Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08
The EvanxeIIcal Conference


NEW YORK, October S.-This was a busy day
with the Evangelical Congress, three section.
being simultaneously in session all the forenoon
The headquarters OF the alliance at Association
Hall was crowded TO excess this morning. and IL
seems as If, Judging from the crowds within and
the disappointed crowds without, the work OF
the conference was growing in interest aud
Importance with the public. So great was the
crowd this morning that great numbers OF
ladies and gentlemen had 70 remain standing
Amongst the audience were several Quaker
ladies.
DIR. Prime secretary announced that owing
TO the number of meetings being held, IL was
necessary TO appoint additional vice presidents
and the following gentlemen have been selected;
Morris 'h. Jessup, n. Y; j. Court, Canada:
General Fisk, st. Louis; MIR. Dawson, Canada;
Rev. Drs. Coke, Patton, Church, Peck aud w
Hayne, Nd; and Rev. DIR. Wilkes as honor able
secretary.
ST. PAUL's CHURCH WAS CROWDED
this morning at the opening of the second sec
ton OF the days conference of the Evangelical
Alllance. i ne exercises we're opened by PRAYER,
offered by Rev. Mr.. Freemantle, of London,
after which Professor W. Kraft, ID. D., OF the
University of Bonn, Prussia, read a paper on
'Papal lnfalibiliry and Old Catholicism" He
said that tie true dOgmas of the Catholics are
of universal jurisdiction and infallbility OF the
Pope. The official press OF Rome published the
blasphemy that when the Pope thought it was
Christ their king in him, Christ was visible in
the Pope. ROmsh anti Christianity never was
as strong as in our day. II was arrogant of the
Catholic church to hold their ecunenical cOun-
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bishops and few laymen. In all DEGREES from
the Pope no reference is made TO Peters sue
cessOr, but to Peter himself, who denied his
Lord. The Pope is the teacher and shepherd OF
the entire church He. both at day or night, has
decislon-the final decision of disputes between
flesh and blood. At the Vatican council last
meeting, there were 533 present, whereas there
should have been over one thousand Diocesan
members to render valid the action they NAV
perform. In the meetings the Pope in his own
name issues DEGREES. In these meetings the
Pope represented himself as the vice GDd-the
representative of the Diety. The Professor
pointed out the Inconsistencies of the doe
trines of fnfallibility, the utter disregl ard to
law, right, and decency, and the shallow
ness OF the Papish government OF the Cstho-
lie church.
Notices were read regarding Greenwood
excursion and the excursion TO Washing
ton, after which a paper from the Cd
catholic Congress, recently held at Con-
stance, signed by Bishop Reinkins; DIR. Won
Schultz and others, addressed to the confer
ence, was read by DIR. Schaff, who prefaced the
reading with a few interesting remarks. The
paper was in response TO an Invitation for a
representative from that OrganIZatio Mr.
Schan said that the address was now being
interpreted, and wOuld appear tomorrow
Dr Schaf recounted the actions of the con-
gress, among which are the establishment of
evangelical preaching in the Catholic church,
the abOlishme mt of confession, the allowance OF
priests TO marry, and the extending of the priv
iege to females of having a voice IN the gov
eminent of the church. In closing, DR.. Schaff
said that the old Catholic church now had 50
congregations, $4,000 members and forty priests
and that next winter six students would be ad-
mitted in the college of Bonn.