| Show KINO ICING OATH Cardinal Vaughan demands on behalf of the Catholic subjects of the now new British ruler that certain offensive otren ho In the royal oath be b eliminated from Iron the time coronation ceremonies core monies Those declarations were agreed upon at ata ata a II time time when hon there was more hostility ho between Protestantism m and than limn there ther U Is at It present anti now even cen Protestants Ir regard them ns as unnecessarily sadly harsh harshIt It seems that the tho British king ac no according cording corl to an nn old custom will bo be re ro required to state that he believes that In tho the sacrament of ot the tIme lords supper there Is h not net any nn and amid that the tho Invocation and adoration of ot the tho Virgin Mary Iary lIar or any other Saint and the sacrifice of oe the thu mass ns as they th are now used usell In tho the church of Homo Home are oro superstitions timid Idolatrous Anti And this Is la not nil He lie Is further required to say that In ranking making this hits declaration lie he does doe so so In iti the plain anti and ordinary sense of oC the time words renil unto me mae as they Ire are commonly understood by b I ng Ush hish Protestants without any an evasion equivocation or mental reservation whatever Dy fly which It Is clearly clear Im Implied Implied plied that n it Catholic might take the oath with mental reservation There are arl at pr sent in tho the United Kingdom 1101 1011 about five million and n a halt half Catholic subjects t of ot time tho I be king Some Seine of ot them hold haIti Influential positions both In tho lie and the judiciary and they tho certainly are Ire entitled to some con They can run at nl least ex ox expect that lint their not be required at his coronation l to stamp them th m all as se and hypo hypocrites crites Time The h people generally can call tall fall to see seo the incongruity of or tho the royal oath with present condl condi thinS Hut nut there thore Is another reason teason why wh tho the of ot the time Catholic In this matter should be IW acceded to It cannot be d that King Idward himself be II In n tho the truth of or the Ibe recital quoted The rhe time Is it past when enlightened men women romen regard gard Protestantism as ns asmore more free from superstition Idolatry or than Catholicism The king has frequently associated with P OiO of different nt religious lous ten lis anti and he tie knows that there them Is 11 as II much light integrity and amid anI purity In one ont division as IR asIn IRn asIn In n another how Haw can cn he hI declare that thit millions of sit his hili subjects In his opinion mire are ut sup Idolaters without some I kind of or mental reservation to tile the effort ft t that they thc nr mirO rt not more mort no so th thum n millions of or others othera III In the light of oC modern conditions the entire m tion Uon Is la a n farce an as indeed I are r mislay other oaths and which might bo IJo relegated to th the past PAtt where they belong It la is r enough as al a along long n os the Church of or England Is IR Protestant that the ruler lit of f the realm be b with that church but he lIe can nn certainly maintain that position pochion without Insulting other oilier church eg elm e not established Tho The elimination of ot tho declaration objected to from till the royal oath Would no Ito doubt be bl regarded ns os a IL signal vic vie victory victory tory for tor and anti It may muy mu to lio re Ui resl c sl 1 t 1 on that ground lull bitt It may ma aso also alRo be he looked upon ns as a n a 1 victory for tor re to religious tolerance and that lint Is s an nn Isaul mound which willoh all nil who love human lib hib liberty liberty erty tiny can con rally In every civilized country each citizen should hive the tho right DH UN he lie chooses and anti that Implies freedom tre from remit all nil words or on the tha part of t tho the government that re relied lied upon Ms his sincerity or morality on account of lit hit his religious views anti proc thetis as long nit as n these do not Interfere with tho the rights of ot other oilier citizens |
