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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1892)
THEE AMERICAN e Vial k N Catholic where III gvtn liU Authority for CathollcUm und ho will my: "ChrU crthUu IVtvr, 'Thou art iV'lir iiml iimm thin nrk will I build my church, and the gnten of Ml w ill tin! itvll Hcnhihl It,'" IMd Chrlxt. menu IVhr an tho nx-k upon which lil church win tol built? t rut lift think not, for the 4 1 lk verne following where ChrUl niHik of tho church, ho ivbnkcn IVtor and naym "(let ll Milml mo Halau, etc.," which Ik very plain evidence that the jjiitoN of hell hud prevailed agubiHt I'otcr In a very nhort thno after our lioi'd hml )oki'ti to bin dinelploH hImiiiI li I m church, llllt 1 licit' Clltllll In IlllOUt, IIH HeCHCO III regard to t lint part of Hcrlpluro uh It In In till tho t'KHt. Trim, ItoiuunlntH iiho tho name of "Catholic" wliUih wan at ono tiino a holy ami pure nanio, hut which their inanlpulntlonH have brought down to it more by word. 1 low they can havo tho hardihood to claim what thy do foe their faith, In a ponor, for If they havo thu leant hit of common Merino or iviiMon they would Hon fraud written all over tho faco of It. They cry "Homo, holy Koine!" when If they would take their Jllblo and turn to the 17th chapter of I Involution, they could Hon a divine picture drawn of tho filthy power they wornhlp ho devotedly. "MyHtery, Jlahalon tho grout, tho mother of harlotH and ahomlnatloiiH of tho earth." Herlpturo callnllomo tho harlot of tho Tiber, and well culln It ho, for Ih It iiiit a fact? Tho popo claim to bo tho vloar of Chl'lnt, Leo X bhiMphoinoiiHly ntylcd lilnmelf "tho lion of tho tribe of .ludea." Jjeo XII allowed hlniHolf to bo called "Tho Lrd, our Clod." i'opo Martin X called himself "tho mont holy and happy, who Ih the arbiter of heaven arid tho Lord of the earth, tho hiiccohmoi' of I'otor, tho annnliitod of tho Jord, tho imiHter of tho unlvorno, tho father of klngn, tho light of tho world." Tho Jllblonayn lionhall npoak groat wordn ugalnnt the Mont High, and nluill wear out tho nalritH of tho Mont Iflgh, which Cathollclnm ban done, un hlntory will prove, They havo annumed Infallblllty, which belong only to Cod. They pro foMH to forglvo hIu, which bolongn only to find, And they go lioyond Clod In protending to loono wholo natlonn from their oath of allegiance to their klngn, when Hiich klngn do not plouno them, and they go ugalnnt (Jod when they give lndulgenelen for mIii. Tli Ih, In my opinion, Ih tho worntof all bhiHplioinlon, TIIK JNyUIHITION. No comiutaton can reach tho num ber who havo been put 'to death, In different wnyn on account of opponlng tho corruption of tho church o' J tome, A million of poor WaldeiiHeH perlnhod In Franco; IKHi,txK orthodox ehrlntlanH were nlaln In Iohh than thirty yearn after tho limtltiitlou of tho order of Jon iiKh, Tho Duke of Alvu boantod of having put to death In tho Netherlandn i(0,0(KI by tho hand of tho common eye cutloner, In a few yearn, Tho liupilnl tlon denlroyod by varloiin torturen ODD within thirty yearn. TIicho a ro a few HpcclmofiH of their holy (') modeH of wornhlp, and oiio'h houI reeolln with horror when tho tleiidlHhneHH of their netn are brought to light. Are wo to eternally live under tho blighting ourno of Homunlmn f Are wo to eternally harbor tho Merpont which only uwaltn Itn time to dart forth Itn polnonoiiH fungn and fiinton Jlnolf upon Numbering America? Are wo to milter our children to ((row up with ttiut cmH ItithiencK ever near them? Why will Hot AmeilcniiK tt wmiied? "Internal lslhnco In the pileo of UUlly" ho far h Cittliulli'tntit Ih con fe hod. Ilut AmeiicaiiH w 111 wh In the m ar future hint what attitude ItomaiiUnt ban toward her litHtltutluii, nml wll fill It t or help tofullll the divine man ditto which mym "The Inw4 (Oatholl clnin) w III I to dcM roved to thu end, mid li Ih Innly given to the burnlntf llamo," ANTlKuMAN. Omaha, ,1mm. 21, Ht2-Mn. Kniroit: It Ih hut a few montliH nluce we were Informed, by the noWHpiiHrH, that pit grluiH were lliH'klng' to Trevcn by J he IhoUHiiudH to hoc tho "holy coat." To Ihi Mtire, a coat made IH,'() yearn iio would Ixi a curloHlty and Honielhlng that In not noon every day; but If you will allow Hie u little Hpucn, will glvt your,reiulern u Imt ofrellcn which, If they could Ihi exhibited today In Trevcn, would draw pllgrluiH by tho uiIIIIoiih and I Indlevo that tho "holy coat" would not Ihi "In It" any longer, In tho "KphemerldoM du payn do MontlH'llard" In found tho urtlclo (son tulnlug thin llHt of relh'H, and tho fol- owlng Ih almont a verbatim traiiHluflon of the urtlclo: "On tho Hoventh day of February, 1522, tho canonn of Halnt MalnmlMi'iif of Montlielliird made a new Inventory of tho rcllcH kept In their collcglal church, MoMtofthcHO rcllcnhad 1moii brought from Anluby thoCountH of Monthidlard on their return from tho criiHaden, Thene rollen were exhibited for tho veneration of the faithful, each year, on tho morning or tho leant or clreuiu clnlon, and great Indulgence and par don wan proiulnod to all who nhouhl vlnlt them with true devotion. Jfere In the detail of tho Inventory; Jnt, A portion of tho body of Ht Malmhu'iif prenerved In u magnllleent nllver canket, 2nd. A vial containing' milk of the holy virgin. r'lrd. llalrn of tho holy virgin, and norno of Mary Magdaletio'n, -llli, A n tone upon which Jenun nat fith, A ploco of tho trim cronn, (Ith, A fragment of hUhm from the nepuloher, 7th, A piece of tho ntone upon which fob li Itaptlnt wan beheaded, Hl h, Ono of the ntonon lined at the martyrdom of Ht, Htepben, Dili, Tho manger that nerved ami cradle for Johiih ('hrlnt, loth, Karth from tho Held where Adam wan formed. Ilth, A rem nan t of bread from Hit) hint Hiipper of tho Havlour with hln Dlnclplew," Now, Mr, I'M I tor, you may talk about your "holy coat," but for unthpilty and HaorodnoMH, give un (bono eleven rollen, Vou may ank, Wliern are they now ' Jfavothey been exhltdb-d during thin century, or havo they been hint or doHtroyed'1 The author of the "Kphem erlden" In nllerit upon tbono polntn, hut- It In very probable that for at leant two centurlen they havo not been exhibited In MontlHdlard, for tho great majority of the people of that city and of tho nurroundlnjf country In'caiiio I'l-otent- antn while under the government of the llounoof Wurloniburtf, In JMI, J'rlnce Ulrlch of Wurtemburjf Int roduced 1 'rot' Htanflnm In thin, bin principality, where ho nent Farrel it preach the Reformation, In. Fncyclopedla Mrftannlca will Ini found a good denerlptlon of Mont bellard, but for (Iioho of your re ad em who may not havo cany accenn to Ilrlt anolca, und wliy may wm1i to know whei, nml W hut that city In, tho fol lowing Intoi inntloii may prove IntcivM Intf for them: MonlU'llniil (mieleiitly called Mom IH'luard) In ft Very old city of cterii FraniH, nltuateil nlHiiit, hUIvu inllen went of Hs l! Aeilaud, nlxtecn IiiIIch Hoilth-WeHt of llelfoi't Htul folly IlllleH iiei'th-iiiMt of lleiatiHCon. It In tin chief city of mi itrrouillHHcmcnl and of a canton, tmlh Iteurlng Itn name. It wan nnco a Htrohirly fortilled city whoMe walln wciv twenty feet In height; It had leu diHirn, a ntrong citadel and a canlle, AtU'V bdiHiiilug to the Itiirgiindlaiin and Fratikn, MoutlNdlard wan, by tho treaty of Verdun, In 8fl, added to I'jor. ralue. In the eleventh century Itlm came tho capital of iieountHhlp which formed partof the necond kingdom of Hurgundy and latterly of the (lernian empire. From tho end of the four teenth century until 17IKI, It Indonged to tho HotiHo of WiirtoinlHM'g. It re- nlnted the altackn of Charlen t he Hold, King Lou In XII and the Duke of OuIho, but wan taken In 107(1 by Murnhall Luxeiiilniurg. In 1077, tho wal In, bantloim, towcrn and (dtadel were ra,ed by tho French, tho ciiHtln alone Indng npared. 1 1 ntandn today an ntrong and Holld an tho rod upon which It wan built centurlen ago. Tho city ban now a population of about ten thoumind, the great majority bdng I'rotcntantH of the Lutheran fultli. In thin city, In 17011, wan Inirn (Jeorgo (Juvler, the great natural Int und creator of tho Hclenoo of paleontology, To bin memory a lino bronze Htatiiohan Inton erected In front of tho City hall, and but a few feet from tho houno In which ho wan born, Tho city ponnoHHOH a fine imiHoum of natural hlHtory und untlipiltlen, und A I'rotenlunt Normal nohool, Tho In- dimtrlen are numerouH and tho city ban a largo trade with Hwlterland, Jn ono of It mtlmrhN (Salute Hunntie) Ih found tho itii'Mt manufactory of Mimic llene of L'l'e Mrothern, the InrgeHt of Itn kind in the world. A Ki:aiu;u, Council Bluffs Advertisemennts. I'ui'l iS'iiler. Ili'l Hunt lout Heft -t- COAL, COKE, WOOD, eli' Hlwiiyn In HliH'lt, YiinlN nml Olllc.u m WICHT HKOAHWAY COUNCIL H LUFFS, IOWA. Lund Bros., )KAI,KUS IN CROCKERY. GLASSWARE. Tabic Cutlery, Silverware, anil n full aHHorlmcnt of LAMPS. 23 Main St., COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. EVERYTHING -m Tim- B00T&SH0E LINE, AT LOWKST ritlCFS. If vou will call I will make It prolltu- ble and pleaHiint. A trial will convince you, REPAIRING! A SPECIALTY. h K INN KUAN, 820 Broadway, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, III A I I III (f) I g 73) t CD iYi f i " v ' ' o m U W , I H s rv b CD I c! 3 5 o 1 1 a P H 0 z ? i - Hs 1 Z ill ....J! ,g cj 4fi i ! :f v 2 , ( III l'f I In O w PQ a PC HI o z 10 m a I CO 3 J O x HI 12 'fi - 6 - ft CI &J3 O v ti ... 1 5 w CI it 'f V Ji O "3 h