New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-11
PROTESTANT PREACHERS ON THE POPE.
WORDS OF PRAISE FROM MIR. BEECHEii. J. NJ. KING
AND EDWARD EGGLEsTON.

AND EDWARD EGGLESTON.
Mr.. Bcccher. in his opening prayer last
evening SAID hOu hast good 10 take TO Thy sell me
head of Il great Church, church which has done grea'
good in the world We pray that Thou Wit give cohor
10 those who are in affection; 20 this body OF ny ser
wants who have lost their spiritual head.
and wilt Thou give wisdom to ih,s1 VINO are
shall 20 IN ana out among Them. May ne be guided by
Thee and may those who gather round nm Do endowed
with inc srrit tie Lord Jesus Christ spiii Oh rev
crence ia 1;nI ami love 10 men. Wit Thou do away
with everything that Is huriiul ana srehs eh az
is helpful, aud make te Way Oh lli' Pe|pl ,,''I
they mar Of their oic" work among men, MhS WerropB
thvm brethren though ihoy 90 nos froDGI -,
they cannot east us o' iinn ih,e nor iIo'n ~
Maj men recognize sach othcr ani rejoice IN c'ch ohe
MAY the the r1t - u Is ia Jesus spread uh'L
Near The cinsc Of his sermon. Mr.. Bcccher said
Heaven from the Poutii"ai chair MISUNDERSTANDING tha
lac surrounded by AN aIcaaic system OF icii2n li
nnk II II. standing r. VIC 10 ia the 'lhcy W tnu
Protestant a.tI, would sen" 10 b. en0Ai 10 ovtio"e
ana snocr all possible religion. and turn ono lo "a
mere bicuich set tie peace. the simplicity, ihe HWc',
me-. love, the unaffected pcty manifested through
ali personal channels toward All men, showed tha'.
stani- amid ~ bis surroundings love Tor TO taiu
low foI In bis heart and when he ,iic IN an
Vac I'm, y, h h. ,Vns Pore hnt nr.sIis. a new
ncatt had been gwen him. ii,s nature WIS love
The Kcv.J q. King. pastor Of tho WashinHo" square
IN, lifc and character OF Pope Pm, ~. lie gave Il
sketch OF the life OF the late f"n,lii, WHOM , Re
eIsoual appearance. he said, The Pope impressed his
visitors with a sen.c Of his hindress aud hcncyocnrc.
No one conld look upon mis- face and net feet tha
there wac mucn goodness back ~ H. Ibe man
WAS not to De a-SaIl'd IN his character or N
the history of his life. lie was 70 be asS'ie" only ~
cause al the dictatorship oi the human conscience
which he had assumed. brcIuG" be was Tue httd o the
Roman Cniuch. p"pe Plus IN. an ciirost-bthfFcr
in la. own ufIihhy. While IL tn enjoyment 81 MS
temporal power IL proved an unHI-v '-mp1.dl fNlti
Rome aiicd with pies, Icrrct police HuG Hs-at's
The streets ~ the city -waimcd with boHStrs III
was an offence punishable by imprisonment cithe'
10 sell or u carry Bible. lgnornncc. crime
and poverty increased daily. Nj. King said nc VS. NOT
~angiinc thai Tho papacy n.ar its tud but he De-
cycd thar no Il present condition II was less dan crur-
To ne CHRISTIAN world than were those organ Il"ps
which cali ihcr1.clvcs Christian and yet den! the
Divinity Of Chris! -
Ihe Rev Edward EgglceioI ~ hts Church of The Chris
tan EidcaNor Broadly II, Ta!d hgh tribute 10 We pr
vat. Of character or tdr Deceased fohtlH
and related many anecdotes Of his hhcIaity an. kl
mes. Upon Accession to IA" PiG@l chtir us
kiudlness was Shown hy a general amnesty and many
beurnrent actions. with the eating down 81 PaPd
grandeur. MI 80 which rrdcarpi hin 10 thr ihotal al
hefynts of tEr catholic Church and The world a. large
I.u lac lived lau iaausrc.pus time. anf although De-
ginning ir the right PAIN d'essed iIrieiroin ava
axle. Revolution az 1919. became an uHfa ous"fFh
tive. AMI announced The doctrine al the lMhaciiaio
Conception and the dogma at uIllhuJ. buf i"r iiH
lie was not 10 blame. Ec,csar' .c7in whether Psnlt IL
ant or Catholic s. ~ Necessity oppressive ana opposed 10