A meeting was held at the...
A rmeeting was held at the city of Cork on the 9th inst., for the purpose of receiving the Hon. MIr. NOEL and Cap- taini GoRDOoN, members of the London 13ible Society, with certaii propositions for extending the objects of that insti- tution to Ireland. 'These delegates or missionaries were but seirvily treated, andl the ptoject faile.l. The chief speak:- ers aaainst thcr, were Mivr. OC'ONRNTr. anil Mlr.Sifisi., who were both somewhat abuasive. Mr. 0C'lo.NNI, in his tur- bulent way, adinitted-vcry justly, we are sure-l]at the knowledge of the word of Go]) could only lea(l to the extir- pation of Popery. Ile treated, therefore, the project of dis- seminating tlte Biblc as an attempt to convert the Irish from " the religion of their fatier.'." How often we hear that phrase repeated, "' The religion of *heir fathers ! The re- ligioit of their tathers !" Surely, if the Irish have anv merit in adhlering to the religion of their fathers, they wou]l hlave had vet more in adhering to that of their grand- fathers-to the idolatrous rites which prece ded the intro- tluction of Christianity. Mr. Stter. appears to have been a rea(ler of CAY0l1 LE, obsequiously adopting his argument,. that the Bible was a work calciulated to instil itnpurc io7eas antl a sanguinary practice. It will be recollected, that the P'agans in the carlier age of the Church enideavoured to destroy the iblie.