, 1879-08-10

and kind people attacncd to Inc have come
! They don't seem to understand the thing. They
| have expressed good deal of feeling. Ano
got some letters from 81 Louis on Tue salnt m
| Have you hcnrd that the Provincial is COM
! ing up to make an inyesttgation9"
| "I don't see what investigation is be made
| Il is the Proyincia's duty to 20 from place Il
place to see how things are getting on. He va!
| here little while ago. l never had any ol1fer
cpces With him.
!. But II Is said there Is considerable dissatis
faction in the parish owing to the Temoval O
| Father Damen and rumored other chanaes?"
*Hefelt that very much bnt l tbink tht
al1usions made to the spirit OF nationality are
! not exactly correct The parish Is intensely
| Irish. I lecturcd and saw q great MANY ol
them. r didn't know nv leaving, would create
such feeling as it hss. They arc trging all sort:
t OF nleaus-mean5 Talc1 are trying 10 ones nj
ture-to get me back"
ssuAy1 1ou ANY IDEA OF GOING BAcK!"
aNo. II there is anything TINT would make
me. it is the feeling that has been shown on the
| mart OF the people, who don't seem to mind the
| Jesuits SO much. They soy, II there is any
thing the matter with the Jesuits, don't 60 back
to them, but come back to the Church.
! Father De Blieck was here and told me to come
| back; bu. said
no, had MADE UP MT MIND.
| He said be didn't come to reason on the subject
{}ur interview Was vary pleasant"
| tsThe change vas matter OF conviction with
| you2" -.
ssIt VAST
! twill you lecture in the city3"
"They have asked me to deliver series Of
lectures Sunday evenings, When the season
opens In September"
"What subjects will you covcr2"
s4That is hard to say. I may begin by giving
the REASONS of my detection, and then take up
the Catholic truth OF the early days, and try to
show :he exaggeratlons Of Rome,-that which
wus superadded in the course Of time by human
agency, which constitutes the theological body
Of The actual Roman Church as it is. l under
stand tic Church of England tries. to
the early ages Of Christianity. 1t is
hat which has great attraction for
me-. I like simplicity and purity Of worship,
and it is here-cattoiic. OF course they hare a
tua; hsEa can Dc no WIN
stAnd that was the reason Why you united
with the Episcopal Church:"
ayes"
you would not go to extreme Protestant
ism.'
.No, DO, not at ALL because consider ex-
treme Professionalism to be nothing else than
skcpticism more or less developed. AS they
come near and nearer Christianity they are
nearer the truth. The more they protest
can tLis Protestant Episcopal. What is
it? 4 protest against c1aggerations, not against
tr1,th or doctrines. 1 do not saY the Roman
Catholic Church is wrong in its fundamental
and essential doctrines,-not at all.
IT IS 4 PORTION OF TUE TRUE CHURCH OF
CHRIST,
only It has not the purity and simplicity of the
doctrines that were IauRns III lne eaf1y ages u
1Your reason for leaving the Church WAS the
same as that for leaving the Jesuits3"
AThe same exactly, inasmuch as the Church
Ill t7tn% r4F t1,n 3rorrn
OF iufallibility.'' -.
Il And that was the only reason?"
ayes; because believe in all the fundamental
doctrines Of the Church. 1Want to have the
intelligence 1ree." =! ::
..Iplaliibiity demands that whatever the
Pope declares to be the faith must be believed
under pain Of heresy."
"Une caunor question:"
"if YOU begin to question or doubt, that mo-
ment YOU are heretira and committing sin.''
land persisteucy would result in c1com-
- III a Catholic said the Pope is not infa'liblc
he would he declared q hereto and e1communf-
Gated"
t}Fill you remain in the city?" 49,,
tsFor illu PRESENT.
aWbat will be your duties?"
III don't know exactly. 4 good deal de-
pends upon Bishop McLaren. Five months
more must elapse before I can per
10Fn4 1U30l5kCI}Al 4AuCAtu9 OF GuUllltEEE
the sacrament,- is, have charge OF the
parish. In the meanwhile, may lecture Or
preach"
IS IT TRuEs
The above interview took place about a
quarter OFT o'clock. Along toward TO- an in
and stated With great solemuity that he had
Just seen the reverend Father over at Havcrly's
with lady. whose name, however, he declined
to give. While the reporter Was pondtrng
over this piece Of intelligence the following
letter was left in TuE TRIBUNE counting-room
sides by my old friends is 80 true and heartfelt
that lind myself unable to resist it.. retract
,snst have said against tue Church Of Rome, and
am resolved TO return 10 the Church that opens ,
it's arms TO receive tack IN erring child.
TuEorA. VAN DB MoonTEL.
On the receipt Of the above,-a recantation, II
genuine, and base forgery it it turned out
otnerBise,-the reporter bundlel into q car
house 4 light was burning IN the hallway and
an elderly lady answered the door-bell. The
reporter hurriedly stated hIs errand, and asked
to see the alleged recanser.
"DR- VAN DE MooBTEL HASN'T GOT HOME
YET.n
vas the elderly 1ady's responsc.
The reporter wondered, for it was even past
the twelfth hour. But lie gained time by ask
ing TO see Canon Knowles. a moment later he
stood at that gentleman's bedside, and unto
hin he told Inc latest Glnh IN the story, and
showed him this curious missiye The
Canon looked at it, read 1t carefully, i
without changing countenance, looked
I'D without the slightest evidence OF perturba
uon in his features, anu remarked that he
thought the noie MRS genuine
but where is the Rev. Van de Moo1tela"
asked the reporter:
II cannot say. ae went out this evening
after ron saw him. and hasn't come in.''
do you expect himz''
why. he has never remained out so late
since he catue here, and, if nothing has happen-
Ell, be ought to be in soon.n
Ibid he say where he was going4''
"Oh, no."
"Dld be go out with anybody9"
"No."
"You remarked that he ought to return If
nothing had happened. May not something
hsve happened to have brought this 1eeanta-
tion9''