The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-25
THE STATUE OF oARlBALDlAT ROME
DR.. Blanchard's Sermon at Congress
Square Church Yesterday.

DIR. Blanchard's Sermon at Congress
Square Church Yesterday.
Rev. DIR. Blanchard preached sermon
yesterday morning on 'sThe Statue of
Garibaldi at Rome, and its Message to
America. -
The text was taken from Joshua, ".
z: "And these stones shall be for a me-
mortal unto the children of Israel for
ever" 1t is natural for man to erect
memorials of great Deeds Some won
derful Levents occurred at the river Jor-
dan. Joshua had stones laid laid IN to
remind the people of Israel that God
was with them. So the statute in Monu-
ment Square and the shaft at Bunker
Hill and the memorial statues at Gettys-
burg told men of great events. In Rome
on September Goth another memorial was
unveiled-the statue of Garibaldi. 1t was
ofthis and its message to America that he
would speak. Over a hundred thousand
people came from various parts of Italy
to witness the ceremony. The beloved
king and queen gave appreciation. Crispi,
the great prime minister, delivered an ad-
DRESS
So important event should receive the
notice of the pulpit. What is the mes
sage of the statue of Garibaldi to
America? Its first word is this: Let
America honor the great service of
Garibaldi to the emancipa ton of Italy
and. therefore, to the emancipation of the
human mind.
DIR. Blanchard here gave suocint &C.
count of the steps towards the occupa-
ton of Rome in 1870 by Victor Emanual's
troops and the vote of the Roman peo-
pie to accept the sovereignty of the King
in place of the Pope. He dwelt on the
Congress of Vienna in 1885, the portion
ing out of Italy to the house of Austria;
the rising of the people in 1920; the de-
VISITATION by the armies of Austria and
Russia; the renewed revolutions OF 1880
and 1913 and 1859; the service of Louis
Napolean; the victories of Garibaldi in
Sicily and Naples. Victor Emanuel,
Cayorrer, whose dying words were : IA
free church in a free stats," and Gar
ibaldi were the hope of the Italians who
aspired for liberty. Garibaldi has been
DETAINED. But Archdeacon Farrar says
that::while he did unwise and rash things,
he was noble soul. He was the great
helper of Italy's unif1cation and freedom.
The second word of the message is: Let
America see that the believers in abso-
Lutte power are willing to support re-
hgious differences SO as to unite for the
overthrow of popular liberty.
Napolean Bonaparte had conquered
Italy. Ha gave it new and excellent
laws he established institutions of learn
ing; he fostered manufactures and COM
merce. With all his wicked deedsssinxl lat
er life, in his early days he had great
plans for the elevation of the people.
When he fell, after Waterloo, Italy
mourned his loss. Then it was that the
Holy Alliance" which Lord Brougham
called "a convention for the enslavement
of mankind under the mask of piety
and religion,' an alliance of Roman |
Catholics Emperor of Austria and Greek |
Catholic Emperor of Russia and Protes-
tant King of Prussia and other monarohs,
sent troops to kill out liberty in Italy in
fire and blood. So through all succeed
ing uprisings these men of the Holy Al
lance" suppressed their religious differ
enoas and united against the people Of |
Italy.
The third is this: Let America see that |
ecclesiastics, however good as men they |
may be, always made bad rulers.
A project of Rome once said, that the |
eople would rather see the imperial |
city laid in ashes than reduced again |
under the power of thessSupreme Pontiff.
Plus TX, good man as he was in tine
beginning, twas destitute of firmness,
says a historian, and, like most ecclesi- |
astios. had no acquaintance with man.
kind. " The ecclesiastic thinks too much
OF the other world and too little of this
He fights for an impossible IDEAL The
statesman does the best he can With men
as they are. Calvin was bad rule in
Geneva; the Scotch ministers in Scot
land; the Puritans in England, and Mas
sachusetts colony were unwise. Never
should ecclesiastics rule the state.
The next word is this: Let America
be forever on guard against the claim
of papal sovereigntysover' the rulers of the |
earth. This exists, though many Catho-
lies do not know of it.
The last word is this: Let America
denounce all efforts to pledge Americans
to tender aid to the restoration of the |
Pope to temporal power.
Charles j. Bonaparte Of Baltimore, |
archbishop Ireland, Cardinal Gibbons |
and many bishop and priest are rrg-
ing American Catholics to demand this
restoration. What means this cry? Will |
1t not mean an appeal to the sword?
a great Organization has arisen in
America because men know of the facts
which the preacher had announced. 1t |
is called the American Protective Assoc