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cnaxszfs salon comma.IUremark, that the code of laws passed by Juutinian werein full force in the kin dome belonging to, or under thecontrol of, the pope o¢gR¢ome, respecting therights andprivileges of those who differ from the Catholicfaith, until the French took l'Dl%'lt ome, in 1798, and declaredItaly a republic; when free toleration was _gilven for anyreligious opinion or privilege whatsoever. Here, then,the church, in whatever form she might appear, was permittedtoergoy the rights and privileges of citizens, andto worship od as their conscience might dictate. Thisis the first time, during the 1260 years, that ii-ee tolerationof relivion wasgranted in ankingdom where theCatholic church had power; ami; although Catholicmces and tgopes have since had rule in Italy andnce, yet ey have never dared, asyet, to pursuetheir former intolerant course of conduct towards Protestants.And it is very evident, my dear friends, thatthe church is now out of the wilderness; that is, if sheever was; for there never has been a time since thedays of the apostles, no, nor even then, that the church,in all its several branches, has enjoyed greater privilegesthan for nearly forty years past. She hassfpread herwings over every land, and carried the news o salvationinto every languageon the known world. Her reapershave followed the sowers of seed, and there is handsfullofcom in the tops of all the mountains; but the harvestisshortas she hasThe church has had rest aslongever had since Christ left her and ascended to his Fa-the trum-ther. The dragon begins to show his anger;nt begins to sound to the onset; the armies of themst begin to muster for the battle, theyare furbishintheir swords for the slaughter; the kings of the earthlllcombining against the freedom of their subjects;the at men and nobles areriveting closer the chainsof vassals; tyrants are braiding in firmer knotstheir scorpion whips for their slaves; crpediuwy hashkea the room of moral law, and anarchy has crowdedorder from his seat; mobs have taken the place of judges,and law is popular will; the liberty of the press is hutthe nod of demagogues, and the freedom of speech il'19