The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-16

JoserA Ceek Lectures % It's FrfenAs
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The announcement. az The lecture ct the
erninens d2vine Dr. Iosepa Cook. of
Boston. upoa the subject ~F-ieads and
Foes OF the Free SeAeos. which took pace
II the Flvnouta ch1rch Saturday even
ing. b-oaSat eur = fair sized a1eie1ce. Dr..
Cook p-sfaer9 his remarks 5y mentioning
the ..Ss thai ne Vas called uron 20 iees1re
in Seattle April IL. the twsnty-eigath an
nlTersy of the assassination Of Llacosa
And The thirty-tai-a OF the firing on Fort
Sanpser. He considered bis sGojecs 20 Be
Of ~ vital importance 70 tue fatu-e welfa-e
o. the nation q. thar cpoa which the elvsl
xar Vas fought. and hs dselt on the
necessity Of free schools II preferences 10
parochlaI schools. opposed any division
sazsevsr Of the school fani. and protested
against The rna,ilzsioa Of taxi books aad
histories o. &ny Use Of such persers IONS Of
the truth to be given the coming gene--
asao1s II schools
The principal foes Of The free school
cised were. he said. Rom aniSra. Secala--
ism and The;saa. he considering the Erss
10 be far the mos. formidable and the
Jesuit branch % the Roman Casaolic
church TO be most vicious IN It's purposes
Many people cocsead that that orgaaiza-
ton xas becoming better. aus he quoted
extensively from their latest authorities TO
saox. az tae lecturer pat it. thas taey we're
oasy becoming more diplomatic He a.
uaissei that Roznznlsn migEs not interfere
TO sach an extent n vas feared h1s that
their past history. together with their
canon Las. shica had not been changed.
tended very much 20 The contrary
Mr.. lock sad tha; hardy q great news
paper in .nis eoaatry bat was watched By
tie Jesais organization, and tAat Il they
did no, centred ;ae yress they watched IL
As 20 Roman Catholics. while they could
not control the schools they would see
that nothing IA, taught interfering with
their constituencies He favored such lass
as those IN Massachusetts aad Iosa. where
the Bible could not be exciaded from the
schools. oat those who do not desire TO
hear it read may be excused during the
reading.
books in the South, where from New
Orleans to Richmond, for maay years
historical untruths had been taught This
would eventually De outgrown.
Coxey's and Keliev's armies are danger
Gus examples OF the folly taught by
certain secular and so-cailei relis-
AOAS NISlClA Al N3$ S41Aia&C4
that 3 small theft 10 not wrong where the
faker - IN actual need. He eonsended
that they we're taking ferciole possession
Of the service and property which did not
belong 10 them and that upon the too
common belief that il was no theft 10 take
from the Union Pacific or any other cor
porasions. Such pernicious beliefs should
be stamped out IN our Tree schools, al
though they really DO not have their origin
there. bas In the Jesuit doctrines which
have preceded them.
DR.. Cook. in closing. disciaimed any per
sona prejudice or iiI-ieeIing against saw
denomination or organization. He asked
the question ii. because the Bible con-
dicted with persons sensi,ivensss it was
excluded from our school. why not the
American constitution. He. with Prssi-
dents Grant and Hayes and . score OF the
eountEys most eminent statesmen,
favored an amendment, TO the constita-
ton forever severing church and state.