The sun., 1900-04-30
ROME BITTERLY ASSAILED.
PREACHER NACARTHUR BLAMEs HER
AND TAMMANY FOR NUCH.
AZ Mcctins to Raise Funds to Help Convert
Catholics Says There's Too nuch of tho
Roman Church In the white House. Also
That Tammany Money Reaches the Priests.


Roman Church In the white House Also
That Tammany Money Reaches the Priests
The Rev. DR.. David James Durrel Of the
Dutch Reformed Marble Collegiate Church and
tho Rev. DR.. Il. 3. Macarthur OF the calvary
Baptist Church lent their assista nee yesterday
To the Rev. James A. 0Connor at a meeting
held in the Masonic Temple for the purpose Of
raising S2.o 600 to pay Of the mortgage OF Christs
Mission house. where the Rev. Mr.. OConnor
carries on his mission for the conversion OF
Roman Catholics The meeting was also In cell
ebration Of the twenty-nrst anniversary OF his
work The audience. In cash and by pledge
contributed $500 DR.. Burrell. whose topic was
Greeting to the work" said;
Il had my suspicious Of that converted
priest-Father O'Connor I had almost called
him. and It wont hurt him II do-when first
met him years ago at the Clear Lake Assembly
in Iowa. had been brought up to fear the
Catholic Church. and when ! saw him there
was not sure he was out OF the woods yet But
! am here to-day Just TO hold out my night hand
and say: Brother O'Connor. God bless you In
all your 90, work. don't like to call him
Protestant. I'd rather call him Christian man.
It's an awful place to put man. up to fight
Pope Leo XIII. and the Roman Catholic HE
rarchy and all the resi-. but my brother here Is
the sweetest-natured fighter know, and again
say let us hold out our right hands to him and
pray God 10 bless him.
Who but our blessed lord knows how many
souls will 60 10 heaven because q converted
priest came out Of the monastery to nall the
ninety-fve theses on the chapel door at Wnr-
temburg and do the work that this brother Is
doing here2 No man has a right TO stand be-
tween us and the light OF the white throne OF
God. II ! do that hope my people will put mo
out Luther never began TO live until he was
found ono day y-whrn he hadn't yet been able
quite to formulate his fath-before crucifx
crying out: 'FIr mich That is the whole
Bible That Is all the Bible Is good for. to tell
each one that it Is For me- Is any one be-
tween you and God?"
"Protestants need little backbone" said Mr.
O'Connor later
They do. said DR. Burrell.
DR. Macarthur, whose subject was Political
Romanism and Patriotic Americanism" said:
the s9a h ha
suit Of the work that our Brother OConnor is
doing, One OF the greatest obstacles to the
OF foreign isSns IN nda 's
York Tammany Hall to-day stands across
the. track of foreign missions, in India
w"s the tSes " yes sshe place o' had a ever seen
and that its people ought 10 get new religion
or at least new municipal ADMINISTRATION
Said hc II Tammany Hall represented the best
that republican government can do for cities
then thank all the gods OF heathendom that
live under an imperial sovernment ana u TAM
many Hall represents the Christian religion in
municipal government, again thank them that
i am what You call heather
SO say Iammany Is in the Tsy OF foreign
Is? Tammany Hall IL the Roman Church IN
politics. And II you want the Roman Church
at the head Of the State Government. put
Tammany Hall i1 power. there. And If you
want 1t at tho head Of the National Government.
put Tanmany Hall there. We have quito
enough of the Roman Church in the White
House already-a great deal too much of it,
And by the grace OF God and American patriot
ism we are going 10 have less OF II in the
future. Applause
"A very considerable portion Of the money
collected by the men who run this Tammany
government finds its way into the pockets OF
ecciesiastics Of the Roman Church | hardly
think this will be disputed by any man who
knows. Do you recall when Mayor Grant
knelt publicly and kissed Archbishop Corri-
gans ring? Mr.. Grant "a n citizen may kiss
whatever pleases his osculatory fancy. but as
the head OF this city government he had no
business 10 bow at the feet Of the representa-
tive OF the Pope ! tell you that no patriotic
American will ever knee M the feet OF any man.
! call upon the brave, patriotic citizens of this
city TO arise and hurl from their places in the
city government these mlnlons OF the Pope. the
rulers OF this city"