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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1896. BOWMH AND FATHER YORKE, The A. P. A. Champion Dis- cusces the Power of the Pope. POLITICS AND RELIGICN.| Declares the Catholic Church Is Intolerant in Civil Mat- ters. SYLLABUS OF POPE PIUS IX. Father Yorke Answers Rev. Charles W. Wendte on the Foundation of the Church. submits the following Yorke-Ross- £ a religious political organi- c and boastfuily ed the nations to bow absolved the su n their oath of &f freedom, handicapped rance, and shackled, tor- who' dared oppose her 1 power. In the hed the astical and snd gonz forth to uphold the claims of the triple-crowned monarch of the Tiber. The Pope,as a king, wears a crown, ): 1 banner, & of jurisprudence and ve of coining money. reign the Pope has n possible, an arm claims the right 10 set ijself above ¢ fact. The whole h one of arrogant a: potisn In his he Papacy has been written ius IX declares the overnment to be false. an error cannot be Furthermore, the opposite of what he condemns as an error he must hold to be the truth; hence it is lawful to piace such in_ the {orm of an afirmative proposition and declare it to be what Rome teaches as truth. We will give five of the propositions contained in the bus” in the Latin and Enelish and then support them | from Catholic authoriti = Before we quote tne syllabus we will give an extract from & book written by one of R most aceomplished scholars in_the United States, “The Life of Pope Pius IX,” by John Gilmary Shew, D.D. He “On 'the 8th of December, 1564, he published the encyclical ‘Quenta Cura,’ condemning a host of errone- ous doetrines which he hed from time to time | censured, and of waich & summary or sylie- | bus was appended. There was nothi the Catholies in this; bu alism and infidelity’ were confronted by this mass of sound Catholic aoctrine, which struck atsome favorite crude theory of the time, all rose in arms. The Pope, whose declibing power made him but yesterda they spoke with denly the great enemy of human prog- T s ing the church and its rights. Thesyllabus in fact lays down that the ch is & true and perfect society, absolutely iree, enjoying her own peculier and constant rights, con- ferred upon Lier by her divine founder,and that it is not competent for the civii powers to define what the hts of the church are, nor the Jimits in which they shall be exercised.” {This makes 1k hurch superior to the state.— HOW. Bt lays d church, in the exer morecover, that the > of its authority, does 10t depend on the permission or consent of the civil government, and the e cludes no part dependent upon the stat [This places Pope and priest above civil law.— HoW. BJ - “The Pope, in these decisio claimed that the church had powers to def what was the true religion; to restrict Catholic . even in treating questions not abso- detined as articles of fa to_emplo; uire and possess.” '[This proves the military organizations of the church are subject to her ord her ends by foree.—H. W. B.j “The direct and indirect temporal power of the church was affirme the popes had usurped the rights of princes, or erred in defining faith or morals, was abso- lutely denied. From the principlés thus laid down others flowed—the right of tae church in certein temporal affairs, as Tegard 1o marrisge and the ed dren, the right of the Pope to institute bishops without the consent of the state.” * * ¥ he assumption that the state for instance in ministration of ti tion of conscie grants this ¢ poral pow 10 set aside bt i the Fop H. W. B.] “Tne right of the state to reguiate the edu- exclusion of is explicitly denied. So many end strange were the false doctrines set | afloat, that the Pope felt it necessary to con- demn'the proposition that kings and princes cation hristian youtn, to the church, * * are exempt from the jurisdiction of the church, The proposition that the absolute separation of was the only proper course was condemped.” [This is the decision of the infallible (?) head of the Romish church and iests in America have to indorse it cburch and sta ali of the p or turn heretics.—H. W. B.] “The Pope maintained that human laws should conform o the law of God and that | they receive their power from God and that | the decision in regard to their conformity Lies | " [This would place all legis- | esinstical supervision. No d unless sanctioned by the B.] Tie Pope denied, dog- ions that the compati- with the chur: lation under e law would be va church.—H. W. maticaily, by these decis bility of the temporal royalty of the Pope the spirituai powers was an open quesiion among Cathol the bappiness or liberty of the Pope to deprive him o1 temporai power. In regard to siates that had always been deemed Catholic the theory had been zealou: propaguted that it wes no longer right 1o held the Catholic church es alone established; that ons ought to be ailowed full scope. 1is us 6 zen orinciple, universal in appli- cation, was condemned. The syllebus clos: proposition that the Roman Fonuff ought to adapt his policy and the church to what is styled prog: ization. (Pages 27! sylinbus by a Roman Ca the impri indorsement of nine bishops and archbishops, We will now quote some of the lerding prop- ons from the syllabus: REORUM. is- tized in the con wnc:issimi Domin Nostri Pii Pape IX. | Pather, Pope Pius XI. |V. ERRORS V. ERRORES DE ECCLE-| THECH SI1A QUE JUR HUS. RIGHTS. 1. Ecclesln non est| 14. The churchis nota vera perfectague societas| true and perfect and en- tirely free sociely. nor | i-|does she enjoy pecuiiar | s sibi a divino and perpetual rights con- | ore collatis,sed ferred upon her by her | mga s est defi- Divoe Founder, but 1t nire quie sung_ecclesiw upperiains to the civil | intra guos power to dcfine what are | ghts and limits ¢ libera, nec pallet civilis poies juraaclimi eadem jura exercere ihe queat. |with which the charch may exercise authority Allce. Singulariquedam | Allocution Sin: ulati 9 decembris 1854. gantns, 9:h December, | Alloc. Multis gravis-| Allocution Multisgravi- busque 17 decembrs busque, 17th December, e church has not of force, or ar direct temporal poiwer. augusti 1851. . Saeri Ecclesim minis sunt ownius temporal afair: Maxima qui- ‘m, 9th June, 186: the church and of siastical persons derivcs its orizin from civil Iaw. | tolic Letier, Mul plices inter, 1Uth June, | Teies | 10 Junii 1851 VI. Errores de Socie. VI. Errors about civil | . consider-d both in itself and in its rela- tion to ihe church. . In case of conflict- ing laws between the two uis ad ecclesiam rela tionzbus spectat 42. In conflictn Jegum 'statis jus powers, ought to prevail. August, | From these assertions of Pope Pius IX there has been deduced tie four following proposi- tions as the affirmative teaching of Rome: | Proposition 1—The Romish church has a right to exercise its suthority witbout any | the civil power. (The afirma- | Proposition 4—In case of conflict esiastical and civil powers the ec astical powers ought to prevail. tive of error42. s This syllabusof errors appeared in the New York Freeman’s Journal, November 27, 1869, | in th York Tribune of January 21; ch of Rome holds and forth in the four 1tioned above is not a difficult will cite the statements of s and editors with the | lory to prove that Rome acts That the Chu tsk to prove. Popes, council testimony of h upon the above- written by R. G. Hassard, entitled “Li IX,” and published by the Cathoiic Pub ".(lu y the | ¥ political | he managed at | per of the world in | al and Chancellor of the #rc opric of New York, the following comments o tha phmtious 10 BOW | are made unon the encyclica! and appended e ek 2w “Treating first of the relation tween the ch: reminds the bishops ‘naturalism’ in politics, which makes no a of | branch James occupled the foremost place and inde- | s oL e b and the stat rowned and uncrowned | civil society, is contrary to Cathol | The modern'idea that the bert Goveriment is one which treats true and s to all men not only complete liberty nce and worship but the uurestricted privilegze of propagating what e, is & dangerous e more particular or possible between the civil and ecc law the encyclical declares that the authority of the church is 1ot subc anthority; ihat its decree )0 of the civil power; that it is entirely | ndent of the xtend 1o seculer con | is 1i0t contined to faith eud moral the conscience even when matters connected with the general w the church.” In support of propo the sovereignty o ardinal Man Ise creeds alik etional cabinet, an | nd ‘has exercised the iinate to the civ do not require tl an_indisputable | ¥ on and lawless des- tion 1, in regard to eccledinstical power, , “Independence n the world to deliver his revela- tion, and being the sole fountuin of that knowl- its sphere & sovercignty. ¥ is one that is exempt irom all control of human autnority. No authority on earth can intervene to dictate fo the chu: to teach, or within what limits There'is no authority to deter- mine whether the cnurch shall teach thisor that doctrine. empt, but supreme, and being Supreme, there can be no appeal from it. final judge of what is the law of God, and when science and into contact with that fa that law, it admits of no_appeal from its own decision 1o any_tribunal out of itsel in the past or tuture.” ( , speaking of the historic continuance of papal supremacy, he says: ywhere it claimed to be independent ot sowers, and within its divine offic constituted 1 edge, hes withi that sovereignt; it shail teach. ne’s | Itis the highest and politics com| One pege 6O one of whom 5 nd of pity, became sud- | Lgof the Falck laws in Germany le out sin against God ~ in that moment to be a ¢ fhe next topic is a serles of errors concern- | s its cowmission and authority from It hoids in custody the faith (3) It is the sole in- and lew of Jesus Christ. terproter of that faith and the sole expositor of It has within that sphe; legislate with authority.” Again (on page 22) he says: eign because it is independent; it is independ- ent because it has no master upon earth. sus Christ is the source of its lib- eity and the guerdian of its sovereignty. e ower if you will—the thing the independence, the the kingdom of earth, in ail the world and over all mankind, Testing upon its center in the patrimony of the | church, within which the s sovereignty can intrude without violation of the supernatural order of grace.” roof we turn to another Roman publication e pOwer 10 “Rome is sover- copal power in- sovereignty of ow of uo other in the attainment of Instruction — Apolo- 4, and the charge that the Rev. Father F. X. Schinppe, of the translated from tne Freuch new edition thoroughly re with the imprimatur oi H. E Burnes & Oates, he civil laws (of binding in conscience so long us conformabie * * * Catholic church.” Oun page are susceptible of dispensation. dispense belongs to the sovereign Por On page 2903 It e of the power of binding which she received from Jesus gated lie!) may for just reason or commute also dispense from | oath. This power belongs to the Pope and | bishops, who exercise it citber (hemselves or On peges 97 and 98 it is ather atheism of the exclusion from the | civil government of all religious influence; above all that of the true religion of the church Or,in other words, the sepa- ration of the state from the churech; absolute independence of the state with regard to the church, which means the oppression of the | | church'by the stat In Brownson's Re: ¥ Society of Jesus; | third editios ‘nristendom) are ation of chil- a no_limit to its power was deniea by the Pope * * * All state nction sttempting to define the duties of the church in the teaching of faith, the ad- or the difec- tion.” [This h the tem- | | ticle of faith, { she can vil law in the marrisge covenant and to make their faith in the iniullible pre- tensions of the Pope & matter of conscience.— other good w by their delegates.” taught that rationalism, or the siate, consisig in of Jesus Christ. ew for January, 1854, the siatement was made: | church) bears, by divine right, both swords, but she exereises the temporal sword by the nand of the prince, or magistrate. porel magistrate holds it subject to her orde: 10 be exercised in her service end under her | In o little truct on the subject of “The Pope's and stamped with “Printed for tha Catholie Society, office 9 Warren street, New York,” the author say: N prince, whiether emperor, or kin legislative body, can b jurisdiction over the Pope.” 'ns the church inthe name of Christ and as His divine office, ihere- | fore, mekes him superior to every political, temporal and humen government.” bull, Unem been accepted by a general conneil and sued by an_infallible Pope, it must ed en_authoritative Catholic document. is also indorsed by Pope Pius IX in th tained the & vs: “Either sword is in the power of the church, that is to say, the spirituai and the The former is 10 be used by the the church. Temporal Power,” badge of authority : Publication The Pope gov- r that it would conduce to his representative. y | Sanctam, has ; | This is what with & reprobation of the | i say: s<, liberalism and modern civil- | ehurch, b The one is Such’is the interpretation of the famous | the c. The book bears | nntur of Cardinal McCloskey and the | the hand of and soldiers, but at the will aud pleasure of it is nght thet the temporal sword | and authority be subject to the spiritual power. Moreover, we declare, say, define and pro- | | nounce that every human bein; subject to the Roman Pontiff to of necessary faith.” s TLe syllabus of the tis principal_errozs of onr | 1L 2 in time, which are s:igma- | Protesiant authority; H m's ‘Midale Ages, 2, and Dowling’s “History of | Romanism, A complete justiication of the whole of this infawous “bul’ may be found ina Romsan Hergenrother, (Note—The book “The Fope and Council,” by Janus, that he reviews, is, (o the ‘most able re claims ever issued from the press. tinctive principles of this *bull,” and now & partof the canon law of the church, he sets down as follows: rst, ‘it is necessary to salvation that every n should submit {o the Roman PonGff''; second, “this is a necessary dogma of papal supremsc; demus the assertion of th over church property”; fourth, | power of Christian princes a them from obedience to the head of fiith, “the material sword is drawn for the church. the spiritual by the church”; sixth, “the material sword must co-operat t-|and other apostolic let rs of our Most Holy | “Anti-Janus tation of papal usequence of the | third, “it con- e siate of any power “the témporal oes not exem | | | Meminit | | ordin; with the spiritual and assist it”; seventh, “the secular power should be guided by the spiritus! as the higher”; eighth, “‘the spiritual has the pre-eminenice over ~ the ma- terial”; ninth, “the temporal power is sub- d 1o the ecclesiasticai, as to the higher”; tenth, “‘the temporal power, if it is 10t good, is judted by the spiritunl”; eleventh, ““to 1be ecelesiastical authority” (ihat is, to the Pope and his hierarchy) “the words of ‘the Prophet Jeremiah apply, ‘Lo! I have set thee ihis day over the nations and over kingdoms to root up and to puli_down, and to waste and | to destroy. and to build, and to plant’”; | twelith, when “‘the temporal power goes astray Ad| ministers of | church, and the Ro- | excluded from | —The Pope and priests ought to | ¢ wion over temporal affairs. atlirmative of error 28.) Proposition 3—The Eomish church end her have a right to immuuity from | (The aflirmative of error 30.) it is judged by the spiritnal”; thirteenth, “for obtaining eternal happiness each one is re- quired 10 submit to the Pope; fourteenth, “the supremacy of the Pope even in temporal things”; and, fifteenth, the Popes “recognize human authorities in their proper place till they lift up their will against God.” In s future article we intend to prove that the Papacy in the United States has acied upon these principles. H. W. BOWNAN. e e FOUNDATION OF THE OHURCH. Rev. Cnarles W, Wendte of Oakland Writes on the Subject. The Rev. Charles W. Wendte, pastor of the TFirst Unitarian Churzh of Oakland, | writes to the Examiner on three points of the controversy. The following is a sum- mary of his contentions: The claim of the Roman Catholic Church e an exclusive and divine right through Christ’s institution and Peter's selection and ! primacy as the first Christian Bishop in Kome to rule over the souls of men and assure their salva- in this and all w S Ihe doctrine ot civil government held urch as of church and state. —The comp: rative truth and excellence of | oman Catholic and Protestan: theories of n and church government as shown prac- inthe lives of individuals, States, natlons of me; The first claim is based on a certain mysteri- | ous passage in the New Testament, & passage | whicn, by the way, is to be found in but one i of tue four gospels. It reads: “Thou art Pe- { | crurch at Jerusalem was founded. But in the | ver opinions | icts actual | siastical | ter (Petrcs), and on this rock (Petros) will I y church.” words are capable of various inter- { pretations when considered in the light of other pussages. Elsewhere in tle New Testa- | ment Christ is called “the only foundation | which cau be laid” (Corinthians I, :1ii:2) the “‘headstone of the corner” (by Peter himself in Acts iv:2), as ii the aposiolic writers were quite unaware of any suc | tion having been ¢ Accord- | ing to Mark (11i:16) and Luke (vi:ld) the be- stowal of this name Peter upon Simon 00k | place on an earlier and different occasion. Jesus no doubt depended greatly on Peier to | pread the gospel. But this does not imply | that Jesus depended wholly on Peter. He was 1o “rock” in the eyes_of the Master. He ful- | filled in a great degree, however, the expecta- tion and prophecy of the Christ. Largely throngh his devotion and labor the mother | later histo fluenc v of the apostolic church his ms to have waned. In the Je: in the Christian Prul wes far nore conspicu- | ous. in the Bible the word church is never used | to signify a hierarchy. There was no such life- | long office as Bishop in the early church. The church was a congregation. The first church oflicers mentioned in the New Testameni—the deacons (Acts vi:2-6)—were ordained by all the Ape s in common, no: by Peter alone. So, #gain, when earnest teachers are needed in Swmaria (Acts vil:l4), the Apostles exercise | their collective authority and send Peter and | John thither. Still more significant is the testimony saf- | forded by the council or svnod of Apostles | mentionéd in the fifteenth chapter of the Book | of Acts, Peter does not preside over it, as he | woulda naturally have done if he had been | | 1 as Primate. He defends his own | se like a privete member of the congrege- | ,aud James is the one who proposes the romise which is finally adopted by the elders and congregation, in séttle- ment of their differences. The Catholic church has always claimed that Peter, after a stay of ten years as Bishop of recogni cou | Antioch, deperted for Rome, where, after reign- | ing for twenty-five years, he suffered with Paul 8 martyr's death. If Peter was in Rome he must have left Jerusalem for Antioch immediately after | the crucifixion “of Christ, and remained | |in Asia Minor for ten years. but this; { his conversion, and he tells us (Galatians ii:1- | New Testament we find that Peter was in is an impossibility, for We learn from | the Books of Acis and the Epistle to the Galatians thet Peter was in Jerusalem f many years after the crucifixion. Paul finds | him " rhere (Galatians i:18) three years after 11) that it was notuntil fourteen years after this (3 plus 14 equal 17) that Peter went to | Autioch, and then not as Bishop, but on a | missionary visit e: . i Again, if Peter was for twenty-five years a Bishop in Rome and was put to death there in | 68 A. D.. he must have gone there as early as tae year 43 of our era., But turning to the prison at Jerusalem in the year 44. In the { year 50 Paul meets him in Jerusalem. Iu the | | Peter. Tnel | is claimed, was founder and Bistiop of the | had an avostolic and authoritat | time and the should be | en article | (Dn Pin's Ecclesiastical Hisiory, vol. Xil, p. 7, Romish authority, | i vear 5% Paul writes his great Epistle (o the Romaus. Now, it js strange tnat in all this tle there should not be & single allu | t chapter is made up principeily { s to Paul's acquaintanc Eternal City, Some twenty-six different per- are mentioned by name, but Pet fellow aposle, is not once referred to. not this inexplicable and inconceivable, if | Peter was really in Rome at the time, and, as | church there! Why, indeed, did Paul feel called upon at all to write his letter of counsel | and admonition to the Romans. if they already teacher like Yeter abiding among them? This considera- | tion alone go e the question. Two vears ait g this epistle Paul comes himself to Rome (60 A. D) to stay, we know not how long. The Book of Acts closed | with Paul’s captivity there. But neither the Book of Acts nor Paul in the epistles he wrote irom Rome make any mention of Peter, which is inconceivable if he was abiding there at the wleaged head of the | church. In the first le of Peter, v.13, we | find a salutation from “she (the charch) that is in Babylon.” Roman Cathoiic theologia interpret Babylon in this message to be a con- cealed reference to RKome. But th merecly an assumption. We know that Babylon was still a considernble city in Peter's day and that the apostle’s activity was displayed in that | region. | lusion the summing up may be as fol- | irst—St. Peter was never inyested with dinary spiritual authority over the | tles. Second—Even had he been 1there is no reason for believing posed authority was (o be trans- is successors, the notion of s u being purciy an assumption on rt of the Roman church. Tnird—St. ter was never Bishop of Rome. Fourth—St. Peter never could have resiaed in Rome for | length of time claimed by the Koman | church. Filth—He was{ in_all probability | never in the city of Rome at any time. | Taking the negative of these conclusions we | find the shaky joundation upon whici the | lowering superstructure of the Papacy is built. The power o: the Popes is on the wane, as may | Dbe proved by a glance at the forlorn condition of the church in Catholic countries, Surely this decaying antique cannot be the church of Christ against which the gates of hell cannot prevail, | Iu the Roman communion many fine exam- ples of Christiau character may be found; but the whole history of the Papacy shows how dangerous is the policy which concentrates | absolute and irresponsible power in the hands | of mere men. It is the duty of every Protestant minister to expose the fallacy of Koman hier- archical pretensions. Beyond all doubt, | Catholicism is losing ground in this countr and our frce American institutions are prepar. ing the way for its transformation or perhaps its overth This revie purp that this tted to icw has not been undertaken for the | . of glorifying the Proiestant sects at {he expense of the Catholie church, but for the | snke of true Christianity, the welfare of which will be brought about. by the down{all of the spiritual and temporal sovereignty of Rome. In the gospel of Matthew (xviii:18) we read | that Jesus committed the power to bind and | loose, 10 Tetain and remit sin, not only. (o | Peter, but to all the disciples. “Verily, I suy unto You, whetsoever ve bind on earth shal| be bound'in Leaven, and_whatsoever ve loose | on earth shall be loosed in heave: \\'bfli-‘ ever weight of authority we mey attneh to this mysterious passage, oné thing is assured, the | keys of heaven are in the handsof noone | privileged mediator between man and God. | ery disciple is 8 priest of the Most High every pure soul is God’s temple, every hones thought, every virtuous action and holy i | prayer brings us into immediate and intimate | relations with cur Father in heaven, promotes | our present felicity and opens the kingdom of heaven to all believers. CHARLES W. WENDTE, Minister First Unitarian Church of Oakland. Oakland, January 9, 189 : o e S i THE EARLY CHRIZTTAN CHUROH. Rev. Father Yorke Replies to Rev. Charles W. Wendte. Father Yorke’s latest contribution to the controversy is as follows: JANUARY 10, 1896, To the Editor of the Call—DEAR SIR: The Kev. Dr. Wendte of Uakland has tiought it well to undertake » reconsideration of some of the more important points treated during the present coutroversy. Dr. Wendte prefaces his letter with a little homily on the bad temper and bad words which have characterized the | discusston. 1 do not intend to defend the propriety of every expression I may have used in letters writien always in great haste and often with meany interruptions and annoyances, vut at { me | gospels wes writte | the hone: the same time T am not prepared to apologize The best hurler always sits on the fence, and no one can give betier advice for the proper management of a fight than the looker-o: If Dr. Wendte had to deai with the men I have been compelled to notice his Plnmnge If he had been met not with arguments but with forgery, with misrepresentation, with calumny, sve, and even with obscene sneersand insinuations might not now be o unrufiled. against everything and everybody he holds neer and dear, it is possible that he might have been ebie'to mumtain the ealm and dig- nified tone with which a professor pulpited on &n iceberg might address a young ladies’ semi- nary. It is possible. if Dr. Wendie has the temper of an angel, T haven't. However, this is neither here nor there, 1 am dealing now with Dr. Wendte, and all T have heard of him leads me o the beiief that he is both a scholar and a gentleman. I hope to reply to him as courteously and &s ealmly as he bas criticized me. If, in the course of these letters any expression’ should escape me calculated to annoy or Lurt him or any Prot- ant 1 apologize for it beforehand. Dr. Wendte has judged me harshly in supposing that T am anxious merely for “partisan tri- umph.” Tassure him that however much s pearances may have misrepresented my pos ton my sole desire is not victory, but truth. THE STATE OF THE QUESTION. In my explanation of the teachings of the Catholic church concerning civil allegiance [ made & slight sketch of the argument which leads from the idea of revelation to the dogma. of infallibility. My object in making this sketch was not_ to_elaborate the details, put to define the links in the chain. One of these links was the siatement of fact: *Our Lord constituted St. Peter the ruler of his church. The next link was another statement of fa “The Pope is the successor of St. Peter.” Dr. Wendte tries 10 break these two links and his letter was written to proyve— 1. Peter was never invested by Jesus Christ with any extraordinary autbority or spiritual supremacy over the other disciples. 2. Even’if he had been so invested there is nothing to show that this authority was or could be transferred to succeediug generations of disciples. 3. Peter was never Bishop in Rome. 4. Peter mever abode in Rome for any such term as is claimed for him in_the official dec- larations of the Roman Catholic church. 5. Peter was inall probability never in Rome 1 atall, L1ntend in this letter to examine the proofs offercd by Dr.Wendte to substantiate these con clusions.and see how far bear out his con- structions. Let me say, however, in the begin- ning that in this argiment Iuse the Bible merely a5 & human composition. I leave out the guestion of its supernatural character and consider itsimply asa history, like Cwmsar's Commentaries or Xenophon’s Anabasis. 1 take for granted that it is substantially co:- Tecl—as correct as any other authentic record of the past. The questions with which we nave to deal are all questions of fact and to substan- | tiate questions of 1act we only require credible | testimony. I—THE SUPREMACY OF ST. PETER. In my summary of Catholic teaching I stated that Christ constituted St. Peter the ruler of his church. To substantiate this assertion I alleged the following proofs: (1) Christ built his church on Peter. (2) Christ gave Peter the symbois of royal authority in the church. (3) Christ gave Peter the royal power of bind- ing and loosing. (4) Christ gave Peter the oflice of confirming the brethren. (5) Christ gave Peter the commission to feed the lambs and sheep. Dr. Wendte hes not thought it well to con- sider the arguments (2) and (5). He divertsthe main foree of his reasoning a#ainst argument No.(1). He deal with argumeut No. (3) in & varsgraph, and he dismisses No. (4) in half a sentence. To these he ads rious considera- tions which militate not against the prooi, but against the fact itselt. This is not the order clearest way to put the matter, and to my mind clearness is the first requisite in a con- I will therefore desl with the first ion of fact in the following order: Objections against the proofs alleged to substrutiate the fact. 1. The argument from the Rock metaphor is | of no value, becanse: (a) Peter is not the only Rock. (b) His name Rock was given on a different occasion, and therefore has no special signifi- can: (c) Peter was the Rock simply because he took a leading part in spreading the church, (d) Peter was not the Rock, because Christ rebuked him and because he denied Christ. The argument from the commission to confirm the brethren is of no weight, ause noihing was meant but St. Peter’s natural fervor. oosing is of no welght, because all the iples received the samae power. . Objections against the fact itself. (1) Our Lord himself expressly provided against a primacy. (2) The uncient church was not organized on a hierachical basis, and therefore there was no room tor a Pope. (3) The whole history of the apostolic church shows no trace of the primacy of Peter because (a) The apostles exercised tneir authority in eommon. (b) Peter did not preside at the council of Jerusalem. (¢) Paul withstood him face to face. i The fourth gospel - giorifies Joha, not Peter. I—THE ROCK FOUNDATION, Dr. Wendte says concerning the argument in favor of St. Peter's prima the famous text of St. Matthew “This claim is usualiy besed, to begin with, | on a certain mysterious passuge, which, by the | wa | gospels. It reads: ‘Thou art Peter (Petros), » is to ve found in but one oi the four and upon this rock (Petra) will I build my chureh. Ihis s atement of the case calls for a few remarks. In the first place that the fact is tioned in only one of the four gospels is ly Gevoid of significance. No scholar I imagines that the four gospels were written for the purpose of setting down all thatour Lord did or said, and that we are to | judge of the importance of the doctrine by the number of times it is mentioned. Each of the for a certain set purpose and it is in that it s in the gospel which was composed to show to the J the prophecies nad be of David was to be of the son of David, t Judah was to give w dom—it is significar n fulfilled, that the reign succeeded by the reign the earthly scepter of 10 the spiritual king- that this gospel gives us the organization of the kingdom of heaven and the words of the Christ, which declare how and on what it is ounded.” 1do not sup- rose that Dr. Wendte denies the authenticity of this incident, and if it is authentic that is ail that is necessary for the argument. 1n the nd place the claim of the Pope to supremacy is not usuaily based on this pas- sage. Thé otlier arguments which I gave are, as far as my reading govs, urged by the Cathyiics just as otten as this one. To my mind the Strongest argument which can be set forth in avor of the papal supremacy is the apal supremucy iisclf, The chureh to-dey is ier own witness as she was when the apostles set out for the first time from the upper chamber in Jerusalem. She is now s she was then, the city seated on the mountain-top. | She is the standerd lifted up to the nations bat sll may know where is the appointed rendezvous of the king. In the third place, I cannot imagine why Dr. Wendte should call this s msSierions patsage. Iknow there is & school of writers who aim to explain away everything that tells ageinst hem and get rid of an obnoxfous text by mothering {t in smoke. Howevyer,I do not | expeet Dr. Wendre to resort to such tactics. He stands for “an honest and impartisl review of the Bible testimony,” and an honest and | impartial reyiew scouts snch adjectives as “mysterious.” Remember, we ere dealing now with the Bible, just as if it were the “His- 1017 of the Gaelic War"; or, *The Retreat of the Ten Thousand.” Profane scholars would lin- ger to scorn the man who wonld aitempt to escape from the plain meaning of a text in thess books by dubbing it ‘‘mysterious.” Let us have s much honesty as secular and worldly maen, and if a point is made against us iet us ot evade it by running our heads into a. sand heap. There is absolutely nothing mysterious in this text of Si. Matthew if it is taken in its natural signification, as Catholics take it. If 1o éxplain it by the prejudices which 1500 years after it was written we will find it obscure enough. 1f we try to make it fit our preconceived theory that Peter was not hiead of the church it will prove a veritable crux. But permit me (o state that thisis not t and impartial wey to review tne Bible. What the Popes may have done or what the Catliolic church claims should have no in- fluence on our interpretation of any passage. 1f the passage has x certain_obvious meaning, hat meaning should be held, no matter what may have happened after the book was wriiten. 1f we follow this common-sense rule we shell find no mystery in Christ’s promise, but i1 the text is 10 be wrested to fit our prejudices then we shall discover it to be just as mys- terious as thatother text which, like the king- dom of hieaven suffereth violence, “This is my body, this is my biood.” A calm and fmpartisl review of the incident, as related in the Gospel of St. Matthew, will dispel all ideas of mystery. 1 quote from the revised version: “Now when Jesus came into the parts of Cacsarea Poillipi he asked his dis- ciples, saying, Whom do men say that the Son of manis? “And they said, Some say John the Bapiist, some Elijih, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He saith unto them, But Whom snyj'e that [ am ? And Simon Peter an- ¥wered and seid, Thou art the Carist, the son of the Living God. *And Jesus answered and said unto him: Blessed art thou, Simou_Barjonah, for flesh and biood hath 1ot revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heavy. And I also say unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this | rock I will” build my church, and the gates of Jhedes shall not prevail against it. 1 will give unio thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever ihou shalt bird ou earth shail be bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. | Azainst it shall come not wind or water, but | | the very gates of hell. In all their pride, in all | Vious meaning of these words of Chr! ! followed by Dr. Wendte, but I think itis the | r | where in the New Testament Christ is called 3. The argument from the power of binding | «The only foundation which gan be laid,” i dressing St. Peter does not call him a founda- | deduced from | s that | Then cherged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he wes (Ke Christ.” % Let any honest and unprejudiced American at this pessage aloud,and then he will cer- tainly agree Dr. Wendte that it is very mysterious if it means nothing at ail. But let us consider for a moment Christ’s words in_their naturai context and in their natural signification. He is a great teseher Who has been going up and down the province of Galilee preaching and doing good. The whole population is stirred to its depths. Some are in his favor; some are bitierly opposed- to nim. One _eries out thet he is the son of David. Another sneers, “He is & Sameritan and bath & devil.” It happens that on a certain occasion he withdraws with his chosen companious to the mountain solitudes. These are the twelve he has selected to carry on his work. Thaf work is the formation of the heaven. No doubt the questionings which were nis!mcliui the peopie found an ccho in the hearts of the disciples. They, too, were wondering who was this man. So one day he turss to them and puts the question straight 10 them, “Whom do ye say that | am,” and one | of them, Simon, the son of John, speaks up: | “Thou are the Messias. Thou art he who | is to come to restore the kingdom to Israel” And Christ answers and says 10 this disciple, “Thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build ml}' church and the gates of hell shail not prevail against it. He speaks in metaphors. He imagines his churchas & city. Itisnota city in peace. The shadow of the cross has fallen on his soul; be is a sign which shall be contradicted. His church shall ever be beleaguered by his enemies. The gotes of hell shall encamp over against it. Around it shall wage the eternal war between good and evil, between light end darkness. hrough all the coming centuries here shall "be the thickest of the fight. When, therefore, ne lay the foundations | of the church he must lay them broaa | and deep. None knew better than he how nec- essary it was toreach the rock. He had spoken of the house built on the sand and hed told | how the rains had fallen and the winds had raged, and the flood had lifted up their voice, | and how the house had falien because it was built upon the sana. He had spoken 100 of the house built on the rock. In vain had the rain lashed it; in vain_had the storm wreaked its fury on it; in vain had the torrents hurled themselves againstit. It stood unshaken be- cause it was founded upon the rock. And now he was about to build his church. their cunning, in all their brute strengtn, in all their ungovernable fury, they snall rage. Firm and strong must that church be to with- stand their assaults, and firm and strong the Lord builds it upon the rock. *On this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not preyail agains Now, what does all this imagery m ? After all, the church is not & building, and St. Peter is not a rock; the church isa society, and St. Peter is a man. Evidendly this man was 1o have a certain office in the society. The object of that officer is to hold the society together against its encmies, and to hold it together in such a way that thise enemies shell never prevail. Such an office in a society made up of men implies jurisdiction—implics oversight. Otherwise how shail they be held | together? Unless & general has supreme power over his | men lic cannot mass them to the best advan- tage, he cannot punish traitors, he cannot re- ward the brave, he caunot keep his men to- gether and present a united front to the | enemy. Itisthe same with the church. Un- less Peter has supreme power he cannot car out the duties of his office, for his office implics that he sustains the church ‘and brings her | victorious over all the asseults of her enemies. THE OBJECTION: Such, then, Mr. Editor, is the plain and ob- Mr. Wendte, however, is determined to maks | them mysterious, and 10 do so quotes Scrip- ture against Seripiure. Let me state that the gentle art of upserting one text by means of another is not at all difficult of A good concordance and a little ingenuity will disprove the decalogue and justily the seven deadly sins. Every one knows the oid story of the bibiical obiigation of suicide. The irascible oid man who was pestercd by the irst young seripiure-reader turned on suddénly: Sir, it is written in Matt. xxxvii; 4, that “‘Judas went away and_ hanged himseif.”’ Itisalso written Luke x: 37, “Go thou and do likewise.” History does not relate the sequel, but 1 am afraid that Dr. Wendte has been adopting some such system of exegesis in his endeavors to mystify 8. Matthew. (@) PETER NOT THE ONLY ROCK. “These words,” says Mr. Wendte, ‘*are capeble of varions interpretations when con- sidered in the light of other passages. Else- (I Corinthians, iii: 11) the ‘headstone of the corner’ (by Peter himself in Acts iv: 2), as if the apostolic writers were quite unawaré o any such exelusive distinction having been conferred on Peter. 1 must confess, Mr. Editor, that I cannot un- | derstand what light these {exts cen throw on | the passage from St. Matthe Christ in ad- | tion. He calls him the rock on which founda- | tion end all is laid. The metephors used by | - Peter 2nd by St. Paul are entizely differer Surely Mr, Wendte distinguishes between the ground on which the cornerstone is laid and the cornersione itself. In the epistle to the Corinthians, St. Paul is rebuking his trouble- | some converts for their unruly ways. | They have formed factions about various | teachers. The apostle exhorts them to | ase to heed the mere person of e men who baptized them or teught | them. The work of regeneration is the same, whether Paul plented or Apollos. They are | as a building—he lays the foundation, another | puts up the walls. There s only the one dation of each man’s spiritual life—Jesus « On_this foundation each one builds | his own work—gold, silver, costly stones, wood, | hay, stubble. Now, I may ask Dr.Wendte what in the name of common-sense has this passage to do with | the text from Matthew? There Christ spesks | of building his church foundation, and all on | Peter; here St. Paul speaks of each individual | Christian as rearing his spiritual life upon & | foundation already laid—namely, Christ. How | does this latter prove that Peter was not the | only rock? | The second text is taken from St. Peter's | speech before the council. The apostle de- | ciares: “Be it known unto you and to all the | people that in the name ‘of Jesus Christ of | Kizareth, whom ye crucified. whom God taised | from tne dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole. Heis the stone | which was set at naught by you, the builders, which was made the head of the corner.” AgainITask Mr. Wendte what bearing has this text on the Tock on which Christ built his ehurch. The meaning of the apostle is thet as the despised stone was_ put in the place of honor, 80 the rejected Christ wes now glorified. Therefore, concludes Mr. Wendte, St. Peter was not the only rock on which Christ built his church. If this is the result of an honest and impartial review of the Bible testimony, may the good Lord deliver us from such honesty and impartiality. (b) THE GIVING OF WIS NAME. Mr. Wendte continues: ‘“According to Mark iii:16 and Luke vi:l4 the bestowal of this name upon Simon {00k place on an earlier and different occasion.” Surely Mr. Wendte did not take the trouble of looking up the texts. The two passages he quotes are the lists of the names of the apostles, Luke begins: “Simon whom he also named Peter and Andrew his brother.” Mr. Wendte wishes us to infer from this that our Lord changed | Simon’s name on _that oceasion. The list ends, “And Judas Iscariof, who also beirayed him.” ‘Are we to infer thet Judes betrayed him there and then? I am surfiriied that Mr. Wendte should descend to such puerilitics. In none of these lists is it declared that Christ chaifged Peter's name when the Apostles were called. In all of them his new name is given, but we must remember that the gospels were written long after the death of our Lord. Just as Judas' treachery is | mentioned by all long before it oceurred, so Peter's exaltation is mentioned by ail long | before the promise was made. () PETER WAS THE ROCK, BECAUSE HE SPREAD | THE CHURCH, “‘Jesus, no doubt,” says Mr. Wendte, “de- pended greatly on Peter to spread his gospel and huild up bis cause on earth.” If he did, all I can say is that he took a very | queer way of expressing it. Christ says that he will build his church on St. Pater and Mr. Wendte declares that St. Peter built the churc himself. Of course no one denies that St. Peter was s builder of the church, but we must ot mix our metaphors. It isone thing to be | the rock on which the city sets impregnable, it is another thing to spread (hat city's fame abroad. One man mey be deseribed by both metaphors, but that he is one does not prove that he is not the other. That he extends the ciiy’s domain does not mean that he is not the city’s 1mpregnable defeuse. And when Christ says St. Peter was the rock his faying 18 not verified by the fact that Peter preached the gospel. Surely Mr. Wendte weuld not turn the Apostle into a’sort of evangelical rolling stone. (d) PETER WAS NOT THE ROCK. Mr. Wenate has admitted thet Peter was the rock; he feels bound in revenge, I suppose, to prove now that e is not the rock. *Peter was norock.” he says, “in the eyes of his master when shortly after Jesus felt called to rebuke him in the terrible wor ‘Get thee beuind | me, satan,thou are an offense untome; for thou | suvorest uot the things that be ot God, but those that be of men. Again, Peter was no rock, when in the high priest’s house he de- nied his Lord outof sheer cowardice.” Of course he was not. 'The words of Christ were a promise concerning the future. He did nuot say “l build,” but “I wili build.” The church was not to be builtuntil aiter the resur- rection and the rock was not prepared until the church was ebout to be erecied. Therefore the rebuke adinistered by Christ and Peter's subsequent cowardice prove only that our Lord did not build upon Peter's natural gifis or ex- cellencies, but upon a rock which he himself would prepare in his own good time. sSuch, then, Mr. Editor, ste the reasons which br. Wendte has brought against the argument from the “Metaphor of the Rock.” How weak and conclusive they are ‘an honest and un- partial review” will show. Three of them have absolutely nothing to do with the text | end the fourth misconstrues its meaning. T morrow 1 hope to end this letter. Yours truly P. C. YORKE. ~ FUN IN OID CLOTHES. Borromean Council, Y. M. I, Gives a Unique Party in the Mission. There was acurious gathering last Thurs- day evening in the hall at 2131 Mission street, and it was intended that it shontd be curious. Borromean Council No. 129, ngdom of ( Young Men’s Institute, gave an old-clothes party in honor of the newly elected offi- cers. These are: President, N. J. Foey; first vice-president, R.J. Dowdall: second vice-president, P. F. D ion; recording secretery, K. zackerley; finaneial secretary, George F. Lynch; treas. urer, C. R. Gegan; inside sentinel, T. M Mahon; outside sentinel, T. J. Panziui; exi utive committee—J. C. R. Corrigan, J. J. Corri- gan and J. A. Gafligan. It was an old-clothes party in every | sense of the term. T e visitor who failed to conform to the rules was made to go to the dressing-room, rumple his hair | and turn his coat inside out or be ejected. Faces that had not been shaved for a week | were in favor. The ladies were not to be | outdone, for they attended the affair in the | most tattered and torn garments they conld fud[1Ons ol [the Teatites, oL el oy Gomatery Masocistion Gilés H, Gray evening was the ‘“Hobo march.” Be- tween the dancesthe membersof the coun- cil entertained by songs and recitations, | mostly of a humorous nature, The affair | was under the direction of R. E. Fuzacker- ley, R. J. Dowdall, P. F. Dillon, H. T. | Gaffney and N. J. Hoey. COL MACDONALD'S WRATH It Was Aroused by the Brilliant Armory Coup of Three Companies. They Moved to Market Street With- out Leave and Now Are Yanked to Gough. Colonel William MacDonald issued an order Thursday which means that he will stand no nonsense, and now the three companies of the old Third Regiment,who | quietly packed up and moved to the arm- ory at Tenth and Market streets without leave or consultation with the colonel of | the regiment are sorry they did it. His order issued last nicht, the thira orders he has given since taking command metaphorically takes the three smart companies by the back of the neck and lands them in the armory at| Page and Gough, where they don’t want to eo. He declined to say anything about his order last night and did it ina quiet tone that was tinged with deep indignation and resolute determination. Since the reorganization the armory question has been a burning one. The three companies on Golden Gate avenue knew that they would have to move soon. | They wanted to move, but didn’t want to g0 to Page and Gough streets. Tt was sup- vosed that the settiement of the armory question would turn out that two more companies of the new regiment would be | sent to the Nationals’ armory, on Ellis street, and the remaining eight concen- trated at Page and Gough streets. It1s now practically certain that this will be done. But there wasa possibility that the ar- mory at Tenth and Market might be chosen instead of the one at Page and Gough, and the companies who made the surprising coup thought tiat if they really got to Tenth und Market they might be able to stay. So, without saying a word, all their effects were suddenly ru-hed over to the coveted quarters, Company E tak- ing possession of the old Tegimental offi- | cers” headquarters. The rest of the guard were astonished | |at the audacity of the move. Colonel MacDonald was™ astounded and wroth. It was held to be not only a violation of reg- ulations, but a gross” discourtesy to the commanding officer. The colonel had about readv for issnance an order arrang- ing the companies as described at Page and Gough and Ellis stree became known by rumor, hastening the move which forestalled the crder. Colonel MacDonald didn’t go ahead | with that order. He got out a new cne yesterday directed solely to the new com- panies, whose accoutrements were still on the floors of the claims they had jumped. 1t directs that these three com- | , A, E and H, of which the re- | | Spective captains are Jobn F. Connolly Edward Fitzpatrick and Frank B. War- | Ten, move to the armory at Page and | panie Gough streets before February 1 and take their State property along. The officers and men of the three com- panies heard of the order last night and | didn’t feel so well. “1 suppose the order will have to be obeyed,” said Captain Fitzpatric The captamn explained that the move was made by virtue of orders. | | The orders were verbally given by Briga- dier-General Warti 1d to Lieutenant-Col- onel James F. Smith a month ago ani | verbally transmitted by Smith. D. yesterday it was decided to ovey these orders, in the absence of any others. The Tenth and Market quarters were before desired because of the locztion and because | the com ny quarters there are larger and more attractive than the ones at Page and | Gough streets. It is a moral certainty | that companies F and K of the old Second will soon go to Ellis street. A FINE PAINTING SPOILED, Phelan’s Gift to the Native Sons In- jured in Packing. When J. D. Phelan was one of the Cali- fornia World’s Fair Commissioners he purchased at Chicago a beautiful painting, which he intended fo present to the Native Scns for a drop curtain for the new s, and the fact LOTS MAY KOT BE SOLD. "Report of the Street Committee in the Cemeteries Matter. THE ASSOCIATIONS PROTEST, Right of the Supervisors to Legis. late Questioned—Legal Measures May Result. The Street Committee of the Board of | Supervisors decided yesterday to report in favor of the proposed ordinance prohibit- ing the further sale of burial lots in the cemeteries within the City limits. Representatives of the various burying- grounds were present to protest against the measure being favored. For the Laurel appeared and presented a strong plea for that organization. He urged that if the sale of lots were cut off the larger portion of the income necessary to keep the ceme- tery in order would be lost to the associa- tion and the burial ground would fall to ruin and deca He claimed that if any fault was to be found with the sanitary condition of the cemetery it devolved upon the Board of Health and not the Board of Supervisors to remedy the matter. He maintained, however, that Laurel Hill Cemetery is conducted with a view to following the latest sanitary methods to the fullest extent. John F. Cowdery appeared for the Odd Fellows’ Assoc:ation. He produced sta- | tist cs calculated to show that cemeteries are apparently conducive to the good health of the residents of the districts in which they are situated. ‘He called atten- tion to the fact that in the Twelfth Ward, where the cemeteries are situated, the death rate is lower than in any other sec- | sion of the City. Mr. Cowdery produced an affidavit to the effect that at a recen: gathering which the advocates of closing the cemeteries claimed was a big mass-meeting only twenty-five persons were present, includ- ing the newspaper reporters and the pro- prietor of the hall, This be ciaimed showed that the majority of the Richmond prop- erty-owners were not in favor of closing. He called attention to the fact that the proposed legisiation would not apply to the City Cemetery, and that it would re- sult in unjust discrimination. Sanitary considerations, he said, could not accaunt for the measure, us in the lots aiready sold in the Odd Fellows’ cemetery 20,000 bodies could be buried, and that the only result would be to prevent the sale of the sixty lots not yet, disposed of. The Richmond property-owners were represented by Charies l'; Hubbs, who argued at length that the cemeteries were detrimental to the health of the district, and that while statistics mi ht be brought to show that the Twelfth Ward has a lower death rate than other portions of the Cuity, it was not because the cemeteries were located there, but because of its natural advantages. He claimed that the property of Richmond should also be considered, as the proximity of the burial grounds kept people from focating there. W. W. Allen also spoke in favor of the measure. claiming that from a legal point of view the board had every right to pro- bibit the sale of lots. Affer a short con- ference the committee decided to advocate the adoption oi the measure, and will so report at the »ext meeting of the board. Supervisors King and Dimond ugpolod the favoring of the ordinance, and there is prospect of a lively fight before the meet- ing of the board on Monday next. The cemetery associaticns will also take steps to test the right of the board to pie- vent the sale of lots in case the ordinance is finally passed by the Supervisors. Advances in Astronomy. Professor A. E. Leuschner of the University of Califorma will give an illustrated lecture, entitled “Some Recent Advances in Astron- omy,” at the Mechanics’ Library, 31 Post street, Baturday evening. This is one’of the Mechan- ics' Institute’s course of lectures, and will be free to members of the institute and their | friends. NEW TO-DAY. SAVED FRON NICOTINE. Father and Son Set Free at Ashville, N. C, | Little Charley Fogleman Used Tobacco Since Babyhood, and His Father Smoked and Chewed for the Past Twenty Years, *Is that true?’” asked the News man at Pelhain’s Pharmacy as he laid down a let- ter in the presence of a dozen interested customers. “Yes, it is,”” promptly answered the pro- prietor. “It was written here on one of our letterheads and signed by J. C. Fogle- man, who lives at No. 5 Buxton street. ‘We all know be is a man of his word.” ‘I am glad to hearit. You will agree with me that it is almost too good to be | true. This is what the letter sai *‘Office of Petham’s Pharmacy, 2¢ Patton | avenue, Asheville, N. C., September 12, 1894—Gentlemen: My little boy, now § years, began chewing tobacco when 3 years old by the advice of our family thsxcinn m the place of stronger stimu- ants. Four or five weeks ago I began | giving him No-To-Bac, which I bought at Pelham’s Pharmacy, ana to my great sur- orise, and, it is needless to say, my delizht, o-To-Bac completely “cured {im. He | does not seem to care for tobacco and is stage in the N.8.G. W. Hall. The pic.| Yery much improved in heaith, eats tore was thirty by twenty feet in size and | was the production of Thaddeus Welch, a | California artist. The subject 1s, “The | Golden Gate as Viewed From Goat Island.” | The painting attracted much attention at beartily and has a much better color. “Finding such remarkable results from the use of No-To-Bac I began myself and it cured me, aiter using tobacco in all its various forms for a period of twenty years. “I take pleasure in making this plain the World's Fair and it cost Mr. Phelan | statement of facts for the benefit of others. $3000. On Tuesday it was found that the paint- ing had been ruined by the careiess per- | sons who packea and shipped it two years ago. Instead of winding the canvas on & roller these bunglers wrapped it around a 4 by 4 inch scantline and every four | inches the canvas is cracked so that it is doubtful if it can be used. The packagze hag been at Mr. Phelan’s home since its arrival two years ago. It was intended to open the building on the 26th inst. and the loss of the drop curtain is a it can be artistically retouched and pressed out smooth again. SELEY HELD FOR TRIAL. The Absconding Cashier of the House Admitted to Bail. A. W. Seley, the ex-cashier of the Russ | House who absconded with over $2000 of | sad blow to those interested. Efforts will be made to see if Russ i (Signed) J. C. FOGLEMA “What's that?”’ asked Chief of Police Hawkins, whose manly form attired in the new_ police uniform, like Solomon in all his glory, came to the door. “Why, No-To-Bac cures!” “‘Cures? Why, I stiould say so. I have used it myself. "It cured me. *“Would you object to making a state- ment of the fact for publication?” ‘Certainly not,” and the Chief wrote as follows: ‘‘Asheville, N. C., Sept. 25. 1894.—Pelham Pharmacy—I bouglit one box of No-To-Bac from yon some time since. After using No-To-Bac I found I had lost the desire for tobacco. I was cured. - “‘I have used tobacco—chiefly chewing— or eight (8) or ten (10) years. e “H.’S. HAWKINS.” Everybody looked astonishad and won- dered what would next turn up. “Suppose itdon’t cure?”’ some one asked. “Then you get your money back,”’ re- the funds of the hotel, was examined before | plied the druegist. ‘‘No-To-Bac is made Judge Low yesterday. Colonel Youngand | by The Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago, Captain Callundin®of Morse's Detective | Montreal and New York, and as sterling Arency were cailed as witnesses. Colonel | in character as in name. By them "e‘fi Young stated that Seiey intended to plead guilty to the charge and this was not de- nied by the prisoner. He was held in bonds for trial before the Superior Court. S e i Rain Is Coming. Weather Prophet Hammond thinks it il rain before Sunday. There is a disturbed at- mospheric condition which, he says, gives more promise of rain thau there has been dur. ing ihe entire dry speil we have nad. While he is not yet willing to forecast rain for Sun- day, he fecls confident it will come by then. | INVESTME drllgg.x'. in America is autborized to sel No-To-Bac under an avsolute guarantee to cure or money refunded. They always do the square thing. Here, read their famous booklet, ‘Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away."” WAL PROMPTLY. WITH ALY 1iveral advances upon ™% approved Heal K. 80 improvements, for repayment o DEFINLIE NUMBEL of monthly Installments. o suit _bor- rower. Applvtothe CALIFO NI\ GUARANTES [ CQ., 326 Monigomery St., S, Fo