Show SYMPATHY rhom FROM THE PULPIT rov H W thom thomas preaches a sensational sat ional sermon chicago sept 22 12 the rev IT TV thomas thomaa caused somewhat of a sensation this morning by declaring from his pulpit that the time had come tor for america to say bay that the oppression of cuba by spain must come to an end there was a large attendance of the best people in the city and the speaker was frequently interrupted by outbursts of ef applause dr thomas bald in part among the modern nations of the earth spain Is old she was once in the foreground one me of the greatest and proudest proud st find and most prosperous of nations but obe was waa albars on the side aide of royalty and sho she belonged to the th old ardor of government and religion other countries have advanced have heard the call and caught the inspiration of n a new light while spain has stood blood still has ha gone bacev backward ard she has not absorbed other people of the earth and caught inspiration from them hr her religion Is roman catholic and la in supported by the s state tat e no fault con can be found with that she hat haq a right to her religion and Is kneif the great grat wings or powers of the church the protestant religion la is tolerated but worship must be in berrot and no notices of meetings may be given thre there are prete stants in the country and an n attendance nt at worship of 1000 in a population of cf less than there here are 5 men and I women who c cannot annot read and write education in germany france and italy and I 1 therefore arrue argue that spain this moribund nation that has failed to t rt got into line lin with this great are age has forfeited the right to be a dictator much less a a ruler amon ir the of the earth it line has the right to t exist in ignorance and superstition and to manage its own affairs but riot net the right to cruelly or op press pra its ita own subjects the time has come for america to say that this oppression of cuba must mu t come to an end and that very 0 roon O n all our memories oron oren are the side of f france when we struggled france held out a helping hand and sent her warships vars hirs to cruise ON oft ne new w york can we w stand still and lot let spain n crush the life out of these struggling patriots patri om I 1 do not call them rebels they are patriots as braye brave as mn men ever were and are for the of men as n we one once struggled applause governments Govern menta move slowly hut ahre ihre ah re I 1 la no need nead to deliver on an exon exan of our P sympathy rn pathy it la Is little I 1 i HH p V t alir lv L v ul L ilief ac it city all should 1 I be ra ill flit t |