The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-26
EIGHTEENTH STREET METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH

ssRoMANIsM AS AMERICAS DANGEROUS ENEMY :"
Rev. NJ S. Terry yesterday morning, in the
Eighteenth street Methodist Episcopal church,
preached O very sensational sermon with the
above title. He commenced by saying that, IN re-
gard TO the doctrine OF infalibty claimed for the
Pope OF Rome, 1t was an almost direct assumption
Of the powers OF Christ st. John tells us III his
time there were many anti-Cnrists, and to-day his
words would also hold good. Anybody who keeps
his eyes open win discover that in our own coun-
try Romanlsm mas become very powerful pollIi-
cal element. There recent movements which
make the discussion OF this question peculiarly
appropriate now. The recent appointments OF
AN AMERICAN CARDINAL
"a Cardinal being the next officer IN dignity TO
the Pope) the controversy In London between Mr..
Gladstone and the Roman prelates in that city,
ana the question OF parochial schools, make It
necessary to examine the claims OF Catholicism.
We all hold this is free country and free speech
is guaranteed to every American citizen, and If
Methodism Presbyterianism or any other 'ism'
afnliared with politics, hold that Romanism
would have right TO discuss them, and even
apply opprobrous epithets in eenunciation, with
out attaching to persons any wilful wrong. Ro-
manlsm is O great ecclesiastical system, which
attained its highest grandeur, gloly and power in
the dark Middle Ages, when the masses OF the
people were ignorant and supers;iious faith
the iufallibility of the Pope when he speaks er
cathedra as the Vicar OF Christ, The successor Of
ST. Peter is one belief; that he Is supposed TO
absolute temporal power Is another Five or six
hundred years ago his words made
KINGS AND PRINCES TaEMBLE.
The Catholics accept the Scriptures. with the old
Apocry pna attached, but as 1T is common maxim
the inalllble word oil the Pope-in Interpreting
the Scrlptures-ls taken before the Word OF God
itself. me worship or the saints comes IN as an
other part OF the system, especially the alteration
OF the Virgin Mary The Churcn Oh Rome has alb
transubstan iiation believed-that 49, the wine and
bread OF tile holy sacrament Is believed TO be
transformed INTO the very blood ana body ofJesus
Tnen comes the system OF absolution that con-
fesslon oil SINS made 10 the priest, tnat he has
power TO aosolve rom punishment the sinner.
The priest takes away IN this junction
TUE PRgRoGATIvE OF CHRIST.
The doc rine OF indulgences Is monstrous. BY
this doctrine man Is gwen liberty IN advance to
commit sins. The idea OF purgatory was then de-
scrIbed, anu the preacher deduced from his
analysis that Romanlsm was a mlschleyous power
on earth aud spread evil among men. Il believe,
however" he continued, nj the ecclesiastical
wrapplnRs OF thousands OF years could be torn
from toe Romlsh system at It's base would be found
system OF the Church - admirable, but by its Very
nature proscripuve and prosecuting. II the Pope
Is the visible head Of the visible church and lnIal
llble, all outside OF Romanism are
NFIDELS AND HERErICS.
The Syllabus OF 1864 states that Rome has right
doctrine that IN old times brought about the mas
sacre OF ST. Bartholomew, when so 600 Huguenots
sition with lis abominable tortures, which makes
the blood sniver IN ones veins. they retort by
outra9es committed by Calyinists, but the differ
ence Is this between Protestants and Catholics
tue former acknowledge the wrongs win shame
AMI contritOn oil heart blot and stigma their
religion; the latter celebrate 81. Bartholomew's
day ana sing GLORY Haeluianw RomanIsm Is In
Consistent with
CIVIL ALLEGIANCE,
ana Mr.. Gladstone makes this charge In his dis
cusslon IN regard TO "Ihe Vatican Decrees.n Ii
Is enemy 10 the progress OF liberty ia the niue-
teenth century; II divorces rengion and moraliy;
outrage. Look at the duplclty OF councii edIcts
aud treaties OF the Popes one infaliible Pope mas
wGrfed Win another lnialltDie Pope. Look at the
untruthiulness OF Irish Catnonc servants. 1 quote
from a Baltimore paper a good summary OF
them :-"Devout, but prolane; chaste, but ionl
tongued: ready to turn funeral into q ir0lie, or
iroiic into funeral; their principal work being
10 torment Christian houseKeepers.r
A large proportion OF crimes are committed by
Roman Cathoncs. A Roman Catholic council in
1866, III Baltimore. confessed that at Is a melan-
choly fact a very large proportion OF the Idle ana
vicious children are those OF Catholic parents.n
The Tribune saws nlne.tentns of the rowdles and
criminals are OF lrlsn descent. The Romish priests
clam cnaplaincles In our prisons on the ground
that large proportion or The inmates are mem.
befs OF their Church. The Jesuits teach that "tne
end justlnes he Means tnat no faith need be
kept with heretics. For ffty years komanism has
ood Ia opposition to oar school system, ana now
the question OF parochai SCHOOLS comes up. /
quote from "a CatAoiic paper winch says, ''Let the
public schools go where they came from-ine
devilw
Finally, said the preacher the Romisn religion
results damR0e the state