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Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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250 DANGER IN THE DARK.<br />

wise than as she directs. I will once more read from<br />

this Romish book; listen <strong>the</strong>n if you please to <strong>the</strong><br />

first canon of <strong>the</strong> Oouncil of Trent on transubstantiation:<br />

'Whoever shall deny, that <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> most holy<br />

sacrament of <strong>the</strong> eucharist <strong>the</strong>re are truly, really and<br />

substantially conta<strong>in</strong>ed, <strong>the</strong> body and blood of our<br />

Lord Jesus Ohrist, toge<strong>the</strong>r with his soul an~ div<strong>in</strong>ity,<br />

and, consequently Ohrist entire, but shall affirm that<br />

he is present <strong>the</strong>re<strong>in</strong> only as a sign, or figure, or by<br />

his power-let him be accursed?<br />

" When this council was about to adjourn, accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />

to an account given by a Protestant writer, <strong>the</strong><br />

presid<strong>in</strong>g card<strong>in</strong>al, <strong>the</strong> Pope's Legate, exclaimed:<br />

'Ana<strong>the</strong>ma to all heretics!' and <strong>the</strong> Bishops responded,<br />

'Ana<strong>the</strong>ma! ana<strong>the</strong>ma!'<br />

" But I 'Ill aware of <strong>the</strong> fact, that he who ventures<br />

to unvail <strong>the</strong> hideousness of Romanism, or even expose<br />

half <strong>the</strong> deformities of <strong>the</strong> system, will be accusedof<br />

calumny: not by Papists alone, but also by a large<br />

class of Protestants, who have never taken <strong>the</strong> trouble<br />

to <strong>in</strong>form <strong>the</strong>mselves what Romanism is. Without<br />

know<strong>in</strong>g anyth<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong> enormities justly chargeable<br />

upon Popery and priestcraft <strong>in</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r countries, and<br />

ignorant of <strong>the</strong>ir plott<strong>in</strong>gs and deep-laid schemes <strong>in</strong><br />

this, <strong>the</strong>y are ever ready, <strong>in</strong> behalf of Papists, to jo<strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> cry of PERSECUTION!Such accusations were<br />

hurled at Wash<strong>in</strong>gton and Jefferson, men who had at<br />

heart <strong>the</strong> honor and safety of <strong>the</strong>ir country; and who,<br />

even <strong>the</strong>n, foresaw <strong>the</strong> perils that would one day overhang<br />

this great Republic, through <strong>the</strong> stratagems and

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