The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-20
ON CHURCH OF ROME
FIERCE ONsLAUCuTS MADE BY
METHoDIsT msuOP.
EPPLRUDED BY THE AUDIENCE.
HARD STRUGGLE or MfsTHoDISrs
~ SOUTHERN EUROPE.

n2shop CoodseII of Tennessee Made
severe ArrniRnment 90 General
Missionary ncrtinE-Dr. Drres
Talked OF Another Reformation.
Traced rhRt Catholicism re oustea
From Porto Hiro-srvere Charac-
terisation Of the Pope.
New York Nov ie-Two fierce on
shueha on tho Church 81 Rome ealiv-
cned the proccediug az lo-dsys session
OF the General Missionary Committee.
on each occasion an aud enc hch
niled every part q tho large auditorium
in So raurs Methodist Episcopal Church.
where the committee g. - tins. broke
into applause and no EFFORT vas made BY
the chair 10 check these demon trait ns
of approval
The general committee. viii d Is COM
posed OF an the bishops and leading a.
vines in the Methodist Church of Amer
lea. has been ln session daily since laNt
Wednesday Upon several occasions dur
inE former sessions. when reference has
been made 10 anything pertaining to the
Roman Catholic Church. the sama spirE
Of defiance has been apparent.
The person to advance Co thc attack to-
day was Bishop Goodsen of Tennessee.
ln the course Of an address on the work
of che Methodist Episcopai church IN va
rioua parts of Europe he had occasion co
speak Of the work done In Italy ana con-
ditlons obtaining there Il was in Tho
recital Of the latter that che Bishop used
such strong language against the Church
Of Rome.
''In Northern Europe for instance in
Germany and tho Scandinavian eoun-
tries" the Bishop said, I'VE have made
satisfactory progress though we have had
great deal of indifference ana even op-
position 60 contend with statistics show
that We have made as much headway
during the FIRST thirty-nyo years In Eu-
rope as We have "a che same pericd IN
this country. which offers a more con,
genial soil FOR our creed
Hard struERic la Italy.
In Southern Europe tho conditions are
somewhat different There the struggle
has been harder There are many who
doubt whether W. have any work az ali
IN Italy. that land of Superstition asd
prienscraft whether We ould ever hope
20 accomplish anything there IN tho face
Of the tremendous press Of adverse
thought with which we are confronted.
The fact ~ that We sent one 81 our work
ers into Italy He soon made up hts
mind that IN Rome We had TO DO a. DO
the Romans. Hc began hy training tho
young. b taking them into our schools
and semiuarcs.
The work is slow. but ia value has
been recently testified 10 by the ponflR
himself who has hOnorfd us bv excom-
muuicaiiug every one. temcher8 and ptl-
pills alike, connected with our institutions
of learning IN The cnort % preserve for
himself the triple crown of papAcy he has
issued sweeping interdict against tho
schools and every one passing through
their gates. This. however. has only
made rs more determined TO wipe out a
system which has created out of the for
mer mnn OF empire n crnging begRar with
a monkey ana a grind organ"
The applause which greeted this sally
was sieafeniug.
The next speaker threw down the aaunt-
let 20 the Church OF Rome IN terms as
direct and condemnaiory as did Bishop
Goodsell. This WAS the Rev Or G. W.
brees who for % number Of years has
been Identified with tho work Of the a.
F. Church IN South America. and waE
appointed hy tho committee to take over
the supervision OF the work among the
Spanish speaking nations on this conti-
nent. lie said:
Another Reformation.
- former speaker has said that a con-
dillon where haf of the world Is Pagan
and the other half Christian cannot 81.
dure long Tho same can b. said with
much truth Of 40 state of affairs where
Christendom Is divided into two great
camps with Protostnntism on one side
and Greek and Horan Catholicism on the
other The time is upon us when anew
the questions which appeared IN the Pro-
tsataut Reformation viii begin
20 agitate the world and de-
mand 10 b. pushed 10 their final
issue. After slumhcrinr for four con-
turiss the self-same questions were aWak-
eue3 through the last act OF lnfamy OF
the pouun. in declaring himself infaif-
bic. Within twcnty-four hours after that
hlaspbemous declaration had been writ
ten On tho triple crown OF Rome the
rrussian armies invaded Catholic France
4 forty-hve days later the battle OF Sedan
was fought. with Protestant Prussia the
victor and only twenty DAYS had ELAPSED
when the united armies entered the Holy
oity.' whore the Pope held sway. briug-
iuE with thcm cartloads % Bibles Tho
Pope lost his temporal power and since
that day the creed has been weakening.
'.'fhe Romsu Church ai one time held
sway evcrywherc. but nov both tnat
church and spanish domination have fall
en- of their hiRh poiesals When Spain
is arra4gned the Roman Catholic Church
should b. arraignod with thar power AZ
correspondent. Ever since Isabella s'gned
away the liberty Of Spain % the Pope,
there has been an iliegittmafe alliance
between statecraff and priestcraft again
human liberty and human progress"
The applause which followed this sally
was az tremendous as q was spontaneous.
DR.. Dress said IN conclusou that the
most promising field among the spanish
speaking populations IN America was
opening On Porto Rico and advised the
committee go spare neither expense nor
labor 10 ouat Rome IN that island.