The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-30
Makes Review of HistorY.

With well rounded sentences, perfect in
construction and grammatical in every
word. with all the rules of rhetoric OBJ
served. the unknown speaker reviewed the
pTofane history of the world. from the
first century to show that the Catholic
church has placed its imprint on world
history and 10 demonstrate its divine aU-
thenticity.
Going back to the ante Christian era.
the speaker quoted chapter and verse
of the Hebrew Scripture 10 show that
such redeemer as Christ would come
TO the world, that he would be received
by some but rejected by many. that he
would be prosecuted and crucified, and
that a church would be founded to en-
dUre through the ages. That church. the
tramp-orator declared, was the Catholic
church.
Man can tell who founded the Epls-
copal church. Man can tell what man
founded the Baptist church. the Meth
odist the Presbyterian. and all other
churches that exist today. and when they
answer truthfully they will tell you that
they were founded by men. dissenters
from the Catholic church.
No man can say who founded the
Catholic church. unless he admits that il
was founded by the apostles of Jesus
Christ, by authority given by Christ"
Tempieton, finding that he was getting
a little the worst end of the argument.
folded his effects placed thenPin his cart
and left the auditors to the tramp-ev8n-
gelist. who continued his defense OF the
church.
Where the Catholic church has gone"
he declared. literature, the arts and Sci
enCe have followed BraVe-hearted men
and women. the Jesuit priests and nuns,
have spread the religion Of Christ through
the waste places Of the earth. They
have gone to the wildcrnesses to preach
and to establish their faith They have
given their lives for the lives of others.
They have been on every battlefield IN
the worlds history since the establish
ment Of holy orders, to SUCcOr the wound
ed and TO give dissolution and spiritual
comfort to the dying. They have gone
where men. where gold hungry merchants
feared TO go They have traversed waste
places where soldiers in search OF fame
have feared to go. all for the purpose OF
perpetuating their faith
Correct on Dates.
Thus the argument continued. holding
the audience charmed for an hour. With
never a historical fact, name or date in
correctly quoted, with his scriptural pas
sages given PERFECTLY with chapter and
verse. the speaker was equal TO all quCS-
tons prOpOunded.
w. 5. Dalton. a Socialist street speaker,
entered the argument and attempted TO
change the course of the speakers re-
marks to Socialism. but the tramp. UNI
daunted by the batting. held his ground
and defeated i'm open debate all adver-
saries in the forum
For an hour he held the crowd few be-
ing able 20 break the spell and charm
of his speech Finally. exhausted the
and was lost i'm the crowd.
When found by a Herald reporter after
the crowd had disbaUded. the speaker was
on his way 20 q cheap lodging house,
where he is staying while in the city.
shrouds Name in Mystery.
The man declined to give his name fo,,
fear it might be thought that he was
seeking notoriety, and for personal rea-
sons.
When finally prevailed upon to tell 4
little of himself. a story more Ike those
found in ancient manuscripts than one
of the Twentieth century was revealed.
1t is not necessary that | tell you who
am or give YOU my family name That
/ wish to keen a secret for family rea-
sons NV mother and father did not get
along well together. and they Separa I'D in
Manchester. England. where l was born.
When ! was II years old, my father, who
was q tailor came to this country. That
was in 1887. ] had gone TO school "A year
or two i'm the Catholic parOChial schools
and had learned to read and write in
ARRIVING at Philadelphia ! began to
sell papers on the streets. and then be-
came a telegraph messenger. l was fond
of reading. and learned enough TO hold
copy on newspaper. I then became PROOF
reader. i'm which capacity l served for
seven years
some Of the sciences. Prior TO q remark
able experience which / had. l had made
no particular study of church works or
Catholic writings. i had Deen reared 4
Catholic but when wandering about the
country as a tramp. ! fell into bad WAYS.
and while quite young man whisky
got me bv the throat and downed me-.
nearly killing every spark OF manhood
thot had ever burned in my breast.
Then. weakened by whisky and folly.
I was stricken by illress. was in hos
rital ~ BaJtimore for ten weeks
Secs Strange Vision.
Il was at the point OF death The
death sweat was on my brow and my
hands. / felt my body growing colder.
The rattle was in my throat. / saw in
flash how useless my life had been. When
one $ dying the spirit is half out of tho
body and seems separated from Il.
a terrible vision came TO nc. | was
on the brink Of Hell. and my spirit WAS
in the arms Of I.ucifeT himself ] felt
the crushing CT MY spirit in his grasp
could see tie brink of that awful preci-
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