, 1876-11-11

NHsIon Oh spun ny CllhriemngnG took
place in consequence Of the direct inst-
cation OF st. James, the brother of st.
John. The apostle, being the cause of
the attack, adopted measures for its sue.
cess. When Charlcmagnc bcsiegcd Pam
plona, that city mNdcan obstinate resist
ancc ; but as soon as prayers were offer
ed up bN the invaders, the walls sudden
ly fell to the ground. After this, the
emperor rapidly ovcrran the whole coun-
try, almost annihilated the Mohamme.
dams and built innumeublc churches,
But, the resources of Satan are ineyllasti.
be On the side Of the enemy, a giant
appeared, whose name was Fcnacute,
and who was descended from Goliath of
old. This Fenacu,e was the most for.
midable opponent the Christians had yet
encountered. His strength was equal to
that OF forty men his face measured one
cubit; his legs and arms four cubits
his total height was twenty cubit
Against him Charlemagne sent the mos.
eminent warriors but they were easily
discomtited by the giant, of whose pro.
digious force some idea may be formed
from the fact that the length even of his
tinocrs was three palms. The Christians
were filed with CONSERVATION. In vain
did more than twenty chosen men adj.
vance against the giant not one return.
ed from the field. Fenacute took them
all under his arms and carried them off
into captivity. AT length the celebrated
Orlando came forward and challenged him
to mortal combat An obstinate fight
ensued and the Christians not meeting
with the success he expected, engaged
his adversary in theological discussion.
Here the pagan was easily defeated; and
Orlando, warmed by the controversy,
pressed on his enemy, smote the giant
with his sword and dealt him a fatal
wound"
"The Archdescon of Monmouth and
his friend the Archdeacon of Oxford, in
form their readers that King Arthur
owed his existence to q magical contriv-
ance of Merlin, celebrated wizard the
particulars of which, considering the sa.
cred character of the historians, is rather
remarkable. The subsequent actions of
Arthur did not belle his supernatural
origin. His might nothing was able to
withstand. He slew an immense,number
of Saxons he overran Norway, invaded
Gaul, fixed his court ut Paris, and made
preparations to effect the conquest of
Europe He engaged two giants in sin
gle combat and killed them both. One
of these giants, who inhabited the noun.
tain of ST. Michael, was the terror of the
whole county, and destroyed all the SOL
dicrs sent against him, except those he
took prisoners. !" "-''O, to oaU tnrn Wnile
vet alive. But he fell victim to the
prowess of Arthur; as did also another
giant, named Kitho, who was, if posi-
bic still more formidable. For Kitho,
not content with warning on men OF the
meaner sort, actually clothed himself in
frs which were actually made of the
boards OF the Kings he had killed.
"Such were the statements which un-
der the name of history, were laid before
the world in in the twelfth century; and
that, too, not by obscure authors, but by
high dignitaries OF the church"
There is conscience for you with a
vengence Such writers possessed but
little more of it than their distant rela-
tiye., the chimpanzee or the gorilla.
We may safely premise that there is
a better development OF conscience in
the world to-day, than existed among the
ancients; for otherwise we must say that
, all improvement has been in spite OF any
goodness in men, and only in conse-
quence of force brought to bear through
a greater diffusion of knowledge, by
which the lower class is brought to act
as check on the other, on the same
principle as "honor among thieves"
According to the natural order OF
: evolution in human character, consci-
ence is the latest; consequently the later
civilizations would partake more of the
Just and right than the earlier. Hence
the folly of worshiping the past, rather
than appreciating present, and working