PREACHING WHAT ST. PAUL PREACHED.
As AN instance of the close rule under which Rome holds her priests, it is told that a French Catholic priest began to preach in unwonted style, which attracted the attention of his congregation first, and presently that of his bishop. The latter sent for him and said, "You do not preach what the church orders." "I preach what St. Paul preached." "That won't do. You must not preach what the church does not sanction. You had better retire and reflect. I will give you a letter to the head of a convent." The letter was given, and the priest went his way: Before reaching his destination he thought he would have a look at the letter. He opened and read, "This is a dangerous man. Take him into your establishment, and never let him out." The priest did not care to be imprisoned for life, and he went on to Paris, and returned the letter to the bishop. Now he has joined the Protestants in their work of spreading the gospel of Christ, which is also the gospel of spiritual liberty—a work in which he cannot too much "preach what St. Paul preached."—Examiner and Chronicle.