The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

are taking q horribly cynical view. 4 IhrIecS
say that the delusion Of Christianity has
clouded mems brains for 80 long thht
they are now Incapable Of bearing the
truth, and that the best way to govern
the State ID to go on making believe. "
I the other hand, the vast majority OF
Roman Catholics, both abroad and IN
England, have remained utterly uninflu-
enced. It Is one Of the most marvellous
tt1utilphs Of discipline md order that
history has evor witnessed. The Pope
forbade the slightest notice OF the dis
covery to DO tnkon by priests or people
IN the first instance. Then, when mo
Report 81 the Committee was Issued.
with only one dissentient voice-slr
Michael Mnnichoe's-a Pnpnl Bun was
tssted. Here It Is, translated IN Inc
Tablet. magnificent In Its brevity ana
serenity B..
/. He took paper from the table beside
him and began to read
'''v15NI1IaABLIC.s BRETHREN BALTl
AND APOSTOLIC B11NED1CT1ON.
ut has seemed good to us to address
you on certain ,H1ints dealing with tho
decay OF faith In divine things. when IS
the effect OF pride and moral corruption.
And this Is the natural result OF pride;
= for when this vice has taken possession
OF tho heart 1t Is inevitable that tho
Christian Faith, which demands most
willing docIlity, should langush. and TINT
a murky darkness In regard to divine
truths should close upon the mind so
that in the case of many these words
should be made good, whatever things
they know not they blnspheme' (St. jude.
We, however 80 far from being hereby
turned aside from the design which we
have taken In hand, are on the contrary,
determined all the more zoalously and
diligently to guido tho wcll-dlsposed, 80
that they may DO saved from the perils
of secular 5unbelief. $5, AZ s. al.
9.And, with the help Of the united
prayers OF the faith full, We earnestly
imploro forgiveness for those who speak
evil Of holy things. afFE
"And nasmuch as certain persons not
being members Of tho Holy Catholic
Church have In an extremity or criminal
madness hid claim to discoveries which
arc pretended and put forth as affecting
the eternal Truths Of the Faith, We COM
mand you, Venerable Brethren, thht 1t
shall be stated in all the church such
pretences are void OF truth and utterly
'abominable. The enemies of Christ cry
out, 'NVe will not have this man to
reign over us duke, xix:1D, and make
themselves loudly heard withiithe utter
ance Of that wicked purpose, Let us make
away with Him.
"We therefore charge all Christians
having peace and communion with the
Holy Church that they shall give no ear
or countenance to these onslnughts upon
the Faith. & It Is forbidden for them to
speak Of these things among themselves.
or to listen to others concerning them
with these injunctions, Venerable
Brethren, We. as a presage Of the divine
liberality, and as a pledge of our own
charity, most lovingly bestow on each
OF YOU and on the clergy and flock COM
mitted to the care Of each, our Apostolic
BenedIction."
;Thnt IS the glst of It." said MI
Bynrs, Though have missed out few
para graphs The result has been that
with few exceptions. the whole army
Of Romanists, SO to speak, have closed
ranks and utterly refused to listen to
what Is going on.
cts Very fine, very fine indeed, as
a spectacle" Gortre answered. II wish
we had something like that unity and
discipline. But is that submission, pos
sibly without the fire OF an Inward con-
yiction, worth very much? doubt 1t"
ut is not for us to Judge" answered
the vicar. "But the result has been
that the Catholic Church, both here
and on the continent, is undergoing a
storm of persecution and popular hatred.
There have been fearfW fights In Liver
pool and riots between the Irish dock
labourers and mob Of people who called
themselves Professionals last year and
'Rationalists' to-day
The attitude of tho Low Church party
is varied Many OF them are openly
asserting tho Unitarianism. others have
accepted the discovery as being a true
one, and involved an entirely new theory
from It, while using It rs party weapon
also. This attitude Is reflected IN The
Tower In an article which says that,
though the actual body OF Christ IS now
proved never to have risen from the
dead, the spiritual body was what the
Disciples saw. It Is 81 clever piece or
work, which has attracted an immense
number of people, and Is directed entire
~ against the Holy Eucharist (This ar
ticc has already been seen In the preced-
Ing chnpter). The Moderat and High
Church parties are In some ways In a
worse position than any other They
find themselves unable to compromise.
AT the great meeting in the Albert
Hall tho other day, which ended up In
ething like a free fight. all the con-
illusions the majority of the clergy could
como to was that 1t was utterly impos-
siblc to accept the discovery and remain
Christian. The result everywhere Is
chaos; men are relgnlng their ll"ln6S,
there have been several suicides-lsn' I
1t horrible to think of?-congregntlons
are dwindling everywhere. and disestab-
llshment seems q certainty In very
short time. Tho papers are full Of moth
Ing else. OF course. We nre lighting
tooth and nail upon the standpoint OF
personal spiritual experience, which moth
Ing can alter but In n material way
how little that helps! The Methodist
and. Wescynns arc moro successful than
any one. They nro holding revivn
meetings all over tho country. Very
few of these two bodies have Joined tho
inndel ranks. Dissent has always I'M
piled an act of choice, which. at any rate
means man Is not Indifferent to the
whole thing. I suppose that Is why thu
Wesleyans seem to be making nrmel
and more spiritual stand than anytof US
TO my shame I say 1t. but the Church
men of England are not bearing witness
as these others are"
"And the bishops z" .
Most of them don't know what to DO
or course the great leaders of splrltua
thought, W. for instance. and CT
have written that which has brough
comfort ana conviction to hundreds