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NATIOiNAL LIBIIARY 
 
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 BlBlJOilhgUL: NAIIONAt.E 
 
 PARNELL AND THE PROPHETIC DESTINY 
 
 OF IRELAND. 
 
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 DBLIVBRBD BY THB 
 
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 'Rev. Joseph 'Wild, D.D., 
 
 On 'SHftd&y Evening, October 2$rd, i88i, in the Bond "Street 
 
 Congregational ChUrch, 'Toronto. 
 
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 Bond Street Church was densely croU'ded last Sunday evening to 
 kear tho Rev.' Joseph' Wild,' D.D., preach on "Tarnlell and th^ Pro^etic 
 Destiny of Ireland." The learned Doctor was never more forcible, con- 
 vincing or eloquent' thaU on that occasion, and the enthusiasm of the 
 audience manlfestfed itself in freqileht irreplresSible outbursts of eiithu 
 siastic applause. The following is a verbatim reporc of thi^ famous discourse : 
 
 Tkxt-— Beftteronomy xxxii. 8 : "When the Most High dii^dd to the nations 
 their inheritance, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the 
 people according to the number of the children of Israel." 
 
 ' The Bible ass^ns to man a noble Ofigin and glorious future. From it 
 we learn that mail is more than a mere creatureof growth, or a link forged 
 
 •by the bvolutionairy* forces of nature. He is^- indeed, finely adjusted to 
 nature, and we can adn^it that nature is strong, subtle, rich and compli- 
 cated in her produotionff) ibut yet not competrait by any hidden or revved 
 pbwer to produce man. She can continue within limited linea and oo- 
 opefation to propagate humanity. Our ^wn intuitions and Cfmsciousness 
 
 ' affirm* that we are something more than improved monkeys, or the n& phu 
 tdtra of a nomadic develofunent. The 'Darwnnian tlwory • may be • toue in 
 th^ ledm of w(^ms or domun of inaeots, but the effect In man's case is 
 

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 too sublime for such a cause. Moses, in thi' chapter of the text, says : 
 *' Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the rock ; His work is per- 
 fect." And when chiding the people for their idolatry, he says : ** Of 
 the Kock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotton God that 
 formed thee." This was a terrible charge brought by Moses against this 
 people, and might it not in all fairness be brought against us as a people 1 
 Men agitate and legislate as if there were no God; they heed not Heaven's 
 purpose, and yet swinging wide of providential intent^ they stand amazed 
 at the failure and impotence of their own work. Men of education and 
 scientific attainments are greedily bending all their energies to prove that 
 nature is self-acting and independent of a God. They would have us 
 believe that God is a myth and providence a mistake. The potency and 
 promise of nature is a scientific sufficiency to account for all of the past, 
 present or the future. As Moses said of the Hebrews, so may it be said of 
 many in our day : " They have corrupted *^^hcm selves ; tbsir spot is no| 
 the spot of His children ; they are a perverse and crooked generation. Do 
 you thus requite the Lord, oh, foolish people and unwise 1 Is not He thy 
 fathci that hath bought thee 1 Hath He not made thee, and established 
 thee?" 
 
 The truth set forth in our text is a wonderful one — a truth which, like 
 many other old truths, can be better understood to-day than yesterday. We 
 have here a geographical fact stated as to the central idea of God's purpose 
 in dividing the^krth to the nations of the world. The tnith here set forth 
 at once solves the mysteries of England's growth, Ireland's discontent, and 
 the special unrest of all the world. It is accounted good and wise in men 
 when they study to find cut the meaning of nature, to learn her secrets, 
 forces and intent, so that they may experiment wisely and work profitably. 
 It is no use a man setting his face against nature ; wisdom is to conform. 
 The farmer cannot sow and plant at any time of the year ; he cannot gather 
 a harvest when and of whatever he \.hoses. The mason cannot build a 
 house anywhere and any shape. The fact is, in every department of labor, 
 nature's laws and intent must be respected ; if not, trouble and failure are 
 the result. This is logic, this is science, this is theology, this is common 
 sense. If success and reward attend on human toil, when we conform to 
 the intent of nature, and distress and failure when we depart from that 
 intent, may we not then reasonably ask if the law of harmonious co-opera- 
 tion holds good between man and providence. By the intent of nature I 
 mean the qualities of her laws^ It is not intended that we should walk on 
 our heads, but it is nature's intention that we should walk on our two feet, 
 
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 that the horse walk on four, that birds should fly and fish swim. To resisv 
 the intention of nature would be to invite failure and discomfit-' r. 
 I^ature's laws are the expression of the Creator's mind, and nature's in cunt 
 is nothing more nor less than God's intent. Now, I should 'old thai, just 
 as God has expressed His will in nature, so He has expressed His wii] lu 
 the Bible. The intent of this Bible-will may be seen in His providence. 
 Like as God has His own way in nature, so will He have in provide neo ; 
 and as man must conform to God in nature to insure success, so nvizi he 
 also do in Providence. The all-important question then, is, what is the 
 mind of God touching the settlement of the earth ? Has He mai-ked out a 
 line of settlement 1 I answer. He has. Can we know what that line is 1 I 
 answer, we can. Can it be known in sufficient clearness to alBFect and ^uide 
 us in our legislation ] It can. Does this line point out the caur e and 
 remedy of Ireland's discontent 1 It does. 
 
 • Now, any man undertaking to plead the Irish cause should first learn 
 to know the mind of God in reference to that country, for even Ireland is 
 not left out of the Divine calculation of my text. It is not said that 
 " when the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance." He left 
 out Ireland; but it is said that " when he separated the sons of Adam, He 
 set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of 
 Israel." Who are the Irish ? Perhaps they are in the way of these chil- 
 dren of Israel. If so, they will have to move. May be the whole secret 
 of the unrest of that country lies in the fact that it is assigned to Israel,, 
 and that a portion of the inhabitants not being Israelites, are consequently 
 in the wrong place. It won't do, my friends, for the Hon. Mr. Pamell, 
 the Home Rulers, the British Government, the Catholics or Protestants to- 
 leave out this Divine quantity, or set at naught the Divine intention in. 
 this matter. Find out first what is the Divine will touching Ireland, then 
 agitate and fight it out on that line. Then will bo granted success, quiet 
 and plenty; otherwise confusion, strife and bloodshed. I state a fact 
 when I say iihat Ireland was first settled by the Phoenicians, called in 
 history sometimes Philistines and Ganaanites. And about the seventh 
 century, B.C., another pe-^ple settled in that island called Tuath de Danan ; 
 
 ' that is, men of the tribe of Dan. They finally settled in the North of 
 Ireland, while the Philistines settled in the South. Tradition, history, pro- 
 phecy and Providence all agree on this point of Ireland's double settle- 
 ment. In this double settlement is to be found the real source of Ireland's 
 internal trouble. These two people were always diflferent in religion, 
 enterprise, and their general make-up. The poor Philistines were always 
 
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 given to idolatrous practices. And when the Romish Church departed 
 from the simple faith and became idolatrous, she easily captured that part 
 of Ireland, and from that day to this she has sucked the life-blood out of 
 that people. 
 
 Year in and year out Ireland lias faithfully contributed her Peter's 
 pence to Home. This token of servitude she has not failed to send for- 
 ward in times of peace or strife, of famine or plenty. When the Tartars 
 conquered China they forced the Chinese to wear a cue, as a sign of their 
 subjection. So Irishmen, by the annual collection of Peter's pence, acr* 
 knowledge that Ireland was, once on a time, sold by an English King to . 
 Pope Urban, at the rate of a penny a house. May we not ask in all 
 seriousness who this Peter is that needs so much pence- money, andi 
 what has he ever done for Ireland that Ireland should do so much for himi 
 Ah ! my friends, this Peter at present is Pope Leo XIII. He lives 
 in a foreign country, even in the ancient city of Rome, in the gorgeous 
 and magnificent palace, the Vatican, a pakce whose furnishings are not 
 surpassed by any in the world. The Lord Lieutenant's mansion in Dublin 
 is nowhere in comparison. In St. Peter's, at Rome, there is enough latent 
 and worse than useless capital, in precious stones, gold and silver, to pur- 
 chase the whole of Ireland. Think of it ; golden images with diamond 
 eyes, figiirer of saints in gold and silver, and shrines, and altars of untold 
 wealth. This is the temple of God, and His Infallible Holiness sits to pre- 
 side and rule as the representative of the meek and holy Jesus, who bad 
 not where to lay His head. A hue and cry is heard that Ireland is again 
 suflfering. God help the poor. Ai'e they poor who content themselves with 
 such slavery, and refuse the liberty that would give them plenty and con- 
 tentment ? They are not poor in priestly care, because for each soul there 
 is a four-headed priesthood, namely, the Pope, the cardinal, bishop and 
 commo^ priest, and each faithful subject contributes to the maintenance 
 of the four. Poor, and revelling in such priestly abundance ! as well might 
 a man cry poverty who employs four servants to cook his dinner. The 
 Church is like a giddy, vaunting maiden, apparelled in purple and fine 
 linen, and bedecked with jewels rare and many. The people are the father, 
 whose weary toils are made to contribute to the pomp and vanity of this 
 pretended maiden saint. 
 
 It ii3 easy for the Irish, leaders to see stowed away wealth m ^^m 
 chucchfts, and ask that it be divided, and to see why the Quoen of Buglajoidl 
 xhottld be liberal. Heaor them crying oujb Ivh y^c Ia th» preseooi q| 
 
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 famine, why don't the English Government divide some of the Irish- 
 English Clergy Reserve fund 1 In the disestablishment of the English 
 Church in Ireland, it was necessary for the Government to set apart a sum 
 of money to purchase this right and provide for the disestablishment. In 
 the course of events a la Alabama^ the fund set apart turned out to be more 
 than was really needed. But as all the ministers then disestablished have not 
 died, matters cannot bo closed up. But there is to all appearances money lying 
 idle. Invest it in public works, says one ; another says, distribute it among 
 the poor. Now, why this anxiety to have some of this Episcopalian fund 1 
 Why not ask St. Peter's to divide some of its latent and idolatrous wealth 1 
 Queen Victoria contributes a few thousands to the Irish relief fund. Then 
 the Communists and Catholic soreheads cry shame on her for only giving 
 so small a sum. Who is this queen 1 A Protestant mother. Gentlemen, 
 reserve your breath till you find out how much the lion-hearted Leo, the 
 Pope, will give. Remember that Pope Pius died worth more in personal 
 property than the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of 
 India possesses. Let this Catholic hypocrisy be unveiled. Let the people 
 who are so priest-ridden know it. Let us at this timely juncture of the 
 Irish drama introduce a new act that shall expose this hierarchical decep- 
 tion. Ireland is suffering. She has suffered before, and will again unless 
 the people in the South and West change their religion, or make a radical 
 change in the one they have. It is a pity, it is a burning shame, that Ice- 
 land should be crushed to the earth in poverty, as she has been, and is, by 
 Rome and England. I am ' /ell aware that it is impossible for England to 
 be as liberal with Ireland as she desires, for while two-thirds of the people 
 are slaves to Rome, it would be impolitic to trust them with more libeiH;y. 
 Irishmen, free yourselves from Italy, if you want national liberty. Then 
 the one-third or Protestant portion do not want self-government imposed 
 upon them. The men of Ulster prefer to be under England's rule, with all 
 their political disabilities, than to be under Rome, which of course they 
 would be if Ireland became independent. A compact two-thirds Catholic 
 majority would leave little chance for the political freedom of the 6ne- 
 third, ospecially so in a religious sense. Besides, there are many good 
 Catholics who prefer their present relation to England rather than inde- 
 pendence and the consequent rule of Rome. 
 
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 Another queer and very interesting feature of this Irish question is 
 that the Pope and the Roman hierarchy in Ireland are not in favor of 
 separation from England. To this statement a few parish priests are an 
 exce^tson. Any nidvement looking t6 armed resistance and separation 
 
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 has been frowned on by the bishops ; the Fenian movement, for instance. 
 So far was the wrath of the hierarchy manifested, that the Fenians were 
 throatened with excommunication from the Church, and in some cases 
 denied the rite of Church burial. But why do the Roman hierarchy take 
 openly this postion 1 I answer, for several reasons. First, because the 
 leaders have been above the Church. They have been men who would 
 not be subject to the Church in political matters. And surely Rome can- 
 not tolerate such leaders. She wants unqualified submission. In the 
 second place, Rome receives large grants of moneys from England. Her 
 priests in Maynooth College have been, and are now, being educated with 
 EngMsh money. 
 
 But, beyond and above all, the main point is that Rome is afraid that 
 if Ireland becomes independent, she will not be able to control the people. 
 Once they tasted of freedom politically, it would not be long before they 
 would have freedom religiously. Then the Cliurch, having lost con- 
 trol, would not be able to fleece the people of their money as they now do. 
 This I believe, that the bulk of the Irish Catholic people, both in 
 Ireland and the United States, are going to break with Heme before long. 
 They are getting too intelligent, too liberal, too noble-hearted to be much 
 longer counted children in mattere of religioTj. The peopl , are going to 
 do away with the middlemen, the numerous go-betweens, and approach 
 God in Christ for themselves. They are beginning to learn that prayers 
 can go direct to Heaven from Ireland, instead of having to go by the way 
 of Rome. The doing away with these middlemen will be a great saving 
 in money, time end labor. Oh, I wish these people could learn and believe 
 that Christ is no respecter of persons, and that the poorest Irish peasant 
 may approax;h Him directly. God help them. 
 
 There is trouble in Ireland, and different reasons areassigned for the same. 
 Thinking men are varied in their theory of the cause, as well as the remedy. 
 But what is the cause of Ireland's unrest? Many of the Irish blame the 
 English Government and English landlords ; this, however, is not a total 
 answer, nor by far the chief answer that can be given. One might reason- 
 ably ask how it comes to pass that these disturbances and repeated famines 
 occur in the West and South of Ireland, where nature is generous, the soil 
 rich. How is it that in the colder, more rocky and less fertile North, famines 
 do not occur. In nature the advantages are with the South. Ask me 
 what was the difference and the cause between the fields and homes of 
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 in the field, but remember the Goshenitea are Hebrews, they are God's 
 chosen freemen. In the Egyptian homes there is darkne? s, and blight on 
 the fields. The di£ference in the lands is the expressed difference of the 
 people and their relijcion. The Egyptians were idolatrous and priest- 
 ridden. What is the difference between Ulster and Munster 1 The people 
 of Ulster are Protestant freemen, and they of Munster are priest-ridden 
 Catholics. The people of Ulster are Israelites, they of Munster are Gen- 
 tiles. Expressed in dollars and cents — at the time of the Chicago fire the 
 capital cities of Dublin and Belfast sent their contributions to this country. 
 Gentile Dublin sent $2,000, and Israel Belfast |36,000. It is an easy 
 thing to bl»me landlords and the English Government. And some of 
 these Italian yoke-fellows never seem wear) of cursing England. God 
 have mercy upon them, for they are ungrateful beggars, to say the least. 
 
 But what is the remedy ? Some say an entire change of the land 
 tenure system. Others advocate armed resistance and revolution. But 
 prophecy, Providence and common sense say j:raftation into the stock of 
 Israel. The people must change their religion or reform the one they 
 have, so that it shall be in harmony with libei'ty, progress, and the age. 
 Freedom from Rome is essential. Armed resistance will be in vain ; this 
 the leaders ought to know. England would to-morrow be willing to en- 
 large the privileges of the Irish and give them a local Government, as 
 Mr. Gladstone in a late speech has intimated, if the people and leaders 
 were prepared for such a trust. Ireland can never be wholly cut off from 
 England. It is to be a province in Israel to the end of time. 
 
 So Parnell, Dillon & Co. are arrested ; a thing that should have been 
 done some time ago, when it could have been done with better effect and 
 more grace. The noble Gladstone for some time past has been sick politi- 
 cally, and now that he becomes strong politically, he is sick bodily. He 
 gave the Irish leaders too much rope then and too little now. They have 
 imposed upon his generosity and forbearance. Parnell & Co. durst not 
 play such pranks in the presence of the late Earl Beaconsfield. These 
 Irish leaders know right well when to make a raid on the pockets of their 
 dupes, and wages of the poor servant girls. 
 
 The opportunity was too grand to be lost. D' Israeli out of power, a 
 famine in the land, Fenianism nearly dead — something had to be done to 
 replenish the exhausted exchequer of these parasitical reformers. They love 
 to live on the fat of the land, and dwell in palace hotels in France and the 
 
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 tJnited States. Nay, I trow not but that they are glad to go into the gaol 
 for a short time for the honor it confers, the sympathy it excites, and money 
 it commands. For a people who are accustomed to plead for Petei-'s pence 
 for the poor exile in the gorgeous palace of St. Peter, will neither lack' 
 eloquence nor boldness to plead the cause of their leaders in Kilmainham 
 gaol. 
 
 When Pamell and Dillon first visited the States they did so on the 
 wave of famine sympathy. They converted the sorrow and enthusiasm 
 arising out of the famine to the vile purpose of a political organization, 
 whose chief aim was their own luxury, but whose effect was to unsettle 
 their own country . Committees formed for famine purposes were after- 
 . wards in many cases converted into Land League Societies. Pamell and 
 Dillon knew very well that they could not tap the American till with a 
 political key alone ; hence they invented the famine key. So, moro than 
 a year ago, from my pulpit in Brooklyn, N.Y., I said on this point to my 
 people : ^ 
 
 " You will understand that in this agitaticu the famine is a secondary 
 consideration. Mr. Parnell and Dillon did not really come to this country 
 to raise money for the famished ones. At the Madison Square meeting in 
 New York, Mr. Parnell acknowledges this point. He said: 'Our object 
 in visiting this country as originally formed has been considerably modi- 
 fied by the pressure of circumstances. Originally we proposed only to 
 address you on behalf of our political organization.' Now, what does this 
 political organization propose 1 Ah, that is a secret, which the honorable 
 gentleman has invariably refused to answer when asked. My own idea is 
 that it is a sister to the Fenian one. Fenianism is nearly dead; it has bled 
 the people all it could ; hence it was necessary to organize a new. It was 
 soon learned by this Irish delegation that that object alone would not tap 
 the American till. The people of this country are ready with charity for 
 the needy, but not to buy arms for the purpose of fighting England. 
 Jesuitism had foreseen this difficulty, and so they have unequally yoked 
 together the Protestant Pamell and the Catholic Dillon. What a team ! 
 This team; however, can draw on the public doubly. Had the delegation 
 been a Catholic one, it would have been a failure. Beat the Jesuits if you 
 can. Imagine Protestants contributing to establish Catholicism and over- 
 throw their own faith ! English-Americans aiding armed revolution 
 against the land of their birth ! Believers in the Monroe doctrine stretch- 
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 "Wonderful ; these are lively times ! Chickens come home to roost some* 
 times. The Hon. Charles Pamell, a noble-souled man, will know more 
 five years fronfuow." 
 
 Do you ask what business of mine it is. I answer, it is much mine 
 every way. In the first place, *he scheme or policy proposed by these 
 agitators is contrary to providential intent vrlth respect to Ireland. Ire- 
 land is to remain a part of Israel — England, and is yet to be Protestantized. 
 Again, their policy is one of disloyalty to my Queen and country, and at 
 present, I am too loyal to stand by ari see my country weakened and 
 Queep dishonored. But more, the Catholic priests in that country and 
 this take part pro or con^ and why not I ? If the Land League of Montreal 
 can meet and pass resox'itions on this subject, why cannot I have my sfty 1 
 The fact is, it is a question interesting all. 
 
 This has been too long a one-sided question. Foreigners, and many of 
 the youth in ox^x midst, will begin to think nothing can be a aid on the 
 other side. It is high time for some one to speak out. If the Rev. Hurold 
 Bylett, a Presbyterian minister, and the Rev. Mr. Oantwell, a Catholic 
 priest, can preach 'nd talk disloyalty in Dublin, I can preach and talk on 
 fidelity and loyalc^y to the British Queen and the Bnvlsh Empire. If th^ 
 Land Leaguers can meet in Toronto and pass resolutions of distrust and 
 disapproval of the English Grovernment, I can voice my confid ..ice and 
 faith ix* England's Queen, Premier, and Grovemment. 
 
 I received two letters the past week — one from a member of this 
 ehurch, the other was anonymous — charging me not to preach on this sub- 
 ject. I now answer, I have done wJbat they forbade me, and they can do 
 what they like. One thing is very certain, no man shall gag me in Bond 
 Street pulpit; you may put me out, but while I am in I shall be free. 
 Last Tuesday, at the great mass meeting in Dublin, the secretary said 
 ^* that though the Government had arrested the leaders, the priests we^e 
 left to guide the people." I am a priest as much as they, and I will help 
 to guide the people too. Priests cannot be loyal in times of danger like 
 these, for they swear to obey the Pope first. The very man to whom they 
 pledge supreme loyalty claims temporal authority as well as spiritual. To 
 put t^e priests right on this point, it is necessary for His Holiness to. 
 renounce by intention, device and claim, his temporal sovereignty. T^ 
 then no priest can be £ree. No man can serve bupremely two masters, even 
 if they be priests. 
 
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 Leagues are multiplv'ng; there are 800 in Ireland, and scores on this^ 
 continent. Look at the reception O'Connor is receiving ip the States. 
 And is no one to open their mouth in defence of Queen and country. By 
 the press and inflammatory orations, the Land Leaguers are leading the 
 public astray. This you will frequently tind in papers. A better daily 
 paper than the Brooklyn Eagh is not easily found, yet hear it on this 
 question : 
 
 ^ " Whether the Land Bill is a good or a bad measure is not the ques- 
 tion now. The question is?, whether Irishmen are to be deprived of their 
 liberty for discussion of it ; thrown into gaol for doubting its virtues ; made 
 the prey of jcnstabulary and dragoons for proposing, by peaceable methods, 
 to convince the British Government that a different measure is required to 
 meet the case of their country." 
 
 In this quotation the writer begs the whole question. Pain ell & Co. 
 have not been thrown into the gaol and deprived of liberty for doubting 
 the virtues of the Land Bill, or disctissing, but for inciting the people to 
 resist it. To advise the people to pay no rent, to disre. i their honest 
 debts, was not proposing by peaceful means to change the law. Are the 
 sayings of Rev. Mr. Cantwell, at the Dublin mass meeting, peaceful utter- 
 ances? After advising them to resist the law, he said : *'■ That if it really 
 came to a life and death struggle, .;,8 from present appearances likely, Tip' 
 perary, which he represent jd, would be the first to take the field." 
 
 X believe there are many grievances in Ireland which ought to be re- 
 dressed ; but this I as surely believe, that the thing most needed is a new 
 religion, or a mighty change in the one they now have. Catholicism is a 
 failure. The hundreds of years of wrong endured and poverty inherited, 
 do most solemnly proclaim this statement a truth. Such vassalage and 
 poverty could not exist in the presence of a pure religion. The very his- 
 tory of this Church in Ireland or anywhere else, in this age or any age, is 
 the wealth of the few at the expense of the many. If Protestantism failed 
 in like manner, I would change it ; just as, after months and years of 
 sickness, my own and regular physician failed to cure me, I would change 
 to another. The masses in Ireland are religiously paralysed, and it i& 
 almost, if not altogether, impossible for them to be successful aggressors. 
 They want a new religion to give them vigor, competence, unity and victory, 
 A religion that will tolerate such gross injustice, or that cannot remore it 
 after hundreds of years of trial, should stand out of the way and give place 
 to anotht.. I do affirm, on the testimony of history and facts of the 
 
 

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 present day. that the present condition of Ireland is normal to her chief 
 religion — that is, the poverty and vassalage of the masses agrees to and 
 with Catholicism. No other state of things ever existed for the last eleven 
 hundred years wherever this Church had absolute control. Spain is an 
 example to-day, and Italy has been a terrible witness of the same truth. 
 Italy, the centre and home of this Church for hundreds of years, what, I 
 ask, has been her condition? According to the census of 1864, out of a 
 total population of 21,703,710 there were 16,999,701 who could neither 
 read nor write. Spain was equally bad. 
 
 A man who wants to do a good tiling for Ireland must set to work to 
 change her chief religion. " Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and 
 all other things shall he added:' If the Hon. Charles Pamell would become 
 a convert to Israel's identification, he might do Ireland more good, and the 
 world too. This theory speaks freedom, liberty, progress and sovereignty 
 of conscience, that would soon give to Ireland her needed reforms. We 
 should remember that events are like icebergs, more out of sight than in. 
 I have seen in the Korth Sea large icebergs going against wind and wave. 
 How were they propelled, you ask 1 They were deeply sunk, and thus 
 thoy were borne along by an under current. So events are sunk in Provi 
 dence. The winds above and opposing waves cannot stay their march. 
 With all the winds of oratory and waves of passion Ireland is moving on 
 against them to her God-appointed goal, and the prophets have revealed to 
 u« the course of some of these hidden providential currents. 
 
 I have spoken freely again on this irritating subject. I count myself 
 a fnend of all j would not hurt a hair of the head of Protestant or Catholic. 
 Let us fight these questions with free tongues, clear heads and loving 
 hearts, and all will come right in Gkni's own time. By my freedom I 
 probably shall have offended some. Some will say : "Well, I will never 
 enter that church again." All right, go in peace ; you will hardly be 
 missed out of a crowd like this. If you go to some weak church, your 
 presence and number both will tell more than here. God bless old Ireland ! 
 God help the English Government ; and God bless us all. Amen.