Such Instruments of Torture are fitter for the worshippers of Baal, than for the worshippers of God; and a person using them upon cattle would lay himself open to a prosecution by the "Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals." Both the parties who purchased these articles are intimately known to Mr. Steele, the Secretary of the Protestant Evangelical Mission and Electoral Union.
Ecclesiastical Warehouse, 20, Cranbourne Street.
s. d. To Hair Shirt .................. 12 6 To Discipline .................. 4 0 Two Do., had last week ......... 3 6 To Massive Waist Chain ......... 8 6 Two Armlets, 3s. 6d. & 1s. 6d. 5 0 One Hair Band .................. 5 0
No. 2. Convent of the Assumption, 24, Kensington Sq.
s. d. One Iron Discipline ........... 7 0 One Nut ....................... 2 6
No. 3. Convent of the Assumption, 24, Kensington Sq.
s. d. Iron Discipline ............... 5 6 Two Bracelets ................. 1 6 One Nut ....................... 2 6
No. 4. Little's Ecclesiastical Warehouse, 20, Cranbourne Street.
s. d. To Discipline (9 tails) ....... 6 6 " Ditto (7 tails) ............ 2 3 " Chain Band ................. 6 6 Ditto Smaller ................. 4 6
Christian Reader,--It is your duty to testify, on God's behalf, against the _Blasphemy_ and _Cruelty_ of Romanism. The _Maker_ and _Preserver_ of man is the loving _Father_ who gave His only begotten Son to die for us; and thus make atonement for our sin. "By Him all that believe are justified from all things."--Acts xiii. 38, 39; Micah vi. 6-8; John iii. 16; Rom. iii. 20-26; Heb. ix. 22.
Saint Liguori, the Doctor of the Romish Church, commends the use of _Disciplines_ to the "True Spouse of Christ" thus:--
"_Disciplines_, or _Flagellations_, are a species of mortification, strongly recommended by St. Francis de Sales, and universally adopted in Religious Communities of both sexes. All the modern Saints, without a single exception, have continually practised this sort of penance. It is related of St. Lewis Gonzaga, that he often scourged himself into blood three times a-day. And at the point of death, not having sufficient strength to use the lash, he besought the Provincial to have him disciplined from head to foot."
[Illustration: Instruments of Discipline or Flagellation]