The age-herald., 1900-11-20

sell This was the Rev. Dr. c. w. Drees, who for number of years has been iden- tified with the work of the M E. Church in South America and was appointed by the committee to talk over the supervision of the work among the Spanish-speakinS nations on this continent. Aside from Bishop Goodselz he is the only member of the committee who, in the course of his labor Las come in direct contact with the work Of the Roman Catholic church. In beginning his address Dr. Drees spoke in part as follows:
 "A former speaker has said that condi- ton where half of the world is pagan and the other half Christian cannot long en- dure. The same can be said with as much truth of state of affairs where Christen- dem is divided into great camps, with Prot estantism on one side and Greek and Ro- man Catholicism on the other. The time is upon us when new Protestant form of religion will begin to agitate the world and demand to be pushed to its final issue. After sumbering for four centuries these questions were awakened through the last act of infamy of the Pontiff, in declaring himself infallible Within twenty-four hours after that blasphemous dictation has been written on the triple crown of Rome, the Prussian armies invaded Catholic France. Forty-five days later the battle of Sedan was fought, with Protestant Prussia the victor Twenty days had only elapsed
  City,, where the people held sway, bringing with them carloads of Bibles.
 "The Pope lost his temporal power, and since that day the creed has been weak ening.
 ''Tht Romau church at one time held sway everywhere, but now both that church and Spanish domination have fallen off their high pedestalS. When Spain is arraigned the Roman Catholic Church should be arraigned with that power as CO., respondent. Ever since Isabella signed away the liberty of Spain to the Pope there has been an illegitmate alliance between statecraft and priestcraft."
 The applause which followed this sally was as spontaneous as that greeting the preceding.
 Bishop Hartsell spoke on Africa, which Is his field. He said in part:
 We stand today in the face of revolt of the pagan world against Christian civili- zation. In the Far East Mehammedanism is outnumbering the Christian religion In the number of adherents. China has just slammed her door in the face of Christian ity Only few days ago her representa- lives stood in Carnegie Institute in Pitts burg and boldly threw down the gauntlet to Christian culture in behalf of this an clent civilization on his people.
 Half the world is pagan. the other half Christian, and our zeal and labor in the first year of coming century will decide whether we Sndll VIII UT WIeliiei lhS Shi is7 tian faith shall be deluged by organism and lay buried for centuries. The gravest problem confronting us in Africa is the na- tive question. The best statesmen in Eu- rope are at present solving that question: and the humane tendency of their work Is truly gratifying. They all declare with one accord that the Dark Continent should re- main inviolate the home of the black race.
 The afternoon session was devoted to the making of appropriations to the work among various foreign boards.
 At the night session the report of the twentieth century thank offering was re- ceived.