The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-07
RPEIKIEG INMEETING.
An Exciting Narrative and True.
BY L BRUCE.

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that is in Vomen's doing if. Perhaps ]
wish they we're allowed TO; but 1 nevel
could see that they were, except under
very extraordinary circumstances. But ]
spoke in meeting once-snd, as 1 was af
forwards assured, 20 q very good purpose
It CHANGED on this wise. I sat among the
children happily telling them stories-we
we're alone in the house. A knock at the
dooor preluded the entrance of q gentle,
man who had come to invite me TO attend
a lecture by q Jesuit priest at the Catholic
church, saying that the lecture was to
P~rotestsnts, and the lecturer q very elo-
quent and interesting speaker. So urgent
and so pleasant was the gentleman, whose
wife had sent him half a mile IN the cold
to get me, that 1 did not feel willing to re-
fuse TO go. Reluctantly 1 started. II was
already late when we reached the church,
and we we're not able to find seats together.
The subject was the Host and before the
lecture began there was a great burning of
insence and 8 great singing Of praise 10
the Virgin. Seven times to her and once
TO her Son was the censor swung, and the
song of praise offered. This was repeated
till il became very tiresome. The large
church WA crowded, galleries and all with
people, many of them Protestsnts. Off
GERS from Fort Lesvenworth this was in
LesvenwoFth City, were there, and other
Union soldiers.
The orator of the evening began-shade
OF Oicerol did any educated man think
that Jesuit an eloquent speaker 2 It was
never my unhappy fate to listen to q more
absolutely disgusting ~hsrsngue. The man
lacked not in gsrrulity he could flourish
and twsddle and buster fast enough, and
because he was thus airing his astonishing
powers in 8 bad cause, men ran to hear
him, and sat silent, if not content, to listen
to his vicious and false sporting. NOBODY
would have endured him had he been g
Protestant minister. He had not spoken
three minutes ere L became indignant that
my escort should have brought me to waste
an evening listening TO such a Fanter.
Then l thought-nO matter what; it is
safe to leave this TO be imsgined-of the
judgment of any onaR who could .andn.A
him but soon all other thoughts became
absorbed in sstenished indignation that
Protestant gentlemen of education and in
telIigence should sit listening TO such dis
graceful lies as the priest was uttering.
One falsehood after another fell roundly
from his impure lips, until he said, pointing
10 the Host, martin Luther, having had
an argument with the devil and been beat
en-, yielded the worship of the Host and
this fatal omission to the Protes-
tsnts. This is the reason why you ara st
this day without q sacrifice. This Luther
himself owns. You will find his confession
in the book of Martin Luther, voI.-pAge-
"Who is your author 2" I was impelled
TO ask, but WA unheArd.
ayes" cried the Jesuit, boldly, Hyow
have no sacrifice for sin-you are the only
people under heaven of whom this can be
said. Why the Jews had q Sacrifice, even
the heather had a sacrifice. We have
Protestants have no sacrifice.
What sacrifice lave you, Protestants p
o how my ears and my heart longed to
hear at least one noble voice cry out in &C.
acknowledgement of the real sacrifice; but all
was silence Hooked about, up t the gall
leries, wondered how they could keep ST.
lence-hoW they dared to. To me it
as though the earth must presently
open and swallow us all ~ together-blss-
phemer, and we who consented to the
crime. Would no one confess Him, &ot0,
when His name was impiously and infpu-
IDENTIFY blssphemed2 Yes, He should not
be utterly put TO shame and denied, let the
consequence be what they might. 8ai
"Whst sacrifice have yOn, Protestants n
was again triumphsntly asked, when a
voice, that sstOnished nobody so complete
" as it did its owner, cried out with
and cIeaTness such that it was
heard in every part of the church, and
caused great commotion: ..a
HJesus Christ, erucified once for air.
The priest attempted TO proceed, "Oacs for
all" repeated the voice with F~esolute and
solemn emphasis. At this the priest
sWsyed backwards as if one had struck
him, and cried out angrily,
"Put her outl Put her out"
She fully expected to be Hput out" She
almost expected to be torn in pieces. She
dad not fear at all that hour, l0hGt man
do unto her. She will always know
how the martyrs felt. Why, it never hurt
them to Kill them. They were raised
above the reach of pain. / shall waste no
pity on the Christian martyrs they
were conqueTing heroes all, to be envied,
never pitied. Gould one but walk through
life, passing among its woes as thai woman
set among the swaying mass that Kissed
and groaned, and glared around her, one
truly say, 'the world is under my
~
But she was not destitute of friends and
protectors even there. There wss a great
stir and many ordinations in the church,
but for reasons unknown to me then, no
attempted to obey the Jesuit. He
watched the proceedings narrowly, but did
not think it best 10 repeat his order. Was
It because he saw, forcing their way over
pews and through people, into the pew be-
mind her who had broken his discourse,
armed men determined TO shoot down the
fret who dared to lay hand upon her 2 /
told that Colonel Jennison, with q re-
in each hand, came close beside the
offender. and that others we'll known in
Kansas IS men not to be trifled with, were
ready st q word. Very little did I then
suspect it; but the first movement toPut
that woman out would have been the sig
nAl for the shedding Of blood, of terrible
confusion, and of confagrAtion. II was
we'll for the Jesuit that he did not insist on
being obeyed. He now attempted to go
on, but the first words he said were, tYee, !
ono for all" he seemed then so
confused and worried that he scarce
knew Whist he wanted 70 say. His lecture
hat evening wss not it is safe to say, even
in his own estimation, s success.
The next noon st dinner my friend was
very merry over the connections winch
my anOoring" the priest had caused in the
BE was quite delighted at the turn
affairs were taking. rFaN
The clergy took it mp. I understood
that one old minister made quite 81 elo-
quent discourse upon the subject Of TThat
One lone voice crying ont against the
Mystery Of Iniquity," which he declared
was more powerful, through righteousness,
than the whole Romishd Clutch, or some
thing to the effect and another blessed me
publicly snd with uhctiOn and energy, lay