The San Francisco call., 1896-03-11
The Speaker Deals With the
Subject From a Historic
Standpoint.
DONALD NJ. ROSS PRECEDEs HIM
America the Battle-Ground of the
Hottest Part of the Religious
Conflict.


we'll filled with the enthusiastic adherents
of the American Protective Association.
They were delighted with a few stirring
words from their favorite orator. the Rev.
Donald M. Ross, and greeted his appear
ance with prolonged applause. NJ. T.
Brewer, State secretary of the association,
introduced the speakers.
Mr.. Ross said in the course Of his re-
marks: II am pleased always to be in
any reform, and the reason is that am a
born fighter. / do like TO get into fight
that lasts, even thou gh it lasts ten years.
"In a long fight you have chance to
get in some noble and telling strokes, and
I assure you I have not struck my hardest
yet.
"The enemy have realized that it is bet
ter to turn tail and run than to stay and
leave their carcases on the tielo of battle. !"
Major T. G. Ryan, the speaker of the
evening, succeeded Mr. Ross and delivered
an address replete with patriotic senti-
ments, throughout the length of which he
was frequently interrupted with applause.
He spoke on the subject of Truth Told,
or Romanism as 1t Is, Was, and Ever Shall
Be-" He spoke in part as follows:
From the year 312 A. d. when the Roman
Emperor Constantine pretended to have seen
q luminous cross in the sky, down to the pres
ent moment the Roman Catholic church has
been q crafty, venomous prosecutor of all op-
posed to its teachings.
II was this monarch who changed the gov
ernment of the church from its primitive SIM
plicty and laid the cornerstone upon which
the present structure was reared.
The history OF Romanlsm from this time for
ward has been characterized by arrogance,
cunning, craft and IN ambition to exercise su-
preme power not only over the church but
over the state well.
1t is interesting to recall the circumstances
regarding the institution of papal supremacy
because it furnishes one of the earliest in
stances of the exercise OF miscalled religious
liberty.
The patriarch Boniface was head of the
Roman Catholic church during the time of
Emperor Flavius Tiberius Mauricius, and it
was he who received a certain enturion, Pho
cas-, who managed TO have himself proclaimed
Emperor. Phocss conferred upon Boniiace
the title OF universal bishop with the privilege
OF handing it down to his successors decree
ing at the same time that the church of Rome
should be head over all churches. By this you
can readily see that Romanism, conceived in
sin and iniquity, has continued for twelve
hundred long years.
We hear it said that the inquisition is thir-
teenth-century atrocity. How many know
that papal prelates still exercise inouisitorial
powers? and yet it is fact.
The Roman tribunal now in existence'is tnat
established by Pope Sextus V in 1888, which
was styled the Holy Roman and Universal In
quisitiOn.
1t seems that in all its perversion OF history
Romanism has forgotten that historic truth is
as much indestructible sSmatter itself. Some
how or other in the archives OF the world God
preserves it. Men may cover it up by false
ru bpish and damning theories, but like the
Son OF God it carries an unquenched heart
through the grave of its burial and in spite OF
brute force and watehful uthority this eternal
truth of American history stands again to-day
looking back with eyes of Immortality to curse
the entire Roman Catholic hierarchy for
falsifying the truth of the history OF the best
Government that has ever existed.
Rome says she believes in religious liberty
and seeks to control the conscience OF no one.
The deception of the devil when he took the
son of God upon the moun.aintop and offered
him the Kingdoms OF the earth would he only
worship him is nothing in comparison with
the claims of the Romanlsts.
The great central principle of Romanism is
prohibition of free exercise of conscience.
In this country we are In the hottest part of
a mighty conflict; the organized and unorgan-
lied patriotism of our beloved country has
formed its line of battle under the dear flag of
old liberty. We have formed no alliance with
politicians, who stand in the background
trembling as they see their schemes dwind-
ling. From the silent chambers of our noble
and patriotic dead, from the pantheon of the
past, there comes voice laundering into our
ears, "On, on, onward, We lion-hearted men of
liberty"
We will work up to the fact that the only
way to fight the deviltry of Romansm is fear
lessly. Raise your voice now, for in little
while, if not careful, it will be at the peril of
your life. By so dong these skies may be
lighted up and the gathering storm clouds
may be driven back.
Sleep no longer. Rest no longer until the
iron hand of Popery, which is to-day throttling
free institutions and seeks to throttle our free
people, has been loosed and hurled back to its
master, who seeks, through an ablegate to
rule our Republic from his tottering throne on
the banks of the Tiber. Let put our shoul-
ders to the wheel and resolve never 10 give up
the contest until America is free.
At the conclusion of the address Mr..
Brewer announced that Major Ryan would
deliver his last address before San Fran
cisco audience next Friday evening at the
Temple.