The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-04-05

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ole Church. She was never dipped
in a tabled river, but she was washed
in the adorable blood OF her Divine
founder, and, in that precious blood,
cemented together till time is no more.
It is quite clear that poor mo Inf.
del" is an utter stranger to her Di.
vine origin, her history aud the ma
ture Of the sacred mission entrusted
by God to her care. She is inyulner-
able in all her members, from the
crown Of her head to the sole Of her
foot. History, for the last 1882 years,
inyincibly demonstrates the same
Many myriads Of poisoned arrows
and javelins have been, during that
long period Of time, shot into her be-
nign countenance, by the powers Of
darkness, furiously assailed by sa-
tan's satellites and emissaries on
earth allied with the same, as yet, no
rent in the seamless garment in
which Christ clothed her. Naughty
Kings, swollen with pride, ambition
and insolence; disdainful Emperors
have again and again yainly sought
to annihilate her from the face of the
earth, They and their dynasties are
buried and consigned to the dust of
oblivion, whilst to day she presents q
face sparkling with beauty-just as
fresh and as ruby as when her Eter-
nal Architect founded her upon the
1nfallible and Immutable rock of
Truth; and thus, until the consuma-
tion Of the world, never to be shaken
or shattered by all the forces of hell
combined and leagued with their i'm
pious allies on earth.
Now, if this benighted creature
that mocks and sneers at all religious
belief, has real conscientious and
scrupulous anxiety to know how the
Catholic Church SELLS and RETA1Ls
"Indulgences," let him honestly and
candidly come to me, and / will
WEIGH one out for him Just at the
same price the Pope sells them at
Rome. This will save big expenses.
Necessarially he must spend fright
smart" on his journey to Rome, and
afterwards pay the Holy Father a
big sum for his Indulgence" No
doubt this infdel imagines that In
diligence is some animal, like mule
that works in "a brick.yard," has a
tail behind and two prominent ears
dixie HIMSELF on its head, and conse-
quently some few dimes are needed
to purchase such stubborn, but still
very useful individual. / have been
on many occasions considered to be
very stingy, but in this crisis l am
disposed to be quite liberal. So, then,
"No Infdel," sum up courage, pre-
sent your credentials that you were
baptized ain the name of the Faith.
er, and of the Son Christ and of the
Holy Ghost" and once more "put on
the new man." Danish forever from
your heart that malevolent spirit,
which your writings shew that you
entertain towards christians of all
denominations; shew manifest tokens
of sincere humility, meekness, char
ity and contrition for past ingrati-
tnda tnmard Cod, anl :. Iaar,- ---tsI
hatred towards christians for adOring
the Divinity Of Christ. The condi-
tions on which we sell and retail
to Catholics are yet more restrictive
and exorbitant. When they come
to Ike bargain, what the Church
places before them are conditions
frequently to flesh and blood palata,
bic, but surely and certainly TO the
immortal soul sweet, savory and de.
licious. The Church as an amiable
and tenderly loving mother demands
them to "rend their hearts and not
their garments" to make holy, sin.
cere and upright confession Of all
their sins, numerically and specif-
cally, to God; to fast or abstain from
tieshment on one or two days in hon
or of the crucifed Savior; and, if they
be rich and aifiuent, to give a moder-
ate charity to Gods suffering poor
and naked. If these conditions be
duly complied with and fulfilled, then
the bargain is signed, sealed and de-
iivered, and it is our Faith that God
out of His infinite treasury depart.
ment notes an Indulgence to such
a pious Catholic. Now if mo Inf
del" considers these conditions to obi
Gus or unchristian we can never
make a trade; but if in the proper
spirit he accepts these conditions, we
shall enrich him with a Plenary In
diligence as his case pitifully demands
all that we can spare for this present
year, | thought that long ago these
malicious and Anticipated calumnies
had vanished before the face of the
enlightment that the nineteeth cen.
tury sheds on society. Yes, indeed,
that for centuries past such impious
fog had entirely vanished out of the
religious atmosphere. But, alas, a
little still floats about and even
threatens to darken our own clear
horizon. 1t is clear that some have
inhaled such a heavy draught of this
fetid air that it will require special
miracle of grace from God to rectify
their lungs and expurgate the impur-