WHAT IS PUSEYISM?

In its nature and essence it is simple, and may be expressed by one idea, (viz.) an entire exemption of the heart in the concern of Religion. It is in fact an exhibition to the life of that awful prediction in 2 Tim. iii. 5; "having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof."

Now if that Scripture is to be regarded, which we find in 1 Sam. xvi. 7: "The Lord seeth not as man seeth, for the Lord looketh on the heart,”—what is to become of Puseyism? Surely it must be cast to the moles and the bats-it is literally of no account, and good for nothing in the sight of Omniscience! Alas! that men should be found in the bosom of our Scriptural Church, contending for the anise and cummin, and neglecting the incomparably weightier matters of the Gospel of Christ-placing the Fathers on pedestals as objects of homage, almost of adoration-at all events, thereby eclipsing the glory of the Saviour, who will surely frown these contemptible human competitors into shivers, and "dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel," Psalm ii. Well might that admonition apply, 66 Be wise now therefore O ye Traditionists! " Kiss the Son lest be be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little."

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MADAM,

IT is with feelings of entire concurrence, I have read in one of the numbers of the Lady's Magazine, under the title of "Foreign Atrocities," your denunciation of the cruelties practised by that monster in human shape "Majendie;" in conversing with a medical friend on the subject, he informs me that he has been often known to leave his experiments in an afternoon, with the poor animal writhing under the torture he has inflicted, still nailed by its feet to the board, and on his return to follow them up in the morning, the animal has been found still alive, and has been subjected to a repetition of his cruelties; but if we are horrified at such barbarities in such a country as France, we must of course be doubly shocked at such occurrences in England; and yet I am assured by a young Medico, that such scenes are by no means uncommon in the Anatomical Schools in London. It is the practice to bring in the poor dog which is to be the subject of experiment, tied down on a board, and then the Lecturer commences with (did I say experiment) his cruelties, (the same having been performed thousands of times before) to gratify a set of hard-hearted students. What is the effect? Why, that their best feelings are blunted, and they in general become more or less cruel in their dispositions. It is well known that that noble animal

the dog, does not perspire like many other animals, but nature finds relief from the tongue: what then must the poor brutes suffer when their skins are often perfectly wet from excitement and pain? This I am assured is often the case, but these said Lecturers when spoken to on the subject, say it is morbid sensibility, such commiseration! The gentleman to whom I have alluded told me, that did the public generally know the cruelties which are practised at the Medical Schools in London, and of which he has himself been witness, he feels convinced they would almost be inclined to forego surgery altogether, rather than that information should be acquired by such barbarities. I have thought it right to apprize you of the fact, that wanton cruelties are perpetrated to a great extent in this country, that you may espouse the cause of the most faithful creature God has given to man; if you will inquire of your medical friends, you will find the statement I have made to be correct.

I am, Madam,

Your Obedient Servant,

66 AN ENEMY TO CRUELTY."

P. S. I had omitted to mention, that when the poor animal is sinking under the torture, &c., it is the common practice to inflate the lungs to prolong its life.

What are we to say to all this? That the statement is true, we too well know; but how can we supply a remedy? There is only one event to which we can look forward as putting a termination to these awful crimes and that is the resumption to Himself of all the power which God delegates to man, and of which MAY, 1842.

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Satan has secured the chief direction.

Shuddering over the horrors which our correspondent has slightly shadowed forth, we can but look up, and reiterate the prayer, "Thy kingdom come!"

But though we may not hope our words can reach the heart, even if they meet the eye of any one engaged in these deeds-for which language cannot furnish a name-still we may prevail to bring before the minds of some who have greater power and influence, the fact of their startling position as accessories while they keep silence on the subject. We will not insult the Most High God by entering on any argument to prove the impossibility of His baving made any thing really necessary to man that involves such truly diabolical cruelty: that the healing art really requires for its due perfection the perpetration of these revolting barbarities. Even granting-which God forbid we should grant!-that it had ever been needful once to obtain information at such a price, still the man who had so far overcome every pleading of nature in his breast as to perform the act, would have gained the insight required; and his record of what he had ascertained would suffice for the information of those who came after. But to make a practice of it-to regard it as a part of the education of young men intended for that profession which ought to be the next best blessing to mankind after the sacred ministry of the gospel-this is indeed to hurl defiance in the face of the Creator, this is indeed to render it incumbent on the King of Heaven, the Father of Mercy, to blast our country's fame, to wither her might, to annihilate her armies, and ere long, when she shall be crippled in every foreign quarter and paralyzed by re-iterated defeats, to let

loose the plague on her own shores, and to give up to the ruffian spoiler the homes of these torturers of God's creatures, both the active principals and the silent accessories, to, perhaps, the very people from whose demoralized territory this abomination was imported; and remind them in the piercing screams of their little ones beneath the knife, that "HE SHALL

HAVE JUDGMENT WITHOUT MERCY WHO HATH SHEWED NO MERCY."

Is this language too strong? No: if we had words to express our deliberate convictions, and most settled dispassionate feelings, they would be ten times stronger. 'Morbid sensibility' is a convenient phrase to apply to the pleadings of God's Spirit in the heart of man; but is human nature to be sneered into adamant by such abuse of language? Are we to remain passive while God is provoked to scourge us to the very quick with His direst plagues, just because we are told that our ailments may be more effectually relieved by enormities like these? Is there any lady, nay, are there many gentleman who, if suffering even under most acute disease, would permit a poor innocent animal to be nailed to the table before them, lacerated and tortured in every nerve for hours, then bound, still alive and bleeding and quivering, and moaning, to their bodies, for the relief of their pain? We judge there are not many whose imaginations do not sicken at the bare idea of such a horrible process; yet, Reader, while you peruse these pages, this very thing is being done in the dissecting-schools of England-Christian England! and the ostensible cause is the better relief of maladies with which you may perchance some day be afflicted. The man who should prepare in your