| Show THE XUE or AMERICA rev nev nev REV father hecker who is said to be an eminent cht catholic hoie holc divine has lately been delivering a lecture in chicago in this lecture mr hecker discussed the religious religions condition of this country he assumed that there were two tendencies in modern times viz toward Romani romanism sni and rationalism and he drew the conclusion which was loudly applauded that this great republic is destined in the providence of god to be a great roman catholic country I 1 he tried to establish this point by showing that romanism is becoming dominant in this country and aid that protestantism is with about mission is emmete effete dying and wu will soon vanish to prove this he adverted to the spiritual condition of new hew england generally where protestantism has had full sweep and ind he says the tho essential doctrines of christ are abandoned and he arraigns protestantism for being unfavorable to population ula uia tion alln asin the new england states lie he says among protes protestants ita tits the nuin ber of deaths are greater than births so that soon the foreign population will be dominant 11 I 1 he next turns to new york he gives a picture of its deserted or half empty churches and dec dee declares lures fures that it is as wicked as pekin As might be expected thi this lecture Y has las aroused the i protestant ministers of chicago Ohi ohl cago eago we have seen the reports of a few of their dl discourses courses in reply one of them the them rev robert L collier says the tho the tho prophecy that menica america A is soon aon akl and suddenly or ever at ali ail all to become roman catholic has no support subpart in statistics and no encouragement in the spirit of owr our our 11 i duch guch sueh such a statement he bays sounds like ilke irony he thinh sus bus tiie tile e church churchin in america a foreigner and it can never he bays flays learn four our I 1 manners mannera and we can never uever learn its ivans ways waya between the spirit of that church and american civilization he thinks there is 14 a great gult gulf fixed and it t is impassable he asserts that romanism is not gaining bilin gilin lug tug but dall dali yand hourly losing strength the the world over ver he hd admits that neither romanism nor sectarianism can possibly be the ultimate form of christianity it must be a religion founded in reason and supported by conscience J this he slays flays Is not 1161 the christianity of neither i isit is it tha that of seota secta protestantism he 1 0 10 lo to rea yonan ind to reasonable i t does not deny the right P practically radically radl radi gally yally lei lew theoretically it does mr collier disputes tile the statement that romanism Romani is making rapid numerical I 1 lff iff acie crease Qs e I 1 EL ii ain aln e ai 6 A pace with tue th the tio xio tion lion ih idour gilr 8 states ki e catholics in the united states are gre scarcely more than the emigrants to titis country he says from froni C catholic cholle europe since the beginning of this century and he en deavor sto ato ta AO fhe population has hils increased six fold the church communicants of have increased more than tenfold he winds up by s baying saying Fi finally there can scarcely be said sald to be oten oven a problematic element in this inquiry as to the tho future neli reli religion gion glon in america it is tho the very genius of our civilization it is tho the very spirit of the age in which we live tossy chatis not of reason is not of god the world is going who wherever revor revon reason leads it for god can only lead load men by this power in them which is the highest expression of himself and the surest evidence of liis 11 is sove sovereignty e ay outward authorities of church and ana creed venerable traditions whose only commendation is their a agedness ed must give way before tho inqui inquiring ing intellect and ancI devout heart as darkness gives way at the coming of tho the sun sim rev T M eddy DJ DD also denies in strong language the assumptions and predictions of father hecker respecting roman catholicism being the future religion of Am america erica trica yet in alluding to heckers statement that the number of deaths exceeded the births among protestants in new england he commends the thoughtful attention of american protestants to this ground of hope for papal dominance he does not dispute father heelers statement but he says I 1 I 1 the church must never ccase cease toi to hold marriage honorable in all and children a heritage from tho laird lord or say other than children are as arrows in the hand era eta ora of a mighty man happy is ia he that hath his bis quiver full of them an excellent and very true sentiment and consequently good latter day saints doctrine while these sectaries sect aries with jarring creeds and conflicting opinions are trying to settle settie this question as to which shall be the F future future rell eel i glon lon ion of america we trust utah shall ever diverge from the practice new england has been accused of and diligently aud and strictly carry out the sentiment of mr mt eddy which he quotes from the bible in making marriage honorable in all nil and proving that children are a heri tage ta gefrom from the lord that they are areas as arrows in the hand of a mighty man and that happy is he that hath his quiver full of them and in this manner settle in our way which shall be the future religion of america |
