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evident traces of frequent and protracted study : 

 there he had found encouragement to pursue his 

 new and blessed path, until, through the blood of 

 Christ, he had grace given him to shed his own. 

 He was faithful unto death : and the Lord delayed 

 not to give him a crown of life. 



It may be said, this was the act of a savage 

 mob, and ought not to be charged upon the reli- 

 gion that they so ignorantly profess : but, a very 

 short time afterwards, a clergyman connected with 

 the friends who supported the Irish chapel, was 

 met by the regular, the educated, the recognized 

 Roman Catholic parish priest, of a populous dis- 

 trict, in another part of London, who, adverting to 

 the murder, coolly said, there mould be more of 

 them, if the Irish preaching and scripture reading 

 was not discontinued : while placards were fixed 

 opposite the chapel, menacing those who attended 

 it with Doghery's fate; 



What shall we say to these things? shall we 

 permit our souls to be blinded, and our hearts har- 

 dened, against the dreadful evils of this unholy 

 system ? It is the device of popery to keep her 

 votaries in perfect subjection, by the same arts that 

 she uses to lull their souls in the most profound 

 repose of secure iniquity. By means of her 

 priestly absolution, she affects to wipe off the old 

 score of sins, committed since last the nominal 

 penitent knelt at the confessional ; and sends him 



