The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-16

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bition, resulting in religious body
welding political power for ccclesiast.
ical ends.
The church OF Rome Is to bc Judged
by the record sho has mado In history.
VIEWED HISTORICALLY.
Viewed historically aho appears the
most determined at all times, the
miGhticst political power on tho face Of
the earth. pallate rs much us We
may, hers has been career OF at
tempted usurpation OF political peroga.
tircs. In these United States she has
been persistent in her demand for II
pro rata share OF our State school funds
Tor the support OF her parochial schools.
At the polls and in the courts sho has
sought 10 eject tho bible from the public
schools, so that under the plea that
they were goddess to destroy them.
Her priests are known to dictate at
political elections. But tho political
validity OF Romanism Is becoming dc.
pleted. There arc intelligent Catholics
in this country, like Cardinal Gibbons
and Archbishop Ireland, who plainly
see that il the church is to flourish,
and get the most out OF tho times US
they sweep onward, she must not waste
her energies in IN unequal fight with
enlightened and progressive civilian
tion, but that che must clasp hands
with it and make it her ally.
AS A RELIGIOUS POWER.
Rev. DIR. Nicholas, Methodist church,
delivered the invited address, "On
Romanism religious power lTo said
he admitted at once, and without hest.
tation, that there is much that Is true
and much that is good in the church OF
Rome; and he desired this admission to
modify go far rs may be necessary his
further statements in his address.
Rome is intolercnt-but in one direc-
ton only. 1ntolerent towards indie
pendent thought-but ever lcnient
towards superstition. Hence, the belief
in ecclesiastical miracles. Tho morality
OF Rome has been viola ted in 4 way in
which the papal court has played too
fast and loose with morality by its
indulgences and dispensations. The
sources OF these corruptions have bocn
the close union OF Rome with the
secular powers OF ccclesiastcs and
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ooc md lands love anod @ ~ ,no.i. 'i";n' i,"r =,
tluenccs on tho wLoIo % 10 ,nd %Ji %,s H. i, Loam ~,
owl Sbo L.s ',;,,a,, ~ 90, III .,iu ""o nco.'
lcss rnl;c;nnS e liz sho N",' tNn aU"i,o1 LII
nscc,icism ;n onnos;.io, @ az ~ I ~ .isru r;s,ion
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tIo hr;nL tost ior,o ~ fEh.;..;au;.,. ~ Sh.
has led many 70 stentic;sm 81 IN @ i thn 3otnr,i unI
rebound oi sunerst;,ion SLo hna @ Nc =, ..
dnccd relicinn more Jovotionoi +bon Kan
moral onI has h;nLoroJ 'H,. tha nronrnsa .iaa,
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TEMPERANCE REFORM.
AT the afternoon session the general
topic was temperance. Rev. DR.. R. II.
N,bopo of tbo ,,otbod;st Er;soo,,,
~ - = u VI" .Aou.s' 10 Hpiseop''
cilurca south, memphis, Tenn, read q
paper upon the subject OF the church
ann ~, temperance reform.
aic cnglcn ean no more ignore or
GI;oniprolnlse "ltnih temperance ana tue
socioI evija nv otLar fa,,, "f ;,,,nai
ity.
The church must serve the cause OF
.ehpe,ance ~, ilrst by total abstinence
Sh;p nf tbo @ ni'rrah I i.n, '.i' . s.;; .iatiocl-
tion in tbn linnor @ trotEn tlT.n ''' p'' '''i'lt'''
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notLina lose ,bon tha 80 s;'a nba,;,;s,, ~
of Tho linnnr tran;o @ ao ." ;.;n o,..;oI "4', ~.
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church halJ thot II II M t%o. q so,ti,or,, III IL,
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trat,;c tbdp,. p.op. ppn,,,d nNe ~, up .tic mn,shy
tho noriLorn 49, NOV @ - rhn u'h 80 Sou s "s
sInvorv Tho l;,mor v ,r,tRo "To ras uao"I up
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ANOTHER ROW.
One OF them rose to point OF order
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tive NletnOulStS lmp0St0rs, and wanted