, 1873-05-27

fofofathers havo 1beon, and thoy now aro, living
In Church whose "ignornnce, superstition,
corruption," otc., aro about to bc "unoarthcd."
What glorious victory awaits IN Woman I"
Brilliant minds havo studied tho history of tho
"ltosnan Catholic Church." know all of ita
tonohings, bo]ioro In, and hnyc defended their
bol'or in tho,nl Tint Church has boon tho
study aud admiration Of ages, tho pillar md
ground Of tronblo from it's Founder to tho
present day. It was founded by Christ when ho
said TO Potor. "Thou art Rotor, and upon this
rock will build my Church. md tho gatos Of
uoll shall not provail against It,"
And now IN Woman" III anxious that this
Church should DO "1tnoartllod by the Sunday
Times; that tho "ignoranco aud superstition Of
tho most corrupt ana Infamous fraud upon
human intellect TINT thig nineteenth century can
boast Of" shall bo subjected to tho "esptonago
Of tho reporter Of That infau,,o1aly mondacioas
ahoet." How tho "Catholio Church " muht
tromblc for its agos OF truth by ono Of nusicai
tasto It ia easily deteotod this woman is sing
ing in tho wrong koy, and, indeed, Inns Bot hor
worsla to tho wrong piooo Of music. Indignation
and blgotry k9op up quite .; discord WHOM an
so ontiroy opposite TINT tlloro'a 10 use trying to
blond lhem; ono will prodomiuato, mud, In thia
oaso, ls nlatn to bo accn, looking from 1nnRical
point Of WOW, Tint tho forn,or WINS only ueel as
q
A Woman" IL juatly Indignant that tho sacred
moss Of cllllrc'a was should have boon onterod
by reporters OF Tho Chicago Sunday Times for
tho purpose Of making It's monbcra tho subjects
sho 81 n9S how srsm aIgo yi ss Is n 5 taS I'm ca fsa
Catholic Church has not bcon as uho tol1us it,un-
earthed, and, by way OF encouragement to tho
Times, giycs 1aoli toithoraclfa and
starta out for wnlk hmorg tho churches III .
frco." aud, rs 'tia alrcady known by her own
Az for those "low 1riah fanatics" g slie speaks
iados 5 A' to those s Of A'I t1o ' rsh oatlelica
who love their religion 10 tho giving Of their lives
for it, belong to that claaa, md roverc 1rc-
land aa tho lind Of my forofathers and America
aa tho lnnd Of my birth, aud for olther Of which
great to nako to obtan or maintain tlcir liberty.
Ia thoro country III tho world whoro Freedom
is enjoyed as in this glorious Republic Yot "A
Woman :" alluded to this "so-ca1le1 frco coun-
froodom, at loast Of spoeoh, Judging from tho
manner in which Bllo denounced Church
tic toacllngs Of Which sho is oithor ignorant Of,
or, knowing, IL blind to tho truth Of. ,
sho also says, lho question may eo ~. askea'
per received to lot tho Catholic churches OF this
CITY 20 ecot FREQ 2" What roliof this suggos-
tion Will bring to the mlnds of many! Tho qnos..
t!on ncod no longer be asked, Why tlooa not
will now SUPPOSE its silonce Inns either boon
bought, or 'twhB waiting for the encouragement
and suggestion Of Il Woman." In the open
ing Of her remarks, . sweeping cut ia giyon to
oil those ministers whose churches havo baen
attackod, and who have maintained sienco.
Sho aays, " I a1n glad to uee tlat ono Of Cht-
cagoH Gospel-minislerg flna tho courage and
good principle to defonl hmnolf aud conGrcga--
tion from tho attack Of TINT most disgrace'ui
When thoao ministers. urgcd by lior advice,
start ont, Ia Lydia Thompson, 'tto redress
their wrongs ut tho hands OF their hoary-hoadel
will tlloy 10 ndod by A Woman"
or has aho not. in attacking The '' Ronan cath,
Cause, Of what sllo ACCUSES oihcrH Of, and thoBo
others tho Times reporters? Can Bhe, III con-
Bistcncy, uEo tho laHh2 Will it not rebound and
strike tho strikcr7 lIaa Hho not also commenced
reading tho ''Sttnday Times from wook to weok,'"
would it not bo wiso for IA Woman" to look
over tlle history Of the !" Roman Catholic
Church" trace back It's origin, study its doc
supersiiious @ ote., . ueps en info Inform no it's 9eber
what q state Of chaos they aro groping IN, nlo-
thinks she will ba better employed III this way
than in reading tho Sunday Times from wook
1fentp OH other denominations to fill ler with
chagrin TINT tho " Roman Catholic Church" has
boon lot so "acot froo."
"a Woman" haa said Of tho Church In which
l utlul9 Uo1o'e, tAAt LII GIG VI -1pAofIuCo&
superstition, tile most corrupt and Infamous
fraud upon human intollect tlat this ninoteenth
century can boast or dony hor assertion.
'liH falge, md I chnllongo hor to prove it
is truth. Tho Catholic Church III ns pure
in It's toachings now US wlon it was
established by Christ. II tho Church could err,
then Cllriat's word is as naug1t, and lhe Diblo .
book Of deceit, for it nays, Tho gatea Of He'll
shall not prevail, againHt, 11or, and tie Holy
Woman OF tho . nineteenth century" can, in
public print, call the Church that believe in and
reverence M " infamous fraud" another wom-
all, Catholic Irish American, of the Bano
century, asks tho privilege of, through tho samo
pross, eontradcting that assertion. Tho Catho-
lie Church, which Inns stood Tie Bame for over
eighteen hundred years., is not III " infamous
fraud, nor il it ateepoa in "ignorauco and su-
perstition." I am, very respectfully.
CHICAGO. MlY %. 1874, CATHOLIC.