The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-09
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| hearts or cause our downfall
GREENE STREET METHODIST CHURCH.
DETENcE OF BIBLE-REvDING IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND AN ATTACK ON THE POPE, BY
REV. OSCAR HUGO
The Rev. Oscar Hugo repeated yesterday morning a
variation OF his ofl-deyered sermon on tho Bible in
the public schools He very foreign looking man.
with dark bushy beard almost hiding his face and
such decidedly foreign accent that is somewhat din
cult to catch his meaning His English is rather broken
too, and betrays very imperfect knowledge of our
language In the following report some Of his idomatic
phrases are preserved, to give his address the true
eolorng The congregation very small, but it lis
tened with lively satisfaction to his denuncaton Of the
| "Pope IN Rome and Catholicism in general
QUESTION AND ANSWER.
Why is it that God has blessed this country with such
extraordinary freedom while Europe is yet in state of
bondaseg But after residing hore for time
found that the reason why the country is blessed is
because this is a Bible land l challenge any to
show me country which Is free and which is not
Bible land. No country be free, politically or so
eialy without having the Bible its guiding star and
its shining light Why is this so Because the Bible is
the Word Of God and tho two are nseparable
wherever the spirit Of the Lord d~elleh there is lib
erty-a liberty acceptable 10 the sight OF God and OF
But of late years some most insulting demands have
been made by religious society upon this BblelovinS
people II there is any place IN the country where the
spirit of the Lord ought TO dwell is the public schools
and how you have His spirit there unless you have
His Wordp And am astonished that there actually
Protestant ministers who siding with the Catholics
In this unholy against the Bible But Is against
the conscience of seven millions of Catholics to allow
the Bible to be read " was told by of these
Ah, but il is against the conscience Of thirty millions
of Protestants not to see it read 'But this is free
country" said be. "Ah, replied, but it is God who
made II free.
WHO Is THE cRIMSAL9
Inf nAltf 10 hg paal-a a nFQ
usY one man only, and this man is not an Amer
lean, but a sickly little bit Italian, a bood-staincd
Bbleloving Now shall we, 80 900, 900 Protest
ants allow ourselves TO be trampled in the dust by this
tended for priestly abuse This country built up by
the blood of patriots, shall remain"
Here the pentup feelings of several Of the fair men,
bers OF the compensation found vent in the most in
tense though hafsuppressed ejaculation of 1T WILL 1t
wiz Blessed be the Lord, " Amen" &c.
CHRISTIAN SENTIMENTS.
Eight years ago this attack upon the Bible first began
1t would have been more becoming for native Amcri
to have protested against this closing of the Bible
than for me- foreign citizen. But years ago
told you here that this attack upon the Bible is but
900 pupits have raised my voice in this defence
Of the Bible and the public schools and 10 900
people have listened to me- If you choose TO lower
your dignity before pack of cormorant Jesuits, why
do IL! The Bible is your property, and what you have
got from the priests Is grog shops, lager beer saloons
the Bible in public schools because tho Pope in
Rome demands it, Amen land if am the only
man VINO Will reltsc MS consent sun VIII protest
against IT, Let prevent the Pope's design If Tor not
nothing else in order to spite the Pope of Rome Cries
of amen. y
CATHOLICS no AMERICANS.
He says, 'But have 900 900 subjects in this coun
try Well If they his subjects it is certain that
they not citizens of the United States Nobody can
And then they tell me 'the Bible IS
Protestant book" deny it, 1t is the revealed word Of
! God. Gods command is above mans command.
! But, they say, we American citizens and pay
taxes All how quick they are TO turn Americans
when il to American institutions, and how quick
they turn subjects of the Pope when they rally
round his flag and march in thousands through the
violation OF the law which recognizes no flag
I but the glorious Stripes and Stars.
And in this strain the speaker went on for some time,
slaughtoring the Pope and the whole Catholic Church in
the ruthless As he finally stepped out of
the pulpit which he had brilliantly adorned with his
Inatchleas cloQucnce it with proud mcn as
though he had slain both these dangerous enemies with
his mighty hand. Whether His Holiness and the
Catholic Church rally from this crushing blow
struck by The eloquent and wise Hugo remains to be