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THE AMERICAN 4 TUT; 'AMIiKICAN 1 1 ti n Mt ta t t t i i , I I tto t to. .-.( . - ( , , t tt . .v. llllll tH t t I It I t , I ' t ", N ' ,,-H' I 1 M VI 1 W tl t I '- , 'MilU N, Al'.tl- I l, ! .,f frieetl Um H FihH'-U I r ilnr.-w aintpstl y In hi ! raarnteitt Warn ' the di eih ofMs Thl"hk' Ktrf Pit Mo, daf bad aa ri'tt.rlil mlltlnl "N H I a Civilising A gem )" Nticwinlry I n ally t tlltcd that has national religion li'p'jf rpwmHlii( I In Human Catholic (llh, and whose government I bulwarked by ueh a pagaultrd form of Christianity, Justice, mercy and truth are the bulwarks of all genuine religion. The resimptlon ot HpnUh authority In th Philippine being out t)f the question, ant llio Philippine InmrgenU being at present apparently Incapable of establishing a stable government, It remain for the United State to (lochia whether tho Islands, whim capital city contains :tt K,(MKt lnhtltnU, shall be turned over to wmio greedy and un scrupulous KuroH'iin wor or retained In tliu f'i Ion of the great nation which lit compelled their surrender. Tho complete defeat of Sptin In tho lato war will prove the bent thlnur that ever hapiicnrd to the Spanish race. In tho happy aftortlmo the colonial Spaniard will hi oik tho day that Uncle Ham came with li In army and hit navy to conquer the Spanish Islet and to be stow on all the .coplm thereof those tninln iniitltiitlom which have made the United States the greatest clvlll.'d power In the world. Henco'orth life and property are destined to lie hold more saured throughout the Spanish speaking Wott Indies. Tho F.ngllsh languago and the lawn and usages and custom of the AngloSxnri race may take dovp root In Cuba, In I'orUi Hlco, and In lhoe lessor Islet which the Spanish power lit bu-n Incaplo of de veloping, civilizing and governing At no dlittnl day Havana and Cuha may have become ai enlightened ax are Richmond and Virginia. Northern method of business and northern Ideal of patrlotlam may transform Cuha and l'erto Itlco Into F.lyslan Field. Kilt Spain and the Middle Ages; enter the United Btatei and the new age. Kmperor William of Oormany and F.mperor Francl JtMeph of Auatrla, both ipraklng the (irman language, arc on the moat cardial term. Yet the former It a I'rolentant and the latter a Koman Catholic. The Im perial rulnt of Kuroe are In cluas touch with each other. The oloae alliance! malnta!nod between Imperial houno that differ radically on the tuh joctof religion an, for Instance, thone between the Qiecn of Knglaml and the Cxar of RiiKila and between the Km jwrora of (Jarmany and Auntrla clearly domonntrate that monarch conntltute practically an International league agalnit repuhlleanixrn and lib erty. Victoria of England ban ihown the Pope of Korne many court'le and a:corded the lUiman hierarchy In her dominion many Important privilege which thould have been abitolutely withheld from them, The pope a ioverelgo rtcogr Ized an inch by tuch i'roteatant aoverelgni a Queen Vic toria and Emperor William. And the overeignty of the fojie of Ham It the very Idea which all good and loyal I'roteitant thould combat. To thoroughly appreciate tho value of anything which aclenoe baa created and brought within the reach of men of bumble meana, we have but to con alder some of those advantage! of which the people of Ium fortunate agei were deprived. Moro than a great many persona of other calling the practical printer and the Intelligent editor appreciate the many-aided value of the art of printing. For a few cent a peraoo can buy a copy of a magazine or a book from which be can gain In formation that will form tho bail for higher thinking and better living The art of printing from movablo type! wa a German Invention, and Luthcr'a translation of the Hlblo Into German waa the first considerable literary work nwfr'.HAl t .,-v' am ft t t aM !" i tt I m r 1 at I If'llVtil'irlt.l kirtpr t. w. ! ra Vt tfc . iru t t pwat i f' Ut l Hat rtrrtrj ia'i a wtl t'M pl 'a f a 1 1 ki rf at I. .mlr. .1 Jrl't i.-4 afu r ttia lftnil,n if r!tf !'. ,(Sfr H wa r!ntj ipaln ta ' ti t t t pMetUg t, r wore lhaa four h i J r. ir, jr o l the It'iteaa 'rli lb(il ha ha J tho ilrtil of lhw bom lhrtltaetnU'Hl that la Hr!a bvlav h Mil M I-r rent of the lebaHitant can nKllhrr read ar wrlt We who have Iwn r-ari-d In a land of beoaa. magi lne end aMr and of free ebimla ought to mora thoroughly ap prwlale the nianlfold bloMlng and advantages which the printing art con fer, Little doe! lha realln public know of the labor which the poUn of printer or editor Involve, In many lti(iUne,. tho duty which tho printer and the editor rform I a thankle tak I'rtntera and eJltor are, con sidering the quality of tho work ex acted of them, very MHrly paid. Hut we are among thone who are Inclined to think tnat "keeping everlallngly at It" will Anally guln for in the Jut ap preciation of ail our compatriot!. ROMtS CHAMPION. It "Clin curloui to ui that It abmild tuko tho dally prcnn a whole month to learn that Father John WllllamM, the Kplwopallan nilnUter who haabeen the champion and defender of Uomanlim, and the dot ractor and defamer of the grnnd and chrlatlan organization the MaHona, the Orangemen and the A. V. A. wa charged with fraud In tho ad- mlnUtrntlon of an estate which thene mine paier only a few yean before had charged poor old John O'Connor with maladmlnUterlng, and praUIng till same Father William for hU dli interested nnis In teiplng In and pro I 'ding young and defonsoluu bclr. Uut'f.om the petition filed In the Dl trlut court by Crane .V Crane ai.d Hulmei A Morgan, attorneys for the (ijbel heirs, one would naturally con clude that the children encapcd one wolf to be devoured by another; and yet they may escape dtructlon by the prompt action of their attorneys, who charge William with fraud In securing a settlement with his ward and allege that at the time he wai discharged by court, a guardian, he held money and properly In hi own name that belonged to hi ward; that he afterward turned over some of the property but not the money due them, biting a violation of an order from the county court; tbey also state, and the record proves their statement to be true, that few weeks ago Judge Haxter sot aside the dis charge of Hev. Williams and re In stated him a guardian o that beeould pay hli ward money found due them, Tho attorney state aa a reason for be ginning tho lull la the District court that the amount Involved wa so great that tbe county court had no jurisdic tion; they alo ainflrt that If the Dis trict court find William short In bis accounts with the (iubel heir tbey will begin suit against hi bondsmen If he fall to settle. Wo may be mistaken, hut It seems to u that there Is a con certed effort to shield tho old gentleman who ha said he Is sorry be cannot bow and worship at the same altar aa the Iloman Catholic It Is stated that Judge Baxter advised that fraud be not al leged In the petition against Father Williams, and gave as a roason for uch advice that If fraud wa not fully proved, William would lue the heir for damage. We are told the charge of fraud was lodged and that tbe court, after hearing all the tetlmony (though laying that certain partle had told a He) In open court found that tbe guar dian had received largo turns of money and had not reported same to tbe court nor to hi wards and made also other similar findings against the priest, but tho matter Is not a yd settled, It seems strange that the same judge, af ter re-Instating the guardian and order ing him so pay In money or turn over property belonging to tbe heirs, would permit an Interview to appear that afllrms that tbe guardian was not re miss. If the judge has net been mis quoted we would line to know bow he harmonize the opinion of Mr. Itaxter with that of Judge lUxtcr? Wby I It stated that "in open court the guar dian offered his books and account for t u I ait ' it'! ttt I a I. Mrt t ) IS tK- W'HUa Wl 1 t U elHwl! )!. ti ! iai IKat ka t a er I ! - w ia I tka -ii'f tjrt -4 n k'l a-' Hat lna!y rvaa tt r akf Will taut iU 4 iSlrjJr it Iwi'iw k h H.. l ji i J i t i'tt ail tie . tln a t hut li ehi fit tntf a ln t t lal pu'plt I t tt raei of th Ma- i in!e f'ati''N)), tln ti'n(.ma and, lb A I A , tand hffure the r.m RiuAtljr la tia tru ilii'ii'luf' Awa; with h)' rrnj and hJplrU, American Bible Study HV JOHN C. TMnMI'WlX. Nl Mill II V. And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the salota of the Mml lllirh, and shall think to change times and law: and thry shall be given Into his hand until a lime and times and the dividing of time. Daniel, chapter 7, verse 25. It has been shown In the article that have preceded Ihl that the above verse refer particularly to the Church of Koine which derived "It Kwor and Its throne, and great authority," from the Unman empire: out of which It grew. It has aUo Iwcn oliown that "the church" ha spoken "great words," hlaxpbeinlua, against the Most High, iiuomuch that It has by solum n action declared Its head and hit sticccxHors and even those who had gone before were Infallible; that tbey were tho equal of (iol; that they tevcrally be came gol upon earth; and that their sutrapx, or pf huts, bet am o greater than Jesus Christ, because they compelled him to leave heaven and return to earth as often a they celebrated ma. It ha been shown that tho Church of Home ha persecuted the saint of the Must High In all ages, since the day of Christ murdering In cold blood more million of people than Inhabit the United State today. It ha been shown that she bun though the politi cal power gut the blume -thought to change (oU' law by changing tbe Sub bath from the .Seventh to the First day of tho wee. There therefore remain but two other sections of that part'cular proph ecy to bo coiMlderod, namely, that "he would think to chango times" and that the saints of the Moit High would be given Into "bis band for a tlmo and times and the dividing of tlmo " Hofore those two quoitlou or sections of that prophecy are considered, It will not be out of place to make a state ment. Ooe of our dearest friends, a Fresh) terlan minister, a thorough christian, a gentleman and a scholar; a man for whom we have the most pro found respect and lasting love: this friend ba written ui asking that we get on the other tide of the fence, away from the Sevent h Day Adventlsts, and asks us to read article on the other tide and especially the Illble, at tbe same time citing us to Matthew 2S-1; Mark 10 1 and 2; Luke 24 I; John 20 1 and l'J; Act 20 7; I Cor. 10 2, which he ay, "all ipeak of tho First day of the week, and Sunday, or our Kabbath, is the Firtt day of the week, but the translation li merely explanatory and not literal. If I were to uo the same latitude In translation, and not a hit more, I would translate Matthew 21-1: 'in the end of the. last day o' tho week a It began to dawn toward one of the tabbatb,' Th It translation Is Junta literal as the one we have," To this friend I desire to say this: I will road everything he will send me that man ban written with a view to justifying attempt to change God' law, I have read tbe Bible as Is testified by tbe mark and comments which dis figure lt pages, but nowhere la It have I been able to Dad chapter, a verse, a word, a syllable or a letter that would legalize tho change of the Habbath from the Heventb to tbe First day of the week. I found la It abundant evi dence that neither Ctirlit nor hi dis ciple authorized or attempted to make the change. I find In the 50th vere of the 23rd chapter of Luke (according to the old verilon) that Mary Magdallne and Mary the mother of J a me and Josct, "returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day, ACUOKDINO TO THE COMMAND MENT." Thla prove conclusively that Jeau had not authorized the change and that ALL tbe day of HI life He act us a living example of obedience to ALL the commandment! of the Father. VM tlt4 flrt, itet!if if IM . 4il. If '-ti -t .U Ik Ji'J tkitr m lb I ,.!iet4 " en. N m i kaput ,tb Aal tk ( h thrt ftil .ii'.liS M Ik r!il t It l ia lh B'l d nt tk . at ra i fee, tl.ry 1 1 ta the tH, bngif th p iM etii" U'li UI fpa-l " My frfnJ, a I sai J. I a f tin a r, but lil not ak me la aiit hi Iran io of Matthew 21 and thaotbrr rttfipt ielt4 la prefrreaee U that of the men whit Mnl rlrtra )rn la reviling the translation of th Nt Testament, seventeen men of tart at la nmtnl and nf acknowledged ability, prifpor la Yale, Harvard, felon Theological Nftmlnery, Columbia col !, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1'nlvenlty of Ilocheittrr, Theological Seminary of Andover, Hartford Thoo Ingleal Seminary, and Haverford, l'a , college, and eminent, scholarly men la other wa'k of lift; I say ha will not exroct me to accept hi rendering of those pasoagea In preference to that of the men we are reading after. I believe be knows these men are all Sunday keepere not Seventh Day Ad vcnllalf and he know that It I hu man, where thero Is a chance, to give the sldu you believe on tho benefit of the doubt; and it stands to reason that those men, If they ciuld have done o connclontlounly, would hue made the change, which he auggcetDgtn tbe trans lation, but they do not even mention It In their preface, although they go to considerable trouble to explain why thry would change "straightway" to either "forthwith" or "Immediately." I do not think It Is neconnary to advise my friend to read the Illble; hi pro fession Is such that be Is compelled to do that, but I will say to him, "preach the Goi-pol," not according to the tra ditions of men, but as delivered to the p -ople, through Moses, the prophets, and Jcui Christ. Paul, writing to Timothy you will And It In II Tim., c. iv, v, 11-iaj "I charge thee therefore before God and the L'ird Jesu Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at bl ap pearing and hli kingdom: 'Preach the Word; he imt tnt In season, out of sea on; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsufTdrlng and teaching; for the time will come when they will not en dure tbe sound doctrine; but, having Itching ears, will heap to thetnselves teachers after their own lusts; and will turn away their ear from tbe truth, and turn aside unto fables.' " No teach er of the Word o' God should fall to read and heed that warning. Nor should tbey fall to read and understand the warning la the second chapter of II. Tbesalonlans. It was not the Intention to purine tbe Sabbath question any further but a letter from a gentleman who I la need of additional Bible proof that the Sev enth li tbe Sabbath ha Induced u to prom lie at least one more article upon that subject, before paslng to the other parts of the prophecy. The only clber evidence which will bo introduced this week will be Christ' own word a rcimrt -d la tho 21th chapter of Matthew, and tho 20tb verse: "lljt pray yo that your flight be not In the winter, neither on THE Sabbath day." Why not on tbe Sab bath day? Because tho Jew bad a law which made It a sin to travel more than one mile, and If they were ti floe from Jerusalem Into the mountains It would ho much more than a Sabbath day's Journey, and Jesus was anxious that HU disciple break not the law of God even by fleeing more than a Sab bath day's journey to lave their lives. The (Inly Itailread to Chicago, With a Day Light Train: Leave Omaha 0:40 a. m. every day arriving at Chicago the same evening at 8:15 where close connec tions are made with all lines beyond. This train 1 50 year ahead of the Time and Is proving immensely Popular with Omaha people. Other flying train leave for Chicago at 4:55 and 6:55 p. m. daily. City Ticket Office 1401 Farnam St., "Tbe North-Western Line. " Truth la always ready to go to war; error will run at tho flrat opportunity. Out of town American when visiting Omaha can save money and get a picas ant room by applying at this oflice. Room can be secured in advance by de posit of ti. i rtiN rii. (ttt i,! frvm I' .t I V ,;'! ..f fh m,, ..f W s'lp: t n iM !' " ifcl Ih p i"-l I'!. h n I l- I i.l .l !. I . ? ti K lht hf ! (tf J, .n h ittU llisl null f, tl !.! rl li " " s ! Itit r but r li' hri s lilipnf I W hit h np-'ii th m (4i t.ir tbi i i I'nr iiuisi.t iht jt ntjj apr ! i Iran, Hut within thr si fililn und me f.ul t tun not see hiiw ftiVeltttil sn how proul Their sloth, liuurr, rnij- anil (heir lre Iki ymi iiih ns ihelr Rluttony and arb e, And bow In their will and desire they lie? Do you not sit' how these rapltiil sins Are Mtitm I upon their faces and aouls In that Inquisition where the poor riiort.il Were burnt alive, by these mons trous fut hers as one? Wolves with the nkinn of sheep they were called lly Jesus who well knew their hearts Anil the laslilnm In the temple did echo. Of which they had niade a den for the thieves. I protest (inalnst tin-He heri'Hles much! What horror it causes mo a cassock to see, Of their excommunications to fi lKhten Hlll'h, And to worry until the sound of a bell, Hut wby not? If these are the ene mies Of tln Unlit of progress and truth? If they are the word of iillHerable beg un rs, Which are ho full of their Impious. II its. We see In lliem falsehood Hlid blind ness With Impious rage, the truth of the priest To your blind mUM, bidden in self, Hut whose God mid whose law is the cash. Money for baptisms and for marriage., flurlals. breviaries, bulls and pro cessions, Money for masses t the dead, nnd for carriages. And money for sermons and tithes. Hut what more?lf until the State pays For this work so useless and false, Of the priests, knowing that this Is the plague. That to tho nation doth the most Injury cause. Do you not believe that these Judases unmasked, To whom protection of a bad gov ernment Is given? Away whh these depraved vagabond cassocks That they from the earth may be launched into hell. The cause of anarchy Is riot morp evil, Nor doth Its attendants more horror Inspire, Than that of these Pharisees infernal Who call themselves ministers of the Iird. Kirue that the barbarous Romanists do not come, Arnl In the bonfires with n horrible calm, deducing to ashes their brethren by nome, Tbey give to us the entertial inqui sition of the soul, Liberals, I'rotestiuits and Freemasons, Democrats, HepiilillcatiM and lovers of free thought, In t'tilon! fan we not from these crafty vagrants Free ourselves and be done with Im postors. A. WCMK.VICd. The thu nil" and the Philippines. Tho people who oppose the acquisi tion of Porto Hico and the Philippine Islands are making use of some curlou argument. Just at present they are much alarmed over the question of re ligion. Iloman Catholicism Is the ttato religion In these possessions, and 1 partly supported by the state, But should thli country acquire them tbe Homan Cathollch church would, of course, cease to bo a tato church; and In that case It la argued that the lio man Catholics of Porto Hlco and tbe Philippines would feci tore, and might become a source of embarrassment to the government. A one journal that ha made much of this question says: "How are the catholic In this coun try going to stomach tbe practical des truction of tbe catholic church in the Philippines? Are wo frolng to get rid nf h Imli Ht atk t It t tui r i t fit la it f a s a k iiA Ta fwr a rl iSa at ti oi l ot t U $ tv e4 I'M 'p! t lirt I. a tif4. T".! tf wtr la this t off pt It tr r"r a ! a tat ! tbr til ,( It ftlraVW 4 to W n t-Ol tip tho .tfcr Ut hut at it, tb rwiigiavu itr,tirtn in th Pai'.p I' Ihrm, will He mvt grave, and wilt al th t,:u.al pmh ewi thee an j at tuMn ftilscbl ooaly " Worn nuns, naloal such U t Is' Th! tre, on o! ma'y tvvk J, ha ao ot Istreeo av la tho Imaf tealleanf thiMO who have wnjurtl It up with th sole object of niaklng mlw-hlef. Thero I out a a latelligeat Amorlcao rathollo Irom Cardinal lilbboni dowa who bw lleve for a moment that the IntoresU o' tb cathollo churvh In Porto Rico and the Philippine will tuffor thould those Island become American poo Mlon. On tho contrary, they be lieve that uch an outcome of tho war would be, la tho end, a good thing tor tho church. One of tho most Intellgont cathollo journal of thla country, the Catholic Transcript of Hartford, Conn., la tpeaklng of the acquisition of Porto Hlco and the Philippines, tayt: "We are convinced thattuch a dispo sition of these Islund would tend to strengthen the position of tho church In there Islands and free It from the trammels under which it Is i-a il t ) la bor. If reports of the condition of tho native can be credited, then we will ball with j y the day when our flag will become their national emblem. It will bring with It liberty to the people, and will accord t the catholic church capability of exercising it benign In fluence without let or hindrance. Free lnttltut'ons are no barrier to tbe growth of catholicity, it thrives and llourUhes in a land blessed with lib erty." Nor does It content Itself with that general tta'etnent. It point with pride to the growth of the cathollo church In free America, and declares that the church in the Philippines, freed f i oni thuobluq y which Spanish migoiT-rnmcnlbu cant upon It, "would stand in It purity and beauty, unbur dened of political misdeeds," and, freed from the bhujkles that now em barrass it, "would soon recompense it doubly for any lossei It might suffer, and become In those lilamW ut Intelli gent and as faithful and a worthy nf respect and loyalty a It i in our own beloved land." This 1 Cathollo testi mony, and It dispose finally of the re ligious bugaboo which certain llttlo Americans have invented. Tbe pope 1 a statesman a well a a churchman, and know that th la coun try 1 not hostile to tbe church. In point of fact, according to the Homo correspondent of tbe London Dally Newt, be ha already telegraphed In struction to the Archbishop of Manila to place himtelf and bl clergy under the protection of tbe United State, in view of tbe threatened attack by tbe Insurgents, Tbil action by the pontiff Is especially ilgniflcant when It Is re membered that the Archbishop of Ma nila a few weeks ago issuod a flory proclamation denouncing this country as a foe to tbe church and ready, if It conquered the Philippines, to suppres catholic worship, An to tho church in porto Hlco It was announced in the press dispatches the other day that the church authorities In that Island are prepared to put themselves under the protection of Cardinal GSbbjns the moment t he sovereignty of tho United State I established. In fact, there will bo no religtou problem involved In tho acquisition of theie posamsion. 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