Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant Clergy — John Shaqi
Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant ClergyRigby, N. (Nicholas)
Religion
Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant Clergy
Rigby, N. (Nicholas)
Catholic Church -- England -- History -- 19th century; England -- Church history
Inhabitants, in conclusion, I confidently appeal to you, if you ever knew
me do an ungenteel act to any Protestant in point of religion. I have
always wished equal rights and equal justice for all, both for
Protestants and Dissenters; I have always wished to live in peace and
charity with all; in short, I have always endeavoured to observe, as far
as my human weakness would allow, that heavenly precept of our divine
Saviour, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have
love for one another;" and I can confidently appeal to the public, if
this has not always been the tenor of my conduct. I assure you, that it
is very contrary to my wishes, to have to appear before you, with my pen
on these occasions. Among the Protestants I have many sincere friends,
and of course, what I shall have to advance in my Address, may not be
very agreeable to their feelings. But as I really know, and
conscientiously believe, that the Church, of which I have the honour to
be a minister, is really the true Church of Christ, to shrink from its
defence for the sake of private feelings, and private interests, would,
in my ideas, be a most base and an unchristian act on my part. I exclaim
with the poet,
"A day, an hour of virtuous liberty,
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage."
Farewell, inhabitants, for the present, and if, when my Address appears
before the public, you would like to have a little _innocent_ merriment,
and to hear some plain homely truths, I hope you will not be disappointed
if you purchase my Address.
_Catholic Chapel, Ugthorp, Dec. 21st, 1850._
COPY OF A NOTICE
_To the Worshipful the Magistrates for the Division of Whitby, in the
North Riding of the County of York._
We, the undersigned Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood
of Whitby, feeling deeply the propriety of presenting an
address to Her Majesty, on the late extraordinary and
presumptuous movement on the part of the Bishop of Rome, and
expressive of our loyalty and attachment to Her Majesty's
person, authority, and government, do request that you will be
pleased to convene a Meeting for these purposes, to be held at
an early day, in some convenient place in the town of Whitby.
Dated, November 21st, 1850.
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