Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15
BISHOP DEsIDER BALTHAZAR

formed church in South River and
at Z o'clock Sunday night Will de-
Iiver an address to the iilc Sarians
of this city in the high school au-
ditorium. The meeting in the hign
school will be followed by a banquet
10 be ie,i in the parish .lusc OF the
Magyar Reformed church at SOU
o'clock.
Bishop Balthazar will again visit
This city on Thursday evening. June
-, at which time he will deliver a
sermon in St. Peters church az .
O'Clock. Although Bishop Baltha-
Ear speaks only in Hungarian, ms
talk at st. Peters vii be Translated
by Rev. Louis Nanassy, pastor OF
the Magyar Reformed church OF
this city.
The ri. Rev. Desider Balthazar.
DID,. LID, is fifty years old now
though he looks like a man OF forty.
After having finished his theoIogl-
cal studies at Debreczen, Hungary,
he became the tutor of the youngest
brother of the late Count stephen
Tisza, premier of Hungary, who met
a tragical death at the hands or MS
enemies after the war. In the com
DdnV VI lht JOdAb tOaAht
cation was committed unto his care,
he made long trips abroad and en-
larged his studies. When he re-
turned to Hungary, first he became
a government clerk in the ministry
U~-'igion and education, but soon
tooK up-the actual ministry. He
was rector of a own for only three
Years and was elected first dean,
then the president of the national
clergy association having 1000 mem
bers and he directed the church life
in the circles of the Reformed
Church of Hungary. He was only
SO years old. when he was elected
and consecrated a bishop. AS bishop
he became the member of the mouse
of the lords of the Hungarian par
lament. He was the only member
there, who in 1919 raised his voice
for the general secret suffrage.
PoIitically!s Bishop Balthazar is
the leader of the liberal and demo-
cratic party fighting for the equality
OF all men. He was against the
atrocities of the Bolshevik party as
against those of the reaction after
the oppression of the Bolsheviks IN
Hungary. When after the fan OF
Bolshevism the Jewish race as a
whole body was prosecuted, he then
strongly fought for the defense OF
innocent Jews. AS he did lot be-
lieve in extremities on either slde'
he was prosecuted by both wings
He was in jail and his life was IN
peril for a long time. But he did
not give up his liberal and emo
cratic views, but without hatred or
envy INDICATED the Christian prin.
cipies in reference of his political
adyersaries. His ideas are growing
in Hungary, as it was testlned py
the recent election of the senate
where a great number of liberal rep
resentatives won the place.
Bishop Balthazar is soliciting
funds for the old historical college
OF Debreczen and for the orphans
home. In consequence of n dis
membering of Hungary from the
large diocese of Bishop Baltazar.
100000 souls were cut off and be-
came members of dioceses belong
ing TO Roumania, Jugo-Slavia n
Checko-SlovakiaS AS the result OIL
the war, the devaluation of the Hun
garian crown lost it's purchasing
value and these two church instltu-
lions are exposed to peril. In 1854.
at the time of the Hapsbourgh per-
secution the Anglican church came
to the rescue of the famous college
OF Debreczen and now the denomi-
nations of American Hungarians are
solicited TO save it. The doors of the
college are open TO boys of all creeds
and the college. whose spiritual head
is Bishop Balthazar, is the torch OF
enlightenment, culture and democ-
racy