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much which is purely absurd , that tbey would lather lead a . man ; of / unprejudiced mind to reject theCatholic religion , thaw comvinee lni ( n tiat thii is the best form under which the gospel is professed . ^ * Ob / ni ^ aed ^ atikast ^ this is the impression which remains after seeing the c ^ urt and ; the church of Rome in the season of their highest pomp * # Such' ceremonies' as the successive extinction of the fourteen lights , the pattering of the feet , the washing of the thirteen pilgrims , and the waiting upon them at dinner , the procession of those frightful penitents , and , above all , the throwing down of
the indulgences to be scrambled for by the crowd - « -these things are all too childish for the age we live in . The spirit of the times is fast out-growing such nonsense as this ; and if we wish to see the downfall of the religion of which it forms an essential part , we have nothing at all to do but to leave it quietly to its own fate . It must fall before the light of increasing knowledge and civilization . There is nothing which can materially retard its destruction but that meddling system of pains , and penalties , and exclusions , which is as adverse to the interests of truth , as it is at variance with the inalienable
rights of man . The other day , as I was walking in the streets of Rome , I fell in with a young priest , a student in the Scotch College in this city . We went about seeing sights together for an hour or two , and among other things I asked him , " What was the feeling at Rome about the emancipation { as it is called ) of the English Catholics ? " " We are very easy , " Tie replied , " on that score ; we find that we flourish under persecution , so we 1
are very well content . ' Yes I it is that very persecution which makes the Catholics flourish . Were that to cease , we should soon see their religion crumble * into dust . The charm of the esprit de corps which now animates them would be gone ; and they who do not like to desert the religion of their fathers while it is in difficulties , would feel themselves no longer restrained by a sense of honour from uniting themselves with the members of a more free and a more enlightened communion . ( To be continued . )
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TO A YOUNG MINISTER * Young servant of the Lord ! whose untried might Here the celestial sword aspires to wield , Whose ardent eye is glancing o ' er the field Of Christian warfare , kindling at the sight * — We give thee cheerful welcome ! Pure and bright Keep in thy soul the flame of pious zeal ! Still from cold hearts and idle tongues appeal , And read thy duty by the Gospel light . ¦ Yet , as the hour draws nearer , Christian ! pause : — The truth thou loyest is a holy thing : Thine arm is lifted in a sacred cause , And sacred weapons to the strife must brings Be firm , yet gentle ; humble , yet sincere ; Y The eye of Heav ' n is ori thee—hope , yet fear ! E .
* The Catholics themselves seem , to acknowledge the truth of tljie , for there is a saying in Italy , " ,. , " Se se vede Roma * Se perde la fede . " ( If Borne is seen , faith ia lost . )
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Sonnet . 749
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 749, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/21/
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