The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-20
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| communicating every one, teachers and
pupils alike, connected with our insti-
| tutions of learning. In the effort to
preserve for himself the triple crown of
papacy he has issued a sweeping inter
dict against the schools and every one
| passing through their gates. This,
| however, has only made us more de-
termined to wipe out system which
has created out of the former man of
empire a cringing beggar with a mon
key and a grind organ"
The next speaker threw down the
gauntlet to the Church of Rome in
/ terms as direct and condemnatory as
| did Bishop Goodsell This was the Rev.
| DR.. G. 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 super
vision of the work among the Spanish
/ speaking nations on this continent.
In beginning his address DR.. Drees
| made reference to the end of Spanish
rule in this hemisphere and was round
ly applauded at was a wise scheme
to call the subject on which I am to
speak, the work among the Spanish
speaking inhabitants of America Hap
PLY there is no longer Spanish Amer
lea A former speaker has said that a
condition where half of the world is
pagan and the other half Christian
cannot endure long. The same can be
said with as much truth of a state of
affairs where Christendom is divided
into two great camps, with Protestant
ism on one side and Greek and Roman
Catholicism on the other. The time is |
upon us when the questions which APP
peared in the Protestant reformation |
will begin to agtate the world and de- |
mand to be pushed to their final issue.
After slumbering for four centuries
those self same questions were awak
ened through the last act of infamy of .
the pontiff in declaring himself lnfalli-
BILE Within twenty-four hours after
that blasphemous declaration had been
written on the triple crown of Rome
the Prussian armies invaded Catholic
France. Forty-flve days later the bat
tie of Sedan was fought with Protest
ant Prussia the victor, and twenty
days had only elapsed when the united
the pope held sway bringing with them
carloads of Bibles.
1.-The pope lost his temporal power
and since that day the creed has been
weakening.
THE Roman church at one time held
sway everywhere, but now that church
and Spanish domination has fallen off
their high pedestals When Spain is
arragned the Roman Catholic church
should be arraigned with that power as
correspondent Ever since Isabella
signed away the liberty of Spain to the
pope there has been an illegitimate al
lance between statecraft and priest
craft against human liberty and hu-
man progress"
The applause which followed this
fierce sally was as tremendous as it
was spontaneous.
DIR. Drees said in conclusion that the
most promising field among the Span
fsh speaking populations in America
was opening in Porto Rico.
The greater part of the forenoon ses-
sion was given up to addt esses on the
outlook in the many foreign lands
where the Ne thodist Episcopal church
is conducting missionary work. Bishop
Hartzell spoke on Africa which Is his
field. He said In part:
I'VE stand to-day in the face of a re-
volt of the pagan world against Chris
tian civilization. In the far east Mo-
Is Outnumbering the
Christian religion in the number of adj
herents China has just slammed her
door in the face of Christianity. Half
the world is pagan, the other half
Christian and our zeal and labor in
the first year of a coming century will
decide whether we shall win or whether
the Christian faith shall be deiuged by
paganism and be buried for centurlesT
Rev. w. F. Oldham reviewed the va
rous vexing problems connected with
the work of the domestic missions.
Rev, w. Gamewell, professor of nat
rual science in the University Of Pekin,
was then introduced. He was in the
British legation during the siege,
where his heroic conduct gained for him
public commentator from Minister
Conger and the British ambassador,
Sir Claude Mcdonald.
DIR. Gamewel told in graphic lam
guage of the siege and the relief. He
related little that has not already been
told. The audience rose as he appeared
IN the platform and cheered him, wav-
ng their handkerchiefs
Bishop Theburn spoke of the work in
southern Asia, and Bishop Cranston Of
he eastern portion of that continent.
The latter pronounced Corea perhaps
he most promising missionary field in
he world.
The afternoon session was devoted to
he making of appropriations to the