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The empty sien of tmbing the Scala Santa, which S bone by thousands of poor, wretched pilgrims, on their Mistered knees with the vain hope that it will ease the guilty conscience, and give peace to the trouSled besom, is also denies It is so unlike any thing which Christ ever enjoined upon his disciples, and so make my thing which he ever practiced himself, and is so susiess with that no one can see the devotees telling up the steps without smiles at their folly.

Whoever Eves in Rome a year will witness a round of folly which Boodhism never equaled He will see the Amus Dei berne from house to house, with the vain hope that it will save the sick and dying; he will attend the frust of the Annunciation, and hear the cry of the angels Peace on earth, good will to men;" he will hear and see the celebration of Christi Missa, or the mass which commemorates Immanuel's birth; he will go to the Sistine Chapel, and hear the wailings of the Miserere, as the thirteen emblematic candles are put out; he will hear all the bells in the city ringing, and the

cannon of St. Angelo thundering over the Savior's resurrection; and will be called each day to celebrate the festival of some saint, to rejoice over the performance of some miracle, and exult in the triumph of some new superstition.

The absurdities of Romanism are seen also in the relics which abound in Italy, and the blasphemous use which is made of them in this and all other countries. One traveler, while going down into Italy, found, in the cave of some of the monks, an outline of the foot of the Virgin Mary, which was accompanied by the following curious document, which he translated for the benefit of heretics :

"All hail, Mary, Most Sacred Virgin Mother of God. "Correct measure of the foot of the most blessed Virgin Mother of God, cast from her own shoe, which is preserved with great devotion in the monastery of Spain. Popo John XXII. granted three hundred years of indulgence to whomsoever should kiss three times this measure, and recite the Ave Maria,' which was also confirmed by Pope Clement VIII., in the year of our Redemption 1603. This indulgence not being limited, one can obtain, as often as he wishes, the aid of the Most Sacred Virgin. It can also be applied to spirits in purgatory; and, for the greater glory of the Queen of Heaven, it is permitted to take from this measure other similar measures, all of which shall bestow the same indulgence.

"Mary, Mother of God, pray for us."

Five or six years ago, in Treves, a German city, the Romish cause getting low, Arnold, the bishop, got an old piece of cloth, which he called the seamless coat of Jesus, and on various occasions multitudes came from all parts of the German states to see and worship this

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years, during which the tunic was hidden from view. What became of it none can tell. It was not till the year 1196 that it was again discovered and exposed. It then remained hidden again until 1512, when it was exhibited at the request of the Emperor Maximilian. Since then it has been displayed nine times; the last time in 1810, for nineteen days, when two hundred and twenty-seven thousand strangers visited it. At each of these exhibitions, the most astonishing miracles, to which all the wonders of sacred story bear no comparison, were performed by the coat, all of which are exultingly recorded, and form a gross and revolting history of imposture and superstition. At times the robe has had great popularity as a relic: Pope Leo X. granted a plenary indulgence- that is, license to commit any sin they please to all who should adore it."

The miracles performed by this coat, recorded by Catholic historians, are as follows:

"The Countess Jane Drost Vischering had a painful contraction of the left leg, rendering the use of crutches necessary, which had existed for many years in spite of the best medical aid. She visited the cathedral, knelt before the tunic, touched it, and rose and walked off without her crutches, entirely free from her disease! Her crutches still hang in the cathedral as a testimony of her miraculous cure, and of the wonderful efficacy of the tunic!

"Matthew Weiler, a peasant, had been sick for two years, experiencing the most excruciating pains in the whole length of his left leg, which was in consequence contracted double. He was carried to the cathedral, and, while worshiping the tunic, felt a change in his limb, and immediately straightened it, and walked off like a grenadier! About the same time, a daughter of

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