The New York herald., 1870-08-29
CHELSEA METHODIST EPiSc0PaL CIUgcH.

Protestant Rights, Religious and Educational,
in Roman Catholic C0unfrie.-sermoD by
the Rev. Cscnr Hugo.
The Rev. Oscar Hugo, an Hungarian exile, who
Is said to have been fierce lighting colonel during
the war, yesterday preached the sermon al the
Methodist Episcopal church In Thlrteth street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth avenues His subject
was-"Proestant rights. religious and educational,
In Roman Catholic counries.r The gentle man, after
referring to the promise of Christ that his word should
abide forever the surerings of the apostles Tor the
faith, &c., he came TO the subject matter proper
Of his discourse by carrying his hearers metaphol
caly be 1t KNOWN TO the ''Estates of the Church."
where he said, the ..beloved pastor OF the church,
in Thiretn street coad not go preach the Gospel
without runnlng the risk of imprisonment and pro-
badly death. It
AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE FOR PRoTEsTANTs,
was Rome-at least for those Pro,estauts who took
1t into their heads while there to pray attend dl
vine service performed by Protestant clergymen
1t was only three years ago that party Of ProLes-
Lants was forcDly carried OF private house and
incarcerated because they had assembled TO worship
God according 30 Their belief, and the minister VINO
DEFY THE POWERS THAT Be
was made to leave the papai States forever. Then
everybody knew that Protestants In SPAN had SUI.
been In that country, up TO lately treated
like dogs. When rich Protestant died his
to his own country Tor burial, but it was not allowed
10 he buried on Spanish soil When "a poor PrOtes-
tant without friends died the body was thrown into
the sea. 1t was only four years ago that the Queen
consented to the purchase OF twentv-hve acres Of
! ground by the Protestants for cemetery. The
| Catholics IN tins country were beginning TO show the
! same lDtolerant spirit They wanted the Rlbe 10
be kept out of the pnbic schools, on the ground that
| Il was Il sectarln book. 1t Was the Book OF Life
! the Word OF God. There difference between
the Protestant and the Dousy except In the
matter OF notes and comments. What The Catholics
| wanted was 10
| DESTROY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Supposlng for the sake OF Argument, that it was
Catholic country. He knew certain country where
there were nine millions Of Protestdnts, where rights
| ocs. In Hungary. wnen tue Concordat was IN
force, all ProteStants had 10 be educated Catholic
institutions the priests Claiming the right 10 edncd4e
Roman Catholic college under the charge OF
monks He had to submit ms temporal 2 as
| well as his spiritual intelligence them.
| lie mad TO study the caiechism OF tue
Coanc Of Trent to ,,o go to The college n
| self, kneel down before The statue OF the Virgin,
strike his breast with his hand, take his turn with
the other boys serving mass, and very often The
Protestant children were locked up from Thursday
night to Friday night for fear If they were allowed
TO go home they might eat meat. The priests tried
To impress all Llle lasts OF the Church upon them.
He thought that blessing Is not The work OF Heaven
If we are 10y compuislon bicssed" Wnat sort OF re-
spect for the conscience of the fathers and mothers
! OF these children was such cOnducty According
the ConcOrdat all marriages soeDlnlhed by Protes-
Ilft ministers were declared nun SOlu lle
! children OF such marriages were pronounced
| llegitiinate, ana thus deprived OF all pO-
| litcal rights. A censorship was placed the
pulplts oi the Proestants. and the ministers had 10
sub lt Their sermons III writing to the censor TO be
| passed upon before they could be delivered. NJ
hugo then went on at very tedious length to state
many other things imposed by the ConcOrdat which
| made life nolerable for Pr0testants in Hungary,
ana related all about the arrest OF The members OF
the Protestant Assembly at Pestn years ago. and ali
| about the punishment that was Ineied out to them
by order OF Tie 'Haps5urg tyranny" He called
attention to the fact that wnen Hungary gained her
hperty Tor two years the ProteSant5 did not retail
ate upon the Catholics but told them that they were
as ree TO 40 and acL IN matters OF religion as they
pleased. lie then spoke OF the present war;
THE VICTORY PRUSSIA
was The victory or Professionalism over Catholicism.
! The battle or Sadowa had been fruitful OF great
suits 10 Professionalism, anu this would be equally
so. The struggle now gong between Rome
and Protestantisn, and the sympaihics OF all Prot
estanls should be with The evangelical Bible cOun-
try OF Prussia" The war could not tut end favor
! ably 10 Prussia. Tor, ne said, he had read that
the French soldiers had gone TO the fields
! of strife reeking with whiskey and brandy,
ana with PACKS or cards in Their helmets,
/ Willie III the knapsack Of every Prussian Vas
! Bible. TIE HiDie was pari OF the outfit OF the
clarng that this was u country founded by Profess
tants was now Protestant country aut would
never be ruled by Catholics. If the latter did not
IKE lh'hGS as they found tI,em they could PACK up
their trunks and 20 whence they had come.
Ihe sermon from beginning 10 end was very
/ abusive oi Tie taiholcs or this country aud The
! poltica intentions.
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