Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-12-14
PROGRESS.

pet oh the uach anu - ioTW"Tus VI be
sure you are right and 60 ahead" To do
this traveller sometimes has to 60 back.
The ship that sails up the wrong bay must
tack about. There are some fixed laws
and stubborn facts. II Jack does not
want TO go to David Jones' lock up and
Dick don't want TO come out at the little
end OF the horn, let them take care There's
the sun, the north star and the compass.
and there's the Bible and some other little
things to take into the count. When our
fathers started for the new world they
sought the shrine of liberty, where men
could stand upright in His own image and
worship God-not one man alone but all
men. They built the meeting house and
the school house and put the Bible in each,
where they and their children and all men
could get good ideas, both old and new,
and know how TO express them for the
mutual benefit OF the race. After some 1T
tie progress in study and little tou, of
John Bulls bnlldozing, they made De-
clarntion of Independence, and Thomas
Jefferson wrote the Constitution Of The
United States in which lie fully set forth
the divine rights Of all men. Our fathers
mem con. adopted and baptised that ga.
cred instrument with the Nations blood.
Since their day, around that loved altar
the blood of patriots has freely flowed and
il in the progress of events any tyrant
should again attempt to des,roy this
| pledge of American Independence let him
know that his doom is writ and sealed
with blood. After the progressive lapse
of n century the American people are not
in the least disposed 10 give up those in-
alienable rights with which they have
been endowed by their creator. Foreign
era have not failed 10 appreciate the bless-
ings of our free institutions by fncking to
our shares. Aud still they come-Proles-
;snts and Catholics, Celestials and nan
celestials, Latter day Saints and latter day
sinners-a molly mas Here, under the
folds of our flag is the battle of races 9
battle OF ideas; a battle of religions; q
babel of tongues. Let not the Protestant
draw the sword and make "vicious thrust
at the Catholics; neither let the Catholic
play foul with the Protestant, nor let the
sinners befoul The saints. "a man IL q
man for n that and a. that" Open field
and fair play. God speed the right. Now
It il sup and at them" Hhatl Are vor
going to act these men to killing encI
other? Not exactly that. But il th,
pope sends one Of lns old Bulls over her
we, that is the Protest ants, are gsing Il
try his metal. II Catholic priests ny .:ex.
treme unclions" and other lubricatin,
mlnistratsons, are going to pack heaveI
with murderers, we, that ia the yanke
Dntehmnns, want to nee into IT, For tn
sake of murderers and the rest of mankin,
we want TO know how that kind work,
Murders are most too common. Would i
not be well to discourage that kind OF bu.
{ iness? Tell the murderer as the Bibl
| does-"No murderer can enter heaven.
But the Bible, upon whose teaching on
fathers founded our rights, is n degrade,
book. There is the Mormon. Bible, I'll
Catholic Bible, the Protestant Bible an
9 the Bibles OF the secH. All rivals an
/. each claiming to be Coda own book, Th
q pope made special effort to remove a
Protestant Bibles from our public school
ny ihs hugh and cry Of sectarianism. Fl
Ia now making n strong efinrt 10 introdu1
WIG Co'b'i'S o'oit obti DnOk.
pope's claim good? The American peo
pie have right TO nsk that question, nm
by full examination Gods word will
according to prophecy, exalted above a
his name. One of these Bibles belong
the government Of the United States TIL
j pillars oil tn States resi on its teaching
n as upon fonndati lion stones. Take the 10,
! ernment Bible away and the governme,
and constitution go with il. This afor
said Bible Ia nnsectarian and universe
Y II puts shield OF protection over all me,
This Bible which belongs 10 the govern
ment and il so intimately interviewer
in the constitution that il cannot be sep,
o rated from IL without DESTROYING that d
4. vine instrument. II puisa shield of pr
lection over the sect. II permits and 8,
cures the ownership of seotarian propsrt
+ Here in the States the Catholic NAV rea
Il auts, the Rheims New Testamel
/. and The Donay Old Testament. The Ba
tisls and Pedo Baptisis have the san
rights secured To them by The constitute
OF the u. g., which il mn onlgrowih fro
q the teaching Of n government Il Bib
which Ia sunseoiarinn and ever and abo,
all The secis whether thev are polilic
social or religions. Thia Bihle Of the
q 5. government Is n very different book fro
8 that owned and pelled aud cronned ov
ny seciarians. II onght to be known en-,
west, north and south the world over
y its main ie"itres. iO-wit: Ita head M
X body. But "ny one who has the lea
I, spark oi cnnnon sense, 0r, say, five oni
the seven senses. can ever fail Ia disiii
gnisl' between the governmental Bible ~
= he Bibles Of the sects, by the taft e.
70 thereof. Jusi look al secyarian Bibles n,