The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
SPEAKSO
OF PAPACy'
Irwin NJ. Martin Addresses
Immense Crowd at Wood
row Wilson Park

More than 5000 people gathered at
| Woodrow Wilson park last night to
! hear Irwin NJ. Martin deliver his lecture
| on The Devils Masterpiece" or Pop
Iery in Bible Prophecy"
Mr.. Martin read statements from au
| thoritive Roman Catholic works and
periodicals. to prove his contention that
| the intrigues of the Roman Catholic
church should not be relegated to the
dark ages and quoted many texts
which prophecied concerning the reli-
gio- political lhwer of the Papacy. The
speaker said in part;
Two thousand five hundred years
ago the Prophet Daniel predicted the
anti-Christian power that would coun-
terfeit many of the truths of the Bible.
| This vision which is recorded in the
seventh chapter of Daniel gives a pro-
phetic history of the world from the
| time of Babylon 537 B. c. until the end
of time. The four great beasts of this
prophecy symbolic the great universal
monarchies that have ruled the world,
Babylon, Medo-Persa, Grecia and Rome
| The ten horns of the fourth beast rep
resent ten Kingdoms that would arise
out of the fourth universal monarchy
| Il am not going to spend my time
| tonight in detailing to you ancient
| history. | simply call attention to
| these facts in order that you may cor
| rectly locate the Little Horn" power
| which is symbol of the Roman Catho-
| lie church and in wnicn the prophet
| was especially interested.
| Mr.. Martin read the headlines of the
Manila daily papers reporting the burn
| ing of more than two thousand five
hundred Bibles in the Roman Cagtholic
church plaza of Vigar the largest and
most important city of Luzan, p. l.
! Continuing he said:
This burning of Bibles which took
place in 1914, burned by representatives
| of the church as an evidence of the dis
| pleasure of the church because of the
distribution of the Bibles, is in
| thorough accord with the Romans
| Catholic confession prescribed to the
| Protestants of Hungary on their re-
1 ception into the communion of Rome.
! l read: We confess that the reading
I of Holy Scriptures is the origin OF
| heresy and schism and the source of
] blasphemy.'
1--WE admit the right of the Catholic
church to hold to and propagate her
doctrines. false as they may be. provid-
| ed she does not seek to control the
! arm OF the state. But this always has
been and still is her aim, To show that
| she believes she is making marked pro-
press in this respect in this country
quote the following from a recent issue
! OF the National CathoIc register: IL
| is Gods plan that the Holy Father of
/ Rome should be the spiritual and tenn
| poral head of his kingdom on earth
| The best way to accomplish this is
| through the political power. God has
/ doubly blessed the Catholic church in
America by placing one of her most
faithful sons at the right hand of Presi-
| dent Wilson. Next to the President
| Hon. Joseph Tumulty Knight of Colum-
| bus, thirty-third degree. wields the
greatest political power of any man in
America. And as a true Catholic he Is
exercising the great trust which God
has given into his hand for the glory
| of the holy church."
At the close of the lecture Mr.. Martin
| announced that he would speak next
| Sunday night at the canvas tabernacle
| 57th street and End avenue, south
Woodlawn, on the subject of THE
] United States in Prophecy"