Analysis of the Cardinal's Oath.
By H. Wren
By inspecting the cardinal's oath, recently published in the REVIEW AND HERALD, it will be seen that a cardinal swears to do, and not to do, the following things:— 1. Obey the pope to the end of his (the cardinal's) life. 2. Do nothing against the pope, as a person or an officer. 3. Never divulge the pope's counsels, when it would injure the pope, or his reputation. 4. Do everything, not inconsistent with being priest, to recover and defend papal power. 5. Resist unto blood all persons who attempt anything against a papal ambassador. 6. Strive, by all means, to increase papal authority. 7. Inform the pope of all obstacles in the way of his power. 8. Seek, persecute, and fight heretics, by all possible means. 9. Turn back the Reformation, and restore the church to the condition it was in during the fifteenth century. 10. Ask nor accept pardon for breaking any of these pledges. H. WREN. Edina, Knox Co., Mo., June 28, 1875.