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MEXICO ANDKOMAMSM
Our Neighboring RepubUo Undtf
PrnletUnt Rule.
ttpuliton or lh Jol In 1073-No
Power In tht World n to De
basing Thai of tlttuit
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Win. Duller, D. D., I one of the
loading missionaries and author of
loading missionary literature among
tin M.'thixlUU. HI missionary llf
ha la-en nl in India mikI Mexico,
lie ha published elaborate volume on
Hth countries. Ill latest publication
In fresh from the press, Btid I entitled,
"Mexico In Transition from thu Power
of Political Homnniaiu to Civil and Re
llglou Liberty."
It In up Indictment of and u philippic
agalnat political and ceelealastleal uiii
' priestly Romanism. The nearness of
Mexico to thu United States, coupled
with it past nnd pross!ctlvo history,
makes it an interesting country to the
government, thu mcrebantllo world
and tho various denominations that
have established their missions in Its
borders. A a papal country Mexico
today retain only a part of the im-
, meniws area which she once ci.llod her
Sown, yet her present size I "ten times
larger than Groat Dritaln, and nearly
cjual in extent to France, Bpain, Aus
jtrla, Lombardy and tho Drltiah Isle
i i combined."
In 1888 Mexico bad an estimated
population of 11,432,024. Of these
twelv per cent, are upjHwed to
lsj Hurojiean extraction, twenly
sight per cent, mixed, and sixty
mr cent, aborigine. Such in the
' fertility of the land that it is ca
ll mated that It could sustain more
tian one hundred million of poj
ulatlon. From a table showing the ex
port from Mexico to tb United
F.UiUm and the Mai export to all
' tintrles, we select the exhibit
t Hynry fifth year since she en
l S upon ih control of her
... "-'ffimHfftnce n4 iwretblii
iulfH Mlatea run Ex if ir to
r,:m.'M ,n,m
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Wit 'in
Tb Import from the United
Htata In 1888-8!) were Wl,M),i2H.
Mexlci wanf4 our p!t.roleum,
dock and watehett, piickllver,
lamp and gaa fixture, ilk,
woolen good, hardware, printing
mwM tunl type, book, pa'r,
rail, lofiomoti ve, tool, ma:hln
nry of all kind, well-boring ap
piiratiaafid purrifM, canned meat
and pre;rvea, aeientlfic inatru
tnent, planoa and organ, educa
tional appliance, tlnUiil ware
and cutlery, telegraph wire, agri
cultural machinery of all aorta,
railroad carriage for pacngcr
and freight, and a hundred other
article which nh't doe not. pro
Aitm but ftvrnatantly require, and
for which he i now paying the
blgbe prh!, In addition to the
mmt of four thouaand mile of
freight charge to Kngllah and
iinrmun importer.
Atthech. of Maximilian' empire
Mexhw bad but one railroad, wit h W)
mile of track, Today ahe ha them
running In all direction, with an aver
age of about nV'100 mile, and I building
more, Oi tdegrapb line, in 1807 ahe
had tt a few abort connection; now
abfl ha talephono and tdegraph line
which aggregate over W,iHKt,i)(Xt mile.
The revenue of the country are now
ell mated at over W,M),iM.
Tbeapread of ediniiitlon, the vxUtn
aion of the railway ayatom, the Incrcaae
of Induatrie under the protection of an
enlightened government with the In
crealng conaoiouanea of the right
and dutle of civil and religiou free
dom, are faat bringing the country to
the orderly and peaceful development
of her great roaource,
Uomc began her rule in Mexico by
sweeping away by red-handed violence
the Intellectual alumina of the nation
a well a it record and literature.
Many of tbeeducat'd men of Mexico,
diaguatcd with the manifeatation of
money-getting ayatem of Itomanlam, are
infidel or freo-tii Inker like the aame
(jlaa of men In Franeo and Daly, while
many of them who are not In
fidel cannot reconcile the doctrine of
their church, of money for manae,
with common or with the juatice
of God,
Indulgence are eonalantly aeen a
ad verliaement on the church doon In
Mexico without any at tempt at conceal
ment, The picture of purgatory, provided
to make the requisite linprehniona on
tl.iw wltiilmtf bwt fth-mln, an flight
fid. ti of tlivm, purvbuMl In Mi'tiin,
lit l fmv its, 1 1 tvpriHU'tiU a lady
olnit up In thin intniiliiro ln-ll, ur
iniHiili'tl !iv tdii k nnllii ami 1 1 win.ltm
Imcitxl by b vy lnm. On her rlU
I (hkIimiimI a yard of Ii.'mvv rlialn, while
tin-lui Id (1m' i Iw round ber ttth
bi'lgbt of hrr ulionltlom. In aifonv
bi li'u up Iir iiiriihcIihI baniU a In
linplnrhnf utippl leal Ion to lur tlvliiK
fi lemU to furnlwh I ho aid that IihII iiid
lift tnlm-ry, and deliver her from the
plneeof tornn'nt. No wonder that audi
picture, umniiif the Ignorant Mopli!,
do the work they wi' re Intendi'd to tie
complinh. Ill mibjiM't h'Hiln Dr. Duller to make
luiiiinrou refereneea to F.uroH, Friuiee
and the United HtutM. Note the fol
lowing ri'ferenee to the bUtory attend
lnf thu avowal of pupal Infallibility;
eonxider It, and aay If Furoe ever be
fore saw any Mich chronology as thin:
1H70. July H -Infallibility proclaimed
by the poH! arid liln council.
July 15 War pHMiliilmed aalunt the
nly leading l'rotoatant jifiwer on the
continent by Napoleon III, "the old
cut on of the church."
Kipt. 1 1 Thl eldewt on captured by
thl I'rotcHtant king.
Sept. 20 The mki and hi capital
captured by a king whom be had ex
commuuicuted. Oct. 2 The appreciation of the Ho
man people of the pojie' paternal rule
expreed by their almot unanimou
dcciioon againt it!
Our dlHpatchcs have recently an
nounced that a new head of the Jenuit
ha lxm elected, I)r, Duller aay: Thl
hateful aociety, whoe machination
give the religiou world no reat, pre
pared the plan which God reveraed In
Mexico, Standing liack in the ahadow,
theyworkuniMtenday and night for their
purpoaea, by the uo of the confea
ional they can lay their hand on every
aocret ot ttoclal and peraonal life In
every family where they have a repre
nentutlve of their religion. And a to
politic and jmblic men, no power in
thl world i o dehitHing a that of
Jeauitlam,
''Thl avadety, founded by Ignatiu
fxyoIa, Auguat 15, J 5.11, conditionally
aanctioned by the bull of I'ope I'aui III,
September 25, 1510, unconditionally ap
proved by him In 151.1, ha had a moat
troubled exlateneo, and ha In Home
way Mucceededln winning a vaat amount
of Ill-will of Iwith ruler and people,"
JKHUlt KXVKIAM) FROM
Saragoaaa , , , , , , , 1555
J,al'alfntorrc 1558
Vienna , 15'HI
Avignon , 1570
Antwerp, Portugal, etc 1578
Knglarid 157!), 158, J5l, 158(1
Japan,, 1587
Hungary and Tranaylvanla , 1588
Dordeau 158!)
The whole of France , , . , 15!ll
Holland 15(Ki
Touron and Derno. , , , 15H7
Knglarid again , w2
Knglarid iiyaln , liln
Denmark, Venice, etc J(tol
Venice again , 1012
Amura, Japan inn
Whemla 1 01 H
Tfiirarla , Kilo
Naplea and Netherland I (122
('hina and India K12.1
Turkey (28
Aln Mini
Ittimla .
Hdttiy , , . . .
I'arMtfuajr ,
IWtiitful . . .
I'iuMIiII.hI
, t'UI
, It -.Ml
I Ml
.1 ir.it
, . ,h'pt
In Fnini ........
I'raiKV Mitain .
hli, . 1oii ami Nleille am'.
Nnpl.il, i Un.
I'ni nia and Malta , . . ITu
All nirUt-ndiim, by bu'l of lie.
men! XIV, July 21..... H7.1
UlOwi ...... I"fl
France again. .......... .t lwl
Canton lilrwm Hoi
Naplea again !!
Franeo again Iltl
Miwcow, hi. IVteroburgh and Clin
ton Holeur I 1
Delgluin IHI
Ureal (by the Hople) 1IH
IIuxhIii again l-t
Kpaln again
KMli'li Ciitheilnil (by the eople), lHJ'i
Uelglum mcIkniI Itl
France, eight college clowd 12H
Great Dritain and Ireland lM'Jt)
France agiii n . l.'ll
From entering Haxony lH.'ll
Portugal In;t4
Hpuln again. 1 8.'t5
Klielm (hy the people) lS.'W
From entering Lucerne 18.12
Liuterno again lMf
France again 1 H4.
Switzerland 117
Ilavarla and Genoa 184H
l'apal StaU,by Hum IX, Sardinia,
Vienna, Aiwtrla. ; 1H4H
S.?veral Italian atatea 18511
Sicily again 1M0
Spain again IMS
Guatamala 1871
Switzerland 1871
German Kmpiro 1872
Mexico (by the viceroy) 1851
Mexico (bv Comonfort) 1850
Mexico (by CongreK) 1873
New Granada, tti nco 1870
Venezuela 1879
Argentine Ik-public 1870
Hungary 187D
Dra,il , 1879
France again , , 1880
The lat report ihowa that there are
2,377 member of thl order, 1,130 of
them being in the United State, and a
large portion of thu remainder In
Kngland, Dr, Uutler aay:
''Doing in Mexico at the time of the
final cxpulaion of the JcatilU (August,
1873), I desired to witnea the enforced
departure of the laat band, and went to
the railroad to nee them off. No dem
ouatration wa made aave by a few of
their devotee, who went on their
knee oeeaalonally to receive their
parting benediction. It looked rather
theatrical and tlreomo.
"Mexico, lnatead of being a alio
wa twenty-Ave year ago- the moat
prleat-ridden country on earth, ha
worked her way up, by the help of Gixl
and the valor ol her aon, to the poal
Hon of t he moat free of all Roman Cath
olic landa, while the exlating law now
aanctfon no monastery or nunnery,
aiater of charity or Jeauit, within
her bound..
"In connection with the expulalon of
the Jeauit a law waa enacted by con
greaa to facilitate prompt action In any
ciwe of return. It waa entitled "The
Pernielotm Foreigner' Act," and cer
tainly wa atilllciently offermlvo iim a
title, It waa dealgned to aave time, ho
that, without waiting for proce of
law, the wraon could he met and
promptly told to leave. Not only ho,
but all foreigner coining to reaide in
the counUy were required to appear
la tere a iitngMrat ami v duly rti;i
teiv.l, mi), tiam an I abiding pU., .i
a to leaio no lia.plmle fur itndetratie
(or "pel ril.imt") pa-eplti to rvmata. It
Uenie tny duty a aiiji'inletideht, aa
our inWliituo ir MiTlled to ' tlitt
reifiiUtlim iinnplled with. InatUhly
the ainllo would m anunid whfn
ap.nd, and the mag tt rat would
nun I.Miualy ak na to exci tint tnnible
which thu act gave ua, otwrvlng: "Of
courne, minor, the law I not meant for
you miwdottarloa. We have no anxiety
alauit your eoiulng In. Unt we havn to
net in a way that ia Impartial, I'leaae
exeime tlie trouble of thl attemlamm
Iteiv." They knew we did not, aa law
abliling Mople, regard it a any hard
ahlp and we were nHcttl aiH'ord
I ugly."
l)r Duller give a very inlcreating
ai'i'oiint of hi purchase of the mona
tery of San FrancUeo a the head
quarter for the in Union of the Metho
(111: "To my great aatlnfuetlon I found the
property junt wluit we required, and at
onee made enrneNl effort to secure It.
Dul I leurued that, one of the partle
whMo Hlgnaturu wa noocMHary wrh a
fanatical old lady, who would rather
mco the building go up in Hinoke than
Hold to Protectant. What to do I
could not imagine. We needed the
place ho much, thu location wit ad
mirable, central yet quiet, and our
work, already begun, wa Huffering for
lack of a proimr center of oiMirat.lon.
Dut here wa delay and uncertainty.
We could only aock d I vino help and
wait.
'Three week later I wa atandlng at
a atreet corner converalng with a
friend when a gentleman panned on the
other aide of the atreet. My friend
algnalled, the atranger croaaed over
and wo were Introduced. During the
con vernation India wa mentioned.
'What!' aald 1, 'have you boon In
India?' 'Yea, I fought under Have
lock, and wa one of the volunteer
cavalry that rode with him Into
I.ockriow,' Inataritly It flaahed
acroa my mind here wa help at laat If
I could win him 'Well,' I replied, 'I
have done my beat to Immortalize you
and your gallent comrade, 'What do
you mean?' aald he. Aklng him to re
main where we were for a few minute,
1 hurried to the hotel and took a copy
of 'The Land of the Veda,' which I car
ried bwk and ahowed to him, opened
at the portrait of Gen. Ilavelk, Ho
looked anion iahed, and aald: 'That
U Indeed our llluatrlou commander,'
and commenced at. once to read the
pagca that refer to the bravery of the
heroe led oy their devout general, I
aUaid prayerfully and anxioimly wait
ing. "Finally, turning to meheaaid: How
much I would like to poaaea thin Ixaik!"
Pleane, air, then, accept It an a gift
from the 'author' Thanking me with
a genuine heartineaa, lie exclaimed: 'I
there not aomething I could do for you
to hIiow my gratitude?' Iliad learned
that he wan an Irinhmanaud a Cat hollo,
hut providence lid me to feel that he
could and would help me, ao I replied:
'You are probubiy the only man in the
city who can do aomething very necea-
Mi) lot iti ' "What Mi' Irtpktned
tilt eliviiitilmvn -.),, we ep ti
(itua tit tBinire a aollahle InHMM-rtr br
our auk, lil that the btgotd idd l4y
would not be wilHiig toll it ! ua mot
i fearml to trust any bltiker In the rlty
le.l Hie) lniiild t IihIiiomI Ut full ua
''He akel 'Would yon truat Itie? I
felt fitH- le aay I w.eild. "Have you any
money!' Yea; the money waa ready in
the bank. 'Well, aay nothing until I
eome to yon tomorrow moridug, ami I
will arraiice II all for you,' I reminded
him that I waa a lYotealaul tiilaalonnry
and Hint he waa a Cathode, but he inid,
What of 111" Have .MK ready for me
tomorrow.' Ileenme the next day, baik
the money, pitld the luHtallment, and
ohtttlucd the riHMilpt. The properly
wa hi and all aeeuie. Aa aiHin a the
piiMr in Hie eae were ready ho took
mo to the government olllee, and made
out a deed to me a agent of the ml
aionary mielety of our church, and t he
clrciiH of ('hlarlnl wa our, lie had
meanwhile, when hi purixme leaked
out, an enticing oltor to lie unfaithful
to tiM, but he apurned the temptation
and in due form made It over to u.
"Surely the heart of all men are In
the hand of God, and Ho ha III own
way of atmwering the prayer of thorni
whoHook III aid. Here, when I needed
It ho much after all my anxiety, wa
tlii warm-hearted Irlnhman brought
in good time 12,01)1) mile acnm the
world, attracted to mo by a common In
toroHl which that "land of the Voda"
reprenented to u both, ready to do a
service that I could not safely ak mv
at wi'f''.t
lawyeror broker or other Itomanlat to
do In the city of Mexico,
"We have In our poaaoaalona a body
of photograph, fifty-two In number
portrait of the jieraon who have gov
erned Mexico, under varlou title,
during the llfty-elght year from 1812
to 1871), Letthrco of tbeao lai deducted
of thoae who ruled longeat, Juarez,
Maxmillan and Diaz, nearly aevent.een
year between them, there remain
fifty governor for forty-one yearn, or
an average reign to each of about nine
montha and twenty-one day. The
terrible fact la that each of then.! fre
quent change wa the renult of a 'pro
nuncinmcntn,' a conflict, hloodnlied and
waito of money. It may lie naked here
whether there I a parallel to thl atro
cloiin ciiHi) In ail the hlntory of 'Chris
tendom.' "We brought from Mexico a full act
of the inatrument of torture, purchaned
from thoae who had uned them. They
are bloodntalncd and runty from uae,
"In 1888, at the general anneinbly of
l'rotoatant mlaalon In Mexico, two
mlniater who conducted the aervice
and were together In the pulpit, atom)
In the relation of father nnd on to each
other. Such a fad wan never aeen in
Catholicinm, No prieat or hlnliop of
that church ever had bin aon to mln
iater by hi aide. Here too in aome
thitigto lend them to reflection ante
one of the rcaaona why the clergy of
the church are what they are, denied
aa they are by mere human authority
thoae relation of holy matrimony
which the Founder of Christianity ban
i i k!) iIc-IhinhI In Ik the right and
piltilt-gi of tl ttitniak-r.
"The aMitinlettf the - t thit lltg
ottr t It il ar aa a ,iv. of an !.) to
our int ernment and 1oM,itefchlful men,
Inditlilual ,. ). ilena there wtre un
doubtedly, but the general tivnd of tha
Itotimn ehutvtt unfriendly , A If
by a aulille lii.lini l the lotteal Iti.'mtxT
diaeemed that bt could bare bo InW
el in pivventtng the werf thl tta
Hon from la-lng rrlpphnl, or lt piv
tlgttaa the gnat Prttteatant republic
deatrjyed. Their vol wa generally
thrown ajj a ini.1 the war, aatheenemlea
of our country at home and abroad
dealivd. For a eontraal look at the
varloua ProtMtant a.H"tii of our land,
and aee how loyally they rallied to ihe
help of our government to the laat
hour of the eonlllet. There I a reaaon
for thl marked dlHllnetlon-our down
fall would have laen thu failure of
l'rotoatant lam at thla tm) initiating
point.' " llimtm Citixtn.
. . .
Romnnitm Human Invention.
That the church of Koine I a purely
human Inatltullon, can I at ahown from
the fact that Die doctrine which alio
hold now aadlvlne, and which militate
agalnHt God' word, and never taught
by Chrlnt or III apontlen, crept In
to the church centuries after tho Son
of God wan on earth.
Hoinanlnm la really a novelty, but
ProtoHtantlHin In founded upon truth
eternal.
Tho following Inachronologleal table
of the principal error of the church of
Home:
1. Supremacy of tho pope:
Title of tin I venal blahop flrat aa
sumed In 00(1: Decree of council
of Trent, neHhlon XIV, 1551.
2. Worship and veneration of
ImageH! Flrat decreed by tho
second council of Nice, 787.
.1, Celibacy of tho clergy:
Second eoiineil of Latoran, 11.11).
4. Private confeaslon to a
priest; First Introduced hy Popo
Innocettt III, 12lfi; not decreed
by council until council of Trent,
hohhIoii XI V, 1551.
fi.' . Withdrawing tho cup from
tho laity: Tho council of Con
stance, 1128, eHlon XIII. . , .
0. Purgatory and prayer for
tho dead, council of Florence,
14.11),
7. The cannon of Scriptures
corrupted; The apocryphal books
Introduced. Council of Trent,
151(1, scMsion IV,
8. Tradition decreed equal to
Holy Scripture: At tho council
of Trent, mohhIoii IV, 151(1.
0. Justification by works, and
not by faith In Christ: Council of
Trent, session IV, 1547.
10. Seven sacrament first
mentioned by Peter Lombard,
fifteenth century, Decreed by
council of Trent, 1547,
11. The doctrine of Intention:
Council of Trent, seaalon VII,
canon XI.
12. Trauauhntantlatlon; First
broached by Panchaalu. Hliad.
Isu'tu, ninth century; first
taught a doctrine hy Innocent
111,1215; flrat decreed in council
of Trent, seaalon XIII, 15(15,
13. The aoorlfleo of the mass;
Council of Trent, session XXII,
15(13.
An external sucrtflcingchrtstlan
II.
priesthood: Council of Trent, seaalon
XXIII, 15(13.
15, Sacramental salvation: Council
of Trent, seaalon VII.
K), The Invocation of saints, relics,
etc, etc.: Council of Trent, session XXV
1503.
17, Tim I toman church called the
mother church. Council of Trent, e
slon IV, 15 Kl.
18, Tlie persecution of heretics
(Protestants): First enjoined, fourth
council of I.ateran, 1215, and confirmed
at council of Trent, seaalon XXV,
II). Cursing adopted as Ilomish argu
ment: Council of Trent, 1545, 15(13.
(Note. Tho decrees of the council of
Trent are enforced by one hundred and
twenty-alx anathema or curses).
20. Tlie creed of Pope Plus IV,
DecemlsT 9th, 15(11, consisting of
twelve new articles of fuith added to
the ancient Nicotic creed. Thin creed
of 1501 I now the rule of faith of Roman '
Catholics, and the ofliclal oath of all
Roman ccclcalantlc.
21. The immaculate conception of
tlie bleaned virgin; December 8th,
1 854, enjoined by tho authority of Pope
Piu IX, again i-t the Scripture and
councils and tho creed of Pope Plus
IV, wherein it in not to lie found.
22. The Infallibility of tho
pope,
which la'camo a dogma in 170.
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