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to draw the line as to what they allowed, and

70 draw the line as TO what they allowed, and
what they condemned.
Even at this distance II ought TO be EASY to
understand the sudden whlrlwind OF indRDa-
ton which this tract evoked throughout the
country. There were loRiclans in the English
Church besides Newman, and there WIS 40
abun dance OF sound instinct and keen sighted
common sense. Plainly, n Newmans view Of
the Articlee was right, his "Via Media" must be
delusoD and fraud Since Catholic teachiDrs
were In no wise repudiated, and most OF the
formal dogmas condemned In tho Articles had
been formula ed since the Schsm, II follow ed
that the Church OF England, and indeed the
whole Protestant outbreak, owed its being to a
blind recoi from few popular errors barely
countenanced by Rome herself. Consequently,
the labors, sufferlnRs, blood, and prayers OF
Anglican martyrs and teachers had been thrown
away. England had stultiaed herself through
out three centuries, and reconciliation with tue
Pope was not only possible, but a clear duty. IL
Ia not surprising that Evangellcals, and Angli-
cans generally, sbrank with horror from prem
iaes that pointed to such conclusions. The
abroad" faction was especially bitter. II these
II said, were tho practical fruits Of Newman
and Lauds theology, then the one had nily sui
fered for treason, and the other deserved to DO
thrust out OF the oale.
One thing was certain, Newman's place In the
Traotarian movement was lost, and his influ-
eboe In the Es Established Church well nigh de
siroycd. "How could l." he writes mournfully
IN his Apology, say anything henceforward To
good effect when 7 had been posted up uy the
marshal on the butterv-hatch OF every college
OF my University, after the manner Of disootn-
moned pastry cooks, and when everywhere and
among all classes, In newspapers, periodicals,
and In pulpits, at meetings aud dinner t bes.
IN 'nee rooms aud railway carriages, was de-
nounced rs a traitor who nad I'll his tram aud
been detected In the very act Of firing It against
the time honored establishment ?"
Yet !; does not appear, nor - It charged. that
pique had any share In s. ping Newman'- sub
sequent action. Four years longer he remained
within the Al .lioan communion, pursuing 10
seclusion and apparent serenity ~ mud those
researches into Clisdan an iqlity which. . he
b,li~ved, HAD dictated his opinions. We cannot
follow tim turough tue remaining at gcs 10,
which he dyinccd to active sympathy and idon-
uty Of belle. with the Catiolc fai h. We mere
" note tho ct that was not until O.-ohor
ls+b, that Newmsn, WHO h.t some time re-
"ou7S r-s'gred his livu 2. was formally ro-
eeived into the liJu an Church.
Neither can we dwell on tho SCOPE and i'm
petus ~ he movement which NAV oe sad to
have bcrun with the conversion Of tds man.
From that date tue Roman y Propaganda has been
prosecuted with equal sagacity and fcrvur
through all ranks aud classes Of English suci, IT,.
1t IL the simple truth tuat the status of Catho-
lies In Great Blitain has been revulutionized
within thirty five years. A Catholic hierarchy
has been revived ~ England. aud two Cardinals
have successfully filed the place left vac mt
since the death OF Cardinal Pole. Romanism
has even Effected a Arm Judgment In Prrsby-
tenan Scott nd. where the Engli.h establish
ment his at all times drooued and pined. The
Irish Auglic II Church has been discs ahlished ;
and Nm lly, a powerful minorlty OF irish mem
BE- champion In Parliament the policy Of
Home hule, which SUBSTANTIALLY means Catholic
rule, for Ireland.
1t would De absurd to credit any individual
wi h the rehabilitation OF Catholicism In Eng
land, but IL IL certain that NewmAn's accession
operated as signal ami magnet. For bis ow n
part he attributes the triumphs Of the ptopagan-
da To All inevitable and beautiful reaction from
the positivism and materialism OF the century,
coupled with widespread aud grow ng =, nvic-
ton that no halfway house Is tenable betN ee o
skepticism and Catholicism. We may not our
selves accept this EXCLAMATION, yet we would
not DENY to IL measure of FEASIBILITY. We
can ~ all events feel no surprise II many deeply
religious II lures dismased by the perple Nlti, .
and obvious d myers Of Independent investiga
ton, ind repose and shelter In that church,
girdied with tradition aud rooted Ia ant guilty,
whioh appealed so strongly To the Ia aRinatiOn
of MacAulay