Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-01
Statement Gf Charles I. N00rc.

SsattlheAt t! thaFie> i. Moore. Pine Bluff. Ark. Marea 2a. 1901.Z
 Rt. Rev. J. N. Ldeey, Pastor St. Jo- =sephss Church, City.
 l My Dear Father Lucey: On my way home last night esunday3 alter
 attending services at st. JoseiN's
 Catholic church, in passing the Christian" church, which is situated
 on the corner of Beech street and
 Sixth avenue, my attention was at
 tracted to the remarks of the speak CT, who was delivering a lecture. by hearing the words. "popery,. Rom
 anism. "The Pope Of Rome, etc, etc. Two ladies, whose identity is not
 known to me at this time, were stand
 ing on the sidewalk near the church
 house listening to the re- marks of the speaker. 1 was
 accompanied by Mrs Moore and a
 non-Catholic gentleman friend. Mrs. Moore crossed Beech street and stood with her arm on the sill of an open
 window in full view of the speaker
 and many of the congregation. fol- lowed her shortly in company with my non-Catholic gentleman friend,
 and we remained on the sidewalk in
 plain view of the speaker and many
 of the congregation, where we heard part of his lecture of denunciation of
 the Catholic church, her ministers,
 her orders and her institutions.
 His remarks were so bitter. so gall
 ing to me; so devoid of any vestige
 of truth; so outrageous to every sense
 of honor or of justice, that I deem it
 expedient to give you in substance an
 outline of what 1 saw and heard tt
 that time. By way of explanation I
 would say that during the years of
 my residence in Pine Bluff 1 have vis-
 ited the churches of the various de-
 nominations at the time of their ser
 vice and at no time did I hear one
 word which caused me pain;" on the
 contrary. each minister preached the
 gospel as he saw it, urged the broth
 erhood of man and peace and good will among men.
 The speaker had displayed on the l wall of the church in the rear of,
 his pulpit two pictures or charts
 which he used to illustrate his lec- ture. He pointed out with cue the
 parts of the illustration to which he
 wished to center the attention of his hearers. While am unbale to de- scribe the pictures graphically, the 1 crude drawing below will serve to show their purpose:
 The Man Pope Leo XIII of The Man
 Love of Sin Christ Lust Church Property Monasteries Expectations Relics NunnerieS In his remarks the speaker de-
 nOunced the pope as a most gigantic
 monster whose lusts and supersti- tions went into the homes of every country Characterised him as al
 would be king of the world who defied
 both church and state, and as man
 who would destroy, and did destroy,
 government or people who opposed
 him.
 He spoke of indulgencies and said the sale of indulgencies or passports
 into heaven by the "Romish Mon- ster" was the most damnable super stition that was ever forced on Cath lies. who were too ignorant or too lazy to make Investigations for them selves, and who relied, through fear of being prayed into hell," on the damnable advice, given them by their so-called celibate priests! He ex- claimed, This is fact! I am not telling you what I have heard, but what I have seen and know to be a fact! I have seen one of these pass ports in heaven!"
 He then called the name of a party | whom he ,,aid had made application to the pope for a passport into heaven. He explained that the, monster pope would not deign to reply to the appl;- cant in person, but that he directed his secretary to mail the applicant a printed form, the blanks of which the applicant would fill out and return to the secretary. In explaining the blank ! (Continued on Page Four.)