The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-13


ton he went 70 show tina; Europe nov Iyng 40.
der the Ozark evil Of RomAnsm The great reform.
Of that day had bstiled with They, Americana
owed debt 10 Europe, they should not be wiling
thai she should lie under afuepce OF q deeradinS
superstition ana error he believed that the present WAS
most proptous time Tor The preaching OF the Gospel
the spread Of truth In Europe Tns people wore OBJ
preese but onssd for enlightenment and the liberty Of
Rev Dr. BAIRD fully concyrred in the opinion TIA, the
present wa most hopeful season for the spread OF
Prce uAnt.m IN Europe especially France, Italy and
Belgium. When be visited France 1925 there we're not
hundred faithful evangelist there Nov there
we're seversl hundreds, and congregations numbering
tits thing BY political events because Independent OF
emperors and kings, there vas q movement among the
Bor vs. JrsvP, Ii. n, was the next speaker He
moved the adoption Of the following resolutions
Resolved That efforts made ,oenlsben and evsusers
the Of foreign population thai been and
clmes but especs Catholic COUNTRIES oi aSrope
shouc meet cordial response aud support from al evsnre
Resolved that IN. experience and abors Of IN. missions
Ss % be rescses When svpro.ss N e.
.plri, Of Chrsss kpdnss and NE number q hspeul
call Coz devoui thanksgiving and praise.
became him. he said, in ng the exercises Of the
meeting, 70 be very brief We bad opened country,
broad and wide TO all The earth Chinese and they
came 10 the Irsh and they had heard OF the numbers
that ocked over He not Of those feared that
with liberal institutions ard Protestant Churches We
could be injured by the nux Of Europeans m here and
there found their way into the poerhouse should
be remembered that they cultivated 6eids built our
railroads and erected churches II was under the
providence Of God that these immigrants would by com
ing here be raised In the scale Of man and send back
their influence 10 the countries from whence they came
They here, perhaps ignorant and degraded They
found their out into the country Follow them a. they
settled there and you would recognize them elevated a.
they and Improved There inh in our very
institutions that which tended 10 elevate man or ali
yranries, that was worst which chained down the con
science OF men Therefore II was tina, Roman Cathoi.
cem bad such an effect In degrading men Here by req
son Of free institutions the Of Roman Catbo
licem oouDterbaaoced and mep we're dsenthrsIled
while Roman Catholicism tended TO the degradation Of
man. Professionalism tended 10 his elevation This society
10 be the great instrument nsurlng victory In the
conflict between the two He believed there vas 10 be
carried out In the common schools every where the prn
ciple that God should be vedgei-,haf the Bible
should be read. The common school system would in
bis Judgment be found the great means OF eevatins The
Rcrnsu Catholics Of this country and that despite
themselves, would dissolve the bonds which
bound ths young 10 PspaI error. he under.
stood that some IN his city had determined on
excluding The Bible IRON the public Schools butt they
did 90 he had no doubt that finally they would have 70
sccumb 10 the force Of Protestant opinion and restore
the Word Of God 70 the hands Of the young BE wondered
not that Roman Catholics opposed W reading The
Bible, for ~ soon ~ man commenced reading the Blne
for himself be ceased 70 be Roman Catholic. II might
be that he attached too great importance simple Bible
reading but he believed that this society, In putting the
Bible In the hands OF all The people, would the
Ablshnest q Christianity and NE sAfsty OF FREE In
snsuusss. vas true, - seen By the report that