Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-03
THE TENDENCY OF THE TIME.
LECTURE DELIVERED LAST NIGHT
ny BisiiOP-ELECr GLENNoN.
An Arrnianmcnt Of Modern Religious
mud Morni Prnrticr.-Compnri.
sons with Ancient Home
Temptations of Gain,

Blshop-elcct ]. ]. Gicnnon's lecture.
| Whithcr Are We Golng?" which was de.
| HNefed at the Coates opera house last
night FOR the benefit Of the Tabernacle So.
eiety' OF The Cathedral. was largely at
tended lie said
The decline and fall Of nations are not
unlike thcir rising. watch the history of
Rome. During the fourth and NTH cen.
| turies' when she was falling into decny
| tue poets never sang more hopefully. She
was Roma aoternn. But even then the
barbarlans OF the North were preparinr ia
sWoop down upon her to destroy her My
friends We must not he deceived by ma
t,fIal progress. The Romans fought for
nherty. so have We. They built their
bridges nnd aqueducts So have we. Thay
instituted divorce courts So have we. The
ueNeiopinent Of their divorce laws brought
ABOUT tho oDlIterltion OF the family II is
u question whether we are as secure i'm ottr
dlNorce laws as Rome was In hers. Thl.
question OF divorce is only "A straw upon
the surface Of the stream, but the strean,
Is that of llcentiousness and immortality.
Inc truth Is that II people regarded mar
rage as holy thing, something that re-
CURED Gods blessing upon 1t. we womb
not have the necessity of divorce courts,
AS Tor Catholics, they do not believe in di.
Nofec When they do resort TO divorce. 4,
Is Is, ny Tor the purpose of dssolving tho
Fights, or that children may he protsctei
J. mere Is no power in the Catholic church
,TuIy I'inu ,nar,tdSo awo parties. once rightly and
MAR! again. The marriage bond holds
imi,r ir,nIoda G.ath; But. as citizens, we must be
we are not so perfect we cannot be aiiecf |
eG ny the influences about us
that i Wish n9' no snd alone in regard to divorce
in hSa our ,hs aa, yirins IsSy of pa,ro,ism had
ton and n Jefssra9;S aaSs; t. We W,i hgd 3D. Washing
oi our country. But Rome saw rho day
MnGn iss lf her , patriots gave way 10 mercenar-
the patriots and the statesmen 'r and u'hs. fha.
roaIa9 OF our own land have been sue
Ne searos,v M hTHl,,Ielans Td,1 IA, and place-hunters.
as neing an honest man
him ia "a man man Is dishonest; YOU cannot bind
peSiaiiy true in republican form o, roy.
INN. in,aeh,i where every man is the e1uni Of
,e Is called a thief but il he steals rats roos
.oi,rts uenSush Ssjhn 10 pay his way through the
iieFe mat honesty is a lost virtue ana maj
Yp II M nonest man is a rarity under the sun
Y Joining with other men who hS Scon,hippe rTIdipe
ro,r rt fortunes with his. So we have The
aging that the rich are rrowIps ms r,ehsr etisr
i,G ieasa ,he bm, bp9or poorer We may talk as we
ider, where the truth contained in 70 tps con. on
Il IL hi y soing to lead us. l tell YOU. the
tPiSrihf eiSr fr,nsn men In this country are slowly
roli,ariat have been driven nm ,cSjns when the
an IN an unbroken line YOU Will have a
evolution will sink away into darknaslh
as spd1 heS5ing 1r classes Invariably leads to to
i, = ~ !, Is noticeable to the philosophers of ,
nee tore to rslisap htat 'hvre Is growlnE ind!frer:
hnrches, We may have preachers r,ve p"iis t,s !
over sermons. we mag quote statistIcs I
it LIN me TACT remains that We are gradnaIlv !
sing thc Influence Of religion fror, n,,,
yes, ! know the SUNDAY s@honrs ,,' nyn oor our Il
aces aces IN which to tell stories The marks G
ature 10 Tbe TTbbeei9p rhr the physical sides of our
~ q ON on me nerves. They. do well for the v
q yo pe9p'ei, ip They are good places in which
~ inorntnEss. Religion is not regarSlaa nny i
nTfr nTbrsn as a Az llvinE force by us. '' !
ave ma marknh aff I'm me exact conditions that
itions. What about us? For us as Chris. Il
tms h u. ~ is I. very serious question whether b
The history @ Sthfibbtianty Of tbo is dead Twice
cIned as II 4, We're dead bur when lis h
l'inies came to sing requiems over T,
.e.! rSsS wsst anI nn crying ResurEam, / shan p
lest. rather think that in the ncnr o
.p ture IN me reiision which has apparently or
"a become more glorious than ever be- j,
re. ] think that the human heart cannot n
,lah 'isii%G sa,Snc by ma'erlalism. The hand tc
nd though 1t may tunnel mountains anJ 4,
nd oceans. "''" =,
,ws W. stand to-day in the van of the h,
g may lead them to faith or darknas' on
7 :i,, W be their leader in faith and reig II
Besides the lecture the programme oo, ga
ted of selections by the Star Msndoii,
msby. $500 "''d W. V,
The new vestments bought by tho ro,o. lii
Gle Society. will be on eXhibition ~, III
thedral hall to-day. ''''" at sh