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

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as any Of St. Paul's auditors ever
dare be, as he upholds the same doc
trine and stands upon the same plat
form. The only difference is that
many Of these Pagans at Athens
possessed intellect and brains and
were therefore converted to Christ.
ianity. But others, like our insult.
ing Pagan in the Clifton Radical,
have these necessary qualities, and
so did not-"when they heard Of the
resurrection of the dead, some indeed
Knocked, but others said:
ave will hear thee again concern
ing this matter" Dorbtlessly they
went away, abandoned Saint Paul
and his inspired teaching forever.
What further are the inspirations Of
this modern Pagan, when he openly
and Indignantly rebukes Protestants
for maintaining the Nicean Creed,
and practicing what it teaches. l
am much pleased to learn that our
separated brethren are returning to
the "old paths, which is the good
way" but yet cannot easily credit
this piece Of information since the
"crank" from which it emenates is
so literally corrupted. If this vile
falsifier Of historic facts was docile
enough to ask some little Catholic
boy in my school, he would give him
the correct information as to this
Greed, and the time aud place when
it was declared as absolutely needed
to be believed in order to be saved,
| am quite certain he would not then
and anathematize our
Protestant neighbors for believing
the same. 1t was drawn up at the
Council Of Nice in the year of our
Lord, 925, which condemned his
great grandfather, the impious and
unfortunate Arius, and his blasphem.
ing associates, who also denied the
Divinity of our Holy Redeemer. 1t
was the first Of nineteen Gucumini.
cal councils in the Catholic Church,
and was convoked by Pope Sylvester
|, who presided in person over it. 1t
is true, no doubt, there are millions
of really pious Christians, scattered
over our planet who do not concur
in all dogmas, but yet we are not dc.
termined to abandon the Divinity of
Christ and embrace Atheism or its
sister, Infdelity, and therefore be
eternally lost. No, no; we are yet
bound together by Gods eternal link
of Faith, Hope and Charity, and not
one Of US, therefore, will fling the
other into unutterable and everlast-
ing tortures for not thinking, bclteriag
and adoring, as each Of US do, in pub
lie or in private.
Now, Mr.. Editor, please pardon me
for occupying so much spice in your
columns; but please indulge for a few
more words and then say, farewell.
1t appears to me that this Liliputian
saw this Anticipated and scurrilous
buff6onery in some rotten carcass of
Infdel writers, and in order to pro,
cure share in public notoriety, like
the fellow in olden times that burned
the temple of DIANA, he pretends to
be comic and original, and hence
vainly struggles to deck it of in
new garment. But his production
show him to be utterly in
capable ofconceiving an idea, for he
mas not a. peg :" mis- brains upon
which to hang up an idea.
One little interesting story and
then all is finished. This initiative
fellow reminds me of the old noun
tebank that considered himself as
great somebody in scientific circles.
At this time the celebrated Doctor
Harvey discovered the circulation of
the blood and therefore our old quack,
so as not to be left in scientific dark
ness, undertook to experiment on
frogs and ascertain the circulation of
their blood and the number of
beats per minute in the pulse. He
to a pond, waits in extreme
quietude, up pops jolly big bull
frog and is at once captured for oper.
alton. He takes out his splendid
gold watch, applies it to his ear, and
is satisfied that he has made all his
anticipated discoveries, the circula-
ton of the gentleman's blood, his
pulsatiou and temperature, so that
in ecstatic raptures he judged him.
self thousand fold superior to Har.
vey. Under this de!usive excite.
m0nt he flung his finely jeweled
watch into the pond and stuck Mis-
ter bull-frog into his pocket. But
unfortunately when too late he dis.
covered his mistake. Alas, alas, this
would-be Christian and Pagan out of
affected ignorance, pockets corrup-
ton and filings away purity, and
perhaps never again TO be recalled or
enjoyed,
Now. gentle reader, panse and pa
tiently await his next eifusion. He
will tell you it was "old John Brown"
whose "body lies Wondering in the
grave" that first invented the rain
bows, but on the account of the short
ness of his ladder he failed to place
them in the armament of hraven.