Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-03-10

crossing tnQmsplvQ9 with holy " ator on
enter;n0 the church nurifvin0- Themselves
BAPTISM OF HORSES, cATfLE, SHEEP, ETC,
Rnt one of THAR most ridieuIous nses
Cor xvater - seen on St Anthonv,s dav
in Rome vvben tbe cattle sheen boos
birds cb;ckeDs and dncks from the ssIr,
FOUNDING country are hron0ht to the
chnrch and the nr;est in his sscerdotal
rohe. With q hn0e hrnsh in hand srr;nL-
Ies ali the horses. mnlss cattle sheen.
etc reDeatinUr the words @In uomine
Petris et Fell of Sancti Sniritus In
| the name of fhe Father and the Son and
the Holy Ghost. ST. Anthony held that
| Tho 3osneI vvas for every creature and
thns endeavored 10 nreach tn the lower
cree tion as well as man ami this fi,v.
| 1Sf Anfbonv,s1 is now ctlehraf6d On
] Ian 77sb in memory of hifry
srb;s bciv vref.,r 6ie.sof3 nv fi,o .r,r,n.,
with which everv vvoraflinner banfiEee
himeeH. or sprinkles himself. has won
derful mower according to whaf the
Church teaches.
1T has a spirituaI and temporal use--
Note /. It's spiritual usefulness. Ill 1t
drives away the devil from placee s,,,,;
from nersons. - ! II cancels venial sins.
al Ii drives away wicked thoughts.
| IA II obtains the favor of the HOLY
Ghost. (5O 1t prepares the mind for y
better attendance on tpc divine mysteries
and receiving p1ousIv and worthiIy the
most HOLY Sacrament.
What marvellous waterl l should like
TO see the State Chemist analyze il. I
exnect IL would contain some salt. Rut
the temnoral use of this water ii \ If is
a preservative from sickness. (2.) 1t
heals ipfirmities. both OF BODY and mind.
(3O It purifies infected air, and drives
away plauue and contspion. Heavensl
what strong delusionl This is no new
tangled doctrine from the word of God
hut II is an old. very old established rite
of the heather temple. once famous at
Romein which reigned and ruled the i'm
mortal Jupiter and his cabinet, which
| idols under Roman Catholic regime and
| a. oo,,s.o-ot;or ,,f +Lo rburcb o,.o -v1-
sh;nnod and vanerata.! fo.T;sv 90 renTo-
| sontire- sovna of tho denarted aa;pts
what 3be beathen droDned the Churcb
! hos talen to Uorsbin
Snt tbemode o5 haptism in the Catholic
| Chrroh - nnscr;nfnraI Tho n~;ost otto,.
| est;no o tow ouestions usuallv ansUered
] hv t6s ood-narent hreatbes info tho
| cRild's face three timcs- and saws. "De-
mart from this child thou evil s1irit and
make room Tor the HOLY Ghost - Thus
Won see the devil ia so weak with the
| TothoIic Nthat Tho Pr;.st CON blow him
ouav yb;Ie Cbris+ xureetIed with hin,
forty davs in the wilderness Then with
the fbumh OF his right hand he (Priesfl
makes q cross ON fhe child's forehead
and afterwards another ON his breast
and saws. "Receive the sign of the cross
on thv forehead and in thine heart .
Taking a little salt he nuts II into the
cnliu mouth, sayinG' heceiVe she san
Oh WISDOM. Aiter snort prayer ne tnei
the child the PRIEST takes then q IittI,
snittle and annoints the ears and nos
trils and saws: abe opened.n After thea.
nreliminaries. the Priest poura the wete,
on tha caDdidete's head in rho Fo
cross. re-
| thee Ia ~
what the . .,stu oeneves., -. -..s-.-- Ia,
can We not see that such mode is vsh .
ly unscriptural, and hence must hav'
another origiD-heathen? The ignorance
and superstition of the Roman Catho
lie Church is rivalled only by the Darl
AGE. When will the Sun of Righteous
ness rise upon them?
Since the sacrament OF baptism is a6
ministered only once by the priest to aI
individual, you can see from the forego-
ing, that the eternal destinies of thei
souls hang upon a slender thread-upol
nothing. How shall they escape tn
damnaTion of HE'LL But the subiec
Baptism does not properly belong Il
this discussion. Dwelling so long upol
it in your last article, you have draw
me into it. Please don't call me ava,
J from the main subject again, but let u
, finish first the subject :"Who can FoI
, give Sin "
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) AnN DOO iNA-SH or Il- IAIHsIs foADi'iN" si
! 1 10
? The evils of the doctrine that man ca
forgive sin appear in the fact (2) Tha
: | it teaches for doctrine the command
) ments of men-We have affirmed tina
: | the Bible is the STANDARD by whic
! | creeds and opinions should be trieC
. | Hence anything that does not compor
2 | with Bible teaching is devilish and spur
: Gus. But the priest claims the right t
D forgive sins because. says he, the Apostle
r forgave the sins of men.
: But have you noticed, that brothC
D priest has failed to name q single n
!, stance where the apostles forgave til
/ sins of a man? Until he can do SO. /
; ought to stop his presumption and a
t rogance. He should not presume to d
b more than the apostle who received IL
4 word fresh from the mouth of Christ.
q We have received during this discu
!. sion about three versions OF Priestly Al
4 solution. The first yo1 stated that I'll
!. | act cs forgiving sin was judicial, on IL
r part of the priest, that he acted as
4 Judge, in Christ's stead. In your secor
"a (the article before the last) you state
II the priest was only the agent by who
l. God forgaVe the sins of men, and VOL
d last version is that the influence of I'll
}. priest in some mysterious, inexplicabI
Ie incomprehensiblem manner. gets into