Arizona republican., 1900-11-20
GOODSELL'S GAUNTLET
Thrown in Description of the Work of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Italy Where He Said the Effect of the Catholic Church Had Been to Lower the Man of the Empire"

New York, Nov. 19.-Two fierce en- slaughts on the church of Rome en,!v- ened the proceedings at today's session of the general missionary committee
 On each occasion an audience which | filled every part of the large auditor
 ium of St. Pauls M E.. church. where
 the committee is meeting, broke into applause and no effort was made by
 the chairman to check these demOn- ! strations of approval.
 The general committee, which is composed of all the bishops and lead
 ing divines in the Methodist church of America, has been in session daily since Wednesday last. Upon severaI occasions during the former sessions, when reference has been made 10 any
 thing pertaining 10 the Roman Catho- lie church, the same spirit of da lance has been apparent. Upon ID former
 occasions, however, has that church been denounced in terms so unqualified nor has the approval of an audience
 been given vent to in so vigorous ap-
 plause.
 The first person to advance tc the att
 tack was Bishop Goodsell of Tennes- see. In the course of an address on the work of the Methodist chur..h in various parts of Europe, he had occa- sion to speak of the work done m Italy. and the conditions obtaining there. It was in a recital of the latter tha. the bishop used such strong language against the church of Rome Tn northern Europe. for instance. in Ger many and the Scandinavian counriss." the bishop said i've have made satis- factory progress, though we nave had great deal of interference nd even opposition to contend with. Statistics show that we have made as much headway during the first thirty-fiye years in Europe as we have in the same period in this country, which of fers a more congenial soil for our rec ord.
 Tn southern Europe the conditions are somewhat different. There the struggle has been harder. There are many who doubt whether we have done any work at all In Italy, rhe land of superstition and priestcraft, whether we could ever hope to accomplish any thing there in face of the tremendous press of adverse thought with which we are confronted. The fact is that We sent one of our workers into Italy He soon made up his mind that in Rome we had to do as Romans do. He began by training the young; by talk ing them into our schools and semi naries.
 "The work is slew, but its value has recently been testified to by the pom tiff himself, who has honored us by communicating every one. teacher and pupil alike, connected with our in stitutions of learning. In his effort to preserve for himself the triple crown of the papacy. he has issued a sweeping interdict against our schools and everyone passing through their gates. This, however. has only made us more determined to wipe out the system which has created cut of the former man of the empire a CiinSing beggar with a monkey and q grind or gam
 The applause which greeted this sally was deafeninS.
 The next speaker threw 2 gauntlet to the church of Rome as direct and as those of Bishop God sell. This was Rev. C. R. Dresse, wbo for a number of years has beer. iden- tified with the work of the M- F. church in South Ameri a. Iie said- 'The Roman Catholic church at che time held sway eVeryw1ere, fut no" both that church and the Spanish deri- ination have fallen off their pede St1is- When Spain is arraiSned, the Catholic church should be arraiSned With that power as correspondent Ever since Isabella signed away the liberty CT Spain to the pope, there has been an alliance betWeen SIatt. craft and priest craft, against human lo"r- ty and human progress Ihe ap- plause which followed this sally was as