Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-29

that God only is founder" "Ie have
laboured so much in the word 'Ecclesid,' in
that Specification, wherein it cannot without
too manifest a lie, be applied to any man."
"1e should not draw the words to that sense
wherein the speech may be lie, but take it
In that sense wherein it signitieth truth"
"Christ divided Has power on earth aft
er the distinction tenaporaliam ct spisftuali-
am, whereof the one He committed to Primo
es, the other, Sacerdotibus." ."* aye prove
what no man will deny, the ministration of
spiritual things to have been by Christ COM
nitted to Bishops and Priests to preach and
minister the Sacraments, to be physicians to
mems souls, to Princes, temperatures"
"And having our Mother in our realm, Bish-
ops and Priests preaching the word of God
and ministering the Sacraments according
to Christ's most Holy laws, we do honour
and obey her. Emperours and Princes obey
Bishops and Priests as doers Of the message
of Christ, and His ambassadors for that pur-
pose, and yet, statfn .funt prlratt, in tempor-
alibus, and for quietness of living, acknowl-
edge Princes as head" = "As to spiritual
things, as to those things whereby grace is
conferred, by His Infinite mercy, conferred
upon His people, forasmuch as they be no
worldly things, we be not head, but those
who are elect, chosen, and ordained as God
hath wiled, to be His cergy.'' = ''And
being called head, we be not in deed nor in
name head of such things as be spiritual, as
they be not head of such things as be tenn
poral." "For that which is in Scripture
written is most certain truth, and as it is
there written it is, and no otherwise. 1t is
never to be thought men will willingly and
without shame, lye; and therefore the sense,
if any may be gathered true, or like to be
true, is to be taken, and not that which is a
lye." (Hstkins I'LL, 762; Cobola, p. 2A; Had
dom, p. 3S3; also, Bu,nett.)
Thus, again, we have Henry's meaning ut
the very time the controversy was pending.
Then again, afterwards, when the 80 Articles
of the Church were framed Ohere had pre-
viously been but six Articles), the 37th Arti-
Gle declared that "the ministering of Gods
word does not belong to princes"
We see, then, by the declaration Of Parla-
ment, by declaration Of Convocation, by de-
claration of Henry, and by formal Article
| of Faith-all made at the very time and during
the progress of Reformation-that Henry's
headship did not mean authority to perform
any sacerdotal or strictly spiritual function.
These facts were all accessible to Maca,llay,
Hume, and other writers Of popular histo-
ry;" but 1t was not consistent with the pref
udices Of their minds, Or their desire to pan
der to popular feeling, to mention them. The
only approach Macaulay makes to even inti-
mating that Henry was not understood to be
oni al haaH 10 do 4
different Specifications in different mouths,
! and in the same mouth at different conjunc-
lures" A'witness in murder trial testifies,
81 saw Jones shoot Smith through the head.
Smith was not saying or doing anything to
Jones. He just ran up and shot him dead"
The court and jury are Mortified Mt the cold
blooded conduct of Jones. Other witnesses
testify that "Smith had stabbed jones' wife,
and was drawing his knife to cut her throat
when Jones ran up and shot the monster and
saved his wife's lifc." They further say that
the first witness saw it all, but they only told
that part of the truth which criminated in
hocent and heroic Jones. Does not indigna-
tion flash to the face of every honorable man
at the turpitude of so traitorous witness?
No more mischievous falsehoods can be told
than often result from telling part of the
truth and suppressing the other part. l re-
member well with what Indignation discov-
cred Macaulay's turpftude and unrelability
when young. / read him with enthusiasm.
Was delighted with the splendor of his rhet-
oric and philippics againstthe Reformation in
England. l reveed in his brilliant recitals.
They suited my taste and fed my prejudces
against everything English. / was rummag-
ing through the library at Yale and ran across
that sanity old man, Rev. DR.. Mead. A sug-
gestion from him about church matters drew
my fire from the Macaulay blunderbuss. The
old man adjusted his glasses and looked at
me in amazement; asked me if / had any
doubt of Macaulay's accuracy. OF course l
had not He very kindly and gently suggest
ed thht 'Macaulay was not regarded as good
authority amongst scholars; certainly he was
a very prejudiced writer" was indignant.
Macaulay unreliable? Absurd! But he was
so gentle, calmed down, and suggested that
would not like to be deceived on so impor-
tant an historical fact. A few days after, /
was consulting Professor Porter-afterwards
President Porter-in the library, on some
point, when 1 turned the conversation on the
of Macaulay?'' 1 asked. ''Oh, he is very
brilliant" every rhetorical, is he nos?"
"Much more rhetorical than accurate, /
fear" he answered. "Dr. Mead insists that
he is very prejudiced on the subject Of Re-
formation in England. What is your opin
ion?" asked. eyes," he answered, "that
is charged against Macaulay. He is certain
ly not complimentary to tho great actors in
that movement; bat whether he is disloyal
to truth, cannot say. have not examined.
1t is very interesting inquiry; if you have
time, and feel an interest, you should test
him. GLOW can II" asked. "Why, go to
the old records OF Convocation, the annals,
proceedings of Parliament, &c.-many of
them are down this way" and so saying, he
started to the other end OF the library, and
opened some lower doors to a mass Of old
books, perfect mine OF wealth to the histo-
rian in search of tho original sources Of
knowledge. II was two OF three weeks be-