Errors of the Roman Catholic Church, or, Centuries of oppression, persecution and ruin . surance of faith,having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, andour bodies washed with pure water ; It does seem as ifPaul wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews in contemplationof the Romish sacrifice of the Mass—and to head off this NO MONEY, NO MASS. The following photo-engravure, No Monty, No Mass, repre-sents two unfortunate natives of the Philippine Islands who haveincurred the displeasure of Romes oppressors of human liberties bynot having the required amount for the saying of masses for their de
Errors of the Roman Catholic Church, or, Centuries of oppression, persecution and ruin . surance of faith,having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, andour bodies washed with pure water ; It does seem as ifPaul wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews in contemplationof the Romish sacrifice of the Mass—and to head off this NO MONEY, NO MASS. The following photo-engravure, No Monty, No Mass, repre-sents two unfortunate natives of the Philippine Islands who haveincurred the displeasure of Romes oppressors of human liberties bynot having the required amount for the saying of masses for their deadand confessional fees. It is a common thing in these Islands to seethe benighted natives chained together and wearing upon their necksa platform of wood that weighs from fifty to one hundred the natives who see these poor wretches, while undergoing thispunishment, and through fear of a similar fate, submit to the selfishdemands of the Priest a statement of their crime is made in public,also written in Spanish, Chinese, and their native language on thesewooden THE ROMISH MASS. 167 monstrous perversion of the one priesthood, the onesacrifice, and the one salvation, wrought out by JesusChrist for all his people. The Mass, in any conceivable sense, especially as apropitiatory offering—repeated over and over again—at thehands of a fallible priest, for the sins of Gods people, is anovelty of the grossest superstition. It is worse thanPaganism, which never pretended to sacrifice or eat its godsIt is absolutely undreamed of in the gospel; and is withoutthe shadow of analogy in the law Paul declares that theblood of legal sacrifices never cleansed from sin. Therewas no salvation by the law or its ceremonies. The gospelknows only one priest, one sacrifice, one redemptionEvery Christian, so far as earthly authority or sacrifice isconcerned, is his own king and priest. He knows no lawbut the gospel; no prophet, priest or king, but Christ. Hewears the royal bad
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