Untitled - Rore Sanctifica

102 The Difficulties of Re-union.
what it means. There have been many proofs-
of this of late in the favour with which publi
cations have been received which ignore it ;
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books of travel in the East which discuss Ma-
hometanism ; a considerable amount of the
popular novels of the clay, when the} incident
ally touch on matters of faith ; and graver
works also, such as the first of the condemned
"Essays and Reviews.
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Nor can I believe, even
sivms: the fullest credit for a ood intention,
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a book like "Ecce Homo" could have been
received in a community of well-instructed
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Christians with the fervour with which that book
has been hailed by so large a
portion of English
society.
It is most true, and we may be thank
ful for it, that our people are not yet prepared
to receive the open blasphemies that find favour
upon the Continent ; they are as yet, thank
GOD ! too super stitiom for that. But what we
have reason to complain of is, that their religion
is only a superstition ; it is not a clear, intel
lectual reception in faith of the great fact upon
which the Gospel rests. They do not in reality
" know the meaning of these words : In the
beonmiino- Do was the Word, and the Word was
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with GOD, and the Word was GOD." And
why is this ? They have their English Bible,
their English Prayer-book, and the Creeds.
How can thev be ignorant of the i>Teat verity
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which is the key-note, as it were, to the teaching
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