The New York herald., 1876-11-20
LECTURE BY DIR. sPALDlNG.

Tho Church or the TRANSPORTATION tRev James
McGeans At ,he corner OF Mott and Park streeis
filed last evening. despite tho prevailing storm, with
the friends the poor the parish hear
ture delivered by tho Rev J. l. Spaldng on popular
objections to the Catholic Church" The reverend
gentleman. in treating tho subject said that II there
room for doubt there would be NO room for
faith But object established fact proves noth-
irg except our own Ignorance Clouds may obscure
the SUM- but do prove that the is not thero;
It goes on shining just the same. Men object
TO the doctrine of the Immortality Of the soul !;
the existence OF God; to monarchies and to repub
licau forms OF government They object TO the doc
riuss OF the Church and its influence society The
habit Of mind that predisposes q to contn ually
mako objections Is not healthy one. The first I'M
pulse Of tho mind Is to believe and then to No
Protestant mako logical objection to the doc
trincs OF tho Catholic Church, because the fundamcn
tai principle upon which Professionalism rests is the
Bible Take any Of the doctrines Of the Catholic
Church and II will be found that the Catholics have
their Scripture for each OF them. The Protcstants
insist that each man has the right to interpret The
Biple as he deems proper but they have right to
say that Catholic wrong because ho does
prst l. IN their way. rho Lord says, "Ihis Is my
eslantsm says "But you don't understand it," even
while that the words the Bible. IL ac
God--t accepts no authority beyond that Catholics
accept II on the authority OF the Church,
which history tells thcn was founded BY
Christ himself but He mover said The Bblo
was improved A large number OF the popular
objections made to the Catholic Church are simply
Misunderstanding OF It's teachings Protcstanls tell
us that wo pray to pictures AUD images There no
reason why that should be answered. The objection
proves ignorance OF the subject their part. The
Catholic places them IN the church and around the
remind him OF Christ, TO hit his thoughts
the better world Why does any open
pie,ures, images ths. remind HIM Of the
thoughts and words OF others. The Catholic Church
has never taught its people TO pray top'ctures or
images catechism expressly f0rbds IL a. isstupd,
worse for Catholics To pray TO them. They say the
Catholic Church teaches that man may forgive SIN.
Ii is their ignorance that speaks teaches that
may forgiven through the sacraments that Christ
established The priest has no power 10 forgive
grew OF The Catholic Church. They abandoned y
aud had to hrd reasons to satisfy their own con-
sciences. Pro,estantsm had iss birth in war
salo ROBBERY. In England and Ireland the
wealth Of the leaders was founded tho lands and
II they circulated the vlest calumnes and all manner
OF lies For three centuries the Catholic Church has
been tie victim OF tho grosscst caumnics It's mouth
closed and Its hands paraly zed. Even In the
Unitcd states IL IS only . fow years since u could
answer Its caumniators. lnpunity made them
bold. In Ireland Protestants conhscated tho whole
island and tho laws prohibited Catholic IRON
ing any land They murdered or exilcd tho priests, i,
made laws 10 prevent Catholics from teaching
schools or attending Catholic school Then they
turned and said. Look how poor they are how ig-
noranL See how Professionalism is with treasure
and SCHOOLS lhey sad the Cashoncs were not tne
fr,crcs Of the government when thcy had madc
Them outlaws. What yrxnt ever lived but SAID his
slaves were un6t for freedoms other objections arc
that the Catholics say mass IN Latin, their music In
strange; the dresses OF the priests odd The Prot
cstants familiar with religion that speaks TO
the eye and the heart well as To the mind
that believes music, paintings, grand csthedras and
decorations ft The heart and insti moro spiritual
and religious lie But they coming nearer to IL
The carly Protcstants began with bare walls, and
thought organ an invention OF Satan. Now they
build their churches The very Catholic style Of
architecture and sing the Catholic music. The mins-
tors long wear the robes. and some are wearing
them. Some light candles upon thor affairs But
III they dont like the Catholic ceremonies that docs not
prove thom 10 be wrong. They but aids The
Catholic church has and ivo without shem II has
ht to have but language IN It's ritual, because
Il dimnshcs the danger OF national dcviations and u
shows unity. II is dead and crystalzcd language
that prccudes the danger oil change. But It's preach
ing 10 the people the language they best under
stand. The lecturer handled his subject and
earnestness closing with comparison OF the work o
the opposing churches.