The San Francisco call., 1896-03-16
MAJOR RYAN'S GRAFTON.
Discussion Of the Juggling Je-
suit" at Metropolitan Tenn.
pie Yesterday.
Iesuits Held Responsible for Armenian
Massacre and the Venezuelan
Dispute.

The Sunday afternoon meeting of the
A. P. A. brought another large gathering
of people to Metropolitan Temple yester-
day.
After the organ voluntary by Professor
Werner the opening address was delivered
by H. w. Outflow. America" was sung,
prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. C. A. Rab-
ing, and then Baby Wearns, the pretty
little girl of five or six years, sang two of
her songs, s'The Little Red Schoolhouse,"
and some anti Catholic sentiments set to
the music of Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the
Boys Are Marching" She was vocifer-
ously applauded.
w. F. Barnes, the State secretary of the
order. sang "The mastering Drum
ior F. G. Ryan was again the orator,
and he stated as he took the platform that
it was probably his last Sunday here,
though he is to lecture next Monday even.
ing.
Then he complimented the San Francisco
newspapers for their fairness in publish
ing both sides of the religious controversy.
He declared that the secular papers in all
the other large cities of the country,
enumerating them from Denver to Boston,
will not give the A. 2. A. 4 hearing.
"The Juggling Jesuit. or the Expert
enced Powers of st. Peters Bark" was
the subject of Major Ryan's address.
The history of the Society of Jesuits was
presented by Major Ryan. Then the
Turkish persecution of the Armenians was
taken up, and the orator inquired whether
the Jesuits may not be the power that in
spires the murderous work of the Turks.
mo word of protest has been heard from
Rome" he said. MAY it not be that be-
J., IND oil hos fohn rfn h..T &c
with their banners unfurled?"
The denunciation of the Jesuits in France
and other countries was reviewed. The
French Parliament declared the order to
be perverse, seditious and contrary to the
spirit OF religion, though every member of
that Parliament was Roman Catholic.
An ANALYSIS of the Jesuit constitution
followed, Major Ryan quoting to show that
the novitiate of the order is required to re-
gard his superior in the order as Jesus
Christ.
Talk about the patriotism of O'Con-
nell!' was the point made in another part
of the address. 'When O'Connell left
Ireland and was about to die, what did he
do? He ordered that his heart should be
cut out and sent to the Pope of Rome and
that his heartless carcass should then be
taken back and buried in old Ireland.
What kind of patriotism is that?"
Major Ryan declared that the time had
passed when a man must be Catholic be-
cause his father was one, when a man
must be a Methodist because his father
was one, when a man must be Repub-
ican because his father was one, or when
man must be Democrat because his
father had first voted for Andrew jack
son.
Retain your conscience, retain your
will power retain everything in your
nature that goes to make of you an honest
and independent man or woman"
The speaker declared that in spite of all
that had been said, "there are Romanists
who stand up, before priest and bishop,
for God and home and children, men who
do not give up the freedom of their lndi-
viduality. These are the men who have
their children in the public schools"
The declaration that there are few Web
sters in Congress to-day" was applauded,
but there was no applause when the
speaker declared that "few governors in
the United States climb to their places
honestly" The audience became uproar-
ious, though, at the suggestion of putting
in a penitentiary cell every man who sells
his vote, and with him every man who
buys vote.
Among other things charged against the
Jesuits, following the record of numerous
historical events, Major Ryan asserted
that the order to divert attention from
what it would wish to conceal is trying to
throw this country into war with Eng
land by means of dispute that began be-
fore this country was established. But"
said the orator, "Jesuitism has not power
enough TO throw US into war with Eng
land" and loud applause was given in re-
sponse.
''The religion of infidelity with intelli-
gence is better than the religion of Jesuit
ism with ignorance, was one of the con-
cluding thoughts.
The closing musical number was "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Next Sunday Rev. DR.. Ray Palmer is to
lecture in the temple at o. clock on "Criti-
els N of the 4. P. A."