The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-31
ROME DENOUNCED
AS |NTOLERANT t.
Spirit. Of the Church De-
clared Opposed to Amer
lean Principles.
HUDELSON EULOGIZED.
w. 7. Fleenor Says He Has Re.
ceived the Endorsement
OF Millions.
LIKE THE FUSION OF OLD.
Monday Nights Meeting Compared to
the Alliance Of Jews and Romans
to Cruelty Christ.

The attendance at the Good Citizenship
meeting yesterday afternoon was much
larger than it had been for several weeks
previously. The admission fee had been
dispensed with and this, com bined with
the extra efforts which the com mittee has
been making to advertise the meeting,
had much to do with the large mum Der
present Chairman Outflow commented
hopefully on the increased attendance,
and urged those present to see to it that
the meetings continue to grow.
Rev. w. T. Fleenor of Seattle, who has
frequently occupied the platform. was the
speaker of the afternoon. His topic wa,
rs the Papal Church in America Tolerant
and Patriotic?'
As prelude TO his address Mr.. Fleenor
remarked on the fact that the record of at
tendance OF seventy-fve had been broken.
" L feel, he said, THAT we are advancing;
that we are going to advance still more.
In reference to the press reports OF his
previous lectures he said that he had no
fault to find with the quality, but he OBJ
lected to the quantity. He didn't like to
be crowded into a column, but would
prefer something more comprehensive.
II have sy pathy, bat not a bit of pity,
he said, 'for the man who when you begin
TO analyze his position sets up the pitlful
wall of persecution. | am glad that every
department OF this Government is open
TO public inspection and | am in favor of
every institution that makes pretense at
doing business with this Re public being
onen to public Inspection We are fight
ing principles, not individuals, save as
they hold ideas and have practices that
are Numerically opposed 10 the principles
OF this country. Sometimes in eradicat-
agent.
Il would not refer to the person who oc-
cupied this platform last Monday nj mt If
he had not said in his next lecture he
would attend to my case.
'Wasnt that wonderful fusion of Jews
and Romans last Monday night? 1t car
ried one back to the time when the Jews
and the Romans united to cruelty our
Savior. Yorke says Fleenor has come all
the way from Seattle to save San Fran
cisco from the Jesuits and the Pope. God
knows they need 1t. He took occasion to
say that The man who stands at the head
of the American Protective Association
was man whose name is unfit to be men,
toned in decent society. This whole
thing is libel OF Rome and the devil. /
am not here to 1ndorse any man, but
want to say that Mr.. Hudelson IS an &C
credited minister of his denominat alton. |
want TO say further that he has been in
QorseQ Dy the BaptlSt Ministers ASSocla-
ton. This means that he has the virtual
endorsement of the entire denomination
in the country, comprising over 100000
OF the best citizens OF the world. This
whole matter was gotten up, not to smite
Mr.. Hudelson, but to bring down the
cudgel upon the head of every American
in this country and upon the head of
every member of this society"
Mr.. Fleenor criticized the statements of
Father Iorke in regard to the marriage of
Protestants. The speaker said that the
church of ZONE regarded such marriages
as legal, because they could not interfere
with American law, but claimed that the
church did not consider them binding ac-
cording to ecclesiastical law. He said that
Father Yorke in his efforts 10 cite ca
nonical law referred to no books, but
called upon the people to take his unsup-
ported word.
The whole spirit and history of the
Catholic church, he claimed, was opposed
to the Lea that it was tolerant and
patriotic. The church, he declared, was
hmitiess monarchy, and as such could
not logically indcrse American nstitu-
tons. Quotations from papal letters We're
read, anu extracts from Louis Jouin's
Evidences of Religion" were cited extern
slvely in support of these contentious.
The speaker concluded with an admoni-
ton to the aud fence to stand by their
country and the principles of the Ameri-
can Protective Associa ion.