Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-31

the company they arc unwillinslx
 made to keep. and of their snp-
 posed ignorance of the Catholic
 mass. believe that would ven
 tnre into St Joseph's 5 to see our
 mutual friends Drs. N., R., and
 especially F., donned with the "Berretta. the "Chasuble," ," the
 "Maniplo the 'Surpliee, the "Dalmatie2 and tho ''IIumeral Veil and hear them chant in Latin-the
 powerful Eatin-the language fEr-
 nished thcm by the MissaI, while
 they deytrouslr laas'le the Pyx
 and the Chalice and give orders
 to the altar attendants. Now this
 would be fine. Wouldn't it? | should certainly have to Ego early
 to avoid the rush." Seriously,
 would not be surprised should
 these good friends of AIr. l..
 publicly protest against his making
 of them sort of "Pons asinorum"
 on which to escape from his
 dilemma created by his going off
 halt-coclled2 with not enough
 powder in his gun to make a decent
 flash ill the pan.
 Mir. Lucey seems to think that
 l have evaded the issue, ignorantlv
 or Intentionally. Perhaps did in
 charging him with being self
 appointed and ROman-appointed
 censor of the press and of the pull
 pit. He does not deny it. In
 charging him with threatening mob
 violence and Roman Catholic
 boycott, he does not deny it. I Of
 fered to give the sermon com
 plained of to the public in reply
 to his charge that in said sermon l
 had "villified atholics,' that he
 might review it. He does not want
 it. He contents himself with re- beating the charge that I used my pulpit in villifying the Catholic church. deny that the charge is true in whole or in part and de- mand the proof. If Mr. Lueey does not want my sermon as delivered, but persists in charging me falsely, passing the charge upon an ignorant misrepresentation of what 1 did say, "I shall hold hi.n responsible to the bar Of public judgment Since the burden of proof rests with him in charging that my ser mon, that he did not hear, was a villification of the Catholic church, 1 we demand his proof. The public l demands it. It will not accept as l proof MT. Lucey's statement He | ought to know this. Here is the issue Should he wish an issue in 1 which I will be called upon to take the affirmative, I am ready for it. I will affirm that the Roman Catho- lie church is the fulfillment of the Little Horn" of Daniel, 7th { chapter, the Man of Sin,' of | Thes. IT,, 2: liz, the "Beast,' of 1 Rev. 18th chapter, and the Mys- tery, Babylon the Great, fhe Moth CT of Harlots and Abominations of l the Earth" of Rev., 17th chapter. Will he deny and thus test the standing and merit of the many authors from whom I shall quote? His ignorant informant, not know ing that I was quoting from Rev, 17th chapter, the above language, went to MT, Lucey and reported that I had "called the members of the Catholic church here and everywhere the children of harlots." This is absolutely false, as l can prove by scores of my auditors. AS truthfully could his informant have said that l called Catholics "little horns" or beasts" etc., as to say that I said the last, referred to the l characters of the individual mem | bers.
 Now for my want of veracity in l referring to MT. LIS record for 3o years. From the number of con- gratuations l received, personally given and over the phone, from ministers and leading citizens over my manly and clear-cut' reply to Mr. L., l have reason to believe my reply was not very seriously wanting in veracity. l am sorry : into tho M |