The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-27


upper hand than they commenced cruel persecution
the Catholics. The Puritan flying from Protestant OF
preston, and bowling at every jump, hardly got cab
his head in the wids of America before he commenC
ed hanging and exng all who dared dispute his dogma
In fact blood has been shed in the Of Christ a
for all other causes combined aud shed in the most
manner.
We repeat that we have not particle Of ilwill 70
wards the Catholic Church. What say is said smp
in reply to Veras" accusation and his arrogant cha
enge of history To prove his declaration of the Church
absolute purity and sinlessness, would ask him Il
explain the following points, of them denied b!
Catholics when he speaks of the Church. take it 70
granted he means the Pope and his clergy:l
1st. The act of communication Illuminated agans
monarchs and natOns often from spite personal ha
tired churches closed priests forbidden per
form any of the rites of the church. bury the dead
marry the living etc All good Christians called
upon to murder the King by poison fire. sword any way
TO ku As the licensed pervarcaor" says-only his Ian
guage is thousandth part horrble-ws might say
blasphcmOus that used by the Church. in its Anahems
Maranatha:
Then, by the lawful poison that have
Thou shalt stand cursed and accommodated;
And blessed shall he be that doth revolt
From his allegiance to hereto;
And meritOrious shall that hand be called,
CdnOnized and tcOrshiped a saint
That takes gcay by any secret course,
Thy hateful life
Ihis curse OF Rome cost many q monarch his throne
and life.
ID. During the Avignon exodus two rival POpes were
in the field for period Of seventy years They fulmina
ted the most awful upon each other each 9TH
ers followers They howled for blood preached crusade
offering their several followers absoluton all crimes
past present and to cOme insuring them should they
be killed seat in the ''parquette" of Heaven (See
Avgnon Popes" Froissart page 3a6 etc,-the latter
priest)
nah TO
frequently left illegitimate children.
4th Dare the Church recognize any as Christian
outside The Romap ChIrchl Are they all hereties
and sure of damnationi
5th. Is not the Church in England and the United
States particularly since Catholic Emancipation in the
former assuming its odtime airs of supremacy While
assuming an appearance of naughty superiority and clam
ering for separate school fund.- etc. not true that
although representing Onesxth of the population they
must father three ourths of the ignorance and
of the cTimel
9th. If his religion is superior all Others or no re-
ligon at all, why do different resultsi
7th Is it not a cardinal doctrine of the Church, con.
stantly reiterated from the altar that all earthly power
justly belongs to the Pope that he is the supreme head
the representative of God the great earthly arbitrator
Is it not impressed upon the aty that their first duty
to the Popei That in conflict of authority damnation
would follow disobedience to the mandate of Romei
sth Is not such doctrine in direct conflict with the
Constitution of the United States which expressly forbids
allegiance obedience foreign potentate Could not
every Cat hOc be legally dsfranohised this groundi
That the Church of Rome is making rapid strides to-
ward supremacy, both in Great Britain and the United
States evident That they already dropping the
role of humility long and skfuy played also evil
dent The Church through its press and clergy is tax
ing grounds to-day they would have dared to think
of twenty-five years ago. Woe this country when our
free schools placed under presty or
Protestant! Better nation of Inidels Free Thinkers
Unbeevers than of cruel bigots 'veritas scorn
OF Arabian learning is well pat Mohomet has done
the semelghtened Arabans and Moors what Chrstiani
ty did do and tried to continue to do for Europe
We would warn 'veritas" and Church people gener.
ally that great but silent revolution going on through
out the civilized world The Press is the unmistakable
pulse of humanity The Press is evidence of the truth of
this assertion In nearly every paper you pick up you
VIII observe an Of dicule and contempt for
things once held sacred Of the and hypocrisy
of the Church The silly miracles and wonderful stories
OF Jack the Giant Killer order which foolish mankind
have read for parayEed with and fear are now
secretly rdieuled by the clergy themselves Not
heve these impossible tales derived from horrible
wicked and barbarous people longer condemns man
to worse than feon doom. He is longer pointed
with dread and horror Indel or necessarily con-
sidered bad man. That time is past thank God, for
Of the nobest minds and biggest hearts
in Christendom have boldly avowed their disbeefi Go
where you will and become intimately acquainted and
find Of the intelligent class more or less
ireethinkers. This speaks for itself
To this spontaneous revolution to kesp chr.
ans from repeating the bloody antics Of the past We
trust to freethinkers keep the and lowy follow
Ss of Jesus from sprngins at each others throat as
hey certainly will do in less than fifty years if not thus
Kept on their good behavior
"BOHis nOeit q,isqis pepererit naaH.'
reader of the foregoing might fancy the writer an In
ideL There is so much hypocrisy cant and humbug in
his world, that little truth is sometimes decidedly
refreshing Honestly then the word Indel i. so depend
mt on ocaty-meanins in place Just the reverse Of
Is dennitlon in another-hat We absolutely don't know
ch6 we are We are othodox in living in our eating
irnkins and seepms We use orthodox oaths and deal
the regular othodox way-that We fleece peigbbor
the chance occurs Still we are not Cathoc .I,horh
ur forefathers were driven from Europe on f
heir devotion to the Church Of Rome We are po, |
rotestant although brought up among Protestants We
IRE not Hndoo although respect the character of
ishhu anu aaofe lAes oil rupees" We not a Nor.
non although In our youth high old admirer of the plu
antS plank IN their platform We are not Mohamedan
Though we sometimes get up into the seventh beavsn
nd have hOEris that would max, . u.,hod;.,
orswear true inwardness" and 20 in for little of the
paroxysmaL" We are not jew although since We
anne to Kansas We have been d-bly jewed
Furthermore we believe the Catechism We hsl;sva
hat Jonah swallowed the whale and that Samoan eanobt
900 foxes and that al Of them got their tail. burnt a.
indeed. we've known modern foxes do. We believe he
awed 5000 jaekasses to death for verify we've known
bullwhaeker out West" swear the head off muIe in
ist ten seconds We believe-but we've forgotten the
est Of it.
Now, with this exhibit any one eau tell MS where ws
land theoloscaiyi whether We are q pillar of the
hurch-one Of the eleet-or whether Wa .,a =, o,,.,a
nd the high road to eternal ev.ria,tng,s.. ar,
ould do an immense favor We are either too c,..
orthodox our religious bottom has dropped out-ws
mt exactly say which
trust Guy Fawkes" will pardon ma for .t.ppino in
nd taking hin fight; but became % deeply interest
that couldn't helpit