Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-19
HONOR BISHOP
Of HUNCAR|ANS
Big Day for City When Noted
Christian Leader Spends
Day Here

The Rt. Rev. Desider Baltazeri
| d. D., LII. d., Lord Bishop Of De-
breczen, was received with solemn
greeting by the Hungarians at
large of Perth Amboy. Members
Of the Magyar Reformed parish
| headed by the American and Magyar
| flags of the Bocskay Society and
members of the reception commit
| tee, as well as the children of the
Sunday school under the leadership
of Deaconess Tomsett went to the
Central station, where Rev. Louis
! Nanassy in the name of the Hunga-
| rians, greeted the bishop and in the
name of the children. Elizabeth Ma
Massey presented him with a bouquet
of carnations.
A procession was formed to b
church on Kirkland place. where the
! bishop in his full adorned vestment
preached the sermon from Joshua
24:15. In his sermon the bishop
dwelt upon the subject how h re-
| ligious atmosphere of the family is
strongly responsible for the personal
career and character Of the growing
| persons and is the foundation OF the
llt vi q III
II came from a deeply religious
family" said the bishop, where my
father and mother taught me to
pray with their examples. Some
families at the same time showed
| Indifference toward God, church and
religion and raised a generation in
Hungary, which boldly asked: Why
should / acknowledge and serve
God? my power and learning is
enough Then came the terrible
world war and we realized with deep
sorrow, how destitute and poor we
became not only as a natural con-
sequence of a lost fight. but especi-
| ally by the Indifferent. irreligious
attitude of many: Now those ag-
nostics begin to realize that what
they most badly need is the religious
strength of Washington and Lin
coin"
The bishop baptised the child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Tar and bless
ed the congregation.
In the afternoon the bishop was
taken in a richly decorated auto
mobile to South River, where in the
Hungarian Reformed church he Of
fered a prayer and gave the bene-
diction. then the crowd proceeded to
the high school auditorium. where
the bishop was greeted by Mayor
Allgair and the bishop delivered an
address.
In Perth Amboy the general mass
meeting was held at z p. m. in the
High School auditorium. The bishop
here spoke of his experiences u
ing the Bolshevik regime of Hun
gary.
1T was a Good Friday morning"
he said, when the Bolsheviks OF
Hungary were in their full power.
Guns were placed in the front of my
cathedral, but L dared to say in my
This new Bolshevik system
wants to give you bread enough, but
bread only and the time will come
| when your body will be fat and will
not Rave n appetite; the new sys-
tenn wants to give you warm clothes
! and coal for the winter time. but no
other warmness and h time wlIi
come, when your body and soul will
burn in the heat of the earthly FUR
mace; the new prophets are giving
| you worldly pleasures only, as they
do not want to recognize others and
the time will come, when by the
! sick and death beds of your beloved
ones you will realize your utmost
poverty and misery"
Inc DlSllOP Soio
DO not be afraid of B~olshevism.
1t is a system which can only ruin
but is unable to build. No army, no
power is needed to defeat it, 1t Wall
defeat itself. 1t promised liberty for
Hungary and took away the rem
nants of the old liberty; it PROMISED
equality and gave the reins n
privileges to a few persons; 1t pro-
missed US brotherhood and peace
and killed many of US in the name
of this beautiful motto"
In the evening a banquet was
given in the honor of the bishop in
the parish house. The grace was
said by Rev. w. Northey Jones;
Alexander o. Zambory was n
POSTMASTER. He called on Roman
! Catholic, Hungarian Reformed.
American Episcopal and Jewish
clergymen, who all come to welcome
Bishop Baltazar. the liberal minded
and warm herated leader of Hun
gary. Rabbi Eugene Kohn, ] X Shee-
nv. Rev w Northey Jones. Louis
Deak were among the speakers and
finally the bishop got up and said:
II do not know whether my mis-
sion of soliciting funds for educa-
tional and charitative institutions Oh
Hungary will be successful or not,
but l came not only to take money
from you. but to give you something.
/ give you the assurance that only
love and good will can cave me
formerly fighting nations and l Will
never give up a dot of this convic-
ton. Your duty is the same n
the world will be happier"
The bishop has in his possession
a letter from the chief rabbi OF
! the Orthodox Jewish congregation
of Debreczen. Hungary. in which is
stated that Bishop Baltazar was a
great defender and helper OF per-
i secuted Jews after the Bolshevik
fall that the bishop was put in jail
for his brave words and deeds in the
interest of innocently punished Jews.
and the chief rabbi of Debreczen,
Hungary, calls upon all Jews OF
America to help the mission of the
bishop.
Yesterday around $500 was raised
to help the College of Debreczen
and the orphans home of the Re-
formed church of Hungary.
Today the bishop was taken for a
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