St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-10
Rev. H. Johnson. Of Chicago,
Pointedly Addresses the
Religious Community
In Connection With the Grow
ing Need for Additional
Christian Colleges.
This Country Woefully Be-
hind Others in Educa-
tional Facilities.
The Story Of a Day as Pre-
sented to the World by
Globe Reporters.

The address delivered last evening at
the House of Hope church by Rev.
Herrick johnson was listened to by q
large audience. and the subject chosen,
SIS Christian College W orth Havingp'
proved prolific and interesting one.
The speaker was introduced by Rev.
David Burrell, of Minneapolis, who, in
his brief address. characterized him as
one of the best Informed men on eduea-
tional matters to be found in the coun-
try. Calling attention TO the vastness
of the area over which flies the flag of
America, the progress made in all
branches of industry and science since
the close of the war, the tremendous in
crease in population by emigration for
the same period, and with the same
conditions the further increase which
must occur in the next decade,
the speaker prepared his hearers
for the problems OF education
He called upon them and upon
the people of the Northwest to solve.
That there were many colleges in the
West he admitted to be true, but pointed
out that in proportion to the population
they were lamentably few. 1t was the
fewneSS of Christian colleges to which
he referred. The Roman Catholic
church was on the alert, and was ex-
tending its influence far into the West,
away to the North and everywhere. 1t
was necessary to save the young gener-
alton from the influence of this R0mish
propaganda. In all countries where the
church of Rome had taken root there
were two kings or two presidents. One
OF these was the king or president, and
the other-equally powerful in the adj
ministration of that country's affairs
the pope. He did not mean to
assert that there were no good people in
the Catholic church; some of the most
Sainted souls the world had ever seen
had claimed Roman Catholicism as their
faith. 1t was the Romish propaganda
to winch he objected. 1t was but few
weeks since that Catholic paper pub
lished here in our very midst had char
acteriZed our public school system as
the greatest moral cancer or the face of
the earth. This church of Rome,'' he
continued, sis building, university
in Washington right under the very
caves of our national capitol. Colleges
are being built for girls. hundreds of
them. In them the girls will be edu-
Gated to the principles of Catholicism.
These girls will some day be mothers,
and it is too we'll known to need repe-
tition here that 'the hand which rocks
the cradle rules the world This
church of Rome with its false theories
and teachings is menace to US as
Christian people, and | tell you we
must fight this Roman octopus with the
same weapons it is using in aggression.
activity and push have heard men
say: I'VE have colleges enough Have
we2 Germany has tWenty-One great
universities and five hundred gymna-
siums,in any one of which a student can
obtain better education than is OBJ
talnable In our Western colleges. Now
here are we with a population greater.
than that of Germany by 10,000.O0O,
with only 400 colleges to cover our ire
mendous area of territory. AS Presby-
terianS we are behind in the matter of
erecting colleges for the education of
our young people. The Methodist
church is away in advance Of US, for
she has built One-fifth of all the col
leges in the country. There is no time
to be lost in this matter. We must look
the issue Squarely In the face
and get to work at once. We
must provide educational faeili-
ties for the tremendous army
of our young men who, are growing up
in the West here. or tell you that the
generation will be lost to us. There
are not enough colleges. Rome does not
think there are, and is straining every
resource to fill the need. The Baptists
do not think so. The Methodists are
active in the erection of colleges every
where" The speaker advocated broad
er educational methods than are now in
vogue in the majority of colleges, and
denounced rationalism, liberalism and
number of other isins of like ilk.
The address was listened toWith deep
interest, and was delivered in a style
sufficiently forcble to create. lasting
impression OF the earnestness Of the
speaker, and the depth of the suhjecl.
A number Of students from Manchester
were in attendance, and quartette of
students from that institute gave vocal
selections.