The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-07
EMPORIA NEWS.
FRIDAY, JANUARY Z, 1876.
FATHER NVVENABERGAH'S
REPLY To REV. JOHN
RANKIN.

Rev. Dnn Rankln's reply, SEMPoRIA
News, Dec. 18th, 1879 before this
day, and It Is the reason why have
not, ere this, taken pen in hand to
notice his communication but rath-
er late than never:
Not only has Mr.. r. not answer
cd W remarks, but he has not come
down one peg in his slanderous ac-
cusations against the Catholic.
church - his malevolent insinua-
lions are gratnitous, school boy as
sertions, which / have challenged
him TO prove-and which he did
not prove. Compare our letters.
His bears the marks OF q narrow
minded, blgoted, prejudiced, uncall-
editor attack. Mine is simple de-
Tense OF a principle based on reason
and scripture, without calling to
my aid either SANDER or misrepre-
sentation against Mr.. r. or his
church. say q simple defense Of
principle, for object to Mr.. II. call
ing the few lines / wrote in The
NEWS of last November, In reply to
his wanton attack, q defense OF the
Catholic church. He called her the
smother of harlots," and ! called In
question the right Of christian to
bear false testimony against his
neighbor christian, especially when
this christian man, and minister at
i, admits that there is yet a large
body OF the Lords people In the
Catholic church. He styled the sign
of the cross the mark of the beast,
aud I bade him prove as that the
sign OF redemption, the cross Of
Christ, be the mark of perdition or
sign of the beast.
Mr.. r. thinks and expresses that I
am animated towards him with i'll
feeling. What, L pray, does he call
his fiimsy invectives directed against
us? 1t Is all very well to say that
his statements do not imply that all
Catholics are corrupt people. But
corrupted or not, am q Catholic,
aye, l am q priest, and when | am
slapped Oh the face feel IL. 1 rep
resent my church in a section of the
country where Mr.. RS writings are
read, owing not to their Intrinsic
value, but to the circulation of THE
News, than which few newspapers
are better edited. I cannot, for an
instant, believe that Mr.. r. is the
interpreter ofthe sentiments of his
fellow Presbyterians at Emporia or
Southwestern Kansas. No; for
any man who feels q heart in his
breast and brain in his head will
scorn the repetition of such foul
mouthed, long since exploded thsO-
ZEE.
have once before, if my memory
serves me, given q lesson of polite
ness TO the Rev. gentleman, He
speaks of John and Paul as he
would of jeff and Sal. Ii he did
not wish to call them Saint John
or Saint Paul, could he not at least
call them Mr.. John or Mr.. Paul?
Mr.. r. must have read my reply
through the green goggles of pas
sion, or else must have gravely mis-
understood my words; for through
out his letter he labors under a mis-
take, and by wandering in a vicious
circle of imputations he answers
one SANDER by another. Let hiu
read over again my reply. 1 did
not in any passage request him tC
tell me who wrote the book o.
Revelations but from whom did he
the Rev. John Rankin, from whom
did his Presbyterian church reeeivt
the book OF Revelations and ali 9th
er parts of the Holy Scriptures
refer him to my own paper. Again
from whom does the Holy Bible
come to you? This request made
and l reiterate 1t.
For the sake of brevity, 1 will no
answer his insinuations about TIT
worship of the Virgin Mary, of i'm
ages and saints, nor his silly remark
about the celibacy of priests. re
serve that for some other time.
was his duty, if he undertook t
frame some new accusations, TO Civ
adecent hearing and reply to m!
answer to his first incriminatory
This he has not done. / will con
fine my remarks to a few genera
features of his wonderful produc
tons.
beg pardon of the reader, shoul
happen to repeat myself 1t
not my fault, The burden must la
where il properly belOngs-on tn
shoulders of Mr.. r., who turns an
returns, blows aud puffs in his "
cious circle without coming to an
conclusion. Mr.. RS letter remind
me of locomotive on q frost
morning. A great deal of steam
spent, and the wheels fiy around |
furious way, but they slip on tn
track and the train does not g,
ahead. Or again, he appears to b
in the plight of the unfortunate geI
tleman OF NEUROLOGICAL fam
He is said to have been condemne
in the lower regions to roll q hug
stone to the top of hill. This b
great exertions he could indee
manage to do; but when with gres
difficulty he had got it to the top,
always escaped from his grasp an
rolled to the bottom again. The
his work began anew. So Mr.. r.
always beginning anew in this rel
gious controversy. Persecution
Protestanis by Catholics" is II
nightmare that troubles his brai
whether asleep or wide awake.
Well, let US see, What if
should have admitted what cam,
truthfully be denied" for cit
evident" says Mr.. r., "from Il