The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-31
The Speaker Gives His Idea Of
What Religious Agita.
ton Is.
SAYS 1T MUST BE AGGRESSIVE.
He Discusses a Number of Articles
That Have Been Published in
the Councillors Paper.


service in the Howard-street Methodist
Episcopal Church last evening gave as a
prelude "Excuses-The Monitor and Its
Little Hatchet." he said that activity
means life, and that it is a mistaken no.
ton that religious agitation is detrimental
to goodness. Quoting Professor McCaffy
of Dublin he said:
1.-THE most interesting and striking SER
mons L have ever heard were of coptro-
versial nature. They were he contro-
versial discources against Popery, which
were once usual in all the evangelical
churches of Dublin and which were under.
taken by the ablest men. These sermons
had real life In thcm.'
Mr.. Case then said:
A religion that is not aggressive will soon
become defunct. Our Roman Catholic neigh
bors are ever on the warpath. Generally there
is q still hunt. But of late the priests have got
their mouths wide open and are breathing out
words, words words Words without mean
ing, words without sense, misleading words,
but, nevertheless, a running diarrhea OF words.
Then the tune changes to braggadocio, and
they talk about q club in their hands with
which they have been able to "split an organl-
cation up the back" and buncomb supplies
the place OF truth and argument. The fact is
they have been laid out in every position they
have undertaken to defend. Dr. Wendte used
them up SO that there were only hair and toe
nails left. DR.. Ollie wrapped the American
flag around the chancellor with so many folds
that he was smothered almost to death He
will never say flag" again to that Calling
gun of Central Church. Mr.. Ross drove him to
the wall on the debate proposition and, as
many of you will remember, the speaker who
is now addressing you made him eat his words
with which he accused US of misrepresenting
Father Hec eek In our quotations from on his
book and also in our quotations from "Gury's
Compendium"
My copy OF Curry was sent TO the editorial
sanctum OF one OF the great daflies nj this City
for identification and was left there for the in
spection of any one who might desire to exam
inc 1t. here reiterate what said in substance
before and say it with all the emphasis that
can possibly be put into words, any man who
says 1 misquoted Curry utters Il falsehood,
unmitigated falls, hood. did not quote from
Mr. Yorke's copy OF Curry. nor Archbishop Ire
land's copy of Curry, nor Pat Maloney's copy OF
Curry, but from my own copy, and l quoted
verbatim ct iteratim. This ought to end the
controversy on that point forever.
The speaker then dwelt at length on
what had been shown in the matter of
Rev. ]. Ii. Nelson who was arrested in
South America for printing in his paper
that ito worship the Virgin Mary is
idoiatry," and he then quoted from former
addresses, after which he said
have been frequently asked during the past
few weeks why have not continued my lee
lures on political Romanism. My reply has
been, $50 long as the priests will keep on talk
ing, Professionalism is being strengthened and
RomaniNm Is losing its grin and do not need
to keep 1p my lectures. Unwlttingly the
open-mouthed priests are immensely strength
enlng our cause. It's secret Romanism that
is to be feared. 1t is her hidden counseis that
threaten the life of the Nation.
l have been across the State in various
directions during the summer and nothing
has surprised me more than the rapid growth
of Protestant sentiment and to find this growth
attributed almost as much to the shallow
sophistry of Rome's defenders to the I'M
answerable arguments of the advocates of re-
ligious and civil freedom.
The speaker then described the Monitor
as "a paper fit to be handled with tongs
only" and called attention to pubica-
ton in that paper, in what purported to
be letter from Arizona, of certain state
ments made concerning himself and other
Protestant clergymen. He then said:
The writer proves syllogistically that the
Chancellor has proved nothing in all his
controversy gainst MS.
In the chancellor's lecture in the Metro
politan Temple last Monday night he says:
'No one now cares to fight about transubstan-
tiation, auricular confession and other such
subjects" What does he mean by this? Does
he mean to say that the Catholic church has
abandoned these errors or is about to abandon
them? Protestants are not ready, by their
silence or otherwise, to give any countenance
10 the "hocus pocus" OF transubsta tiation.
1t is outrageous to preteud to change the
bread and wine of The sacrament into the
literal, material body and blood OF Christ, and
yet this is the Romish doctrine of transub-
sanitation. You do not have TO take my word
for it.
The doctor then quoted from book en-
titled 1.-The Sincere Christian Instructed
by the Right Rev. Bishop Hay, and con-
tlnued:
There seems to be an effort on the part of the
editor of the Monitor to identity the American
Protective Association with Professionalism.
As well might We identity the temperance
sentiment OF this country with the Prohibition
party and assume that il includes all the tenn
pt rance people of the land, identify the
o der of Jesuits with the Catholic Church and
affirm that that order includes all Roman
Catholics, as 10 say that the American Pro-
tective Association includes all PIotestants. l
am not member OF that association, never
was mem Der, never entertained a thong mt
OF becoming member. never expect TO be-
come member, nor am l acquainted with a
hall score of Methodist preachers whom have
reason 10 believe are mem bers. And yet am
Tree to say that the cardinal principles of the
order, SO far as / am acquainted wi tn them, are
worthy of the highest commendation.
Not one in hundred of the Protestants of
this country, so far as am able to Judge, are
members OF the American Protective Associa-
ton. They are, nevertheless, Incorporating
defenders of Protestant principles.
The Rev. Mr.. Case then dwelt at length
upon the Chancellor's lecture on Papal
Infaliibility, delivered at Metropolitan
Temple February g. and took issue with
the Chancellor on the points he made in
that lecture. He then read the address of
the clergy and laity of the dioce of
New York to His Holiness Plus TX, and
concluded by reading the resolutions that
were adopted at meeting in the Academy
OF Music in New York on the occasion of
the celebration of Italian unity, and which
he said were an offset to the protests aud
addresses of the Roman Cath olics in this