| OCR Text |
Show 1'itori.srAMis)! ami I'urniT. Titr I'ope Is liecomlng more and more Impatient under the reatralnla Impo-edupou him by the Italian gov-ernmenU gov-ernmenU A itiaiatcb tlatea that he haa alnut conclude I that the two wwera the ecclesiastical, of which he Is His heal, aul the civil cannot le-milii le-milii together In Home, There la only room enough for ono of them. There can be no doubt ns to which he would like to ere removed, but If the proem of flitting la reaorled to, he doublln' ap rehenda that hla derirtment will he theouethat will bounder tho uecea illy of vacating. On Thursday last the Iloniin Catholic Catho-lic church waa the chief toplo of discussion dis-cussion lu the MethoJIat Kumirnlcal coun-il. Dr. M. T. Myera, who took the Initiative, plunged Into the tuljict of the temoral uwer of the l'o, which, ho asserted, there would be no ttetiit to resume, lt was evident that this gentleman contented himself with exhibiting hit ability to floit upon the surface of the theme without even an endeavor to reach Ha lower depth. Hurely an Intelligent non whohai of late watched the operations of the Cathollo church, can coruu to no other conclusion than that the whole iwllcy of the urgaultatlon tenda to tho ro-unitlonolwhitl)r. ro-unitlonolwhitl)r. Myera taya there will be no attempt to re-establish. It li not long since thai, lu re ijionte to a dlrctt question conveyed con-veyed ly circular, an overwhelming overwhelm-ing majority of the lllshopa ex reied an 0lnlon to the effect that the time waa aliout ripe for the taking of itc for theataertlugoftheteuijoral lower of the Pope. Dr. Myera also dwelt upon the ellorli of the ('athol)a Church to control edu catlonal mattera, hut adduce-! nothing new. Dr. Kiakedrewaltentlm to the ttrldra lielng made by that organlxa-Hon organlxa-Hon In Itieaaeumption of lulitlcal re-rogatlve. re-rogatlve. The lltv, Nicholas took up the part of thoiutjrct that related to the Catholic Ca-tholic Church aa a rellgloua lower, but ho apprehended no danger to the lro-teatant lro-teatant faltha on account of Ita existence. exist-ence. Uoo notable feature of the dla-fundon dla-fundon waa the comaratlvely tolerant llrlt which rvadel Iho epeechee. The old antagonism hi retoforo ao bitter among the rrotettant clergy toward Itoinan Catholicism teems to Ik dying out among the letll. The Idet that therroteatantchurchea are not endangered by the oratlona of Ilomanlsni Is, we believe, a fallacy, Thosecta are weakening. They are lu a quandary. Many of the leading llghta of the churchra ale announcing I reteetatlona against their dogmas,au I they are compiled to const ier thead-vliablllty thead-vliablllty of conforming their creoJa to the newer conditions and thus Joining Join-ing In the growing repudiation of thtlr own religious fabric, from ta-m to I Innacle. It looks aa If the Mother, who la a ower In the earth, would In tlmo get the complete uper hand of the children to which aha gave birth. Hhela corufaratlvrly free from Internal Inter-nal atrlfu and dlstractloni, and U ttn tchlng out her hand to grasp op-iortunltlea op-iortunltlea ottered hy the reaent com-lllcnted com-lllcnted toclat condltlona, that hir Intluenco may I e enlarged, |
