The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-27

let us acknowledge the fact. The Prot
estant poor are very few; we have shut
them out of our churches, that are open
only for a few hours one day in the week.
An enterprising reporter of a metropolitan
journal once donned the garb or q working
man and went from one to another or the
most prominent churches OF Brooklyn, pre-
eminently the city of churches. in some OF
them he was treated with absolute rude
ness; in others with cold politeness. IN
only two was he received with e cordIal
welcome. But in every one of the thirty
SIX his presence was noted with surprise.
There are 100000 more inhabitants below
Fourteenth street in the city of New York
to-day than there were ten years ago, out
the number of Protestant churches in that
figures tell solumn truths, and the facts
my hand a paper. known as the
interest of a society known as the A.
p. A. Here 1 read the statement that Ro-
man Catholics teach that a priest could not
notoriously unfair or VIGOROUSLY ignorant.
No Roman Catholic, be he layman, priest
or bishop, ever claimed that any man, even
the Pope, could not sin. Nor is this all for
which I fault the y. Z. A I make no cru
SADIE against the principles of the associa-
ton, for ! can truly say that do not know
have no quarrel with it's principles. In the
main and within certain limits / may say
l accept them all. but / do raise my earnest
and solemn protest against their reprehen-
sible methods"
Here the speaker caused two of the choir
boys to hold up to view two charcoal
sketches (which recently appeared in the
columns of the Loyal American. represent
ing The mother superior" and 1.-The SUI
perior mother" The former was a nun at
her devotions in her cell, kneeling before
the crucifx; the latter was a matronly
looking woman in her coy home, a babe
upon her breast and an older child leaning
upon her shoulder.
1.-The animus of this picture is only too
evident" said the minister. 81 have one
belief in the superior mother but L also
believe in the mother SUPERIOR because I
believe that the world would be poorer
without such women as st. Catherine, 81.
Elizabeth and ST. Margaret. But any poor,
laundering shot like this only reacts from
the object of attack 10 him who tries to
WELD the boomerang. Say what we may,
the Sisters of Charity and mothers superior
are devoted Christian women who lead
holy, consecrated and useful lives. But
even if they were heather and superstl-
tious, it is a brutal instinct which leadS any
man to ridicule any human creature In the
attitude of prayer"
Another humber of this paper published
recently what purported TO be a papaI en-
cyclical, but the phraseology was SO awk-
ward tina even an ordinarily intelligent
Protestant could detect the internal evl5
the Christian Union, two leading Protestant
papers, exposed the fraud, but II any re-
traction has Deen mdue Dy the 1T VI lAiC
Loyal American It has escaped my observa-
ton. In any event, the publication was a
mark of dense stupidity or gross unfair
ness on the editors part: The papers men
toned are to be honored for their fairness
and Justice in denOunclng Such culpaDle
methods; but l have wondered why most
Protestant editors have held their peace.
Can it be that their silence means approval?
Why does not the Protestant pulpit speak
out more plainly s fGp fsir play ? yo e e 'o of Fos
man Catholics should conspire TO disqualiiy
Protestants from holding public office;
should circulate SANDERS and ssemina
Iibels about Protestant Christians, minister's
and laymen, men and women, what a cry
of just and lndignant prGtest
Is it possible that in the eyes of the Prot
estant ministry the end ~justifies the
means?'
The speaker then read statistics from
Protestant authorities TO show that the
comparison between the morality of Prot
estant and Roman Catholic countries is
not so favorable to Professionalism as is
generally supposed. Charges and invec-
tives like those of the a. p. a. are no
new thing for the Roman Church. She
has borne them for centuries, and is strong
to-day in the blessing promised to those
against whom all manner Of things are said
falsely for the Masters sake. The grand
old Roman Church will live and bless the
world long after the a. =. A. is forgotten,
he said, and these little shot which the
Loyal AIlcTlCdIi HuTlS VT nhe pms dIIlCu dl
Gibraltar, which flatten and fall back
against the great rock which it presumes
to assail. No doubt was left on the minds
OF any nearer that the preacher was IN
compromising in his Professionalism. Indesd
he claimed that the Roman controversalists
made short work with inidelity and gem
orally discounted ultra Professionals; but
the Anglican position was the only one
which Rome breads, and all the
strongest arguments against her
real catholicity has been formulated
by Anglican theologians. The Episcopal
Church and those in communion with her
in Great Britain and the colonies include
the majority of the English-spealing Chris
tians of the world. and that church is to-
day, as it was at the time Of the refOrma-
ton, the great bulwark of professionalism"
The speaker concluded with a glowing
tribute to the Church of Rome in general,
and in particular TO the high Christian
character of Bishop Chatard, Father Bes-
sonies and Father Gavisk, of this city, and
asked the audience if any intelligent man
could really believe that they were un-
patriotic, reasonable or hypocritical.