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VOL, IX. : Loos .. UNITED STATES CATHOLIC MISCELLANY.
en; but when it becomes my duty, as a priest of|the subject, Dr. Milner. The duke, however, died) gur blessed Lord bimnsel; wor ds by which the a
the holy catholic church, I must do away with per-|suddenly not long after.” crifice.on the i i i
sonal feeling, and speak the truth without fear of of Keeping back the Bi ible I remember the furi- on the altar; words hich, toge ith ¢ the a
fence.from any one. My duty asa priest, placed by ous dulery raised against Matthew Lewis, Esq. then|lice of my blood, which (chalice) is poured out for
my superiors over the catholic congregation of Alex- |cowmonly called ‘ vnonk? Lewis, from an extrava-| you’, indicate the real presence;. the bread broken
andria, notwithstanding my respect for persons as/gant but ingenious novel which -he wrote, bearing and tho cup poured out—for you—in the figurative
d citiz mpe els me to # say that several |that title ; it isa a developement of the Bory ofne sen ontradictory, since tlic brea
eleraymen i in this town, whose duty ought to. be to| Santon: Barsissa. Mr. is takes occasio e-| re eal broken and the cup really poured out
teach their congregations thé truth, have departed clare, that of all books in te world, thet bible is “most * Bat as the ey who make the bible the sole rule of
from their station, and sanctioned by their names and | unfit to be read by young wom faith, ‘ake therr own interpretation the rule of the
purses, a lying, scandalous production, defamatory » As furious an outery F may ‘await me for daring b.ble, [ have appealed against the figurative mean-
of the catholic religion. ‘The catholic church is call-|to opie, that it is inconsistent with dece acy to read ing ta the faith a istians of all ages and nations,
ed names, ‘at which decency and modesty would} the bible Sonseeutively i in public assemblies Y faith manifested by the latrcia, or divine worship
blush. And this, as I have observed, i is patronized |in onc. in I am borne out by the}of the consecrated ‘ele ements; a faith and practice
by several clergymen in town. Can we be surprised} church of England ‘cle ; "the chapter in Deuterono. which cannot be proved to have been introduced at
ec{my, which, .in due course, would ‘be read on thelany time subsequent to that of the apostles; and
such groas ignorance of the te of our faith ? het morning of the 5th of Mareh, i is too bad. Why the which jinluence, at the present day, .the feelings of
me assure you, my christian friends, that 1 t| same condemn ti as not awarded agai ©) those even who have rejected the em both; of those
make use of this language through any improper of the preceding and fo otlowing ch hapters, 2 a casuist whe “declara the cult to
feeling. I believe that the act was a rash one, in such matters might be puzzled to discover.’ Per-|trine to be priesteraft.”
that they had no idea of the scurrility of the produc-| haps the bishops consulted Queen Elizabeth o on the! Confess
tion when they subscribed for it; that, had they been} occasion: it was dignus vindice nodus; 33 an
aware of its tendency, instead of contributing to its} affair than the keepin back ‘from the Tonle a por
Gispominstion, they would have prevented its circu-| tion of holy writ; besides this en, unless she is
lation. ‘They would hav said, why make eneimes|tnuch belied, was, like her futher, a person of expe-| wutar confession. What is it that -we'find very na-
amangst the professors of christianity? Is nut the|rience. However, this: may have boea, by whatever turally and appropriately established 1 in the order for
object of our mission ‘ peace on earth to men of|counsels the omission of this chapter was command- the: 2 vinitation of the sick?. Auricular confession. .
good will”? Can the gospel be propagated by any|ed, none can rail against me, without railing agai ay, a very aggrava tin g cir eumstance is ‘there add
other mode ? . This I think they would have said. the church of England: since it has. admitted: the ed, Then: shalt the sick pers
I believe that many are well disposed. and welling) principle for eh : Content, , and the - “question isa fess,’ &c. What would our: good Angel breton .
to hear what the catholic church has to say in vindi-| question only of in say if they were to remark such an ordinance as this
cation of the charges brought against her. With the] . ddoration of the "Sacra, vant.—”-Afer referring . t0) 54", catholic prayer-bouk ? * See these popish priests!
blessing of the Aimighty God, int vindicate her] the doctrine of catholic church, and the early fathers . iey will not-let a man die in peace. ‘They ferret:
from. the foul charges all alledged « against orit] who taught it, Mr. Best proceeds: ** Their preach-lii, “out when he is incbis last agonies; rouse and
n sell- ice oO
e C : : alarm the scrupulosities of his conscience, ‘and, no
the catholic church wider ‘and wider: I do | it to in-| those whose creed, dictate ; va has rejected the} dou t, make him come down handsomely. It was
duce those who may have hitherto been blinded by; dogma. In vain dees the * Common Law’ assure}: this w way that our monasteries, churches, and col- -
prejudice, to open their eyes to the light of evidence;| the kueeling peuple that no adoration of the sacra- le ege s were founded, as amends for past, sins, dictat- ;
and ifany ds not become members of the church,| mental elements is intended, since the body of Christ d by the fears of the 2
they will, at least, cease from being its perseeutors. is in heaven—not here; a hoty awe, a feeling of ve-}" Vet the very eran ‘ “auricula ar confession,’ all
_ Thi 3Ih hope. oeration, still subsists, inconsistent with the duc angelican and innocent though it be, ¢ co njures up, to -
eed ; trine of the figurative’ sense, ead ifthe doctrine were the sensitive imagination of the reader of * the Mys
From the London Catholic Miscellany. tae had a an ona ee of Fobersing this | ties of Udolpho’ a confused apparition of poinards
had many 1 portuniti : ° .
MR. BEST'S PERSONAL AND-LITERARY| sentinent; espocially ; dean of Magdalen sone! ry and h-breathssapecs Ay posi.
College, it was m y duty oe iemonatrate with those|s; <
Having aljeady gi ie our opinion respecting the} young men Whe ne; dale ted to receive the communi-
merits of this very amusing and very instructive work,|00 at the appointed times 3. These.recusants were
we shall, without further Profi proceed to make a}Mmore pious and conscientious, it may be believed, years iscr .
few extracts rom the more arts of the vo-| than many of those who were more intrepid. | * Lam] mind 1 cast about to think what could be the bear-
lume ; for-the industry o tho. ‘newspaper caterers | Mut worthy, ore of them may be spposed to Say) ing towards: each other of two human beings thus"
has been so » busy swith the lighter portions, that we]in his excuse. ‘Repentance makes you worthy.’ situate:
dread venturing on ground so. well glea ned. Wel|* Repentance is yrancere without a purpose oft gy Whe
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‘onfession.—** Our reformers did not abolish au-
ricular confession. What it that fe atone
author of the ‘ Laws of Ecclesiastical Politie,’ and>
his learned -friend, inflicted- on cach other ? " Auri-
I as o take a n unprejudiced and .
dispassionate view of the matter: me @ rela- :
of- .
aL talked with the Abbe Beaumont at Lin- :
must begin, however, with something € entertaining, |amendment.’——* Why ot form such a purpo coln of ¢ going to London to mike-my first general
The late Duke of Norfolk. One of them [the|‘ I dread a relapse.’—'You ure not afraid to present conte: sion, said to him * Well, Tshall never be able
Howards] will be regarded by some of our readers| yourself daily before God in n eoutriuon for ‘ne look the man in the face afterwards.’ Mr. Beau-
as, par excellence, a man of guod sense, ior he re-|and in good resolves for the fut ture.’ — But - tmond replied, Sir, I. pledge myself that you shalt
nounced ¢ the errora of popery;’ but of the validity | this communion is something more:’ and { deen Ver“ | never go to town after wards, without paying a visit .
of this protestant ‘proof of his good sense he was by /ed that'it was felt something more than-a figurative | o¢ friendship to the priest who shall receive your con-
no means sensible himself; he said, ¢ { cannot be a tmemoria
n mT be said. 1 fession. was in the right: T never omitted call-
goud catholic; I cannot go to heaven; and if a man hese e “you ung men,——it_ma iy sa ing Todgeon, and-we met with no other feel-
is to go-to the devil, he may as.well go thither from speak ofa popolr feeling; an nd they ure the best wit- ing than that of inutual regard: he was the deposi=
the house of lordsas from any other place on earth.’ | nesses of it: they testify not for themselves alone, | gop ry of « confidence by which he became my friend
* When he qualified for some office, perhaps that| but for those among thai they had, been brought
of lord lieutenant of the county—of Gloucester, I}up. |‘ We have heard with ouf ears, and our fz hers
thitk—which qualification consisted in receiving the| have declared yuto us.’. Nay, the very stones of| .
Lord’s Supper according to the rite of the church their churches cried out, and reported * the mighty
of England, he returned the cup out of which he things that we of ol /
drank the sacramental wine, saying in hardly under ndee the rch of England, in its order land, at Paris and in the south of France; in'Tusca="
voice, * Port !’—What doe: ee the chureh of England rer the edniatation of the Lord’s Supper,’ doe ny, Rome, and Naples. No where have f observed
‘ain by conversions such & oo much, in the way of respectful vetieration, for :
* To truth I never heard say tee ber of the church the fi figurative acne, ‘and for the Jiteral sense too lit-
of England take credit to his church for the conver: | tle. Though it has ia terms rejected the literal in-|
sion of this Duke of Norfolk: he was well known to/terpretation; as an hocus pocus trick—this slang be-
be aman of a strong aud well-informed mind; it fol-Jing adelicate travesti of the words Hoc est corpus
lowed, as a matter of course, that no one suspected | meum——yet it has followed the inissal too nearly, and
him of being, argumentatively and on conviction, a|itn nbibed too much of its spirit, for the fig gurative/ 4 s not in this medicinal office ot pouring
convert. He may have been suspected of infidelity, meanin g- balm into the. wounds of the conscience,.
that i is, of disbelieving the christian revelation; but * Ward, in his ¢ England? 8 Reformation. relat th n dare to indulge in an ill-timed assumption or ut
n this point it is probable that he wavered in doubt} bow the the bishops appuinted by Queen Eliza rey |" founded superiority : the judge seated in the tribu-
f was bound to him by gratitude for the consolation * "
he chad imparted to .
n the course “of ing moving ion ag they call it'in
Lincolnshire, my flitting life, 1 hha e been to confes
sion in the capital and in the north and west of Eng-
snid a preacher, ¢ as the chan nel _inerely ofthe par-
don of heaven;. or think of him not at all; oras.of a
sinner, tieeding, equally with yoursel the mercy of -
God.’
and uncertainty; perceiving, however, very clearly, |to revise the devises-of her little brother, ino they | nal of penatice, avd the penitent oo his knees, have
that the revelation, vie ought to by received at-all,|came to the form of words by which, in’ King Ed- but one concern- hat God may he reconciled to
ought to be received 0 ee catholic principle, and| ward’s rite, the bread w was delivere ed to me com man, and man bea t peace with God. ‘lhe usual
on the authority of the “catholic church, ~ - nicant, were puzzled. Fhe forin began with, *'Pake! ty rewell of the priest is conveyed i in the words, * Go
_“ A short time before his death, he had a conver-|and eat this;’ it did nots ; ay what—bread or bedy. in peace; and pray for me.”
sation with Dr. Milner, the course of which ‘ed the! The old catholic form, «he bo y of our Lord, “No © arrogence: no curiosity. This is a testimo-
bishop to remark that the @ respect ‘professed by his| &c. had been expunged. _At length these bishops, ewhat favourable in regard to mofe than twen-..
grace towards the catholic faith could not be recon-|after much discussion, reflecting on the 6 expedie He | y indivi, with whom,
ciled with the declarations he bad made against it. Jof conciliating a catho fie population, agreed to ry, eon in the relation, strangé to me,
*When ow? "said the duke. ‘The bishop re-| thus far at mind, that the two forms aed ‘in Toclt oot ‘felicate, into which two mortal men aro
Fi ahould he vat toy ether and so it is to.this day.:: | thrown by the sacrament of penance. Itis somewhat diffe:
minded him of the formalities he had complied with A p ir ae neetning some circumstances of|-tent (more especially as the praise of disinteresiedness may
0 taking his seat in the house of peers. ‘ Sure y inquiry hecies relati boe-added) from the notion generv)ly formed on this subject
never said all this ?” exclaimed the duke. - Indeed, the death of Christ, and somo Prop ecies relating ° :
my lord duke, you have said it, or assented to it.’— thereto, led me to the words, * body broken for purposes to which auricular confession: had been and might
«IT shall be glad to talk with you more atlength on|you;’ words which St. Paul says ‘he received from} | be perverted,’ and therefore very wisely abolished it.”