The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-06
PROTESTANTS AND ROMANISTS

Twenty years a 20 the leaders of the
ayers as it mas often been said, OF the
greatest business concern on earth"
began the construction Of a great Ro-
man Catholic University in Washing
ton. These men, with clear visions OF
the future, saw that at the national
Capital there would be in the future a
certain Capitalization of thought in all
matters. They acted ON this conviction,
and gradually laid the foundations of
a great University. AS usual being
forehanded, they secured the most val
uable land in the neighborhood OF the
city.
The Protestant Churches were IN
easy at this sagacious move, and as
usual denounced it as one Of the de-
vices of the Devil for leading men as
tray In one Baptist journal, all good
people were beseeched to pray the Lord
to stop "the impiouS work of the Cath
Olics." In thousands of Protestant
homes there was an uneasy feeling that
let Woman was allowed to set up her
Throne at the Capital of the nation
created by Protestant blood and iron.
Now, after a period of twenty-five
years, the leaders of the Protestant
Episcopal Church make efforts ito
centralize their power here in the Capt.
tai OF the United States" At last that
which was a wise and clear movement
for Church dominance by the Romanists
twenty five years ago, is now accepted
and will be accepted sooner or later
by the other Denominations. The Ro-
manists thought ahead of all other De-
nominations by twenty-five years. So
ex-senator Edmunds writes about the
"astute and far-seeing authorities of
Rome" in making this establishment.
1T is not necessary to discuss here
the moral aspects of these movements.
There is a significant suggestion in it,
however, of the close alliance of Sc
cular or political with religious mat
tiers. The Romanists clearly saw the
Capitalization of political thought, and
scientific thought. in the Capital, for
many sufficient reasons, and as they
are extremely practical and are ''busi-
ness men," they saw that the religious
centres would in time be established
there
AS by far the majority Of educated
men in America were, and are Protes-
tants, it is rather a severe reflection
on their Intelligence and the value of
their education, that they did not per-
ceive the probable course of events,
in advance of the Romanists, and act
promptly in placing the Protestant
Churches in the Lead.
The prominent preachers and writer's
and thinkers of the Protestant faith
seem to have profoundly discussed
a hundred abstract propositions in the
ology. and have spent vast labor in
throwing up intrenchments for the de-
Tense of the creeds, while the Roman
lists, sagaciously realizing the intimate
connection between the spiritual and
material world, have combined ''busi-
ness with religion to their own great
advantage.
Nothing illustrates this better than
the fact that in nearly all of the cities
of America, the Romanists hold ex-
tensive and valuable tracts of real es-
tate for Church purposes, because
many years ago, the leaders saw the
importance of securing them, and Sc
cured them, while the Protestant De-
nominations were sleeping"
However. the Romanists are con-
fronted with one, to them, most dan
gerous proposition, namely, that he
course OF events forces them along
highway which inevitably leads to lib
crafty of thought, and in the end to
that Broad Church which stands at the
summit. anu to which all roads, con-
structed by all Denominations, finally