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THE AMERICAN mk. ckaios u:criiw:,j ttfV Put hinrijiij (;.:!-. It! f Cmho', i Ctuttth M '! M MIMVtd Wliir ( f KM it W0uld Mot) Mtm, K rltMfc VV tM t P rrU" Mir if I tth I mist A Urg- audb'mv m pfe M at l,ye um 11 . ntng to War IN . It- II IVslg. Ills stibj.it "M, Pairti k and tin Pntctald Kli',1 but he did Hot ad her to it ctttltvly. ApplatiMt a fmitt'-nl. Dr. Follies Iritrithici-d the loaktr tt th evening, lug: "Jn tin eati of fiti neh mid flr play net very long ago a tvrtaln emi nent dlvlint delivered an address tit the TcnipltMqiers, exert Uing Ms r In tit as an American pltlwn U give opreiwilon to Ms honest opinion. Another gent lo man, who will bilk ' )" tonight, re plied In hi pulpit. This was followed ly an interview and editorial, In nil about lx columns, In tho Xortluratrrn H'l'ftifM. Thl led Mr. Craig to make his address Otis evening. I could stand here nnl Introduce Bishop Mo-, Golrlekas freely as Mr. Craig In tho Interests of freedom of speech and fair pltiy. The organization tf Protestants now going on In this city and all over the country la not to oppress Rome or Romanists, but It la an organization to resist tho H)lilloal aggression of tho Konian church. I want to cull your at tentlon to tho fact that other churches are ereatlnir no dlHturbnnoo on tho school question. The Faribault, Still water and other places nro tho de mands of Hoinnnlam. If any church, no matter which one, were to put forth Hb hand to control tho schools, I would join any society to resist tho encroach went of that church. ApplauHO. "I recognize tho right of every man who comes to this country to worship as he pleases. Uncle Bam can glvo all a homo and they are welcome. In tho limits of their church work I will do end any denomination from Interfer ence, in the interest of freedom of church so long as they do not Interfere with American institutions at such Our schools are for tho education of American children as such and palsied bo the hand that interferes with them. We do not resist Home or the Catholic church, We recognize their right to worship God as seems belt to them but , we do resist their political aggression Remember the distinction. "A man wild to me the other day that I he didn't believe in dragging religion into politics, 1 say that it has been there for a century and we did not bring it in either. We are late but we are finding it out. This is not a battle between James MoOolrlck and H. II. Craig. It is a kittle of principles nd will bu waged until it is settled. And now that it is commenced, I say, 'lay on, Macduff and damned bo he who first cries hold, enough.' With kindly feci ings and recognizing tho right of every man to worship as ho pleases, I Intro duce to you an American citizen, and a bumble Methodist preacher. Rov. Ji ll. Craig." Hev. Mr.Crnlg opened by saying that bo had that day received a curd advls ing him that tho Catholics would at tack him If he appeared that evening. Ono band would enter tho front of the theater, tho other tho rear and they would shoot him down. Ho announced that ho could not bo scared that way, "I am hero to talk on 'St. Patrick and tho Emerald Isle,' and to answer my esteemed friend Michael McGol rick. You smile, but at what? There was aSt. Patrick and there is au Emer ald Isle. St. Patrick was a grand min ister and If living today he would tie a grand Protestant minister. The Irish are a light-hearted ieople, but no ono can read their history and fed light hearted, for they have suffered more than almost any other nation, The Irish race is not young. It is as old as the deluge. The Irish were in the ark and is it any wonder that Noah had a hard t'me of it? Laughter. They were in tho garden of Kden and is it any wonder Eve fell? If Adam had uny Irish blood In him he. had better have bled himself and let it out. You have beard of tho colonel who lost his leg and told a friend that all his Irish blood was In that leg and he wanted to got rid of it. The friend promptly answered that it was a pity it was not his head." Tho speaker then discussed the com position of the Irish race and the various nations which originally settled there, the Scotch, Danes, Germans and others. They are not a homogeneous race but are as heterogeneous as the English themselves. "But one thing Is true," continued bo, "tho Irish ex ist. They are in every country to prove tho greatest curso or the greatest blessing. Get the Irishman away from the priest and tho confessional and he is a blessing to any community, but near them he is tho greatest rascal. They can bo a nation's greatest Influence or her smallest. "The Irishman has many character- tt t Oftt ll Hi T f fM )i t. ! . ., It ( f ft ,t ! ( Umn-t a t , i to 0, t' 'vi Vi, t.. ) .i, i It i. ti M U kf l k r .ii.!.v'. " lUtv U Ktfg thi I 'r OVfi 0 4 sml MttMnf t tlr In f I !"f t l !'" t- nH In hi Tb7 IhtHl ni l t).tt m- in ll. Iht nltt t tv t i4i TIhh !) Iiftfc't ttulr tiihtii al if itf t" tfil Ww but I lll them On will l'l tr and IbuMbr- Iviltind liol His.U' tin' U fi t lbm Inelu-s tslt d ithtug 2m junmds U frU'hh'ttcd r intiwldntHl. I s i, liMtht up iii Omt kind if sp and u dun ! wnit' ' ' Ilirt-aU'iiliig curd r iiinmn of almw In that J'' uit iv, Ou Sorthvtttnn Mini." Af plsiiM "Tin It Uhnian U always at tioine in fight, Voi can't kin p them at homo or abroad from .'" If they aw not lighting ProtoMnnU they art light ing I'athollcs. In our country the nllco foixis were always incroawd eiHirniously at county fair times. Hihop Mctiolrlek camo fiimt tlierv, the next county to mine, I ls'llcve. Ijiughtcr.) HIimkI would flow In the streets at those times, for Pat will fight. Pat must get whisky into himself, and when ho does there Is trouble. There s another characteristic Pat always wants to seo his county ahead. Every thing must bo done for the glory of ould Ireland.' Ho would rather have his head broken than that Ireland should not bo at the front. 'Hut you want to hear about St. Pat rick. As I said before-, if ho lived to day, he would bo a Protestant minister. He was a saint of God, a. holy man." Tho sm'iikcr then spoke of his early life, saying that although authorities conflicted it was generally agreed that ho came from Scotland. He became a pious man and believed that ho was chosen of God to convert the Irish petv plo. Ireland, the speaker said, became noted for Its schools and from other countries went there to learn tho arts but today theso Institutions are gone 'Who did it?'' ho asked. "Tho Homan lsts did it. Every country Homo has ruled she has blighted. 'The good bishop talked about the persecutions of tho Irish and sioke of Henry II and his marauders. It 111 be comes a priest to stand up and talk that way when it was a pope of Home that sold Ireland to Henry II for Peter's pence, A poie was at the bottom of the whole business. Ho talks about Cromwell. Cromwell was tho greatest man of his time, He was the first man In England to ralso his hand against tho divine right of kings. Yet a priest of tho gospel will get up and tirade against Cromwell for his treatment of tho Irish. The Catholics jKH'secuted the Protestants, for which they need to bo held to account." Tho sK!aker then related tho cruelty practiced by the Sepoys In India and said that when tho English slaughtered them without quarter no protest was raised. Yet tho cruelty of the Sepoys was nothing, ho said, to tho cruelties of tho Irish Catholics in tho rebellion of 1041. "Tho water ran red with Protestant blood." Ho said "maidens were outraged In the presence of hus bands, sons and brothers, And the Jesuits sanctioned this and gave ex treme unction and absolved tho mur derers before thev went to battle. Do you womlor that Cromwell went over there? I wonder that ho let any of them escape." The rebellion of James II, ho said, was planned by Catholics and only defeated imcauso Irish Protest tants learned of it In tliuo. "Tho good bishop says there is more freedom in England than in America, Why? It is not dlftlcult to get at it, Tho English and Scotch manipulate tho political affairs there while wo al low Irish thugs to manipulate them here. That's why there is no freedom hero. Tho bishop said that thirty years ago be could not walk down tho streets of Edinburgh without being in suited. No, they had not forgotten the death of Patrick Hamilton, how their peoplo scattered along tho shores. Tho Scotch are slow to forget and slower yet to forgive. A story will illustrate It. A priest was trying to convert Donald. He descended from Clan Cameron which, long ago had a war with Clan Stewart. Tho priest told Donald that Clan Stewart was now in heaven. " 'Well, where Is Clan Cameron?' said Donald. " 'In hell,' said the priest. " 'Well, I'll go to hell with the 'clan,' answered Donald. "Tho bishop bilks about freedom. 1 say thero is no freedom where tho bishops can have their way. They harp on froedom. In countries where tho Catholics dominate theio is no free dorfi. Where I came from we could not grow orange lillies. Our doors and windows were shot through and there was continued persecution. "I want to tell you of a circumstance which came to my knowledge. Down at tho West End there livesaman who was once a Catholic but saw the folly of it and gave it up. His wife was a strong Catholic and when their child died wanted it buried in the Catholic cemetery. They went to the Rev, Tirtiitlt j t itt t U b- t t . ,1 M. M I'M l te !, t.l Hi til Cull In !. 1 lit' W Mt t Mt ! Mt ' jr ' if M c tuHl 11m t VI.. Wt Mw ! I. ( M t-i- n n ami tti nmn ). A. t N !' Ii k 0at lrvtM ixfti anil i't lir- tan 4 t' I mr i !! t ml I'll Im- Om i tiU.!.' tin ti l I if . i a d girt a lrt'iit (!! j t-r, t rot OiU Ihhw tb nitilt-r bw "AU Oil It.MiiWh talk a'nt tiwibtm U rot. In Motitivnl a i-ltvutaMntf lllnaiy UMi b mmiWr of 'OiU 4ing lin n. Tin Hhop d Imvd It iiiunt U i liw il up U-rnow It tHmlnltii'd lii rrtleal lmk sm h a M 11- tmi' i'amdlM 141,' and Dante's "In fi rnn' Von tM'tio intu r tin c bow liutlUnl Mu-d and m put tinder tho Imn. When lu died they would not bury bun hi his lot in tb crinetery. Tlo iiiUt was carried t tho English courts and It was declared (list h should lw burled tlu'iv, and be was, under tin! protii'llon of Kugllub Isiyo nets and in cement six feet deep, so they could nut gtA him out. Thero is no fiwdom where they have a chance to imIi the soplo of their frinnlom. Their aim I to rob all countries of froedom if they have tho chance. Tho bishop talks alsmt secret so cieties. Why ho is tho head mogul of the biggest secret society in tho coun try. They havo tho secrets of tho peo plo. The Catholic priest knows more alsmt you than you do yourself because your wife has told him. There are no secrets of the family that ara not tho priest's, thero is no Becret of a woman's heart that Is not bis. If they deny this they know they are lying when they do. Whataro the Catholics Knights? Who knows their workings except the bishop and men of his stamp? "Ho calls the members of our organi zation, ill begotten. Here is the Cath olic directory. In it I find names of saloon kcepors, and men who break the law. Here Is the picture of tho bishop, Not a bad looking fellow either. He then snoke of the A. P. A. "The best ministers, the best lawyers, tho best doctors, the host merchants and tho best mon of Duluth belong to this so-called A. P. A. society. Applause. Men who fought at Gettysburg, who fought with Hooker, who fought with Sherman are in it. Yet Bishop Mo- Golrlck and bis Irish gang talk about tho low born and illy begotten who be long to it. "What more do the Catholics want? Go out to the poor farm and they have all that is going. When a school teacher was sent out thqre Capt;Jf Paul sent her back bocauso she was not a Catholic. Nearly all of the county stu dontB aro Catholics. Laughter. Go to Paul Sharvy's peaceable flock and you will find the majority of them com ing from Bishop MoGolrlck's flock. What under Heaven does he want?" Continuing, he said that the majority of Stillwater inmates were Catholics. John L. Sullivan he classed as a grad uate of a sacred institute and Jim Cor bett a student of tho Immaculate con ception. "Most of tho men tho state are taking care of belong to that won derful church," said he. Mr, Craig referred to Bishop MeGol rick being mot by a posse of police and a band when ho camo to Duluth and asked when a bishop of any other church was so received. Ho had heard that the council was thinking of giving a bonus for tho establishing of a bishopric. "Why, I'd ra ther give a bonus to estab lish tho seven years' Itch," said ho, "than for a Roman bishopric." Speaking of the Irish in tho civil war ho said that statistics show that 72 per cent, of the Irish whoontored deserted, whereas the highest jiercontago for any other nation was 10 jor cent. At tho time of tho revolutionary war, ho Bald, there wero only twenty-six priests In the country. "What a great place this must havo been then to live in," he said, and added, "What must Heaven bo?" Laughter. He accused tho Catholics of the responsibility for Lin coln's death and said that everyone who had anything to do with it was a Catholic Ho impeached tho Catholics for being tho murderers of nations, estimating that they had murdered 40,(100,000 Protestants; as tho murderer of tho saints, He accused them of robbing tho people whenever they could, and compared the rate of taxation in New York with that in other cities. He further lmicached the church as a de moralizer of women, and quoted Chini quy to tho effect that I)!) per cent, of the priests livo in sin with their female communicants. He quoted statistics of illegitimate births. "In London they average 4 per cent." said ho, while In Catholic Munich they aro 24 per cent. Now we como to Rome, and remember, here is where the pope and cardinals live, where all virtue and morality should omlnato from, and hero we find out of 4,073 births in a stated period, 3,100 were foundlings. "This is tho church that calls our schools godless. They cannot bo god less while tho true men and women whom I know here in Duluth are teach ers inthem. Applause. Thischurch that produces three-quarters of the hoodlums calls our schools godloss, whoso theology is so damnable that it cannot be published in English lest tbe i'H. . 1' U ar.tl 1,' - miih( nt KIM hi, ti.M ; !.- -t,-u In tii sA'tti.l . tj,,Hi, O t i ' t , t lit t,,. i.l.l ft.lt Ho ttf lvt' (f !! hn U l l K n thiol 'tit Oit bpiiil twj, Mr.t't;f mid, OiM bild rrai 11 " wi nl rtO. H(huI aitd a w,a b"tn I fontid bud 0,iit. H'rnim id total! a.nltwt 0 ifiitiib and I tp4 blot, jlnj tl,i hll., tt n U-lntf i-ftiv.l tr i'i a t nlhi.lic In.t Hut ion 1,0 ftbould fmt t!k m sUxit tb eh i h. rum bi k out iUv l Mm. I rvcrUtnl by a torn, Mo a tn'sutiful flH. I would Ilk"' " Iisik talked to hr if I It ml Uiti a prti t, Pxn tb rharlty fl'r llo loin asu not so good looking Nb x msikiHl and bad a fwi' like a itu at sm I naked for Ou man and hn said be did not want to ii nn and that mlnUter went only allow i d to wo -o-plo who lilong to tbelrown religion, Well, thf man died and I did not see him. "They have threatened to bum me out," said Mr. Craig, in concluding. "Well, let them burn me out, we will build again. I have the name of the man who threatened to burn me out. 1 wut word to him asking if there was any word ho would like to send to his relatives. Laughter. Hut let them burn mo out. Wo have ono family hxre that put 10,(XK) in tho First M. E. church and they will build me a now ono if I need it. I thank God we live In the day when we need not fear threats." At tho conclusion, Dr. Forbes was called for. but be only told a short Btory and closed. lhduth Herald. Three weeks ago we stated that wo awaited with pleasure tho result of the election In Keokuk, Iowa. On Monday, the 3rd of April, the election was held. Tho citizens and A. P. A's. carried tho day. For four years the Roman Cath olics have held full sway in Keokuk, and prohibited "every person from speaking, printing and publishing his sentiments." The "Craig dynasty" has boon swept from the face of the earth annihilated as it were. The citizens and A. P. A's. combina Hon ticket triumphed, and Dr. S. W. Morehoad wub elected mayor by 207 majority; A. J. Hardin, chief of police, 218 majority; for alderman for ensuing two years, Frank LeBrou, 130 majority; Geo. Hill, 107; J. F. Culbertson, 38; F. M. Fuller, 140; T. A. Auld, 22; F. II. Honor, 1; W. E. Watson, tied with the Roman Catholic candidate. William Rlmbold, a German Catholic, was the only ono elected out of the eight Alder men voted for. A. dkoagland, a, pro nounced democrat and A, P. A., and who was endorsed by the citizens ticket, defeated John Menz, republican And the A. P. A's, also carried the proposition to reduce tho number of wards from seven to four. Two months before tho election, the Roman Catho lics Increased the wards from six to seven, hoping in this way to perpetuate their power. Thero were 3,321 votes cast, more than at the last presidential election. Only threo weeks ago Geo. 1). Rand, a republican and Roman Catholic, was defeated for tho school board by about (KM) votes. Now a republican A. V. A, mayor Is elected by 2I7 majority, it was a glorious triumph for the citizens and A, P. A's, to elect a mayor, six out of eight aldermen, tho seventh a tic; a chief of police, and a city assessor. A Roman Catholic holding an ofllco in Keokuk hereafter will bo a stranger sight than it would be In Omaha. National Danger in Romanism, A scries of twelve patriotic addresses on vital topics raised by tho Roman Catholic hierarchy: 1. National Danger in Romanism; or Religion and tho Nation, 2, Columbus and tho Discovery of America; or, Papal Claims and Historic Fact. 8. English Protestantism and Spanish Romanism on tho Western Continent Contrasted. 4. DesM)tlsm In Church and State tho Principle of Romanism. fi. Homo's Despotic Intolerance of Free Opinion. 0. Tho Inquisition an Essential Part of Potittl Power. 7. Persecution and Protterty: Rome's "Death to Heretics," and her purposes of plunder. 8. Papal Greed of Money and Vast Accumulations of Weal th. t). Governments Compelled to Con fiscate the Property Seized by tho Papal Church. 10. Tho Taxation of Church Projtorty as a check upon Ecclosinsticlsru, 11. Church and State; Their True Relations. 12. Rome's Avowed Purpose to Con trol tho State. Her success In great cities, Single copies, 10 cents. The entire series, 50 cents. Ono hundred copies HCj.OO, and each copy mailed to a differ ent address if desired. SPECIAL OFFER. For a ono dollar bill we will mail this serios of addresses and ono copy of "Romanism and the Republic, or "Romanism and the Reformation." ARNOLD PUB. ASSN., Boston, Mass. Tho service offered by the Burling ton's 4:50 p. m. train for Denver Is a perfect combination of fast time, mag nificent equipment and smooth track. The next time you go west, take the "four-fifty." It'll land you in Denver at 7 a. m., sharp on time. fTicket Offlce, 1324 Farnam St. fct. I J. Unlng T1I tf ll rt, frfnl rtd futur It MuH a Part tf IMi Rmn Cuthotit CHwrtH 1.f M W la Its Pslmtttl D IVit rrvt"l tit I'l Thf tit t ! f hi 4 Ihf ftt. hit m-l " t w,t,tii t frmn W! k Iibvw thus nvi that tho In- luWlOon, In all Mct, In ll wort fifttutvs, an fmtt!U lull of tho Itotmttt I'luiivlt and of papal prmvduiv, demanded by IU rlalms, its aMitiied authority, tho Infallibility of Its opes, and H standing taws. And that this conclusion Is almolutely true, we now proowi to prove by show ing that up In prmnf h'ms, Iht initnWioii Is a mrt of the machinery of On cbtttvh. It was In full iqiei-tttloil, so far as the impo's authority could onfotvi It, up to the year IHtm, w hen it was annulled by NnjHilcon lloiiBinrt, together with all tho mcducval machinery of tho tem poral mwer. Hut In 1TI, uion the restoration of tho papacy, the holy father at onco applied himself to re suscitate the inquisition. In August, 1H14, agencral inquisitor witsapstlnted, and the institution of tho inquisition constituted as the supremo Judicial of the holy olllco. Its Bpies soon spread through tho land, jH-netrated every family circle, and all, on the slightest cause for suspicion, were at onco seized and thrown into dungeons of tho sacred tribunal. The offences under its cog nizance wero specified, as "blasphemy, immorality, disrespectful conduct to ward tho church, non-participation In Its festivals, neglect of its fusts, and especially abandonment of the true faith." A general edict, on tho 4th of May, 18211, sot forth that all persons possess ing books of an heretical character, or by writers of known heretical tendencies whether said Itooks wero kept In their own or other persons' domiciles should be "dealt with as those who had fallen from the faith." We learn by tho same edict that any person "who should give cause of offence by act or word, or threaten so doing, to any of the familiars, wltncsscss, accus ers of spies of the inquisition," should thereby come within its jurisdiction; and tho pope directed positively all his polioe,gondarmes,and public employees to assist the servants of the holy office in securing such offenders. k To fill up the measure of horror, Pope Pius VIII. decreed that whosoever heard a word of blame uttered against the holy ofllco, tho inquisition, but still more, whosoever witnessed an offence against its judicial authority without at onco denouncing, that is, reporting that which he had heard or seen, should thereby become amenable to the same penalty as though guilty of the original offence. Theso spies and agents of tho inquisition wore exempt from the lurla- diction of tho civil courts, so that if taken In the act of committing the most flagrant crime, tho grand Inquis' ltor could demand the person of his agent, and, under pretence of judging the case himself, at onco set him at liberty by a free pardon. Remember that this was within tho present cen tury. As punishments, the Inquisition em ployed, as wo learn by a regulation dating May, 1850, "ex-coinmunlcatlon and confiscation, banishment, Imprison ment for life, application of the lush, and secret execution in heinous cases;" and this Inquisition flourished in the pontifical states up to 1870. Whiio the rulers of Franco, Germany and Portu gal refused tho application of tho pop to sot up tho Inquisition In their do minions, Ferdinand VII. of Spain obeved the behest of Homo, and In 1814 established the holy olllco in all its ancient glory. It was formally dis solved by Cortess In 1820; re-established In Spain by tho reactionary party In 1820, and finally abolished in Win. Gregory XVI. inaugurated it in Sar dinia, Modena, and Tuscany, where it remained until 1859, existing last of all In Rome itself, from which let us hope It has forever departed. But, bear in mind that in our own time Perrono, professor of theology at Homo, demands that the Inquisition exist to try heretics; while an excellent authority informs us that In a modified form tho decrees of tho Inquisition are in force In tho Province of Quebec at this very hour. To this demonstration by immediate present history, of tho full Indorsement of tho inquisition by tho popes, must be added vet another. While those Inquisitors arc justly held In execra tlon by all merciful and right-minded jieoplo, they have been canonized and extolled by the popes, and that very recently. Von Dol linger tells us: "Only very recently, at an opening meeting of the consistory, Plus IX. delivered an eulogy on tho inquisition, and declared it to be a beneficial and genuinely ecclesiastical institution. On the 2t,h of Juno, 1807, Plus IX. in St. Peter's ichurch which was magnificently decor ated for tho occasion, formally canon ized Pedro Arbues, ono of tho Inquis itors of Spain, who for his fierce and rtiil i, !.,, In a utiiMi MI Tt4v-M4da. ,,,'l bw alur by IU mti-4 attd -iTt4f Hi tiis., t, it. lith t4 iKv. n.U r, HV Ptu V r"-ovt ti.l.-d ail fjititd ! I..H. O W tvn in M'tff a a 0 r of bi ioa titHft, ad aiOn'Ottr wiltil tb mat lMk Mm b pt j lw 0, m " I'.UHH.i Mli-f Ibis bn king rtil, im IMUtigir a "If I a i'i how U Ijliin th n awurawH if ) 'in litiMlofl hi th Itonma , hiild t Hot bain to in ti-lm al t W' iilntli !hliti in thf nilogy in the ImitiUltlon and to tli ranotttrltig of Ktn INdn di Arbue" lli vr- Inlnty would a all Roman t'sthollct imwl. nild vouank any mor arnpb proof that th Inquisition. Oin mitIlUr, On Ir cruelty, their bloodshed, and all On ir hort lMe iIihmU, an oomttiondablo In the nilmU of Out Mghost dignitaries of Oto Roman Catholic church? To fix tho rv!Hmlblllty, more completo proof than thl Is needless; and so I mss to make near an additional fact w hich is most lmMtrtant to our under standing of tho attitude of the Rimlsh church. That fact Is, that tho church itself Is rcsonslble for the inquisition and all its horrors. Some of its apol ogists havo endeavored to show that not tho church, but tho secular power, was the executioner of heretics. This Is tho merest subterfuge, and is far more false than true. Tho secular ower, when completely under tho domination of the papacy, executed its behests, because it dared not do other wise; and no human government has ever instituted any persecutions which can equal in bloodthlrstiness those of the church of Rome itself. It was tho church which originated and sanctioned the inquisition. The church acted as police and procurer of victims, and de livered these victims to the executioner. If not wielding tho axe, or piling the fagots, the church compelled others so to do, under pain of suffering in like manner. Tho papal church originated the inquisition. It was not the out growth of the national character of the sevoral centuries in which it mostly flourished. Here we have a bull of Pope Urban IV. in 1201, in which he emphatically warned the general of the Dominicans, the great persecuting order of thd church, never to forget that the authority to persecute heresy did not necessarily reside in the order Itself, but had been bestowed by the pope and could, therefore, at any mo- , mentbe withdrawn.' Thusthis infal lible pope claimed to bo the source of all tho persecuting authority. Pope UrbttiT.yill. persuaded King Louis Xlll. to attempt the destruction ' ' of Protestantism, and wrote to the king of France expressing his hope that he "would utterly uproot all the remaining heretics In the country." Gooding all monarchs by direct threats to the utmost cruelties against Prot estants was characteristic of all the popes. They exulted in the bloody work of their tools and ministers. When the town of Beziers was taken by tho papal troops In 1201), and one of the most revolting massacres tho world ever witnessed was directed by papal legates, 7,000 victims wero burned alive, 00,000 died within tho city. Those who knelt to entreat mercy of tho conquerors wore ruthlessly butch ered; and nmldit the burning of houses, tho horrible violation of fe males, the wild riot and plunder, tho monks who accompanied tho army gathered in the market-place to sing a hymn of thanksgiving to God. While Europo was filled wltii horror at this savage victory, Innocent III., tho great pope who ordered it, and his devoted clergy, rejoiced over this holocaust with exceeding Joy, declaring that "tho beginning of tho end of heresy had dawned." The horrible massaare of St, Bar tholomew in France, in 1572, whoso victims numbered not less than 70,000 persons, was an occasion for extraordi nary joy on tho part of Popo Gregory XIII. Immediately on receiving tho news, he summoned the cardinals to proceed In solemn procession to St. Peter's to give God thanks, while tho cannons of St. Angelo thundered and tho streets of Rome wore illumined by bonfires. A great jubilee and plenary Indulgence was appointed by tho holy father In his joy on receiving the head of Admiral Collgny, which had been preserved in spirits by order of tho king, Charles IX., whllu ho further rewarded his dear son with tho title of "Most Pious." Ho also caused a medal to bo struck und a painting to bo exe cuted In honor of the massacre, and ho Issued a bull to Charles IX., urging him "to perscvero In so pious and wholesome u measure till his once most religious kingdom should be thoroughly purged of blasphemous heresies"; sub sequently, bo urged the Emporor Max imilian to deal with his heretical subjects as tho king of France had done. It was a direct papal comnumd which set on foot the fearful ravages of tho Roman Catholic crusaders in Bohemia. Moreover, that victims might Ito olt tulncd to satisfy tho bloodthirsty monsters of tho popo, Innocent VIII., In a bull, April 3, 1187, ordered all princes and rulers to solzo and deliver to tho inquisition of Spain all fugitives who should bo designated to them, thus extending the arms of tho holy