The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-29

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ILai Tie JeW.st Cnurch. AiSLoush fcartec b!
God, "a 70; t0acded b: Hin With a. !nfA--lS,e
guide Which etoH,t lead il into al Truth a. &
prevent j; from e:ro-: Ard thai cooseq 7saIly i
las become over.sde1 AID oeTuPted b. human
Inventions. TIE -ofbe- remark IL that any a.
tempt TO re:o: u that Church AID brig il back
70 its original purity will fail. becsose the at
temp, would be only buuAa and without Di,
vine guidance
Let me call your attention. ros 20 tie resal.
Of the inv sstig s;iors which tie Jt-ci4k 5w!d
England 1; find. that they, like the Jews
are fast becoming inhdeis- 1t says:
Various sects Of the Christian religion are
found irdrlRipg IL jeremiads over tie same
sad pheno nenon Of religious declenslon anon
them. There are three hundred cnrncies va
cant in the English Church il London alone at
this moment from sheer inability on the part
Of tie njtYed beads OF the Church 10 induce
fervept and Efficient Young men 10 enter no!y
orders Al Oxford professor stated come time
tEaS . Al aSG mt anil r of
soepticisnn 81 the Cnivereiry, he Ad not seen
student of superior talent take orders for ten
years. We have caused extensive lnqulry 70
be made in reference TO the condition CT the
Church of England relative 10 the point under
confederation; and We have uuo oesiloD able
authority fox asserting that large numbers OF
thoughtful clerKyInen have long ceased 10 De-
lieve the prominent creeds and articles 10 TIE
nation 81 liturgy, and that as far as possible IN
their DISCOURSE they evsde aLiusion TO the
" cardinal doctrines" they are expected 20
preach and the increasing section Of the ma
tiopAl Church clergy seize the Inst opportunity
which presents itself TO them TO quit the pulpit
and enter upon lay work, from which they can
support their families without any longer doing
violence 10 their cousciepces by preaching
VIA: they do 10: believe. TIE strides which
the rejection of the Christian orthodoxy is
making among the Ia!ty OF every class II the
Church i: simply astounding. The most pal
pable evidence CT this is that, when any book
Of striking ability and learning appears, which
aims an attack AZ the foundations Of Christ
iauIiy, j: is bought op and read with avlclty
by L. 4!I.tudes OF intelligent chQychuen. We
have Only TO recall the farors n so.fes,ed o. the
publication Of sCca books strauss Leceu
Jesu," "E.sa5s and Review" BISHOP Co.ensr's
work on the Peotateoch, Ecce Home We
de Jrsus" and LIS ApoITe-," by R=Laa,
"EapsrDac1rai Religion" by great aLony-
E1.C1. aDtt OF, ard Analysis Of Religious BE-
lief" b. T.scouur AmbeI!y. We are Informed,
i.,aed By Nj Thomas Scott, OF Upper NoI GOD
all CT them learned production tCt directed
10 the transfer of religion and morals from
supernatural TO a purely uatuTA. ba5is-hsVe
for twenty years had vast cTcG .ation among
the elite Of the thoughtful lsity il every part Of
the British Empire. Similar marks Of prevail
ing alienation from current religious faiths are
quite as conspicuous among the more inteiil-
gent sections Of Souconformlsts. Inc popular
Baptist divine, Mr.. Sturgeon, not long since
declared that the Noncouformist pulpit Was
honey combed with philosophical lnhdelity"
We are, corse aeLtiy, neither better nor worse
of, 10 all probability, in respect to the en-
croachm of religio 8 belief and neglect than
other faiths are.
Yes, they are all alike There is only one or
KauiSatioa in the world which knows what
truth is, which teachesi it in all its funess, aud
whose members hold it with uushAken and i'm
movable faith.
RELIGIOUS ToLERATIoS IN SPAIN.
Cardinal Manning we'll knows how to speak
a word in good season. Just nov, in the in.
teIva.s Of their Sim lated passion snent =" the
Bulgarian atroci ies," the Protestant parsons
and Newspapers have been making themselves
unhappy because the authorities of Spain have
been enforcing the la Avs of that country for bid
ding tie Pablo propaganda Of Piotessantisn
there. Ole Of them, Methodist minister a;
HArro gate, wrote letter to the Carcical the
other day, coached in respectful teTns, asz Z Z
( for little Information. He wished to know Il
the Eogish Catholics had e1postula,ed with
/ the government OF Spain 10 reference TO this
ell forcement OF The Laws; if no =, why not and
I whether, if not, this would not show thai the
Catholics cry out for liberty when in the mi
nor!ty. bot prosecute when in tie majority. Il
these queries the Cardinal made the foliowio z
reply, which must have given TIE Methodist
miu!ste: something to think about:
! "LEEDs, Sept. 81 LIS.
90 Rer. Sir-Your letter Of the l-:h react ed
/ me thls morning
80 far as / know, the English Catholic.
! have made no representation TO the government
of Spain reference to the Pro ;estanis in th al
country. 81 far as know, and learn II slso
from the papers Of to-day, the laws in Spain do