The New York herald., 1872-11-24

Nelson, Of the Episcopal mission. Provision was
also made for an organized medical mission Tor the
purpose of conducting medical practice IN conjunc-
ton with the interests OF the churches.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL MISSIONARIES.
The action or this Convention, composed ex-
clusively OF Americans, has created high hopes for
the future of Japan. The extinction OF differences
happiest effects among the natives, who will be no
| longer troubled with questions they cannot pos
sinly understand 50 far the printing G Of the s
understood the matter will be taken up ut once
by the missionary societies at home: The General
Church, which held its sessions in New York last
week. have appointed Rev. Dr. r. j. Maclay, who
has many years experience in China to proceed TO
Japan and take charge OF their missions there. lie
viii be accompanied by three other clergymeil, ana ana
of duty mean immediate and wisely directed work
The jew Once More.
! To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Iprcmse that repetition Of this oft-mooted sub
ject may inevitably prove distasteful TO the Chris
tian world, and yet there Is that in the very sig
nifcance OF the word, hallowed as it is by such
venerable associations Of antiquity, which should
give us hearing at the tribunal OF Christian opin
| ion, and by that perseverance and individuality
which the Jew has preserved intact for 80 many
| centuries, should we at least, claim some respect
and consideration 1t Is well to prate ol clyiliZa
tion and the progress Of the time, and to say that
only an ignorant, illiterae bigOt will insult the
feelings OF fellow the of difference in
| religious opinion But the press, as the educator
OF the masses should In greater measure pro-
| tect the interests OF an inoffensive and useful
class by q countenance and moral support that
can be afforded 1t in variety OF ways and which
| will In time destroy and overcome the sectarian
bias which now permeates and seemingly imbues
the conduct of many pretentious Journals. I
specially allude herein to the conduct OF certain
Mhoe am 10
/ posed for membership. His character was found
good. His qualifications to serve the state as q
4 cn16 faltnh ar hn
/ and installed. But mark the result. Some thin
skinned bigot discovers the fact that the new re-
still in the awkward squad-and the Captain, in
obedience to an existing law OF the company,
giving as his only reason for making the request
that .'the company had law whereby II was I'm
| possiblu for Jew TO become member
| Now, Mr.. Editor, prefer to place this statement
before your readers without comment. l would
only ask whether this action is in accordance with
the spirit OF the constitution OF the country or
Statet whether we are respiring the glorious air
OF liberty, or whether the inquisition of Torque-
mada is to be revived9 The country will soon cele
brate the centennial anniversary of the indepen-
dence OF our beloved land. Anthems will peal out
to high heaven, and the national lips will invoke
the favor of Providence upon the iuturity Of free
Is the Jew to stand aside with folded gaberieen
| and be debarred and ostracsed from that freedom
i which, through so many ages, he has been denied
and which he fondly magines he has here attained
1 only TO be told, ''Take up thy march, thou ac-
cursedt" on, it IS strange inexplicable sight, a
very anomaly, to see the Ghetto walls over
i
America. Fayors we crave none; we ask not con-
descension. We simply demand, in the sacred
name OF humanity and civilization. that we be ac-
| corded simple justice. JEW.
Donations for Missionary Purposes.
| To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
| noticed an editorial In your issue of November
| IS. entitled methodist Missionary Appropria-
tions," In which you say that the Methodist Church
raised the largest amount OF money for missionary
4 las yaar n
Ss29, 1921 for home and foreign missions. Will
you please to state in your next issue that
the Presbyterian Church In the United States
s dd Church wat raye year dq home
missions sllS for foreign missions. ss45, $40;
for church erection thst Is assisting feeble bands
ton (which is really missionary enterprisel,
This Is % for what may strictly be called missionary
purposes. Resides this the Presbyteri Church in
OF the Gospel ana for benevolent work, $9O54,sl9,
making total sum OF SIC, ,os6,52e. Yours, &C., X.
| Catholicism VS.. Protestantism.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
yotalre, Tom Paine. and their host OF nfdel
| followers warred against the Catholic Church as
| their uncompromising and unrelenting foe. They
never warrcd against any other religious denom-
ination, either from the fact that they believed
they had nothing to fear from the fragmentory
and disc0rdant elements Of Professionalism, or
that they felt conscious that Christianity which it
was their aim to destroy, was only to be found In
/ the solid foundations OF the Catholic church.
An admirer of those enemies OF God and man
| voltaire Co.-writng over the signature OF "a
1 Protestant in last Sundays HERALD, labors to
convince his readers that his Catholic fell0w-citi-
! zens are a pack OF unmtigated scoundrels, not to
| be trusted that they are enemies of liberty, So
/ ciety and their country-insnuating that they
| only want numerical strength to cut the
throats Of every Protestant in the land,
upset the government and smash everything
generally. To carry out this charitable and Chris
tian idea he calls to aid number OF exploded
/ slanders against the Church which have been so
often refuted that no intelligent Protestant would
use them in argument. He also produces some
new ones to warn Protestants OF their danger
He tells us that Catholic paper-7ne Shepherd or
| the VdNey-published some years ago (he don't say
where), prophecied that II Catholics ever gained
immense numerical majority religious freedom
] a newspaper ever existed and published so con-
! temptIbe a SANDER 1t was not a Catholic paper.
school. Again, he quotes the famous Know
| Nothing handle so popular some years ago,
hst ths be4ss Of Se thas staff, every
destroyed 1t would be by Romish priests, for.
getting that this SANDER on the memory Of the
great hero was ventilated at the time by Archbishop
Hughes, when II was found that the lines did not
originate with Lafayette, but were merely quoted
! by him for the purpose OF refuting.
Fearing that Pr0testants might be dull or
backward In hating their Catholic neighbors, "A
Protestant " drags In that great standby OF all
bg0ts the massacre OF st. Bartholomew, asserting
that 1t was sanctioned by the Catholic Church.
From every reliable record we have OF that afro
ci0us event, 1t may be gathered that il resulted
from deadly feud between two powerful political
factions, one having about as much religion as the
other-sane as the Irish Urangemen and Irish Rib
bonmen but that 1t ever directly or indirectly
sanctioned or instigated by the Catholic Church is
o SANDER too m0nstr0us for any but the most
| ignorant blgot to believe, The congratulations
sent by the Pope to King Charles were not for the
OF the horrible event, but for the preserya-
tiOn Of the Kings life, matter OF diplomatic cour-
tesy to the ruler OF great and powerful nation.
Huguenot and Catholic factions at the time but
chare a Uar