The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-01
LIBERAL DR.. L0VRIB.
A HYsterical Onslaught or
Roman Catholicism by
the Pastor of En-
DRY Church.
ALL ABOUT TIE SCHOOL MONEY.
The Preacher Thinks There is a
Jesuit Plot TO Control Poli-
ticlans and Public
Funds.

49, "a SA 'N~
public schools'' was the subject of Rev.
DR.. David r. Lowrie's discourse at the
Emory Methodist Eolscopal Church last
evening. His congregation filled the
auditorium, Including the galleries.
DIR. Lowrie preached with unusual
| vigor. He said he had no wish to say any,
thing unkind or unfair against the mem
bersnip and priesthood of the sRoman
Catholic Church, but her history very
clearly indicated that she was a foe co
liberty and good governments.
II have read the records of the Roman
| Church carefully" he declared; may, |
| have seen Roman Catholicism in Euro
pean countries where her sway was uns
challenged, and l must say that her iu-
fiuence is not helpful, but Is destructive
to liberty.t
About two months ago a meeting was
held in Hoboken to remonstrate against
the action of our LEGISLATURE nthe defeat
| of the bill which proposed to divide the
school fund of the State. The bill which
was proposed TO divide the school fund OF
New Jersey WAS but a sample OF other
efforts made in places where they had
any ground TO hope for success. The end
sought for by Roman Catholics is not so
much a division of the school fund as it
is war upon the public school system.
"Ihis attack upon our public schools
was not inauglrated by the Roman
Catholic citizens of America. On the
other hand, it was forced npon them
| against their will by the priesthood. The
| fathers and mothers of that church have
been willing, nay. DESTROYS that their
children should be educated IN the public
schools. But the hierarchy forbfds 1t.
LIFE OF H REPUBLIC.
"The public school system of this coun-
try-the light and life of our Republic
stands in the way of Rome's success.
The Catholic priests declare that if there
had been no public schools in this coun-
| try the number OF their members would
now be 24,000,0 600 instead OF 5000, 000.
They flourish Ia the midst of ignorance
and darkness. but not in the light OF H.
teiligence and liberty. The great object
OF Catholicism is TO keep its subjects from
thinking for themselves; for. if they once
commenced to do original thinking, they
would soon think themselves out of the
| grasp of the priesthood and become free
| and independent men and
"Now, the whole trend of public
| school work is to make the young think
for themselves by developing their rea-
| soning faculties and thus making them
| self-reliant. This will not do for the
| Roman Church. For she demands that
her doctrines shall be accepted without q
| siugle question and without analysis.
The teaching and influence of the public
| schools has SO broadened the intellect
| and %quickened the conscience of the
young as to have led 49, 200, 600 of the
| children of Roman Catholic parents TO
| saw 10 the priests:-'We can not and we
| will not be your slaves. You may deny
| us the sacrament of the church, you
| may excommunicate US from the Com
| muuion OF the Church, but we will and
shall be free"
Dr.. Lowrie at great length and with
| much upheld the Bible as the
| Keystone of the liberties and institutions
| OF the Republic, and as the foundation OF
morality everywhere. Have you ever
stopped to think" he asked, "of the logic
| that would take the Bible out OF the pub
| lie schools? 1t is, as they say. a sectional
| book. They would take it out of the
| Courts of Justice, the Legislative Halls,
aud what then? What then? Blank
atheism.
s'Frauce is too sad an example for US to
copy along that line. We'dare not. we
| will not retreat, but will stand firmly By
aud defend this Word of Life and Hope"
CHANGE OF ATTITUDE.
1.-THE Roman Catholic priesthood mas
| recently changed its attitude towards the
| public school question, and this change
| very clearly shows how foolish 1t was for
| us TO try aud conciliate the Romish priest
| hood by the removal OF the Bible from
| the public school. No sooner was the
| bible removed in certain localities from
| The public school han the cry was heard
| your schools are goddess, secular, and not
| lit to teach morality. Their purpose is
i not to reform the public schools system,
| but to destroy it root and branch. Ii has
now come to pass by the authority or
| Pope Leo that the entire Roman Catholic
Church in this country must change front
| on this whole question. The real issue 10
| the overthrow of public schools and
the establishment of Catholic schools
under the direction solely of priest and
nun. ana at the expense OF the oeate.
| The utterances of the priests against u
\ public schools are numerous and IN many
instances Infamous. Let me give you u
| list from their ~utterances. The Tablet, a
Roman Catholic paper, tflakes Dold
enough to say that the pubic schools OF
this country are inks of moral pollution
and nurseries of He'll. Father Walker
says the public schools have produced
nothing but q goddess generation of
thieves and blackgaards.' The Ffeen1Gn's
| Journal, another Roman Catholic paper,
says:-'Let the public scnooi system go
to where it came froin-the devil.
but, Notwithstanding these u~tterances
OF Rome against our pubic Schoo sys-
lem, the fact remains thaI u puoilc
schools are the inspiration CT Thought aud
nubtic opinion. Keep the public school
and Bible intact and you keep thought
| and brain active. Keep thought active
as It is enlightened by instruction receiy-
ed in the public schools, and the Word OF
GOD and liberty are safe"
WHAT HE is AFRAID OF.
The preacher proceeded with the dis
| cussion in language which would be so
| offensive TO two-lnirds of the reading
public of Jersey City, as TO be wholly
| uuprintable. These sentences, disentau-
| rled from the mass of vituperation, ind1-
cale lis argument: Does she" (tne Ro-
man Catholic Church, want to keep her
| subjects in ignorance and spiritual dark
/ ness? Does she want TO throttle the
newspapers OF our commercial centres?
| Does the Jesuit mean to manage the
politicians and control our public monies?
answer yes, and but for the clear cleo
trio light or the public school system OF
| America, their progress would be more
rapid.
has been prevalent. Look at Chill.
Sevent,-three per cent. Of her population
can neither read por write. In Poland
nlnety-oue out of one hundred can neither
read nor write. LII Mexico. seven only
out of one hundred eau read aud write.
Look at Spain, which received her first
ciyilization from the Romans, and her
second from the Arabs. The Romans i'm