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IS ROME CHRISTIAN!
Wu She Ever Christian! Is She the
ChnrchofChristI Was She Ever SuchI
As sure as that history ever repeats
itself, so sure there Is an Image to the
papacy being deTeloped in this country.
When altogether too late, Protestants
will awake to feel the iron hand of
Rome and to know what she truly U.
It is the purpose of the writer to try
now to awaken a few, and to show what
Rome Is, ever has been and ever will
be, so clearly that all will be able to
discern the image that is now coming
up in our midst. Be it understood in
the very beginning, that we hare no
quarrel with any about their religion.
We are not talking of members of that
church as members. There are honest
persons In that connection who are liv
ing up to all the light they have, and
they are to be pitied rather than
blamed. Belt understood, therefore,
that we are dealing with that system,
and not with individuals.
Rome never changes. This Is her
boast. What she is now, she ever
has been. That which she ever has
been, she is now and ever will be. The
times change, but Rome is ever the
same. The great Reformation of the
sixteenth century rent the mask that
had so long covered her corruptions
from the gaze of the world, and Rome
was seen in her true light. She was
seen to be that which she ever had
been, an enemy of all reform, the ob
stacle to all progress and of all en
lightenment; an enemy of all liberty
and freedom of thought and conscience;
unchristian in very deed. It was seen
that she was not what she professed to
be, the Church of Christ; but that she
was anti-Christ the "antl-Chrlst" of
the Holy Bible, the "man of sin," and
the "mystery of Iniquity," described by
Paul; the little horn of the prophet,
which "spake great words against the
Most High," which "made war with
the saints, and prevailed against
them ." She was seen to be the "abom
ination of desolation standing where it
ought not." In her wa9 recognized the
counterpart of the leopard beast of
Rev. 13, which opened "his mouth In
blasphemy against God, to blaspheme
His name and His tabernacle,and them
that dwell in Heaven." The character
of that religio-politlcal power wa9 dis
covered In some of its naked deformity,
and held up to the gaze of the aston
ished world.
Rome never changes. But times
change, and the people change in their
opinions. But facts and principles
never change. Rome is the same to
day that she ever has been; the same
religlo-political organization ruling
with an iron hand. But the farther we
come down the stream of time, the
farther we are removed from those
times which stirred men's souls; times
which developed men who could give
their very lives rather than surrender
a principle. And the men of this gen
eration have forgotten those principles
which shone out so brightly in the
Reformation; and by forgetting these
principles which made the Reforma
tion, Rome has come to be acknow
ledged as a part, at least, of the Church
of Christ, and so-called Protestants are
reaching across the gulf that has so
long separated them and are clasping
hands with the mother church. And
soon, if they are not careful, it will be
mother and daughters of the same
family, working to the same end
carrying out the purposes of Rome,
through an image to Rome, to the utter
ruin of both. Yea, more, to the ruin of
the nation as well, and to the ruin of
911..
the liberties of all the nations of the
world.
The time was when Rome ruled the
world with an iron hand. That Iron
hand is now gloved. She once ruled
the church as the vicegerent of the Son
of God on earth by means of the civil
power. She rules the church to-day,
but without the civil power. This she
is determined again to secure. The
time was when she had civil power.
Under the influence of the Reformation
it was taken away from her. But it is
her settled policy to regain It. Unwit
tingly so-called Protestants are assist
ing her in this work.
The time was when she wore the
cloak of Christianity as a garb where
with to hide her deformity. But the
Reformation tore it aesunde. , and the
work of reform is not yet ended. It is
even now increasing in power and in
fluence, and it is the duty of every true
Protestant to present again the true
principles of reform, and prove by the
word of God that she is just what that
word says she Is, and not deal in harsh
and unbecoming language.
Once all nations bowed at her feet,
and now with fawning sycophancy
Rome is again claiming her usurped
power as mistress of the world. Once
she would not even tolerate dissenters.
Now she claims to be the friend of lib
erty. Bat her liberty ever has been
and ever will be only the liberty of the
Roman Catholic church, which is abso
lute submission to the papal see and
unquestioned obedience to her priest
hood. And now, reader, let us test this religio-politlcal
system by the everllvlng
word of the Eternal One. "Come and
let us reason together."
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FREEDOI OF BELIEF.
This is the America Principle and
Should Always Lire.
Be it understood by all men, first,
last and always, that we have no quarrel
with any man concerning his religion.
It is as true as that the sun shines,
that all men, In the pursuit of their
happiness, have an inalienable right
to adhere to any form of religion under
the heavens, if they so elect, provided
that such religion does not lead them
to interfere with the equal right of any
other person, either personally, politi
cally, religiously or by force of civil
law.
Rights of IrreligionUts. Let It here
be said, that if any person shall so
elect, in the pursuit of his own indi
vidual happiness, to seek that happi
ness la irrellgioa, or the utter disre
gard of any religion, or nonconform
ance with any kind of religion, he has
a perfect right to do so, and no man
has the risrht to say blm nay. This Is
In perfect accord with the author of
the Christian religion itself. Ilere are
His words: "If any man hear my
words and believe not, I judge him not;
for I came, not to judge the world, but
to save the world." Jno. 12: 47-48.
Thus it becomes a matter of individual
choice as to whether a person will seek
his happiness in the consolations of re
ligion, or in the refusal of such con
solation. This Is so, notwithstanding
the fact that a Rev. Mr. Edwards, a
professed Protestant, in the closing
years of the nineteenth century has
denied this doctrine. He said: "What
are the rights of an atheist? I would
tolerate him as I would a poor lunatic,
for in my view his mind Is scarcely
sound. The atheist Is a danger
ous man. Tolerate atheism, sir? There
is nothing out of hell that I would not
tolerate as soon!" I say that the former
is the true American principle. It Is
according to Christianity. It Is Chris
tianity, notwithstanding these ravings
of this professed Protestant; but these
ravings are but the very spirit of the
papacy.
The rights of all men. These are all
equal. They are bounded upon all
sides by the equal rights of all others,
acd if the religious or the irreligious
Inclinations or convictions of any man
leads him to attempt to invade these
equal rights of another, either person
ally, religiously, politically or by force
of unjust laws, which is simply a mani
festation of the spirit of bigotry and
despotism, which is the spirit of the
papacy, then it becomes the right of
any or all, to protest against any such
invasion. And right here It Is the
right of the state to interfere and pre
vent such Invasion. It becomes the
civil right and the Christian duty and
privilege to try to convince that per
son that he is in error in thus invading
the equal rights of others; that he is
engaged in a mlstakened work, a work
for which they have no right, either
human or divine. It was the exercise
of this right, the exercise of this Chris
tian privilege, that developed the great
reformation of the sixteenth century,
and which brought to an end that long
night of papal persecution. But that
spirit of despotism and papal persecu
tion is by no means dead. It is making
inroads into this commonwealth. Be
ware of that spirit. It is for true Prot
estants to oppose the papal spirit wher
ever and whenever it is manifest.
Those who have borne the Protestant
name have persecuted in times past,
and that was papal. It is being done
to-day, and that Is papal also. As the
House Report of 1830 says: "Every
sect, however meek its origin, com
menced the work of persecution as soon
as it acquired political power." It
true Americanism to oppose every In
dication, from whatever source It
comes
We conclude, therefore, that when
we see the religionists of the nineteenth
century seeking a religious combina
tion for a political purpose in order to
secure the enforcement of a religious
Institution, we are simply acting the
part of a true American, and adhering
to the true American principle when
we oppose any such combination, and
that, for the reason that of all com
bines, a religious combine Is the most
relentless and despotic The Senate
Report of 1829 says: "Extensive re
ligious combinations for a political pur
pose are always dangerous. All re
ligious despotism commences by com
bination and influence, and when that
Influence begins to operate upon the
political institutions of a country the
civil power soon bends under it and the
catastrophe of other nations furnishes
an awful warning of the consequences."
H. F. PHELPS.
Two Opinions.
"It Is scarcely necessary for us to re
mind the reflecting reader thit Ro
manism, like ritualism, like cold and
heartless formalism, not only has ever
shown itself the enemy of a pure,
spiritual, unfettered Gospel, but the
endeared associate of despotism. If
not the foe, It certainly has not been
the friend of free Institutions Its
pomp and glitter, its extravagance and
meaningless pageantry, ill comport with
the simplicity, economy and rugged In
telligence of a government of the peo
ple. Ritualism, pop3ry, desp tlm; In
telligence, Protestantism, civil Ub3rty,
are inseparable friends." Vandyke,
Popery.
"During; the last three centuries, to
stunt the growth of the hum in mind
has been her (the Church of Ramo's)
chief objost. Throughout Christendom,
whatever advance has been made In
knowledge, in freedom, in wealth and
In the arts of life, ha s been made in
spite of her, and has everywhere been
In Inverse proportion to her power.
The loveliest and most fertile prov
inces of Europe have, under her rule,
been sunk in poverty, in political ser
vitude and In inteMectual torpor.
Whoever, knowing what Italy and
Scotland naturally are, and what four
hundred years ago they actually were,
shall now compare the country round
Rome with the country round Edin
burgh, will be able to form some judg
ment as to the tendency of papal dom
ination." Macaulay's History of Eng
land, Vol 1, Chap, l, Pape 38.
Felice Corruption at Cripple Creek.
Cripple Creek, Colo., Nov. 6
Chief of Police J. M Marshall and As
sistant Chief Tom Clark, have been re
lieved from duty by the council, pend
ing investigation of charges of corrup
tion The charges are made by Pollca
men Anderson and Finch. Marshall is
accused of knowing the men who com
mitted a robbery, and falling to arrest
them. Clarke is said to have accepted
a portion of the money taken by a wo
man from the pockets of a man. Both
men deny the charges. Ed Johnson, a
policeman, is acting chief. Omaha Bee.
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OMAHA, NEB.
LA TRIER 031 THE SCHOOL QUESTION
The Prime Minister Is Satisfied With the
Agreement Which Has Been Reached.
Quebec, Nov. 3. Hon. Mr. Laurler,
In the course of an address at the ban
quet In his honor In Chateau Frontenao,
made the following reference to the
school question: "On this point I have
only one word to say. During the cam
paign I often promised, speaking In the
name of my colleagues ( the Liberal
party; I often declared that If the elec
tors did us the honor of placing us of
the Liberal party at the head of the
government, I flattered myself, with
the assistance of my friend, Sir Oliver
Mowat, that we could settle the ques
tion in less than six months after we
assumed power. I am not In a position
to speak this evening, but I can say
this, if I am not In a state this evening
to let you know completely the ar
rangement between the government of
Manitoba and ourselves, I am happy to
be able to tell you that 1 shall be within
the limits of the promise made. It Is
not yet four months since we assumed
power, and before six months shall
have rolled by we shall have settled
this school question. .Hear, hear). We
shall have settled It in what manner?
We shall have settled it by giving to
conscience the rights of conscience; we
shall have settled It In such a manner
that those who believe in religious In
struction in the schools shall have sat
isfaction on this point. We have ob
tained from our fellow countrymen of
Manitoba represented by the govern
ment of Manitoba, all the concessions
I which a man of honor, conscience.
whatever his religion, race or national
ity, has the right to demand. (Ap
plause.) I know well one Jthing, that
Is, that we shall not settle the school
question to the satisfaction of extrem
lnt in either camp. There are ex
tremists in Qjeb:'c, there are extrem
ists In Manitoba. The extremists of
Manitoba say In advance to the govern
ment of Manitoba: 'TdKe good care not
to make the least concession. You
have the power In your hands, you are
cot going to hesitate to preserve the
school act as it Is." On the other hand
we have the extremists in the province
of Queheo, who say: "Nothing will
nullify us but the pound of flesh which
we have the right to cut from the
breabt of Manitoba; nothing will satisfy
hut what we have demanded; nothing
will satisfy us but the humiliation of
Manitoba.'
"We, gentlemen, speaking not only
in the name of the city of Quebec,
speaking in the name not only of the
province, hut speaking in the name of
the whole dominion, in the name of the
French Cathollo minority of the do
minion, this humiliation we shall not
impose upon our fellow countrymen of
Manitoba, even if we had the power.
We do not waut humiliation for anyone
whatever. We wish to treat others as
we would like to be treated ourselves.
We also were in the minority In the
past, aud we knew what was the iron
heel of an arbitrary sad tyrannical ma
j rlty. We survived that period, thank
God, and what we suffered we shall
never impose upon another. I know
there are people who believe and who
hope we shall not succeed. You hear
it said: 'Walt, Martin Is on the war
pith; Martin is going to declare war
on the government of Manitoba.' Who
are those wno say Mr. Martin Is going
to declare war on the government of
Manitoba if the government makes
concessions? Those who say this are
those who have trafficked in religion
for twenty years.
"In a few days I shall be in a posl-j
tion to place before the people for their 1
judgment the arrangement which we.
have conoluded with Manitoba. That
satisfaction will come, not of federal
law to be administered by a hostile,
government, but satisfaction will come
of a law paised by Manitoba at the In
stance of a sympathetic government
which will administer In a aympathetlo
manner a law which It will have Itself
placed on the statute book.' "
KILLINQ A BIRO.
Hint the Act A fr ud a Boy
nth
To? Oua.
A 10-year-old boy of Newtonvllle wu
given a-toy gun by his father, who
laughingly promised him fl for every
crow he would shoot, says the Youth's
Companion.
Highly elated with his gun and san
guine of earning a small fortune by
shooting crows, the young sportsman
spent the great part of two days in a
field watching for the birds. Not a
crow came near him, greatly to his
disappointment, and he reported his ill
success to his father, who said, to
comfort him:
"Well, never mind the crowi.
III
give you halt a dollar for any kind of
Dira you can shoot"
Early the next morning the boy, gun
In hand, took up his position In the
back yard to watch for sparrows. A
half doien or more unwary birds soon
appeared to pick up the crumbs that ho
had thrown out to lure them within
reach of a shot. At a movement on his
part the sparrows rose and the boy
fired.
One of the birds was hit and fell to
the ground, where it lay for a mlnuto
fluttering Its wings, and then became
motionless. The boy went forward,
picked It up and looked at it. The poor
little head hung limp the Bhot had
broken the sparrow's neck. For a mo
ment the boy stood contemplating the
dead creature In his hand; then he
turned and fled to the house.
"Oh, I've killed it! I've killed It,
mamma!" lie cried, In a shocked tone.
"It can't fly any more!" and all that
(lay his lament was, "Oh, I wish I
hadn't aou it! I wish I hadn't done
It!"
His father, who had not supposed the
boy In any danger of hitting a bird,
tried to solace him with the half-dollar
and suggestions of what might be
bought with It.
"No, papa," was his sorrowful an
swer. "I don't want it. I wish It could
mako the sparrow alive aesin
I
never thought It would be like that to
kill a bird!"
"And," said his father, in concluding
the story. "I was more pleased at the
tender feeling my boy displayed than I
should have been had he become the
best shot In the state."
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