, 1876-08-21

foe VI civil and religious liberty, shu hns Just
tho same spIrt, hut not the same power. As of
old, and slncc this Is no, VIC ask nre not RATIONAL
s s s, % 5roes M IT psS.nns S Il "kss
Church, and uniting It, crusade ngainst book
wien ali outside That Church owe 80 murh 10
that book for tic freedom aud safety Iii which
they ean now express and hold tl'cr .opintonsl
says: 1 hnyo cxan,iucd thu nIblt, and I 1nil
difficulties which bar II out from my
acceptance; but With history open before me,
cait,ot sec how the patrons of frd3thought,
alton, can with any reason unite with M lntol-
Grant rupcry III preventing book whose cmnn-
cipation IRON dust aud chatls was the death
kiell to lung tncntal ard spiritual despot1en.
ratiou4!tsts. Tic entrance VI CUBS Word has
given light
When that patriot a,id son Of lihofty, Carl
bnl1i was asked II he was a Catholic, his at-
follower q Inc lopc Is CathoIlt!, then am no
Catholic" The frrc soul Of tllut noble hero
could submit ~ no such slavery rs the rule Of
the Pope: WAcn ougagel in that struggle
which hurled royal niii I'M ecclesiastical tyTant
frpm ils throne, atsl n,a.le Italy united and
free, this wonderful man pa!d lligi compliment
u tic Billie. Holding up the 6ook, lle said,
This Ia the ras,,lan that Will ltbcrato Italy. lii
knew that tte sword might crush tyranny on
tho battlefield, hut c knew also that something
more than thu sword was necessary to make and
preaerve nation uf frec,lcn. THIS something,
IN lis oplninh, WAS tle Bible, and we hold that
he WIS right The Bible was the hcst educator
Of n,un III Tic principles Ut human rights. 1t
call no ,nul .nastcr. While II ieaClles an out
ward submission 10 civil power alnl rsitc, It
frees the mind from, the s'Fay. ot tyranss and
places H. undrr the laws Of the Almighty
purest liberty and the best life. The entrance
VI COILS Word gives light.
Wu might now ask, why should Catholics
unite with thc protested foes Of the l1'e III TX
bible the, diving charter of the Christian re-
lisiot, u,u II Catholics glnllu, us they do, to be
the trne Christian Church, why unwilling TO ex-
posu before their youth III scliouls the charier
hlde tlle!r charters under bushels. It M oll as-
surlatioli Wntitel to euhcral its charter from
p'son eitlvr Tia! that ~, that 80, o'a H. Instrument nat, %
xas defective, oI That tc ass9cat'S Sn was TSr ;
right. Now, on which Of these grounds Is II
tGut Catholics object tu the eongrcgated youth
realluy the bible In SCHOOL, g I leg. these
youth might be lcl to discover that the Catholic
Church was not fatshful 10 lcr divine, charter;
that sl,e was usuriing power to which she had
nu PROPER title, anu carrylng on q trAillc for
which she had no dlrine warranta True 1t Is,
that w lind the root XII this opposition to the
Bible In our free public schools. The entrance
Of tllut Wunl would give too much light to suit
the Interests a.1 increase Of the Catholic
Church. The yotlng might sec that mary VI the
prettcu.so1's ana pr'letiees Of that Clirtl were
too much to rcmuin ia god aud tSruo Euthollcs.
And hence It Is TINT the old war continues.
Still the Catholic hierarchy are against thu
Bible, because tho Bible is against tl!c,n.
But II ,nny hr said that the Catholics hare
translated tic Bible intu the veruacular tongue,
and rea., II Ii, Their own private Schools. Yes.
where teachers ran explain the language and
put u gloss upon 1t to suit their own purpose,
and wEcrc II necessary they can mix with it
0f councils nnd from bulls VI Pupes to make up
the tlusc that will suit. But when anil where
have Catholics ever advocated tte .publl: Use
aud fres circulation OF the Biblcl Wlicn Wick
life, thu morninG star Ut the Reformation, Eave
the Bible to bis countrynIen In the wcll-kuown
rough garb Ut tllclr owu veruavuiar Saxon, how
1iu thu Rom!sl! hierarchy view Ills wurli1 Dill
they give their approval No: they condemned
was thu source Of lscrcsy. A Biblc-reatscr then
w:as u herrt[c, und the possession of the ptblo
was crime punishable by dcath at tllr
stake. In 1i05 the Catholic clergy decrecd
ln council that no ssi,9omaster should
youth. Or permit the reading u tho scriptures
Ia English; tliat MI persuns convicted Of luak-
Ing aid ,la!ng tsanslations Of tho Bible should
ho punished us fnvpscrs Of error AMI llercsy.
Then, In the fifteenth century, tue Catholics l,ad
thu power, u1.d thu yernacular Bible WIS BAN
| ished frotn sc!,t,uls and halls of learning by
! strength; HOW, III the nineteenth century, It
| must be banis,e4 By strategy. When VIZ truce
down the historic stream ,1eurer our own times
Ne lud the Cu,lolil Church 10 less hostile u
i the free ltse Ut thu Bible. When the ucwly-ll,
| vented nrimtily-prchs III Germany waA throwing
| oil the pnses of 'ryVlac's translation OF tho
] New TeslaiIlunt for the usu Of thu English pco-
pie, tic Catholic hierarchy, hearing VI this, wus
thrown iito terrur which the arrival OF
hostile arn,y On british soil could
hare scarcely produced. To bar out Tie
book they rcsurted tn prescription anil civil
statutes Ircu.l(ul and penal. Laws forDulo thc
importation of the buok; ycsscls wero searched
fur tic contrabaud artlcle, uycnta were sent to
the Continent tu buy up I'LL thu copicS,-n,t
to spread them, but to consume then,-alld u,r
ou Tic blazing bonfire Church lIguiturlcs 1,1etl
with as ulscll delight rs Il the iAmes were Il
great religious festival; and nut only against
t.u book itself, but also against tho owners and
rcalcrs Of the book, the hostility Ut tho Roman
hierarchy was Illuminated. Some wcTc iine,l,
| aoule whipped, sou,e Imprisoned, and some werG
burned at tho stake, for prcsutninE to possesa
and circulate the prescribed book. CutIoIc
rulers hayu not tho power to do these thnga
now, but what they cantnt effect now by
strength they Will Try and effect BY strategy.
nus Wty all t111J INABILITY tn the Bible1 Jt1St