The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-05

audiruce greeted the Rev. Father Pet
tit, of Reno, at the Court House, last
evening and unaffected great interest
~ his remarks upon the topic, The
Bible not the Rule of Faith" Want
of space forbids our Publishing the
discourse In full, therefore we print the
following ms
SYNOPSIS.
lr opening, the speaker requested
his bearers to endeav n to consider his
statements with unbiased minds, as a
white object seen through green glass
woUld be correspondingly changed in
appearance; and inquired by what yisi.
Die means could the existing Bible be
proven authentic by Protestants? There
Were none, and he deted auyon. to
prove otherwise. The last ties anent
Of deceased individual must of neces
| slty be suhstanfinted in court of law
by living witnesses. who could affirm
| the signatures attached to the document
! We're geuuine--lead witnesses could not
saostantlate 1t, nor Was ii possible for
the will to possess an Inherent tight of
| corroborating its own anthem icity;
hercs 1t would be dead letter unless
supported by the testimony of lndls
| putable witnesses. The same rule ap-
| Piled to the so-called Bible IF Protest
| antism. The Roman Catholic book of
molly writ was tue ouly Authentic one
having been translated tron the dead
/ languages, 10y monks and nuns, in the
fonith century, from parchment copies
that were lndited by the early Chriet-
lans aud founders OF this, the only true
| church; aud 1t was eleven centuries
later when Martin Luther and like re-
| formers compiled from the original
| Bible thus preserved what is now ac-
| cepted by Protestants as their Bible.
! Diversity of opinion characterized the
diSseHters from Catholicism in this un-
dertaking, and harsh names were freely
I used by them when crlticisiug each
9TH translation. To such an extent
did hey differ that split in the ranks
followed. aid there has been no unity
| OF action anoug them since. This is
the reason why SO many Protestants
iall to see anything In their religion
1t Is founded upon AN unauthenticated
| foundations; permits individual judg-
ment to create new creeds. and causes
all who profess their faith to doubt.
| There is not, aud never can be any re-
iigion worthy of credence except tn At
OF orr church; infidelity is the only
state iuto which We can plunge when
| forraking Catholicism. Accepting the
| Protestant assertion that without the
Bible to guide no true religion can ex-
list we are obliged to believe that the
millions of people who died prior 10
the 18th century went direct 10 damna-
ton, because they had no rule of faith
Consider how many beliefs they ada ut
their Bible to, and decide whether or
n It they are consistent. Did not Christ
preach unity? Does not unity prevail
In the Roman Catholic Church? God
never Intended that his followers
should be divided, nor are they in the
church which His Son established
when on earth the Catholic church.
esch member of which is not permit
ted to utter ret the Seri lures for him
self, but is Taught and obliged 10 accept
the interpretations of the rulers of the
! church or be ex communicated. You
are not permitted TO conduct yourself
as a citizen of the Umted States in nc
cordance with tue Interpretation that
you may personally place upon the
| Constitution, aud the same principle is
applicable TO the church government.
From Catholic Standpoint. the dis
course was an able effort, and the
learned divine displayed praiseworthy
earnestness in dealing with his subject.