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deli< cacy, to expose to the uttermoet the errors oi the Komifth superstition; there can be no doubt that a Divine bten-^itig will he piiuretl out ugjuu llieiia« aiMl upon iho people of Ireland for tbe sake of the J-J 40 IHKLAND^ KVit CDitfDifJOtf, Gospel which theypreaicb. I tiavo hr Icas hope* of schools tban of the uiiDistry, far Ic8» of r^- iog than of prcacbmg. The ^^cbooU are neutra- lized by the fear of being thought to pTo«elyt»c^ They arc supportcxl by a multitude; »iid there i» no multitude m theite days, of which the greater pari am not liberal, that is. patieat of Roman- Catholic errors. And, therefore, lbavelhole» hope from schools. These Hibcftiian echoola ore certainly the beHt of theia all, becatLse they havo buvQ the leant liiiiorou^s of giving uffeucr lo liberal spirit of the times, and maintain re«derv> among Uie people. But thoy aIso mu&t be moro?! decided before they can receive the full horn the Dime blessing* The wounds arc too dangvr^i oua to be tampered with. Nothing but a bold hand U of any service : and I have ceased to ex- pect any boldness or detemiination from any of our fiocieties. They do all tJiat such umiiald; and hcterogeneoud machines ean do. But it is to' individuaU that I look, acting under the autljoriiy' of God'x Wcrd and Spirit and i'hiireh ; men wfao,j being rightly qualiiied and regularly ordained n the ministenal ofBce, will go forth as prophets' amongst the people, and denounce the propbci of lies, and the idol sbephcrd;i, which the ci atituted authorities are disposed to patrooise. The eiTect of hwck an kiiiconipronmiug and tin- accommodatifig ministry of the Gospel, would bo> to act up in arms all the guardians of the super-' siition, who would come forth to defend their ways and works of darkness ; and botwecfi tbe^ two contending parties, the people would want mediator und inlcrceaBor^ to whose tribunal lli«y might carry the apiieal^ And what so proper fcr VII.] IHSLjLyu't KVIL CONUITIOK< 1241 tbi& end as tho words of the great Mediator re- corded in the Holy ScriptureA, which muEt there- fore l*c one of the confcdcrat*:* ia ilii» warftre agajust idolatry. Not that the Scriptures by them* ««lTe> will do the work of converttnj; men, and baiidinff unchurches, wtiich is the pnrat prejudice of Proteetaiitfi intho^days, whereby ihey give the Catholics a great handle of advantage ; but that, according to Ihc ^ re&t principle of the RoformGrs, when any thing concerning faiih is in coiitrorersy, they urt*the lasi and only ap|ieal. It never was in- ten