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TO THE READER.
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coiiiniy;"
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"IIimI khm! you In your iml'li' unrk."
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l.rl tit. liiN'1-fi.t iimiil.
I.rl iik nil Mtmiil up for Hod, ln ('oiistl
tullon una (lie I'ulilli' Kcliimln.
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f(r 8 iiiniilliH. or ,VH' for ;i montliM. Aililii'wt,
AMERICAN rUBLlSHINO CO.,
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Omaha, Nui.
TllK Kmimii I'lilholiow of Ltifiij'rUo,
hid,, muy huvo llioinrlit tlio popu luul
ht rcproHontHtivu horo iintl no ox-
' jirtowt lutit a right to open hln lnouih.
Soiio jxMiplo am wlno hut mohio nro
mom wlno tlmn othoi's.
Thk.HK Ik ft doinand for untl-Ciitholio
llterHturo In lrolaiul and tho doinand
haw not hten nut by tho ptiWlHhing
; hgiiHG of ono period Ioal, whloh in oatiMod
i either by the loyally of hoiiio of tho
; nuw ajjotitH to tho popo or tho oxtivnus
i huniforiinf afu-r Honiuthlntf that Ih con
trary to tho popo and hU followura.
TllK riVHhytorlatiB, iMothodlntH,
United 1'i'i'nhytorlaiiH, i'',plwooiallanH,
Congregational IsU and HaptlHt havo
declined to rocelvo ary appropriation
from tho tfovorntnont for nch()oln anions
tho Ind lam. Hhvotho lloiniui Cntho
llci! dono UkowlHof No! They want
half a" nWllua year. And yot an
oflleor of tho army claimed tho cbuho of
tho "out-break" In Dakota, at Wounded
Knee, wan the Koinan Catholic church.
THE papers aro cotnmontlntf on tho
four of tho Iloman CathollcH In Amer
ica formlnif an Independent church and
having their own bUhop orbltdiopH and
lotting the )opo euro for the church In
the rent of tho world. TIiomh who aro
extreme la tholr views Hhould think of
this movement and be more careful.
Leo's act Is timely In sending his
h pec ltd delegate so as to concllllato oji
poHing factions and stop tho radicals in
tholr unwise views and methods.
CmuiHKN aro turned away from the
I'rok'stant schools of Suo l'aulo, lira. 11,
because there Is not room enough and
because the I'rotestatits do not havo
mortey enough to build a larger build
ing. If there are home who are uu
willing to oppose lloman CathollciHin
in the United States, let them send
tholr money to Sao l'aulo and help
liberate the Illiterate Itoman Catholics
of llrazll. It Is claimed that 81 per
cent, aro illiterate.
THE Catholic -Mirror of Ualtiniore,
consoles Itself by tho following:
"Certainly t he church Is not unmlnd
fill of the groat leaning In her direction
at present, hverywhore, apparently,
heriMilley is to lie In active symiia'hy
...with national aspirations and free gov
ernment. In 1' ranee she has guaran
toed her support to the republic. In
KiiHsia negoi latlons of some kind aro
going on In relation tea recovery of tho
OreeTc church. In Ireland a cardinal's
hat Is given to an archbishop who Is
friendly to homo rule, hint In Kngland
another goes to the ancient and blue
blooded family of the VimghiuiM. To
America comes an apostolic delegate.
The situation shows indisputably that
tne present popo jsikmomhos all of the
siau.'Hinansnip and political diHcctn
ment that is claimed for him. llcao-
tionary principles meet with no favor
in his eyes."
The church of Jlomo will drop on her
knees in tho mud before nny nation she
cannot rule. If she is so very glad to
be in harmony with all nations why
does she not forsake some of he
heathen notions, let her members study
the whole Bible and judge for them
selves, allow the priests to marry, tear
down their convents, and stod telling
pack of lies alKiut miracles of persons
of questionable character whom they
call saints? Tho first step toward lli
nianism is, "Who Is your leader?"
the
answer Is, "Tho Infallible Pop
XIII., another God on earth." This is
enough to eauso anyone with a small
amount of common sense, which dis
not seem to bo very common among
rfertain class of worshippers, to turn
away in disgust. As the Mirror Bug
gests, tho Romish church is on he
knees before the nations assuring them
of her loyalty, etc.
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, i;nlniul. Tim ivvnvim g-iniemnn
jviAi. foiim ilv iiioiio, hi Wrokliam,
i slid s one' of the IV-i-ioiii-t fathers.
The cereinony of mlniincion took place
at St. Aapb eathi ilral at the morning
k lee on Thai -iliiv, anil the nor vice
uw-il wan that drawn uji by the upper
houw of eoiivix'iilion. i'he eoiivei'Hlnn
of lather David, by which name Mr.
Waring was generally known, late of
St. MaryV Id-treat, Carmarthen, to tho
Church of Kngland, has canned con
nlilerableexeiloiiii iit among the Uoninn
Catholics of Carmarthen and iioighltor
IhshI, in which eii-elo he was a great
favorite. 1 1 is cane Is almoston all fours
with that of that popular Catholic
preacher, Dr. William Sullivan, fi r he,
too, lias thrown off tin' vow or celibacy,
ami Is shortly to tie married to a young
widowed lady, well known in Car
marthen." Lot all whoare Interested In the wel
fare of America see that their inlluence
Is used to open the eyes of some of the
devotees who worship at the Koinan
shrine.
Ji't IMISII IS 'W LKHA NCE.
Omaha Is not. the only place in the
world w here Americans aro subjected
to indignities by Koinan police
enicers. It happens wherever Koine
bus a subject or a tool for police judge.
This has lately been demonstrated down
In Sedallu, Mo. If you aro a conserva
tive Protestant, rend this circular lel-
r, and ask yourself "is it not time
rotestanls were awake?"
SKDAf.lA, Mo., Council No. HH, Amer
ican Protective Association: On Mon
day evening, November 7, 1H1I2, while
'riends Hlue, Klssner, Nelson and 011-
flllan were peaceably walking along the
public highway, neither intoxicated,
riotous or disorderly, they were halted
by the entire jsillee force, six In num
ber, and commanded, "Hold up your
hands, you A. P. A. sons of b s."
The fact that tho entire police force of
the city (nearly all of w hom aro Koinan
Catholics) Were on ono corner shows
conspiracy, which will be proven in tho
eoming trial.
There was no resistance.. The friends
acquiesced peaceably and submitted
themselves to bo thrown into a filthy
dungeon, there to await the delibera
tion of tho Komlsh Inquisitors (for such
they aro in this olty) ami on the mor
row be lined the aggregate of infiO.OO
on false charges oi uisiurmng uiu
peace, resisting an ollleor and carrying
concealed weapons. To say that this
fine was exorbitant, even though tho
'charged were true, Is drawing it mildly.
The Komlsh octopus has so entwined
its poisonous tentacles about the ju
diciary of this city that Police Judge
Kauek and Prosecuting Attorney Cash
man (both Komitus) openly discriminate
in favor of the Koinan Catholic crlin
Inula, so that with all these circum
stances in mind, Is U strange that those
friends should look to the county crim
inal court for justice? lion. Hud. Has-
tain, the ablest lawyer In tho city, lias
isien retained by these friends, at their
own expense, to plead their case at the
April term.
It now becomes a mutter of principle
with us whether we should allow these
drunken Irish policemen, who are In
collusion with the judge and prosecut
ing attorney in their efforts to down
the A. P. A., to thus trample on tho
rights of American citizens, simply
because they are A. P. A's.
Holding an opinion to tho contrary,
It is the unanimous act and vote of this
council that circulars m sent to every
council in tho United States soliciting
financial aid for the prosecution of these
Komlsh policemen, against whom there
is a good case.
Tills blow must be decisive. Tho A
P. A. must give up Its bravo fight, or
tho Komlsh policemen, whoso authority
is painfully dictatorial, must is taught
to respect the rights of Americans, If
we fail, then farewell A. 1'. A. If we
arc victorious, with public opinion
stjrred up to the pitch of declaration
as It will been the day of trial, a victory
second only to that of tho never-to-bi
forgotten liattlo of the Hoyne will lv
celebrated In Sedalla. Any amount,
however small, will bo thankfully re-
celvud. Yours truly,
J. H. KUYKKNUAf.L,
President,
C. T. Davidhon,
Secretary,
J. A. Lkech,
Looan C. Thomas,
Jay L. Smith,
J. M. Butlkk.
Address all communications
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nmnv tlnuitii a imtiie insi iniinmni
Hhiitl" lli r, iiinie thii lie of tl
burning si Ksiikskn', III., if the Iioiih
Her t limiiiiH . a man long lint.il
and liHii d by llo- ItoUinii Cnllioiii : at
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in threat, lung tt.-rs not In lunb-rtak.'
hi inwstigtitioiin, lint nui l thrvatn
wore futile. We are glad ti note I bat
lh leading Komlnh prientnf that city
ondellllKMl the riotous Bets committed
ill real for bin church. It will ! gissl
it the llocksai-o thus inntrueled In foro
Imud, that while the laws of the eoun-
tr a fiord the Iii edom of religious wor
ship, tlu-yalno guaraniii' the freedom
I orderly annellllilies and toe right of
M'cch, tin nothing in the American
onneieneeor the American honor more
nnltive."
We may add that the entire Proton-
taut press should Ins met the Moplc
how to vote so that a smaller iium)or
of the men who are in sympathy with
and assist in forming plots for the suc-
ssof the Koinan Catholic chuii-h may
lie less.
Lko'h jubilee has come and gone, and
as a pleasant reminder Leo managed to
net the nice little sum of two and a half
million dollars not bad for a birthday
present. It would, indeed, mi interest
ing to know what proportion of that
vast mitn was wrung from the poor,
down-trodden, landlord persecuted,
starving Koinan Catholic peasantry of
Ould Oireland." There is no doubt
but that an imnionso amount of wealth
Is hoarded up in the vaults of the Vati
can, money an ino lime pouring into
the pope's treasury, but very little, if
any, ever allowed to pour out. This
apacious greed for wealth by the pope
111 bo one of the great factors in the
ultimate downfall of the Vatican, and
tho sooner that downfall takes plaeo,
tho better for modern civilization.
C. P. P. P.
Tho special session of the grand jury
ailed to investigate tho riot at the
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opera House in ijiunyeiie, inu., on
Thursday, Junuary 12(1,- during which
rofessor Rudolph, an ex-Cathollo
priest, who was delivering a lecturo on
llomanlsm, was shot by a mob which
ushed on tho stage, returned a list of
twenty-eight indictments lato on
Saturday morning. No arrests were
made until yesterday, when Sheriff
Gutldls sent out eight deputies who
gathered in fourteen of the indicted.
'eter J. Clark, street commissioner,
'hllip MeCauley, J. U. Murphy and
William Temple were indicted on five
counts each, assault anil battery, as
sault with intent to kill, disturbing a
public meeting, conspiracy and riot.
All the accused gave ball in tho sum of I
$1,200 each. Ten others arrested, In
dicted for riot, were admitted to $100
ball each,
A very pleasant surprise party was
given at II. It. Kirby's Hll. N. Twenty
second street, Monday evening, March
2th, itlielng in honor of Mrs. II. H.
Kirby's IHth birthday. The surprise
was given by about thirty ladles of
'regress council No. 2 of W. A. P. A.
'rlnclpal, among the presents was an
$18 tea set, and cakes, with other good
things too numerous to mention. Card
playing, singing and spinning yarns
were tho order of tho evening till 11
o'clock, when a Isiuntlful supper was
served, after which all started forborne,
well satisfied that the surprise was a
success to a finish.
M(JH. SatoM.1'8 mission to tho
United States seems to lie becoming an
element of discord among tho prelates
and priests of tho Roman Catholic
church In this country. We are glad
to see it, as nothing will tend to lessen
tho baneful influence of Rome more
than Internal dlssentlon among them
selves; so lot the good work go on. Iet
them quarrel among themselves all
they want to, if this should continue
to bo the result of Satolll's advent in
this country, then let him stay right
here. C. F. P. F
WHAT excuse can the city council
of Omaha-offer for not compelling tho
Convent of Poor Claire to lay a side
walk along their extensive property on
Hamilton street. On what grounds
should the convent be exempt. Poverty
cannot possibly 1e offered as an excuse
The city council should at once instruct
the laiard of public works to see that
the work Is done. It is an injustice to
the adjoining property owners who
have laid sidewalks to make an excep
tion in favor of the convent.
JACK WaMT.HS has been nominated
by the Romans for mayor of South
Omaha, if tho respectable people of
that city do not bury him beneath
drift of ballots the 4th of April, we will
lose considerable confidence in hu
inanity.
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tunti'y fulnis S.HHO of llo inli.tet
tpi-t inn it 4 tnnm iilsr i In iMtiity it
lifts eli l' Inn a IHJf t!eniirv lo hsik lism
hilili il fit mi the turn) of Itrtioo, mid
WiiHs.v and II u n I mn j.la.1 t.i gn-et
you t!it en ultig as . jtieiis of a Intul
where the name of SintUlxl Is held In
siuhllteh et.-iii. and If ton are tint
citii us, thi n tomorrow morning tm-
fore bii-nkfast make gsl time to the
court hous.' and take out Jour first
pa's-rs, for no man hn a right to live;
In this count ry w ho refuses to shoulder j
the reniMitihiliillt los as well as accept
the honors of cltUoiinhlp, and help icr
Mtuate the blennlngs wo are enjoying
in this land.
I am glad to know, however, that
while the Scotchman bus a deep love
for Itonny Scotland, that while we have
a justifiable pride in its history, very
generally they are loyal and tiatriotlc
to the land of their adoption. It haw
Is'en a source of no little gratification
to "me that all over this land the Amor
lean has a very large and warm plaeo
in his heart for the Scotchman. 1 fail
to see the prejudice that I havo some
times seen manifested towards those of
other nationalities. The Scotchman
seems to be peculiarly favored in Hi Is
regard. May such peculiar favor not
exalt us, but lead us to strive, rather,
to prove ourselves more and more
worthy of such kindness. And yet,
after all, when I come to think of it,
tills kindness on the part of tho Ameri
cans to the Scotch may bo but a just
payment of a lawful debt.
I do not know but what this land of
liberty In which we rejoice and of
which we sing so lustily would not have
been had it not been because, under
God, of a certain work accomplished by
n noted Scotchman. I do not know
but tho liberty we enjoy and tho fact
that every man in this land is a high
priest before God is duo in no small
measure to the life and work of ono of
Scotia's sons. The man to whom I
allude Is a man whoso name ought to
send a thrill through every Scotch
breast, at least John Knox. It surely
cannot bo without profit for us this
evening if, for a short thno, we look at
this man's life, and if thereby we catch
some of the inspiration that flows from
it, we will leave this place bettor for
having come together and better fitted
to discharge tho duties of citizens and
as christians In tho land whero the
providence of God has cast us.
His was a noble figure looming up in
his century of certainly many notable
and not altogether ignoble figures. Ills
was a character that made its impress
on that ago as few characters did on
the age of tho brilliant tueon Hess; the
ago of Spencer and Tnsso and Shake-
pen re as poets; the ago of Kepler and
Copernicus as astronomers; the ago of
Luther and Zwinglu and Calvin as
theologians; the age of Rapheal and
Angelo as artists, and on ono side of
this galaxy of noble figures there rises
tiie pule, taciturn son of Scot la occupy
ing a place, doing a work, making his
impress on that age and of all succeed
ing ones and doing a mission which I
was about to say the world, of all these
other men, could havo leiiHt dispensed
with. And tho fruit of his work Is tho
Scotland of tho nineteenth century;
aye, tho America of the nineteenth
century. John Knox was the harbinger
of that Puritan movement in Kngland
To Knox, more than to any other one
man, wo nro indebted for tho full do
velopment of Kentish Puritanism of tho
fifteenth century. That movement, wo
know, went outside over tho walls of
ills own locality into Kngland, and was
the cause, or at least one of the most
Important causes, for that English
Cromwellian Puritanism of the six
teenth century. With the sword of i
Cromwell on tho one hand, an open
bible on the other; with the sword to
seo to It that the blblo was kept, open
and given to all alike to read and un
derstand for themselves.
The seeds of that movement in F.ng
land, wo know full well, were carried
by the providence of God across the
waters and trans-planted in this coun
try. And so we can see, it seems to
me, without-any stretching of the im
agination, the hand of a Knox mould
ing this land, this nation, in the most
plastic period of her career. Did I
then exaggerate when I said that Amer
ica owes much lo Scotland? It was
John Knox who, while a student at the
University of Glasgow, had for his
teacher John Major, who could sit in
his professor's chair and give utter
ance to such truths as these, so extreme
and revolutionary In those times, ''The
strength of a king depends on a free
people, and it is from a free people
that a king derives his power. A free
people can depose from his throne a
king and appoint some one else as they
had the right to appoint such a ono at
tho beginning." Major could sit quietly
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man as V
1"h fet of bis life Wi fly ftrv Ihese
Horn of i inutile j?vnts nt I iiftnr.1 Cute,
a suburb nf Ihtdingtnn, In th tear
j I Vl'i; he attended thii (jtaiinir solnsd Ml
I lading ton, and at the ago of slxt.-on
liter, d the Unitersity at Glasgow, In
one in tne nni iiuiego ri-innrs ins
name Is found with other students as
Is-ing inenrsiratod on the 2oth nf (K-
tnts-r, l.i22, or I -1. I think, l or snnie
n-asnti or other Knnx leaves the uni
versity Is-foiv taking bin degree. Per
haps on aivnunt of poverty, an has
Is-en the ease with many noble students
since. For many years he sinks entirely
out of view, and we read nothing con
cerning him. This we know , however,
that, he hsik orders and entered the
Roman Catholic priesthood. To his
duties of a secular priest, for such lie
became, he probably combined that of
teaching. The first time we see him
in history is in company with George
Wishart, one of the fearless reformers
immediately preceding Knox. We
know nothing as to the time or tho
manner of Knox's conversion to the
Protestant faith. If Wishart is not
his spiritual father, it is certainly ow
ing to tho influence of Wishart that
Knox is led to come out boldly and
espouse tho Protestunt faith. Being of
a naturally thoughtful and Independent
mind, it may have been that for some
time previous to this he had been led
from his own study to see the errors
of the church in which he was and
have his eyes opened gradually to tho
light. Or It may have been the result
solely of his contact with thoso heroic
men, only u few of them, who were
seeking to lift up their voices for the
truth amid all tho corruptions and dark
ness that was settling over the church.
In any caso we must believe that to
George Wishart, that heroic soul, ono
of the first martyrs for the cause of the
reformation in Scotland, (the beginning
of a noble army whoso blood dyed the'
heather of their native heath for the
truth), must bo given the credit of,
under God, moulding Knox and to no
small extent making him the character
he became. Ifo seems to havo accom
panied Wishart for some time in tho
capacity of his guard, carrying about
with him a two-edged sword, accom
panying Wishart on his preaching
tours, and we seo him first of all more
particularly as ho goes to Iladlngton
with Wishart on a certain memorable
Sunday when the spirit of that reformer
was particularly despondent, because
even tho friends of the new cause were
beginning to prove unfaithful; because
of all It meant some of his friends
proved untrue, and there on tho 2ith
of January, l."4ll, in tho church at Ilad
lngton, Wishart preaches a memorable
sermon and leaves for Lothian. Knox
desired to go with him, as hud been bis
habit, but Wishart, having a present
ment of what was to come, turns to him
and says: "No, go back to your bairns
and God bless you. One Is enough for
a sacrifice." That night Wishart was
taken prisoner, and in a few days was
burned at tho stake. It was true of
Wlslmrt's death, as one of tho enemies
of tho reformat ion was forced to say of
the burning of Patrick Hamilton, the
first martyr of the Protestant cause in
Scotland, "that tho smoke of his burn
ing Infected all on whom It blew." One
man thus powerfully Iniected was John
Knox, find the intensity of that infec
tion we see in his subsequent life as he
there took a stand and entered upon a
work which lie did not lay down until
dentil.
Following WIsliart's cruel martyr
dom, there came the murder, the foul
murder, of Iieaton, tho man who, of all
others, was responsible for WIsliart's
cruel, fiendish death. And not only
had Ronton been responsible for that,
but for countless other things, and so.
while his murder was perhaps merited,
still it cannot but be deplored. Follow
Ing Beaton's death, those who were
implicated in it were forced to flee to
St. Andrew's Castle In order to escape
the vengeance of his friends. Those
who were implicated and fled to this
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;:itstlo were accompanied by a, number
of other refugees, and Knox, himself,
although not Implicated In this murder,
was forced to flee thither to escape tin.
vengeance that was liable to fall at any
moment in those days on all who were
suspected "f thinking for themselves in
thoso matters.
Knox was In St. Andrew's Castlo with
some of his pupils, for at this time he
probably was engaged in the work of a
teacher. I cannot take time to dwell
at length as to how he was led to take
ii) tho work ho did. Tho conviction
more and more grew upon thoso who
were acquainted with him that ho was
the man for tho hour, and so one Sun
day morning John Rough, tho preacher
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eoiiilitiiiii, hiiln-d. ati lotlun wits well
high dead. The n ople Wt le in d w tui
luit lrnus condition for the ii;it art.
Our ow n Curly sis-nks of it as a "rough
lHirr. li enunlry, with continual broils,
dlsonions and miipniiervs," Religiously
its condition wan t vi-n worse, If m
idble, Hie most hideous corruptions be
ing in the church. Avaricious, cunning,
cruel, wily, licentious, low, coarse,
groveling, murderous priests held
everything that was worth holding In
Scotland. 'The church had coaxed to
ts. a resort for those In need of spiritual
fond, and hud In-come a market for In
dulgences and relies. The priests
themselves were densly Ignorant, not
understanding the meaning of the
prayers they were paid to mumble."
But Is-tter days are about to dawn.
John WvelitTe, the morning star of tho
reformation, had appeared in England.
On tho continent Luther had appeared
and many of his writings and teachings
had found their way into Scotland, and
so in these days Ged wus at work pre
paring tho hour for the man as well as
the man for the hour, Such was the
condition of things when Knox comes
from his closet to enter upon his work.
After his first sermon in St. Andrew b
Castle his auditors were forced to make
the remark, "that others had knocked
off the branches, but Knox strikes "at
the roots as though he would destroy
tho whole tree."
But Knox was scon to experience
what fidelity to God must cost. Henry
tho VIII. dies in Eni-lnnd, to whom, in
some measure, must be given the credit
for the safety of those refuges In thai
castle. After his death tho castle is
besieged, and after some time, certain
promises being made to thoso inside,
they yield, only to have those promises
most shamefully broken, as was tbo"
condition Invariably with Rome in thoso
days. Knox, with others, is taken
captive, and it was the fate of Knox to
bo condemned to the inhuman, demon-
izing existence of life as a galley slave.
That meant being chained with many
others, hand and foot, to tho ours of a
boat and compelled to tug at these oars
Incessantly, in many cukib for twenty
four hours without cessaslon, until the
unhappy wretch would full In his
chains out of sheer exhaustion, and un
less he recovered, or if he died, as was
often the case, thrown overboard, or if
ho did not die, beaten until he mustered
up sufficient courage to begin ills work
again; fed by someone else, tho bunds
and feet so chained that they could not
wait upon themselves. Such was Knox s
fate forniuny months. Hut even then
his magiilflcarit courage did not fall.
On one occasion the officer In charge of
the bout in which Knox wus confined
was determined to have the prisoners
do homage to the imago of tho Virgin
Murv, This Knox refused to do, main
taining that it was nn Idol and nothing
more. The oflleor insisted, but Knox
was firm, until finally the officer, de
termined that Knox should give it a
kiss of adoration, forced It to Knox's
lips, but Knox, watching his opportun
ity, raised his hand, clutched tho Imago
and threw it Into tho river, exclaiming,
"let the lady save herself; let her learn
to swim, she is light enough," and
Knox, and no Scotchman in that boat,
was ever tried so to do violence to
their own convictions in doing that
which their inmost fouls told them was
Idolatry. Some time after this tho
bout of Knox was coasting along the
borders of Scotland, and Knox, pain
maelated. apparently a dying man.
There rises off on the coast of Scotland
tho steeple of St. Andrews, and some
one asked the dying man what it was.
He recovered strength sufficient to say
In substance), "Weak as I now am I
shall live to one day glorify God with
my voice In that plaeo," tt prophecy
that became literally true.
Edward VI. eoming to the throne in
England, a brief respite is granted to
tho Protestants which is soon to end
In vengeance by the accession of Bloody
Mary. Possibly by his intercession
Knox is given his freedom to go back
to his native land. After the death of
Edward, Knox for sometime travels
over the land everywhere proclaiming
fearlessly the truth that makes men
free. But Bloody Mary had now come
to tho throne; Mary of Guise, a moat
bitter Catholic, one who lulled 1 ho
name Protestant as it is possible to
halo anything. It seems that Knox
must meet with the fate that ultimately
befell Cranmer and Latimer. Ho was
urged to make good his escape while
he may. At last ho yields to the solici
tations of his friends and takes his
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