Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-19
TWO SERMONS.
CONTINUED from Fourth Pags.I

| kEuCyC VI IltS La OCSC"S~A
and Liberty of speech tEacyc Of sam
date), and thousands OF miles from Rom,
to say We are not allowed without rebukt
from some of his emissaries to mutter
feeble protest. That l may escape the
charge Of ignorance OF misrepresenta-
ton here, Twill quote from the careful
conservative and very learned Mr.. Glad
stone, of England. In his little work or
the Vatican Degrees published soor
after the Dogma of I~nfallibility was passed,
he takes up and discusses these four propo'
sitions:
Al. That Rome has substituted for the
proud boasts of 'Semper Eadem' a policy
of violence and change of faith.
"2. That she has ~refurbished and parsded
anew every rusty tool she was fondly
thought to have disused.
20. That no one can now become her
convert without renouncing his moral and
mental freedom and placing his civil 10y
atty and duty at the mercy OF another.
"A. That she Rome has equally repndls-
ted modern thoughts and ancient freedom.
He then quotes l5 Encyc. and syllabuses
Of Pope Gregory XVI and of Pope Plus
X. in proof. This little book is published
by Harper Bros New York;
Now let it be understood that 1t Is this
aspect of Rome against which we urge
eternal warfare, not with those on the
other side OF the line.
Secondly ,Oursacred duty toward Roman
Catholics is to look these dangers full IN
the face and meet them by no timld pol
icy, because the masses of Roman Catho-
lies are as much interested in maintaining
the liberties Of the countries as we are.
The attitude of Rome toward the educa-
ton of the masses must be inferred from
her course in those countries where she has
had %undisputed sway, and there she has
kept the people in besOtted Ignorance. In
Italy, for example, 70 per cent. of the pop
ulation are illiterate. In Spain, SO per
cent; in Mexico, SO per cent. belong TO
this class (see Our Country by Strong,
o. So. If our Catholic friends do not
want
A SIMILAR REIGN OF IGNORANCE,
vice, and priestly tyrrany, then let them
stand by us in u demand for the right 70
do our own thinking, reading and praying
We want 10 priest between us and the
Tender Shepherd, who bids the humblest
and yilest OF men to come to him without
fear, or money, or price. But one says
this will cause trouble and excitement
and ! don't like these controversies.
NV friend, there is Just n way out OF 1t.
Go over to the Church. There Ii nc
compromise with Rome. Ten thousand
times has that fact been written in letters
of blood in the past. And we certainly
will not be accused Of doing her injustice
when we simply cOncede her own PROUD
boast 'Semper Eadem' always the same
"Our experience in this city for the past
few weeks is proof sufficient.
"Third-AnOther duty we VI is not to
support Ter schools, colleges, hospitals and
converts. These institutions, as we well
know, are among the leading agencies for
the propagation of their faith. And sure
AS the Pope rules aud means anything by
his Eucydicals and Syllabuses, as sure as
the Catholic Rerieap, the Boston Pilot, Shop
herd of tie TdlIey, etc, echo these state
mepts from Rome, so sure is it that every
dollar YOU invest in these enterprises will
return to torment your posterity unless
they surrender to Rome, II Rome means
nothing By these statements, then why
encourage trifersP
"If this advice raises again the cry OF
'rabid bigotry,' ETC., let me remind you
that I am only advising you to be as con-
sistent as Catholics themselves. AS q rule
they do not support u institutions when
they can avoid it. And in this they are
certainly consistent. Is it then 'ra6ld
bigotrv' to advise Protestants to be equal
ly consistent, at any rate to maintain a
little self-respect?
"Fourth-AnOther duty, etc, is to sug-
gest to our Roman Catholic friends this
fact, that
THE GREAT BODY OF PRoTEsTANTs
in this country are forced from what they
see. to believe that they are just as honor
able, respectable and pious as Roman
Catholics themselves.
"How often since this controversy began
have | heard Of some such remark as TINS
TO think that the likes OF him would
dare 10 talk back TO our learned Bishop II
that way Yes, sure enough, to think
| that 4 native born citizen, without a lam
upon his character, ready Of any time 70
compare college diplomas or other evl,
deIces of sound learning with the Learned
Bishop, descended from one Of the oldes'
families of this country, and backed up by
more than fifty millions OF nOn-Cathollc5,
should have the impudence, even In self
defence. to talk back TO a foreigner who
belongs TO q hierarchy and who represents
six or seven millions OF Catholics. But
under similar circumstances we shal talk
back ali the same. -.
"Fith-Again, while unflinchirg ely resist
ing their entertainments we ought to treat
them as kindly and courteously as pos
sible and at the same time try to show them
a better way. The wrath of man work
eth not the praise of Cod says the good
book, and vinegar never catches thes
says the proverb. If to us they a:e here
tics and far away from the simpllci;Ies oil
the posnel, let us remember that to these
we too are heretics and self excluded from
the only church 10 which there is saliva
walton, and we can never win them unless
by every excellence OF earnest Christian lie,
we show them n better way. 1t 10 not ou'
loud talk but the superior life which mus
win.
"And, finally, let us be of good courage,
for there is most inconteStable evidence
that the God of Heaven is for rs and al
God-feanng Catholics, and against Thu
graspiug, merciIess spirit Of Rome. Thai
| evidence is to be found not only in tn,
brooding, kindly Providence which opened
up this country to
THE OPPRESSED OF ALL LANDS,
but also in the marvellous signs Of His dis
approval, when the Pope, by the procla
nation of Instability, made the wild, fatal
leap into the place of God as will b
seen By the following facts: That the cOuR
ell which proclaimed this dogma opened
and closed with fearful storms Of rain
thunder and lightning. Every vOteon tn
last day, say eye witnesses, seemed to b.
announced and terminated by
clap of thunder. (See New York Tfibun
for August IL, 1870, and QuirinuS' lette