The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-28
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

AS might. be expected from their dcep-seated
hostility, bigotry and intolerance, the Methodsts
paid their usual respects TO the Catholic church at
the conference in Los Angeles To fail in this
would be new departure. The Associated Press
report of the matter was mild. In fact. the extra
pious and oyer-zealous Elder King was "called
down" at the early proceedings of the conference
for his viruent attack the Church.
Viewing the Catholic church and Methodism
from rational and spiritual standpoint, it can
not be denied that both opposed to each other.
The Catholic church, in her dealings with the I'M
believing world appeals to their reason and proves
that the claims of Christians to their belief can
not be set aside by simple denials. This established
her claims. What she teaches is logical
sequence. The Methodists discard reason and SIM
ply appeal to sentimentaism. At best their only
argument, in defense of any religious problem
which is peculiarly their own is 60 feel it right
there" with their finger pointed to their heart)
Spiritually the same is true They oppose the Cath
ohc church because she strives to nstill into the
minds of her children education that will secure
paradise for the soul hereafter, rather than
paradise for the body here earth. Jealous of her
efforts to carry out the injunction of Our Lord BE
not anxious for what We shall eat, or what We shall
drink or wherewithal we shall be clothed: for after
all these things do the heather seek" they would
now have the State sanction the reading of the
Bible without comment in our schools. This they
proclaim, would be non-sectarian. But inidels ag-
nostics, Jews and Catholics who are the over
rhelmng majority, hold the contrary and their
= inion, at worst, is equal to the Methodists
The infdel and agnostic do not believe in the
IL H., IL
and the Catholic knows that the Protestant author
lied version (the King James, has an addenda to
the Lords Prayer that was never uttered by the
Savior To maintain that the reading of the Pro-
testant Bible for the children of the above four
classes would be non sectarian, shows either the
dense ignorance bold effrontery for which all
Methodist conferences are remarkable
They forgot their hostility to the Church. and
used even Christian language when they resolved
to adopt Catholic principles regarding the sacred
ness and sanctity of the marriage tie. We hope
they will come still closer to the true idea of what
a Christian marriage is. Had they from the be-
ginning adhered to the teaching of Our Lord as
preserved by the Catholic church, they would not
now be appealing to the federal government to en-
act uniform law regarding divorce. Unable them
selves to enforce any law on the matter they lean
on the State for its aid.
The money Methodists spend in perverting
Catholics abroad might be spent at home to good
advantage All this, however, is part of the pro-
yramme of every Methodist conference 1t would
not be complete unless the parsons had their say
lbout other peoples business. They indulge in wild
sanatieism. have reason and yield to trust in
animal feeling which they call piety-or religion.