The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-17

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mediate successor of Gregory the
Great. His Immediate successor was
Sabinian, and Gregory the Great
strictly belonged to the seventh CEN
tury, instead of the sixth, as Mr..
Gillette's quotation says. He died
in GOA of Il : christian era Before
Gregory the Great there sat, in the
Chair of Peter, 63 Popes-all between
the first and sixth centuries. 1t is
not necessary for me to give their
names, or dates of reign. Why then
quote spurious authority to tell the
public the Papal Power commenced
in 606 of the christian era. Hdrper's
Weekly, or Margarine, l suppose. is
the kind of religious encyclopedias"
he refers to, and quotes from. No
other but one of such q cast, would
pollute the virgin pages of an Ten
cyclopedian with such openly false
statements.
Again, Mr.. Gillette slanders his
Catholic neighbors, in his comnuni-
cation, instead of, as his manhood de-
manded, defending the false state
ments in his Thanksgiving sermon,
for which he was called to account.
He ISLANDERS them, l say, by putting
forth that false bare faced assertion,
that "two-thirds to three-fourths of
the inmates of prisons and peniten-
tiaries came under the direct teachings
of the Romish Church" Now, Mr..
Gillette prove that assertion. What
prison is this? have so often proved
you to be faisifier and an untutored
murderer of history there is no fear
that the public would ever believe
one word you would say on your own
authority. For my part, would not,
from my knowledge of your capability
to misrepresent, believe you, even
when quoting on authority, except
you gave name, standing rs an
author, page, scope and circumstan-
ces under which the author wrote.
Remember the rules of hermeneutic
if you ever heard of them and they
will aid you very much in arriving at
the sense and meaning of authors.
For q long catalogue of crimes, high
life roguery, dc, please read the NcN
York tSUn of January 1st 1873. Read
there the black roll Of crime since the
time of The panic of 1873, see once,
are two-thirds or three-iourths of that
list of defaulters and enbezzlers Gun
der the direct influence Of the ROmish
faith.N 1t is true, and pity it is
It's true, and to the disgrace of the
country it is true, that there are
thousands carrying high head in
society, and holding honorable
positions but abused by them, or OBJ
tanned by fraud, that, did justice get
its due, should be in penitentiaries
for life or condemned to capital
punishment. Things, now indeed,
run contrari- wise. "Things are now
so changed that wrens make prey
where eagles feared to perch. ~
"Since every Jack become gentle
tlenan. many gentleman became q
Jack" So it is, Mr., Gillette, and
sorry I am, for the sake of religion,
that there are many, even among the
pretending expounders OF the gospel,
who, as well authenticated every day
events tell us, would, with more pro-
priety and honor fill cell-apartment
in prison than teach morality in the
pulpit. This indeed hurts christianity
of shades for the unreilecting, un-
educated and inconsiderate, of no par
ticular or fixed creed many Of whom arc
in this country, witnessing such pro-
cedure, become utterly horror-stricken
at the notion Of christianity at all
and are incapable of perceiving the
essential differences of creeds, hence
conclude all are the same. Mr.
Gillette says my allusion to the
London Bridge is Macaulay's anC
that it is used up as quota
ton" 1t is true Macaulay il
the author ofa similar saying, yet, as
Mr.. Gillette's admits, there is a differ
ence, yes, quite difference. Truth
always runs parallel with truth
hence Macaulay agrees witt
me, and as II plain candid protes
tant, yes, presbyterian historian, in {
hundred places contradicts you Mr.
Gillette as to the date of the begin
ming of the Papal Power. Of course
Lord Macaulay ''is used up,n as Mr.
| Gillette says, because he has had the
manhood to tell the truth where will
honor it could not be concealed Ye
the intelligent public look on him a
the ablest modern historian on th
protestant side. J must tell you, Mr
Gillette, your Thanksgiving Sermon
smells very much Cf not the genuin
article) of Grants famously bigoteC
speech at DesMoines. 1t was about
as truthful as your own, Mr.. Gillette
and for historic blunders, and bra
zen quality for giving them utteranco
| believe you and lie are brothers
AT least the same ideas are to be foun,
in Grants speech referred ito as il
your Thanksgiving Sermon. Instea'
of defending the points, for which
arraigned him, he turns on 10 dill
ferent subject altogether, and talk
about some discussion as to whethe
st. Peter was ever in Rome or moi
| What hos this tO do with Won