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Show IHS LATE 2.IETHCDIST CONFERENCE. CONFER-ENCE. "To-iav the two terrors of the Re-ruli'ic Re-ruli'ic are Mormonism and the Latin typ- of the confessional religion. There 'm:t ,!.- purity in the family life. There i-ust bo sacred ness at .the family al-t al-t ir. There must be one priest of a household, one husband and father, fid tJv? angel that stands at his side.' with the children around about them." above extract from an address ': I'r. J. M. King of Philadelphia at tne !a:e Methodist Conference of this ity. and published jn a morning con- mporary, shows the hostile si.irit of td i.n.oher to the Catholic Church :i.e T..ttei-d..y Saints, who are also -na;,ned we Ic.vo t, themselves ihey are amply able to defend their 'wn .-auso. and can doubtless show that V ,n"ir 'tnno.e is less of a menace to i:m- Republic than the Church which Mr. Kine; represents. "The Latin type of the confessional religion" js very obnoxious to the I'hiladelphia I'hil-adelphia minister, but even according to Methodist Con'vrenoe in that tvj.e Kalv.ilion may be secured. Evidently Mi. Km- ;s not concerned about the "ul.s of Catholics. Even assuming the rw.r ,.f jUripre, Cath jlics are as safe and HS SUr of i life as Methodists a,v- ANhal d'c he offer for an exchange ex-change of the "Latin type"? Protestantism. Prot-estantism. In what forni, we ask. In the sense that it is accepted by the onterenee; but in ihat sense it i.s simply a rejection of Catholicity, and has nothing positive to give as an cx-fhange cx-fhange for what we are asked to give iu. He sneaks of the Catholic Church as "tie of the terrors of the Republic. Too lite, Mr. Kin- to come with this thread) are accusation. Do you, with the facts of history since 1776, when the Re:.ublic was born, still doubt the lovalty of Catholics, who have never failed to uphold in this country all constituted con-stituted authorities, and oppose an-irchy. an-irchy. The opposition of Mr. King nd all those of his "type of religion" s not because Catholicity does not avor, encourage and endorse wise just nd stable civil government, and' lend er aid,-power and infljence to perpet-ate perpet-ate the same; but because she' won'6 ome down to his level and assume the rnm. m diC,atr USe the ramtnt as a civil despotism to crusrfc 3 - . f- ... liberU- of conscience and freedom of worshia. For nineteen centuries the Catholic Church, in or out of power, always Interposed In-terposed and protected the subject when rulers attempted to tyrannize over them, and with equal loyalty did she interpose and try to protect rulers when their subject.? were disposed to relel. Yet the imprudently pious, and over-zealous preacher would call her a "terror." We read of one religious teacher (whose constant theme was charity and mercy. He never abused those who differed from him; on the contrary, he was extremely lenient and merciful to all such persons. He never interfered with governments, yet ho gave advice which has served to direct the religious relig-ious world for nineteen centuries. It was "to give to Caesar what belonged to him, and to give to God His dues." Another religious teacher, who did not like the former's "type of religion" called him the infamous one, and whose religious principles summed up in a few words were "to continue lying about your neighbor, and some of the lies were sure to stick." The former teacher most preachers profess to follow; the latter many in practice adopt as their guide. Of the latter class is Mr. King. Like Adam Mardochai, he would erect a gallows gal-lows fifty cubits high on which he would han the Catholic Church. He spouts patriotism, talks of liberty, and that men are equal; but like his prototype, pro-totype, he will blaspheme the Church of Christ as the "terror of the Republic and the enemy of liberty." Fortunately, he is a quarter of a century cen-tury too late in his unscrupulous misrepresentations mis-representations and denunciations. Whilst hugging his delusions in the Quaker City, the Wild West has progressed pro-gressed sufficiently far to be no longer disturbed by the bug-bear dangers presented pre-sented by the visionary preachers. Those who know the Church, whether in or out of her communion, know how-false how-false and unjust these accusations are. Her doctrine is public property. Her spirit is made manifest in her works. A little study of both refutes all that Mr. Kind's hatred can conjure up against her. "There must be purity in the family life. There must be sacredness at the familr altar." Some men's preaching is far higher than their practice. There could be no sounder doctrine than that which underlies un-derlies all contained in the above sentences; sent-ences; for all social corruption begins with the family, and as the family is I the corner-stone of society when the I family loses its purity, society goes with it, and becomes corrupt. Such was the fate of all the reuowned nations na-tions of antiquity. The first great efforts ef-forts of Christian teaching were, to restore re-store the family to its rightful place by maintaining and upholding the sanctity, sanc-tity, unity, and indissolubility of marriage. mar-riage. It is not a simple contract to be broken at will, but a Sacrament which gives grace to the married couple, and dissolved only at death, j The married couple are the germs of the family. The child eomp'etes the circle. cir-cle. Before the 'fiawn of Christianity, under the Roman civilization, the father had the power of life or death over the child, who, if not suitable to his caprice, was exposed to die. Still subject to certain Christian influence we cry "horrible;" but it is less horrible hor-rible than the murder of the unborn babe. Foeticide is in reality a more shocking crime than the exposure of an infant that death may silently snatch it away. How is Mr. King going to stem this evil tide so prevalent, and of which he must be conscious? He professes great respect for the Bible, reads it, makes inclinations, which he is unable to control; con-trol; its authority is null. He has no altar upon which he could offer to his Heavenly Father the sacred, solemn promises of the newlj--married couple, and no priest to bless their union, nor any means of preventing the destruction destruc-tion of the family in the child, and yet with effrontery born of hatred, he arraigns ar-raigns the Catholic Church, that does all this. "There must be purity in the family life." Rut you must first have the fam- 1 ily. What does Mr. Kintr surre-est to have the family perpetuated? Will your false and unmitigated assertion that "The Latin type of a. confessional religion re-ligion is one of the terrors of the Republic," Re-public," produce this happy and Christian Christ-ian result? Mr. King knows differently, if not blinded by prejudice and hatred' ' He has, very true, eyes and ears, still he can neither see nor hear. One of his own creed. Dr. Todd, in a little work entitled "The Serpent in the Dove's :Wst, after inveighing against the evils of modern society, especially the destruction of the family, writes-"Much writes-"Much as I hate the Catholic church would to God we introduce the confessional confes-sional where such evils are prevented " But enough. The gentleman has received re-ceived more notice than his sense of h-nesty, truth and justice entitles him to. He comes from the East with apparently ap-parently Christian zeal, but b t mental cheek shows him to be a fair representative of the Pharisee in the Temple. With uplifted eyes he will cry to heaven: "I give thanks to God I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, extortion-ers, adulterers; as are also these Mormons Mor-mons and Catholics." Mathew: Woe to scribes and Pharisee Phari-see hypocrites! Because you tithe mint and anise, and cumming, and have left the weightier things of the law, judgment judg-ment and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not leave those undone. Blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel."-Mat., vxiii:23. ' |