The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-08
M'KIALEY is THE MAN
BISHOP FUTILE SAYS THAT HE
SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED
PRESIDENT
WANDERED FROM HIS SUBJECT
Missouri Prelate Was Billed to De-
liver a Lecture on the POST
Reformation Period in England
concluded His Address With u
Number of Complimentary Re-
marks About President Mckinley.

I
In the course aOf lecture on the
post Reformation period in England.
delivered last evening at Christ Epis-
copal church. this city. Bishop D. s.
Tuttle. of Missouri. took occasion to
boom President Mckinley for re-elec-
ton to the presidency.
Mr.. Mckinley" said Bishop futile.
'fs the heir of the rightful, authorita-
tive presidential succession. Who
wants to stop to prove that? A man
of keen acumen. who is there who does
not want to stand by him while pray
erfully and honestly he strives to do
his duty to the 100000 Americans
and the other millions of islanders
whom God seems to have attached to
him %
The bishops political remarks were
delivered near the close of the lecture.
and were entirely unexpected. If any
OF his hearers agreed with him they
did not manifest it by any sign, but
they We're freely commented on after
the lecture.
Bishop Tuttle's lecture was the third
In the course which is being held I'M
der the auspices of the Church club.
He was introduced by Bishop Gilbert.
of this diocese, and began his address
with history Of the events during
the Reformation and following that
period. --~ =
There We're in England he said
"only Church of England churches,
and every one worshipped at the one
Church of England.
In 1868 the Brownies, later called
Independents and in America Congre-
gationalists. organized the first dis
senting church. For thirty four years
dissension had been in the air. It had
been much disputed, about, but no one
had broken. from the Church of Eng
land parish church. os.
I'm 1772 the first Congregational
church was established In 1870 the
pope's bull Of eXcphmunication was
issued against Elizabeth. commanding
the faithful to foreswear allegiance to
her. Then began the Roman Catholic
church In England. IS The Papists set
UP a church Of their own. In England.
therefore. instead Of the Church of
England becoming scismatic, the Ro-
man Catholic churcb, became scismatic
from the apostolic church of England
More distant is the post-Reforma-
ton period. Though we are Americans
to the core. devoted to our country
and proud Of our own flag. we are
English-speaking, people. and our alb
stract title is through and from the
Church of England. We have no cause
to grow weary and faint. In the i'm
mediate post-Reformation period eff
forts were made to bring all the peo-
pie together. But the work was not
easy. There were opponents who pre-
ferred to be called, meek and humble
saints Of the Lord but who said, in
effect. "The meek shall inherit the
earth. and shall incontinently proceed
to turn everybody else out
There are scores Of churches of
America. and some have bishops who
cannot be true Americans because
they owe their first allegiance to a
pontiff in a foreign land. A state
church was the idea Of the Tudors
and their successors a church state
Is the papal idea, and communists
stand with the pope. They have no
use for civil government. A church
state would be tfreirG special delight
But every American welcomes the
thought of 143 denominations. however
variant they may be, rather than that
church unity should be enforced by
civil law.
I'm England the, Roman Catholics
are to be accounted the scismatics;
perhaps SO here. Episcopacy antedat-
ed Roman Catholicism in this country
six years. -
''The three great churches Of Chris
tianity are the Greek church, the Ro-
man Catholic and the Amer
lean Catholic churches. and they are
working side by side They may quar-
rel as to the Nicene creed. Two are
agreed upon it, but the Roman Cath
Ole -unites upon the creed as formulat-
ed by the council of Trent"
1t was then that Bishop futile re-
only man for the presidency next
term