Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-05
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Father Vaughan in New York.

Father Bernard Vaughan. OF London,
continues 70 express his belief in the
decay Of professionalism. Following upon
MS recent utterances along this line IL
Montreal during the sessions Of me
Eucharisric congress. he preaches al
s. Patrick's cathedral. New YORK. II
Initiating the services attendant upon
the consecra ton of that eGifce. Father
Vaughan begins very as,uIely BY citing
a protestant Episcopal bishop on pro-
tastan-isms decay. rernarNng that me
lo shop goes beyond anything he ever
said in that direction.
The Presbyterian Ministers Assoc!-
alton. converting on tie day following
Father Nau ghan's sermon, passed the
following resolution. made public =!
its secretary. Rev. Lewis ". Barney;
"Resolved That this association re-
puGiates The stetemen. quoted ny the
Rav Father Vaughan II this CITY. 20
the effect that professionalism in A1nerl-
ca is dying. and comhats his assertion
IA: catholicism Is the only nope OF
the American republic
In an hour when we desire the ful.-
e~. cnrdtaIitr Of Catholics and Pro-
-estants toward each other. *e Would
merely mention Father Vaughan N;;er
unfanilarity With American condf-
tionS-being a foreigner and having ar
rived here but two days aEo-ard we
would cite as samples OF Roman Catn-
Ole influence in e.evatfng countries
where thai church has Iong had abso-
iu.e dc9,;aa ton. .he conditions in
Spain and France. and Sour. American
nations ard IN 1-aly. until MazZin' and
Victor Emmanuel secured civil liberty
and ushered in the modern and better
Italy by fighting ana '-turnphtng over
the papal power.
"O,,r nation was po-y Protestant
nation. several Of the original thirteen
colonies being exclusively Protestant.
and has attained It's presen. high place
as a Protestan; nation. and until the
Roman Catholic church can cite some
nation that has arisen under Catholic
ism a. rapidly and gloriousiy as ours.
Father Naughan's prcnuncianeEto
needs 10 refutation."
Father vaughan's opportunity for re-
:,utta, came a. the occasion OF lee
.ura he delivered in Brooklyn or Joan
Of Are" His reported words were
these:
x have been excom1 Il. unicated by the
PRESBYTERIAN Ministers Association OF
Greater New York. They say 1 gave
out pronunciarnento about the United
States. altho have beer: only Two days
here And before they began their
excun munication OF me they give out a
pronuncia!nen1o about Spain and the
countries .. South America in which
hardly one Of them ever spent two
hours. Again they conden me as UNFIT
% speak abou, Professionalism in the
United States. because arrived only
a few days ago. and they let Bishop
Sellow escape-the Protestant bishop
whom quoted and who. il am rightly
Informed. arrived here not Two days,
or two years, but twenty years ago.
But what Is more important than
all this, when ! spoke about Protest
an,ism being in the decay was speak
ing Of Professionalism as a spiritual
power-as a power capable Of build
ing up a spiritually. supernaturally-
minded people. as power capable OF
erecting a temple TO God in the human
soul. But the ministers say to me:
Look at this great and glorious re-
public. Have you seen IFS skyscrapers.
its railroads, its bridges, its halls OF
commerce ?'