The San Francisco call., 1897-11-02
ANOTHER GHOST
LAID TO REST
Father Yorke's Interesting
Lecture at the Metro
politan Temple,
Tall Bully speoter Was the
Subject Of the CIergym ans !
Remarks Last Night.
A Large and Enthusiastic Audience
Listened to the History Of Some
Old Plots. a. f. r:


Father Yorke delivered the third of the
series of lectures on Ghosts" sin*the Met
ropolitan Temple last nteht before an
aud ence which filled the building from
the fist row OF seats to the last tier in the
gallery. ~" !. = : = -.
Many OF the Catholic clergy and mem
bels OF the Catholic Truth Society had
seats upon the stage. The Pbilhistorlan =
Debating Society OF ST, Ignatius College
to the nun Der of forty was present and
occupied the front seats, which had teen
reserved for them. :. :. = =.
John Lynch, president OF the Youn g
Mems Institute, made<a few in troductory
remarks, after which quartz = sang q
song SO aceeptably that they received an
encore. y = -. :. : :. -
Mr.. Lynch then introduced Father
Iorke. who was greeted applause.
His SUBJECT was The Tal Bully Ghost, ~
and the lecture was listened 10 thToug b.
out with marked attention. The audience
more than once interrupted the speaker
by applause. = i , .
Alter casually alluding to the Gunpow-
der Plot, which was tie subject OF: his last
lecture. and telling howit had res ul}ed in.
the persecution OF I. e Catholics, / he lec-
turer dealt with he cary political II i8tory
OF England, and showed how In the time
of King Charles II. the ehnrch parties,
who were then in power attempted to use
their influence with the King to.1utfher
persecute the followers Of. the Pope. II he
Catholics had taken the side. of the King
in the civil war, and he had promised that
ne would restore liberty Io%tender con-
sciences In the matter of religion, but the
fear OF offending the Pu itans,, who were
then powerful factor, led him 10 break
his promise, and the Catholics were sub
Jected 10 iurther abuses. IL & I: =,
The story Of the formation of the Tory
and wing parties was then told: r. =. = :
The Wings saw chance to strengthen their.
position against the Tories when Charles IL
sold DunklIk to the French King, and they
Immediately. raised tie cry Q mo Popery."
on The pretextl hat the King wished to deliver
them 10 the Pope. The mo. :Poperv'1- gh ost
stAlked abroad, and the enemles OF the
Cathollcs We're so strong that the King HIM
sen 10 Gu u5Iy iayor With the powerful faction
oemanded lhe enactment OF q law which
hhou!a check the progress OF Popery.
The history otths London fire was then
toId, ana the pc secutions which the
CathoAcs underwent as a consequence of
II were commen ted upon in a forcible
manner:
Inc opponents of the court declared that
the nre was sent as a punishment from God
on the immortality of the King and his minis
a
punishment on the wickedness of the Puritan
rebelHon. Both parties, however soon fonud
aeommon scapegoat and declared that the fire
was tAe WORK or the Pap Is. Though there
was no evidence against the Catholics
monumen twas erected in London which nrn
CLAIMED TO all that The confiagraiion was the
WORK OF me Faplsls. Though the charge was
oaseless ana lnsugated by sordid motives Of
pontlcal gain and though the educs sd y-7ar
must have known its untruth. the neoy3fe did
nor, lor they mad been taught by the efigies
trf
great fire. Those vera the presarvati,-as ~
Pro estantism IN that land - " -.
Where London's column pointing to the skias 7.
Like tall bully, litts It's Iead and lies
Father Yorke then proceeded to sneak of
the legislation which was enacted sesin,t
the Catholics up 10 the time when tho
tidlngs OF terrible plo; spread through
England and 1ltus Oates concocled stories
10 the effect that he Jesuits were irwin =
TO overthrow the King and were gCintT
10 murder the Protestants. The persacuc
lions and the punish hment which ,rara
meted out to Catholics were dwell ,fror,
at length, and then the speaker said in
conclusions:
Such. ladies and gentlemen, is a brief and
inadequate account OF the great PoDish Mo-
itisa sad and disgraceful story Tba Pfe. Pf
CT ted by politicians and dexterousIv niaveL
on by impostors. The plot passed away and
men o sense knew from the beginning to tha
etd it was dia bolicai fraud Notso tho no.
pie. Their fears, it is true, pass ed avav I'm :
they inns gined thev had been saved by iha{r
own vigilance. They believed the 'ta,I
bully which told them that the Papists had
burned their citT; they honored Titus Gate &
who had saved it from being burned again
Thus the secoTd ghost did the work of the
first, and guuDo Eder plot and Poplsh plot be-
came The two buttresses OF British Protest
anttsm.