The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-21
METHODIST ATTACK
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Bishop Goodsell Calls the
Pope a CrinNpg Beegar.

New York. Nov l9 Two fierce o,
slaughts on the church Of Rome 90
livened the prooeedings at today's ses
sion OF tho general missionary commit
toe. % each occsssios an audieuc,
which filed every part Of the larR,
ssdi'o'ium 10 St Psul's NJ E church
where the committee is meeting, brok,
into applause and 90 offors vas mad.
BY the chair to check these Aemoustr..
tieos
The general oom mittee. which Il
composed OF oil the bishops and lead
ing disioes 10 tho methodist eburch o>
America has been 10 session daily sioot
last Wednesday. Upon several ooca,
sions during former sessions when ref.
"reoce hes been made to anything Der
tainiog to the Roman Catholic churcb
tho same spirit Of defiance has been 90.
psrss<.
The person to advance to the attack
today Vas Bishop Goodsell of Teuoss.
see. 10 the course Of On address on
the work OF the Methodist Episcopal
church 10 vrious parts Of Europe he
bad ocession to speak Of the work done
10 Italy and conditions ob.siuioe there.
Il was 10 The recital Of the latter tt.,
tho bishop used suoh strong lsuRusge
sgsiost the Church Of Rome.
10 uorthera Europe for instance ia
Germany and the Scandinavian oouu
tries" the bishop said. we have made
satisfactory progress, though we hsve
. great deal Of indifference aod even
opposition to oostend With. Statistics
show that We have made as much
6ssdwsy duriog the 6rst IS years 10
Europe - We have in the same period
iu.shis country. which offers more oon
geoisl service for our creed.
"Io southern Europe the conditions
are somewhat different. There the
ssruggle has been harder. There are
macy who doubt whether We have sny
work ct oil 10 Italy that land of su
perssititioo sod priestcraft Whether
Ne could ever hope to accomplish any.
thing there 10 the face of the trem leo dous
press Of adverse thought We are con
fronted With. The fact is that we
seot one OF our workers into Italy.
He soon made up bis mind that in Rome
We bad to do as do the Romans He
began by training tho young. by tax
ing tham toto our schools aud semi.
osries
1.-The work is slow but it's value hss
been recently testified to by the pooiff
himself. ~ho has honorcd as by excom-
muoicatiog every one, teachers and
pupils alike con oected With our iosti,u
tioOs Of learning 10 the eff,rt to
preserve for himself the triple orowu of
papacy be has issued sweeping inter.
terdics against the schools and every
ono passing though their gates. This.
however, has cnly made us more de-.
termioed to wipe out q system which
has created out of the former mau OF
the empire a bringing beggar with q
monkey snd q grind organ"
The applause which greeted this sally
Was deaieriug
The next speaker threw down the
gauntlet to the church Of Roue 10
terms 81 direct and condemns,ory az
did Bisbop Goodsell This was tho Rev
DE- 8. w Deese, who for . number Of
years bas been identified With the wors
OF tho Methodist Episcopal Church 10
Sou'h Ausricr aod was appointed by
the speaker to take over the supervisioo
Of the work among the Spanish speak
log pstioos 90 this continent. He
said
"A former speaker has said that q
ooedition whore half Of the world is
pagan and tho other half Chris.isu
eaonos endure long. The sspe osu be
ssid Nth ss much truth Of = state OF
stfairs whore ohristeodom is divided
toto two great osmps. With Protestant.
ism on one side aud Greek and Roman
Catholicism 90 the other. The time ,is
upon as ~hsn aoew the questions which
appeared 10 the Protestant reform alton
will begin to sgi,ste the world aod
demaod to be pushed TO their 6ual
issue. After slum beriog for four cen
turies The self same questions were
awakened through the last acs of iutsm y
OF the poutiff. 10 declaring himself
iufsllible. Within "a hours after tha,
blaspbemous declaration bad been
written oo the triple crown of Rome
the Russian armies invaded Catholic
France. Forty Eve days later tho battle
OF Sedan was fought With Protestau,
Prussia. the victory, sud 20 days bad
ouly elapsed when the uoited armies
entered the Holy City, whore the pope
held swsy,bringiug With them oartlosd.
Of Bibles The pope lost bis temporal
power. soa since that day the creed has
been weakening.
HThe Roman Churoh AZ ona ,;c,