The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-02
MISSION
DR.. Martin Te11sthe Taber-
naCle'Congregation What
He Thinks of 1t.
RID HIMSELF OF ILLUSIONS.
Then Talked of Popes and st. Pat
rick and Wound up With the
Spirit Of Patrick Henry.

DR.. A. Nolan Martin of Stapleton, Staten
Island, Sunday. night delivered a lecture in
the Tabernacle, this city. The lecture con-
sisted of a bitter attack on the religion of
Roman Catholics, the infallibility of the
Pope and the mission of Satolli to this coun-
try. The lecturer took for his subject
mot only out of thine own mouth, but by
thine acts viii I judge thee
''The guiding motive" said the lecturer,
Sin what shall nave to say to yon tonight
first demands that I rid myself of all illusion,
all prejudice, and all untruthfulness in any
form. For, if my words cannot finally bear
analysis, it would lave been far better had
they never been voiced. My language shall,
therefore, be most guarded, and my allega,
tions strictly limited to the historic field OF
view. Accordingly / desire it to be explicit
| ly understood that the vast body of Roman
| Catholic laity throughout the world should
not in the past, ought not to be in the pres
| emit, nor do I hold them accountable
in any measure for the various
Ecumenical Councils, vatican degrees, edicts,
accommodations, or interdicts, that have
| animated, or may emanate from the Papal
chair at Rome. Nor are said laity to be in
any way responsible for councils called by
their bishops, or conversations held by their
clergy. say this with a view to setting
/ myself right with the vast body of Roman
| Catholics who might otherwise misinterpert
| the design of this lecture. With Protestant
misconceptions of Catholic Church practice
/ have nothing whatever to do, except to de-
clare in one connection, that Catholics do
not worship the statues or images OF the
Virgin, Christ or his SAINTS. On the con-
order to inspire their devotions with greater
! fervor and bring more wildly to their re-
membranes the perSonages of the Saint, the
Virgin and Christ.
D~IABOLICAL TALK.
sin treating of Rome's scheme and Satollis'
mission to this country, a thousand and one
| historic facts crowd upon the brain. Not
only this, a hundred and one intrigues in the
| past and present, each, more or less diaboli-
cal in its conception, present themselves to
the mental vision. Finally, the appalling
and not altogether impossible prospect of the
people of this country falling a prey to the
same causes, that have from time to time,
| spread desolation over some of the fairest
countries of Europe, bears to my mind an
| import too startling to let pass without some
| comprehensive comment.
"Hon. w. E. Gladstone, referring more
than twenty years agoto the famous Vatican
decree of Infalibility, together with the Syl-
labuses and Encyclicals of Pope Plus TX that
preceded and followed it, declared that If
there ever has been, and if there still be, a
| question reaching far into the future, it is
the question of church power, and of its mon
strous exaggeration into Papal power, such
| as it has now for the first time been accepted
| by the Latin Church in its corporate capa-
city; this, amid the cold indifference or half
| suppressed Intellectual murnurs of a multi
| Jude of its members, the brave and wise re-
sistance of a portion as yet far smaller, and
the apathy, amazement and indignation of
the world
In all these years I have failed to discover
a refutation of Mr.. Gladstone's allegations.
In fact, I am here to substantiate in it's en-
tirety all that gentleman has ever written or
said upon this burning question. Not alone
bhis: but, from my own experience, observa-
tion and reading, to lay bare the most preg-
nant causes of rebellion, in this and other
countries, against the insidious power of
Papal Rome, her Cardinals, Jesuits and
Legates."
Here the lecturer traced from the close of
the eleventh century the rising power and
mnetensions of the Popes. Their contests
with the Emperors of the House of Fran
COMA. The daring and genius of Pope
Gregory VII. and that Pontiff's desire to
establish permanent temporal power.
COMMENT ON CARDINAL MANNING.
1.-The late Cardinal Manning. in his book
The Present Crisis of the Holy See,' declares
that There is not another church SO called
save the Roman-nor any community pro-
Tossing to be a church, which does not sub
init or obey, or hold its peace when the civil
governors of the world command. This
needs no comment. The most recent out
rage, however, prepetrated by Rome, ap-
pears in the despatch of a Legate in the per-
son of Mgr. Sotolli to this country. This in
duces the all important inquir as to the
propriety of Rome's new scheme and Satoli's
mission to the United States.
SIN the first place, Rome processes to &C
cept modern thought in the person of Leo
4 XIII, yet clings to her absolution. She claims
to interpret and go with historic facts, yet
declares her infallibility. She tells us that
we can be good Catholics and good citizens.
Let us proceed to prove this from Rome,s own
u~tterances. If you want the truth,
read the Encyclical Letter of Pope Gregory
XVI, in 1881, and that of Plus TX, in 1864.
X Against those who assign to the State the
power of defining civil rights, read Syllabus
\ of 1861, Plus TX. In the same syllabus
Prop. XIII, against those who allege that
the church cannot employ force. In Prop.
XIV, read against those who allege, That
power not inherent in the office of the Epis-
copate, but, granted to it by the civil au-
thority, may be withdrawn from it at the
discretion of that authority. In Prop. XIII.
against those who say, that in the conflict of
laws, civil and ecclesiastical. the civil
law should prevail In Prop. Xxx, Syl.,
No person shall allege, that the Roman
Pontiff sought to come to terms with pro-
gress, liberalism and modern civilization.
4 Again, the old inquisitorial force is revived
and relentless logic points to the forfeiture
of all civil rights and duties of the man
claiming to be a sincere and faithful Roman
Catholic. His Pope and priest must come
first, his country and the civil authorities
after.
THE PoPE'S RIGHT.
sThe Pope, when recently conversing with
DR.. McGlynn, said: Have not ], the head of
the church, the same right to nave a repre-
sentative in America as in Madrid, Paris or
Vienna!' The Pope has a perfect right to
despatch delegates to any country he pleases,
provided said countries, without an eye to the
teachings of history, or fear of consequences,
permit the Roman delegates to enter, and
permanently settle down to conspire against
the civil authority, with a, view to enhancing
the power of their church, To say nothing
Of the Papal power having robbed fair Italy
of her birthright; having created conspiracy
upon conspiracy in Austria, Germany and
France. we can turn and view the case of
unfortunate Ireland, dominated by the Ro-
man Pontiff from the fourth century to the
present day. The first outrage pefpetrated
against Ireland was when st. Patrick or
dered that If any questions arise in this
island, they are to be referred to the Apos-
tolic See.' Poor Irelandi She has been at
sea ever since. Certain DEGREES in the Coun-
ellis of Kells and Cashel were against the ma
| tional right and in favor Of the Pope.
ssStep by step that country has become the
/ f~ootstool of Rome until, today, all hope of
extrication has fled. Rome's intrigues in
| Spain and Portugal have covered these
countries with a pail of ignorance and vice,