The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-08-03

poor man who orders well his life; the
loving man who clings closely to his
! family and friends; the studious man
who seeks instructions in all things are
the truly wealthy men.
Bishop McCloskey, of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Louisville, has is
sued circular letter to his priests, call
ing attention to the scandal growing
out of the use of intoxicating liquors at
picnics gottenup for church purposes,
and adds: money obtained in this
way brings with it no blessing either
for priest or people. Financial gain is
u paltry compensation for the ruin of
souls. We therefore forbid the use of
Intoxicating liquors at picnics held for
church purposes; and we solemnly re-
mind pastors who may think it their
duty to hold picnics of the grave re-
sponsibility they incur by permitting
their congregations, and particularly
the young, to remain away from the
shelter and protection of their homes
after night has fairly set in"
In 1857 an edition of the Bible was
printed in Edinburg, in which the line,
commonwealth of Judah, instead of
because she hath been rebellious
against me, saith the Lord" was print
ed: because she hath been religious
against me-" Numerous fines and pen
alties were formerly inflicted on pub
fishers in consequence of errors and
omissions in printing the Bible. DR..
johnson, in his "Memoirs of Seldom"
says: Archbishop Usher, on his way
to preach at st. Pauls Cross, entered
booksellers shop and purchased Lon
don edition of the Bible, in which, to
his establishment and dismay, he found
the text he had selected was omitted"
This was the occasion of the first COM
plant on the subject, and inducing fur
Their attention, the Kings printers, in
ting the word mot in the seventh COM
mandment. During the reign of the
Parliament large impression of the
Bible was suppressed on account of its
errors and corruptions, many of which
were the results of design as well as of
negligence. The errors in two of the
editions actually amounted respectively
to $500 and 5000.
Lord Bacon, in his Essay on Su-
perstition," says: 1T were better to
have no opinion of God at all than such
an opinion as is unworthy of Him; for
the one is unbelief and the other is con-
tumely; and certainly superstition is
the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch
saith well to that purpose. Surely
saith he, Il had rather great deal
men should say there was no such man
as Plutarch than that they should say
that there was one Plutarch that would
eat his children as soon as they were
born;' as the poets speak of Saturn, and
as the contumely is greater toward God
so the danger is greater toward men.
Atheism leaves man to sense, to phi
losophy, to natural piety, to laws, to
reputation, all of which may be guides
to an outward moral virtue, though re-
igion were not; but superstition dis
mounts all these and erecteth an abso-
lutte monarchy in the minds of men;
therefore Atheism did never perturb
States, for it makes men wary of them
selves as looking no further, and we see
the times inclined to Atheism Gas the
time of Augustus Casar) were civil
times; but superstition hath been the
confusion of many States and bringeth
in a new prtnluna mobile that ravisheth
all the spheres of government. The
master of superstition is the people, and
in all superstition wise men follow fools
and arguments are fitted to practice in
a reversed order"