The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1883-11-17 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

LECTURES BY MR. DEVLYN AT  D AIT ON.  On Thursday evening last Mr. Arthur P. Devlyn, delivered a lecture upon " Romanism " in the Market Street Hall, Dalton. The room wag completely packed with a quiet and attentive audience. He commenced by stating that religion like everything else was progressive. It was not until 1400 years after the Nazarene had preached in Jet uselam that the printing press was invented. At that time all Europe was under the power of the pope of Rome and one of those popes showed his contempt for all secular power by commanding a German Emperor to hold the stirrup whilst he mounted his horse and then he spat in the Emperor's face. He then said the Roman Catholics fully expected to regain that power. Since 1852 there was double the number of priests, chapels and p....0p1e in England. He alluded to the false protestants teimed Ritualists, who received pay from protestants and yet led their flocks:into the Roman Catholic Churches ; 24 peers and 39 barons had lately gone over. Five or six millions in different parts of England adhered to the ritualist doctreies through the pre.ching of Father Ignatious and the like. There were some good Henan Catholic priests he had no doubt, but it was not easy to find a needle in a haystack. The Roman Catholics taught some good things, amorgst the rest "Thou shalt do no murder." Yet Carey to, k sacrament on the very morning he pointed out Mr. Burke and Lord Cavendish for slaughter. (Groans.) The Humanists taught salvation was to be had without money and without price, yet the last Pope that died had sixty million &liars in Rothschild' bank, and there was no mass for those who had no money. He alluded to the bulls issued by the Pope, and humorously remarked that it was only a very small calf now, since Garibaldi rose up and killed it. He Eulogist &the Freech people for crushing the power ot the Jesuits and confiscating millions of their money. Intthe course of his lecture he alluded to tee treatment he had received in Berww, and said he was still in great pain. He then said that he could hot lecture again in Barrow until the trial was over, and that the authorities w uted to stop hit, but it was not in the power ofall the Mayors in Englaed to stop him. All the liberty that was ever gained was begun by agitation. Luther and Wesley were tie tted with greatest contempt in their day, and he would continue to speak against the Roman priest or any other priest if he did not do what was right. The lectui er spoke in great praise of the "six noble Englishmen" who so ably defended him in Church-street, Barrow. when he was kicked about like a football by the "ignorant beasts that tried to assassinate him," and wound up his lecture by hoping to meet his aueience in heaven, "where theives do not break tnrough and steal," and where people cannot break each other's ribs." Before he finished he animadverted upon what a preacher of the Gospel had said respecting him in Dalton," That he was an escaped lunatic." After speaking his mind pretty freely about the said gentleman he concluded by saying "It is only men of brains that get crazy. Fools never go mad." Mr. Devlyn also lectured on Friday evening in the same place on fhe Confessional and the Convents.' On Wednesday evening Mr. Devlyn again held forth in the Market-street Hall to a large and sympathetic audience. He alluded to the justice to be obtained in different parts of the world, and complained vety much of the quality of that commodity dealt out to him in Barrow. He exhibited his bill of costs, amounting to over £4, and said he would show that bill in every town be might visit throughout the woild. He did not speak kindly of the Mayor of Barrow, and was very hard on Mr. Pearson. He said that if he ever came into this neighbourhood again he would be sure to give the pretty little town of Dalton a call, as they bad behaved most kindly to him.