The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1883-11-13 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

LECTURES BY MR. DEVLYN AT  DALTON.  On Thursday evening last Mr. Arthur P. Devlyn, delivered a lecture upon " Romanism " in the Market Street Hall, Dalton. The room was 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 Nazaiene had preached in leruselard 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 a face. He then said the Roman Catholics fully expected to regain that power. Since 1852 there was double the number of priests, cnapels and pe.ople in England. He alluded to the lain protestants termed Ritualists, who received pay from protestants and yet led their Rocks:into the Roman Catholic Churches ; 24 peira and 39 barons had lately gone over. Five or six millions in d,fferent parts of England adhered to the iitualist doctrines through the preaching of Father Ignatious and the like. There were some good R ,man Catholic prie,ta he had no doubt, but it was not easy to and a needle in a haystack. The it-mien Catholics taught some good things, lIMVP get - the rest " Thou shalt do no murder." Yet Carey to k sacrament on the very nioridie; he pointed' out Mr. Burke and Lord Cavendish for s;aughter. (Groans.) The Romanies taught ealvation was to be had without money mid without pike, yet the last Pope that died had sixty million dollars in Rothschild's bank, and there aes 00 mass for those who had no money. He elluded to the bulls issued by the rope, and humorously remarked that it was only a very small calf now, sites Garibaldi rose up and killed it. He eulogised the French people for crushing the power of the Jesuits and confiscating millions of their money. In the wane of his lecture he alluded to the treatment he had received in Barrow, and said he was still in great pain. He then said that he c,irld not lecture again in Barrow until the trial was over, and that the authorities iv, meted to stop hi, but it was not in the power °fall the Mayors in England to stop him. All the liberty that was ever gained was began by agitation. Luther and Wesley were tteated with greatest con• tempt 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 lectmer spoke in great praise of the "six noble Englishmen" who BO ably defended him in Church-street, Barrow. when he was kicked about like a football by the " ignorant beasts that tried to assassinate him," ad wound up his lecture by hoping to meet his au :lance in heaven, "where thieves do not break through 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 resoecting him in Dalton," That he was an escaped lunatic." After speaking his mind pretty freely about the said gentleman he concluded by caving" It is only men of brains that get crazy. Fools never go mad." Mr. Devlyu also lectured on Friday evening in the same place on "rho Confessional and the Convents."