The New York herald., 1870-12-19
LEXINGTON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Rev. HIr. Hugo the Tyranny Of ths
Roman Catholic Church.

The Rev. HIr. Hugo on the Tyranny Of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Owing, doubtless, to the severe cold weather
which the denizens OF the metropolis experienced
yesterday, many OF the fashionable up town
churches not nearly well filed at the morn
ing service as might have been wished. This was
particularly the with that unique little struc-
tUre above named, which Is situated on the corner
OF Lexington avenue ana Forty tn street. as It's
pews were not more than half occupied, which is
realya very rare thing Upon invitation OF the
pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Hugo offciaued In the pulpit
apd, although his discourse cannot with truth be
styled an eloquent one it was, nevertheless very In
teresting.
was selected from II. Timothy H., 9-"But the word
or God is not bound" Paul, said the speaker, was
thrown INTO prison because OF his religion, and SO
were great many good ana pious men at not
very remote period, ana that too by those who pro-
fessed to worship God in spirit and in truth, but
who nevertheless, could not bear to see any else
worship him unless they conformed wholly to their
belief VIZ the Roman Catholic. or all other religious
sects on the face OF the earth, the Roman Catholics
were, lie thought pre-emInently tyrannlcal, and he
had had Just cause 10 believe then for ne was by
birth and education a hungarian, and had felt most
severely The tyranny OF that Dloodthrsty monster,
his Catholic Majesty,
rnE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.
kllteen years ago, WIlen the FAMOUS COucOTuab
made public. nc and his father were Protestant
ministers in Hungary, and they botn attended the
convention which was soon alter held Tor the pur-
pose or drawing up sad signing petition to the
Austrian Emperor, praying that they might be
allowed to educate their children and worship God
according TO the dictates OF their own conscience.
His father, who was then very Old man, attached
his SIGNATURE with others, to the petition: but he
himself. beng then quite young man, and not
regularly Installed as pastor OF any particular
church, did not sign 1t. His hearers knew fun well
the late o those VINO had, the Emperor termed Ii,
the temerty sign that paper. His venerable father
was condemned 10 solitary confinement for q period
OF seven years, and had all his estate conflscated.
Alter undergoing i've OF the seven years sentence he
died 10 MS cell and his ashes were not allowed de-
cent burial. He himself was eXied from his native
land, and had, too. all his property cOnfscated
merely because he attended the assembly. Ihls Was
4 sample oil the
ROMAN CATHOLIC TYRANNY.
He is now, he sala, at liberty 10 go home provided
he will sign paper declaring his eternal allegiance
to Austria admit mat MS offence was great and that
il his eyes never again beheld the land OF his na-
tyity.
Tie Catholics IN tnis country would be- II they had
tne pow er quIe as bad as they are IN any quarter
oil the gi0bc. lhey are eXertng themselves to their
utmost TO drive the Bible from the public schools.
They are not content 10 get away from their poor,
miserable native land and 1--we under liberal and
Just government an q ree land, but they want, and
are bound possiDle TO destroy the institutions OF
lie would warn AL Professionals TO be on the alert
and TO Keep constantly before them the scenes that
were enacted IN Philadelphia in 1874 when a CathO-
lie school board prohibited the reading OF the Bible
III the schools, and the result was
A RIOT ENSuEp,
which wen nigh resulted in the spilling of vast
deal oil blood. AS Tor himself he challenged the
right OF any Catholic TO be elected to the School
Board, ior they were not Ia sympathy with the In
StitutonS OF the country at all. There recently
tartecn teachers appointed In the schools OF this
city, eleven OF whom were CATHOLICS and but two
PT0testants, and il they had desired TO do 1t the
| Board would not have appointed one single Pro-
| teslant~