[Illustration: Yours in His nameBernard Fresenborg. ]

 "Thirty Years in Hell"

 . .. OR . .. 

 "From Darkness to Light. "

 BY

 Ex-Priest, Bernard Fresenborg, Who for thirty long years tread the slippery and deceitful path of abhorrent Catholicism, but who to-day stands at the Vatican's door, with the torch of Protestant wisdom, and denounces Popery with a tongue livid with the power of a living God. 

 Like a Meteor From God's Throne, This great book has stirred America from center to circumference. 

 About 400 Large Pages, And each Page a stinging rebuke to Roman Catholicism. 

 Published by North-American Book House, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1904, by NORTH-AMERICAN BOOK HOUSE, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. 

Transcriber's Note: A number of typographical errors found in theoriginal text have been corrected in this version. A list of theseerrors is provided at the end of the book. 

Author's Announcement. 

A structure of enlightenment is to be built in this land, which tofinish, every man of intellectual power must contribute. 

The structure which I refer to, is the structure of "SPIRITUALLIBERTY, " as the spiritual part of man must have room to expand andgrow the same as any other God-given privilege that man is blessedwith. 

Unless we grow in faith we become dwarfs in the worship of God. 

Those who go forth into the world and profess to be the teachers ofmen should be giants of intellect and fully prepared to contribute tothis monument of "SPIRITUAL LIBERTY. "

These giants are the "KNIGHTS OF THE SPIRIT, " who stand upon thesummit of righteousness and proclaim an intelligent God to a sinfulworld. 

Many say they do not feel that they possess the ability to contributeto this structure of "SPIRITUAL LIBERTY, " but I say, none who possessthe power to reason are exempt, for if they cannot place in the archof this structure the golden "key-stone" that shall securely bindthis structure together, they can carry mortar or stones, which is asimperative in this structure, as the polished "Cap stone" which shallcomplete this great pyramid of emancipation. 

I do not crave to have my name engraven in bold letters upon the "Capstone" of this structure, but I do desire to contribute my mitetowards the completion of this grand structure of free thought, which, when completed, will stand out upon the horizon of time as atowering monument to Christ and his cause. 

Roman Catholicism, as taught by our modern priests and inspired bythe papal power at Rome is naught but the distant rumblings of anantiquated chariot of darkness, as the teachings of this MONARCHICALcreed has naught in view but the enslavement of reason for thefinancial gain and benefit of the "Robed" few who claim the right tothink for the masses. 

For thirty long years I was bound to this bewitching spirit ofdarkness by the chords of superstition and never dared to look abovemy blind superiors for wisdom, until a "something" which I will call"fate" broke the windows of my mental dungeon and permitted the lightof "SPIRITUAL LIBERTY" to filter through my being which awoke "reasonand common sense" from her long sleep of lethargy. 

Now, what I once thought "Holy" I detest as abominable; What I onceworshipped, I now hate. 

It is not the glitter of gold nor the applaudits of the protestantworld that I crave, but it is the Master's approval that I desire. Therefore I deem it my duty to both God and mankind to proclaim tothe world what I know of the awfulness of Roman Catholicism, and Iknow enough to make my poor soul often wonder if I shall ever bepermitted to sing with the blest around that GREAT WHITE THRONE inthe New Jerusalem. 

As you peruse these pages, I pray that you may whisper a prayer toGod in my behalf, as I am now fifty-six years old and only a child inwisdom. 

With pity for the blind hosts of Catholicism and a prayer upon mylips for their deliverance from the trenches of paganism, I dedicatethis book to the world as coming from a heart which poured out itsyouth's vitality upon the barren fields of superstition, and wastedits vigor in serving only the god of myths. With a feeling ofbrotherly love for the entire world, I am, Yours in His name, BERNARD FRESENBORG. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER I. Page. Who I Am, What I Am, and Why I Am WhatI Am. 15

CHAPTER II. 

Some of the Abominations of CatholicismCarried On in the Name of Our BlessedSavior. 33

CHAPTER III. 

All Children of Protestant Parents, Declared Bastards by Catholicism. 51

CHAPTER IV. 

Tear from the Citadel of Reason, the Powerto Reason and You make Slaves of Humanity. 65

CHAPTER V. 

Innocent Girlhood at the Confessional Box. 81

CHAPTER VI. 

The Nations completely dominated by the Powerof the Pope, are Nations of Illegitimacy. 97

CHAPTER VII. 

The Power of the Pope in Cuba, Porto Ricaand the Philippine Islands. 109

CHAPTER VIII. 

Monasteries are often Criminals' Abode, andNunneries the Slaughter Pens of Virtue. 127

CHAPTER IX. 

Unmarried Cussedness of the RomanPriest-Craft. 149

CHAPTER X. 

A Brazen Insult to God. 171

CHAPTER XI. 

The Characters of the Followers ofCatholicism, Compared to the Followersof Protestantism. 181

CHAPTER XII. 

Why the Teachers in our Public Schoolsshould not be Selected from the Ranksof Catholicism. 193

CHAPTER XIII. 

The Influence of the Priesthood in America. 223

CHAPTER XIV. 

The Chastity of the Home Invaded bythe Lustfulness of the Priest-Craft. 239

CHAPTER XV. 

Nations which have been Disgraced by theToleration of Popish Rule. 255

CHAPTER XVI. 

Nearing the Trenches of Physical Strength. 281

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 PageAuthor's Picture. 2

"What Shall I Do To Be Saved?" 14

The Two Inspirations--The Holy Bibleand Catholicism. 33

The Unmarried Life of the Priest-Craft, compared to the Married Life ofProtestant Ministers. 50

The Two Ways--"As the Twig is Bent, theTree's Incline. " 64

Immorality of the Priest-Hood--With RomishLust, the Blossom of Virtue is Destroyed. 80

America's Ruin. 96

Free in Name Only--Take Their Chains OffUncle Sam, or You will always haveTrouble with Them. 108

Save The Girls--Batter Down the Doors ofConvents, and the Civilized World willStand Amazed. 126

Take Your Choice--The Christ of ProtestantismCompared to the God of Catholicism. 148

Being Ex-Communicated for Reading theBible--"May She Be Damned in her Mouth, in Her Breast, in Her Heart, Etc. , Etc. " 170

A Modern Judas--In His Wake, Misery alwaysFollows. 180

Foes to Knowledge--Like a PoisonousSerpent, Etc. , Etc. 192

Heathenish Practices--A Catholic "Dupe"Kissing the Supposed Bone of St. Ann. 222

A Catholic Tool--Begging in the Name ofthe Lord, but in Reality, to Support thePriest-Craft, Etc. 238

Systematic Robbery--The Road to Glory alongthe Catholic Highway, Etc. 254

Uncle Sam--"Here is Your Next Fight Boys. " 280

[Illustration: "WHAT SHALL I DO TO BE SAVED""The dawn of Protestantism upon Ex-Priest Fresenborgafter thirty years in the Roman Catholic Church. "]

Chapter I. 

Who I Am, What I Am, and Why I Am What I Am. 

My parents were Catholics, and for this reason I suppose, is why Ibecame a Catholic Priest. 

I was born in Germany, in 1847, thus you see I am now almost what theworld would call an old man--56 years old. 

A few years ago, I was of the opinion that my life had been wellspent, but to-day I firmly believe that the major part of my life hasbeen spent in erroneous doctrines and nonsensical teachings, as thebroad light of wisdom and independent thought has penetrated the darkresources of my bewildered conception of right, and has caused me tolook upon things in general in an intelligent manner. Therefore, Ifeel that my youth and the vigorous years of my manhood have beenspent in what one might term idolatry. 

From this time forward I am going to endeavor to undo, as near aspossible, what I have helped to accomplish in the past. 

In the first place, I desire to give the reader an idea of who I am, as the reader is entitled to this knowledge, and in the second placeI want the reader to understand what I am, and in the third place tounderstand why I am what I am, as there must be a reason for allthings. 

My ancestors came from Sweden, but becoming tired of religionswarfare under Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, they settled in aCatholic colony in Germany, in the southern part of the Dukedom ofOldenburg, near the River Haase. 

The reader, if he be a Protestant, is familiar with Protestantaffiliations, and I am led to believe belongs to one of the manyProtestant denominations, known under the head of Methodist, Baptist, Christian, United Brethren, Presbyterian, Free Baptist, or some oneof the many other Protestant Churches. Therefore you can easily seewhy it was that I became a Catholic, as I was taught it from myinfancy. 

My father, like his ancestors, lived in Essen, Oldenburg. Essen is atown of considerable trade in grain, in fine Oldenburg horses andHolstein cows, in fact, it is a town noted for its fine stock. 

The beautiful town of Essen has a considerable population. Two finerivers, which unite their rapid waters in its very midst, make it anideal spot to live. 

My relatives were among the first and best families of the Dukedom. These families were by name Dickmann, Meyer, Junker and Mohlenkamp, who are at the head of the intellectual and material movements ofthat place. They are all related by marriage and intermarriage to theFresenborgs. My parents had ten children. This, however, may notinterest the reader, so I will confine myself to my own biography. 

The school to which I was sent was one of the leading schools and hada world-wide reputation, especially of sending many scholars andstudents to the gymnasium and afterwards to universities fordifferent branches of sciences. 

It seems as though all of those who attended this school becamesuccessful in their individual careers, as lawyers, doctors or someother of the chosen avocations of life. 

I was raised, I might say, under the walls of the free City ofBremen, and was inspired with the idea of freedom, and this, perhaps, may be the reason why, when I have come to be an old man, that I haveshaken off this eternal bondage of Catholicism and launched my boatso late in life upon the broad waters of Protestant freedom. 

As the son of a wealthy family, I was sent to the Gymnasium of Vechtafor higher studies, where I received the best education which Germanycould give to her sons, and from there I was dismissed with thediploma of "Maturity" in 1870, which was a passport to any manholding such a diploma in any scholarly community, for a diploma fromthis institution meant all that it implied. 

After I had gone through a perfect study of Gymnasium, and afterhaving obtained my diploma, I could then decide for any career thatI might choose. 

About this time came the disturbance of all of Germany caused by "TheGerman-French War. " Like every patriot, I volunteered as a soldier, but the officers in the German army were practical men and they hadlittle use for unseasoned "student soldiers" in the field of action, and I was left in garrisons where universities were situated, where Ihad military practice for a few hours each day, and then could followmy studies at the same time. 

Peace followed quickly after the Waterloo of Napoleon III at Sedan, and this peace was restored quickly in the "fatherland, " as not onevictorious Frenchman had crossed the "Rhine. "

I followed my favorite study, forestry and agriculture, for sometime, but as my parents and my forefathers, both on my father's andmother's side, had been devout Catholics, I had an earnest longing tobecome a Catholic Priest, as I desired to go forth in the world andproclaim the cause of Christ, believing that Catholicism was theonly church which had a right to establish her doctrines, and, ofcourse, cast my lot with this church, and to-day finds me an old manwith every vestige of childhood's faith shaken from center tocircumference, as I have lived in America so long and seen so much ofthe intelligence of Protestantism, and so much of the deception ofCatholicism, I could not remain in the Catholic Church and be true tomy conception of what was right and wrong, therefore I laid aside, with a degree of regret, the relics of Catholic barbarism. 

I discarded the Scapular and everything that has no more intelligentmeaning to it than the cungering devices of the heathen has towardsthe uplifting of humanity and the civilization of the world. 

Many, many years ago my faith was shaken by what I had seen with myown eyes and heard with my own ears, but I nursed my religious belieffrom my mother's bosom; my religion was born and bred in my bones;every drop of blood in my person was electrified in childhood by thecungerings of Catholic legerdemain, and I was taught at my mother'sknee to believe that there was no other church that had a ghost of achance of eternal salvation but the Catholic Church, and I was taughtthat all Protestants were heretics and abominable in the sight of Godand sure of eternal damnation, unless they turned from their sins andjoined the Catholic Church. 

Ofttimes I would have my faith shaken by the actions of some lustfulpriest, but I clung tenaciously to the religion of my mother andrefused to look beyond the horizon of Catholic superstition. 

About the time that I had fully made up my mind to become a priest, Ihad my faith shaken in the priesthood to a great extent by ascandalous happening near the College of Vechta, which concerned andstrictly involved one of the great dignitaries of Catholicism in mycollege town, but I fought this feeling of dislike down and forcedmyself to believe that what a priest or bishop did was all right inthe sight of God, but at the same time I had a feeling of distrust, as I could not reconcile myself to believe that God would look withcompassion upon the acts of a dignitary more readily than he wouldupon the transgressions of his blind and duped followers, butnevertheless I went ahead and prepared myself for the priesthood, which I followed for thirty years. 

Right directly opposite the college which I was attending resided theVery Rev. Harold. This reverend gentleman was a high dignitary in theCatholic Church. 

We young priests had often heard it whispered about that PriestHarold had in his house at different times a number of concubines, which are nothing more nor less than lude women. We often saw ladiesaround the mansion, dressed in the very height of fashion, and theiractions led us to believe that they were there at the solicitation ofRev. Harold, as they were seen there at all times of the day andnight, and this certainly made a very strange impression upon usyoung students, as there were so many different faces; one day wewould see two or three young girls, and the next day the same numberwould be about the mansion, but different faces. All of we youngstudents endeavored not to believe the rumor, as we were Catholicsin every sense of the word, and we did not want to believe thatanything so degrading would be tolerated in the very mansion of oneof the officials who were teaching us. 

The acts of this dignitary became so flagrant that even the studentswho were trying not to believe the scandal were forced to believethere was something wrong about the mansion of this Catholicdignitary. 

About this time there was a young priest by the name of Wulf, fromRome, who was sent to Vechta and made secretary of this dignitary'smansion, who, during the day, worked in the office of the mansion, where court was held in cases of the Catholic Church and schools. 

He was soon familiar in and about the mansion and the surroundinggrounds and was given many privileges, and the dignitary seemed tolike him because he did not meddle with his vile conduct, and theladies who frequented this place also seemed to admire him. There wasa large lawn surrounding the mansion and at night-time a number ofvicious dogs were unchained to guard it. 

The priest that was sent from Rome was soon on familiar terms withthe dogs and they would mind him and became as obedient as children, and he was soon on such good terms with these dogs that he couldapproach the house at any time, day or night, and one word from himwould cause them to sneak off to their kennels and not molest any whodesired to approach the mansion. 

The young priests of this college were determined to learn, ifpossible, if this Catholic dignitary was guilty of the immoralconduct that he was accused of, so they went to Wulf and explained tohim that they desired to make a personal investigation, and got thisyoung priest to promise that he would let them into the grounds onenight and also see that the dogs did not molest them. 

We selected a dark night and a few of us young priests slipped intothe lawn surrounding the mansion and placed a ladder up to the secondstory window, as there was a bright light inside, and we determinedto learn, if possible, what was going on in this room. 

Dr. Wulf, the secretary, was the first to ascend, and there in thisroom was the dignitary of the Catholic Church in a half drunkencondition, with two licentious and lude women, playing cards anddrinking wine, and the trio were in a half nude condition, andfrequently this dignitary of the Catholic Church would kiss theseharlots. 

After Dr. Wulf came down the ladder and told what he had seen, ofcourse the rest of us wished to become eye witnesses to the perfidyof this vagabond of the Catholic Church. 

We would take time about going up the ladder to look at this sight, and sometimes one would remain so long at the top of the ladder theothers would become restless and urge him to come down and give therest of us a chance. 

It seemed as though this Catholic dignitary and the women up stairswithin had implicit confidence in the dogs, and had no fear ofdetection in their drunken orgy of immorality. This dignitary seemedvery drunk, and the ladies began to undress him preparatory toputting him to bed. When they had him undressed, one of them pulledoff her clothes and went to bed with him. 

The next morning the report in the form of affidavits was presentedto the parents of the girls, which caused a very great sensation, andthis bundle of infamy and abomination was forced to leave the city bythe parents of these daughters whom he had desecrated by his filthytouch. 

It was afterwards learned that this state of affairs had existed inthis Catholic mansion for years past, and all that had transpired inthis mansion would blush the inhabitants of Sodom if it could betold, but it is so filthy that it could not be repeated by any onewho had much respect for himself. 

After this dignitary had left the mansion there were a number ofchildren's skeletons unearthed in the park belonging to the mansion, and one child's skeleton was found in the waters surrounding thepalace. 

No one was ever arrested for this awful, awful crime, as thisCatholic dignitary fled to some monastery and there was concealedfrom the law's clutch, as there is no law whereby these monasteriescan be forced open and their criminals brought to justice. 

A monastery is a Catholic institution that may be used for diverspurposes, but for one great purpose, and a very heinous purpose, isto hide and conceal Catholic officials who break the laws of theircountry, as they can flee to these monasteries and there hidethemselves from the wrath of the civil government. 

It makes no difference how vile the culprits may be, these Catholicinstitutions are always a refuge for them, and especially if theculprit who has money or friends supply them with same, as theCatholic Church is and always has been a great money machine, asmoney, in the eyes of the Catholic dignitaries, covers up a multitudeof sins. 

You may not know it, but it is a fact, nevertheless, that themonasteries never allow the officers of the civil laws to enter, andsuppose the officers did enter, the culprit would never be found, asCatholic institutions are built with the purpose of sheltering herabominable faithless in case these criminals' desire to hidethemselves therein, as the convents, monasteries and cloisters have alabyrinth which would mystify any one who was not used to theseunderground passages. 

No one ever learned where the dignitary of this Catholic institutionat Vechta went, but we were thoroughly convinced that he was hidingsomewhere in a monastery. 

At this point in my religious training I perceived the nonsense ofcelibacy, and the Apostle's injunction: "Nevertheless, to avoidfornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every womanhave her own husband. " (I Cor. 7:2. ) But the teachings of mychildhood caused me to believe that it would be sacrilegious upon mypart to even allow myself to believe that the Pope of Rome couldpossibly make a mistake, therefore I did as all true Catholics areexpected to do, and forced myself to believe that all of theabominations practiced by this church were godly. 

At this time I would conceal myself in privacy, and endeavor toreason why a minister of the gospel should be expected to do thingswhich were unnatural and against the direct teachings of God, as wefind in _Gen. 21:18_ that our Creator said: "It is not good that manshould be alone, I will make a helpmate for him, " but whenever Iwould undertake to study and try to convince myself of theerroneousness of the Catholic doctrines, her teachings would loom upand blind my intelligent conception of things, as I had been taughtthat I should not question a single mandate that the Pope of Romeshould see fit to promulgate, therefore I made up my mind that it wasa sin for me to use the intelligence that God had given me, and Iresolved to follow the Catholic doctrine, regardless of what it mightlead me to, consequently I closed my eyes to reason and common senseand became a blind and superstitious follower of Rome. 

When I came to America I beheld her great civilization and at once myconception of intelligent action presented itself again, but I foughthard to drive these feelings from my bosom, but the more I fought thestronger I became convinced that I was wrong and that my earlytraining was wrong, and that the entire machinery and mechanism ofthe Catholic Church was founded upon abominations and superstitions, but the teachings of my mother would prevail and I would slink backinto the trenches of Catholicism, and there I remained until lessthan a year ago, when I resolved to burst the bands of iniquity andwalk out upon the plains of Protestantism, regardless of the deepfeelings of respect that I had for my early training. 

If God is an intelligent God, then we are expected to worship Him inan intelligent manner, and if he is not an intelligent God, it isimpossible for Him to be a God, and if the Lord of Hosts is anintelligent Creator and expects us, as His children, to worship Himin an intelligent manner, the Catholic Church and all of herfollowers are sinning against God every day, as her mode of worshipis steeped in the drugs of heathenish superstitions. 

In this volume I propose to set forth nothing but absolute truths, and I call upon an intelligent God for my witness, and I am qualifiedto make oath before any official that is qualified to bind me underoath that every word that appears in this volume shall be the truthand nothing but the truth, so help me God. 

I will give $5, 000. 00 to any charitable institution named by anystate of the United States if any Catholic priest, bishop or cardinalwill prove by any of their church doctrines that I have misstated ormisrepresented the teachings of Catholicism in any letter, word orsentence. 

I want to thoroughly impress the reader with the truthfulness of thisvolume, so when he or she has perused these pages they may know thatit has been written by one who has served in the capacity of aCatholic priest for the past thirty years, but who, to-day, standsout upon the broad plains of spiritual emancipation, and from thistime forward will always be found upon the side of spiritual libertyand following the doctrines of an intelligent God, and when myearthly race is run I hope and pray to be ushered into the presenceof an intelligent God. 

[Illustration: "THE TWO INSPIRATIONS. "PROTESTANTISM looks to the Holy Bible _for_Wisdom--CATHOLICISM to the Pope!]

Chapter II. 

Some of the Abominations of Catholicism Carried On in the Name ofBlessed Saviour. 

What I will now relate is not hear-say nor something that I have readabout, but it is something that _I know about_, and which Iwitnessed. 

It is a well-known fact that Catholicism endeavors to impress hersubjects with the miraculousness of latter day miracles, as she willhold up the bones of some supposed Catholic Saint, and declare to herbenighted followers that if they worship these relics, they will workwonders and cure the ailment of any affliction they may be possessedof. 

For instance, they will take the bone of some Catholic Saint (?) andadmonish the followers of Catholicism to touch this bone, or to kissit, and declare to them that by so doing they will become entirelycured of any malady that may rack their person with misery. 

In fact, Catholicism will resort to all kinds of nonsensicalpractices in order to completely keep their subjects in darkestignorance, which will enable the officials to "hoodwink" theirfollowers and make them believe anything the officials see fit toteach them. 

I will now relate what I saw in Munster, Germany. The news spread allthrough Germany that the "Mother Superior" of the house of SaintClement was living upon "Holy Communion" only. 

Now that the reader may understand what "Holy Communion" is, I willhere state that it is a thin wafer, used for sacramental purposes, which would not weigh more than the one-hundredth part of an ounce, and this is what they claimed the Mother Superior of the house ofSaint Clement was existing upon, she only taking one of these wafersevery twenty-four hours. 

Of course, this was given out by the dignitaries of the CatholicChurch in order to blind their followers, and I desire to stateright here that I also believed that this was the fact until it wasdemonstrated thoroughly that it was an infamous lie and that theinstigators were infamous impostors. However, pilgrimages startedfrom all directions to see this "Mother Superior, " and when theycould not see her, they fought for the opportunity of praying in herchapel. Some stayed for weeks and weeks to see her. Applications forintercessions of all kinds of misery were sent to her, as thesesimple "dupes" of Catholicism actually believed that this impostorhad the power to heal any ailment that might afflict them. 

There were thousands of fanatics who visited Munster and hung theircrutches on the chapel walls and declared they were cured of theirailment. The blind claimed to see by her intercessions. It wasclaimed that all, possessed of every kind and description ofailments, could be cured if the one who was afflicted only had faithin this Mother Superior's wonderful power?

"The finger of God is in the land!" was the cry, and tens ofthousands of Catholics from all over the country gathered in Munster. 

There was a certain man by the name of Friedhoff who doubted theproclaimed powers of this Mother Superior and boldly declared hisdoubt, and the Catholic world was indignant over the audacity of sucha doubt. It was learned that the Mother Superior would allow but onesister of the institution to come to her room, and also her FatherConfessor. By the way, it might be pertinent to say that the MotherSuperior was an extremely handsome young lady; in fact, very youngfor the position she occupied. 

The guard that was placed over the Mother Superior was giveninstructions by the Mayor of Munster to watch her closely and seethat she lived entirely upon "Holy Communion. " The Protestant worldtook an active part in this matter and gave close attention to theguard that was over this "Mother Superior, " as they were determinedto learn from whence originated this bold deception, as they werethoroughly convinced that it was nothing more nor less than adeception. 

The confessor of the "Mother Superior" was changed and the sister whowaited upon her was changed, and in a very short time the "MotherSuperior" asked for food; thus it began to dawn upon the public atlarge that they had been grossly deceived, and they began to learnthat all of these miraculous cures (?) were brought about andpromulgated by the leaders of Catholicism. Numerous physicians weretaken into confidence and an examination was made of the "MotherSuperior, " and it was learned that she was pregnant, and it wasproven that the child belonged to the priest in charge of theconvent, who, by the way, was the one this "Mother Superior"confessed her sins to. 

This "Mother Superior" sat in her room and gave her orders to atleast two hundred sisters who were inmates of this institution. 

The Catholic world advertised this "fake" so thoroughly that everyhouse in and about Munster was filled to overflowing with pilgrimswho came there on the strength of this well-advertised "fake. "

Munster was the Mecca. Every train arriving brought in hundreds andadded great multitudes to the already great crowd. Some claimed thatthe sight of the chapel, or even the sight of the hospital, healedthem. 

Even the newspapers began to report the wonderful miracles (?) thatwere performed by this "Mother Superior. "

By this time the Protestants in Munster were getting very active anddenounced this worship in round terms, and set about to have aninvestigation made, which was bitterly opposed by the Catholics. Thehotel keepers and shop keepers of Munster were bitterly opposed tothe Protestants' denunciation, as they were anxious for this "fake"to be advertised as thoroughly as possible, as it was bringing themin large revenues, as the thousands who were visiting Munster werecompelled to have raiment, food and lodging; but the denunciation ofthis "fake" by the Protestants became so great that the bishop wascompelled, greatly against the wishes of the citizens of Munster, toinvestigate, and this investigation brought forth enough to startlethe civilized world. However, it is only one of the many, manycolossal "fakes" that are promulgated by Catholicism. However, theclamor of the Protestant world brought things to a crisis, as the"Mother Superior" was ordered to stay in strict confinement and awatch was placed over her. 

This brought matters to a climax and the "Mother Superior" confessedthat one of the inmates of the convent had secretly carried her foodduring all of this time that she was claiming to exist on "HolyCommunion. " Of course, this is only one of the tens of thousands ofsuch schemes that are practiced by Catholicism all over the world, and the Protestants were not surprised and stated boldly and aboveboard that they knew there was some "scull-duggery" attached to allof this "fake" miracle business. 

This "Mother Superior" fled from Munster, and it was learned that shewent to the City Rheine, on the river Ems, and gave birth to a child, and the father of this child was the Catholic priest in charge ofthis convent, who helped and was the prime instigator in giving outto the world that the "Mother Superior" was performing miracles, which was a malicious lie made of whole cloth and promulgated inorder to securely bind the followers of Catholicism to theiridolatrous belief. 

This is not the end of the "Mother Superior, " as she afterwardspracticed in the open what she had practiced in this Catholic conventat Munster, as she entered a house of ill fame in the City of Rheinein Germany, and there led a life of shame as a harlot of the world;however, she was only living the same life she had been living whenshe was sailing under the name of "Mother Superior" in this conventat Munster. 

Now, reader, if Catholicism would practice such abominations upon theignorant dupes of her followers in Munster, Germany, is it notreasonable to suppose that she would practice them to-day wherevershe can fasten her hellish belief upon the minds of the people?

Hardly a day passes over our heads but what we see in some newspaperwhere Catholicism is brazenly declaring to the intelligent publicthat miraculous cures are being performed by some "hoodoo saint" oftheir idolatrous creed. 

One would believe that in enlightened America the Roman Church couldnot wield such an idolatrous influence over her followers, but whenyou stop to think that the children of Catholic parents are broughtup from infancy to believe all of this "hoodooism, " it is not strangethat they fall into these idolatrous practices. 

When America learns that the majority of the convents and monasteriesof this country are used for the purpose of shielding and protectingCatholic criminals, and for the purpose of Catholic dignitaries toglut their lust upon the female inmates of these institutions, andwill exact and demand laws that will force a rigid examination everythirty or sixty days of these institutions, then the world at largewill know and thoroughly understand that these institutions arepractically the homes of depravity and licentiousness. 

To give the reader more information in regard to what Catholicismresorts to to impress their "dupes" with their idolatry, we want totake up their great magician, "St. Anthony. " The Catholic priesthoodteaches their followers that St. Anthony's spirit possesses the powerto answer all prayers, in fact, to perform any favor the supplicantmay ask. 

Now, to illustrate what I mean, is this: Suppose you had lost yourpocketbook containing $50. 00; the Catholic Church teaches that allyou have to do is to pay a few dimes into the priest's pocket andthen get down and pray to St. Anthony and you will at once learnwhere your pocketbook is. 

Now, bear in mind that this praying to St. Anthony don't cut any iceunless you pay something, as every prayer must be backed up by money, and the more money paid the quicker action you can get on St. Anthony. 

The Catholic Church calls it "St. Anthony's Bread Box, " and right bythe side of this box they have a large number of small candles, andyou are supposed to drop the money into this box to pay for thecandles that St. Anthony uses when looking for what is lost, or tolight his path on his road to answer your prayer. 

These candles cost the priest from one-half cent to one cent each, and the "dupe" will drop in from ten cents to ten dollars to have hisprayer answered, so you can see that the Catholic Church is a goodthing for the candle makers. 

We will now give you a few idiotic prayers that are offered to St. Anthony by the followers of blind Catholicism. 

 "O, Glorious St. Anthony, noble Sunflower of divine conformity, I salute thee in the name of the Queen of Angels and of all the angelic choirs; and I thank Almighty God for the grace bestowed on thee, that like to this Great Queen and the angelic choirs thou wert ever conformed to His holy will. I beseech thee that with this glorious Lady and all the angelic choirs, thou wouldst approach the throne of God, lovingly offer Him this my petition and strengthen it by thine intercession. 

 "OUR FATHER. HAIL, MARY. GLORY. "

 "I salute thee, Blessed Anthony, noble Narcissus-flower of knowledge, in the name of all the patriarchs and prophets; and I thank the good God for bestowing on thee, like to the patriarchs and prophets, the gift of divine knowledge and of foreseeing future events. I beseech thee that with the patriarchs and prophets thou wouldst approach the throne of God and by your united prayers and merits obtain for me this my petition. 

 "OUR FATHER. HAIL, MARY. GLORY. "

 "I salute thee, Blessed Anthony, noble Carnation-flower of fervent love, in the name of all the holy apostles and disciples of Christ; and I thank the most merciful Lord for the great grace bestowed on thee, like unto that of the apostles and disciples, when He chose thee to proclaim the holy Gospel and to spread the Christian faith. I beseech thee that with the apostles and disciples thou wouldst approach the throne of God and by your united prayers and merits obtain for me this my petition. 

 "Our Father. Hail, Mary. Glory. "

We will give you an instance of this "St. Anthony's" witchcraftbusiness that came under my personal observation. A lady was standingupon a bridge that spans one of the many streams that rushes downfrom the Adirondack Mountains, gazing at this crystal stream andwatching the fishes below, and while standing there she was toyingwith a beautiful diamond ring that had been given her by her lover. In a careless manner she allowed this ring to slip from her finger, and it fell into the waters below. 

With a sudden cry those who were near her were attracted to the spotand she explained to them her misfortune, and it was not long untilthere was quite a crowd about her, offering their sympathy and alsotheir assistance. 

Some volunteered to wade into this stream and search for the ring, which was done, and a number of buckets of mud were carried up out ofthe stream from the point the lady had stated she had dropped herring, but the ring could not be found. 

At this point one of our Catholic "dupes" appeared and explained tothe lady that if she would put her trust in St. Anthony and would pay$500, that St. Anthony would restore to her her ring. 

This lady being a Catholic also, of course, was easily persuaded todo this, so they knelt down and prayed to St. Anthony and beseechedhim to restore the lost treasure, and it was not long until all ofthose in the crowd that belonged to the Catholic Church were insympathy with this distressed lady, and they were also kneeling andsupplicating St. Anthony to restore the lost treasure. They prayedfor an hour, but still the lost treasure would not appear; then theringleader of this barbarous belief informed this lady that the ringhad been swallowed by a fish. He pretended to be inspired and claimedthat he could catch this identical fish with the bait of St. Anthony's bread. Everything was soon prepared and the line was letdown into the water, and sure enough a good sized fish was caughtupon this St. Anthony's bait, and the crowd went into rapturousdelight, as they were quite sure they had the identical fish that hadswallowed the ring. 

As soon as the fish was caught a collection was raised by a priestwho was in the crowd for the benefit of "St. Anthony's Bread Box. "All of the Catholics in the crowd contributed, of course, as theywere afraid not to, for Catholics believe that if they do not do whata priest tells them to they are sure to have something awful befallthem, and, of course, all of these Catholics believed in thewitchcraft of St. Anthony and believed that he was the actualrestorer of all lost things. 

The Protestants in the congregation were determined to see what wasinside of the fish, so they followed the one that carried it to abutcher shop and the fish was cut open, but naught was found in itbut what is usually found in any old fish that never saw or heardtell of a diamond ring. 

Now, this is one of the thousands--yea, tens of thousands of suchinstances that are forced down the throats of the ignorant, superstitions followers of Catholicism. 

Now, what I relate above is true in every conceivable manner, and notone sentence or statement is misrepresented. 

This belief in the power of St. Anthony is simply abominable andbelongs to the dark ages of heathendom. 

I have often wondered when I was acting as priest in the CatholicChurch why it was that Protestants, when they attended my church, would look on in wonderment and surprise, and I attributed thiswonderment to a desire upon the part of Protestantism to make fun andvillify the teachings of the Catholic Church, but I now realize thatthis bewilderment came from minds which had been elevated far abovethe cungerings of the Catholic Church, and I am now surprised thatthe Protestants who visit Catholic churches are not more bewilderedand mystified, as the teachings of Protestantism are based upon theinspirations derived from the Word of God and the teachings ofCatholicism are naught but the rumblings of the dark ages. 

[Illustration: "A LICENTIOUS PRIEST. ""A PROTESTANT PREACHER'S HOME""The unmarried life of the Priestcraft comparedto the married life of a Protestant minister. "]

Chapter III. 

All Children of Protestant Parents AreDeclared Bastards by Catholicism. 

The Catholic Church declares that all of those who contract marriageotherwise than in the presence of a Catholic Priest, that suchmarriages are null and void. 

Catholicism further declares that your darling child, which is thefruit of your marriage, is nothing more nor less than a commonbastard. 

How do you Protestants like to hear this? How do you feel when youknow that this is the belief and opinion of all Catholic dignitaries, and this belief is taught to all the Catholic world by those whopresume to dictate?

Your darling baby boy or girl is branded as an illegitimate offspringby Catholicism, simply because their parents were not united inwedlock by a Catholic Priest, who perhaps is as immoral as hellitself. 

The reason why Catholicism so sternly demands that all should bemarried by the priestcraft is from a monetary standpoint, as theCatholic priest gets his fee, as he will not under any circumstancesunite any one in wedlock without a fee, and I have known in manyinstances where the contracting parties were unable to pay a moneyfee, and the grasping priestcraft would refuse to unite them inmarriage until they had given him some article of intrinsic value, and I have often seen jewelry, silver-mounted pipes, watches and manyother things confiscated by the priestcraft before they would performthe ceremony. 

It is strange to me, indeed, that America, which is and should be byevery law of justice and right, a Protestant nation, is sounconcerned and so listless over the insults that Catholicism dailyoffers Protestantism, for if it is not a most damnable insult tostigmatize your offspring as bastards, then we are unable to discernand distinguish between a brazen insult and a flattering compliment. 

Whenever America learns the actual and true meaning of Catholicismand her teachings, there will be an awakening among the Protestantworld that will make the four corners of the government of the UnitedStates tremble with a righteous indignation. 

Now, if the offspring of that dear old mother is a bastard, then sheis nothing more nor less than a common whore, and you cannot arriveat any other rational conclusion. This is only reasoning fromintelligent deductions; therefore, whenever Catholicism calls thechildren of Protestant parents bastards simply because these parentswere not united in wedlock by a Catholic priest, they villify thesacred name of father and mother, and trail in the slime of disgracethe sweet memories of that sturdy old father and that angelic oldProtestant mother. 

I am at a loss to know and to understand how Protestantism can sit sounconcernedly by with folded hands and allow this vulturous foe ofhuman rights and human privileges to brazenly rear its institutionsin Protestant America, and teach such damnable doctrines about thosewho have made America all she ever was, and is, or ever will be. 

A creed or doctrine that exists upon the dwarfed ambitions of itsfollowers is undoubtedly an institution which exists upon the carrionof human miseries, and is a menace to a nation, which possesses thegodly ambitions that permeate the minds of Protestantism. 

We have in this country scores--yea, hundreds of Protestant fathersand mothers who allow their children to attend Catholic schools, whenthose who are teaching them in these Catholic institutions brazenly, flagrantly and openly declare that those children are the offspringof immorality, as they do not hesitate to say that all children arebastards whose parents were not married by the priestcraft; but stillthese Protestant parents allow their children to be taught by thosewho villify and defame their parents' names. 

This is one of the strangest things that has ever come under myobservation in the United States, as the Protestant world in generalknows that Catholicism teaches these things, and the Protestantworld also knows that under no circumstances nor conditions wouldCatholicism allow their children to attend a Protestant college, butProtestant parents go right ahead and allow their children to betaught by a class of men and women who will boldly declare to thesechildren that their own parents are immoral, and that the teachingsof their youth were erroneous and would lead to everlastingdamnation. 

Is it not about time that the Protestant world was arousingthemselves from this lethargetic sleep of unconcern, or do youpropose to allow Catholicism to convince you, by her doctrines ofdegeneracy, that she is right, and that you acknowledge her as rightby you sending your children to her institutions of learning?

Catholicism has always made her boast that if she can control thechildren until they are 7 to 10 years old, that they will control thegovernment in the future, and it seems as though Protestant Americais perfectly willing to risk the consequences, but let me sound awarning in your ears in this chapter, which may not arouse you fromyour national stupidity, but which, in after years, will rumble downthe avenues of the future the truthfulness of this assertion thatwill make the Protestant world shudder. It is this: "_Unless youguard the goddess of your American liberty with the patriotism of youProtestant manhood, it will not be long until you will find thisgovernment face to face with a problem more perplexing than thegovernment of France is wrestling with to-day, on account of thisRomish beast, whose jaws are dripping with the blood of doomedambition. _"

Catholicism is like a thief in the night, as she goes about herdevastation of human rights with the tread of a thief and with thecunning of a bold deceiver, which she is, and this country muststation trustworthy men upon the ramparts of this government to watchher progress and batter down her foundation of superstition andignorance, or within the next fifty years America will find herselfbound hand and foot by this Romish creed of abominations, which hascaused every nation on the face of the earth that she has evercontrolled to wither and decay under her touch, like the tender plantunder the broiling rays of a tropical sun. 

I have a right to sound this warning, as I know whereof I speak, as Ihave traveled this Romish road of despair for thirty years, and Iknow her cunning and dastardly deception so well that her history andher teachings are to me like the primer is to the school boy or girl. 

The warnings that I now sound in the ears of Protestant America arenot sounded by an alarmist, nor one who does not know whereof hespeaks, but these warnings come from one whose back has been lashedfor thirty long years with the whip of a Catholic tyrant, and I knowthe history of Catholicism from beginning to end, for if one cannotlearn the history of an institution in thirty years' devout study, then pray tell me of what use it is for man to apply himself to thestudy of anything?

I was once as devout a Catholic as I am to-day a Protestant, and I amonly a Protestant to-day because I was forced to become such, afterhaving the scales of Catholicism brushed from my eyes, which hadbeen blinded by the superstition and fearful doctrines of thisabominable creed. 

Arouse, ye men and women of America, or else the time will come whenyou will not be permitted to make a protest; when your wives andmothers are declared whores by Catholicism, and your fathers andbrothers are declared whore-mongers and your children bastards!

I have been a careful observer of events through my entire life, andI never was more thoroughly convinced than to-day that we stand nearthe threshold of Popish power in America, and I ask of the reader, and of the Protestant world at large, Are we about to realize theprediction made by the father of our country? Are we nearing the timewhen liberty shall be bound to the stake by Catholicism? Are wenearing the great Romish chasm that has swallowed up the hopes ofmany nations? Are we nearing the crater of a Roman volcano that poursout its desolation and devastation upon free men? Are we nearing theinky night of servitude, where no light is possible, but the dim andtreacherous lamp of idolatrous Catholicism? Are we nearing thestretch of waste lands that contains no friendly oasis for him whoseeks liberty? Are we building our own sepulchers to bury all thehopes of liberty cherished by our forefathers? Are we willinglycarrying fuel for our own funeral pyres, there to be consumed by thegreedy and relentless ghouls of Catholicism?

These are questions that demand an answer and demand an answer atonce, as we are far along the road to the end of human rights inProtestant America, unless we call a halt and kindle anew the firesof patriotism that have so long been unnoticed by those who have beenleft in charge to guard our interests. 

Catholicism is a vile deceiver and a rank hypocrite, therefore wemust diligently watch her serpentine movements, for she will appearwhere you least expect her, as she wraps about her the American flagand other symbols of patriotism and goes about as a lamb in wolf'sclothing. 

I have no reason for writing this book only a desire to help undowhat I have already done in my fifty-six years of the past, and bywriting this book I have cut every tie that binds me to those whom Ihave associated with since my childhood, therefore the reader mustknow that what I am doing is being done in the name of right, justiceand the love I bear my fellowman and my adopted country, which is the"Garden of Eden" of all the universe. 

"The fool doubts what a wise man tells him because the information isnew. " You may doubt what I am telling you, but your doubt will costyou your liberty. 

I have your cause at heart and I have no ambition to gratify, as I aman old man and have no other desire than to help those who need help, and I have come as a friend to talk to you around your firesides, with no mission but that of truth. 

Many of us have never been told to our face that we were fools, butbecause no man has been frank enough to tell us the truth is noreason why we should not investigate what is told us, and which youhave no right nor reason to doubt. 

The mission of this book is to get you to _think_ and to examine andpry into the past history of Catholicism, and when you have examinedthe pages of Catholic history and then scrutinize her present, youmust know that her future promises no more than her past and presentwould indicate her future to hold. 

This book is written from a Protestant standpoint, but by a man whowas a Catholic fifty-six years before he ever became a Protestant, and we feel absolutely certain that the Catholic world will endeavorto throttle its circulation, but we have laid aside every vestige offear from that standpoint and have made up our mind that we are nobetter than Martin Luther, and thousands of Protestants who wereburned at the stake by Catholicism for proclaiming to the world theawful deeds of that _awful creed_. 

We want you to consider this book as a friend, who has called at yourfireside to tell you _truths_ that you should know, and which, if youdo not learn, will lower you and your posterity to the level of thecommonest slave and place over the most brutal despots the world hasever known, and these despots are nothing more nor less than theCatholic Church. 

This book comes from a man who does not court the friendship of anysect of class of men; therefore, it comes to you with intentions aspure as it is possible for a book to come from the hands of a poormortal, who fears _nothing_ but the wrath of a living God. 

Catholicism is taught her cunning from her childhood, as she istaught to watch the ranks of Protestantism and whenever she finds aweak spot, she turns her forces upon this weakened line, and isfurther instructed never to weaken in her continual march ofdevastation. 

Could the tears that have been shed on account of heartlessCatholicism be gathered in one body, the mighty oceans of the earthwould appear as silvery mountain brooks. Could the innocent blood ofProtestants shed by the heartless hand of Catholicism be congealed, it would build a purple mountain that would cast a shadow the lengthand breadth of this land. 

The nations of the earth have had wars from the creation of theworld, but the myriads of those who have fallen in all the battles ofthe world would only be a small portion compared to the millions whohave laid down their lives that greedy, abhorrent Catholicism mightbe appeased. 

It is time for us as _American freemen_ to become free men in everysense the word implies, and exercise both our franchise and ourbrains in relegating this "Scarlet-Robed Hag of Rome" to her originalhaunts. 

Will you perform your American duty and band together and become aProtestant army and march out under the blood-stained banner of KingEmanuel and help to make America the greatest Protestant nation thesun has ever shone upon?

Be men, and by your manhood you can, if you make the start now, lullinto _eternal sleep_ this Romish power which villifies your ambitionsand brands your offspring with the stigma of disgrace. 

[Illustration:"LOOK TO JESUS. " "THE POPE AND ME. ""As the Twig is bent the Tree's inclined. " THE TWO WAYS. ]

Chapter IV. 

Tear from the Citadel of Reason, the Power to Reason, and You Make Slaves of Humanity. 

The men and women of the world, who have caused nations to advanceand prosper, have never been, nor never will be Catholics, unless shediscards her present mode of procedure, and this she will never do. Whenever you tear the cloak of superstition and idolatry from theform of Catholicism, you have naught left but the skeleton ofabominations. 

The men of science and of reason, all over the world, boldly accusethe Roman Catholic Church of being the enemy of science, detesting itand desiring to spread the mantle of ignorance over all those whomshe controls. 

The Church seems not to understand that everything finds its sourceat the fountain of reason, as all things must originate from God, and most assuredly the Supreme Being is an intelligent, reasonableand rational God. The Catholic Church must resist, as a matter oflife or death, the progress of modern civilization, or else go downin disgrace, for civilization and reason is a nightmare and aneverlasting enemy to Catholicism, as "scientific thought" makes herdoctrines and dogmas stand out as abominations. 

If the world is to depend upon the Romish Church for herintellectuality, and for her philosophy, and for her scientificresources, she will always be groping her way in darkness, as thePopish church has never advanced one-hundredth part of an inch fromthe trenches of ancient ignorance and superstitions, nor has she inany material way been instrumental in advancing a single interest ofthe masses which elevates, as her every cry and her combined effortshave been to paralyze progress and scientific research, as she wellknows that to have the searchlight of reason turned upon hermystified labyrinths of hoodooism, the world will behold the marksof ignorance, superstition and barbarism upon her degraded form. 

Whenever an institution comes to believe that it is infallible and animpossibility to err, then she settles back into the ruts of tyranny, and whenever you find an individual or a body of individuals whobelieve whatever they do is right, no matter what it may be, you willfind those who believe themselves ordained rulers of men, andwhenever this happens, the individual who believes this becomes atyrant, and tyranny belongs to the dark ages of heathendom, whenceRoman Catholicism originated. 

To demonstrate to the reader and give him or her some idea of thetyrannical rule of Romanism, we will take the history of Galileo, which every child, perhaps, is acquainted with. 

Galileo declared that the sun did not move, and this declarationgreatly insulted Pope Urban, who grew very angry, as this pope hadtaught that the sun did move and that the earth stood still. 

The teachings of Galileo so angered the pope that he called togetheran inquisitorial board and had Galileo tried by this Romishtribunal, and Galileo was sentenced to imprisonment for whatCatholicism termed a heretical doctrine. 

Who was right--Catholicism or Galileo? Not a school boy or girl sixyears old in this land but what knows that Catholicism was wrong, asshe usually is, but she would not have acknowledged her wrong had notthe world-at-large been thoroughly convinced of her error, whichwould have brought her to the very feet of ridicule had she persistedin teaching the doctrine promulgated by Pope Urban that "the sun didmove, and that the earth stood still. "

The Catholic Church is always desirous of evading questions which aresusceptible to debate, and which, by mature thought and deliberation, can be analyzed, as she does not desire to come into contact with thebrains of any nation, but is satisfied to prey upon the ignorant andsuperstitiously inclined, as those are her dupes and the ones fromwhom she derives her revenue, and "revenue" is one of the mainperquisites of the Catholic Church, as this Romish institution is runfor the sole purpose of making serfs of men and controlling thedestiny of nations, so that the inhabitants may be forced to disgorgetheir sustenance in her lap of greed, and it matters not how low shebrings her followers, nor what may be the hardships they have toendure, just so she accomplishes her diabolical end. 

The reader may think it strange that a man who was born and raised aCatholic, and who for thirty years officiated in the capacity of aCatholic priest, could turn his back upon the creed of hisforefathers and so vehemently endeavor to destroy every vestige ofhis childhood's doctrines, but this is no more unreasonable than itwas for Paul, in the twinkle of an eye, to turn from his wickednessand become one of the chosen Apostles of Christ. 

Many years before I cut loose entirely from the Catholic Church myfaith in her abominations was at times almost threadbare, and I havedeclared time and time again that never would I enter anotherCatholic Church in the capacity of a priest, but as often as Ideclared and made these resolves, just so often I broke them, as myearly training and my superstitious fears would get the better of myconvictions, and I would be whipped back into the trenches ofsuperstition. 

I have often tried within the past ten years to "nag" those officialswho were above me into a paroxysm of fury and have them excommunicateme, as I tried to make myself believe that it would be better to havethem throw me out of the church than to leave it on my own free will, but it appeared as though they discerned by intentions and they wouldnot do as I desired, and at last I made up my mind that I would swingout upon my own account from the dark shadows of this superstitiousbelief, and every word of this book has been written without a singlecharge preferred against me by the Catholic Church, therefore theCatholic Church cannot declare that I was not in good standing as apriest at the time this book was compiled. 

What I mean by "good standing" is that the robed monarchs who boldlyclaim the power to damn the soul by excommunication, have not as yetseen fit to eternally obliterate my prospects of ever entering the "NewJerusalem, " but as soon as this book is given to the reading public, then those who wield the axe will let it fall with all the diabolicalvengeance of Roman hatred upon my head and declare the "pearly gates"have been forever closed upon my depraved soul; but what I most desireis to have the public understand that NOW, while I am writing this book, I am considered AND AM BY ALL THE RIGHTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A PRIESTAND ENJOY ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF CATHOLICITY AS SUCH. 

Why I so earnestly desire to impress this upon the minds of thereader is that I know so well the trickery of those whom I writeabout and I know full well that the Catholic officials will at onceendeavor to make the world believe that I am an outcast and in badstanding with the Catholic Church. 

This book is being written in the year 1903, and I will make oathbefore any court of record on earth to the truthfulness of thestatements herein set forth, and I will give ten thousand dollars toany charitable institution in America if any priest, bishop orarchbishop on the face of the whole earth will make oath and provebefore any lawful tribunal of America if one word of the foregoing isnot true. 

Furthermore, I will give up all of my earthly possessions, whichamounts to several thousand dollars, if any priest, bishop orarchbishop living upon the face of the earth can prove before anycourt of justice in America that I have not always endeavored to livean exemplary life and rigidly taught the doctrines of the Catholicfaith, although at times my whole life rebelled at being compelled todo so, but my whole training and long association would invariablyget the master of my reason and better judgment, and I would beforced by my superstitious training back into the mystifiedlabyrinths of my childhood's education. 

I stood it until I became tortured day and night by the prod ofreason, then I quietly left the church and bade farewell to theheathen Scapular and the ten thousand other trinkets of blindpaganism, and resolved to break the chain of this "_slave of thesoul_" and "_tyrant of reason_. "

In this chapter we want to give the reader some idea of thenonsensical and unreasonableness of the claims of Catholicism, sothat you may more fully understand how disgusting it is for a man whoendeavors to use his God-given abilities to submit to suchabominations. 

The Catholic Church depends more upon the saving power of theScapular than it does upon the saving power of Jesus Christ. Now, this is a broad expression, but I know whereof I speak and I amprepared to back up the assertion with facts. 

The Scapular is a veil or cape, which covers the shoulders. It wasworn as such by Monks and Nuns, over their dress, but which is bestknown among Catholics as two little pieces of cloth worn out ofdevotion, under ordinary garments, and connected by a string whichgoes around the neck and hangs down, allowing this "trinket" to restupon the breast. 

Catholic children, from their infancy, are taught that this trinketis a preventative against accident and disease, and they actuallybelieve it, and should they lose this "nothing" they at once becomemiserable and will undergo any hardship to possess another. 

It was through the Carmelites (Monks) that this devotion began and Ibelieve that the history that I will relate in regard to it is thefirst history ever repeated in this or any other country by anex-priest that ever lived or died. 

A man by the name of Simon Stock was elected to the generalship ofthe Carmelite Order, and this same Simon Stock was considered aSaint, and it is taught by Catholicism that the Virgin Mary appearedto Simon Stock in a vision and exhibited this Scapular and gave Stockto understand that it was to be worn by the Catholic world in thefuture as a preventative against accident, disease and sudden death. 

There is another story which is told in regard to this Scapular, asfollows: It is said that the Virgin Mary appeared to Simon Stock in avision in behalf of the Carmelite Order, which at that time was ingreat trouble, and gave to Stock a Scapular, which she bore in herhand, in order that it could be worn, and which she guaranteed wasan order direct from God Almighty that the Carmelite Order shouldwear this "trinket, " which would be a preventative from any evilovertaking any of those who did wear it, and further stating that allof those who wore this Scapular "_shall never suffer eternalburning_. "

It is further stated that Pope John XXII, in his famous SabbatineBull, declared that the Virgin Mary had appeared to him and informedhim that all the members of the Carmelite Order who wore thisScapular should be gotten out of purgatory by her on the Saturdayafter their death, and this Pope winds up his declaration with thefollowing sentence: "I accept, corroborate and confirm, in the nameof Jesus Christ, for our Glorious Virgin Mary, who has granted thisgreat privilege to those who wear the Scapular. "

This abomination is nothing more nor less than a "tale of fiction, "and promulgated by men who know that it is a positive lie, but theydo it in order to mystify the ignorant and to compel them to remainin darkest ignorance. 

Now, to convince the reader that Catholicism is as densely ignorantto-day as it ever was, we will bring her history up to date. 

Pope Leo, in the good year of 1903, on his death bed, ordered thisCarmelite veil brought from Mount Carmel, that he might haveassistance from it in his dying hour, and declared that by theassistance of this mythical Scapular that when he died he would gostraight to Heaven. 

You can take the history of the Roman Catholic Church from theearliest days of its cussedness up to the present time, and you willfind that the same heathenish superstition that surrounded itcenturies ago still follows it to-day. 

Is there any proof that the Virgin Mary appeared to Simon Stock andmade to him the promise above related? No proof whatever, only thecungered up proof of the officials of Catholicism, and the SabbatineBull of Pope John has no more sense nor righteous meaning in it thanthe ghost dance of the American Indian. 

The Scapular that we above refer to is not the only emblem ofheathendom that Catholicism resorts to, but we have a number ofothers which the Protestant world knows but little about, andespecially the Protestants in America, as the Catholic officials donot want "this Scapular business" talked about too much in thiscountry, for fear that the Protestant world will give it thedeserving ridicule that it should have. However, we have started outto show up the teachings of Catholicism as they actually exist, andthe more light we turn upon this subject the more prominent herabominations will become, consequently we want to mention these otherScapulars. 

The first that we will mention is, "The Trinity of White Linen withRed Cross;" the second is, "The Survite Scapular of Seven Dolors, "which is of black woolen stuff; the third is, "The ImmaculateConception, " which is of blue woolen cloth, and the fourth and lastScapular is one that was originated in 1846 by a Sister of Charity inParis, France, who is said to have received a revelation from GodAlmighty, and this one is called "The Red Scapular of the Passion. "

While American Catholics are a class far superior in intellect to theCatholics of other nations, they still tenaciously cling to theinert Scapular and believe in its efficacy and power; however, theCatholic Church is getting to have quite a number of these Scapulars, which is causing the intelligent Catholics to become a littledoubtful as to which has the greatest "pulling power, " and many ofthem, in order to make no mistake, wear all five of them in a bunch;thus they are assured that if one fails to get in its work anotherwill come to the rescue, and should they fall off of a train moving60 miles an hour, this little bunch of woolen goods will save themfrom a bruise, or should they drink a quart of the essence ofstrychnine they would be saved from instant death by one of thesefive Scapulars. 

You ask a Catholic to explain the merits of the Scapular and all theycan tell you is that if they die during the week that the Virgin Marywill then take them to heaven on the Saturday following, but if theyhappen to die on a Saturday, bear in mind that the Virgin Mary givesthem a cold shoulder until the next Saturday. Now, this is the onlyexplanation that you can get a Catholic to give you in regard to aScapular. 

Is it any wonder that the power to reason is shattered by thesecungering devices of Catholicism, and do you wonder that the denseignorance of Catholic nations are completely under the power of thisangel of darkness?

Let us repeat, in conclusion of this chapter, that Romanism is theeverlasting enemy of science and individual intellect, as she knowsfull well that when the broad, effulgent light of Protestantism dawnson the benighted minds of her followers that she at once loses hergrasp upon her "hood-winked" dupes, as it is impossible for theteachings of Catholicism to exist side by side with the teachings ofProtestantism, provided that those who believe in these Romishabominations care to look above the horizon of Romanism. 

[Illustration: IMMORALITY OF THE PRIESTHOOD--With Romish lust, the blossom of virtue is destroyed. ]

Chapter V. 

Innocent Girlhood at the Confessional Box. 

Blight girlhood and you destroy the usefulness of womankind. Tarnishthe sacredness of girlhood and you scar the purity of womanhood. Deface the beautiful countenance of chastity, which is found in thebosom of girlhood, and you not only mar the happiness of girlhood, but you deface and obliterate the families of the future, for withoutthat priceless treasure, virtue, the eternal principles of conjugallove becomes a barren waste without a single oasis. 

Oh, if I could but call about me in one vast throng the girls of thisland, and all other lands, who have had the first thought ofcarnality planted in their bosom by the scheming Priestcraft, I wouldhave a throng of tear-faced mortals that would rend the heart ofstone and stigmatize the cunning of Catholicism with a stigma blackerthan the lowering clouds of despair. 

When you force childhood to believe in the infallibility of thepriestcraft you educate the mind of that child to implicitly believein the officials of the Catholic Church, and when you gain theimplicit confidence you have established a belief that cannot beeasily eradicated, as this belief has become a part of that child, and as it grows older, this erroneous belief grows in proportion tothe body, and by the time this child has arrived at the age ofmaturity, she is as densely ignorant of the cunning of this doctrineas she was when she first learned to repeat the Catechism with achildish lisp. 

We desire to preface this chapter with common-sense arguments, sothat the reader may thoroughly understand how completely the femaleelement of the Catholic Church is under the control of the priesthoodof this institution. 

Priests are, as a rule, men of more than average intellect, and, asthey have no other calling nor no other avocation in life than tomake good impressions upon their members, they of course becomecunning in their art, especially with the female members of theircongregations, and more especially with their young and handsomemembers. 

Imagine the power that a Catholic priest has over a young girl in herteens--yea, over any female member of their congregation, when youtake into consideration the fact that from infancy these girls andwomen have been taught that it is almost an absolute impossibilityfor a priest to commit a sin. 

When you dwell upon the doctrines taught these girls and women itwill not be a matter of surprise that the priestcraft wields such apowerful influence over them, as any one with this doctrine funneledinto them from childhood is open and ready to believe what thepriestcraft may tell them, and the individual is not to blame forbelieving this, as they have been taught it by their parents frominfancy, and the officials of the Catholic Church have taught it;then why should we be surprised at the dense ignorance upon the partof these girls and women?

Priests always try to impress their members with the idea that theyare infallible and that it is impossible for them to sin. They dothis for many reasons. First, in order that they may have theircongregations in humble submission to any of the demands of thechurch, and, secondly, it enables them to accomplish any devilishdeed they may wish to accomplish under the guise of priestlysanctity. 

It is no pleasant task to dwell upon this most distasteful and mostrepulsive of all of the fallacies of Rome and the abominablerottenness of the priesthood, but without giving a vivid descriptionof the cunning of the priestcraft in regard to the "Confessional"would be treating the subject in a manner that would not do justiceto the abominations of her hideous doctrines; and to fail to touchupon this subject would leave the greatest and most deadly weapon inthe hands of this band of devils. 

The Confessional Box is an emblem of paganism, as innumerabletrustworthy authorities prove that Roman Catholicism has pre-emptedthis custom as well as many other of her practices from the dark agesof paganism. 

Oricular confession was practiced centuries ago by the ancientBabylonians, Egyptians, Mexicans, Peruvians and the Japanese--infact, it is not only an ancient custom, but one which belongs to thedarkest of the ancient ages, which should have been relegated to thehaunts of hell centuries ago. 

A priest once said: "Nobody should be surprised when we priests, bishops and popes sink into the bottomless abyss of immorality, forthe celibacy of the priestcraft is only a cudgel in the hands ofCatholic officials to drive us to the haunts of immorality. "

A priest once said "that the Confessional is one of the most damnableinstitutions that was ever permitted to exist, as these Confessionalsare only traps to lead the piously and morally-inclined priest to theplains of immorality, for a priest is naught but man, and when he isforced to compel women penitents to pour into his ears their everythought, feeling, desire, emotion and act, it kindles the fires ofunholy thought upon the altars of his better ambitions and before heknows it he has committed adultery and not only ruined his own soul, but has been the implement in the hands of the devil to destroy thevirtue of innocent womanhood. "

He further states "that not only do the thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. , have to be related, in all of their details, to the priest, andperhaps a bad priest, but all circumstances leading to and theresults growing out of these thoughts, must be given in detail. "

The immorally inclined and licentious priest is not satisfied withthe female penitent enumerating only her mortal sins, but he insistsand forces the penitent to give circumstances, minutely describingher thoughts and feelings of every-day life, which leads both thepenitent and the confessor to the lowlands of immorality. 

The priestcraft is instructed by the Romish Church not to allow thepenitent to conceal anything from them, and the priestcraft is giveninstructions to probe the penitent to the heart's core. 

In this chapter we propose to give you a little insight to thecharacter of one or two priests that I have personally known, and ifI dared and if it was possible to print the nasty history of a numberof priests that I have been acquainted with, I could fill this volumewith their depravity; but should I do so this book would not bepermitted to circulate through the mails of the United States. But Iwill endeavor to clothe my recital of a few instances of priestlyimmorality in language of chastity, but will make my recital plainenough that any one who can read may understand. 

Rev. Chas. Kuhlman, who was pastor of a Catholic Church inEdwardsville, Ill. , was suspicioned of having become too intimatewith a sister of his own school, and this sister soon left thesisterhood, and it was rumored that she went to St. Louis to evadethe birth of a child. 

This very same priest was caught in the act of adultery with amarried woman in his office in East St. Louis. He was at that time, besides being pastor, the editor and publisher of a very importantCatholic paper called "_The Catholic Progress_. " This immorality ofPriest Kuhlman became public property and formed such a nasty messthat the Catholic bishop had to take some notice of it and the casewas tried before the Bishop of Alton, Ill. , and Kuhlman wasexcommunicated for life. 

This married woman gave testimony that was very damaging to the Rev. Kuhlman and gave her evidence before a notary public, which cannot bedisputed, and it matters not how hard the Catholic Church may try tovillify these statements, they cannot overcome the truthfulness ofthe same, as there are too many living witnesses at this time whoknow that what I am relating is absolutely true. 

Rev. Kuhlman was not satisfied with the verdict of the bishop ofAlton, Ill. , and appealed his case to Rome, and the bishop was indeedglad to get rid of this dirty case and did not appear in Rome toprosecute the case, and the Rev. Kuhlman won the case in Rome bydefault, and this same Rev. Kuhlman became a Catholic priest in goodstanding again and was permitted to officiate as a minister of thegospel, with all of this abominable slime of immorality clinging tohis priestly garments. 

Now, bear in mind that Rev. Kuhlman, after having all of thisimmorality laid at his door, was permitted by the Pope of Rome to goright ahead with his priestly duties, but a short time after he wonhis case at Rome there was an affidavit sworn out against Kuhlman bya man in East St. Louis, averring that he had been again caught inthe act of adultery with another woman. This time the case wasreported to Bishop Janssen, of Belleville, Ill. , and also to CardinalMartinelli, of Washington, D. C. , but there was no attention paid toit, and this Rev. Kuhlman was permitted to go right ahead in hispastoral duties and is at the present time the pastor of a church inEast St. Louis and is also the spiritual director of a convent, whichcontains many sisters and many pupils. 

Now, if what I have related is false, Rev. Chas. Kuhlman has redressat law; and if I have libeled him he can make me suffer for thecrime, and he will not have to spend any money to locate mywhereabouts, as he is aware of my location at the present time andcan find me at any time that he desires to bring suit against me forblackmail or any other crime that he sees fit to instigate againstme. 

It is no pleasant task to relate these very nauseating things, but itis my aim and intention to so plainly and powerfully set forth thedeceit, cunning and dastardly deeds of Catholicism that I may be ableto open the eyes of not only the Protestant world but of Catholicismat large, for there are thousands of the followers of the Pope whoare very weak in their faith, and if I can by the righteousness of mycause, convince them that they are following the blind leaders ofpaganism, I am absolutely certain that the Protestant ranks will havean in-gathering of the hosts of Catholicism that will cause theangels in heaven to shout hallelujahs of thanksgiving. 

Do not understand me to say, or to intimate, that there are nosincere priests, as there are; but their sincerity is founded uponsuperstitious beliefs and erroneous doctrines, consequently theirsincerity and devoutness only helps to fasten the abominations ofCatholicism more completely upon humanity, as those who are candidlysincere are held up to the Protestant world as models of Catholicism, when, in fact, they are but exceptions to the general herd ofCatholic officials. 

To more plainly illustrate to the reader how fascinating and powerfulthe teachings of Catholicism is upon the minds of man, I wouldillustrate this by the power that parents have over a child. Youteach a child some doctrine, it matters not whether it is right orwrong, and you will impress it with the truthfulness of this doctrinein its childhood, and let it understand as it grows into manhood andwomanhood that this doctrine is absolutely true, and hedge it aboutwith superstitions confirming this doctrine, and the hosts of hellcan hardly convince it that its early teachings were wrong; so youcan easily see what a powerful influence Catholicism has over theminds of its followers, as you must bear in mind that Catholicismtakes up the child when it is only a few days old and continuallyhedges it about with emblems of ignorance and superstition and neverallows it to gaze above the horizon of this mass of erroneousdoctrine; therefore the child is not to blame for its implicitconfidence, but the cunning of those who practice this deception uponthis child is to blame, and the doctrine of Catholicism is what I amassailing in this volume, for if I can be instrumental in opening theeyes of those who have arrived at the years of accountability, I feelsure that I can be instrumental in having those so reached declare totheir offspring that their first lessons have been altogethererroneous, and if the Catholic parents will begin to teach theirchildren before they leave the parental roof that their first lessonswere erroneous it will not be so hard for the Protestant world tofinish the job and turn these hosts of darkness into the highways ofintellectuality. 

The reason that we have so many disgraceful happenings and immoralincidents in the lives of the priestcraft is because of the absoluteconfidence that their followers have in them, as it is a well-knownfact that the female world has a greater confidence in humanity thanthe male population, so it is an easy matter for any sane man orwoman to understand why an immoral priest, and one who has no regardfor honor, has such an easy task in accomplishing the ruin of thosewhom he seeks to destroy. 

The paradise of the priestcraft is inky darkness, as they preferdarkness to light, and by their actions, their every-day lives takeon the hue of midnight. If we can read God Almighty's hand-writing ina legible manner, we believe that any intelligent man or woman candiscern in the countenance of a majority of the priestcraft a lookwhich is almost equal to a condemnation of their actions, as a largemajority are lacking of that manly frankness of countenance which isfound in the countenances of godly men. 

In conclusion of this chapter, I beg to state that the ConfessionalBox of the Romish Church is one of the darkest pages of the darkhistory of Catholicism, and if this hideous chapter was removed fromRomanism, three-fourths of her diabolical deeds would be eradicated;but when you remove the "Confessional" you remove the charm for thatpart of the priestcraft which exists upon the carrion of the humanfamily, and whenever you remove the "Confessional, " the celibacy ofthe church will be abandoned and the priestcraft will be allowed tomarry, as Protestant ministers are permitted to do, and when this isdone, instead of having a Roman Catholic Church, we will have aProtestant denomination in its stead, and my prayer is that a justGod will hasten the day when this "_virtue trap_" will be relegatedto the dark recesses of paganism, from whence it came. 

[Illustration: "AMERICA'S RUIN. "UNCLE SAM--"I am afraid these people will be the ruinationof this country unless I stop them from coming over. "]

Chapter VI. 

The Nations Completely Dominated bythe Power of the Pope Are Nations of Illegitimacy. 

In this chapter, we have before us the vision of two countries; oneis Protestant America and the other Catholic Ecuador. 

Protestant America stands upon a plane of morality and chastity, which is pleasing to contemplate, and for which she can thank onlythe principles of Protestantism, for Protestantism teaches, by bothprecept and example, as she looks to the only true standard ofmorality that ever existed, which is the Holy Bible. But Catholicismlooks only to a standard which the Pope of Rome sees fit toestablish, and a standard of morals which is set by mortal man, canonly be, at its best, a very inferior standard, as the licentiousnessand lust of unholy man can never compare with that great andinfinitely good _being_, the Lord of Hosts. 

Broad education of the mind means a subduing of the passions, and_broad_ education is something that the Catholic Church fightsagainst, as she knows full well that to educate her masses would beequivalent to losing her grasp upon their actions, for no man orwoman of a broad education and an individual intellectuality willpermit these hosts of darkness to dictate to them. 

Ignorance is the greatest breeder of crime known to the intelligenceof man, and it is an established fact that crime breeds immorality, and immorality of course is the equivalent of illegitimacy, andhistorical facts will bear me out in the assertion that the countrieswhich are absolutely under the power of the Pope are countries whichare densely ignorant, and again, as above stated, ignorance leads tocrime, and crime to immorality, and now we are back to the firstproposition and have proven without going further that "The nationscompletely dominated by the power of the Pope are nations ofillegitimacy, " but we propose to use historical records to convincewithout the shadow of a doubt that our statements are true. However, I do not need these historical facts, as I have traveled extensivelythrough Europe and many other countries, and I know whereof I speak, by personal observation and by coming into personal contact with bothCatholic and Protestant nations. However, we are not going to besatisfied with this alone, as we do not want the reader to relyimplicitly upon our individual statements, but we propose to bringfacts to bear upon your mind which cannot be over-thrown, asstatistics are stubborn and unyielding facts, which none but foolsdispute. 

We propose to take statistics from the _Peabody Reporter_, which youcan corroborate with the official report of the United StatesCommissioner of Education. The statistics that we above refer tofollow:

"To every ten thousand inhabitants under the Roman Catholic schoolsystem, there are 1, 400 illiterates, 410 paupers and 160 criminals, while in the public school system we only find to every ten thousandinhabitants 350 illiterates, making a difference of 1, 050 to everyten thousand. " Thus you see that what we have said in previouschapters of this book in regard to Romanism being founded upon themountains of ignorance is true. 

Education in its literal meaning, means an infusion of intelligencethat lifts up the minds of man, and it is generally so accepted bythe world at large, but education, as far as Catholicism goes, meansonly a rehearsal of abominations, which have been practiced upon thefollowers of this creed for centuries in the past, and does not in theleast bear upon the principles of true education. 

The public school system is established on the principle that theintelligence and virtue of the people constitutes the foundation offree government. 

Our public schools therefore form one of the chief cornerstones ofour American republic; they are the sheet anchor of our hopes. Thegrowth and prosperity which have characterized the first century ofour schools fulfills their mission. 

Education is the watchword of the hour among Protestants, but neveramong Catholics. We must educate if we would elevate, and unless weelevate the minds of men we will have humanity running riot with viceand immorality, and this is why the Catholic nations of the earth arefound with their morals trailing in the slime of degeneracy. 

Our public schools are to-day the great assimilating power in thiscountry. We find in them children of all nationalities, and whetherthey be English, Irish, Scotch, Danish, Norwegians, French, Italians, or some other nationality, when they enter these institutions theypass out of the school houses, scattered all over this land, _Americans_, one and all, as it is absolutely impossible to makeanything but a _true American_ out of a pupil who has been turned outof the public schools of this country, and one who has been permittedto assimilate the doctrines of broad education taught in theseschools. 

The influence of the public schools works rapidly upon childhood andis felt through all of their after lives. A child who has beeneducated in the public schools of this country is always anunrelenting foe of caste, but the child who is educated in theparochial schools is taught to look up to innumerable superiors, andsuch an education dwarfs the minds of childhood and teaches them tocontinually look to others for their individual happiness, but theteachings of the public schools broaden the individual mind and givescourage, which enables the child to swing out from the influence ofothers and become a mighty power in the mechanism of the universe. 

We touch upon the public schools in this chapter, only in connectionwith the dominating influence of the Pope over nations which hecompletely rules, in order that the reader may thoroughly understandthat ignorance begets crime and crime begets illegitimacy, as weexpect to dwell more fully upon the education of nations in thefuture, but we want the reader to begin at the "Alpha" of reason, sothat when he or she is through with this chapter that there will beno doubt in their minds as to why the power of the Pope breedsillegitimacy among his followers. 

We have contrasted the difference in morals of the inhabitants, which are completely dominated by Roman Catholicism, to that of theinhabitants of Protestant America, but we have made this comparisonin a general way; but we now want to select a country which for itsabsolutism of Catholic monarchy has no comparison, and that countryis Ecuador. 

In Ecuador the Catholic Church has such a complete hold upon theinhabitants that they will not allow Protestantism taught, and theconsequence of her tyranny is that out of every 100 children born inthat country, seventy-five are bastards or illegitimate and have noidea of their father, and the immorality of the priestcraft is sovile that their actions are absolutely passed over without notice, asthere is scarcely a single priest to be found in that country but whois the father of from ten to twenty-five and thirty children; butstill the Roman Church continues to forbid her priests to wed, whenthey know full well that celibacy in the Catholic Church is the causeof all of this degeneracy. 

This state of affairs is not confined to Ecuador alone, but the samestate of affairs exists throughout the length and breadth of allCatholic nations which are completely under the power of the Pope. 

Italy, for instance, which is the home of the Pope and which has beenthe home of the Catholic Church since the existence of herabominations, is one of the most immoral countries that everbesmirched the face of the earth. 

The first lesson that a Catholic child is taught is "_hate_, " andthat lesson is directed at Protestantism; therefore, is it any wonderthat the education of Catholicism only reaches out far enough tohoodwink the student and does not elevate him or her above thefestering mess which surrounds it?

We want, to repeat the statement that the Roman Catholic Church doesnot want to educate anybody, nor will it do so, where it is not underthe pressure of Protestant influence. However, the American peopledemand figures and facts before they will be convinced; so as furtherevidence of the truthfulness of what we are telling you, we proposeto quote from a report of the minister of education in Italy, madesome few years ago. This report is true in every particular, andbear in mind that this minister of education was a Catholic himself. The report follows:

"Of every 1, 000 males in the province of Lombardy, 539 only were ableto read, and 461 did not even know their letters. Of every 1, 000females, only 426 could read and 574 could not read, neither did theyknow their letters. 

"In Naples and Sicily, out of every 1, 000 males, only 165 were ableto read and 835 could not, and out of every 1, 000 females, only 62could read and 938 could not read and did not know their alphabet. Taking this report, you will find that out of every 100, only about10 were able to read. 

"In 1864, out of 21, 000, 000 people, only 3, 500, 000 could read andwrite, and the rest did not know their alphabet, and to-day Spain, another country which is completely dominated by the power of Rome, has a population of ignorant dupes, as 80 per cent of the populationof Spain cannot read and write. 

"In Ireland, where the Romish Church is dominant, this same record isrepeated, as in other Catholic nations. In European countries whereProtestantism is taught there is but one out of every ten that cannotread and write, but in the same countries, where Catholicism hasabsolute sway, there is but one out of every 125 that can read andwrite. 

"In six leading Protestant countries of Europe there are 315inhabitants to every newspaper or magazine, while in six RomanCatholic countries in Europe there is but one newspaper to every2, 715 people. 

"It is estimated that at least seven-eighths of the twenty millioninhabitants in Spanish-America, which consists of the countries ofMexico, Cuba, Central America and the north and west parts of SouthAmerica, are unable to read, and in Mexico alone 90 per cent of theinhabitants cannot read nor write, neither do they know theiralphabet;" thus you can see what Roman Catholicism does for thecountries which she controls. 

We are writing this book, believing that an intelligent class ofpeople will read it, and if such is true, we believe that it isuseless for us to try to demonstrate further why the countries whichare completely controlled by Catholicism are countries ofillegitimacy, for an intelligent reader knows full well thatignorance is the greatest brooder of immorality known to man, and, ofcourse, immorality means illegitimacy, and we believe that we havethoroughly demonstrated to the mind of the reader that Catholicismspreads a cloak of ignorance and superstition wherever she is allowedto rule supreme, and if this is the case, then the naturalconsequences of such a state of affairs is illegitimacy. 

[Illustration: "FREE IN NAME ONLY. ""Take their chains off, UNCLE SAM, or you willalways have trouble with them. "]

Chapter VII. 

The Power of the Pope in Cuba, PortoRico and the Philippine Islands. 

It makes my heart sick when I realize that the Government of theUnited States has spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon theIslands of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, and, afterall, these Islands are still in the grasp and the filthy embrace ofthe Vatican at Rome. 

Not only fabulous amounts of money have been spent by the UnitedStates upon these Islands, but hundreds of our noble boys in bluehave given up their lives in battle and by the scourge of disease, and still Catholicism has absolute sway in these far-away countries. 

These islands have been under the immediate control of Popery forhundreds of years, but when the Government of the United States tookcharge of them, their inhabitants had advanced no further inintellectuality and the freedom of free men than they were centuriesago. 

It may sound strange to the average reader when I declare that all ofthe lives lost and all of the money expended by the United Statesupon Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands was brought about bythe tyrannical rule of Rome, for it was by her abominations that Cubarebelled, which was the prime cause of the interference by thegovernment of the United States; therefore you can readily see why itis that I claim that Catholicism is to blame for the part that thegovernment of the United States took in the affairs of thesecountries, and what puzzles me so much is why the government of theUnited States still permits Catholicism to control the destinies ofthese countries, when the officials of this government know full wellthat had it not been for abhorrent Catholicism that Cuba would neverhave rebelled and that Porto Rico would have been satisfied, and thatthe Philippine Islands would not to-day belong to the United States;but, instead of this government trying to remedy the great wrongdone to the inhabitants of these countries, it went right ahead andallowed the bone of contention to remain, and to-day finds thisgovernment not only permitting Catholicism to continue to practiceher abominations in these countries, but this government isinstrumental in sending Catholic teachers over to these countries, when, if this country would do its whole duty, it would not permitCatholicism to take any part in the affairs of these countries. 

Archbishop Chapelle was shipped to the Philippine Islands with allthe pomp of a ruler, and so was Archbishop J. J. Harty, whom I ampersonally acquainted with, and whom I have been on intimate termswith for a number of years, and this man Harty is to-day in thePhilippine Islands ruling with the same tyrannical hand that hascharacterized Romanism for centuries past, and whose rule is onlysymbolic to ruin, as the interests of the inhabitants of thesecountries are never considered, as it is Rome's ambition and onlydesire to keep them under the heel of perpetual tyranny. 

We would like to know why Archbishop Chapelle should be given thebest stateroom in a transport ship sailing for Manila, while ourpure-blooded, honest, sincere Protestant boys who wear the blue werehuddled together like so many cattle. 

Ah, this is the reason: Archbishop Chapelle is an emissary of thePope of Rome and stands ready at all times to serve the wishes andobey the orders of that Italian pontiff, and our officials were awareof this fact and they did not want to stir up the Catholic officialsfor fear of losing a few votes, as both of our old parties have sunkso low into the quagmire of filth that they would allow their countryto sink to the level of Romish abominations if they thought by sodoing they could control the Catholic vote for either party. 

Was one of your boys on this transport ship? Was your kith and kinaboard this vessel that showed this ungodly discrimination betweenthe soldier boy who wrung a poor mother's heart by leaving theparental fireside? If such was the case, you can vividly see theinjustice done to these brave lads in favor of this ArchbishopChapelle, as these boys were on their way to this terrible land ofdisease and death to help plant the emblem of liberty upon theramparts of these far-away Islands, and this same Archbishop Chapellewas on his way to destroy the influence of these boys' mission. 

The time is not far distant until the Protestant world will wake upto the realization that they have been humbled before this Italianpontiff for the simple reason that our officials are willing to caterto Catholicism in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands for thesake of votes. 

We do not care whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, thischapter should fire your blood to the fullest extent, for I amtelling you truths, and if you have got the common decency of themost ignorant liberty-loving American you will right now make aresolve that Protestant America must redeem her pledge to Cuba, PortoRico and the Philippine Islands to liberate them not only from thehardships placed upon them by a foreign nation, but liberate themfrom the bonds of Catholicism, which not only binds the body, butchains the soul with the fetters of ignorance and superstition. 

When it became known that the government of the United States was tointerfere in the affairs of Cuba, the Catholic Church put all of hermachinery to work immediately in order to fool Uncle Sam and cajolehim into dealing only with the government of Spain, which wouldpermit Catholicism to exist in these Islands, and the pages ofhistory only tell us too well how successfully she laid her plans, asto-day we have the awful spectacle of beholding the government of theUnited States playing the part of "protector, " while she is quietlyaiding the identical institution which caused the misery in thesefar-away countries. 

What I tell you in this chapter is true, as I was a Catholic priestand was on the inside of the workings of Catholicism at that time, and what I relate is not guess work nor imagination, but it is plain, unvarnished and unadulterated truths, and the American people willsooner or later wake up to the realization of these awful truths, forjust so long as the United States permits Catholicism to control thedestinies of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, just thatlong turmoil and misery will remain in these tropical regions, forCatholicism has sworn by all of her imaginary saints thatProtestantism shall never rule these countries, and so far she hascarried out her threat truly and well, as Protestantism to-day has nomore control over the inhabitants of these islands than she didbefore the damnable creed of the Pope was molested by the appearanceof Dewey's guns at Manila. 

Can you expect these countries to grow in greatness, and can youexpect the inhabitants of these countries to become giants inintellect when they practice the cungerings of Catholicism?

We want to give the reader an insight in this chapter to whatCatholicism practices in this country and in other countries that arenot near so densely ignorant as Cuba, Porto Rico and the PhilippineIslands, and then you can have an idea of what the inhabitants ofthese countries may expect in the way of advancement fromCatholicism, and what I will repeat is the abominations that I havehelped to practice myself for thirty years; therefore I know whereofI speak and no man dare dispute. 

We will take a Catholic cemetery, for instance, and in order that theground may be sanctified and fit to receive the dead bodies of thosewho believe in the Catholic faith a bishop must sanctify this earthand consecrate it before it is fit to conceal the body of one of thePope's followers. 

Our Savior has declared that "From earth we came, and to earth weshall return, " and there was no proviso made that before we shouldreturn to earth that it would have to be consecrated by a humanbeing, as any man or woman of intelligence knows full well that whatthe Lord our God has made cannot be improved upon by the idioticchant and superstitious rant of a Catholic bishop. 

It matters not how godly nor how piously a Protestant may have lived, Catholicism teaches that it is an abomination to bury a Protestant ina Catholic cemetery, and one of her laws is that to bury a heretic(which means Protestant) in a Catholic cemetery is unlawful, and theCatholic Popes instruct that the remains of any Protestant buried ina Catholic cemetery shall, if they can be distinguished, be removed, and if they can not be distinguished, that the cemetery shall becleansed by sprinkling holy water over the ground, and bear in mindthat this holy water is to receive its cleansing power from somepriest or bishop, who perhaps is as immoral as hell. 

In Canada, some time since, the laws of that country forciblyeffected the burial of a Protestant in a Catholic cemetery, and thebishop of that diocese, by the name of Bourget, declared that portionof the cemetery as "_desecrated and filthy_" and forbade any priestto step his foot upon the ground. 

Now, do you expect an institution which teaches such doctrines toelevate a nation above their own doctrine? If you do, you areexpecting something unreasonable, and if the inhabitants of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands are not to be elevated abovesuch abominations can the future hold anything for them but misery?

There is but one thing that beats a bishop's consecration of agraveyard, and that is money, and money only; but a few dollars willturn the trick and will open up the ground in a Catholic cemetery fora heretic, and enough money will turn the entire cemetery into aProtestant graveyard. 

In the City of St. Louis there is a Catholic cemetery called"Calvary, " and lots twelve feet square are sold at from $50 to $1, 000each. A lot was bought by a Protestant whose son died and who wasbaptized in his last hour by a Catholic nurse. While his people wereProtestants, they consented, since he had been baptized into theCatholic Church, that they would give him a Catholic burial, and apriest by the name of Ward performed the ceremony. Now, bear in mindthat the father of this young man had bought a lot large enough forhis whole family to be buried there, when they should die, as he, ofcourse, wanted his entire family to be buried together, but theCatholic Church would not consent to consecrate any part of that lotbut the grave in which the young man was buried that was baptized onhis death bed, simply because the remainder of the family wereProtestants; but for money they consecrated a portion of this lot, four feet wide and six and one-half feet long, but the remainder ofthis lot was not consecrated, therefore you will see that money inthe Catholic Church has as much power to consecrate the earth as doththe bishopric and priestcraft. 

Ah, what abominations! but still this Government expects Cuba, PortoRico and the Philippine Islands to be elevated to the standard ofmanhood and womanhood by this class of ghouls. 

Now, if we could halt with the recital of only a few abominations, mytask, perhaps, would not be so disgusting, but had I the endurance tolive on, until I were a thousand years old, and could write what Iknow and have experienced in the ranks of Catholicism, I would beunable to portray to the reader all of her abominations. 

The Catholic Church is a church of show and glamor, and ofnonsensical doctrines, and not a church of God and of holy worship. 

Many believe that Catholicism has taught all of her cungerings forcenturies past, and this is the case, but bear in mind, thatCatholicism often has to have new "fakes, " in order to make the moneyslide out of the pockets of their "dupes" more easily, so they get upnew intrigues and modern shows for this purpose, and the fake thatworks the best is the one that they work the hardest, as I solemnlydeclare that the Catholic Church as a whole is a money propositionupon the part of those who teach her abominations, and I furtherdeclare that it is a "graft" conceived by minds that are more cunningand deceptive than any class of men upon the face of the whole earth. 

The Catholic Church changes its form of worship like cheap chophouses change their bills of fare, as they are after "suckers, " andif one bait will not get them, they throw out another, and the pompand show of the church is to catch the eye and not to save the soul. 

Not long since, the Catholic Church, with singular devotion, turnedits attention to the five wounds of Christ, and immediately aftergiving these five wounds their solicitous attention, they bade theirfollowers to have recourse to the sacred heart of Jesus, and inhundreds of Catholic Churches you will find to-day a statue made inthe likeness of Christ, with a heart attached over the breast, andthis heart is illuminated by electricity or candle, and the followersof Catholicism absolutely worship this mechanism of man, and it hasproven a great drawing card, and you can rest assured thatCatholicism is pushing the scheme along good and hard, and "The St. Anthony Bread Box" hoax is another scheme that is not very old, butwhich the Catholic Church has found to be another great payinginvestment, and they are working "St. Anthony" for all that he isworth. 

Now, can any man or woman of intelligence believe that theinhabitants of these islands can ever expect to become men and womenof affairs--men and women of individuality--and men and women ofintellectuality? If you can give a rational reason why thesecountries should ever expect to be elevated to the standard ofgreatness under such influences and under the tutelage of such aninstitution, then the road to greatness must be a very easy one totravel. 

The Catholic Church is conducted on about the same principle as Dun'sand Bradstreet's mercantile agencies, as they go into the minutestdetail to keep record of the affairs of the country, so that they mayknow the weakest as well as the strongest points of their creed, sothat they may at all times be prepared to exercise the greatestinfluence at the proper time, and what makes this creed so dangerous, is that they impress upon their dupes that the church is "eternallaw, " and they hold out the crown of glory on high as a reward forfollowing their doctrine, and this is the most dangerous and damnablescheme ever perpetrated by mortal, for when you force a man or womanto believe that you hold in your hands their future destiny, you havethem to the point where you can force them to do your bidding, andthis is exactly what Catholicism does to her followers, and this isthe reason why Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands can neverexpect to go higher in the scale of morality and intellectualitythan they are at the present time, if the Government of the UnitedStates permits this troop of ghouls to continue to be their masters. 

We believe that we have in this chapter made, it plain to the readerwhy the influence of Catholicism should be remotely removed fromthese islands, and if I am right, the Government of the United Statesis everlastingly wrong in permitting Catholicism to retain her holdupon the throats of the inhabitants of these islands, and Iundoubtedly am right, as I know whereof I speak, as I have trod thedeceptive road of Catholicism for the past thirty years, and I darenot tell in this book all that I know of her cunning in regard tothese far-away countries, as I would have to use language so plainthat I could not expect this volume to pass through the mails, as thepriestcraft in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands are animmoral set, as a whole, and treat the female population of theseislands in a manner that breeds immorality from generation togeneration, and the awful part of this immorality is that those whocommit it with the priestcraft do not consider that it is a wrong, asthey have been taught that it is no sin to do as the priestcraftdemands, therefore it is ten thousand times worse than if the sin wascommitted with the knowledge of the fact that it was a sin, as themother or father who is aware of the fact that they are sinners willnot teach their offspring to commit the sins that they are guilty of, but when they are not aware of the fact that they are committing asin, of course, they allow their children to believe that theiractions are in harmony with the teachings of God, therefore thisdamnable practice goes on and on, from generation to generation, andthis is why the morals, intelligence and progress of Cuba, Porto Ricoand the Philippine Islands, are to-day on the same plane of depravityas they were centuries ago, and no one is to blame for this carnalityand debauchery of the inhabitants of these islands but the RomanCatholic Church, and until the Government of the United States shalldeclare and back up her declaration by Protestant manhood, theinhabitants of these islands will never know of the beauties ofchastity and morality and the wonderful blessings that are held instore for them by embracing Protestantism. 

May the Lord of Hosts hasten the day when the eyes of those who rulein Protestant America may be opened to the awful sins they arecommitting, by allowing Romanism to hover over these islands with hervulturous and carnivorous appetite of depravity, and may the timesoon come when the Government of the United States shall proclaim tothe Vatican at Rome that this veil of abomination shall be liftedfrom the inhabitants of these islands; and when this is done, thegoddess of liberty that has made Protestant America what she isto-day, will hover over these far-away islands of the sea, and newlife will pulsate in the veins of these Romish-ridden countries. 

[Illustration: "SAVE THE GIRLS"!"Batter down the Convent doors of Catholicism andthe civilized world will stand amazed. "]

Chapter VIII. 

Monasteries Are Often the Abode of Criminals, andNunneries the Slaughter Pens of Virtue. 

When I was living beneath the folds of the black banner ofCatholicism, I sincerely and devoutly believed that to shield aCatholic criminal was a righteous and Godly calling, as I believedthat to prevent the civil law from taking hold of the criminal careerof a Catholic official, for his short-comings, was but an act ofGodly justice. 

I also believed that anything that was done between the walls of aNunnery was sanctified by the approval of those who were higher inauthority in the Catholic Church than myself; therefore, the thingswhich I now realize are both criminal and immoral, as well as utterlydetestable, I at one time considered righteous, simply because myeducation had been confined to the narrow channels of bigotry, andthe effulgency of Biblical knowledge had never penetrated myRomish-inspired perceptibilities. 

I believe that I will make many assertions in this chapter that havenever been made before, but there will not be an assertion made butwhat is true; however, there will be many that will arise from thetrenches of Catholicism to denounce the truthfulness of them, but Iknow whereof I speak, and I defy any mortal man to successfullydispute what I may state. 

This chapter will relate to monasteries and nunneries, which in oldentimes were called "asylums. "

These asylums are used by Catholicism to scuffle criminals of theirfollowing into, in defiance of law and justice, as these asylums arenotorious among those who are on the inside workings of this creed, as to places where Catholic criminals can be concealed without fearof having the civil law bring them to justice, as these places are aretreat for Catholic criminals who are pursued by the ministers ofjustice, and where, so long as they remain, they cannot be arrested;but in order to elevate these "asylums" to the plane of religion, they, are called by different names which are _misnomers_, and areonly raised to the level of religious institutions to cover up theinfamy of their actual missions, as Catholicism has learned that aslong as she can throw around and about herself a religious glamor, that she is permitted to go ahead and violate the laws of man withoutmolestation. 

The "asylums" of olden times were intended as retreats for those whowere persecuted for their religious belief, but the mission of theseinstitutions became useless, under the splendid and godly progress ofProtestantism, as Protestantism planted her banner of enlightenmentunder the glorious leadership of Martin Luther, and such institutionswere done away with, but Catholicism turned these asylums, which wereonce a protection to the persecuted followers of Christ, andconverted them into an abode for Catholic criminals. 

There is scarcely a man or woman in America but what has heard ofWm. Morgan, who lived at Batavia, in Western New York, who, it wasclaimed, wrote an expose of Freemasonry, and who, the Catholic Churchclaims, was killed by the Masonic fraternity for writing this expose. 

The fact of the matter is that this book was prepared by the CatholicChurch for electioneering purposes, and it served their scheme welland truly. 

It is history that Morgan disappeared very suddenly, and the CatholicChurch gave it out that he had been killed by the Masonic fraternity, which is untrue, as Wm. Morgan was spirited away, and the trick wasturned by Catholicism. 

"Wm. Morgan" became the issue for the campaign, and it was narratedaround that Morgan was conveyed in a carriage from Batavia to Niagaraby Freemasons, and there drowned in Lake Ontario. 

A body was produced near the mouth of the Niagara River, but a friendof Wm. Morgan, who knew him well, by the name of Mrs. Wm. G. Barr, denied that the body that was found at the mouth of the NiagaraRiver, was that of Morgan, and a devout Catholic remarked at thepost-mortem examination that "It was a good enough Morgan until afterthe election. "

A rigid investigation was made and no one was ever convicted ofmurdering Morgan. 

The result of the election was that Catholicism carried her point. The Catholic Church had turned by this excitement the eyes of theworld towards Freemasonry, and claimed that Morgan's fate was causedby the Masonic fraternity. 

When I came to America, I was given instructions in regard to secretsocieties, and the Morgan case was gone over with me in detail, and Iwas given "The Bulls" of three popes, which excluded all members ofFreemasons from the Catholic Church, and all who belonged to theMasonic fraternity were denied even a Christian burial by theCatholic Church. 

I was told by a priest, who was in good standing, that the Masons hadin their meetings a literal devil concealed in a box, and that whenthey would meet, they would stick pins in a picture of some supposed"traitor" and shriek out in their madness: "Die like Morgan!"

Mrs. Wm. G. Barr was called to identify the supposed body of Wm. Morgan, which was found at the mouth of the Niagara River. 

Her husband, Wm. G. Barr, was an old dry goods man and once ran forgovernor of the State of Kansas, but was defeated because his wifehad declared "that Wm. Morgan's body had never been discovered at themouth of the Niagara River, and further declared that it was a'fake, ' pure and simple, and gotten up by Catholicism in order tovillify the Masonic fraternity. "

I had always been of an investigating turn of mind, and the storiesthat were told to me in regard to Wm. Morgan did not sound right, soI took the train for Topeka, Kans. , where Mrs. Wm. G. Barr lived, andthis is the story that she related to me in great emotion:

Mrs. Barr told me that she was a friend of Wm. Morgan, and that shewas called to identify his body, but instead of finding the corpse ofWm. Morgan, on the seashore, she found the body of some one else andnot that of Morgan, and she further told me that Wm. Morgan, beforehis disappearance, had written her that he was persuaded by a numberof Catholic priests to leave the Masons, and that he, to his sorrow, had followed their advice, and that these priests had written a book, and insisted that he should publish it, but he never did give hisconsent, and stated that he never would; however, the book appeared, and the fact of the matter is that it was a clumsy forgery by thepriestcraft of Catholicism. 

This book appeared in print, and Wm. Morgan became frightened, as herealized that should the country at large believe that he was theauthor of this book, he would be considered as a traitor, and hebecame frightened and did not know what to do, and about this timetwo Catholic priests approached him, and persuaded him to leave thecountry, and they took him to "a Trappist monastery, " near Montreal, Canada. 

He remained there quite a time, and left Canada and went to Asia, andhe was seen and identified in Asia years after Catholicism haddeclared that he had been murdered by the Masonic fraternity. 

I do not remember of ever reading this history before, and I am underthe impression that I am the first man--in fact, I know that I am thefirst man who was for thirty years a Catholic priest that ever gavethis information to the public. 

Now, if a monastery in Canada would be turned into a lie and adeception in order that the Catholic Church might carry out herdiabolical and cunning schemes, what can we expect of othermonasteries?

If this history attaches itself to a monastery like that in Canada, what must be the condition of the monasteries and nunneries ofnations which have not the enlightenment that Canada has?

I desire to call to the attention of the reader a little history thatis not exceedingly old, and which every boy and girl is acquaintedwith, as it has transpired in the past ten years--yea, later. 

It was in the afternoon of a December day, in 1900. A boy, EdwardCudahy, Jr. , was walking to his father's mansion and was invited tostep into a buggy and was informed that he was under arrest. Thisboy was then and there abducted, and this abduction became known bythe boy remaining away from his home that night. 

The police and detectives of Omaha and the detectives from Chicagoand other cities were busy on the case day and night. Days and weekspassed and nothing came to light except letters from the ones who hadkidnapped this boy, asking for a ransom of $25, 000, and stating thatif this sum of money in gold was not forthcoming, that the boy's eyeswould be put out and he would forever lose his sight. 

This last threat startled the poor, heart-broken mother, and as thetime approached for these devils to put into execution their threat, this poor frantic mother insisted that her millionaire husband, Edward Cudahy, Sr. , give up the $25, 000 and save her precious boy'seyesight. 

Her husband resisted as long as he could, but at last took the$25, 000 in gold and stepped into his buggy, with the signal lantern, and drove to a certain spot, designated by Pat Crow, who is the onewho abducted Cudahy, and with this $25, 000 bought his boy's liberty, and this boy was brought from that cottage on Grover street, unhurt, and Pat Crow made away with his $25, 000 in gold. 

Cudahy was called up a number of times by telephone and wasthreatened that if he did not withdraw the reward that he wasoffering for Pat Crow's arrest that there would be something awfulbefall him; but he resisted and would not withdraw his offer ofreward, consequently this made it necessary for Pat Crow and EddyMcGehee, alias Burns, to leave the country. 

These men were known in Omaha, St. Joe, Kansas City, St. Louis andChicago, not only by a number of their ilk, but also to the policeforces, consequently the nets of the law were stretched all over theUnited States for these abductors. 

On December 28 it was reported from La Salle, Ills. , that Pat Crowwas arrested. Kansas City police promised his arrest before sunset, but he was not arrested. 

There were 80, 000, 000 people looking for Pat Crow, but he took aPullman sleeper and traveled to New York, and from there sailed on afirst-class ticket for Europe and spent a good time in London, fromwhence he went to South Africa and played a deceptive role in theEnglish-African war. 

Now, I am going to relate something that will make one's blood boilwith indignation and the cold sweat stand out with the clamminess ofdeath, but what I tell you is true. 

Priest Dempsey, pastor of St. Patrick's Church in St. Louis, waspresident of the "Emmet" celebration in the year 1902. 

After a speech by Judge Ryan of St. Louis, and a most eloquentaddress by a priest, who had been a young Boer officer, he inspiredIrish patriotism by an elegant appeal against "Old England. " He wasindeed an orator who, by his recitation, held the audience for anhour. I was one who was nearest to him on the platform andcongratulated him on his powerful speech. 

After the applause from his Irish friends, as he had called them, hedecided to leave with me for his hotel, and I was stopping at St. Patrick's parsonage, so we both had to go in the same direction. 

I had become interested in the fellow while he was delivering hisspeech and I became much more interested in him in our car ride, together, to the Lindell Hotel, and he invited me to stop off withhim awhile at the Lindell Hotel, and we were soon engaged in allkinds of discussions, both religious and political. He was a"Dutchman" and had asked his government of Holland for a leave ofabsence to fight in the Boer war, which was granted him, and to provethe truthfulness of this assertion he showed me a wound on his breastwhich had not yet healed. 

He remarked that he came "nearly" telling in his address at the"Emmet" meeting about the miraculous escape of Pat Crow to SouthAfrica, and stated that if it had not been for the bad impression PatCrow had made in America, he would have told of the trick that hadbeen turned to gain him his freedom and rob some one in America ofthe reward that had been put on his head by Millionaire Cudahy. 

The following is his story he told me as near as I can remember it:

"One night I was in Johannesburg, South Africa, and stayed with PatCrow in the same room. I knew that it was Pat Crow and did not intendto have much to do with him, but he noticed me and I becameinterested in him, and he spoke to me about matters, and themillionaire's boy being abducted, and the ransom that he received, and his escape to Africa. 

"He remarked that I would realize from his name that he was an IrishCatholic, and stated that he had gone through the Catholic schoolsand was a 'brother' in the cloisters, and stated that this was hisstrong point in never being caught in his daring undertakings. 

"He stated that when they received their $25, 000 ransom from Cudahythat it was divided at the cottage where the crime was committed. Hestated that it cost him quite a sum of money to stay with friends afew days in Omaha, but that he soon disguised himself as an inmate ofthe Jesuit College, a school for Catholic boys. 

"He stated that he traveled on a 'permit' as Father O'Connor toKansas City, and stated that from there he went to St. Louis, disguised as a Catholic priest, and that the conductors on the trainspoke to him as 'How do you do, Father?'

"When I arrived in St. Louis I went to St. Anthony's Church, whereyou can obtain most anything from that saint. I rang the bell forconfession. I confessed all kinds of things. I confessed to murder, robbery, kidnapping, and the Father Confessor was impressed with mebecause I was a 'big fish' in my line, and because I had done no harmto the millionaire's boy. I told the inmates of St. Anthony's Churchthat I wanted to make confession and do penance the remainder of mylife. 

"A brother came with the scissors and I received the 'tonsure' forthe third time, which left only a circle of hair around my head, andno Pinkerton detective, or even Bertillion himself could haveidentified me. 

"In a short time I left this St. Anthony Church in a 'CatholicHabit, ' which disguised me as a Catholic official, and I went toOmaha and passed myself off as 'Brother Clement from St. Louis. '

"When I reached Omaha I had no trouble in passing myself off as'Brother Clement. '

"After I had remained there awhile I excused myself and in mypriestly robes I walked to the banks of the Missouri River and raisedmy buried treasure, as I had left a part of the money that I receivedfrom Cudahy buried near the river, and I took the train to St. Louis, and from there to New York, and from New York I took a German steamerto Southampton. 

"I stayed in London two weeks and read in the papers all about PatCrow. London was not the place for a man like me, as I had been therebefore, and they knew me; so I sailed for the diamond fields of SouthAfrica, where I am now free, by the system of 'asylums' (which areCatholic monasteries) of the Catholic Church. Pat Crow wound up hisstory by telling me that if I ever needed to try this plan that Icould do it, and stated that the Catholic Church was the refuge ofcriminals. "

Now, bear in mind, the reason that the Catholic Church is such arefuge for criminals is because no police or detective is everallowed to cross over the door-sills into these places of Catholicrefuge, where the worst chapters of crime never will be told, andwhere these criminals flee to avoid the punishment of their crimes. 

This is the first time in the history of the world that this awfulhistory in regard to Pat Crow and Catholicism was ever given to thereading public. 

Catholicism teaches, and acts accordingly, that if a confessorforgives the sins of these criminals that God has taken away allguilt from their heinous crimes and that the civil laws have no rightto punish these criminals after a Catholic priest has forgiven theirsins, and on this damnable dogma, Catholicism bases her right for theexistence of these "asylums. "

I want to give the reader a little history in regard to theassassination of Abraham Lincoln. Wilkes Booth, a Roman Catholic, wasthe assassin of President Lincoln. The Roman Catholic Church, underthe mask of Democracy, was always believed to be responsible forthis diabolical assassination. In fact, it is believed, and thebelief is well founded, that through the "inquisition" in the City ofRome that a plot was laid to destroy the republican form ofgovernment of the United States, and the assassination of AbrahamLincoln was the first step, and the plotting on this side of thewater was done in Catholic houses, adorned with crucifixes, religioussaints, religious statues, religious relics, and rosaries, scapulars, holy water pots, and medals of Catholicism innumerable. 

It was in the house of Mrs. Surratt, located in the very heart ofWashington, D. C. , that the officers of this government proceededafter the assassination of President Lincoln, and bear in mind thatMrs. Surratt was a Roman Catholic, and the occupants of this housewere arrested. The ones who were arrested were; Mrs. Surratt, a RomanCatholic; her daughter, Anna, a Roman Catholic; Mrs. Fitzpatrick, aRoman Catholic, and Miss Hollahan, a Roman Catholic. Before theofficers had left this house a light knock was heard at the door anda young man appeared in disguise, as he was dressed as a commonlaborer and carried a pick upon his shoulder; his hands were whiteand soft and he was also arrested, and his name was Powell, anotherRoman Catholic. 

John Wilkes Booth, the assassin, was a Roman Catholic, consequentlythe belief is undoubtedly well founded that not only the scheme toassassinate Abraham Lincoln was laid in the City of Rome by RomanCatholics, but was carried into execution by the same set in thiscountry. 

Booth, after the assassination, fled to Surrattsville to the hotel ofMrs. Surratt, and there a Roman Catholic woman had concealed acarbine. Mr. Surratt, at Washington, had warned the folks at thehotel that the weapon would be called for the night of AbrahamLincoln's assassination, which is _prima facie_ evidence of the plotto assassinate Lincoln. After the assassination Booth fled, but onthe eastern shores of the Potomac he was concealed in a RomanCatholic Church for nearly a week. As we relate this history, whichis true, the evidence becomes more damaging against RomanCatholicism. 

The finale of this national tragedy was that Herald, Powell and Mrs. Surratt were hung, and Dr. Mudd and O'Laughlin were committed tolife-long imprisonment, and all of these were Roman Catholics. 

The question now arises, How did John H. Surratt escape from the samefate of Herald, Powell and Mrs. Surratt? _I will tell you!_ John H. Surratt escaped by the assistance of Catholic officials and went toCanada, and was concealed in a "Trappist cloister" near Montreal, andremained there until 1865, when, as a Priest, he went to Liverpool. 

In the spring of 1866, Mr. Wm. H. Seward was informed by a Mr. King, at Rome, Italy, that John H. Surratt had enlisted in the PapalGuards, under the name of John Watson. He was arrested at Teroli, inItaly, but escaped by plunging down a ravine twenty-three feet deep. 

He was wounded by the fall and crawled off to a monastery andremained there until he was healed and then resumed his flight. After his wounds healed, he went to Egypt, as he was not satisfiedwith Italy, and was there captured by our minister, Mr. Hale, andsent to America. 

I could go on and on, giving you history of lesser importance thatthis, which occurs week in and week out, month in and month out, andyear in and year out, and which is strictly connected with theCatholic Church, but what I have given you are truths, andindisputable truths, which should be evidence enough of the awfulnessof monasteries of this and other countries, and a class of men whowill commit such dastardly deeds in the monasteries would nothesitate to slaughter innocent virtue in the nunneries of thiscountry. 

I could give you history in regard to the nunneries that would makethe cheek of virtue blush with shame, but to give you this history Iwould have to use language that I do not desire to use, as I want tokeep the minds and morals of the girls of this country as pure aspossible; but from this chapter, Protestant fathers and mothers mustknow what Roman Catholicism consists of, and Catholic fathers andmothers who are not everlastingly blinded by the false light of thisdamnable creed should rally from their lethargetic walks ofdebauchery and snatch their children from the Romish mire ofdegradation and place them upon the Protestant highways, which leadto the beauties of individual and collective greatness. 

[Illustration: CHRIST POPEThe Christ of Protestantism compared to the God of Catholicism. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. ]

Chapter IX. 

Un-Married Cussedness of the Roman Priest-Craft. 

In the Book of Books, we find that the Lord of Hosts declares that, "It is not good for man to dwell alone, " and our Heavenly Father alsoteaches us that "Every man should have one wife. "

Now, the Good Lord was either right or wrong when He made thisdeclaration, and who is there that would declare that the Lord wasmistaken in His injunction? Not one! Therefore, we must acknowledgethat either the Lord our God made a declaration that was nonsensicaland unreasonable, or else the Roman Priestcraft is living a lifewhich is diagonally contrary to the commands and demands of GodAlmighty, for when the Roman Church declares that her Priests shallnot wed, they at once set up a rule for their teachers which is inviolation, to not only the laws of God, but laws of man, as thesilent whisperings of man's nature demands a helpmate. The heathennations of the earth who are not acquainted with the sanctity of themarriage vow, have a longing for the companionship of the oppositesex, and this longing cannot be termed anything but "a godly love, "as this feeling was placed in the bosom of humanity by a divinebeing, and whenever this desire is thwarted, you have disturbed themost blissful inspiration of the human family; but the Roman CatholicChurch would have us believe that a few of the human family have beenordained by God to live recluses, or, as we may term it, "unmarriedhermits. "

Catholicism, with all her damnable dogmas and creeds, cannot changethat God-given impulse that was planted in the bosom of man, whenAdam was created in the Garden of Eden, and the more RomanCatholicism endeavors to eradicate that feeling, the greater her sinsbecome, for it is a most damnable sin to try to force man toeradicate from his bosom this everlasting and godly craving for thelove of the opposite sex, and as long as "man is born of woman, " justso long that inspiration will live in the bosom of mankind, and justso long as Roman Catholicism endeavors to force humanity to purgeitself of this blessed longing, just so long the mark of deception, depravity and ungodliness will be left upon the brow of this Romishdemon. 

This chapter is one that must be written in a delicate manner, whichprohibits me from becoming emphatic and explicit, for should I allowmyself to write exactly what I have seen, and the truths that existin regard to Romish hellishness, and the deeds of the unmarriedcussedness of Catholicism, I would have to resort to language thatwould be unchaste, but I have in mind a story that was told some timeago, by a young lady, who had spent a number of years in a convent, which I will relate word for word as she gave it, and which will beonly the history over and over again of thousands--yea, tens ofthousands of girls who have had the same experience as this poormortal, only perhaps had new agonies added to their lives. 

The history of this girl's life in a convent is more than pathetic, from the fact that her father on his deathbed requested that she beplaced in a convent by her mother, which was done, and hersufferings, the reader will see, were not a fault of hers, but thefault of her parents, who had been raised to believe in thediabolical teachings of Roman Catholicism, but who did not know thatthese teachings were only echoes of the dark ages of paganism, therefore you will see that this poor girl's history is laden with asadness for which she is not to blame, and the fault can only be laidat the fountain head, as her parents were sincere in their belief, and did not, of course, realize that they were helping to ruin theirdarling girl's future. 

I will now relate her history, as near as possible, the way she gaveit, which will be symbolic of the history of thousands of othergirls, and which is absolutely true. Her story follows:

"When one becomes an inmate of a convent, they become a prisoner, asevery act is scrutinized by the mother superior, and you have noprivilege any more than if you were a convict and placed behind thebars for some heinous crime. With this exception, however, you areallowed to receive letters from a priest without having the letteropened and read before it reaches you, as there is always some markto distinguish a letter received from a priest, but all letters thatyou write and all letters that you receive, unless they bear the markindicating that they have been sent by a priest, are carefully read, and if the contents of either the letter you write, or the one thathas been written to you does not meet with the arbitrary opinion ofthe "mother superior, " they are destroyed, and you never have theopportunity of sending the one that you have written, or to receivethe one that has been written to you, unless they can pass theinspection of the "mother superior, " who is nothing more nor lessthan an agent of the Pope of Rome, as she receives her instructionsfrom the priestcraft, and they receive their instructions from thePope of Rome. "

When an inmate of a convent receives a letter from a priest it ishanded her without being opened, as the "mother superior" isinstructed not to open such letters, and is told that all suchletters, of course, relate to the spiritual welfare of the nun. 

In these letters the priest will tell the nun what day he will callto give her a _general confession_. As soon as such a letter isreceived the nun informs the "mother superior" that on a certain dayPriest So-and-So will visit her, and, of course, this "mothersuperior" gives the permission, and on the day that the priest is toarrive, this nun is excused from all duties for that day, and whenthe priest arrives he is shown into what is called the _RetreatParlor_; and no matter how long he remains there, no one will disturbhim. He is supposed to be _talking_ with his penitent on the welfareof her soul. Ah, could any one look through the door, they would findthis priest with his arms about the form of this fair penitent, orperhaps in a far more compromising position!

Right here the reader may ask if these nuns are willing to submit tothe embraces of these priests?

I will allow this girl to answer this question in her own language, and her answer is this:

"I answer that in fifteen out of twenty cases--No! But she is therehelpless; the priest has seen her somewhere in the garb of a nun andhas taken a fancy to her, and whether she be willing or not, hecompels her to allow him to satisfy his hellish passion!"

This girl continues by exclaiming: "Oh God! Great God! When I thinkof this system--this system born of the devil and nurtured byhell--and realize that under the cloak of religion it is stealingaway our liberty, entering into our homes, ruining our womanhood andgirlhood, and painting childish purity with the brush of immorality, and defiling everything with which it comes in contact, I then becomea mad woman, and I become as a venomous serpent, wanting revenge forwhat has been done to me, and it seems as if I cannot remain quiet, but, closing my eyes and ears to everything, as I have no redress, Iam compelled to warn thousands who may come after me, of their fate, should they take up convent life, which is a hell upon earth and ablotch as black as the shadows of hell to any land. "

The same lady who related the above, and a great deal more which Icannot tell in this chapter, gave an account of the sufferings ofanother nun, who was in the same convent with her, and I now learnthat the same story that I will now relate has been told to others. 

Reader, you must bear in mind that convents have many torturesoutside of the torturing conscience on account of having the virtueof their inmates destroyed. The teachings of Catholicism lead peopleto practice self-infliction upon their person in order to appease aliving God, as they seem to worship a living God the same as thepagans would worship a God of stone, or a ferocious God in the formof some carnivorous beast, and in order to atone for their sins, these inmates of the nunneries are taught that they must bearself-infliction; in fact, Catholicism teaches her followers that inorder that any of them shall receive absolute pardon, that they mustresort to heathenish practices. 

As stated above, the same lady whom we speak of in the first part ofthis chapter, relates her experience with a sister nun, who enduredself-torture, believing that it was an outward demonstration ofgodliness. Her story follows:

"I call to mind a case of cruelty under the guise of devotion thathappened in our convent. A consecrated penitent, Sister Madeline, hadbeen for some time a victim of consumption. She was a beautiful girl, and her exquisitely sweet voice could be heard in church everySunday, taking part in the high mass. Poor Sister Madeline! How manyhumiliations she received! How often she was censured for leaving herwork unfinished when she was not able to do it, and how I have pitiedher as she tried to eat the bread and dripping we had for supper. Failing in the attempt, I would notice the tears gather in her eyes. Oh, how often I longed to be able to obtain some little delicacy forher! but dared not ask for it. Her gentle, patient, suffering facewill never fade from my memory. 

"One Sunday evening she and I were walking in the garden afterbenediction. She felt more than usually weak, and, therefore, I couldoffer her my arm to lean upon. 

"'Dear Sister Magdalene Adelaide, ' she said, 'I think our blessedLord is soon going to come for me. '

"I tried to cheer her by telling her that it might be His will torestore her again to health and strength. 

"'No, dear Sister, ' she replied; 'and oh, I do not want to stay. Ilong to see my Master's face. At night, when I lay awake in pain, Ilong, oh, so much, that I might go!'

"'Sister Madeline, ' I said, 'you have been happy here, have you not?You love your present life?'

"We had seated ourselves by this time in a little grotto made up inhonor of 'Our Lady of Lourdes. ' She buried her face in her hands, andI saw the tears trickling between her fingers. 

"My own eyes filled with tears; I know not why. 

"At last, raising up her head, she said: 'I have tried my best to becontented; but oh! Sister Adelaide, it has been a bitter struggle. Itis wrong in me to give way thus; but I cannot help it. May Our Ladypity me! I want you to promise, dear Sister, that you will say arosary for me every day for a year after I am dead, and one communionevery month. '

"'I will gladly do this for you, Sister Madeline, ' I answered. 'Tellme, ' I continued, 'is there any particular day you prefer?'

"'Yes, ' she replied, 'I would like your Friday communion. Promise methat on the anniversary of the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, my patronsaint, you will offer your communion for me. '

"I promised her this and she seemed more satisfied. 

"'I know, ' she said, 'that I shall have a long purgatory. ' Sheshuddered as she spoke. 'And oh! I do hope the dear sisters willremember me in their prayers and communions. '

"'Dear Sister Madeline, ' I said at last, 'purgatory is better thanhell and our Blessed Lady will intercede for you. '

"'Yes, dear Sister Magdalene Adelaide, ' she said, 'you are right; butoh!' she continued, 'I cannot help the shudder that passes through meas I think of the suffering I shall be in for years, especially afterthe mortifications I have practiced here, the discipline I haveapplied to myself, the days I have abstained from food, the prayers Ihave offered, the tears I have shed; and now, as death approaches, there is no other prospect before me than a long term of purgatorialpunishment. Besides, the punishment will be all the greater since Ihave given away to an unnatural thought. '

"'And what, may I ask, do you call an unnatural thought?'

"'Sister Magdalene Adelaide, come close to me. '

"I rose from my chair and knelt down beside her. 

"'Dear sister, I have endeavored to bear my cross, ' she commenced, speaking with difficulty; 'But oh! sister, I dread the end; I have somuch to expiate; and oh!' she continued, her voice now choked withsobs, 'if only I could have my mother near me; if only I could hearher voice once more; it is so long since I have seen her. I haveasked for any letter that may have come, but they tell me none hasarrived, and oh! I don't think mother has quite forgotten me. '

"I durst not trust myself to speak; my heart was too full. At last Isaid, 'Dear sister, do not grieve thus; our Blessed Lady willintercede for you. Remember, in coming here your purpose, even asmine, was to make reparation for sin. You and I have both suffered. Be brave now, dear, and now that the end is near do not take awayfrom God's glory by fearing for the future. '

"'I know it is wrong to grieve so much, Sister Magdalene Adelaide, but oh, I am so weak! Will you read a meditation for me?'

"I took up the book and did as she requested. Soon she fell into asleep which lasted about one hour, and again I commenced saying myrosary beads. Presently I heard her murmur, and, listening, I heardher whisper, 'My feet! oh, my feet!' I arose from my chair andremoved the sheet with the intention of rubbing her limbs; as I didso her feet were disclosed. A thrill of horror passed through mybeing as I looked at them, for they were all cut, festered andbruised; a fearful suspicion took possession of me, and, stoopingdown, I picked up her infirmary shoes. On examination I discovered inthem pieces of broken glass; a thrill akin to horror ran through mywhole frame. I held the shoes in my hands and looked at the pale, suffering face of Adeline as she lay there on her bed, and thisevening the whole scene rises before me--the little infirmary withits clean, white floor, a few cheap prints of the stations of thecross hanging on the otherwise bare walls, the two or three smalliron bedsteads, then the white wooden altar upon which was spread awhite linen cloth embroidered with red; the two statues, one of 'OurLady of Dolours' and the second of St. Joseph, the patron of happydeaths. In the center of the altar was a vase with a few cheap paperflowers. 

"Yes, it comes to me most vividly. There she lay, the sin of herpast life being that she, too, had been deceived at the altars ofRome--a victim of priestly solicitation in the confessional. Even asshe lay there in the last stages of consumption, traces of what hadat one time been a beautiful face were clearly discernible. What hadshe not suffered for years! Who could tell the many weary hours ofheart anguish she had passed through? And yet she was young--hardlytwenty-five years old. She had given up all that was near and dear, and, for the years she had lived in the convent, she had tried toappease God's justice for her early sin by mortifying and chastisingherself in a way that can only find a parallel in the doctrines ofBuddha. Oh, Madeline! poor, wounded, betrayed one! Who can wonder, asyou lay there with the fever of consumption running and coursingthrough your veins, that, in spite of all the teachings and practicesof self-denial in the convent life in which you had lived so manyyears, yet, when the hour of death drew nigh and your soul washovering on the borders of the unknown eternity, your thoughts oncemore went back to the old home-scenes, and you longed, as only achild can, for the sight of a mother's face, the sound of a mother'svoice, the cool, soothing touch of a mother's hand passing over yourbrow? They tried to crush down the natural love that God placed inyour heart for your mother, but they could not. The use of thediscipline caused the blood to flow and gave you physical suffering;fasting and long prayers made you weak, and thus incapable ofexercising will-power; and, when no other eye but God's was upon you, when struggling with the desire to leave forever the hateful prisonwalls of the convent, the bitter tears forced their way. Then, kneeling before the statue of the 'Mother of Sorrows, ' you pleadedwith her to help and intercede for you. What comfort did you get?What hope? What consolation? _None!_ You might make good confessionsand communions, practice all the self-denials required of one in yourvocation, and the only thing that the church could give you, the onlygleam of _hope_ she could offer, was that, through your works ofsupererogation, your purgatory would be lessened; and now, wastedthrough suffering and consumption, dreading the punishment ofpurgatory, endeavoring in your dying state to do something to lessenits pangs, you have walked with glass in your shoes and your poorfeet give evidence of the agony you endured. And this isChristianity!

"I applied cold cloths to her feet; I sat down in the dimly-lightedinfirmary by the side of her bed, and, holding the fevered andtrembling hand, I, in my ignorance, tried to give her some comfort. Ipromised to remember her in my intentions, my communions, and at thesacrifice of the Mass. I spoke to her of the mercy and compassion ofMary, the 'Mother of Sorrows, ' and tried to give her hope by pointingto her as mediator between her soul and Christ, but I could see thatshe received no satisfaction, no assurance. Then her eyes closed andshe dozed for a few minutes, only to wake with a moan of pain--'Oh, my feet! oh, my feet!' And then again, 'If only I could see mymother!' would issue from her parched and cracked lips. 

"And so I sat through the night, soothing her as well as I knew how, and repeating aspirations for her, until the dawn crept in and thenuns' bell rang out at 4:30 o'clock, arousing the inmates. Thequietness and deep stillness still remained throughout theinstitution, the sisters and penitents walking in the dimly-lightedcloisters with soft tread and down-cast eyes, as if in the land ofthe silent dead and not the living. "

As I write I wonder how it was possible for me to endure the paganismof Catholicism for thirty years, and the only rational reason I cangive for this endurance is that I, like thousands of these poor nunswhom I have just written about, was raised to believe that theteachings of Catholicism were right and the only road that lead toeternal glory; therefore I look with pity and compassion upon thoseblack-garbed nuns when I behold them tramping the streets of ourlarge cities, as I realize that they actually believe they areperforming God's work, when the truth of the matter is that they areonly following the practices of heathen nations. 

I could go on and write a thousand pages upon "The UnmarriedCussedness of the Roman Priestcraft, " and each page would be as blackas the shadows of hell, but I deem it unnecessary, as I haveconfidence in those who may read this book that they will believeevery word of what I have written, therefore it is unnecessary for meto dwell longer upon the hideousness of celibacy. 

In conclusion, I desire to say that so long as Roman Catholicismdemands that her priestcraft shall not wed, just so long thepriestcraft will remain vultures of virtue and just so long conventswill be turned into carnivals of vice. 

It is only natural that such should be the case, as both thepriestcraft and the inhabitants of our convents are brought up fromchildhood to believe in the absurdities of Roman Catholicism, and tobelieve that all of their many sins can be pardoned by the cungeringsof this Romish doctrine. 

My prayer is that the government of the United States may learn inthe near future that the broad light of Protestant inspection mustpenetrate these recesses of darkness before we can ever have themcleansed of their immorality, and this inspection must be madeoften, and I sincerely believe that the time is not far distant whenProtestant America will demand that Catholicism shall do away withher monasteries and nunneries, unless she submits to a rigidexamination of her actions, and whenever she submits it will bebecause she is forced to submit, and whenever she is forced to do so, these monasteries and convents will be closed up, as ProtestantAmerica will not allow nor permit these plague spots to exist topollute the fair name of America when she learns of their actualmission. 

[Illustration: "BEING EXCOMMUNICATED FOR READING THE BIBLE. ""May she be damned in her mouth, in her breast, inher heart and down to her very stomach. Etc. Etc. "]

Chapter X. 

A Brazen Insult to God. 

Catholicism teaches that the Pope of Rome is infallible and cannotsin, neither can he make a mistake. This claim, if true, would placethe Pope of Rome, who is nothing more nor less than a human being, upon the same footing as Jesus Christ. 

The Bible says, "There are none pure; no, not one. " Now, if the claimof Catholicism that the Pope of Rome is infallible, is true, then theBible is a myth and a mockery. 

If Catholicism's claim that the Pope of Rome is infallible, is true, then God is not an impartial God, for if He is an impartial God Hewould not bestow upon any of His mortals the gift of purity, withoutbeing ready to bestow the same gift upon all of those who aredeserving, and who by their righteousness deserve this grand andprincely distinction. 

We want to use a little common sense and a philosophy that can beassimilated by any man or woman of ordinary intelligence. 

The Bible does not relate in any verse or chapter that any one canreach the point of infallibility during life. Now, is not this true?And if it is, then the claim of Catholicism that the Pope of Rome isinfallible is a lie, woven in the devil's loom. 

We want to prove to our readers that this claim is one founded uponfallacious grounds, as the Pope of Rome is elected by the cardinalsof the Catholic Church, who are human and who are often as immoral asthe devil; therefore the infallibility of the Pope rests in humanhands, for it is by these cardinals that the Pope is created, therefore you will see that by the ballot of these cardinals the Popederives his infallibility, and not from any power of God Almighty, consequently this proclaimed infallibility of the Pope rests in thehands of these cardinals. 

Now, to illustrate this damnable doctrine and show it up in its rabidignorance, we will suppose that when Pope Pius X was elected Pope ofRome that if some other priest had received a majority of one of thevotes of the cardinals, Pope Pius X would never have had thisblessing from God, but he would only have missed it one vote, therefore you will see that this infallibility which was about torest on Pope Pius X, but did not, would have been snatched from himby the failure of one cardinal to vote for him. 

Now, any man or woman of ordinary "horse sense" can see that GodAlmighty has nothing whatever to do with filling the office of thePope, and this infallibility rests altogether with the pulling powerthat the candidate for Pope exercises over the cardinals, as it is anindisputable fact that there is as much political chicanery in theelection of a Pope as there is in the election of a justice of thepeace at a township election. 

We want to learn just how far this infallibility of the Pope goes. If a man is infallible he can not make a mistake, and I can prove byevery man of broadmindedness and intelligence that the Popes of Rome, for centuries past, have made nothing but mistakes, and theirmistakes have been not only ruinous to those whom they profess toteach, but their mistakes have had a tendency to paralyze therighteous ambitions of every nation to which their influence hasextended. If the claim of Catholicism is true that her Popes areinfallible, then we must acknowledge that this great gift wasreceived from God Almighty, and we cannot believe such nonsense whenwe are aware of the fact that these Popes are elected by thecardinals, and the election of a Pope depends upon the tactics andschemes of these cardinals; then, pray, tell us how any man who hasbeen raised up under the arch-light of Protestantism, or who has hadthe searchlight of Protestant intelligence penetrate his soul, canfor a moment believe in the infallibility of the Pope?

I sincerely believe, in fact, I know that there are millions whobelieve this damnable doctrine, as I can honestly say that I at onetime believed it myself. But those who do believe it are those whohave been raised beneath the dark shadows of superstition, and mymission in writing this book is to brush the cobwebs of ignorancefrom these dwarfed minds and help to point them to "_the Lamb of Godwho taketh away the sins of the world_, " and if I can be instrumentalin this mission I will not only open the eyes of the followers ofCatholicism, but I will put stiffening into the backbone ofProtestantism and help them to brand this idolatrous doctrine ofCatholicism wherever she may dare to rear her abominable head. 

The great danger in teaching that the Pope is infallible is in makingthieves and murderers of our citizens, for if Catholicism is right inteaching her followers that the Pope of Rome is infallible, thisdoctrine is bound to have an influence that is awful in its effect, for whenever a man or woman believes in the infallibility of the Popethey are bound to believe in the infallibility of all things that hecreates; therefore you will see that this doctrine is far-reaching inits effects, for if a Pope is infallible the bishops which hecreates are infallible, and if the bishops which he creates areinfallible, the priests which they create are infallible, andwhenever we teach a nation this abomination we have a nation ofpeople which believes that there is no sin so heinous which they maycommit but which may be forgiven by the priesthood, as they havelearned to believe that all things created by the Pope areinfallible, simply because they have been created by the Pope, andwhenever you preach a doctrine that has such effect upon theinhabitants of any country you will have a set of inhabitants whowill commit crime without hesitation, as they are assured that bypaying a few dollars into the coffers of the priest they can havetheir sins pardoned, and whenever you cause a nation to believe this, you at once have a nation of criminals. 

It is, in my estimation, absolutely impossible for an individual whobelieves in such a damnable doctrine to become a pure, patrioticAmerican citizen. Now, this may seem to the reader a very broadassertion and one that may appear too broad to be substantiated, butI propose to demonstrate to you that it is only a naturalconsequence, and if we fail to make this point clear to the reader'smind we will not ask them to believe it. 

In the first place, we desire to say that the Catholic religion--ifreligion it can be termed--is founded upon the rock of superstition. Every code of their church doctrine teaches that the Pope isinfallible and cannot err, which is absurd, and not only absurd, buta festering lie, for no man or woman who believes in the teachings ofthe Holy Bible can believe in such a doctrine, and whenever a man orwoman does believe in the infallibility of the Pope and believes thatthe Pope cannot err, he or she believes that the Pope is superhuman, and such we know cannot be the case as long as there is life in thebody, as we are all liable to the Adamic sin, as the world at largewas cursed with the Adamic sin in the Garden of Eden. 

Now, we want to deal in simple facts and truths that are so simplethat the commonest man of ordinary intelligence can understand. 

Now, if the Pope of Rome is infallible, he is immortal, and if everyaction of this Pope is pure, then everything that is created by himmust be pure; and if such is the case, I was at one time as pure asJesus Christ Himself, as I for thirty years was a Roman Catholicpriest and a creature created by a Roman Catholic Pope. Every man andwoman of very ordinary intelligence knows that neither I nor anyother priest ever was pure; in fact, that man has never lived or diedwho could claim infallibility and purity so long as life was left inhis body. 

If the doctrines of Catholicism are correct then we have no use for aGod any longer, as we already have a Pope; and should Pope Pius X dieto-day the cardinals to-morrow, or some day in the near future, wouldelect another Pope, who would take the place of Jesus Christ Himself, according to their doctrine; and if such doctrines are true, then thehuman family in the future and the unborn millions could be saved aseasily without God as they could with Him, as the Pope would performthat mission himself. 

There are thousands--yea, tens of thousands, who send handkerchiefsand trinkets each year to Rome to be blessed (?) by the Pope, andwho believe that by having some article which has been blessed (?) bythis presumptuous vagabond will prevent them from being overtaken bybad luck, ill health or any other misfortune that besets the path ofman. 

Now, if the Pope of Rome has the power to bless and sanctify a pieceof cloth, a ring, or any dead and inert object, he undoubtedly is"_the real thing_, " and if such is the case the Bible is a lie, thegospel a fallacy, and God Almighty becomes a hireling, and we have nofurther need of a God. 

What can we expect of the followers of Catholicism who believe inthis hellish doctrine, and what can we expect of a nation which iscontrolled by those who teach and preach such abominations?

An institution which will teach such damnable ignorance and practicesuch superstitious paganism is a plague spot and a curse to anycountry, and the man or set of men who claim that the Pope isinfallible offers "_a brazen insult to God_. "

[Illustration: "A MODERN JUDAS. "In his wake, misery always follows. ]

Chapter XI. 

The Characters of the Followers of Catholicism Comparedto the Followers of Protestantism. 

I believe that I am not presuming too much when I consider myselfauthority on the subject of "Character, " as I have had the privilegeof studying the characters of the followers of both Catholic andProtestant countries, as I have traveled extensively over both Europeand America and have had occasion to compare the characters of thefollowers of the Pope to the characters of the followers of JesusChrist, and the comparison is one that will lead any sane man, orwoman, and one who desires to reach a true verdict, to arrive at theconclusion that it is a physical impossibility for any man or womanwho depends upon mortal wisdom for their inspiration to ever attainthe broadness and purity of character that the man or woman wholives beneath the shadow of the Cross, and who looks to a living Godfor their wisdom. 

Character is not a spontaneous fungus which grows without propercare, as character is an essential that must be cultivated in thefertile soil of morality, as there is no code of morals which willstand the crucial test of godliness unless it springs from theeternal injunctions laid down in the Holy Bible, and without moralsan individual as well as a nation loses its identity among the goodof the land, and when this happens, society in general is the loser, for whenever we degrade society we degrade ourselves, for there is noman or woman so strong and powerful in their individuality but whatthey can become besmirched and contaminated, to a degree at least, bythe association of those who have been lowered in the scale ofmorality by the lack of this most precious jewel of the human family. 

We are aware of the fact that Protestantism is not exempt from sin, as we are well aware that we will find sinners of all degrees in theProtestant ranks, but we make the assertion, without fear ofcontradiction, that the characters in general of the followers ofProtestantism are many times superior to the characters in general ofthe followers of Romanism. 

We will take the large cities in the United States as anillustration, and we will find that the saloon-keepers, comparativelyspeaking, are from the ranks of Catholicism, and to engage in thesaloon business is no bar to a member of the Catholic Church, for ifthis saloon-keeper, no matter if he runs a wine-room in connectionwith his saloon and is responsible for the downfall of an army ofprecious girls, he is considered a fit subject for heaven by theCatholic Church provided he liberally donates to the support of thisdamnable institution. 

Statistics show that ninety-four bar-rooms out of every one hundredin America are owned and controlled by the followers of Romanism. AsCatholicism establishes and builds character out of money, she makesmoney her god, and as long as her followers liberally support thegreat army of Catholic dignitaries they are taught that they haveperformed the essential part in the establishment of character; thusyou can see what the result of this doctrine would lead to, and youhave demonstrations of this doctrine in this country, and moreespecially in other countries where Catholicism is solely responsiblefor the condition of the inhabitants. 

Everything that is not in the Bible is taken by the Catholic Churchfrom the heathens and the Jews, and you will find the doctrines andthe practices of Catholicism founded upon heathenish practices andnot upon the broad plane of morals taught by Jesus Christ. 

Those who may read this book, and who are not acquainted with thecharacters of the rabble of Catholicism, we would be glad to havethem go to any of our large cities and visit some of the districts ofthese cities which are inhabited by the followers of Romanism, andthere you will find a class whose countenances alone would condemnthem in any criminal court of the land, as they are men and women whoare made up of a foreign element and from the criminal districts ofEuropean countries, and who are as ignorant as rams and glory intheir ignorance, and who have no idea of patriotism and of loyalty tocountry, and only have an idea and desire to worship the images andsymbols of Catholicism, and any man or body of men, or any nation, who will practice this heathenish worship cannot possess character. 

I have traveled extensively over the United States and over Europeancountries which are controlled by the Pope, and if I could vividlyportray the characters of Catholicism and Protestantism thecomparison would resemble the countenance of the criminal compared tothe innocent and loveable features of a girl baby. 

Catholicism poisons the very atmosphere that surrounds her followers, and she is not satisfied by confining her contaminating influences toher own followers, but she is everlastingly stretching her filthygrasp to pull Protestantism down to her degraded level. Catholicismlowers the standard of public opinion. She makes war on morality andvirtue, which destroys character. Catholicism countenanceswrong-doings. Catholicism tolerates evil and rewards vice, and it isa well-known fact that "evil communications corrupt good manners, "and if this is the case, then is it any wonder that the characters ofthe followers of Catholicism cannot, nor never will, favorablycompare to the followers of Protestantism?

I am about to make an assertion that will perhaps shock those who arenot familiar with the teachings of Catholicism, but I make it withoutfear of contradiction, as I know whereof I speak, as I have traveledthe Papist road for thirty years, and I declare to you with allsincerity and honesty that Rome would not go far wrong if she countedin her membership 95 per cent of the men and women who are on theirroad to hell, and if this assertion is true, and if I have notoverdrawn my estimation, then, pray, tell me what we can expect inthe future in this country should such characters as I have justportrayed be permitted to dominate this government. 

Every Roman Catholic that is born in the world comes into the worldalienated from God and God's teachings, and is taught from infancynot to depend upon God Almighty for guidance, but to depend uponRomanism for their everlasting future, and with such doctrineseverlastingly funnelled into childhood, what can we expect of thechild when it has grown to maturity?

Protestant children are born into the world of parents who look abovethe horizon of earthly things for their inspirations, and thesechildren are taught from infancy that they must look to an all-wiseGod for succor and support; but Popery ignores all of this andteaches by heathenish symbols and by paganic practices. Thus it is aneasy matter for any sane man or woman to understand why charactercannot be found in such a class. 

The followers of Catholicism are taught that by the payment of a fewdimes they can have their sins remitted and pardoned; thus you willsee that crime has no terrors for such a class, as they believe thatwhen they have committed a crime all they have to do is to go to thepriestcraft and have their sins pardoned, in exchange for perhaps apart of the money which they gained in their criminal transaction. 

To rule such men, no religion is required. A Romanist does not lookto God Almighty for his salvation, but to the church, and the churchgives him her unbounded sanction to commit sin, provided that hereturns after he commits the crime and pays a few dollars to have hissins pardoned. 

A Roman Catholic can swear, break the Sabbath, dishonor his parents, lie, steal, commit adultery, get drunk and commit any other crimethat he chooses, provided that he returns to the confessional box andpays for having his sins pardoned. 

Now, what can you expect of a class of men and women who believe inthis doctrine, and can you expect to find anything but the characterof a criminal or a degenerate? If you do, you are undoubtedly asignorant as the followers of Romanism, as it is a physicalimpossibility to reasonably expect a man or woman who has been taughtthese abominations to ever make men and women of character who willadorn this or any other nation. 

One of the rulers of England, Charles II, died with prostitutes abouthim and died a disgrace to England and to himself, but Rome glorifiedin him as one of her converts. The more of Rome a man or womanpossesses, and the less of God, the more the Roman Catholic Churchglorifies in him. 

Catholicism is a coward--yea, a cringing coward--when not surroundedby large numbers of her followers, as she has no excuse for herexistence and cannot defend herself by intelligent and godlyarguments, and the only way she can defend herself is by numbers; butwhenever she can resort to physical and brutal strength, she thenmakes a fight which crimsons the earth with blood, and Protestantismpays the penalty, and the reason why those in the country and insparsely settled districts do not know more of the hellishness ofCatholicism is because this creed cannot intelligently defend itselfand will not take issue with Protestantism unless she can take issueby brutal power, but in our cities we have an exhibition of thediabolical deeds of Catholicism, as the majority of our municipalelections are controlled by the followers of Catholicism, as Rome'sfollowers congregate in our large cities, because they love darknessbetter than light, and they infest the "tough" sections of our citiesand control our municipal elections by brute force, which issanctioned by the priestcraft. 

We will take it for granted that the inhabitants of the United Statesknow more of Mexico than any other nation which is priest-ridden, sowe desire to dwell for a short time upon the characters of theMexican peon. You will find Mexico, which lays right across fromTexas on the Rio Grande River, a dividing line between ignorance andintelligence, crime and godliness, and morality and immorality;however, that part of Texas which lays near the Mexican border hasbecome contaminated to a great degree by these Mexican "dupes" whofollow the black flag of Romanism; but the difference in character, in manhood, in womanhood, in intelligence and everything whichdistinguishes right from wrong is so marked and so plain that onedoes not have to look twice to see the difference, and there is nocause nor no reason for this great difference in character, inmanhood and womanhood but the teachings of Rome. 

If we expect America to retain her place among the nations ofintelligence and nations of greatness, and nations of goodness andgodliness, we must be character-builders, for without character wecan never expect to reach the zenith of godliness, and withoutgodliness individual greatness is an impossibility. 

Catholicism paints the countenances of her followers with the brushof ignorance and criminality. 

[Illustration: "FOES TO KNOWLEDGE. ""Like a poisonous serpent Catholicism is endeavoringto inoculate our public schools, with the virus of ignorance. "]

Chapter XII. 

Why Teachers in Our Public Schools Should Not BeSelected from the Ranks of Catholicism. 

The Catholic world does not hesitate in declaring that our publicschools in this country are "Sinks of Iniquity, " "Schools of Vice, "and "Nurseries of Hell;" then why should the followers of Catholicismbe permitted to teach in our public schools?

This is a question that ought to vitally interest every Protestantfather and mother in this land, and the time is not far distant untilthey will become interested, for just as sure as God reigns, the timeis not far in the future when Catholicism will endeavor to close upthe public schools of this land and establish her nurseries ofdarkness and superstition in their stead. 

If the public schools of this country are not good enough for thechildren of Catholic parents, it seems to me that the Protestantparents of this country should see to it that their children are _toogood_ to be taught by Catholic teachers. 

Why is it that the Pope does not promulgate one of his "holy bulls"and excommunicate those of his believers who take the money so freelyfor their services from the public schools of this country?

Oh, no; the Pope and the priestcraft are perfectly willing, so longas Protestants have the power to maintain those schools, that their"jesuitical dupes" shall receive the money that is set aside forthese schools. My blood fairly boils with unbounded indignation whenI think of the hard, harsh, and ungodly slurs that Catholicism isever ready to throw at our public school system, and then see blindProtestants help to place a Catholic teacher in one of our schools. 

We propose to give facts and figures in this chapter that we hopewill open the eyes of drowsy, unconcerned Protestants, and help themand their children to apply the brakes to their downward course, andspike the guns of the Vatican with American manhood. 

We hope by the time you are through with this chapter you will beready to make inquiries as to who is to teach your children in thepublic schools. Let me ask you, Mr. Protestant, if you ever heard ofa Protestant teaching in a Catholic school? Oh, no! But then you willfold your hands and be content to allow your children to be taught bya man or woman who secretly despises the public school system. Shame!Ten thousand times we exclaim you should be ashamed for not assertingyour American and God-given privileges of Protestantism gained foryou through the blood of your forefathers!

A general system of education, such as affords all alike anopportunity to cultivate and expand the intellect, the poor as wellas the rich, is, beyond all question, one of the greatest blessingsthat any nation can enjoy. Such a system had its birth in Americawhile it was yet comparatively free from the blighting influence of areligio-political corporation whose whole history is oneuninterrupted and relentless war upon every system of educationwhich broadens the intellect and causes people to think. In Americawas born the public free school system, and from the date of itsbirth, in 1695, to the present, it has been the means of giving tothis nation its most renowned statesmen, jurists, patriots, agriculturists, teachers and divines. It is one of the principalagents by which the United States of America has been enabled toadvance to the first rank in all things that make a nation great. 

But against this most sacred product of American liberty Rome liftsher unholy hands. Against our schools she hurls her worst anathemas. But it is our purpose in this chapter to let the Roman CatholicChurch speak for itself. Its language is plain and needs nointerpretation. Listen to Rome's damnable utterances:

 "These public schools are devouring fires and pits of destruction. They ought to go back to the devil, from whence they came. "--_The Freeman's Journal. _

 "If your son or daughter is attending a state school you may be sure that you are violating your duty as Catholic parents and conducting to the everlasting anguish and despair of your child. Take it away. Let it rather never know how to write its name than to become the bound and chained slave of satan. "--_The Shepherd of the Valley. _

 "The common schools of this country are sinks of moral pollution and nurseries of hell. "--_Chicago Tablet. _

 "The public or common school system is a swindle on the people, an outrage on justice, a foul disgrace in matters of morals, and should be abolished forthwith. "--_New York Tablet. _

 "The hideous fetish, called the public school, is only an ugly idol after all. "--_Colorado Catholic. _

 "It will be a glorious day for Roman Catholics in this country when, under the laws of justice and morality, our school system shall be shivered to pieces. "--_Catholic Telegraph. _

 "We hold education to be a function of the church and not of the state, and in our case we do not and will not accept the state as an educator. "--_New York Tablet. _

 They love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. Listen to the snarls of Rome's "dupes:"

 "Unless you suppress the public school system as at present conducted, it will prove the damnation of this country. "--_Father Walker. _

 "I frankly confess that the Catholics stand before the country as the enemies of the public schools. "--_Father Phelan. _

 "The duty of all loyal, God-fearing Christian men (Roman Catholics) then, I repeat it, is to make common cause against this common foe. "--_Father Gleason. _

 "The public schools have produced nothing but a godless generation of thieves and blackguards. "--_Priest Schauer. _

 "I would as soon administer the sacrament to a dog as to Catholics who send their children to public schools. "--_Priest Walker. _

 "The public school system must be destroyed. It must be done by stopping Bible reading, Psalm singing and eliminating objectionable books. "--_Priest Phelan. _

 "To rescue these little ones out of the grasp of that monster (the public school), of that popular idol, is our work. "--_Bishop John Hennessy. _

 "We can have the United States in ten years. And I want to give you three points for your consideration: The Negroes, the Indians and the public schools. "--_Bishop Ireland. _

 "Emphatically a social plague. "--_Archbishop Perche. _

 "A ripe knowledge of the cathechism, minus Massachusetts education, is preferable to her education, minus the catechism. "--_Cardinal Antonelli. _

 "The common school system of the United States is the worst in the world. "--_Cardinal Manning. _

 "The catechism alone is essential for the education of the people. "--_Cardinal Antonelli. _

 "We must take part in the elections. Move in solid mass in every state pledged to sustain the integrity of the public schools. "--_Cardinal McCloskey. _

 "The Roman Church alone is endowed with power to educate the young. "--_Cardinal McCloskey. _

 "Education outside of the control of the Roman Catholic Church is a damnable heresy. "--_Pius IX. _

 "Public schools open to all children for the education of the young should be under the control of the Romish Church, and should not be subject to civil power, nor made to conform to the opinions of the ages. "--_Pope Pius IX. _

 "When I see them drag from me the children, the poor little children, and give them an infidel education, it breaks my heart. "--_Pope Pius IX. _

 "It is desirable, therefore, venerable brethren, that in concert with your colleagues in the Episcopate, your efforts and your zeal guard Catholic children from frequenting schools in which their religious instruction is neglected and open danger incurred of spiritual loss. Therefore we vehemently desire, as has already been intimated to you by the propaganda, that in approaching Episcopal meetings you carefully discuss the measure that may best help to attain this end. We wish you also to use earnest efforts that the civil magistrates, who know full well that nothing is more advantageous to the commonwealth than religion should provide, by the enactment of wise laws, that the office of teachings, which is carried on at the expense of the public, including consequently the contributions of Catholics, should contain nothing that stands in the way of their conscience or runs foul of their religion. "--_Pope Leo XIII. _

We could go on and quote diabolical denunciations of our publicschools from hundreds and thousands of Catholic officials, as thefollowers of Rome make no "bones" of declaring their animositytowards the public schools of this country, and they are only waitingfor the time to arrive when they will be able to wipe from the faceof the earth every vestige of our public schools, and place in theirstead their parochial schools, which are nothing more nor less than"mills of ignorance" and "institutions of superstition. "

An institution of learning is something that is not desired byCatholicism, for whenever you educate you destroy the doctrines ofRomanism, as the hosts of Catholicism cannot stand the searchlight ofwisdom, for whenever you educate the followers of Catholicism theybecome disgusted with their dogmas of damnation. 

Our public schools are the bulwarks of this government, and all thatwe are to-day, and all that we may expect to be in the future, hascome and must come by and through the public schools, which are thedearest institutions that adorn this country. 

There must be no sectarianism, whether political or religious, in ourpublic schools, but there must be truth and duty there. Theunchanging and undying maxim of moral rectitude should be taught toevery child. It is not enough that a boy or girl should be educatedmentally. The safety of our nation, as well as his own usefulness andhappiness, demand that they should be trained to habits oftruthfulness and develop a fine standard of honor. They should beinspired to form exalted ideals of manhood and womanhood, charity, rectitude and godliness, and made strong in the resolution to defendthe truth, which is never found in parochial schools, as the Catholicdoctrine always tends to humiliate her followers. 

The time has come when the pupils of our public schools must betaught the love of country, and Catholicism does not teach this, butthe reverse. The children of this nation must learn to love theirnative land. To whom shall we look for the inculcation of thosepatriotic sentiments which should inspire the heart of every Americancitizen? Not to Catholicism, by any means, but to the three hundredthousand teachers of our public schools. 

Over every school house in hamlet and city, in country and town, inthe North and in the South, in the East and in the West, the Americanflag should kiss the morning breeze. Place it where twenty millionsof children will see it every day, and learn to love it as the emblemof all that is great and good. It will represent to us and to all theworld, in a new and peculiar manner, the great fundamental truth thatthe bulwark of our liberties is in the education of our people. 

The war of the revolution was fought to establish our nationality. Incalculable blood and treasure have been spent to establish and keepour national life intact, and the national policy with relation toour public schools is part and parcel of that all-absorbingdetermination to secure the perpetuity of the state. Men make bettercitizens for being educated. The higher the popular intellect israised the more intelligent and independent will be its vote. Thestronger the source of government, the stronger the government. Ifthe "bayonets that think" are the most potent, the "ballots thatthink" are the most beneficent. 

Every victory which our nation has won has been a victory of thepublic schools and a death knock to Catholicism. They have been thenursery not only of our statesmen, but of our patriots and soldiers. They are an American institution and are destined to live as long asthe republic survives. There is no other American institution thatAmerican people would sooner fight for and die for than that whichsecures an educated and intelligent nationality. Let us maintaininviolate our public schools to the end that our nation may ever bethe home of liberty, "the land of benedictions. "

In the unbounded universe of God's domain there are manifolddiversities, and yet there is an essential unity that binds the worldtogether; there is a common point where all matter unites. 

As there is great freedom and diversity permitted in the unity ofnature, so, in our country of religious and political freedom, wemust grant the greatest latitude possible to the individualconscience in personal, religious and civil rights consistent withgood government. But that there must be a code of morality common toall as the basis of our civilized jurisprudence, in which the rightsof all center or unite and are equally protected, every reasonablemind must admit. But where do we get our ideas of what is morallyright, and what is morally wrong, as the basis of our common law andjurisprudence? What book or books contain the best code of morals? Weanswer, the Bible. For the excellency of the morality of the Biblehas been admitted by the most distinguished men who have opposed itssupernatural revelation, among whom are Gibbon, Byron, Carlyle, LordBollingbroke, Napoleon Bonaparte, Goethe and Renan. Thomas Jefferson, speaking of Christ as a teacher, said: "He set forth the sublimeideas of the Supreme Being, aphorisms and precepts of the purestmorality. "

Catholicism says: "No Bible shall be taught in the public schools, "but demands that she be allowed to proclaim her dogmas. 

Benjamin Franklin, five weeks before his death, said of Christ: "Ithink His system of morals, and His religion, as He left them, arethe best the world ever saw or is likely to see. " The services of theBible in behalf of human rights and freedom, and in reforming andpurifying jurisprudence and politics, have been recognized by many ofthe most distinguished historians, jurists and statesmen. 

As the makers of our laws and the founders of our government haveaccepted the moral code of the Bible as the basis of ourjurisprudence, and have forbidden the union of church and state, andhave left every citizen free to "worship God according to thedictates of his own conscience, " so long as he does not interferewith the rights of others or violate the moral code common to allcitizens, for the law cannot allow a person to murder or steal, orburn human sacrifices, or be a polygamist, or commit any other publiccrime, even if the dictates of his conscience should lead him intosuch a form of religion, because the moral code of the Bible is thebasis of our jurisprudence, and it forbids such things. 

Therefore, we demand that the "book of books" be kept where therising generation shall come under its moral teaching without partyor sectarian comment, so that all may understand the fundamentalprinciples upon which the science of our common law rests, and thusone of the objects of the order is "to maintain the public schoolsystem of the United States and to prevent sectarian interferencetherewith, and upholding the reading of the Holy Bible therein. "

The argument that the reading of the Bible in the public schoolshould be abolished because it is objectionable to the conscience ofsome comes only from the Church of Rome, and applies with equal forceagainst the moral code of jurisprudence, because it is objectionableto the conscience of the anarchist, and the conscience of theanarchist is just as sacred and entitled to as much respect, underthe law, in this free country of ours as the conscience of any oneelse. 

We have just as much right to take the moral code out of our commonjurisprudence as to take the Bible out of our public schools, becausethe moral code of the Bible is the moral code of our common law. 

We desire the Bible to be kept in the school as the standard of moraltruth, as the dictionary is kept there as the standard of words andtheir definitions. As the unabridged dictionary contains all thewords of the English language, so the Bible contains all the truthsof Christianity. Every book has a part of the words of thedictionary, so every Christian creed has a part of the truths of theBible. As there never was a book written that contained all of thewords of the dictionary, so there never was a creed written thatcontained all the truths of the Bible. Therefore, as the dictionaryand not the books is the standard for words and their meaning, so theBible, and not the creeds, is the standard of moral truth. A man cantake the words in the dictionary and write a bad book, but that isnot the fault of the dictionary, but of the man. A person may takepassages of Scripture and misapplied truths and write a bad creed, but that is not the fault of the Bible, but of the creed-maker. Butevery man who takes the Bible as a whole has a complete standard ofmoral truths. 

It is claimed that the Bible should not be read in the school becausethere are passages that are not proper to be read before children, ora promiscuous audience, but this is only claimed by Catholicism. Yes, and there are words in the dictionary that it would be just asimproper to use and define before children or a promiscuous audienceas any passage in the Bible. Therefore, it would be just asreasonable to exclude the dictionary as the Bible from the schoolroom on this hypocritical argument in favor of false modesty. 

The man's conscience that will object to the reading of the Bible inthe public school will ultimately object to the moral code of ourjurisprudence, and such a conscience is dangerous to our form ofgovernment, inimical to the best interests of society and goodgovernment, as has been clearly demonstrated in the past. The Mormonsclaimed the right under our constitution to live in polygamy, as thatwas their religion and the way they served God according to the"dictates of their own conscience. " But the supreme court decidedthey could not worship God according to the dictates of theirconscience if their worship was a violation of the moral code commonto all. Thus all must submit to the moral code irrespective of theirindividual conscience. So the Bible should be read in the publicschools, irrespective of the conscience of any, until the majority ofthe government of the people, for the people and by the people shallsay: "Away with your Bible, away with your Sabbath, away with yourChristian jurisprudence, and give us infidel, revolutionary France, or lawless anarchy, or the inquisition of the dark ages!"

Our public school is the mill that is to grind out this standard ofmorality, knowledge and patriotism common to all. Hence we must havethe Bible in it as the standard of morality, and primary principlesof literature, science and art, the standard of knowledge, and theAmerican flag and its essential principles as the standard ofpatriotism. Our American school system is like a great paper mill, into which are cast rags of all kinds and colors, but which losetheir special identity and come out white paper, having a commonidentity. So we want the children of the state, of whatevernationality, color or religion, to pass through this great moral, intellectual and patriotic mill, or transforming process, and thuslose their foreign peculiarities and come out not as Germans, Irish, English, Huns or Poles, but as Americans, having the common identityof morality, knowledge and patriotism that is essential to trueAmerican citizenship and good government stamped upon their minds, and when they pass through this mill of purification they then beginto lose confidence in the heathenish doctrines of Catholicism. 

In a government where the people are the rulers, intelligence andeducation are necessary to maintain the nation's stability. Underthis belief, the public school system of the United States wasfounded. 

Following are expressions of prominent Americans on the generalsubject of popular education:

President Hays: "I am firmly convinced that the subject of populareducation deserves the earnest attention of the people of the wholecountry, with a view to wise and comprehensive action by thegovernment of the United States. The means at the command of thelocal and state authorities are in many cases wholly inadequate todeal with the question. The magnitude of the evil to be eradicated isnot, I apprehend, generally and fully understood. "

President Garfield: "Next in importance to freedom and justice ispopular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can bepermanently maintained. Its interests are intrusted to the state andto the voluntary action of the people. Whatever help the nation canjustly afford should be generously given to aid the states insupporting common schools, but it would be unjust to our people anddangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of the revenue ofthe nation of the states to the support of sectarian schools. Theseparation of the church and the state in everything relating totaxation should be absolute. "

Dr. Strong: "Free schools are one of the cornerstones of ourgovernment. "

Washington's Farewell Address: "Promote them as an object of primaryimportance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. Inproportion as the structure of a government gives force to publicopinion, it is essential that public opinions should be enlightened. "

Calhoun: "In proportion as a people are ignorant, stupid, debased, corrupt, exposed to violence within and danger without, the powernecessary for a government to possess in order to preserve societyagainst anarchy and destruction becomes greater and greater, andindividual liberty, less and less, until the lowest condition isreached, when absolute and despotic power becomes necessary on thepart of the government and individual liberty extinct. "

The church of Rome wants to rule by tyranny so that she can force her"dupes" to do her bidding. 

No subject could be of more interest to American citizens to-day thanthat of foreign immigration to America. Every section of the countryhas felt, to some degree, the demoralizing effect of the freeadmission of aliens, unsuited morally and mentally for participatingin a government of the people. 

The consensus of opinion among all classes of good citizens is thatsome restrictive measures should be adopted, and this can be effectedonly by popular agitation and demand. 

Read what some prominent men of the country have said on the subject:

Hon. Wm. E. Chandler: "We should prepare ourselves with wisdom andvigor to enforce completely such laws of exclusion as we haveadopted. We should throw our strongest force into a stricteradministration of those laws so that no man and no family shall passthrough the Ellis Island doors, or into any seaport, or across theCanadian or Mexican borders, who is a pauper or likely to becomesuch. One method of stricter administration should be the requirementthat all immigrants before leaving their own countries shall obtainconsular certificates abroad, showing their right to enter the UnitedStates. "

Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge: "You ask me for a few words on the subject ofimmigration. My opinion has been stated at length, both in speechesin Congress and in review articles, but I am very glad to restate itin the briefest possible form. I think that immigration to thiscountry is increasing too fast on one hand and deteriorating on theother. We are ready to welcome every honest immigrant who comes tomake a home and become an American citizen, but I believe that thepresent immigration ought to be sifted and restricted much more thanit is, both as a protection to the quality of our citizenship and tothe rates of wages to our workingmen. "

Hon. Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of Census: "The unrestrictedadmission of the diseased, half-fed swarms of helpless humanity fromthe purlieus of Southern European cities is the dangerous phase ofimmigration. If continued, it will prove a curse and blight toAmerican citizenship and American institutions. There was a time inour history when the better class of foreign immigrants and our ownpopulation was able to swallow up the less desirable class, but ittakes no great discernment now to see the congested spots here andthere on our body politic. In this lies the danger. Such a change inthe character of immigration as herein shown cannot have taken placewithout materially affecting the entire immigration problem, and thesooner our statesmen get to the bottom of the present condition ofaffairs, the better for the republic. "

Rev. Josiah Strong, D. D. : "It is immigration which has fed fat theliquor power, and there is a liquor vote. Immigration furnishes mostof the victims of Mormonism, and there is a Mormon vote. Immigrationis the strength of the Catholic Church, and there is a Catholic vote. Immigration is the mother and nurse of American anarchy, and there isto be an anarchist vote. Immigration tends strongly to the cities andgives to them their political complexion, and there is no moreserious menace to our civilization than our rabble-ruled cities. "

Samuel Gompers, President American Federation of Labor: "It almostgrieves me even to recommend the slightest restriction to the fulland free immigration of anyone who desires to escape from theiniquitous conditions from which he may suffer, but the progress ofour civilization is hanging in the balance, and intelligent and bravemen should not be afraid to express themselves to secure us againstresults which may be appalling. Unrestricted immigration injures thepeople of our country and does no good to the people of othercountries. It injures all. "

A. S. Draper: "I would hang the flag in every school room, and I wouldspend an occasional hour in singing our best patriotic songs, indeclaiming the masterpieces of our national oratory, and rehearsingthe proud story of our national life. "

Francis Marion: "Men will always fight for their government accordingto their sense of its value. To value it right, they must understandit. This they cannot do without education. "

Winship: "The public school is the one force, is the only force, thatcan unify all classes and conditions of society. Here we have thechildren of the nation in their entirety, and we can, if we will, teach them in the schools so much of the grandeur of our possession, of the heroic in our history, of the brilliant in our prosperity, ofthe fascinating in our traditions, that the fathers of the futurewill be willing to vote for and die, if necessary, for the Americanidea; that the mothers of the future will teach their sons to developour resources by industry, to honor the active duties of private andpublic system, because it lies at the foundation of our nationalexistence. "

Where does the vicious element which is found in this country comefrom, and to what church does it belong? Ah, 98 per cent of thosewhom we call anarchists can trace their origin from foreigncountries, and they are always identified with the Roman CatholicChurch. 

Wherever you find a national disturbance, and wherever you find thespirit of anarchy in this country, you will find a spot where RomanCatholicism exists, as her teachings are anarchistic, as she teachesher followers a doctrine that is as sure to lead to anarchy as wateris to flow down hill. 

Catholicism teaches her children that our public schools are "plaguespots" and "nurseries of hell, " and impresses upon their minds thateducation, in a broad sense, is not essential, and also teaches themthat they must look to the priestcraft for their education, and atthe same time the priestcraft is instructed by the Pope of Rome thata broad-gauge education is not permissible to be given to thefollowers of Catholicism, and the Pope of Rome teaches her bishopricand her priestcraft that they must fight the public school system, and in its stead erect the parochial schools of Rome, which arenothing more nor less than schools of dogmas, and these dogmas areincubators of anarchy, for without education and without love ofcountry, anarchy is as certain to follow as the day is certain tofollow night, but still Protestantism stands idly by and allowsCatholicism to villify her institutions, and at the same time permitsCatholicism to place her followers in a position to draw salariesfrom the institutions which they despise and hate with the venom ofhell. 

It is my object and my aim to arouse Protestantism to a sense oftheir duty, and if I can do this I will feel that I have accomplisheda task that will eventually call forth the plaudits of the Americanpeople, for as sure as God reigns, just that sure our public schoolswill be crushed out of existence by Catholicism unless ProtestantAmerica raises her voice and her strong arm in defense of our publicschool system, and against the encroachment of the damnable anddiabolical doctrines of Catholicism. 

Our greatest American statesmen, our greatest American patriots, ourgreatest American thinkers, our wisest and most loyal citizens, andour grandest old mothers are Protestants, and born of Protestantstock; then why should we hesitate to denounce this anarchistic demonof Rome, when we know what she thinks of our American institutions, and when we are absolutely certain that if it was within her powershe would crash into dust everything that is near and dear toProtestantism?

Arouse, ye Protestant hosts, and buckle on the armor of yourforefathers and march out in a solid body of Protestant warriors andfight to the death the encroachment of Romish rule and force her backinto the trenches of her degradation, and compel her to remain withinthe border of the countries which she has desolated by her hellishdogmas, and purge the shores of the "home of the brave and the landof the free" of this scarlet-robed hag, who would paralyze ourAmerican institutions which are near and dear to every pure American, both man and woman, who dwells beneath the folds of the Americanflag. 

[Illustration: "HEATHENISH PRACTICES. ""A dupe kissing the supposed bone of "Saint Ann"to cure Rheumatism. "]

Chapter XIII. 

The Influence of the Priesthood ofAmerica Upon the Morals of This Country. 

An institution which is allowed to flourish in this country, shouldbe an institution whose teachers are in harmony with the fundamentalprinciples of godliness, morality and liberty, and unless they are, the teachers at once become traitors. 

Now, is not this common sense logic and every-day philosophy?

We want to investigate and see if this logic and philosophy is notreasonable and founded upon common sense, and if we find that it is, then any man or woman of intelligence must acknowledge that if theteachings and the fundamental principles of a free country arecorrect, then the doctrines of Catholicism are altogether wrong, andthe sooner the American people can arrive at this conclusion, thebetter it will be for us, for if the teachings of our Protestantforefathers are right, and the teachings of Rome are wrong, thequicker we can eradicate and stamp out these popish doctrines, thebetter it will be for our posterity. 

If this country is a home for those who love liberty, then theinfluence of the priesthood of America is detrimental to thefundamental principles of America, as Catholicism does not teachpatriotism and loyalty of country, as the burden of her teachings is, "Loyalty to the Pope, " and the Pope of Rome, who is at the head ofthe Catholic Church; is a despot pure and simple--yea, he is worsethan a despot, as he rules his followers by a superstitious belief, which teaches that not only the body of Rome's followers is subjectto the Pope's every whim, but the soul as well is directly under thecontrol of this despotic sovereign. 

A Roman Catholic form of government is more despotic than a monarchywhich is ruled by an absolute despot, as these monarchs who haveabsolute sway in the affairs of the state only are satisfied withthis absolutism, but not so with Catholicism, as she haunts herfollowers to the grave and then demands of their surviving relativesthat homage be paid her in order to keep their dead out of theregions of despair. 

It matters not how strong we are in our endeavors to do right, thecommission of wrong under our nose will corrupt to a certain extentthe morals of the young, and I say without fear of contradiction thatthe priestcraft of this and every other country are, as a whole, aset of men whose morality is below par; however, I sincerely believethat there are some few who are chaste, but I am sorry to say thatthis class is greatly in the minority; and why should it beotherwise, as the priesthood is composed of men who are mortal, andthe vow of celibacy which they must take before they enter thepriesthood is an unnatural and an unreasonable vow, and one which isnot kept sacred by one out of every fifty; thus you will see at oncethat the priestcraft is a cancer upon the body of morality, forwhenever the young and rising generation learns that those who aresupposed to teach them in chastity and morality, are men who willcommit the very sins which they have been taught are heinous. Then, what can you expect of future generations, and what must eventuallybe the morals of a country which is controlled by the priestcraft?

We do not have to confine ourselves to the recital of the immoralityof the priestcraft of foreign countries, but we could mention scoresof cases that have happened in this country and which will continueto happen as long as the Romish Church demands the vows of celibacyby the priestcraft. 

We will give you an instance of the practices of Romanism in thiscountry which happened no later than November of this year (1903), and if I had the space, I could fill this volume full of such actionsby the priestcraft. 

Priest Geo. D. Sander, of St. Leonard's Catholic Church, Hamburgavenue and Jefferson street, Brooklyn, New York, was known in thatcity as a devout Catholic priest, and he was also known in Far Hills, New Jersey, as a race horse man, by the name of "Geo. West, " who wasinterested in a stock farm, on which lived a woman known as "Mrs. Geo. West, " but her right name is Mrs. Mamie Kipp, who formerlybelonged to Priest Sander's church, but disappeared from Brooklynvery mysteriously, and whose whereabouts had been unknown to herfamily and her friends, until it was learned that she was living onthis stock farm at Far Hills, N. J. , and bore the fictitious name bywhich this priest was known. 

The double life of Priest Sander began in 1901. Then Jos. C. Peck, racer and raiser of trotting horses, met this priest in Albany, whowore the ordinary garb of a citizen. They met at the race track, which was not a very good recommendation to say the least of it, forthe Rev. Father Sander. Peck found that this priest was a keen judgeof horses and their love for horses established a bond of friendshipbetween them. 

In Baltimore, a short time afterwards, these two men again met at therace track. Peck told Priest Sander that he had just sold a stockfarm at Millington, N. J. , and contemplated buying another. Sandertold Peck that he was the owner of a fine mare named "Ethel Burns, "and that he would place her on Peck's farm if he purchased it. Hetold Peck that his mare had a track record of 2:20-1/4 and a trialrecord of 2:16. 

Peck informed this priest that he was a bachelor. Priest Sanderproposed that they should keep house jointly and said that he wouldprovide a housekeeper and share the expense of the establishment. Hewas the guardian, he said, of a Mrs. Mamie Kipp, who had had sometrouble with her husband and who wanted to get away from Brooklyn. Heinformed Peck that this lady had a young son, and that he would bringboth the mother and son to the farm at Far Hills, N. J. 

It was obvious that the priest could not indulge in his love for fasthorses, and make regular visits to the stock farm in his priestlyrobes, as he knew it would cause considerable comment; so this priestsuggested to Peck that Mrs. Kipp be called "Mrs. Geo. West, " and thatit be given out to the neighbors that she was the wife of a drummerfor a large mercantile house in New York, and further stated that hecould visit this woman as "George West, " and not create any comment. 

The trainmen became acquainted with this priest and considered him a"good fellow, " as he was always smoking and played the part of a"drummer" in an elegant manner, and these trainmen came to know "Geo. West" as Peck's partner in the race horse business. 

The merchants about Far Hills knew this priest as the husband of"Mrs. West, " and when this priest would put in his appearance at FarHills, the neighbors, of course, thought it was nothing more thannatural that "Mrs. West's" husband should come to see her whenever hecould get an opportunity to get off of the road. 

The accounts for the supplies of the household were billed sometimesto "Geo. West" and sometimes to Jos. C. Peck, thus you will see thatPriest Sander acknowledged by these bills that he was "Geo. West. "

This story got to be noised about, and the Protestant element ofBrooklyn as well as Priest Sander's flock became very much interestedin the tale, and sent a reporter out to interview Jos. C. Peck, andthe first question this reporter asked him was, "Is that the pictureof your sister?" pointing to a portrait of the woman hanging on thewall. "No, " he replied. "That is Mrs. West. " The reporter asked if itwas not the picture of Mrs. Mamie Kipp. Peck hesitated, his lipstrembling, and he began to look very nervous, then he gave waycompletely and said: "Yes, it is Mrs. Mamie Kipp. " "How does she comehere under the name of 'Mrs. West, ' and who is 'Mr. West?'" was thenasked, which Peck refused to answer. 

With these facts in hand, the reporter returned to Brooklyn andsought Priest Sander in his parlor, in his parish residence, and thefirst question he asked him was this: "You own a trotting horse outat Far Hills, N. J. , don't you?" The answer was, "Yes. " "Don't you owna string of trotting horses?" The answer was, "Certainly not! Whotold you that?" The reporter replied, "Oh, no; you don't own a stringof horses as Priest Sander, but as 'Geo. West, ' don't you?" PriestSander tried to look surprised, and he folded a slip of paper heheld in his hand and got very nervous and replied, "Now, that is apretty story, isn't it; who told you all this?"

The reporter laid before him all the facts he had gathered at FarHills, and demanded that he affirm or deny the story. Then thispriest said, "I may as well confess; it will be the ruin of me; itwill take the bread out of my mouth, but you have got it absolutelystraight. " The reporter asked Priest Sander if he positively didn'tknow that this woman who sailed under the name of "Mrs. Geo. West"wasn't Mrs. Mamie Kipp. 

This priest, not being content with the dastardly part that he hadplayed in his immoral conduct with Mrs. Kipp, absolutely denied thatit was Mrs. Mamie Kipp, and further declared that he knew nothingabout her, except that she was the "housekeeper" at Peck's farm, andwhy she was called "Mrs. West" he did not know; thus you will seethat while he was guilty of immorality with Mrs. Mamie Kipp, he alsowas a notorious liar; but bear in mind that this same Priest Sanderwas still at this time presiding over a Catholic church in Brooklyn. 

The reporter was determined to lead him out as far as possible so herepeated again, "Are you absolutely positive that 'Mrs. West' atPeck's farm is not Mrs. Mamie Kipp?"

This priest replied that he was "positive, " and stated that thiswoman at Peck's farm was Peck's housekeeper, and further stated thathe did not know anything about her at all, when he knew as well as heknew that he was living that he had been the cause of her forsakingher husband in Brooklyn, and also had been instrumental in her goingto Far Hills, N. J. , where he could live his life of shame withoutmolestation. 

After this vagabond had made this denial, Mr. Peck was again seen atFar Hills, N. J. , and emphatically stated that Priest Sander had toldhim that this woman was Mrs. Mamie Kipp, and that he knew that thispriest was living in adultery with her. 

What is the consequence? Did the Roman Catholic Church excommunicatethis bundle of perfidy for immorality? Ah, no! As the "moguls" and"high up" officials of Catholicism are cognizant of the fact that thepriestcraft are, as a whole, the most immoral set of men that everinfested the face of the earth. Now, what can we expect of the moralsof a country which has for its leaders and teachers men of thiscaliber? We might as well expect our daughters to become women ofvirtue and godliness, who were raised in houses of ill fame, as toexpect young men and women to become men and women of morality andchastity, who have for their teachers such men as Priest Sander ofBrooklyn, New York. 

There is no denying the fact that Catholicism has already a stronghold upon the affairs of this country, as we find the hydra-headeddemon in every branch of our government, and since such is the case, it is folly to deny the fact that if Catholicism is what we haveshown it to be, that her influence is demoralizing, and the influenceof the priesthood of America upon the morals of this country is boundto be detrimental, and who will deny the truthfulness of myassertions, as I have not misstated a single paragraph in this book;and if this is true, what shall we expect of the present generationand the generations that are yet unborn, if we permit Catholicism tomake as great headway in the future as she has in the past?

We call to mind another case which belongs to the history of to-day, and in this chapter we desire to refer to the present sins of thepriestcraft, as history teems with the abominations of thepriestcraft immorality, but in this chapter we want to thoroughlyconvince the reader that the same immorality that has existed in theranks of Catholicism in bygone centuries, is to-day as degrading andas rampant as it ever was, and if we can do this, we feel satisfiedthat we will impress the Protestant world with the importance ofoverthrowing the power of the Pope, and erecting in its stead thetrue spirit of Protestantism, whose influence will not blight thecharacters of our boys and girls, but which will make of them an armyof giants, ever ready to battle for the chastity of our Americanhomes. 

One of the most fashionable Roman Catholic churches in New York Cityis "St. Cecilia's, " situated on North Henry and Herbert streets. 

Only a few years ago the organist of this church went to the room ofthe priest in charge, in company with a little boy. The priestinformed this boy to stay down stairs, and invited the organist tohis parlor, near which were his living rooms. This priest locked thedoor behind him, and without a moment's warning, leaped upon her likea beast and attempted to bear her down upon the sofa and commit anassault, but her cries frightened him away. 

With flushed face she rushed from this priest's room and passed theservant, out into the street, with the priest begging her to saynothing about what had happened. We want to know if this attemptedcrime injured the priest in the estimation of Catholicism? Not by anymeans, as he continued to serve the church in the capacity of priest, after both this girl's father and mother had publicly denounced himas a seducer of virtue. 

The entire congregation learned of this priest's attempted assaultupon virtue, but this degrading notoriety did not injure him in theleast, as his services are just as crowded as they were before. Thisoutrage was carried before the bishop of the diocese in which thischurch was situated, but nothing was done. 

The priest which we refer to was a drunkard, and he drank as deeplyafter this attempted assault as before, and in a short time heassaulted a 12-year-old girl, and not long after that he assaultedhis servant, who was a girl 18 years of age, and continued his raidupon her virtue until one day, while in a drunken spree, he struckher and injured her, and she made public the actions of this humanviper, who had been parading in the robes of a priest. 

Did this exposure disgrace him in the eyes of the Catholic officialswho were above him? Not at all, as he continued to serve this NewYork church without molestation, and it was a notorious fact, andknown by the members of his church what he was accused of, but stillhundreds of boys and girls, young men and young women, and old menand old women, bowed at the feet of this depraved devil andconfessed their sins. 

If we cared, we could write from now until our old arm would becomepalsied with age, and each chapter would be a new story of theperfidy and hellishness of the priestcraft, as every age reeks withthe stench of their immorality, and the countries which arecompletely under the power of the Pope of Rome are only the shadowsof what this country will become if this demon of darkness is nothalted, for the influence of the priesthood in America upon themorals of this country will spread its blight over the face of ourfair land until our nation's morals will be a nauseating sight tobehold. 

Reader, remember what I tell you to-day: that unless the spirit ofProtestantism takes a firm stand in this land against Catholicism, wewill find our Protestant hopes and ambitions within the near futureparalyzed by the infusion of Rome's immorality. 

[Illustration: "A CATHOLIC TOOL. ""Begging in the name of the Lord, but in reality to support thePriestcraft in their idleness. "]

Chapter XIV. 

The Chastity of the Home Invaded by the Lustfulness of thePriest-Craft. 

Catholicism begins to teach her children from their infancy that noact of their officials is impure; thus their followers grow up tobelieve that any advancement made by these officials are made inbehalf of the salvation of their souls, consequently it is an easymatter for the Priestcraft to make the female members of theircongregation believe that whatever they may do or say is done andsaid through a righteous motive, and no stigma of disgrace canpossibly attach itself to the act. 

With this erroneous doctrine funneled into the minds of the femalemembers of the Catholic Church, is it any wonder that the Priestcraftexerts a wonderful power over these members? And is it any wonderthat thousands of trusting and confiding wives and daughters areforced to the level of immorality by this belief?

As an introduction to this chapter, and in order to make the conductof the priestcraft in general thoroughly understood, so that thereader may know what character of men I refer to, I will give a partof a story told by a nun who had been in a convent for a number ofyears. 

I repeat what this nun related in order that the reader may not becompelled to take my statements alone. Her story follows:

"It was customary with the sisters in our convent to give the bishopand priests of my diocese a grand dinner once every year. Of course, this entailed a great deal of extra work upon our part; however, wewere glad to undergo these hardships, as I thought at that time thatit was a part of my religion. The finest delicacies of the season andthe choicest wines graced the table. The dinner was always served inthe dining-room of the priest of the house. The bishop would usuallyarrive along in the afternoon about two or three o'clock. We wouldspread scarlet felt upon the floor of the cloister in honor of theoccasion, and the drawing room would be banked with the rarestflowers; the dining table would groan beneath its rich silver andcut-glass. "

Now, bear in mind that what I am going to tell you is what happenedwhen there were a number of priests together with their bishop intheir midst, and it is a well known fact that "numbers" is often acheck to the actions and ungodly inclinations of many, but if whatthis nun related is true, with an assemblage of a score or more ofpriests, with their bishop in their midst, then what could beexpected of one of these priests alone in the presence of a femalewhom he preferred? I make this statement so that the reader can drawan intelligent conclusion. I will now proceed with the nun's story:

"This annual dinner would be made an occasion for great rejoicing andrecreation on the part of the holy ecclesiastics. Everything was allright as long as the meal was in progress, but as soon as the sisterswho had waited on them had withdrawn, after placing an abundance ofwine, whiskey and cigars on the table, then all restraint would beset aside and these holy fathers (?) would then exchange confidencesas to the latest items of news they had gathered in the confessionalfrom Catholic servants employed in Protestant families, and, withoutmentioning any names, would repeat, amid shouts of drunken laughter, the sins that some of their female penitents had confessed. 

"We nuns would often put our ears to the key-hole and listen to thestories that were being told by the priests, and upon my word, Inever in all my life heard as many dirty, immoral, filthy storiestold as these vagabond priests would repeat, and it always seemed asthough the bishop heartily enjoyed them. 

"These carousals would proceed for hours. The whiskey bowl would beplaced in the center of the table, then these drunken priests wouldsing songs which were vileness personified. "

I feel that it is not necessary for me to go further to convince anyone of my readers that the lustfulness of the priestcraft is a menaceto the chastity of womankind, for if this nun has told the truth, and which I know from past experiences is true, and which I also knowis a recital that could be intensified ten thousand times over, ifthe whole truth could be told, but which cannot be told in thisvolume, as I have too much respect for my readers to recite what Ihave seen with my own eyes and what I have had repeated to me bybroken-hearted "sisters" who have come to me with tears in their eyesand with sighs in their throats to tell me of their miseries. 

"I know of a nun who spent many years in a convent, who declared thaton many occasions the priests would come to the convent and demandthat a number of the nuns even do worse than expose their entireperson; however, I cannot conceive of a demand that would be moredegrading than this of forcing those benighted souls to prostitutetheir persons for the gratification of those who pretend to be thefollowers of a crucified Christ. "

In relating her experience, I understand that a nun who had beenconfined in a convent for years made the following declaration:"That the superior of the seminary would often come and inform usnuns that an order had been received from the Pope to request thosenuns who possessed the greatest devotion and faith to perform someparticular deeds, which he would name in our presence, but which nomoral or decent person could ever endure to speak of, and I cannotrepeat what these demands often were, as I would have to resort tolanguage so filthy that it would blush the cheek of one who washardened in sin. "

Now, if those who sail under the garb of righteousness would go sofar that the inmates of the convents, who are there believing theyare doing the work of God, would rebel against the priests'immorality, then what can we expect of the priestcraft when they arein the presence of your wife, daughter or sister, whom they mayprefer, and who has been taught to believe that every act of thepriestcraft is sanctified by God Almighty?

We want to bring the history of Catholicism down as near to thepresent time as possible, so the reader may understand theconfidence the "dupes" of Catholicism have in the priestcraft, for, as stated in a previous chapter of this book, it is a well-known factthat the feminine world in general have more confidence in humanitythan the male population, but to demonstrate to the reader whatimplicit confidence the male members of Catholicism have in thepriestcraft, we call attention to Ed Butler, of the State ofMissouri, who resides in St. Louis. 

Ed Butler is a full-fledged Catholic and believes in Catholicismtwenty-four hours each day. By the way, it may be necessary for us torefresh the readers' mind of the fact that Ed Butler of St. Louis, Mo. , is considered one of the most high-handed "boodlers" in America, and who has had a number of his "dupes" placed in the statepenitentiary and kept himself out of the same institution by a"technicality. " But to go back to the point that we wanted to make, we will just say that a Catholic priest in the City of St. Louis bythe name of Coffey had a falling out with Butler over some thing oranother, and in order to get even with him he took sides againstButler and said many harsh but true things about him. One day areporter of one of the St. Louis newspapers met Butler and called hisattention to what Priest Coffey had said about him, and the onlyanswer that Butler gave this reporter was: "Father Coffey is aCatholic priest and I have nothing to say, and if he should spit inmy face I would not resent the action, as I was born and raised aCatholic, and do not believe that a Catholic priest can commit asin. "

Now, if a man of Ed Butler's intellect can be brought up in this landof intelligence to believe such abominations in regard to a Catholicpriest, is it not reasonable to suppose that the female members ofthe Catholic Church would have a severe task in defending theirvirtue should a priest desire to destroy it, by telling them "that noact of his could defile them, as it was impossible for him to sin?"

Now, reader, you may not know just what kind of treatment from theCatholic Church I will receive for writing this book, but as soon as itis placed upon the market the Catholic Church will "excommunicate" me;however, it may be possible that the reader does not understand what ahorrible curse this excommunication is, but in order that you maythoroughly understand what I mean I will repeat, word for word, whatsome Catholic official will declare against me for writing this book, which will further go to show the reader the vileness of this damnablecreed, and which will also go to convince the reader what fear thefollowers of Catholicism have of the priestcraft, which will more fullyconvince you that timid, unsuspecting woman, who has been brought up tobelieve in the paganism of Catholicism, can be easily led to yield tothe lustful desires of the priestcraft, for fear that by refusing hisrequest that he would pronounce this terrible curse upon her, which shehas been taught would forever damn her eternal soul. 

The curse of excommunication which I am certain to receive at thehands of Catholicism for writing this book follows:

 "By the authority of God Almighty, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and the undefiled Virgin Mary, mother and patroness of our Savior, and all of the Celestial Virtues, Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominions, Powers, Cherubim and Seraphim, and of all the Holy Patriarchs, Prophets, and of all the Apostles and Evangelists, of the Holy Innocents, who in the sight of the Holy Lamb are found worthy to sing the new songs of the Holy Martyrs and Holy Confessors, and of all the Holy Virgins, and of all the Saints, together with the Holy Elect of God, may he, Bernard Fresenborg, be damned!

 "We excommunicate and anathematize him from the threshold of the Holy Church of God Almighty. We sequester him, that he may be tormented, disposed, and be delivered over with Dathan and Abiram, and with those who say unto the Lord, 'Depart from us, we desire none of thy ways;' as a fire is quenched with water, so let the light of him be put out for ever more, unless it shall repent him and make satisfaction!

 "May the Father, who creates man, curse him!

 "May the Son, who suffered for us, curse him!

 "May the Holy Ghost, who is poured out in baptism, curse him!

 "May the Holy Cross, which Christ for our salvation, triumphing over his enemies, ascended, curse him!

 "May the Holy Mary, ever Virgin and the Mother of God, curse him!

 "May St. Michael, the Advocate of the Holy Souls, curse him!

 "May all the Angels, Principalities and Powers, and all Heavenly Armies curse him!

 "May the glorious band of the Patriarchs and Prophets curse him!

 "May St. John the Precursor, and St. John the Baptist, and St. Peter, and St. Paul, and St. Andrew, and all other of Christ's Apostles together, curse him!

 "And may the rest of the Disciples and Evangelists, who by their preaching converted the universe, and the holy and wonderful company of Martyrs and Confessors, who by their works are found pleasing to God Almighty; may the holy choir of the Holy Virgins, who, for the honor of Christ, have despised the things of the world, damn him!

 "May all the Saints from the beginning of the world to everlasting ages who are found to be beloved of God, damn him!

 "May he be damned wherever he be, whether in the house or in the alley, in the woods or in the water, or in the church!

 "May he be cursed in living and dying!

 "May he be cursed in eating and drinking, in being hungry, in being thirsty, in fasting and sleeping, in slumbering, and in sitting, in living, in working, in resting, and . .. And in blood-letting!

 "May he be cursed in all the faculties of his body!

 "May he be cursed inwardly and outwardly!

 "May he be cursed in his hair; cursed be he in his brains and his vertex, in his temples, in his eyebrows, in his cheeks, in his jaw bones, in his nostrils, in his teeth and grinders, in his lips, in his shoulders, in his arms, in his fingers!

 "May he be damned in his mouth, in his breast, in his heart, and appurtenances, down to the very stomach!

 "May he be cursed in his . .. And his . .. In his thighs, in his . .. And his . .. And in his knees, and his legs, and his feet, and toe-nails!

 "May he be cursed in all his joints and articulations of the members; from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet may there be no soundness!

 "May the Son of the living God, with all the glory of His majesty, curse him!

 "And may Heaven, with all the powers that move therein, rise up against him, and curse and damn him, unless he repent and make satisfaction! Amen! So be it! Be it so! Amen! Amen! Amen!"

I have given you the diabolical "curse" of excommunication, word forword; thus you can see how un-Christlike the Catholic Church is. 

As I have before said in this chapter, the foregoing is the cursethat will fall to my lot as soon as this book is placed upon themarket, thus the reader can see that my motives for writing thisbook must come from a pure incentive, or else I would not willinglycut myself asunder from all of those whom I have associated withduring my life. This task is not one that I enjoy, as it breaks myheart to realize that I have all through my life been burdened downwith this load of superstitious filth, but I could not in justice tomyself and in justice to a living God refrain from the task, after Ihad had my eyes opened to the beauties of Protestantism. 

With tears in my eyes and with a heart full of sadness, I rememberthe angelic face of my old mother, as she conscientiously taught memy first Catechism and directed my feet in the paths of what shesincerely believed righteousness, and believing in a just God, I knewthat He has taken her to His bosom in His home beyond the skies, forwhat she taught me she sincerely believed, as she never had her eyesopened to the abominations of the creed of which I write, and I donot believe that a just God would damn the soul of a pure mother whohonestly taught what she conscientiously believed, but thepriestcraft in general are men who are above the average inintellect, and are men whom I believe have often had had the samethoughts relative to the doctrines of Catholicism that I had long, long years before I cut loose from the teachings of Rome; however, the priestcraft is not to be excused from their raid upon virtue byignorance, as they are taught the lessons of chastity in theirchildhood, but the bond of celibacy which binds them in an unnaturalway, and the hellish doctrines taught by the Catholic Church that thepriestcraft cannot sin, turns them into pirates upon virtue. 

When we take into consideration the fact that all of the teachings ofCatholicism lead to not only implicit confidence in the purity of thepriestcraft, but carry with them the cudgel of destruction of thesoul of her followers, if they do not submit to her teachings anddemands, we can then realize why it is that the chastity of the homebecomes a rendezvous for those of the priestcraft who deliberatelyravish virtue to gratify their inhuman lust. 

[Illustration: "SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY. ""The road to Glory along a Catholic highwayis an expensive trip. "]

Chapter XV. 

Nations Which Have Been Disgracedby the Toleration of Popish Rule. 

There is no nation on the face of God's green earth to-day which hasbeen enslaved by the power of Popery, and which has been burdened byan idle and worthless army of Priests, Monks and Nuns, but what wouldhave become, not only tired, but disgusted with their burden, if theyhad ever been permitted to mingle and commingle with Protestantcountries, and learn that Protestantism leads to individualintellectuality and collective greatness. 

It is true, however, that there are many countries in South Americathat have been Priest-ridden for centuries, and who are as heavilyburdened to-day with this ancient parasite as ever, who offer not asingle protest, but the only reason for this is that Catholicism hasalways forbidden these priest-ridden nations to make any advancementtowards Protestantism, which has been instrumental in keeping thesenations under the complete control of the Vatican; thus you will seethey have never been permitted to taste of the grandeur ofProtestantism. 

We will take France for instance, which was at one time one of themost priest-ridden countries on earth, but which is to-dayendeavoring to extract herself from the meshes of this damnablecreed, as the intelligent statesmen of France have learned thatCatholicism is only another name for ignorance and superstition, andthey have also learned that so long as the affairs of France remainunder the control of papal power, just that long advancement andgreatness stand aloof from the portals of their country, so in thepast two years the government officials have removed tens ofthousands of the Pope's hirelings from authority and have closed uphundreds of parochial schools. 

Now, if Catholicism is such a glorious creed, why is it that Franceis so anxious to get rid of her influence? Ah! France has learned bycoming in contact with Protestant countries that she need not expectto ever become a great nation if she permits popery to control heraffairs. 

Italy, the home of the Pope, has begun to wince under the Vatican'srule, as her national back is getting raw by the saddle of thisdiabolical creed. The inhabitants of Italy have been for the past fewyears protesting against the high-handedness of Catholicism, and theofficials have begun to take notice of this vulture of humanity, andmy predictions are that within a very short time Italy will do asFrance has done and close up the monasteries and convents, for justas long as these institutions are allowed to keep open house, anddictate to the inhabitants of Italy, just that long we may expect theimmigrants who come over from Italy to bear the Vatican's mark ofvice, immorality and criminality. 

Go to Ellis Island and watch the immigrant ships from Catholicnations as they vomit forth their load of human carrion upon the fairshores of this country, and your heart will become sick with fear, as this class that hails from the nations of popery are a class, as awhole, that will disgrace and ruin any nation on earth, as theseimmigrants are men and women who have no conception of a freecountry, as they are men and women who have never been taught to lookabove the horizon of Catholicism; therefore they land upon the shoresof America as criminals and not as citizens, and you cannot make pureAmerican citizens out of them until you boil this hellish creed fromtheir system by the fire of patriotism, and this cannot be done aslong as this country permits Catholicism to run her mills ofdegeneracy unmolested upon our shores. 

All of our large cities are infested more or less with this"scarlet-robed hag of hell, " and more especially our eastern cities, as this foreign herd of the Pope's followers land in eastern portsand spread themselves out like a blanket, reeking with a moral stenchover the eastern borders of this country, and they make a specialtyof settling in our eastern cities. 

We will take Boston, Mass. , for instance, as there is but very littledifference in the "rabble" of that city and the immoral degenerateclass that infests the densely populated centers of Catholiccountries. 

Several notorious cases of open defiance of civil law and violationof civil rights by the tools of popery have recently occurred inBoston. One of these is the escape of two girls from the so-called"House of the Good Shepherd, " in Roxbury, and the re-capture of thesegirls by a policeman. 

Now, bear in mind that this "House of the Good Shepherd" is aCatholic institution, pure and simple, but these girls who escapedfrom this "plague house, " were arrested by the police and returned tothis Catholic dungeon without the semblance of law. 

On questioning "The Mother Superior, " she said that the girls werenot committed to the institution by the courts, but by "the church. "The question then arose: Has the Roman Catholic Church the right togive sentence of imprisonment with hard labor as a penalty? For thisis exactly what imprisonment in this "House of the Good Shepherd"means; therefore, if these girls so sentenced escape, what right hasa _city policeman_ to arrest and carry them back to this Catholicinstitution, which exists without the semblance of a State law andwithout an iota of moral law? Are the policemen of the cities ofMassachusetts servants of the Roman Catholic Church? Have the courtsthe right to sentence prisoners to Catholic prisons, and aftersentence, have the prisoners no right? Many of them are kept forlife, or until too old to work, and then they are set adrift tobecome public charges upon a Protestant country, after the RomanCatholic Church has made hundreds of dollars from the labor of theseunfortunates. 

We want to call attention to another flagrant case, which happened inthe north end of Boston not long since. 

A few months since, a Protestant Italian family in the north end ofBoston was about to move to New York. There were two children andthe wife soon expected to become mother again. She expressed thewish that some one would care for one of her children for a fewweeks, until she got well and was settled in her new home. A neighborsent a woman to her who offered to care for the children, and whenthis little one was turned over to her, she took it straightway tothe home for destitute Catholic children, on Harrison avenue, inBoston. In a month the mother called for her baby and was told thatit was "up in the country, " and was requested to leave it there for amonth, and was told that it would be good for the child. Sheconsented to this, believing that the fresh air would be good for herbaby, but she was an uneducated woman and was inclined to believewhat others said, as she was an honest lady herself, but she did notknow the trickery of the Catholic Church, so when she was asked tosign a paper, she readily agreed to it, not thinking that she wasgiving her own blood and flesh away. 

In a month she came on from New York to get her baby and was toldthat she could not have it, and was further told that she had signeda paper giving it away. Then the husband came on from New York anddemanded the child, but was refused. He then appealed to the pastorof the Italian Methodist Church, on Hanover street, Boston. The twowent to a very prominent Romanist office-holder, who was chairman ofthe trustees of this so-called "Catholic Home. " This man draws seventhousand dollars per year from the city, and is elected largelythrough Protestant influence, simply because Protestantism believesthat she can reform Catholicism by being liberal with her; but oh!Liberty! what crimes are perpetrated in thy name! This Bostonofficial, after much talk with this Italian father, told him to bringa letter from a priest, and that he would see what he could do. TheItalian said, "I am a Protestant, " at which the official became veryindignant, but after a little more talk said: "Bring a letter ofrecommendation from a minister. " This Italian father got a good, strong letter commending his character from a Protestant minister inNew York, and one who already knew him, and went this time alone tothis Boston official. 

In about an hour this heart-broken father appeared before a Methodistminister in tears, saying: "He will not give me my child. He said Iam a bad man for becoming a Protestant, and that by doing so I haveproven that I am unfit to care for my children, and when I gave himmy letter from the Protestant minister, he said: 'I will not take theword of a Protestant minister!'"

Now, if what we have related is true, which I know to be absolutelytrue in every particular, would happen in the United States ofAmerica, "the land of the free and the home of the brave, " you mightknow what would happen in a Catholic country which is completelyunder the tyrannical and damnable rule of the Pope. 

A minister informs us that on three occasions lately, children havecome to him and told him that an Irish public school teacher inBoston had forbidden them to attend Protestant services, as theirparents were at one time Roman Catholics, and that this talk fromthis Romish school teacher was had during school hours. 

What we need in this country is a "vigilance committee, " and we needit badly, and we need it right away, and this committee should beinstructed to impeach every public official who endeavors to usurpthe law in favor of Roman Catholicism. 

The brightest minds of the past, and the brightest minds of thepresent have pointed out to Protestant America the dangers ofRomanism, but it seems as though we will not heed their warning, whenwe see upon every side evidences of moral decay and nationaldegeneracy by permitting this "Romish hag" to supervise andsuperintend the affairs of this nation. 

Protestant European nations have for many years beheld the despoticmarch of Catholicism in America, and this country for a number ofyears has been the laughing stock of Protestant European countriesfor permitting this brazen demon to tread up and down the avenues ofour liberties without molestation. 

A few years before Bismarck of Germany died, he, in a public speechdelivered in the German parliament, pointed out that the RomanCatholic Church was only free in America, and for the benefit of thereader we will quote a part of this great statesman's speech:

"The Pope being purely a religious chief, there is no occasion tokeep a permanent political representative at his port. Things, indeed, might have been left _in status quo_ had not the present Popethought it fit to revive the ancient struggle of the papacy with thetemporal power, and more especially with the German empire. Thespirit emanating the papacy in this campaign is too well known torequire comment; still we would tell the house a story, which haslong been kept a secret, but which had better be made public. In1869, when the Wurtemberg government had occasion to complain of theaction of the papacy, the Wurtemberg envoy at Munich was instructedto make representations, and in a conversation which passed betweenthe envoy and the nuncio; the latter said, 'The Roman Church is freeonly in America. '"

This nuncio further stated that the Roman Catholic Church in allother countries had to look to revolution as the sole means to retainher position. This, then, was the view of the priestly diplomatiststationed at Munich in 1869, and formerly representing the Vatican atParis. 

Bismarck further stated: "I know from the very best sources that theEmperor Napoleon was dragged into the war very much against his willby the influence of Jesuit priests. "

Who can deny these statements, as Bismarck was a man who made thestudy of Catholicism a part of his life, and he was a man who was ofrugged character and undaunted courage, and a man whom the world atlarge believed. 

There has not been a war for centuries past but what the cunning handof popery has been mixed up with the blood shed in these wars, aspopery never misses an opportunity to take sides with the nationwhich represents Catholicism, as this creed of abominations willresort to bloodshed if by so doing she believes she can carry herpoint and establish her rule of despotism. 

If America will take a lesson from France she will be taught a lessonthat will save this country from passing through the same ordeal thatFrance is passing through to-day, and unless the government of theUnited States begins in the near future to suppress this giant ofdarkness, Roman Catholicism, we will within the next fifty years haveto resort to the same means that Combes of France is resorting to, toannihilate the serpent of Catholicism from our shores, or else meeklysubmit to being dragged down to the level of Roman Catholicism, whichis equivalent to losing our identity as a government, and taking ourplaces among the nations noted only for either ignorance, vice orcriminality. 

Catholicism does not believe in a free country. Catholicism does notbelieve in a country of the people, by the people and for the people, as such a country is not the natural abode for this detestable creed. 

Catholicism believes in a country which is ruled by a monarch, asshe then only has to control the monarch himself, and this is why theCatholic clergy and the Catholic officials, from the smallest to thegreatest, are in sympathy with Russia, as the Russian government is amost complete monarchy, and the emperor is an absolute monarch, andthis is why Catholicism is always ready to toss up her hat in gleefor the success of the Russian army. 

Catholic prelates all along the line, up to the Pope himself, havebeen trying to make Americans believe that Russia is deserving of oursympathy, but her solicitude in behalf of Russia is only asympathetic shriek for her own polluted carcass. 

Catholicism never sympathizes with any nation nor any individual whohave for their motto "Emancipation, " as emancipation means toCatholicism a vital blow to her teachings, as slavery of both bodyand soul is Rome's uppermost desire. 

Can we expect Catholicism to change her abominations without force?Most assuredly not, as her every inspiration comes from a set of menwho know no more about loyalty to country than her dupes know about aliving God, as the Pope is a native born Italian, and her cardinalsare recruited from the ranks of Italy's king-ruled inhabitants, consequently it is impossible to expect the Pope of Rome or thosecardinals to recommend anything in harmony with the teachings ofProtestant America, as they are strangers to Protestantism andAmerican manhood; therefore it would be as reasonable to expectsunlight in the caverns of the earth as to expect Rome to recommend adoctrine which would be beneficial to humanity. 

When I declare to the American people that unless this country in thenear future makes a combined effort to stamp out the politicalintrigue of Catholicism, or it will not be long until America willfind her every interest tied tight and fast to the carcass ofRomanism; I do so because I feel that it is my duty to warn thiscountry of her awful fate, for just as sure as God reigns, just thatsure Catholicism has America "spotted" as her victim, as this spiritof darkness has for many years in the past made her boast that"America is Rome's future possession. "

There is not a nation on the face of the earth which has permittedRome to plant her banner of infamy unmolested but what has beendisgraced by the toleration of her creed, and America cannot expectto meet with a better fate. 

The dangers that beset the path of America's future are in the formof a political serpent, as Rome has learned to know that by holdingout the "vote bait" to our politicians, that she can retain thebalance of power, as she has long since learned that as long as shecan be instrumental in keeping two political parties, both largelymade up of Protestants, and fighting each other, that she canassociate herself with one or the other by offering this party theundivided suffrage of Catholicism, and by this act she can graduallyget control of the offices of this land, and this is her main object, for if she can control the officials, she will see that such laws arepassed as will enable her to coil her slimy self about the vitals ofProtestant America, and just as long as the Protestant denominationsallow themselves to be made Protestant simpletons of, just that longCatholicism will fool Protestant hosts by offering the "vote bait" tothe politician. 

Whenever Protestantism learns that she has a common cause tochampion, and a common enemy to fight, then we will have an "Americanparty" on one side, and a "Catholic party" on the other, and whenthis time comes, Catholicism will be deprived of her cudgel ofdeception, and will have to fight her battles without the assistanceof "_Protestant partisan fools_, " and will cease to believe that shebelongs to either this or that political party. Protestantism is aband of American patriots, and should only have the welfare ofProtestantism at heart. 

Catholicism, if left alone without the assistance of Protestantvotes, could not turn a wheel in the affairs of this country, but bypermitting Romanism to make Protestantism believe in one of twopolitical parties thus dividing the Protestant votes, Catholicism isallowed to hold the balance of power and dictate terms to aProtestant country. 

Shame, eternal shame upon the hosts of Protestantism for permittingthemselves to be made fools of by the Romish Church, as this isexactly what the hosts of Protestantism are allowing Catholicism todo with her!

Now, I know whereof I speak, as I have been on the inside of politicsin our large cities, and especially in the City of St. Louis, andCatholicism's scheme is always to allow the cities to elect aProtestant mayor, but they always endeavor to elect the otherofficials. 

Oh, could I but whisper into the ears of every Protestant in Americaand make them understand what I know of the cunning and deception ofCatholicism I would march an army of Protestants to the polls at ourelections that would represent a mighty army of patriotism; but justso long as Protestantism permits Catholicism to make her believe thatit is necessary to have two or more political parties, just that longwe will have partisan block-heads, and as long as this state ofaffairs exists, just that long the cunning schemes of Catholicismwill be able to control the balance of power, which will disgrace thefair name of Protestant America. 

I solemnly declare that there never has been a nation completelyunder the control of Romanism but what has been disgraced by thattoleration, and America will live to realize the truthfulness of thisassertion unless she becomes "Protestant patriots" instead of"prattling partisans. "

To give the reader a better idea of what happens in countriesabsolutely controlled by Catholicism, and to more thoroughly convincethe reader that what I have said is true in regard to nations whichhave been disgraced by the toleration of popish rule, I desire torepeat a little history that is not many months old, which happenedin the United States, where it is supposed that man and woman canworship God according to the dictates of their own conscience, and ifwhat we are going to relate happens in this free land, what do yousuppose is the condition in Catholic countries that are completelyunder the control of the Pope?

In Worcester, Mass. , not long since, a 19-year-old girl by the nameof Maggie Barry received a public whipping from her mother forattending services of the Salvation Army. 

Miss Maggie Barry, who is 19 years of age, had been for some timeoccasionally attending the meetings of the Salvation Army, and wasdesirous of becoming a member of the corps, having been converted ashort time since. 

Her parents were Irish Roman Catholics and insisted that Maggieshould remain a Romanist. They regarded the Salvation Army, which ispurely non-sectarian, as a Protestant organization, and they weredetermined that their daughter should have nothing to do with it, andforbade her attending any of the meetings. 

On a Sunday evening not long since she attended the services of theSalvation Army at No. 5 Commercial street, where there were at least250 people present. While the commander of the corps was reading fromthe Bible, Miss Barry's mother came through the doorway and down tothe front row of seats near the corner of the platform, where Maggiewas sitting, and grabbed her daughter by the arm and began to poundher over the head, and at once proceeded to pull the girl from thehall and down the stairs into the street, all the time unmercifullybeating the poor girl over the head and shoulders. 

The incident happened so quickly that for a moment the audience couldnot realize what was taking place, but as soon as the audience couldgather their wits, there was a rush made for the street. 

After the meeting had adjourned many of the attendants found MissBarry in the street weeping like her heart would break and afraid toreturn to her home. 

She told the audience that as soon as she reached the street where anumber of relatives were waiting for her that she broke away from hermother and fled. 

A policeman was called into consultation relative to the case andstated that as Maggie was under twenty-one years of age, that shehad better be taken to her parents at 125 Salem street, and twopolicemen accompanied her to her home. 

It is stated that Miss Barry has received many unmerciful beatingsbecause she attended these religious meetings, and her old Romishmother, while dragging her down the stairs that Sunday night, threatened to do her bodily harm if she ever attended these meetingsagain. 

A few days after this disgraceful and un-American spectacle happenedin the streets of Worcester, a notice in the Central District Courtappeared that "_Miss Margaret Barry was charged with being a stubbornchild and was sentenced to the Woman's Prison at Shearborn. Sheappealed and furnished a bail. The girl was arrested on the complaintof her mother because she would not stay away from the meetings ofthe Salvation Army_. "

Now, reader, you have a case right in the United States of Americawhere a poor girl was sentenced to prison for attending a Protestantmeeting. What do you think of a judge of a court who will sentence achild to a State prison for attending a Protestant meeting?

We know what you think if you are a pure Protestant, and we know thatyour blood boils with pure indignation; but you cannot expect anyrelief from this state of affairs and you can only expect to seethings grow worse if you continue to be "partisans" instead of"patriots. "

If such things are now happening in the State of Massachusetts, howlong will it be before the Protestant churches in this country willbe closed up by the order of the Pope, and how long will it be beforethose who attend Protestant meetings will be liable to arrest andthrown into prison, as it was during the dark ages when the RomanCatholic Church had full control?

Authentic history, and history that cannot be denied nor disputed, nor even questioned, gives the appalling record of 70, 500, 000Protestants who were slain by the greatest curse the world has everknown--Roman Catholicism. 

We, in America, cannot expect anything better until we have a set ofProtestant preachers who will practice what they pretend to believe. 

Our Protestant ministers of to-day are weak-kneed, weak-spined, "nothings, " who have not enough religion nor backbone to take a firmstand against Catholicism, and until we have such men we willcontinue to see "Maggie Barrys" dragged from Protestant meetings andpublicly whipped by parents, and then sentenced to imprisonment byjudges elected by Roman Catholics. 

Again we want to repeat the head lines of this chapter for thebenefit of those who are weak-kneed and who are entirely "spineless:""_Nations who have been disgraced by the toleration of popish rule_, "and we leave it to the reader to decide whether this headline is amisnomer or not, as we have offered you evidence in this chapter thatshould convince any right-thinking man or woman that if the RomanCatholic Church has grown so bold in America, with the ink upon theDeclaration of Independence scarcely dry, what shall we expect forour posterity if there is not a stand made by Protestantism to haltthis "emperor of darkness" in his march of devastation?

This black-winged vulture of human rights is growing bolder day byday by being permitted by Protestantism to separate and divide theProtestant vote among different parties, and combining the hosts ofCatholicism for an onslaught against everything American in order tocontrol the affairs of this country. If you will listen you canalmost hear the death rattle of Protestantism as the serpent of Romehas so gently entwined her slimy self about the throat of ourAmerican goddess of liberty that the death rattle is almostperceptible. 

Strike while you have the power, and do not delay, or else the timeis not far distant when the once powerful arm of Protestantism willbe paralyzed by the infusion of Roman virus. 

[Illustration: UNCLE SAM--"Here is your next fight boys. "]

Chapter XVI. 

Nearing the Trenches of Physical Strength. 

We can only judge the future of nations and institutions by the pastand present, and if we are to judge Catholicism by her past, and ifwe are honest with ourselves, we cannot paint a future withoutproducing a panoramic view that is dreadful to behold, as Catholicismin the past has been an institution which always endeavored to ruleby the tyranny of oppression, and her decisions and mandates to-dayare the same as they were during the inquisitorial days when ourProtestant forefathers were burned at the state for disobeying thecommands of Catholic officials. 

Catholicism makes her boast that she never changes; then what are weto expect the future to bring forth, if her dogmas of damnation areallowed to fasten her intolerable hold upon this country: for if she"never changes, " and we are compelled to judge her future by herpast, which is the only rational conclusion that can be arrived at, then we can expect nothing more than to behold her future trailstained with the blood of Protestants, as such has been her historyof the past. 

It is our purpose in this chapter to give the reader an authenticepitome of a few of the doctrines and facts which we defy RomanCatholicism to successfully deny, as what we propose to give you isRoman Catholic law, and if such is Roman Catholic law, then we willhave no trouble in establishing the fact that no loyal Catholics canpossibly be loyal American citizens; therefore should not be placedin a position where they can carry out the mandates and dictates ofthe Church of Rome, for whenever they are placed in power andthoroughly believe in the laws of Catholicism they can not possiblybe naught but traitors to our American form of government. 

We propose to give the reader "Canon Law" to establish ourstatements, as we are as well acquainted with the laws that governRoman Catholicism--yea, better than we are with the laws that governthis country, as we for fifty-six years have been directly influencedby this "Canon Law, " and for the past thirty years, or since webecame a Roman Catholic priest, have been a servant and anexecutioner of this law; therefore, I know whereof I speak, and noman dare deny my statements. 

The first declaration of this "Canon Law" is: "_All human power isfrom evil and must therefore be standing under the Pope_. "

You will thus see that the first declaration of the "Canon Law" is toplace the human family as a whole, under the tyrannical control ofCatholicism. 

Another declaration of this law is: "_The state has not the right toleave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion heshall deem true_. "

In this declaration, you will further see that Roman Catholicismwould, if it was within her power, take from the American citizenthe right to worship a true and living God. 

The next law that we will refer to is as follows: "_The state has notthe right to establish a church separate from the Pope_. "

Again you will see that Rome's idea is to force all of humanity tobow at the feet of her creed. 

Again she declares in her "Canonistic Laws:" "_That the state has notthe right to assist the inmates of monasteries and convents toabandon them_. "

Again you will see that Catholicism desires to usurp the rights ofthe courts and establish prisons of their own without a semblance oflaw. 

Once more this "Canonistic Law" thunders forth her monarchial law asfollows: "_The Roman Catholic church has the right to require thestate not to leave every man free to profess his own religion_. "

Again the reader will see that Roman Catholicism with her iron handdemands this nation to force and compel every man, woman and childthat lives under that old red, white and blue flag, which was boughtby the blood of our forefathers, to humbly bow to this heathenishcreed. 

The next, and one of the most damnable laws found among the"Canonistic Laws" of Catholicism, is as follows: "_Roman Catholicismhas the right to exercise her power without permission or consent ofthe state_. "

Within this Romish law any one can easily discern her monarchialdesigns, as she boldly and flagrantly declares that she has the rightto do as she sees fit, without even being molested or questioned bythe laws of this country. 

Further on in the "Canon Laws" of Catholicism we find the following:"_Roman Catholicism has the right to prevent the foundation of anynational church not subject to the direct authority of the Romanpontiff_. "

Thus the reader will see that the Protestant churches of Americaexist only by and through the numerical power of Protestantism, butshould Romanism ever become powerful enough in this country shewould, within the twinkling of an eye, destroy or confiscate everyProtestant church now in existence. 

Further along in this Romish "Canon Law" we find that she strikes atthe dearest institutions of our land, as follows: "_The RomanCatholic church has the right to deprive the civil authorities of theentire government of the public schools_. "

The reader will see by this declaration that should Catholicism evercome in control of the affairs of this government that our publicschools, which are the bulwarks of our American government, wouldhave their very foundations rooted up and scattered to the four windsof the earth. 

The most devilish and damnable law, in my estimation, that is to befound upon the statute books of Catholicism is the following: "_RomanCatholicism has the right to require that the Roman Catholic religionshall be THE ONLY RELIGION of the nation, to the exclusionof all others_. "

We have the entire principles of Catholicism embodied in this last"Canonistic Law, " as Roman Catholicism's aim and intention is to putthis declaration into effect as soon as she can become powerfulenough to execute her plans. 

In my estimation, the next "Canon Law" that I will quote, is the onemost detrimental to our American form of government, as it is a law, when put into execution, that will throttle every ambition andstrangle every hope that now permeates the bosom of Protestantism, and it is one that should freeze the very flesh and blood ofProtestantism to the bone's marrow. It is as follows: "_RomanCatholicism has the power to require the nation not to permit freeexpression of opinions_. "

In this last law, which is found upon the statute books of RomanCatholicism, we have a declaration from her rulers that would depriveyou and your posterity from expressing an opinion in regard to RomanCatholicism; that is, if that opinion did not coincide with herabominations, and an institution which would place such a law uponher statute books is an institution which would burn and flay alivethose who would disregard this law; thus the reader may have someidea of what he or she may expect should their posterity ever liveto see America pass into the ungodly clutches of this unholy demon. 

The history of Roman Catholicism in the past plainly demonstrateswhat she has done and how well and awful she has carried out her lawsherein quoted, and Catholicism makes her brags that she "_neverchanges_, " consequently the only reason why these laws are not putinto execution in the United States is the lack of physical power, and whenever Roman Catholicism reaches the point in the history ofthis country where she possesses this physical power, Protestantismwill feel her tyrannical heel upon their necks. 

That the reader may thoroughly understand and realize that RomanCatholicism of to-day is the same as Roman Catholicism was hundredsof years ago, we desire to quote a letter written by Pope Leo XIIIduring his reign, which will thoroughly demonstrate to the readerthat Roman Catholicism of the present retains all of her harshnessand cussedness that she possessed when our forefathers were burned atthe stake and our mothers were punished for worshiping a true andliving God, Pope Leo's letter follows:

"_The teachings given by the Apostolic See, whether contained in thesyllabus and other acts of our illustrious predecessors, or in ourencyclical letters, has given clear guidance to the faith as to whatshould be their thoughts and their conduct in the midst of thedifficulties of time and events. There they will find a rule for thedirection of their minds and their work. _"

The reader will see from this letter from Pope Leo XIII that hereiterates to his followers the "Canonistic Law" laid down by hispredecessors, making it obligatory upon the followers of Catholicismto put in practice to-day the hellish doctrines of Roman Catholicismof the past. 

If Catholicism depends upon numbers and physical strength toaccomplish her ends, then what must this country expect when such atime arrives, as Catholicism can govern by the power of physicalstrength?

Will we have any one to blame for what Catholicism does to thiscountry when such time arrives? Ah, No! No one but Protestantism, for if America, which is a Protestant country, sits idly by andpermits Romanism to reach a point where she can control the affairsof this government, it will be on the account of the lethargy andimbecility of Protestantism, as we have it within our power to-day tohalt this Emperor of Darkness before that time arrives, but thequestion is, will we do it?

The history of other nations which have been controlled byCatholicism should be enough, not only to frighten the Protestanthosts, but to paralyze them with fear, as the pages of history teemwith the awfulness of Rome's rule, wherever she has been permitted tobecome master. 

France, which has been priest-ridden for centuries, is now at thistime in the throes of a national convulsion, brought about by thetyranny of Romanism. 

Now, if Rome is such an abominable master and such a tyrant thatFrance has to deport the priestcraft and close up her institutions, is it not time that the United States was taking some step toprotect her offspring from this vulture of human rights!

This country is undoubtedly a Protestant country, and if it is agreat country, which no man dares to deny, she surely owes hergreatness to Protestantism. 

Our soul is poured into this chapter, as we never were more inearnest than we are at this time, as we can shade our eyes and lookdown the avenues of the past and behold naught but skeletons ofprotestant despair on every byway which has been traveled byRomanism, and when we behold this mighty waste of despair we can notconceive how the United States of America can expect to fare betterthan have the nations of the past, unless she exerts her American andProtestant manhood and gives Roman Catholicism to understand that itis time to halt, and, in the name of an intelligent God, forbid herto transgress further upon the rights of this country. 

In this chapter we will endeavor to be explicit and above alltruthful, and we ask God to give us courage to present facts in a waythat will fan to life again the patriotism that has been lulled tosleep by the bat-like wings of Roman Catholicism. 

We hope that this little volume may arouse unconcerned Protestantismto a realization of the fact that our public officials are year byyear forcing her nearer and nearer the great chasm of Roman despair, and if we can be instrumental in this great undertaking we will feelthat when our race is done, that we have fought a good fight, andwill be remembered by the Protestant world as a man who taught adoctrine which was the salvation of Protestant America. 

Roman Catholicism has no politics, as she is ever ready and willingto join hands with any party that will guarantee her more completecontrol of national affairs, as she teaches her followers thatwhenever they find that the Republican party will grant her requeststhat they should be Republicans, and she also teaches them thatwhenever the Democratic party or any other party will enter into acontract with her and grant her the right of way of devastation, thatthey should be Democrats, or be adherents to whatever party grantsthem the most power. 

Roman Catholicism wraps herself about the smaller officials andwheedles herself into the good graces of the small officials bypromising them the Catholic vote, and by so doing she is able tocontrol the officials higher up in power, and in this manner shereaches the highest officials of the land, as we find to-day theboa-constrictor of Catholicism wrapped about every official atWashington city, from the President of the United States on down. 

Suppose that the Pope and his tribe of liberty-destroyers realizedthat the officials of America were Protestants, and implicitlybelieved and lived up to the teachings of Protestantism; do you thinkthat she would presume to approach our Protestant officials anddemand their support in behalf of her damnable creed, or do yousuppose that she would dare to send her emissaries into the halls ofour national congress and brazenly approach those Protestantofficials? Ah, never! as Catholicism is a base coward and nevermakes her appearance only where she is assured that her overtureswill be gracefully received. 

Protestant America! do you not believe that you have granted Romanismher requests long enough, and do you not realize that unless youthrottle this carnivorous beast of human rights within the nearfuture that your protests will only be received with ridicule andjeers?

Protestantism from this day forward should resolve that her ballot inthe future should be a Protestant ballot, and whenever she hasreasons to believe that there is one place upon their ticket that istainted with the abominations of Romanism they should be dropped asthough they were a poisonous reptile. 

It matters not what the office may be that is to be filled and whatpower it carries with it, Protestantism should find out whether ornot the applicant believes in Protestantism, and learn, if possible, whether they or their family are tainted with the virus of RomanCatholicism, and if you should find that the taint extends to anypart of their family then scratch them off your ballot, and by sodoing you will help to woo back the spirit of both Protestantism andpatriotism, as one is symbolic of the other. 

It may seem strange and also untrue for me to make the statement thatthere are cities in the United States which are as completely underthe control of the Pope of Rome as Rome herself, but such is thecase, and the city of St. Louis, Mo. , is one of them, as Romanismrules the inhabitants of that city with a despotism that is onlyequaled in a nation where the pontiff of Rome is an acknowledgedruler. 

During the last election in the city of St. Louis I was a Catholicpriest, and was in the Catholic confidence, and I declare to you as aman of truth and before a living God that it was understood betweenthe Catholic church and those who controlled the Democratic partythat the Protestants should elect the present mayor, Rolla Wells, butthat Catholicism was to be permitted to name the other officials, orat least enough to control the city government. 

Now, is there any politics in such an agreement? Ah, no; but theonly object in this secret agreement was a desire upon the part ofRoman Catholicism to control the revenues of the city of St. Louis, as Catholicism is a money machine and endeavors to keep her exchequerfull by preying upon the ignorance of her followers. 

I have mentioned St. Louis only for the simple reason that it is arecent happening, but there are a score of other cities in the UnitedStates of America which are controlled by Catholicism on the sameprinciple, as Romanism joins hands with either the Republican orDemocratic party if she sees a chance to put her hellish schemes anddogmas into practice. 

That the reader may know what element controls the municipalgovernments of our cities we desire to call attention to the factthat over one-half of the officials of our large American cities aredirect representatives of Roman Catholicism, and over two-thirds ofall the policemen of these cities are the Pope's followers. 

Why does this state of affairs exist? Ah, it is because theProtestant voter has "politics" instead of "principles"; thereforeyou yourself are to blame for this awful state of affairs. 

Yes, I say that you are to blame, for you are a voter and you pretendto represent Protestantism but still will permit yourself to be madetools of in behalf of Roman Catholicism; then am I not right indeclaring that you are to blame for this state of affairs that existsin our large cities?

In our municipal elections you will find Roman Catholicism courtingthe political power which has the greatest chance of electing theircandidates; it matters not what party it may be, as Roman Catholicismhas no politics, as her only desire is power, and it does not matterfrom what source she receives it, so long as it is granted her, asRomanism is like a chameleon, as she will change her political colorto suit her surroundings if she is assured that she will be permittedto inject her deadly virus into the veins of Protestantism. 

If Roman Catholicism can extract a promise from a Republicancandidate they are Republicans; but, on the other hand, if they canmake a Democrat do their bidding, they are Democrats; and if theycan "wiggle" into the Populists' favor, they are Populists; in fact, they are any and everything that will serve their purpose and help tobind and throttle Protestant principles. 

The nation of France is making history to-day, and each line and pageof this history is a warning to Protestant America, as every page ofthis history is covered with the slime of Roman Catholicism, for hadit not been for her tyrannical despotism, France would not have hadto close up the monasteries and convents of that nation, but onaccount of her teachings, and in order to protect the risinggenerations from her influence, not only have the convents andmonasteries had to be closed, but the schools which teach herdamnable dogmas have been closed. 

We do not have to cross the ocean and visit European countries tolearn of Roman Catholicism's depravity, but we can stand upon thesouthern shore of the United States, almost in hailing distance ofCuba, and there behold the shores of a country which had to rebelagainst the hellishness of Roman Catholicism, as Cuba would to-daybelong to Spain had it not been for Roman Catholicism, as it was herabominations that continually kept Cuba in a feverish ferment. 

It was Spain's ungodliness that brought about the Spanish-Americanwar, and Spain's ungodliness was taught her by Romanism. 

The West India islands were the progenies of Spain, and the Spanishgovernment permitted the Papists to control these islands with herdogmas of instructions, which were directly instrumental incontinually keeping the spirit of anarchy alive. 

The only reason that Roman Catholicism does not control this countrywith her tyrannical hand is on account of numerical numbers, for didRome believe that she could rule this country to-day, before the sunwould set to-morrow night this would be a nation of serfs instead ofa nation of independent men and women. 

I perhaps have made my declarations broader and stronger than any manof the present day, but I am fresh from the ranks of Catholicism andI know her cunning, and since I have forsaken her blind leadershipand drank deep from the well of Protestantism, I have resolved thatno stone shall go unturned that will help me to convince America ofher great danger which shadows her future by permitting this Romishdespot to flood this country with not only her blind followers, butby being permitted to brazenly denounce everything that is near anddear to this country, as her brazen denunciations of our Americaninstitutions is nothing more nor less than treason, and which shouldbe treated as such. 

To give the reader some idea of what Roman Catholicism will do if sheever has the power, we quote an article which appeared in a Catholicjournal known as "_The Catholic Citizen_, " of Milwaukee, Wis. 

Now, if Catholicism has at this time become so brazen that she daresoffer the Protestant world the insults that is contained in thisarticle, what shall we expect if this damnable creed ever becomespowerful enough to control by physical strength? The article follows:

 "Protestantism in Cuba? What good will it do there? If only the good it has wrought elsewhere, Heaven help the Cubans! Protestantism is nothing but a disorganizer and a pathway to infidelity and atheism. This is the only reason of its existence. As a positive moral force, it is a farce. It has never converted a single nation, but it has unconverted Protestants themselves with a holy vengeance. Berlin has 75, 000 church goers out of 2, 000, 000 people; London 400, 000 out of 6, 000, 000 and so on. 'Without baptism you can not enter Heaven, ' says the Scripture, and lo! thanks to Protestantism, nearly 60, 000, 000 people in the United States are not baptized. A nice system (for the devil), that produces such results--results as fatal to the heathen as to the Christian. Protestantism found the Sandwich islands with 400, 000 people. Where are they now? Gone. A million Macris in New Zealand. Where are they? Gone. Seven million Indians in the United States. Where are they? Gone. 

 "On the other hand, the friars found 300, 000 natives in the Philippines 400 years ago, and there are 9, 000, 000 now; 12, 000, 000 Indians south of the Rio Grande, and there are 50, 000, 000 now. 'By their fruits you shall know them. ' In view of such facts, we think Protestants should leave 'Boonioboola Gha' alone and confine their proselytizing to unfortunates nearer home. An American is just as well worth saving as a Cuban or a Chinaman any day. "

"_The American Citizen_, " a journal published in Boston, Mass. , madethe following comment on this article, which appeared in this RomanCatholic journal:

 "The above is as good a specimen of papal logic as we have ever seen--and it is the real thing. 

 "'It has never converted a single nation!' Christianity is not supposed to convert nations--it converts individuals. Mohammedanism converted (?) many nations by the sword, and popery attempted to do it by the inquisition, but failed--except in the case of the Jews and Moors in Spain, which it 'converted' into beggars and refugees. 

 "Rome 'converted' the Albigenses from being peaceful and industrious citizens into the best mountain warriors in Europe--and the handful defied and defeated the best papal armies of Europe. 

 "But how about England, and Scotland, and Scandinavia, and the Netherlands, and many other nations--were they not all papal at one time, but converted through reformation? How about the Huguenots--the very flower of France; the Protestant Irish, the very salvation of the Emerald Isle--were not these all at one time Romanists--converted to Protestantism?

 "Read the record of Rome's 'conversions' in Mexico, in Central America, in South America, as told by Prescott and other historians--the introduction of slavery by the papal church, and the unspeakable cruelties perpetrated upon the Indians, or aborigines, of the countries mentioned. Read, in United States senate document 190, the record of Rome's 'conversions' in the Philippines--a work which has made every Filipino a bitter hater of the priests. 

 "'The Indians of the United States!' Have they ever been Protestants? Have not the priests had control of them since this land was discovered? Are not the vices which have killed them--apart from war--the peculiar vices of popery, especially drunkenness? What good have the priests wrought among them? Take California as an example, where these priests enslaved tens of thousands of the Indians for the sole purpose of enriching their church!

 "This is a matter of history--of undeniable history. If the American Indians were slain in battle, in nine cases out of ten the Jesuits instigated them to the deeds which brought on the war. While Prescott's 'Mexico' and 'Peru' are accessible in our libraries, popery had better be dumb. 

 "That the Filipinos have increased from 300, 000 to 9, 000, 000 and the South Americans from 12, 000, 000 to 50, 000, 000, may be true, for all travelers tell us that it is no uncommon thing to find a priest with a halfscore of concubines and fifty children. Certainly these priests have an advantage over Protestant missionaries in this respect. The pagans would naturally follow the example of their 'spiritual' advisers. Oh, yes, the population certainly increases where the priestcraft live. "

The Roman Catholic church says that the priests shall not wed, but atthe same time the priestcraft fathers an army of children. 

The Philippine islands is a nation of heathens, and Catholicism hasbeen in charge of these islands for centuries, and to-day they areworse off than they were before Catholicism planted her black bannerin their midst. 

Wherever you find intellectuality, morality and civilization in itsfullest meaning, you will find a country where Protestantism is thepredominating doctrine, as Catholicism can not exist only in the"underbrush" of ignorance and vice. 

The greatest menace this country has to contend with is the influx ofRome's followers from other nations, and unless our immigration lawsare remedied it will not be long until Rome will be able, by physicalstrength, to enumerate the United States as one of her countries, aseach succeeding year tens of thousands of the followers of Rome fromItaly and other priest-ridden countries flock to our shores topractice in this country the abominations taught them in theirchildhood. 

France's woes and miseries have been expected for years by men ofintelligence and men who could read the signs of the times, as Rome'sinfluence was year by year growing more intolerable, and it was onlya matter of time when France would be forced to either permit herselfto be dragged down to the level of the debased teachings ofCatholicism or else by a heroic effort boldly stamp out this Romishcreed of damnation, and the latter course is the one she has chosento pursue, and to-day finds the Roman Catholic church despised anddetested by every intelligent and patriotic Frenchman of the land. 

In July 1874, Eugene Lawrence, in the columns of "_Harper's Weekly_, "made a prediction that ought to convince every sane man and woman inthis land that the woes of France are directly traceable to the RomanCatholic church, as Mr. Lawrence was a historian of national repute, and a man who was a patriot whom the American eagle was proud of, andfor the benefit of the readers of my little book I desire to quote infull this prediction made thirty years ago, as to-day finds Mr. Lawrence's prediction being fulfilled in every particular, and RomanCatholicism is the incarnate fiend that has forced this prediction tocome true. Mr. Lawrence's article follows:

 "The Papal church is chiefly responsible for the decadence of the French mind. The priests have long controlled the education of the nation and have striven to shut it out from all contact with the culture of America, Germany and England. Under the rule of Napoleon III, the Jesuits obtained the guidance of nearly all the secondary colleges; Protestant schools were sedulously discouraged, and nothing was taught that could offend the mediaeval tastes of Rome. When, two years ago, the French republicans had resolved to found a free and compulsory system of instruction for all France as the chief want of the nation, the papal bishops and priests suppressed the measure by all their arts. They were resolved to have no education which they could not control. The republican movement failed; Bishop Dupanloup and his associates succeeded once more in shutting out the light of knowledge from the people, and have sown the fires of warfare in the place of mental progress and moral culture. 

 "France, which has often made the most rapid progress toward reform, has also been the most successful leader of modern reaction. Its revolutions have set in motion all other nations, but have failed to purify itself. It is enslaved by a single church and ruled by Roman superstition. At the recent assembly at Paris, of all the hierarchy of France, of Jesuits, Dominicans, Monks and prelates, it was resolved that all the strength of the papal party should be given to an effort to grasp the control of the higher education of the people, and make every college and seminary the teacher of the worship of the Sacred Heart; to confine instruction within the limits of Roman theology, and shut out more strictly than ever before the light of modern progress. At a great and powerful meeting of all the Roman Catholic editors of France, a similar policy was resolved upon. By a strange revulsion of sentiment the press was made to advocate its own restriction or repression. The papal editors apparently sigh for a return of the mediaeval practices when Francis I. Burned ardent printers in Paris, and the Sorbonne would have banished the printing press from France forever. The Roman Catholic papers invoke the restoration of the Bourbons and of the temporal power of the Pope, and in the ardor of a new spirit of martyrdom offered themselves up to a spiritual bondage that must end in their own slow destruction and the death of the national intellect They would enforce anew that policy if isolation which has filled France with impurity, and left it the prey of emperors and marshals, princes and priests. 

 "France has thus displayed, since its first revolution, a most remarkable contest. The spirit of freedom has more than once placed its people in front of human progress, and ever again the spirit of reaction has dragged them back into the abyss of mental and moral decay. Its priests have invariably triumphed over its reformers. The Roman church has always held a supremacy above the law. Of all the national institutions, it has alone preserved its freedom of action unimpaired. It receives an enormous subsidy from the state. While all other associations are held under a strict subjection, while political meetings are scarcely allowed, while the press is silenced, while Protestant churches can hold no assemblies or synods except by the connivance of the government, while Protestant churches are forbidden to have either bell or steeple, the Roman priesthood hold their councils and assemblies unrestrained, and cover the land with their sodalities, their societies, their processions, and their pilgrimages. The church is the only well-organized political party. Its agents are active in every commune. Its severe discipline produces order through all its hosts of Jesuits, monks and priests. Its confessors rule in the palaces of the wealthy and the hovels of the peasants. It forbids education, it stifles thought, it inculcates a pitiless severity against Protestants and reformers; and with natural indignation the leading Republicans point to the dominant church as the chief source of all the woes of France, as sacrificing the morals, integrity and mental elevation of the nation to the single purpose of maintaining the ascendency of a foreign Pope. The French Republicans have been forced to see that the Papal church is the necessary foe of freedom. It would be well if our own people could learn from their experience, and guard with strict vigilance their institutions from the secret and open assaults of a foreign priesthood. 

 "There is no doubt, at least in the minds of the French Republicans, that to the intrigues of the Papal faction is due the disordered and hopeless condition of the nation. Gambetta's paper, _La Republique_, assures its readers that the assembly is ruled by a party devoted wholly to the ecclesiastical interests; that they labor only to reduce the whole country to an abject submission to Rome, and are ready to accomplish their aims by measures fatal to the peace of France. It asserts that the priesthood forms a league as rigorous as that over which the Guises ruled and against which the Huguenots struggled; that the church has its myriads of societies, committees, agents, an overflowing treasury, the favor of the government, a single aim--an infallible ruler. It calls upon the people, if they would be free, to strike down the hydra that preys upon the state. The policy of Bismarck, indeed, finds its best defense in the condition of France. If the interference of the papal faction proves so disastrous to the welfare of the French people, it is plainly the interest of Germany to crush it forever by all the resources of statesmanship. If the rule of papal Rome be so intolerable to its friends, what might it not accomplish in the dominions of its opponents? France may yet learn from its neighbors over the Rhine the only path to freedom. What it seems most to need is a Bismarck. "

If in 1874, Mr. Lawrence, after making a thorough study of theconditions of France, could so accurately prophecy what would happenthirty years hence, the conditions at that time must have been indeedvery palpable, but no more so than they are in America to-day, asRoman Catholicism within the past ten years has made greater stridesin strangling American liberties than she ever has in any twenty-fiveyears, before, as this creed of abominations has been losing itshold upon not only the throats of France, but of Italy as well. Asshe has made the effort of her life to plant the seeds of anarchy andrevolution in the bosom of her followers in the United States, inorder that she may at the proper time, and as soon as she believesshe is numerically strong enough to overcome by physical force, tostrike a blow that will paralyze every ambition of Protestantism inthis country. 

Hundreds of the best and wisest men this country has ever known havebeen for years warning the United States of her dangers fromRomanism, but it seems as though we will not heed the warning, butbear in mind that unless this country does heed this warning and haltthe Czar of Darkness, we will live to see the time when we will haveto resort to arms to protect our Protestant interests. 

The nation of France has swung out from the power of the Vatican, andis to-day defying the Pope of Rome and daring him to do his worst, and France is a nation that has always been a Catholic nation andcontrolled by her abominations, but she has woke up to the fact thatunless this hellish doctrine is stamped out from her shores that shewill become a nation of mental pygmies and nonentities, as she haslong since learned that Catholicism is nothing more nor less than apoisonous breath that withers intellect and causes nations to decayand sink to the level of Romish degeneracy. 

It seems as though the Vatican will not learn that the world moves, as the Vatican is determined that Italy shall not appear above thehorizon of papal abhorrence. 

It is hard for the Vatican to learn that the world moves and thatItaly moves with it. In its final resolution, the quarrel between thePope and the French government is based on the recognition of theking of Italy as the sole sovereign in Rome, but the Pope is asdetermined that him and his reign of darkness shall be the onlyacknowledged ruler of Italy. 

President Loubet of France, the executive of this Catholic nation, gave great offense to the Vatican, by visiting the king of Italy, who is in the eyes of the church a usurper. 

According to the Vatican's standards, the kingdom of Italy is not anaccomplished fact, as the Vatican refuses to recognize any governmentin Italy save that which he chooses to establish and build up out ofthe filth and abominations of Roman Catholicism. 

The Pope declares himself to be the only legitimate sovereign inRome, but the Italian government has for a number of years beenlearning that the power of the Vatican is a power of darkness, emanating from the putridness of paganism, and which is detrimentalto any nation that aspires to individual intellectuality, moralityand greatness. 

The reader must bear in mind that Italy is the home of the Pope, andthe home of Popes, and that Rome is the city of Popes, archbishopsand cardinals. 

This statement can not be denied by any living man, and since it istrue, we want to learn something of the inhabitants of Rome, so thatwe may be prepared to judge whether Roman Catholicism is beneficialor detrimental to those whom she rules. 

We make the statement without fear of successful denial, that RomanCatholicism is a power which withers the hopes and ambitions of anynation, which is so unlucky as to fall under her tyrannical tread, asRomanism is a power for evil, unequaled by any creed of deviltry anddiabolical cunning ever conceived by mortal man. 

We have made the statement that the city of Rome was one of the mostimmoral and ungodly cities under the shining canopy of Heaven, and wehave also made the statement that Rome is the home of popes, archbishops and cardinals, and we propose to prove to the readerthat, while Rome is the home of Roman Catholic officials, that she isalso the home of the libertine and immoral. 

We also propose to prove that the immorality of the inhabitants ofRome is taught them by the Catholic officials of Rome, as we are notwriting of what we have learned from the mouth of others, but we arewriting of what we know by the power of sight, as we have visitedRome more than once in the official capacity of Roman Catholicism, and we make this statement with a living God as our witness, thatRoman Catholicism is responsible for the immorality found in the cityof Rome, and this immorality is not confined alone to the cityoutside the walls of the Vatican, as this atmosphere of immoralityand degradation permeates the very atmosphere of the Vatican, asillegitimacy is found within the walls of the Vatican, as well aswithout. 

Rome is a city of popes, cardinals, archbishops, priests, monks, friars and ecclesiastical students. 

In the city of Rome, which is the home of popes, there are 39cardinals, 35 archbishops, 1, 469 priests, 2, 832 monks and friars, 2, 000 nuns and 1, 000 ecclesiastical students, making in all 7, 576teachers of this abomination; and for every 4, 375 children born inthe city of Rome, 3, 160 are bastards, and for every 750 people in thecity of Rome, there is a murder committed during the year; thus youwill see that this herd of Catholic teachers are not only teachers ofimmorality and degradation, but are also responsible for murder, assuch a pestilence of immorality will lead to murder. 

Is it any wonder that France and Italy are to-day struggling withthis polluted beast in order to free themselves from her filthygrasp? Is it any wonder that France has closed up the monasteries, convents and schools of this abomination!

With such nations as France and Italy declaring to their inhabitantsthat Catholicism is not only a nuisance but a menace to intelligenceand morality, what can this government expect in the future if shepermits Romanism to continue to flourish in the future as she has inthe past?

This book is not written by a man who seeks notoriety, or a man whois writing from a prejudiced standpoint, but we are writing from whatwe know of the awfulness of Catholicism, as fifty-six long years haverolled into eternity since I began to worship at the feet of thisimmoral hag; therefore, the reader must know that it is not apleasant task to acknowledge before the world that we have been notonly fifty-six years a follower of this creed of abominations, butfor thirty long years we helped to fasten this creed upon the humanfamily. 

I wish that it was within my power to become a spirit, which wouldenable me to navigate the air and whisper my warnings into the earsof Protestant America, for no nation on the face of the earth needsthe warning as badly as the United States, as day by day, week byweek, month by month and year by year the Vatican's shadow growslonger and longer upon our shores, and wherever this shadow ofpaganish darkness stretches itself you will find the withered hopesof man, as Roman Catholicism's only ambition is to place humanity ather feet, which will enable her to bind her followers with the cordsof superstition and ignorance, as she exists upon the blasted hopesof those whom she rules. 

If what I have told you in the pages of this book is true, then is itnot time for Protestant America to arouse herself from her lethargyand buckle on the armor of righteousness and patriotism and go forthto battle this "Strumpet of Sin" with the valor of our Americanforefathers?

I have prayerfully endeavored to lay bare the sins of RomanCatholicism, and the only hindrance I have encountered in my effortsis on the account of not being more familiar with the Englishlanguage, as I am a German born, and my power of expressing myself inthe English language is materially hindered by being educated inGermany, but thank God that education does not stand in the way of aliving God helping the foreign tongue to express itself in a mannerwhich can be understood. 

I have endeavored to inform the reader who I am, what I am, and why Iam what I am, and have taken up the abominations of Catholicism andtreated these abominations in a manner that I hope will carryconviction to the hearts of the reader, as I am qualified to gobefore not only any official who has the power to administer an oathand to make oath to the truthfulness of every assertion made herein, but I am willing to meet my God around the great white throne inHeaven and stand upon the declarations herein contained. 

I have endeavored to give the Protestant reader to understand thathis offspring are considered bastards, and their parents persons wholive in immorality, by not belonging to the Roman Catholic Church andbeing married by the priestcraft. 

I have endeavored to tear the mask of ignorance from the bleared andpolluted features of Romanism and show her up in all of herdetestible ugliness. 

I have in my weak manner endeavored to try to warn our Americanfathers and mothers of the great danger of the "confession, " as theconfessional is the stepping stone that leads to Romish abominations, as it is there that the seed of immoral thought is planted and it isthere that the purity of girlhood is first tarnished, and if I canarouse Protestant mothers and fathers of this land to these awfulsinks of iniquity I will consider that I have been instrumental inhelping to obliterate one of the greatest evils known to the humanfamily. 

I have endeavored to point out to Protestant America the awfulmistake made by the United States in permitting Roman Catholicism tocontinue her debauchery in Cuba, Porto Rico and the PhilippineIslands, as I declare to the reader with eyes wet with grief that notonly the flower of our army is being sacrificed in these far awayislands, but that millions of dollars are being spent upon theseislands and that Roman Catholicism is being benefited by this greatexpenditure of Protestant money, as the Pope of Rome is as powerfulin these islands to-day as he ever was, and every intelligentProtestant in this land who has made this subject a study knows fullwell that had it not been for Roman Catholicism and her outrages, that the Spanish-American war would never have been fought. 

I have earnestly tried to make the reader understand that themonasteries in this country are often the abodes of criminals, andthe nunneries of this land are the slaughter pens of virtue, and Itrust that my readers will read it in the spirit that I have writtenit, and if such is the case I know that this little book will beinstrumental in not only opening the eyes of drowsy Protestantism, but it will be instrumental in turning thousands of Roman Catholicsfrom the error of their ways and pointing them to "the Lamb of Godthat taketh away the sins of the world. "

I have endeavored to demonstrate to the reader that celibacy upon thepart of the priestcraft is one of the most damnable crimes known tocivilization, as it is the unmarried cussedness of the Roman Catholicpriests that is instrumental in the slaughter of virtue. 

I have endeavored to prove to the reader that the Roman CatholicChurch is a living infamous insult to an all-wise God, by claimingthat the Pope of Rome is an infallible being, and I believe that ifthe reader has read my book with a determination of discarding thatwhich is bad and holding to that which is good, that he or she willclose this book with an enlightened conception of this devilish creedwhich would have its followers believe that the Pope of Rome is on anequality with Jesus Christ. 

I have endeavored to lead the reader from clime to clime, so that heor she might behold the characters of the followers of Rome, and bycomparison I have endeavored to convince the reader that thecharacters of the followers of Roman Catholicism are not nor nevercan be on a par with the character of Protestantism, as RomanCatholicism follows the teachings of paganism, born in the kennel offilthiness and surrounded and led by a class of men who glut theirlust upon the virtue of their "dupes, " while Protestantism is led bythe lowly Nazarine, whose teachings have made Protestant America allthat she is to-day or ever will be. 

I have endeavored to point out to the readers of this little volumethe sin of Protestantism, permitting Catholicism to control ourpublic schools and teach our children doctrines that will beinstrumental in strangling their ambitions and paralyzing theiraspirations, which is near and dear to Protestant America. 

I have from the bottom of an honest heart endeavored to impress uponthe reader the awful influence that the priestcraft of America hasupon the morals of this country, and I trust that this task has notbeen a useless one, for America has no plague that is so deadly topatriotism as this black-garbed army of priests, who tramp up anddown the length and breadth of this land, seeking whom they maydevour. 

With every drop of blood in my old veins electrified with a desire toserve a living God, I have endeavored to warn Protestant America ofthe lustfulness of the priestcraft, who without a blush of shameinvade the chastity of our American homes, and by the hellishness ofthis Romish doctrine pollute the wives and daughters of this fairland. 

I have pointed out the dangers which beset this nation by thetoleration of Popish rule, and have compared Protestant nations withthe nations which have been morally damned and disgraced by Romanism, and I trust that my comparisons will lead an intelligent public tosee the dangers that beset this country unless Romanism is relegatedto the everlasting haunts of oblivion. 

In conclusion I desire to say to the reader that he or she will neverknow of the diabolical cunning of this Romish doctrine, for it isimpossible for mortal man who has traveled this road of debaucheryto ever portray in print to the public what he has seen along thisjourney of ignorance, superstition and immorality, as no man who hasthe welfare of the young and rising generation at heart would sink solow as to write all of the awfulness that I have seen upon my journeyfor thirty years upon this Romish highway of carnality, as every turnin the path that leads through this desert of desolation is strewnwith the bleached bones of ambition. 

There is not an oasis in this vast stretch of Romish desolation, asher every ambition is to rule by superstition, ignorance and tyranny. 

Again I would warn Protestant America that we are nearing thetrenches of physical strength, and unless we infuse into ourProtestant manhood the liquid fires of Protestantism, the time is notfar distant when the Bunker Hill that was made famous by the blood ofour forefathers will have her base dripping wet with the blood ofProtestantism, in defense of the principles that have made Americaall that she ever has been, all that she is, and all that she mayhope to be. 

Can we expect anything else should Roman Catholicism ever becomenumerically strong enough to rule by physical strength? The answer tothis question must come from the pages of Romish history, and thishistory has every page wet with Protestant blood shed by this Monarchof Darkness, as 75, 000, 000 Protestants to-day sleep beneath the sodof the universe, bearing the scars of Romish torture. 

My task is done; my warning has been sounded; my prayers have beenoffered, and now in the evening of old age, when life's sun isslipping down behind the horizon of earthly things, I find myselfsurrounded with the faces of new friends, but in the dim far away Ibehold the countenance of my Lord beckoning me to that rest beyondthe skies, where I hope to receive a full pardon from a God I sorecently learned to serve. 

For the sake of right, I bade farewell to the associations of mychildhood, but in doing so I have been permitted to taste ofrealities that were bought for the human race "By the blood of theLamb, " and I feel assured that when this earthly race is over that Iwill be taken home to glory, where I will be permitted to sing thesongs of the new Jerusalem, and my prayer is that this little volumemay march on down the ages after I am gone, to warn the generationsthat are yet unborn of the damnable teachings of Romanism, and beinstrumental in wooing away from this human viper those who have beentaught to worship at the feet of this hydra-headed monster, RomanCatholicism. 

THE LIE NAILED. 

Catholicism is circulating a lie that BERNARD FRESENBORGnever was a Catholic Priest. Here is a copy of a Check givenMr. Fresenborg by ARCHBISHOP J. J. HARTY, for saying "Mass" in1903. J. J. Harty is now an Archbishop in the Philippine Islandsand one of Rome's big guns. 

Archbishop Harty at the time this Check was given was Priest incharge of ST. LEO'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, St. Louis, Mo. 

[Illustration: Check]

[I will give $1, 000 to any man, woman or child who will provethat this statement untrue. ]

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS CORRECTED

The following typographical errors in the text were corrected asdetailed here. 

On the cover page, "circumfrence" was corrected to "circumference" inthe following text: "This great book has stirred America from centerto circumference. "

In the Author's Announcement, "enlightment" was corrected to"enlightenment" in "A structure of enlightenment . .. "

On page 18, "Catholocism" was corrected to "Catholicism" in thefollowing text: ". .. That I have shaken off this eternal bondage ofCatholicism . .. "

On page 20, "ledgerdemain" was corrected to "legerdemain" in thefollowing text: ". .. Catholic legerdemain, and I was taught . .. "

On page 22, "Herold" was corrected to "Harold" to be consistent withother mentions of this name on the same page. 

On page 28, "crimnials" was corrected to "criminals'" in the followingtext: ". .. Built with the purpose of sheltering her abominablefaithless in case these criminals' desire to hide themselves . .. "

On page 34, "hodwink" was corrected to "hoodwink" in the following text:". .. Which will enable the officials to "hoodwink" their followers . .. "

On page 94, the text "carion" was corrected to "carrion" in thefollowing text: ". .. That part of the priestcraft which exists upon thecarrion of the human family . .. "

In the first paragraph of chapter VI (on page 97) "Ecquador" wascorrected to "Ecuador" in the following text: "In this chapter, we havebefore us the vision of two countries; one is Protestant America and theother Catholic Ecuador. "

On page 128, "asylumns" was corrected to "asylums" in the followingtext: "The "asylums" of olden times were intended as retreats . .. "

On page 136, "Crowe" was corrected to "Crow" to be consistent with othermentions of this name. 

On page 138, "absense" was corrected to "absence" in the followingtext: ". .. Asked his government of Holland for a leave ofabsence to fight in the Boer war . .. "

On page 141, "sytem" was corrected to "system" in the following text:". .. So I sailed for the diamond fields of South Africa, where I amnow free, by the system . .. "

Also on page 141, the word "by" was corrected to "my" in the followingtext: ". .. I walked to the banks of the Missouri River and raisedmy buried treasure . .. "

On page 147, "degredation" was corrected to "degradation" in thefollowing text: ". .. Snatch their children from the Romish mire ofdegradation . .. "

On page 173, Pope "Piux" was corrected Pope "Pius. "

On page 214, the word "concensus" was corrected to "consensus" in thefollowing text: "The consensus of opinion among all classes . .. "

On page 219, "broad-guage" was corrected to "broad-gauge. "

On page 255, "paracite" was corrected to "parasite" in the followingtext: ". .. Who are as heavily burdened to-day with this ancientparasite . .. "

On page 259, two instances of "instiution" were corrected to"institution. "

On page 277, "Massachuetts" was corrected to "Massachusetts" in thefollowing text: "If such things are now happening in the Stateof Massachusetts . .. "

On page 297, "Ctholicism" was corrected to "Catholicism" in thefollowing text: ". .. Permit yourself to be made tools of in behalfof Roman Catholicism . .. "

On page 285, "blod" was corrected to "blood" in the following text:". .. Every man, woman and child that lives under that old red, whiteand blue flag, which was bought by the blood of our forefathers . .. "

Also on page 285, "boldy" was corrected to "boldly" in the followingtext: ". .. As she boldly and flagrantly declares that she . .. "

On page 293, "emmissaries" was corrected to "emissaries" in thefollowing text: ". .. Send her emissaries into the halls . .. "

On page 306, "convice" was corrected to "convince" in thefollowing text: ". .. Made a prediction that ought to convince everysane man and woman . .. "

On page 311, "hopless" was corrected to "hopeless" in the followingtext: ". .. The intrigues of the Papal faction is due the disorderedand hopeless condition . .. "

On page 312, "interefrence" was corrected to "interference" in thefollowing text: "If the interference of the papal faction . .. "

On page 320, "expres" was corrected to "express" in the followingtext: ". .. Helping the foreign tongue to express itself . .. "

On page 321, "detestible" was corrected to "detestable" in the followingtext: ". .. In all of her detestible ugliness. "

On page 322, "sacrified" was corrected to "sacrificed" in the followingtext: ". .. The flower of our army is being sacrificed . .. "

ERRORS LEFT UNCHANGED IN THE TEXT

"Villify" and "villified" are consistently spelled with two lls andare used multiple times by the author. They have been left unchanged. 

The word "lude" appears twice and is left unchanged. 

The word "cungering" is spelled consistently and is used in multipleplaces in this book. This word has been left unchanged. 

The word "disorganizer" appears in a quoted passage, and is leftunchanged. 

The following words each appear once, and are left unchanged:"cathechism;" "effulgency;" "engraven;" "jesuitical;""Macris;" "Oricular;" "perceptibilities. "

Both spellings of the word "Savior" and "Saviour" are used in this book.