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Show I AKED AND FATHER CUSHNAHAN CLASH H H . Closing Day of Chautauqua Made Memorable by the Conflicting M Views of Famous English Minister and Catholic Priest Each M ; Says Sharp Things Large Attendance Sunday Evening. H t H Yesterday morning, at the Chautau- Hr qua meeting at Glenwood park, the M) Rev. Father P. M. Cuahnahan, pastor H ' of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Hi church of this city, paid his respects H tc ex-Gov. Hanley of Indiana, who in H one of his lectures at the opening of H the assembly cited Luther Savonaro- H la and Cromwell as being among the H greatest men the world ever knew, H ) and as these particular men aro i ' v, known by the Catholic church as IL either apostate, heretics or religious r persecutors, Father Cushnuhan said I that the very mention of their names j In an assembly, which was to be on- L. tlrcly free from sectarianism, was a jf- direct Insult to the Catholic peoplo M of Ogden, who nod endorsed the Chau- KJf tnuq.ua and gave It their money and B fS-y support. H h I Continuing his lecture on "Amerl-H "Amerl-H J-7" DC discussed good citizenship, HJU f-irom a religious standpoint and asked HU A h's audience to bring practical Chrls- Hft' tlaulty into political life, and that Wi'. every voter should respect his God- H given gift of liberty, by the proper H exercise of his powers as a citizen H I and a voter. H "I was very much surprised," said H Father Cushnahan, "to hear ono of H 1 the lecturers the gentleman from In- H dlana, ex-Gov. Hanley make refer- j H ences In his lectures to subjects and H men, whose very names arc an in- , suit to the people of my faith. The ! attacks was uncal-ed for and were en tirely out of place at a meeting such as this was supposed to be. We were given to understand that sec- 1 tnrianlsm was to have no place on H the program, and nothing was to be H , said or done to give offense to any H! people of any religious faith. H "Hanley's references to Luther, H. Savonarola and Cromwell were an ln- HJ , 6ult to all Catholics, and I enter a H) protest against It. Hanley is a pub- Hj lie speaker this is his business. He H ' makes his money that way, and this B- support comes from the people and B ho had no right to Insult many of B j those whom ho looks to for his sup- K i port. He was paid to givo us lnstruc- H ' tion, not to insult any one. H "We should live in peace and bar- H mony we do that hero in Ogden H and thi3 great assembly is an example H of that, when all creeds and sects are H united in this movement, and bigotry H , and narrow-minded sectarianism has H no place among us. H "Hanley told us of the terrible po H lltlcal conditions in this country. He H said that political corruption was H rampant all over the country. Ho B- cited Pittsburg, Chicago, New York B I and San Francisco as glaring exam- B pies of this truth, and he furtbor said B that as yet no man or set of men H )--"J found a solution for the problem B of overcoming vice and corruption In H 1 olitlcal offices and political life. H "Hanley touched on the prohibition H ruestion, knowing that it would be B " the pet theme of some people in his l rudic-nce. He also stated that Amert- B t C3 all over this great nation polltl- B', ' p'l life was a mess of corruption and Brj that no one city was free from the M , ta'nt He cited Pittsburg, Chicago, M New York and San Francisco as glar- M ing examples of places where pollti- H cal corruption was most rampant, B i and gravely said that the greatest B thinkers of the day had not found a B solution or a remedy for this prob- H 1 1 lem His talk was an insult to the B entire people of this nation and his B ' exaggerations very glaring. H 1 "Let me tell you, my friends, there B Is a remedy for this so-called political B corruption that Hanley deplored so l B much, and that is the religion of God B ' and God's Christ. Nations that were B) strong In their beginning were strong Bj but of their Christianity, and when B they allowed it to go to decay, they B ' went down to ruin. B "The religion of Christ demands ' that the voter in this great nation H -hall exercise his right of suffrage" H as he would do It if the eye of the Hj f, Eternal was upon him and that th HT Master were about to call him t6 H Judgment. B 'No man should vote for a political H rr.rty or individual without first cx- Hl nmining his conscience and asking Bi God's aid to assist him to vote for B the best man fitted for the office. B Suffrage is too sacred and solemn to B. i be exercised lightly and to be sold Hf or bartered away. Conscience is H needed and If God and consclcuco H I were properly listened to, there would H be no political corruption or corrupt B officeholders in the country. This is H the true religion of Christ and the H true solution of the problem. B1 "If crimes arc committed in this BJ great body politic, and officeholders BIT aro corrupt, who are to blame9 Why, BVf the people who voted for such meas- Bk ures and men. The people by their Br representatives make the laws and R , ire responsible for them, and If crimes Bt IBSI RBBBGESSBSIS 9(3 SaEBI in public life are committed, the people peo-ple aro responsible for the election of tho violators. "Popular virtuo and political virtue as the religion of Christianity teaches teach-es us, Is nothing more than Independence, Indepen-dence, and lndependeuce Is the Individual Indi-vidual who will not be Bwayed by promises of moncj; or office, but who 1 will vote for what "lie thinks right and for the man whom he believes will ' do right Independent of political parties, faith .differences of religion the man who uses tho powers of suffrage suf-frage as God's wisdom directs him that man will solve the present problem prob-lem of so-called political corruption and bring about a new era in the nation." na-tion." During his dlscourso Father Cushnahan Cush-nahan also excoriated the man who despises labor and who barters his "heiress" daughter for an empty title, and when the holder of that dubloui' honor tires of her especially when the money to supply his degenerate tastes gives out then sho is sent back to this country, and her fond parent again go to work and oppress the poor, steal from the widow and orphan- and amass another fortune to redecorate her with the finery necessary neces-sary to contract a Becond alliance I tills time with one of her own country. coun-try. He also spoke of tho divorce evil, and strongly urged his audience to remember always that the religion relig-ion of Christ Is tho right religion if they would be happy In the world and in the noxL "Remember, my friends, we must get back to God and God's church if we want to be happy. This nation cannot exist without virtue. We must cherish the love of God, and it lo our duty to love our fellowman and do nothlug to Injure him or his or give him offense Every person should cultivate this spirit "Patriotism such as is generally lraown today Is only a mere name; It Is the soul that Is touched by God and God's religion that makes Its owner a true and competent American citizen and gives him the knowledge as to how his vote should be handled han-dled The man who looks to his God and Master and not to a political party par-ty or Individual makes the best kind of a citizen. These are the men this country needs the land of human rights find liberties " The Rev. J E Carver of the Presbyterian Pres-byterian church presided at the meeting meet-ing and the Chautauqua choir rendered render-ed the musical part of the program. Prior to Father Cushnahan's lecture, the Rev. Arthur Metcalf read a chapter chap-ter from the Bible. Dr. Aked's Lecture, At 9 o'clock j-esterday a large crowd of attentive people attended Dr. Aked's last lecture on the Lord's prayer, the part referring to "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." debt-ors." He said that it is the power of every man to forgive the sins of men. That it was tho. true priesthood priest-hood 'of Christ and thit every man had it within his power that of priesthood. He referred to the words of Scripture which said: "If you have an offering to make to tho Lord , and an enemy, go and forgive your , friend and seek his forgiveness, and then lay your offering on the altar This, he said, was tho true spirit that Christ Intended that all Christians Chris-tians should have If they desired to follow Him and His doctrine. Phllippinl Band. Several thousand peoplo Journeyed to Glcnwood park to a tend the grand sacred concert given by the Phlllpptal band, which was specially enjoyed for ' the closing day services, and so great was tho crowds that the management had to use the saucer track to accommodate ac-commodate all It could hold The concert was a splendid success, and those who attended the concerts were more than pleased with the excellent program so admirablj executed by 1 Don Phillppini and his talented musl- ( clans. Children's Service. i A special Fenice for children was held by Manager Fisher exclusively for children in the morning. Little tots from all the churches In the city , were present about 150 strong, and sang lustily the old hymns that they learned from their mothers. Instruction Instruc-tion In religion followed, which was attentively listened to, then a few ' more old-time hymns and the tiny worshippers were dismissed with a benediction. j Aked on Christianity. Never before the history of the Utah Chautauqua meetings was there so large a crowd as that which was present last night, when Dr. Aked preached the last sermon of this year's assembly. The auditorium was crowded to the doors, and on each sldo were crowds three and four deep lined up to hear TT-TTWTPir-l I II mil -Tliri I I I3b; tho famous scholar and pulpiteer speak for the last time. Beginning with a few words of praise on the manner In which tho first Utah Chautauqua assembly had been successfully conducted, tho speaker launched into his sermon. Taking ns his text the words from SL Luke's gospel, 13 chap, 1a17, Dr. Aked said In part: "When Ho said ' these things all His adversaries were put to shame. My text and subject this evening deals directly with the , simplicity of Jesos What did Jesus mean by simple things? Why, everything ev-erything that Is good that a candid mind has to submlfare good 'Christ said many deep things, but He delighted more in saying simple , things. In every one of His arguments argu-ments or teachings, He made always an appeal to the common sense of His ! hearers. j "The gospel of Jesus Christ Is one of common sense, devoid of all Intricacies Intri-cacies of speech and all puzzling arguments. ar-guments. Take,, for Instance, His stand and views on the observance of the Sabbath, which at that time had become a day of intolerance and tyranny ty-ranny with 1000 or more restrictions placed upon its proper observance, which were of their character and na-i na-i ture repcllant. The story Is told of the Infirm woman who came to 1 Christ on the Sabbath and asked Him to cure her of her 'bodily ills. Ho did so because of her groat faith, and also to teach His overy-ready critics a sharp lesson. He asked them If It were lawful to water their oxen and asses on the Sabbath, to which the hypocrites answered In the affirmative. Then Christ told them that from a common sense standpoint stand-point that It was lawful for Him to help tho Infirm woman. "He did not go into the legality of the case, but appealed to their common com-mon sense In such a striking manner that they had to acknowledge that He was right, and po today His gospel gos-pel appeals to all men and women all practical men and women because ! It is founded upon common sense. There is nothing sounder In the minds of all practical Christians than the gospel of Jesus. "Again, some people said that He was an idealist and a dreamer, and yet experience has taught us that all Idealists gets things down to a perfect per-fect state and so-called dreamers become be-come the greatest of realists. "In the days of the Master there i were sectionalists, sectarlanlsts and nationalists, Just as there are today Men of narrow minds and full of bigotry. big-otry. In the modern language of today, to-day, they are what we call provincialises provincial-ises and teachers of provincialism. Today we find many of this class in the land, and find many narrow streaks in broadest of minds. Sectionalism Section-alism is not dead and many of tho sects pride themselves upon their own excluslveness "The reverend father who spoke this . morning made a claim that he thoroughly thor-oughly believed that his church was the only true one 1 grant him his opinion, but he must grant me mine when I beg to differ and say that there are no churches in the world that teach a false doctrine, if they believe be-lieve In and practice the religion of Christ. "I have very little respect and a poor opinion of a man ho ascends a platform and assails those believing lu this doctrine He may prate of liberty and patriotism and by eyes and gestures display his love for human hu-man rights and liberty, when he and his church do not believe In what they preach. "The religion of Jesus Christ Is not a religion of separation. Judaism was a religion of separation and that of Christ of permeation. The religion of Christ is tho religion of the twentieth twen-tieth century and not exclusively foi cloistered nuns and intellectual i dreamers, which should not be tolerated tol-erated in this day and age. and for which the world has no use." Recalling the visit of the Rev. Dr. Watkinson of England, a foremost Wesleyan clergyman, to the Vatican at Rome. Dr. Aked said that It aad been told to him by o fellow minister minis-ter and he would not vouch for Its accuracy, but what he was told was , this: "That when Dr. Watkinson, tho venerable Methodist, called at the Vatican, Vat-ican, the good brother who was detailed de-tailed to take him about the grounds brought him to the hennery or chicken chick-en yard, and when there gravely told him that the poultry present were of royal lineage, being the direct descendants de-scendants of the cock that crowed on Crucifixion night." i j Again, taking Gladstone as a strlk- j lng example, the speaker said that the grand old statesman had a practical practi-cal view of Christ's Christianity,, and that he proclaimed far and wide that it had been his guide In sorrow as ' well as in Joy, and that the old, old story, told in the old, old way, was the gift of the Bible, the great boon to mankind. ; Lincoln, he said, lost faith In a revealed re-vealed religion In his early manhood, ( but that during the great crisis he ( was found one day reading his Bible Bi-ble by his friend, Joshua Speed. The latter expressed surprise at Lincoln doing this and asked him If he could not find a more profitable entertainment entertain-ment v The great president arose and, placing his hand on Speed's shoulder, said: "Speed, if you will trust one-half one-half of this book to reason and the other to faith, I can assure you that you will become a happier man and will die a happier death " "Cromwell, the great and pure-minded pure-minded English patriot- I may be burnt at the stake for saying this said 'How good it is to be close to the Lord betimes,' and Robert Browning, he of tltantic mind and intellect, in-tellect, said. 'Ask of God in Christ and it will solve the problem.' "Christianity will solve any question, ques-tion, it binds the wounds of sorrow that death makes; It saves society and civilization from the revolutionist, revolution-ist, tho anarchist and the demagogue. Civilization is doomed If It allows Christianity to decay." In closing Dr. Aked paid a high tribute to "Paul and John, tho apostles of fearlessness, truth and. love, and to Luther, Savonarola, Cromwell and Wesley and all pure-hearted pure-hearted and true Christians of their type."' Directors Applauded. Prior to the closing lecture the various va-rious men who have been instrumental instrumen-tal in augmenting the Utah Chautauqua Chautau-qua Into a success and a realization of the future were roundly applauded by the audience. President Drlggs . stated that he had nearly 200 sign-1 ers on the articles of Incorporation, i Manager Fisher and Dr. B P. Mills ' received special praise and applause for their part in the work Just accomplished. accom-plished. Splendid Car Service. Supt. Jos. W. Bailev of the Ogden Rapid Transit deserves a special mention men-tion on account of the admirable manner he and his assistants handled the heavy traffic to ana from the Chautauqua assembly yesterday, especially es-pecially in the evening after Dr Aked's lecture, when thousands who had been In attendance were in a hurry to return home. A long line of extra cars and trailers were ready, and ln a few minutes the great crowds were belnjj rapidly taken to their respective homes In every part of the city. Mr. Balloy also took a large part in the supervision of the grounds dur-' Ing the session, and through his assistant, as-sistant, Win Kilts, kept it in perfect order. 00 |