The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-11
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there were few Catholics in Parliament at
that time an inquiry was made. That in
vestigation showed that what the Rev. J.
M. Alexander has called the salt of the
earth tried to get possession OF the earth
itself.
ut is found from Protestant history that
a certain Mr.. Shepard got hold at last of
a large portion of land for two checked
shirts and an iron pot, and that Rev.
Richard Taylor acquired possession of
$4,000 acres.
1.-THE scandal fin ally became so notorious
that Parliament had to pass law invah-
dating all titles to land drawn from the
natives. You will remember, please, that
the Protestants had to take action against
their own missionaries before the Catho-
lies set foot on the island.
''At the time the missionaries were
grabbing up all the land they could get
for checked shirts and iron pots the old
ladies in England were harassed by ap-
peals for help for the suffering mission
aries. Yet some of these same men
were the richest in the city of Auck-
when the British Parliament was discuss
ing the question OF annullng the mis-
sionaries' titles, one OF the witnesses re-
marked that Christ had said to leave all,
bu: the missionaries had translated it into
take everything you can grab.
1--WE find Protestant historian telling
US that in 1851, or alter the missionaries
had the island for forty years, one of the
natives was reprimanded for having three
wives, and replied: oh. never mind; ali
the same as Solomon. Small wonder, in
deed.
Another man tells us that tons of Bibles
had been distributed among the natives
Just prior to their war with the colonists,
and that when they made their stand
against the grasping methods OF the mis-
sionaries they used the Bibles for gun
wads. So the missionaries only succeeded
in turning a race that was the highest in
the scale Of the Polynesian people into one
OF the meanest, lowest, lying and despica-
BILE set of savages on the face of creation.
lover quart of century after the
Protestants came to these islands the
French Catholic missionaries came there.
The Protestants found there was TO be OPP
DO, ition after twenty-five years and flew
to arms. Their tactics lave been the same
the world over. 1t was only short time
ago they told the people the Pope was
coming over here to murder all good
Protestants.
80 in this instance they told the chiefs
of the Maoris that the Catholics would
boil their babies to obtain holy oil.
Accordingly the Maori chiefs to the
number of forty banded together and
praying to be delivered from the terrible
visitation OF the marauders 'of the tribe of
Mary 1t is not surprising that the
Maoris laughed at them and spoke of
them with contempt when the Catholic
missionaries said they had no money to
loan at usurlous rates and were not going
to till the soil.
but they learned the value of holiness
and the beauty of self-denial. In twenty
hoa do of ha
jority of the natives left, and when, the
Maoris rose in rebellion against the mis-
sionaries the Catholic Bishop remained at
his post of duty and was not rnolested."
The lecturer then proceeded to detail
the acts of the missionaries who visited
the Society Islands in the year 1910 in the
ship Duff. He gave the same general
supplementary description OF what they
had accomplished as in New Zealand.
He dwelt especially upon the conduct OF
several of the party, among whom he
enumerated the Rev. Messrs. Lewis and
Broomhali, in connection with immoral
relations with the Tahitian women, and
for his authority quoted ELLIS History of
the Propagation of Christianity As in
New Zealand, he said, the Catholic mis-
sionaries came and worked a radical revo-
luton.
II cannot dwell long upon the actions
of the IN ssionaries in two hours" Father
Yorke continued, "but there is one in
stance / must mention. There came into
this City to-day a woman who was once a
Queen. She owned that group of islands
known as the Paradise of the Pacific.
She comes to-day almost as a hunted
slave.
Early in the century missionaries from
the Congregationalist denomination went
to those islands. They were received with
open arms. They found 10000 people
ready TO become disciples of Christ.
Gradually it was found that instead of
teaching the people the truths of the gospel
they were giving themselves up to the
affairs of state.
when they obtained the ascendency
they herded the people into church three
or four times every Sunday and passed a
series of blue laws against all legitimate
enjoyment that would have honored New
England In her bluest days"
The lecturer then told in detail of how
the colonists waited till O woman came on
the throne to throw her into Jail and take
possession of the islands. He character
lied their actions as disgrace to ciyiliza-
ton.
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