The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-01-26

Minneapolis is very modern city, and
if the Pope were there tomorrow, he
would have the same authority he has
in tn g City Of the Seven Hills; for it is
based no more on Rome than ON Min
neapolis-but on the word of the Eter-
nal to St. Peter. Confirm thv breth-
rem"
1--WE have seen Eomanlsm to DO an
end to itself, 1nasm UGH as it claims to
be al imperial institution, having au.
thority to even modify the Bible" Now,
Mr.. Mabie, where, when and how did
the Catholic church modify the Bible,
or claim to have power to modify it?
have heard bold, audacious, anti
Catholic assertions: this Of yours leads
in the front rank.
"Rome admits no limit to her author.
ity, and denies that she is ame nable to
the Bible or to God" Another as
founding misrepresentation. Perhaps,
however, Mr.. Mabie here complains
that the church does not admit that
she is amenable to Mr.. Malois, i. g., tc
Mr.. Mabie's Interpretation OF the
meanlng OF the Bible Or the law of God.
have heard citizens denouncinq
courts. or putting Themselves abovs
law, common and statute. because the
courts did not read the law to suit
thse citizens; go, may DO, between the
! church and Mr.. Ma'oie. The church,
all understand, is not above the Bible
or above God when she, by virtue of
her divine commission, interprets the
word any more than our supreme court
is above the law or the constitution
which it lnterprets. A little legal
acunaen would be in ths right place in
many pulpit.
We are again told: Rome under.
takes even the duties of God. a1d tor a
price absolves man from ci,adience 10
iCsc &C. t;isome IS so powerful that she car
get along without Cod" There IL
nothing here to be said, The words
rushing to my lips L will not pro"
nounce. The misrepresentation iE gl.
| gan tic. We will let it reuaain-~a mon~
umental falsehood! 1t is. infleed, to
be regretted that the Intelligent man
and woman are asked to listen to
misrepresentation OF this kind. / do
not believe that harm comes from
then-Mr. Mabie's hearers are too in
telligent to put faith iii such assertions.
# i Too bad for y DOR humanity
that Rome will persist in healing the
sick. feeding the hungry, comforting
the afflicted /! Better, presume, that
the unfortunates were lef5 Ga the street
corners. 1t is true that Christ passed
over Palestine doing good, and that he
made the doing of such works as wait
inss on steet corners TO aid The unfor.
tunates che mark Of discipleehip With
him. But. then. Rome doing all this
may prove herself to be the church OF
Christ. and this surely would bs too
dreadful AND then how annoying to
the Baptist sect thi: waiting of Rome
Oh the street corners to aid unfortu.
mates must be i! 1t forces home to the
baptist sect the question. t'Ar5 thou
Cbrist's2" Alas what answer can be
given We have never seen The Bap.
tist church waiting on street corners
with it's ambulance, we know of no
baptist hospitals, no Baptist orphan
asylums, no Baptist refugees for the re-
pentant sinner. Too bad, indeed. that
Christ's mark should be 80 plain on
Rome, and SO clearly from the Baptist
sect!
Ali! bat Nh. Mabie has in store for
his hearers tales that will surely fire
them into hottest warfare against
Rome and Romanists. America Is in
danger! The duty of the hour is ''to
require .American-born Romanists, be-
fore being qualified to vote. to forswsar
allegiance to the Pope, in things civil
and POLITICAL; to close all schools in
which the doctrine OF the Pope's tenn
poral power in America il taught; to
seek such Legislation as requires our
public schools to positively teach the
true basis of governmental authority of
our republic: 70 make attendance Of
minors and wards of the nation in
such schools compulsory" What is
soreIy needed is a school-saY near the
Baptist church in Minneapolis-that
will teach common sense anC truthful
ness, and I would have the attetdance
of some OF my acquaintance in that
school made compulsory. Does not MIR.
Mabie know, as well as l, that the Pope
CLAIMS no power temporal OF civil in
America, and that if he Did Catholics
in America would and could not in
conscience allow the claim i? Mr..
Mahle continues: PRIESTS can deliver
herds of cattle with votes at the polls.'
1t is all right for Mr.. Mabie to call
Catholics s*herds of cattle with votes;'
his manual Of etiquet. no doubt, is Pc
culiar. But to say here in Minnesota,
where Catholics are so we'll known,
that priests control votes is to speak an