through the efficacy o
those principles, liz, as it were, reproduced il
bis followers. Just observe the concluding
: line Of the above citation "WAen the tJud
70 lost, all Is Lost" Now, by what right or
. earth can our n. o. Presbyteriaa intimate
80 broadly that its Northern brethren have
lost the truth Who made it judge of the
truth for others Why, the'grimDess Of old
John Calvin il in that line, applied Is it is
There IL the old Dictator for you, rising nj
from his grave. Ali that is wanting is {
good chance and q good fire, when they
who should not hold the truth according t.
the modern Calvin would have to recan
their error or fry.
What does the Presbyterian mean by tht
Representative system in religion Repre-
sentatiyes must derive their power from
the people, and the system is, then, reAli!
Democratic. There is no distinction excep
, in form. The "chaos of conflicting opin
ions" complained of Is the natural con
sequence Of the fundamental principle c
all Protestantism-the right of privat
judgment,-an the only way in which this
, chaos has been partially averted up to thi
q time has been by the reputation Of ths
' principle in practice. 1t has been by til
D assumption of authority on the part {
n ministers and synods. The people are gel
y ting too wide awake for that now, heweve
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