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AMERICAN "JVfftVf 4lf?flU Wr 4f tftat a ! ! f IM I'M.. ( ntltl atJ rrttm m ti l IVr. f" MA1I., NT.MtASKA, I UII.VV, ATUU. ill, I MM. ma if 1 1 if rt Vouwt 11!. NtMttKR ll THE WHY PRIESTS 00 NOT WEO. A System !nenid For and Impcd Upon Thm. Tha Matt Who Bcom a PrUt U "Tha Man Without Mom and Without a Country." In thtt "rly porlml In the history of tho church, marriage existed with lit' clergy f the t'athollc church a among the clergy of other sect. It then was considered eminently prc'r that ono devoted to ecclesiastical attain, whether a a preacher or a teacher, ahoutd bo married like tlio rent of tho world. Tho propriety of marrlago among tho clergy moro strongly ol taincd then and still commends itself mora than among many other classes of men. One entirely devoted to science or one given to philosophical abstractions, like the philosopher who was killed at tho Beige of Syracuse, while so intently Absorbed in thought that he was un aware of the presence of war and hostile fooa, might easily dispense with a wife, aince It is altogether probable he anight not recognize her a bit more than the philosopher did the soldier that killed him. But the philosopher and the recluse ' In science are too few in number to form a class, and by that means demonstrate that all men are not unlike and that a priest is not unlike other men and sometimes not very good men either. It appears from historical in vestigation that the teachings of the scriptures respecting mar riage, its desirability, its honor able character and noble purposes until recently were as common with the Catholics as with tho rrotoetants, and tho rest of man kind. The clergy of that church "married and were given In mar riage" until a recent period. The custom of marriage with tho Roman Catholic clergy seems to date buck to about tho time of great foreign dlscoverios, which appear to have been made the occasion for tho church to spread out and occupy in her missionary way as much of the earth as she was able to find, It was extremely inconvenient for the married priest to 'carry his wife with him, while seeking converts In uncivilized lands and with Invading armies, as usually was tho case. lie would not readllyobey his superior, abandon tils wife and children and visit 'distant lands, and by so doing aundorlng those domestic ties, which tho universal consent of mankind declared to bo tho most binding that unite humanity. Tho church must get rid of that hlnderance to obedience. She goes Into the fields of Inven tion. She solves tho problem. She devises a plea. Celibacy must bo declared a necessity. Tho church makes It ono of her dogmas. Ho grew up the dogmas of tho "Infallible Church" one by one. We might pause a moment hero and name other dogmas and show how those dogmas chronolog ically appeared, as well as their reason for the same, but wo are pursuing the topic, why priests do not wed. Tho priest must bo a ready man, "without scrip In his purse" as somo foolish people Imagine, who might be required to make, on a moment's notice, a journey for years, without reluctance and without ties to sever. In order to do this, be should have no wife or children to bid a farewell. Ho should have nono at homo to think about and none to distract him in his alms and purposes. One spot of oarth to him must bocorno tho same as another, so far as domestic ties are concerned. He must booomo ono of the solitary beings under ,the sun "who is WITHOUT A IIOMB AND WITHOUT A COUNTRY." While other men are governed by tho tendorest emotions raised In them by tho domestic relations, the swoot con verse of a pure wife and loving babes, which necessarily attach them to ono place more than ' another, and that place is their homo, and to their family rather than to another's, constituting the elements of good cltlzunshlp, tho same cannot be said of priests, who are unlike other men in thoso respects. By this ingenious system they are bereft of every advantage which God has ac corded so freely to all men alike, yea, which Ho4 has taught on every page of Ills word, and which universal usage has recognized and adopted. , Tho priest Is just as much entitled to have his soul saved as the souls of his flock. If celibacy is such a monstrous thing that it has been condemned by Catholic and Protestant authority alike; it the Pit-ttt ruin th hrr hl Horjtvn.l, ti strike a blow at nay moment ptvi her f Ui hhxaI U, what iviit ; m In n iiMiitumub it t.j their iti lot It tlit f.r tin laity Ho ran it jir j l'hey mi' !, tt U.ttu- lin.t.t ttf j.i ii 1, U but a man, apoli'be for H Weak new), t hilt W It h 111 tongue he I'lm'tnlm M Immaculate rvlltwet, CtnUt-ticy Ian Jewel In canonical life as ,. m In t'Ull and domestic, lint li ii ma n kindness I a mark ml a man of God. Why di pt htt a pi lest of thu ulti ma to means fitr inn Mn i? tender M heart and educating hi emotional natuiv In tht am pi it school of domestic life. Why not fill him with patriotism and love for one land; that land when he m wed, and where hi children were born, Hrhnm where wife and children lie burled! The Inspiration of loved ones at homo lllla the bread of tho bronzed veteran In every ago, whether he meets death on Held of America or those of Kuroo, It Is all the same. Ask him for what ho fights, and ho Mlnt to tho colors over him, and answers "homo." What maintains unity in a jMilitleal sense? Nothing ex cept it is born and cherished in the community, which In partrlarchal age was tho family union. If Homo ha made a rule, setting asldo not only the law of God but tho customs, civil and ecclesiastical, of A P R O C LAM yjhtreotThe Supreme Creator 1 K Tfui krovtnee ice :- -;- -;- a not yicturMftandif aitAt nroctttons xoyrs aMctfirai'sei, U Aasnc-t SH s. A- f 4L- L - ys.r. y,B prosperity 1rlcUI JwWm tieeremjbtory period of e$A ca. 7 is i i"'" noet not Pad aO-indanXty luLll. tfa Z'a trtttfr n to.. . ..... - . ' ' Article!. Mil, d.n7rt), ,.Ji thecturctts and eh ct belt Shall he burntd, andtniesatt n -r.-.. . i 4 . ...HI 'I i i uirir irujrvifj tr aevooton vat ii fte acjtrojCtt, Ai-ticU 3. JF finaUit in a tAi'i-d htriorl ' mlnht- ..- it Shall not ratn, alt tAe. rictU Mars nts ana i$aiitt, male and female, uill he hehtaded, ' for the present, AexHihston ' S I tH nt Jit fnuh J.. Creator may ueieertttttid with -zTr- " the town tticl JJ chart rue H 6 - '(eaasiie of ATetxteo. . - , jr4jttgutlr tf:r:tS j 1 r.p-,.., !,.I.-....!...r.........l poffj m i '""ii THE every age of tho world, which leads to universal evil It Is time tho people shall know It. It Is time that America shall awaken. If tho system is death to souls and poison to tho fonts of patriotism, If it makes of its subjects leaders merely for that mass of seditious and dangerous men that move from place to place, restless and improsslblo for evil, without homes, without family ties and without property, then tho system must bo stamped out. Wo have abundant evidence that It Is all that Is bad, both to the recipient of Its imposition and tho community which Is tho victim of Its practice. Given tho example of the clergy and the young man becomes a debauchee, rather than married. The priest cannot influence him for his example is counter to nature, to reason, to sense of propriety and to justice. The young man declines to marry, and have in his household another man who ranks above him in many ways. Ho chooses celibacy himself and thinks it as wise for him as for the priest. He reasons not badly many of tho world say. But again, there is another reason why priests do not wed. As we have said, from tho classes of men, "without a home and without a country," come tho dangerous elements of society, the anarchists and tho destroyer of civil powers, tho subverter of order, tho executor of vllllanous plots and schemes against individuals and governments. Who aro more notably of this class than tho priests and clergy of the Homan Catholic church and their brotherhood of Jesuits and endless list of tho marrlageless fraternities of monks and others. They form an army in themselves of dangerous men that aro not responsible to any government, being aliens wherever they are, and other mn, lik tt rfj.itllli, ami Inivn.lUn History slum that itch irnn lotting no tlt or aft'itiltb lt govern litem, and alien thnmn Into notion and loosened li fttinn of cru elty and treng-canee they tut tint it ttt nint vicious and Mood -thirsty In tht annul of dttrkneft. Well does tlu Herlptures aatr, "without natural atTu" Hon." It wems to strike a priest, a nmnk or a Jeult with naturalness to apply the Scriptures thus, The gist of the whole matter Is that priests do not wed, that fur weighty reason to tlio church they are forbid den to do so, and thereby this wrong of all wrongs seems self lniMtcd Umiu clergy and people alike, by the miser able dogmas of the church. Later we shall add moro reason why priests do not wed. tMumhus lit ami. How Roma Would Treat tha A, P. A. The Vntholk Cilixtn, of Milwaukee, Wis,, has just discovered that tho A. 1 A. "cuts a figure" In jwlltics, and Its editor is all torn up in consequence, He dovotod about half of last week's AT ION. hat nei hehareeutUU riaJb all, ad Ue croAf l a) 1 J. I I Qj xhit aenarnfenV or 3 no en iU s ayen for the Cenimi's n . whom he has to dt IcaUer ' - of CetS 'tanas, antf WAY IT IS DONR IN MKXICO, Issuo tolling hbt readers that the A. 1'. A. is rapidly gaining ground, and is becoming a power In politics and a source of great annoyance to tho Hu manists. His literary antics are laugh able, and would lead ono not acquainted with him toboliuve that tho discovery has made him a raving rnanlao. But it is not so, Tho poor follow has been just this way for years, In his effort to "show up" tho A. I'. A., and in lieu of proof of his charges, ho quotas several Human VuthoUe priest and prelates, to show that tho A. 1'. A, Is un-American, In an editorial on tho subject which ha excited Mm so much, he says that "the A. 1. A. should bo dealt with as wild Iwasts." I'ooplo are in the habit of killing wild beasts, and as that has always been Homo's way of dealing with her enemies, wo presume that tho old follow means that tho mcmlior of tho A. 1. A. should 1st kilkd. To one acquainted with Komlsh methods, there Is nothing strange in Homaulsts advo cating the killing of l'rotestants; but It does seem strange to hear a Jesuiti cal editor giving such advice njmly In thlsoountry. Klther tho Citizm man Is in advance of tho times, or else tho Homlsh church believes itself strong enough to act. Bo that us It may, tho Homlsh gang has discovered that the antl-Itoman sentiment is spreading, and tho Homlsh press is sending up a great howl. We say, "let Homo howl." Tho howl of tho beast Is music to our cars, If tho Homlsh church Is ready to treat the members of tho A. 1'. A. "like wild bnutn," tho A. 1'. A. is ready to defend itself against all comers, even t hough they bo Homlsh assassins. Loyal American. Go to Dyball's for line candles, 1518 Dojglas St. RCMEDESCRI6E0IN REVELATIONS it U tha rtit(tt...U1a liarlel.-ef Which John Wrolr Front Thins (Vmisit Argurt 1. I!, Rtchsrtfton, of Oak land, Alabama, Hsv, Kinititt Tmr Annn, : The great author of the Whin ha spoken In Hit Ilsik of Uet elat Ions very ricllnllely rtmi'ernlng the hlerts'iaey ! Heine, The rlie, hist try, character ninl Ihml rulnof the great anti-ehrUt lan system of the papa! ehureh Is given In It In very explicit and vigorous lan guage. There Is nothing more definite any where else to Ik found. If we read the history of that church, we find In that history a complete verlllcatlon of the character given to it In the Hook of Hovolatlons, as written by the In spired and liolovcd apostle, John, In Isle of l'atmos. Reference will bo made to throe chapters of that book, as all that will bo necessary for the present purpose. To find the origin of tho life and character of tho popes' system wo Mm mm MmemLmmr . M : jm (Rki'KODUCKD by UmVRWI).-Tlui Truth should read tho twelfth chapter. Tho great rod dragon there described, with seven heads and ten horns Is tho em blem of pagan Homo, The attempt of pagan Homo to destroy the Christ, who Is spoken of as tho off-spring of the woman, which symbolized tho church of God, and the 'torsocutlon of tho "woman" proves that Home pagan, and subsequently, Home papal Is symbolized by tho great red dragon. "And . thero was war In heaven! Michael and his angels fought against tho dragon; and tho dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; and tho great dragon was cast out that old serpent called tho devil, and satan, which decelvcth tho whole world; ho was cast out Into tho earth, and his angels were cast out with him." This passage gives us tho history la short of the civil convulsions that resulted In the overthrow of paganism in tho Ho man Km ilro, when Constantino the Great availed himself of the popular strength of Christianity In the state, and fought under tho banner of the cross. Tho "dragon" was cast down and Christianity becaino tho religion of tho state of Homo, i'aganlsm being overthrown, tho devil and satan also Mng "cast out Into the earth," finding his most effective means for opposing Christianity on a largo scale entirely gone, ho turned his skill In tho direc tion of paganizing the christian system. Ho being tho parent of paganism, called also the dragon, was successful In originating the system of tho papacy. This system became most powerful for evil persecuting, moro cruelly than overdid tutkran Home. Tho persecu tions of papal Homo aro referred to In tho thirteenth verse: "And when tho dragon saw that ho was cast Into the earth he orsunutcd the woman which brought forth tho man child." Even the true church, when she fled for ivlitfc't" ittt.t the alldrllie a p.irut, by the artttm of the tit, and ttin lly alaitghtotttl and ahutwt etetitiiea'. il. In Hie lliln.fi, ih t bspi. r the pii. j I,, t hrtiti; ti t.t Hi . coiul lafe'n In lint hltott tf II.Mittt ami goes ior Into ib talls And I saw a U al rim tip out tf Hit i a, bat ing aevett beads and t'B hot n, and upon hi horns ten twwna, and ttjNm bis head tho name (d blaupbenty. And the Is-axl ttlilch I saw was like unto a leopard, and had the (ei l of a lsar, ami the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave him his tower, and his sent, and great authority," This Is a clear and concise history of the chango from paganism to Christianity, Th (least here which Is tho oiublem of Home, Is peculiar as ho Is like the leopard, lion and bear, It will lie rtf meinls'ii'd that these wild boast of which this ono Is the likeness am mado by another prophet to ropresontjsH'nklng of its relation to tho civil the empires of Babylon, Malldon and i'ersia, and a Homo was madu up In part of those three great empires, tho symlsil Is a very appropriate ono. A the dragon gave him his seat and power and great authority It Is doubt less Home christian which takes tho place of Homo pagan, But tho cbrls- Mer. tlanlty of Homo has a peculiar char actorlslle. To describe It tho prophet employes another symbol. "And I behold another beast coming up out of tho earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and ho spake as a dragon, and ho exerclseth all the power of the first boast before him, and he causeth the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast." Tho beast with two horns like a lamb s(Kiko, nevertheless, a a dragon. This Is the emblem of the papal system. It Is a christian system In appearance and form, but Is pagan In character and practice. It established the worship of Jdols and thus paganized Christianity, It lias Introduced, It Is true, a some what new sNcles of Idolatry; but It is Idolatry nevertheless, and as degrading Idolatry, too, as tho old pagan system. It Is as well calculated to foster tho growth of low, grovelling superstition as was its type, and the source from which it came, the old heathen rites. The ancient system was tho worship of gods and doml-gods, while the modern system is the worship of angels and saints. By tho pos's system tho Virgin Mary Is made tho chief of the deml-gods of the modern Idolatry. Tho agreement between tho old and the new systems Is very striking, and It Is easy to trace tho new Idolatry to the old pagan system for Its origin. One of tho noblest heathen temples now remaining In the world Is the I 'until con, or Hotunda, at Home. It was anciently dedicated by Agrlppa to Jove and all tho gods, but was conse crated In tho year 010, four years after tho founding of the kingdom of tho pope by Boniface IV. to tho blessed Virgin and all the saints. With this single change it serves as exactly for all the purposes of tho popish idol worship as it did anciently for tho pagan worship for which it was origin- Hj tvuiH Whst U tt.-r tlll.t rtt tl n, s ,t. M, I t.t ),., adotntiun i a paid tin m by thtlr 1t-ttt than tl,. nut on. h,t, ululi,.- n,t y ,attt tt.iirp. il tlr, bit etum It t.t he I.Mt (Criminal to amtililp lmai.u a ire til by Uin . thnn to rilptliiiM heathen ' gmU f,r ahmn Agrlpa ibtlleitletl lb I'rtltibetm, or the liiiSRt that thi king of Hahtjon ml up Thus tint lit.l with two boms Uktt a lamb trunks a a dragon, by bin degrading and bias phemous system of tint worship of saints and ang.-N, and thus blaspheme the mime of God and all that dwell In ' heavn. In the seventeenth chapter tho pmphet gives a very complete and per fect description of tho (wipe's systom. He gis-s more Into details in regard to It antl ehrlstlan and corrupt character than his had In any previous roforetico to it. Ho also Is more particular In )ower. Tho picture drawn by the In spired penman Is wonderfully llfo-llko. "And thero came ono of tho angels, and talked with me, saying, come hither, I will show unto thee tho Judg ment of the great harlot that sitleth upon many waters; with whom tha kings of the earth havo committed fornication, and tho Inhabitants of tho earth havo been made drunk with wlno of her fornica tion. Ho ho carried me away in tho spirit Into tho wilderness; and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored Imast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And tho woman was arraged in purple and scarlet colour and decked with gold and precious stones and jiearls, hav ing a golden cup In her hand full ol alMimlnatlonsand fllthlnoss of her fornications; and upon her forehead was a name written, MunUtry, Jlubylon the Ureal, the Mother of Harlot and Abomina tion of the earth, and I saw the woman drunk with tho blood of tho saints and with tho blood of tho martyrs of Josus; and whim I saw her I wondered with a groat wonder." Homo is Babylon: Tho great harlot Is tho church' of Home; tho beast upon which tho harlot sat is tho secular power which sustained the church of tho pope, with which the kings of tho earth committed fornications, by mak ing tho popish system tho relig ion of the state. Hho murdered ft0,0Ki,0o0 of tho servants of Jesus, and so Isicamu drunk with the blood of saint. The scarlet color Is tho dis tinguishing color of popes and cardinals, Tho blasphemies are tho titles assumed Infallibility, King of King, VhrUt't Via, Qmnl, Viw-dod, and even Ood on Earth have boon assumed by this supremo abomination of tho world. To make It sure that Home Is described by tho prophet, ho says, "Tho woman which thou sawest in that groat city, which rclgneth over tho kings of the earth." In the thirteenth century tho king dom of tho poNi wa In tho zenith of It power, and ruled tho World. To conclude, let us note well a fur ther statement in tho twelfth chapter: "And to tho' woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might lly Into tho wilderness, from tho face of the scrint, And tho serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after tho woman, that he might causa her to bo carried away of tho Hood, Tho earth helped the woman and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth." This woman Is the em blem of tho true church; the great eagle Is the emblem of tha United States; the water cast out of tho mouth of tho dragon, aro the floods of the people papist coming from tho old world. Tho United State I the first country on tho globe which Ignored in Its system of government the adulterous connection of church and state. In this country 1 tho first successful ex IMiriutont of a free church In a free state. Our frco Institutions havo counteracted the policy of Homo. "The earth opened her mouth and swullow'od up tho flood which the papal dragon cast out of his mouth.l ltomo cannot live and prosper iiyr country where civil and religious Mlsirty boar fruit; and she Is, therefore, putting forth most strenuous efforts to control and corrupt especially our free schools. The conflict Is tion us, let us defend the right, maintain our freedom. Lot It always ho remembered that eternal vigilanco is tho price of liberty, and that a free church and freo scluxils Is death to Home, and death to Home is freedom to tho world. I. B. Kick ardhon. Oakland, Alabama. S. It. Fatten, dontNt 'ooin 343 Beo building, telephone 69