Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-09-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
/" Father'' Gerdc,sann.


H"W ne LOOKS AND TAIKs-us LFoIUaE IAgr
NIGHT, AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
Father Gerdemann, tho ex-prisst. lac,rre,
last night, in the Masonic Temple. to large su-
dience. He isa German, above middle size, and
rather portly with large head and black hair ; a
good looking man, with rather q pleasing ad-
dress. Ills lecture WAS written, but he was not
very closely coniined to b. mauuecript ; and he
| frequently came forward in front OF tne stand TO
make extemporaneous remarks which occurred
| TO Nun. Before commencing the lecture prop
| er, he sad that the Bishop aud Preats had
spared no pains, no lie, no jury even to ruin
| hts reputation. Nevertheless, ho should toll no
| lie concerning them that the lecture which he
Delivered in Philadelphia before, was the truth,
tile lecture which he should deliver hero Tonight
WIS the truth.
The subject of the lecture was "rba Romish
Church of To-day" and its substance apnears 60
ne entlrelg hsw, differing from that delivered in
Philadelphia.
Rome, he said, has /.
TREMENDOUS sfhyaoLn w iga uasasa
to-day. Opposition to Home, to tho pope. 10 his
System, ls IN one respect, nothing new, and the
fapacy mas also known how 60 ii ut. Tue popss
nave usually been uhrewd nan, and tho crais-
salles oil the papnl power have been MS cnunIng
rs foxes, and having no ties of family, being not
Oh the people, their fortunes arc linked to the
church. They have no personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT
or power outside of tue church. But by fea'ty
TO the church, thev can fHtten in wealth. Aud
home's success III past osuluneB has inspired
the present Pope with the hope of suGGess. But
the hihteeAth century is not ihs eleventh or
thirteenth. People cannot DO hliudfolded now as
easily as in the dark ageH Iney hays been
taught by experience. Everybody uuderstsuds
That home has ever sought her own interests
and the nations are beginning To learn that
hoine's iavors are bought 600 dearly at any price
SO the whole civilized world, is now against
home, and this much lesse LIS her chances of
success The dungeons of the lnqu!silion have
been, trust. roIeyer closed by tic GoiIesa uf
Liberty.
TAE sPIRIFuAL wEAp0S6 or ROME
are often weak. The Ball of Rome has iun so
reeklessiy that his horns are now bIuuGed aud
broken. Iis power of exc cltnmuuIcatiou has |
hcsp abused Here the speaker gaya several |
examples. One Pope eEcnnmuncated whole |
city because two or three acOundrels in that city
stole his horses. While Saint Bernardo was |
preaching one hot day, he was troubled with the |
d!es. de eycOuIluniClted them and the |
story was that they gathered in crowds and |
covered the door, and had to be swept ont He
mentioned several cases which he said, were ac- |
tual historical facts, in which the Pope had ex. |
communicated leeches and rats, He Limited that
the curse OF Rome to day, was not much to be
feared, and said 81 have been exoOmmuuicated
but it has dons mo no harm; 10Y good health
and a clean conscience" Pope plus Ninth, ia
unfortunate in his blessings aud maledictions
lie gave Instances OF tho
pLFssiSas AND CURSES OF rnE pupE,
and said that it was strange that many whom the
Pope blessed were ruined, while those whom he
cursed were blessed.
Queen Isabella recsived special token of the
Pope's favor. In few months tho people
hurried her from her throne. Since 1918 the
Pope has cursed Garbaldi. Ua lives 10 dav
honored and esteemed by the people he hus
helped to free. Maximtllion koel5 nt the feet Of
the Pope in 1868, before he started for Mexico,
In 1867, he was shot, and his wife has since been
baref5 OF reascr. The President of Euuador
loved the Pope aud the Pope blessed hun re-
pestediy. A few weeks ago, The assatsin's dag
ger pierced his heart, and he lies in q dlshou.
ored grave. The German army was cursed by
the Pope buG against his curse it was vict0-
rious And hnsiiy after the Pope had half-offi-
cially recognized Jeif Davis and the Southern
Coniederacy tho Confederacy was more tlau
ever ruined.
THE STRENGTH OF THE pAPaCy,
He said it was safest never Co under value tho
strength OF an antagonist. So he would speak
eandtily, giving fuii credit. The Church of
Rome has undergone complete change in the
past twenty-five years. lie spoke Of tho Jesuits
aa being ieantionaries, being irnbuel with the
ideas of the dark ages. lhe Jusuits
saw clearly thst any concessions made to the |
progress OF civilization would be fatal TO the |
Church. They learned that the Truth Of tie |
gospel ard the pretensions Of Rome wero iu-
and rs the Pope though a ool kind |
man, was not remarkable for BRAINS. the Jestits |
forced the childish old man to disgrace the
world, by rrociaiming himself infalliOle. The
DOGMA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
wGs proclaimed in 1854. Before this proelams-
ton the Popo sent out for the opinion of the
Bishops. He was NOT infalbe then, or if lie
was he did not know il, which was the same
thing.
sEvEs-FiaHrEs OF THE BISHOPS
Of Rome are taken from tho Jesuitical party.
He said that Blshops iu missionary countries
were much more easily removed than those in
Catholic countries that for example, the Pope
might remove Bishop Becker at any time with
cut giving him reason, Iu Catholic countries
the Bishops may be more bold. There are a
great many more bishops in missionary coun-
tries than in Catholic counties. In the United
States, there is a Bishop for few thousand
people aud one Bishop hpe unly seven hundred
under hs jurlsdlctioH. Some Biahaps III Gath.
olic countries have millions. We have so many
Bishops here that tie people may hg led to bo- |
lieve that
THE CATHOLICS ARE a GREAT PEOPLE.
lie traced lie doc.rue of infalhbility from it's
beginning, and argued that it was an entirely
new doctrine that there was stTOug oppOsItiou
to it in the Council, buE the opposing Bishops
and Cardinals were in usDed lhat the Pope WIS
infalible and their prot aatauou5 or votes were
of one Cardinal who pv0srrGted himsels before |
the Pope. aud uesoughJ him not to allow such u |
foolish doctrine TO be promulgated The Pope
said 't is too late now"
The present Pope, the speaker declared is Cd
THOROUGHLY UNDER THE CONTROL
of'the retrograde party in the cLurcl, that the
longer he lives, the deeper he will drag the
wheels OF the Pontifical Car into the nire But |
tho progress of the world is onward Italy is
now free. Its children are educated in the rub.
lie schools. In Rome itself the Bible ia sold in
the streets.
The number of Catholics in tho United Ssates
has been greatly over-estimatei Tbs Catholics |
would have us believe that there were tcu mil |
lions He had made 4 careful estimate Of tue |
number and they did not exceed four millions.
The church makes the grestett display in cit |
les. You Can travel over whole Countries and
frequently cannot fiud single church. The
Catholics lose hfty per cent uf their growing
population. And II Immigration should cease
III fifty years. the fiftysix Bishops would OWN
die 10 I've. More than one half of the Catholc-
are taught in the public schools, and the spirit
of Liberty will prevent tie United States from
ever becoming Catholic country.
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IT ASNouScss AN EXPGCrED VISIT TO ITS MOTHER
AND THE PREDICTION Is yEMFIEp.
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