THE DOWIEITE MISSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12878, 29 May 1905, Page 3

THE DOWIEITE MISSION.

DERISION AND UPROAR. ANOTHER EX A.OR DINA R Y ADDRESS. , . ; A LADY PROTESTS. The feeling which the Rev. .1. S. McCullagh, member of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church of /ion, is creating in Auckland by his .-.weeping denunciations of almost every association and organisation excepting the* Church of Zion, was shown at the. Federal Hall yesterday afternoon, -when the elder "in-charge of New Zealand" gave: another <>[ his addresses, as he calls them. Long before the "service", commenced, the* hull was crowded to the doors —not by sympathisers, but by an audience who evidently went, there for the "11111 of the thing." There were, however, a number who went to listen, and listened, and with righteous indignation. Attired in his robes, the. elder commenced by reading a chapter from the Bible. Without signifying that he had finished it, he commenced a. crusade against the ministers of the Gospel, who, he said, were steeped in their own sins. Next, he attacked the medical profession, who came in for a remarkably bud time of it, the lecturer declaring ihu'i while no two doctors were, of the same mind in performing operations and in ad ministering medicine, which were hill "games ol chance," " we all hud a right to die without, the doctors kicking lis out." "No doctor," he said, "hud ever healed a. .wound: there is only one, who can do that. ami thai is Hod." The medical profession, according to him. was the. most diabolical, evil, ami devilish profession upon the face of i lie earth. The medical students were also attic ked. but escaped with being called " a lot of incarnate young devil*." The press next-got a turn. . "This vicious, villainous press," he declared, "was really the enemy of the people. It could not be otherwise." If a man wanted to find Coil and (ruth he never went to n newspaper ofbee. At hi-! he confided to the audience, which by this lime was in a statu of uproarious laughter, that there were. 2] editors ol the, newspaper press in Loudon who ought to be beheaded. . . ■ Having dismissed these subjects. Mr. AleCullagh broke out in a fresh place. If was then ibafc he milled the audience, v, ho started a running; five of interjections, and began In get excited. In the midst ol the uproar', the elder made some remark which jarred upon the feelings of a matronly old dame, who rose to give vent to her opinions upon the speaker. The speaker, however. continued, and the. audience seeing that (he lady champion was not going lo get a hearin,/ demanded that she should be allowed to speak. " No," declared the speaker. "I won I, give her a hearing, because when a woman gets up to say one thing, she, will say twenty." . . "(live her a hearing, cried the audience. " Let her be heard." "No," retorted the speaker. "No, I. won't. 1 know that whereas .Mary Magdalene, of the olden days, was possessed of seven devils; the women of the present day are nossessed of 40. ' ".Shame, shame!" cried some of the audience, while others hooted and groaned at ihe Speaker, and others cheered the lady, who stuck gamely to her guns. 'the hall at this stage was a perfect pandemonium. After the speaker hud continued his address for a little longer, further interjections occurred, and he- ha/1 to request the audience not to' make asses of themselves, as his was not a political meeting. , "It is not a religious meeting, either, veiled somebody. "Give us the Gospel," cried someone else. "Yes," echoed another, "why don't you try to convert .someone instead of ranting on like this?" . . ~ . , To the last sneaker Mr. McCullagh replied, "It's about time you got converted yourself, or else- you will go to hell." " Finding that his remarks were not welcomed, Mr. McCullagh passed on to Freemasonry, in which he started to make Jus socalled "revelations," but was greeted with such epithets as " You're a liar," ere. At last the preacher, who was unable to get a hearing, ordered someone out. " "I see, him." he yelled, "it's that man there!" , , . , ~ All eyes were at, once diverted in the direction of the ushers, who pounced upon the alleged offender. . "That's right," cried the audience, pick upon the smallest man." The alleged offender was not ejected, and tin, elder then issued a challenge to Masons, saying that he would be willing to allow any Mason who liked to back up his order, upon the same platform with him, for two hours. "Then. I will speak." he said. "Is that not fair?" ' "No," waR the response. What you want to do is to learn to suck out his brains." The preacher here threatened that he would prosecute anyone who interjected again, and the meeting quietening down, dispersed soon afterwards. The only people who seemed to take the speaker seriously were a faithful few in front.