. The history of Romanism : from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time; with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossary; illustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persections, and historical incidents . hat noAmerican can have any idea of it, and heathen priests would neverhave thought of it. Add to that, the great mass of people, thekickings of the mules, the meetings of the lovers, the neighings ofthe horses, the melodious voices of the asses, the shoutings of themultitude, and mock
. The history of Romanism : from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time; with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossary; illustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persections, and historical incidents . hat noAmerican can have any idea of it, and heathen priests would neverhave thought of it. Add to that, the great mass of people, thekickings of the mules, the meetings of the lovers, the neighings ofthe horses, the melodious voices of the asses, the shoutings of themultitude, and mockings of the protestants, who reside in Rome,and you have a spectacle, which would be new, entirely new, notonly for American protestants, but for the heathen themselves, andmust be abominable in the eye of God. But enough ; the subjectis too serious ; it is a religious exercise, practised by the priests ofRome, in the so-called metropolis of the Christian world, sanctionedby the self-styled infallible head of the church of Rome. All we cansay is: Ichabod, thy glory is departed. The priests of heathenRome would be ashamed of such a religious display in the nine-teenth century.* * See Papal Rome as it Is, by Rev. L. Gustiniani, D. D., formerly a Romanpriest, now minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Sprinklingfind Bles ing ol H s at Rome, on St. Anthonys Day. chap, vi.] POPERY AT ITS BIRTH.—A. D. 606. 121 Lighting up candles in the day time a heathen custom. (4.) Burning wax candles in the day time.—No sooner is a manadvanced a little forward into their churches, and begins to lookabout him, but he will find his eyes and attention attracted by anumber of lamps and wax candles, winch are kept, constantly burn-ing before the shrines and images of their saints. In the greatchurches of Italy, says Mabillon, they hang up lamps at every altar;a sight which not only surprises a stranger by the novelty of it, butwill furnish him with another proof and example of the conformit
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