St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-16

Romanism can outrun US, we shall have
only ourselves to blame, and on the
head of Protestant Christendom be the
eternal disgrace.
1t is universally admitted that a new
era of clearer light is bursting upon us.
But where is this great light, this grand
illumination, to come from? Where
but from the divine Word-that Word
that Rome hates. Reformation or eX
tinction are before her. Though the
church of Christ has suffered much at
her hands, red as she is with the blood
OF martyrs, we would charitably hope
that in the advancing hight which will
beat upon thrones and rulers and gov
ernments. Rome may see her deformity
and be led to penitenee and reforma-
ton. In view of the impending strug-
gle, one thing is all but essential to the
success of the cause of truth and to a
speedy realization of all the hopes OF
our common faith-a united methodlSm.
Rome I'm Politics.
Rev. DR.. II. T. Fiske. of Albion.
Mich, talked of Romanism as political
power. He said: 1.-The Church of
Rome, viewed historically. appears as
the most determined and at times, the
mightieSt POLITICAL power OH the face Of
the earth. In Mese United States she
has been persistent in her demands for
pro rata share of our state school
funds for the support of her parochial
schools. At the polls and in the courts
she has sought to eject the Bible from
the public schools. Her priests are
known to dictate at political elections.
When she cannot be imperium she is
determined to be imperium in imperlo,
thus juStifying the declaration of Bis
marck that her object is 'su bjection' of
secular power to that OF the church,
The efficiency of the Catholic church as
political power grows out Of two facts.
First-Romanism by the denial of the right
OF private judgment by suppression OF free
thought does not leave conscience in the
keeping of the individual, but organically
holds 1t IL her own grasp. Romanlsm at
tempts to rule the world by right of dictation
to the individual This sweeps private judg
ment out of the field of government and ell
slaves the conscience.
Second-This efficiency grows out of the
extraordinary Capitalization of power i'll the
TEMPORAL head OF the church. Nothing else
on the face of the earth is SO arbitrary as
Romanism The word pope contains 1t all.
Thus one will is omnipotent over more than
20J 0000O0 of human beings and all these
hearts beat under the impulse of an ambition
as relentless as fate. Hence with supreme
case and resistless might Rome is able to
handle political forces.
Does Romanism politically change for
the better? At the center, no; at the
JCO. III low lllC v dOl-
can council voted the dogma of papal
infallibility, and Plus * proclaimed it
to the world. Though this dogma was
cautiously worded to embrace "matters
| of faith and MORALS" the word morals
may be made TO cover all the relations
of man with man and has been thus
construed, hence embracing the whole
| domain of legislation. But the politl-
cal vitality of Romanism is becoming
depleted. There are
Intelligent Catholics
| in this country like Cardinal Gibbons
| and Archbishop Ireland, who plainly
see that if the church Is to flourish and
| get the most out of the times as they
sweep onward she must not waste her
| energies i'll an unequal fight with our
enlightened and progressive civiliza-
| ton, but that she must clasp hands with
it and make it her ally. In the subject
i've freedom of the individual life they
| find the energies that must be relied
upon to build for the ages.
| Rev. DR.. Nicholas, Of the Irish NJ. E.
| church delivered an address on 'Ko-
manism, Religious Power" He said
| he admitted at once and without hesita-
| ton that there is much that is true and
much that is good in the church of
| Rome. Rome is Indifferent toward inde-
toward superstition. Hence the
belief in ecclesiastical miracles.
There are many corruptions in disci-
pline. In addition there are corruptions
in moral teaching. The morality of
Rome has been vitiated by the way in
which the papal court has played fast
and loose with morality by its indul-
gences and dispensations.
Rome uses expediency and often lets
dnrr r...CNx S,.4@ Il,
nying that she has in different ages and
lands done good work, her influence on
the whole is and has been evil. She has
given the nations cherries religious
life, she has exalted aSceticism IN Oppo-
sition to Christianity in religion. She
has led many to skepticsm, the natural
rebound from superstition. She has
produced a religion more devotional
than moral, and has hindered the prog
ress of humanity.
A Row Forces Adjournment
Bishop Wayman, of the A. NJ E.
church Of Baltimore, occupied the chair
at the afternoon session of the confer
ence. The general topic was Temper
ance." Rev. DR.. Mahon, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church South, Memphis,
Tenn, read the paper. The church can
no more ignore or compromise with in
temperance and the liquor traffic, he
said, than with the social evil OF other
forms of immortality. The church
must serve the cause Of temperance,
first, by total abstinence OH the part of
the ministry and membership of
the church from all parlicipa-
ton in the liquor traffic. The
church should be satisfied with
nothing less than the entire abolition of
the liquor traffic, as it is carried on.
Inf O ohrreh chnnl6 al
ical attitude with respect to prohibition.
Christian men In their relations as citi-
Zens should seek to obtain. such prac-
teal legislation on the part of the state
as shall forever abolish the saloon.
Bishop Gaines, of the American III. E.
church, held that If the Southern co l.
ored people broke up the whisky ira ffic
they would do as much good as the
Northern men who broke up slavery.
The liquor traffic was doing more harm
to the negroes than to the white men,
because the latter got better gu atty
of whisky.
Rev. DR.. }. W. Haney, of Illinois, an
nounced that he was temperance man,
in spite OF his unfortunate appearance
(he had very ford countenance). The
dramShop was an outlaw; it had no
right to existence. Rev. DR.. John Net
Teton, of London, said that if the taps
were turned off in all the Methodist pull
pits they would be turned off IN the sa-
looms. John Ii. Lille, of England, held
that Wesley's rules obliged ministers to
be total abstinence men, and he insist
ed on that proposition, notwithst anding
Mr.. Atkinson's desisting voice. Mr..
Atkinson, M. P, insisted that Mr. Lille
misquoted Wesley; that he prohibited
only dram drinking. Mr.. Atkinson went
on to speak of the pr imitive Metho-
dists In connection with "imposter So
which Immediately stirred up the in
dignation of the delegates from that
church. One of them rose to point of
order that the speaker had called the
Primitive MethodiSts imposters and
wanted the words retracted. Mr.. Atkin-
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