New-York tribune., 1900-11-20
METHODLsTs ATTACK ROME.
BISHOP GoODsELL TELLS THE GEN
ERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEE
AROIIT ITALY

TWO fierce onslaughts on the Church of Rome
were made in the proceedings at the forenoon ses-
sion of the General Missionary Committee yester-
day in st. PauTs Methodist Episcopal Churcn'
where the committee is meeting
Rishop Goodsell of Tennessee. in the course OF an
address on the work of the Methodist Eplscopal
Church various parts of Europe had occasion 10
speak of the work done in Italy. He said in part
s are m many nj & anG Of and
priestcraft whether we could ever hope to accom-
press press Of y ADVERSE % thought with which CON
fronted The fact is that we projected one OF St our
in Rome he had to DO as DO the Romans: he began
Schools 't and semnspea end sp4as O taxing Ae1' INV
esS SGFS to y Is s s ST II se Ra so Ss
US by communicating every one teachers and
earnng IN the effori to preserve for himself the
5e Of PSpaeS he has issued s1 one
through their safes This. however has only made
has created out Of the former man of empire
cringing beggar with a monkey and grind organ.
The applause which greeted this sally was deafen-
ing. There was great number OF women in the
audience, and they were fully as enthusiastic IN
their demonstration of approval the men.
The Rev. DR., c W. Drees who for number of
years has been identified with the work Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in South America and
was appointed by the committee to take over the
supervision of the work among the Spanish speak
ing nations this continent said;
The time is upon when anew the questions
which appeared in the Protestant Reformation will
begin to aSitate the world and demand TO be pushed
to their hnal issIe. After slumbertng for four
centuries 6 thoSs fefsame questions were swak
in declaring himself infallible. Within twenty-four
hours after that blasphemous decara ton had been
written on the triple crown of Rome the Prussian
armies invaded Catholic France. Forty-dve days
later the battle of Sedan as fought, with Protest
ant Prussia the victor. and twenty days had only
them carloads Of Bibies The Pope lost his tenn
poral power, and since that day the creed has been
weakening.
The Committee on the Twentieth Century Thank
Offering last night considered the question of
5000 900 thank offering. Bishop Hurst, chancellor
of the American University at Washing ton, pre-
sided. This offering it stipulated is TO be In
addition to the regular annual collections and is
70 be combined with the regular missionary collec
ton in every charge In all il Is proposed to raise
900 for church, school and press work be-
tween now and the next annual Conference. The
carrying out of the plan, 1t was stipulated Will be
extended for years, If necessary, and the
uoney TO the missions in foreign countries. IT was
Managers but of course subject to the approval OF
the members of the General Committee.
The work and direction OF the money raising
movement in the West will be under the charge
and direction of the Rev DR.. ". +. Oldham. while
the Board will appoint temporarily suitable per
son for similar service in the East The only
dissenting voice against the project of raising the
OF Bishop Merrill. of Chicago He said he was op-
posed the project the ground that he regarded
1t as one OF the most stupendouS pIunoers ever
undertaken in the history of the Church.