The Irish standard., 1899-08-12
HIS. BIGorRY HAS VANISHED.

PCoPIC against their consent.
HIS. BIGOTRY HAS VANISHED.
The readers OF The Irish Standard will
remember Rev. G. L. Morrill,, better
known as "Go-Lightly Morrill," who
officiated for several years as pastor o.
Calvary Baptist church in this city. The
reverend gentleman made himself no.
torious by his virulent attacks upon the
Catholic church, and succeeded in draw.
ing fire from the lay champions of the
Catholic Truth Society during the active
existence of that organization. The frs
man to notice his diatribes in commu.
nication to the public prints
was Right Rev. James McGol.
rick, the learned bishop of Duluth. Sc
cleverly and facetiously did Bishop Nc.
Golrick reply to Rev. Morrill, that for a
long time the latter kept eloquently 81.
lent But he was not to be so easily
suppressed. He renewed the combat
and kept it up necessarily until he lef,
the city about six years ago and finally
settled in Owensboro, KY.
During the pastorate OF Rev. Mr.. Nor.
rill in this city there were also several
ministers of other Protestant denomina.
lions who made target of the Catholic
church. Among them were DR.. Mabie
who tackled Archbishop ireland and got
promoted for his audacity; DR.. Burrell
of Westminster church, who is now in
New York; DR.. Wayland Hoyt, who
was troubled with hay fever and bonn
barded Rome for remedy; Rev. O. F
Burgess, who held debate with the
vice-president OF the Catholic Truth So
ciety and was deprived of his pulpit for
getting the worst of it. All these and
more kept things lively in religious cir
Giles for season but they are gone and
almost forgotten by the present inhabi-
tants of this cosmopolitan metropolis Of
the Northwest.
When Rev. Mr.. Morrill, returned to
this city from Kentucky the other day
he made call at The Irish Standard
office and found the individual who be-
slowed upon him the mellihuous sobri-
quet of "Go-Lightly," by which he is
widely known. He acknowledged
his youthful indiscretion in throw
ing verbal projectiles at Rome,
declared he had turned over a
new leaf and would leave Catho-
lies severely alone for the rest of his
days. The writer assured him that the
Catholics OF this city are willing to for
give and forget the past, and wished
him every happiness both here and here
after.
In an interview with one of the daily
papers Rev. Mr.. Morrill, announced a
change of heart as far as Catholics are
concerned, and said:
God has placed us here for purpose
nobler, better and higher than to quar-
rel with one another over the mere mat
ter Of form of Christian religion.
81 have changed, decidedly changed.
Since I left Minneapolis several years
ago, l have had some interesting ex-
periences, and I must say I am broad
er man than before.
When in Minneapolis 1 was honest in
my convictions when I saw fit to say
things displeasing to Roman Catholics
and others whose attitude on certain
subjects could not endure.
But have changed, and now believe
we are here for something other than to
quarrel over the form of Christian wor-
ship.
Il have completed arrangements for
an extensive foreign trip, and as travel
ing companions / have chosen an Irish
Roman Catholic and we'll known He
brew"
If Rev. Mr.. Morrill, was honest in his
antagonism to the Catholic church while
in Minneapolis there is hope of his con-
version. He is not the first Protestant
clergyman who began as .hater OF
Catholicity and afterward discovered his
mistake. Several of the bitterest oppo-
nents of the ancient creed have been
Protestant ministers who subsequent
ly entered the Catholic church and
dedicated their lives to the propagation
of the true faith. Earl Spencer, of Eng
land, was notable example. AS min
lister of the Church of England he hurled
his vituperation at the Catholic church,
thinking it was wicked institution, but
his eyes were opened to the truth and
he afterward abandoned the church by
law established to become a Catholic
priest. We doe not expect Rev. Mr..
Morrill, at his advanced age and with
his marital experience to follow Earl
Spencer's example, but with the grace Of
God he may seeethe error of his present
creed and seek admission into the zone
fold" which he so vehemently denounced
in his spiritual blindness
CHAMBERLAIN AND KRUGER.
The all-absorbing topic of discussion
in England is the impending trouble