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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1883)
C hristian herald , FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1883, The Blessed Virgin Again. was r conde vere t On another page will be found the second article of the Catholic Sentinel, of Portland, on the Blessed Virgin. Although the Sentinel per sists in refusing to let his readers see what we write in reply to his supercilious attacks on Protestant ism, yet we will do him the simple act of justice to give him the full benefit of what he has to say about us and in defense of Romanism. In this way we may be able also to impress him with the difference be tween the contracted and selfish course always pursued by the Catholic church and the justice and fairness of the principles which we plead. When we get afraid to let our readers see what people have to aay about the doctrine we preach, then we will be afraid to attempt any reply. This we regard as hon orable controversy ; nothing else is worth the name. The Sentinel accuses us of misstating the question. Let us see. Is it not a fact that the Fathers, as quoted by the Sen tinel himself, speak of the mothei of Jesus as the “ Blessed Virgin,” the “ Mother of God, pure forever,” a “beautiful virgin, incapable of sin,” a “ virgin, through grace, free from all stain of sin,” etc.? Now in order to show the absurdity of such language we qudted the words of Jesus himself in which he simply placed his mother among his other disciples and declared that whoso ever shall do the will of God, the same is his mother, his sister and hia brother. Then in our last, after stating that we quoted this passage for the single purpose of showing that instead of making bis mother an object of worship, Jesus placed her on an equality with the rest of his disciples, we asked, “ Is it blas phemous fur us to speak of her as did Jesus ?” “ Shall we follow his example, nr that of the superstitious fathers?" Remember, brother, that thia is what Jesus said in talking about hia mother. There ia no quea- tion about thia fact, whatever may have been the meaning of hia lan- guage. Hence, shall we follow the example of Jesus in speaking and writing of her, or that of the Fath- era I Thia is the question before us. Tbe Fathers call her the way of making effectual fights ; but i still there is no question about the » fact that all must fight. Then let us see to it.— Christian Herald. The Herald does not put the case fairly. This temperance fight has passed the stage where Christian professors can ridicule it or call it fanaticism. It would be very un- . dignified and unfriendly to Chris tianity for a temperance advocate to express a sarcastic hope that to engage in the Christian warfare, one is not expected to join the Roman and Greek, the Lutheran, the Bap tist, the United Brethren, the Ad ventist and the Mormon Church and all the Sunday schools, or to become a fanatical Episcopalian and partake of the communion. But that would be only a parallel to what the Herald has given us. no more to There is not a particle more fan- us in the settnng of this quë^7" ~by one of his venerable aiirtsnt inbemg »-thorough.„prohi tion than the extravagant tales of clearly against him. bitionist than there is in joining a church or helping to build one, or being a communicant. A temper ance man who is not an uncom promising prohibitionist stands to the cause just as a Christian stands to the church, who says he believes in it, but dont go near it, dont help it or support it in any way, even by his example. The Christian or tem perance man who is not a prohibi tionist is not fighting the devil or resisting him or his works. The Christian who is not actively en hopeless case. We have pressed gaged in the destruction of the li him to the point where he is com quor traffic is not on the Lord’s side Ministers Must Fight. pelled to choose between the lan nor his country’s side in the war be guage of Jesus and that of Many of the preachers would do tween Heaven and Hell for the the Fathers, and this accounts well to call to mind often Pres. C. kingdom of this world. But we for his attempt to * make the L. Loos’ earnest talk to the Lexing don’t put thè case as forcibly as the traditions of the latter equal ton Convention about playing “fast Rev. Mr. Loos did. That would be in authority to the positive and loose in the temperance work." The traffic is the deadliest foe of treason for a temperance advocate. statements of the former. Here is the church. The minister who re —The Rescue, San Francisco. where he finds his catalogue of un fuses to enter this fight with all his REMARKS. warranted practices in his Church. consecrated power and talents for It is not found in the Bible. Then God and humanity, is a betrayer of There it is. A finer illustration his trust, a Benedict Arnold, a Judas let him plainly acknowledge this of temperance fanaticism without Iscariot, a traitor to his country and put an end to this controversy, and church. Unite and tight a com either logic or common-sense would till we settle this authority of his mon foe and the best agent of the be hard to find. When the Rescue “ Tradition.” devil, with half the zeal that the intimates that the H erald has ridi The Sentinel fails to answer our dogmas and doctrines of at least culed the temperance fight and call questions. We asked him to define moral and conscientious people are ed it fanaticism he shows plainly idolatry, and then tell us the differ fought and the end of the traffic in that he has read the above para homes, hearts and souls, will come ence between it and the honor they like the “ crack of doom.”— The graphs to little profit. If this is do to the B. Virgin. Also to tell Worker. not his meaning, then what point is us exactly in what the honor they We say, amen. But we don’t un there in his remark ? According to derstand Bro. Neal to contend that the Rescue, in order to “ engage in He pay to the. Virgin consists ? rnwUrfoix minister to enter this says they “adore” and wo -the Christian warfare ” one must great fight he must necessarily don God and Christ, and “ venei all the blue, red and yellow ribbons join the Roman Catholic, the Greek, the Virgin, saints and angels, of the day, join all the temperance the Lutheran, the Baptist, the Unit let him harmonize the utter organization that are set on foot, or ed Brethren, the Adventist and the that he must even become a fanati Mormon Churches and all the Sun and practices of his Church cal prohibitionist. The one point day Schools and finally become a this distinction, and it will be before him is the fact that all min ipfactory. But in what lan$ isters must fight, ■ Good men may fanatical Episcopalian and partake and acta is this “ veneratior differ as to the manner of attack, of the communion. Our opinion is Mary expressed ? This is the] aigl there is indeed, more than one that by the time one would get