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qulr. llalp spread the Irulh.
Romanism Is the BnWhr4 product of
thervll cniua of medievalism, which
It naturally Mil unalteratdy opposnd to
the genius and spirit of the nliMtwnlb
century conception of dnnuHiraey end
Knotty. Panallara I at the antipodes
f AmrrlcaB patriotism.
Did H ever occur to you that there la
a partial union of church and tUto In
thlt country? Thlt I evUHnoed by the
fact that the chaplains In the army
and In the nary are appointee of Ilia
government and are compensated for
tbulr services out of tho public fund.
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Tbe Mlnneapol It Tribune thtnkt that
"Dewey will bombard Santiago if tbe
Spaniards do not surrender In a few
days." Kvldently tbe Tribune hat In
Ut aorvlco a compositor whoso motto
seems to be: "The copy, may it al
wayi be right; but right or wrong,
whlthertoevor It load me I will fol
low." The San Franolaoo Monitor tayi that
Francis Boott Key, who wrote the
"Star Spanglud llannor," wat a Catho
llo, married Into the family of Chief
J uttloe Taney, another Catholic, and
whose descendants today In Maryland
are all cathollot. Tho Monitor may
be about at near right at wat that
Irlth paper which claimed that George
Washington wat an Irlthman by adop
tion! Now that the war between the United
State and Spain la practically over,
let ut gird on our armor for the oonfl lot
with the papal power In thlt oountry.
Thote who fight Home are literally
fighting for God and home and native
land. And If wo mean to drive with
torlmi pirpoto agalntt tho Roman
hierarchy we will do what Ilea la our
power to portuade tho devotee of Ho
manltm to stop paying money Into the
coffer t of an alien power and to re
nounce all allcgtnoe to the aelf-oon-felted
enemlet of our land and nation.
The A. I', A't. in Douglas county
who have received lettora from T. W.
Illackburn, begging their tupport to
help blm Into the office of county attor
ney, will remember that Mr, Blackburn
It one of the protestant who hat
championed the caimo of Itomanlsm
from tbt ttart. Tho abject tool of
Rosewater ha has a urted tbe favor of
the lloman Irlth, and hat nought to In
jure every man who hat bono promi
nently connected with the American
movement. It goes without laying
that Mr. Hlaehburn' ofllolal record at
a member of tho Hoard of Education la
bad, and that he hat never demon
It a ted the ability neoowary to con
duct the Important office of county
attorney.
The other day, when the governor
general of tbe Philippine! wanted to
allay popular dlaoontont because of
deficient food auptily, he placed 11,000,
000 at the tervlco of the people for the
procuring of fcod tuppllet. Seeing
8paln It to bard up for cath, It may
puwle people to know how ho got tbe
money. The Roman church tupplled
It. The Itlanda are really governed by
"the church," and thlt money wat but
a modicum of tho wealth acquired by
taxing the people. Tbut a tax of la
placed on every wheel of every vehicle
A tax It placed on every door of a
houie, on every mule, donkey, horto,
chlckeo, and dog. Everything It taxed,
and most of the taxes are I mooted and
collected by "tho church," when a
country It a Rome ruled and prleit
ridden domain.
ttft HI CAU A Mkil
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a4 4aiM,mit.M at tke r to-: w
tha vWltl (tvrwt ol talt wwia
try rall the ff at higo f lu
kM to tl.t rliau. al rr if lh
tUwaa fahlto ehun hi
They ta la It the fH Itt
thobargaia fthkh wat aalt to hat
tow ratord lato tta the wanag
r of the H'paHllcea party aal ibt
Ireland at tho agtit of the po of
I tome and tho Itowian Catholk church,
w hereby the rhureh la oartaia doubt
ful ttaWt would throw her votot and
la lune to tbe Republican party and
thearly, laoatolt wat vlcwrlout at
the polla, wat to give the church reg
ntllon and keep out of potltlont of
honor and tnul any aod every man
who dared to oppone htr In her damna
ble attaultt upon tho free Inttltulloo
of thlt republic,
Thlt new outrage, that of accepting
a miBe from the popj of Rome
through hit accredited repreteotatlvo,
Maitlnulll, etUbllthet a precedent that
will never bo overthrown! Hereafter
the papacy will be, probably more or
lent aecretly, acknowledged at a tem
poral power separate and dlatlncl from
tho government of Italy, whote wltbet,
Intcrettt and repretontatlont will have
to be weighed and conformed to or be
compelled totupprext, at any time, up
ritlngt of tho ope't faithful and loyal
ubjecta In thlt country.
We have aeon thlngt which alarmed
ut for tho taftty and the perpetuity of
thlt grand republic, but nothing bat
alarmed ua at hat thlt teat movement
of the government at Watologtin.
There tbould be no lntcrcoune be
tween tbe Church of Rome and tho
government of the United State!
No church thould be permitted to en
croach upon tho domain of tho itate!
The line thould be drawn today!
Let It be undentood that further con
oettlont to tho Church ol Rome will not
bo brooked by the American people!
Churoh and itate mutt bo divorced!
Murmur of dltooateot and dltapprov
al of their union are already heard!
It la time to call a halt!
All tho Chicago morning Journal
bavt raited tho price of their paper
to ,2 cent per 'copy. Any one who
know anything about the manifold x
penaa Involved In tbo production of ft
creditable newipaper know that a
Journal of from 8 to 10 page, well
edited and well printed, and delivered
free at your door for 2 cent a copy, I
marveloutly cheap. The American
at 12 a year la, considering tho vatt
amount of labor, eaergy and taortfic
which it production co It ut, on of
tho cbeapett paper In the world
etpeolally when tho fact I born lo
mind, at It thould be by all our friend,
that from tho very fact wo publlth a
fearlett and outipoken American paper,
which la never afraid to tell tbe truth
alK)ut Home, wo are thut out from re
ceiving large clenae of paying adver-
tltemont which our circulation would
otherwise Inevitably bring to ut. .Our
loyal friend thould take Into account
thla deprivation which we are com
polled to tuffer.
Tbo Chicago Journal aatabllihment
evidently neoUt an lnfutlon of new
btood In It proof reading department,
for the July 30 ittuo of that paper It
made to announce that: "Latt Sun
day mornl ng the new Reformed Chrlt
tlao Church of Our Lady of Lourde
wa opened In Brooklyn, N, Y, The
holy tee at Rome offlclalty notified tbe
church authorities lait week that It
had selected tho new church at tho
headquarter of the arch-confraternity
of Our Lady of Lourde In thlt oountry,
granting tho tamo privilege to pit
grlmt that prevail at Lourde." Flrtt
time we ever knew tho Chuch of Rome
wat "the Reformed Christian Church."
The Roman church need reforming,
but it hat not yet reformed at la evi
denced by the fact of It having "con
teoratcd" an edifice In Brooklyn whote
probable object la to derive a pecuniary
profit from her unfortunate but credu
lout devotee.
Roman Catholic, having aocured'the
privilege of erecting a church of their
PRINCE BISMARCK.
own on the retervatlon at Wett 1 lot,
now want the government union meet
Ing boute demolished and the chaplain
dltcharged. Of courte. Give thete
lagan Itoman prlettt an Inch aiid
they'll demand a yard. We are a!mot
sorry the United Statot government
didn't abolish all rellglout tervlcet on
tho grounds of the military academy
at West Point. Then tbe authorltlut
could not have been In any event re
proached with lnconslttency or with
showing partiality to any religious
sect.
It It an integral principle of Christ's
ChrUtlanlty that no man can servo two
masters. Hence no man can serve
both tbe Pope of Rome and the caute
of American liberty. The pomp, pa
geantry and power of popery are hap
pily losing their bold even upon the
lots enlightened portlont of popedom.
The eyes of soin Roman Catholics are
bolag opened to the abturdltlot and
puerilities of the papal system. Tbey
realize that medki-val notions of duty
and obligation do not approach tbe ex
alted standard to which latter-day
patriotism has attained. W have a
great duly to perform toward thote
Roman Catholics who hava been
brought within tbe sphere of our In
fluence. It will be our duty and our
pleasure to patiently inform tbem
wherein American patriotism It super
ior to the best there is in Romanism.
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Omaha 0:40 A. tf. every day
arriving at Chicago tho same
evening at 8;H wber close connec
tions ar made with all linos beyond.
This train 1 50 year ahead of the
Time and I proving immensely
Popular with Omaha people.
Other flying train loav for
Chicago at iU and 0 65 p. M, dally.
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1101 Farnam St.,
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Truth I always ready to go to war;
error will rua at tho first opportunity.
triMQ Reward.
I will give the above reward to any
person, church or patilotlo society
that will, before the 3oto day of Sep
tember, HW, sell tbo largest amount of
my Antl-Cathollo books. Circulars and
price llttt sent on receipt of a two cent
stamp, Money to accompany order
for books. Address
Riv. J. G. White,
Stanford, III.
Wanted, tbe reason why tho pope'
loyal warrior son, Majab-Genurul Cop-
plnger 1 not leading the American
army to victory and fame?
Do you look over tbe advertisement
In this paper?
When a man aeea tho truth b be
holds tbo deform 1 tie of error.
The tubsorlptlon price of Tub Amer
ican Is 12.00 per year.
PrlesU tnako us of tho pollUolana
who keep themselvea ready to b bsm
as tool a.
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American Bible Study.
HY JOHN C. THOMI'HOM.
LKKHON II.
Thu Ten Commandments were under
conalderatlon In the second article of
this series; and If you will remember
we concluded Number IT. with the dec
laration that all who bow down to
Images are Idolaters. I might have
gone even further and said that a'l
who wtar graven images or likenesses
"of anything in heaven above, or that
li In the earth or that is in the
waters under the earth," as all
good, true, loyal conscientious Roman
Catholics wear, are violator of Cod'
divine and potltive command.
If you do not have a Roman Catholic
Hlblii at hand today you can turn to tbe
books that are printed In tho late edi
tion of the Protestant Bible, under the
heading "Apocrypha," aod you will
find In Second Maccabces.twelfth chapt
er, an account of a war engaged lo by tbe
Jews. Webster's Unabridged Diction
ary say tho "Apocrypha" "are re
ceived a canonical by the Roman
Catholic church, but not by Protec
tant " I will quote, then, from tbo
Roman Catholic version, beginning
with the 24th verse of the 12th chapter
of Second Maccabees good Roman Cath
olic doctrine to condemn their own
practice and to show tbe church pos
sesses at least one "mark of the beast."
29. But when Judas aod his com
pany had called upon Almighty God,
who with hi power breaketh the
ttrength of hi enemies, tbey won the
olty, and lew twenty and five thous
and of them that were within.
Now go down to the 30th verse of tbe
same chanter.
84. Now when tbey that were with
Georgia had fought long, and were
weary, Judas called upon tbe Lord,
that be would shew himself to be their
helper and leader of tbo battle,
37. Aod with that be began In bis
own language, and sung psalms with a
loud voice, and rushing unawarea upon
Georgia's men, ho put thorn to flight.
89. So Judas gathered bis host and
came Into tho city Odollam. And when
tbo seventh dsy came, they purified
themselves, and kept the Sabbath In
tho same place.
lilt, And upon the day following, as
the use had been, Judas and hi com
pany came to take up tbe bodle of
them tbat were slain, and to bury tbem
with their kinsmen in their fathers'
graves.
40, NOW t'NOKIt THE COATH Of
EVERY ONE THAT WAS SLAIN
THEY POUND THINGS CONSECRATED
TO THE WOIM Or THE JAMNITKS,
WHICH 18 FORBIDDEN THE
JEWS BY THE LAW. Then every
man taw that Turn was the oaube
wherefore they were alala.
This extract from tbo "Apocrypha,"
which Webster say 1 part of the Ro
man Catholic Bible, ought to prove two
thing to tho member of that church;
first, tbat the scapular which they
wear under their clothing Is contrary
to God's law; and, second, that the Ten
Commandment have been torn and
mutilated by tho priesthood of their
church when It leaves out the second
commandment, which condemns tbe
pagan and unchristian practice which
they perpetuate by means of the rosary
and scapular.
If this quotation from tbe Roman
Bible will not convince Roman Catho
lics tbat tbey are being duped, what
will? There we have a distinct state
ment tbat God destroyed all the Jews
who fell In that battle because they ALL
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IVt4 tiSWWlfto Ike IS ft WHk! era
tlet lag attaatrl May IU tmtja the
jwdgtel if that It rapidly apprttwh
leg, as wo shall e!ar!y shew frvtn
UihI Word and with lilt help, t- fitro
this series l artlcln 1 hmigfct toft
clraa, may Out (rod ItkswUe kill ALI,
who wrar things eoavneretod to tho
Vlrglo Mary? Is It not time tor hoB
oil, God-fearing Itwmaa Catholics to
top aad think? Remember, God saj
lie I a jealous Cml, visiting the lnlqul
ties of tho fathers upon tho children
unto the third and fourth generations
of them that hato Him: and showing
mercy unto thousands of thorn that love
Hint aod koep tils commandment.
A coord Ing to that, then, '.here are but
two things to do to guarantee to you
God's mercy; those two things are to
love Ujd and keep His commandments.
Dj you do that? Or do vou love the
beast and keep Ut commandments If
you will turn to Matthew, 15th chapter
and tUh verse, you will find that Jesus
quotes fiom E-ulas, to show that not all
who profess or who call upon His name
are sure of Gjd's mercy, since He had
spoken through His prophet taylo;:
8. This people draweth nigh unto
me with their mouth, and honoreth me
with their Hps; but their heart Is far
from me. 9. But in vain they do wor
ship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men.
Whoe commandments art you keep
ing? God' fourth commandment 1
this:
Remember tho Sabbath day, to keep
It holy. Six days shalt thou labor and
do all tby work; but the seventh day .'
the Sabbath of the Lird thy God; in it
tbou shalt not do any work, thou, nor
tby son, nor tby daughter, tby man
servant, nor tby maidservant, nor thy
cattle, nor tby stranger tbat 1 within
tby gates; for In six days tbe Lord
made heaven and earth, Jhe sea and all
that in them is, and rested the seventh
day, and hallowed It.
What does God say? "Remember the
Sabbath day to keep It holy" Not "a"
Sabbath day, but THE Sabbath day.
And wbat 1 the Sabbath day? God
says:
'THE SEVENTH IS THE
SABBATH OP THE LORD THY
GJD." Then whose Sabbath 1 Sun
day the first day of the week? Man'.
And can man set God' Sabbath aside
and make one of hi own and still bo
under God' law? I unhesitatingly say
no, Christ himself ald "Think not
that I come to destroy the law, or the
prophet; I am not come to destroy,
but to fulfill." Then what man ha
dared do what Christ admitted He had
not come to do to change God' law?
You may say Christ's disciples changed
the day, but 1 ask you to produce the
evidence. Is It found In tbe declaration
of Paul that "one man esteemeth one
day above another; another esteemeth
every dsy alike. Let every man be
fully persuaded In bis own heart?" Or
Is it found In the seventh verso of
the twentieth chapter of The Acts? If
not there, then where I the evidence?
have searched tbe New Testament for
a word from Christ or hi disci plus to
back up tho change of tbe Lord's Sab
bath from Saturday the Seventh to
Sunday tbo Flrtt day of tbe week, but
cannot find It. I find where Chrltt
denle any intention of changing the
law although Ho admitted God had
made the Sabbath 'or man, not man
for the Sabbath. I find alto tbat He
said, chapter 12, verse 4!) of St. John:
Fori have not spoken of myself; but
tho Father which tent me, he gave me
a commandment, what I thould ay,
and what I thould (peak." Then HI
disclaimer that He bad come to change
the law was a command from God that
It be not changed. But Christ in the
next verse make It stronger still. He
said, "And I know that III command
ment I life everlasting; whatsoever I
speak therefore, even as the Father
said unto me, so I speak." From tali
testimony of Christ It 1 easy to see tbe
life, the duration, of a commandment
given by God. It is not for a day, or a
month, or it year, or a century, or a
thousand or a million years. It Is for
all time everlasting without end.
Then don't you think It a little pre
sumptuous for tome man to attempt to
repeal God' commandment which the
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a. Is It siret la odkt
skdhilJ fntr4 from tho very wtta who
Is cev4UJ tf wrllor at tho pftpary
with eleg 4ler4 that the Itithnp
of Itosxo (tho pontiff or pop) was God,
A I page Mil of the P at yrlo He, un
der tho haadtBg' SiiBday.ortho Lord s
Day" find the following tvatoeaeata:
"Tho first writer who msaltoos Iht
at of Sunday a appllrahlo to tbo
Lord' dty I Juatla Martyr; tbt deilg
aatloa of the II ret day of tho week,
which la of beatheft origin (are Sab
bath), had eome Into general use la tho
Roman world shortly I fore Justin
wrote. A long a the Jewish Chris-
fan element continued to have any
promtoence or influence in the church,
a tendency mora or less strong to ob
serve Sabbath as well ai Sunday wouU
of course exist. Kuebut (II. K., Ill, 27)
mentlont that the Eblonltea continued
to keep both days, and there is abun
dant evidence from Tertulllan onward
that so far as publio worship and ab
stention from fasting are concerned tho .
practice was widely spread among the
Gentile churches.
The earliest recognition of tbe ob
servance of Sunday as a legal duty is a
constitution of Constantlne In 821 A. D ,
enacting that all courts of justice, in
habitants of towns, and workshops
were to be at rest on Sunday (vennahiH
de Soli), with an exception in favor of
those engaged in agricultural labor.
This was the first of a long terle of Im
perial constitution, most of which are
Incorporated in the Code of Justinian,
bk. ill. tit. 12 (1H Ferlin). The consti
tutions comprised in this title, of the
code begin with tbat of iComtantlne,
and further provide that emancipation
aod manumlsilon were the?on!y legal
proceedings permissible on 'the Lord's
day die d'mtinko), though contract
and compromises might be made be
tween the parties where no Interven
tion of tbe court wa neceasary. Pleas
ure was forbidden as well as business.
No spectacle was to bo exhibited In a
theatre or clrou. If tbe emperor
birthday foil on a Sunday, it celebra
tion was to be postponed. flThe (even
day before and after Easter ware to be
kept a Sunday. After the time of
Juitlman the observance of Sunday ap
pear to have become atrlcter. In the
west Charlemagne forbade labor of any
kind. A century later In tbe eastern
empire No. llv. 54 of tho Leonine con
stitutions abolished the exemption of
agricultural labor contained in tho con
stitution of Constantlne."
In the flrtt article of jthls series I be
lieve It was made clear that tho Roman
empire wa tbe .dragon tbat gave the
boast It power and (authority. Tbat
being so it naturallyjfollowsj 'that the
dragon power, tho (unchristian power,
tbe one representing Satan on earth,
would seek some means to turn the peo
ple of the world away from tbe direct
and positive commandment of God.
And how natural it would be for Satan
to take up the very commandment that
would be easiest of justification. How
nice it would be to commemorate
the resurrection of Christ,) which oc
curred on Sundaytthesfirst day of tho
week! Besides, Paul says "one man es
teemeth one day above another," so
where Is tbe harm ip keeping Sunday
instead of Saturday? These are the
arguments which Satan puts in the
mouths of those he is deceiving. God
say "Tbe seventh 1 tbe Sabbath of
the Lord tby God," and "Remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy," and
tbat be shows "mercy to thousands of
them tbat love me and keep my com
mandments." If you keep nine of God'
commandment and fall to keep the
other one are you keeping III com
mandments? Can you claim his mercy?
Jobn the Baptist came preaching "Re
pentance," I come to you preaching the
Word of God, and asking you to cast
aside the traditions of men and lean on
the everlasting commandments of tbe
God of Israel.
This effort to nullfy and set aside the
commandments of God was known to
God hundreds of years before the birth
of Christ and before the change was at
tempted. If you will turn to the 25th