The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-02-15

WORTHINGTON, n
THE CHURCH:
IN AMERICA.
''The Catholic Church has battled her
whole lifetime for those rights Of man
and that liberty which confer the great
est glory on the American Republic"
Father IIecker.
1--WE on our part are sure that the
canse of ignorance and superstition
will never bs our own.'-Catholic
World.
IN EUROPE.
II claim to he the Supreme Judge on
eartl. Of the csnsciences Of mea, Of the
peasant and the prince, Of the house
hold and the legislature l am the last
,, Supreme Judge on earth of what is
right and wrong Pope Plus, TX.
'1f [ possessed the liberty I claim, I
would close all Protestant schools and
places Of worship in Rome. Pope Leo
XIII.
''Let the public school system 60
whence it came-tO the Devil.'
EDITOR ADvANCE:-The above is
my excuse for sending you the enclosed
verses. You may publish, them if you
consider them worth it: '-
Your Church has battled from the first
Against these rights Of man.
This liberty Of thought and speech
Our fathers died to gain.
These gland free SC hools, urclildren's hope
ION may they flourish lOng)
That gave us power to clearly see
And know the right from wrong.
Has ever striv'n by fraud or force,
In every age and cline,
To check the progress Of the world.
Turn back the hands of Time.
Your fair speech falls on guarded ears.
We smooth tong,led Priests of Rome,
We know the more We yield you now.
The bolder you become
Our lIist'ry's blood stained pages tell
How once your Pope was God,
And cruel priests in every land
Ruled with an iron rod
Hiding black hearts and viest crimes
Beneath 4 robe Of snow;
They forged the chains that bound our race
-Four hundred years ago.
And now that day has followed night,
And peace succeeded pain,
Shall we yield up these sacred rights
And let you rule again:
l.. Ills.
4 REPLY 10 THE JUDGE.
EDITOR ADvANCE:-Your issue Of
Feb. lSt has :. long article in defence of
spiritualisn. There is IL long list of
names in it who are represented AS be-
ing Spiritnalists. Although am not
personally acquainted with any of item.
will guarantee ii the question was
asked them ARE you Il spiritualist,
tne majority Of them v!nnld say, No.
am naturally Of All inQuiring mind,
and for several years; Was an investiga
tor of s,'irll ual,sm in this aud other
states. M.st OF the mediums with
wii~m | have been acquainted have
been. socially. very estilnable persons,
but reliSi"u>ly they were very unsou,d.
| have known some who were Ullce good
christians. that sri,ltualiSln has lnale
.nural weeks OF, and are to-day break
! ing Tie laws uf Gud and man.
ii;ivt you ever known anyone hurt
by rea,ilns the bible aud obeying its
l'r ctpts?
H., We seen ard heard many spirit
manifesto It ien~, us they ARE called, but
lever anything which convinced nae
that spirits had anything to do with it.
| have heard things in the dark that
we're very mysterious, which done in
aylight were Ridiculous. | have seen
80 much tr!cktry; that were it not for
The CONFIDENCE | place in Some med
ium>, should say iC is AL trickery.
F'r il person 1T Il distance to lead
your paper he would think there was Il
large body of Spirit ualists here. On the
contrary. there are only Il few Spilitu-
aIistS. while there are over 2CO church
IN, ,nbers. The MethoMlsts, Pres!.yter-
ians. Congregationalists. Episc@pals
and LutheranS each have Il fine house
Of worship.
Your correspondent speaks of the
great growth Of 81. iritua:ism in thirty
years. When We take into considera-
tion the diffusion of knowledge in cur
day, they have made small progress
compared to the growth Of fCI,rlstianity
for the first thirty years after the death
Of our Saviour.
The bible has stood all the tests
brought against it for nearly 1900 years,
and the m1jority of people are more
willing to trust their souls welfare to
the doctrines of the bible than to the
word of any medium. Where is the
medium that would do for the world
What Jesus did? Do the lives of Spirit
ua}ists prove that their tlo' inc s bet
ter than Christianity? Does their death
prove it?
Is your correspondent right sure 1.-THE
main reason why the majority of civil
lied mankind are not Spiritualists is
because they decline to become ac-
quainted with the subject" beg
leave to differ with him. The reason
is, sensible people are not willing to
give up Il bridge which has carried hum
dreds of millions of souls to paradise,
for one which, as far as anyone knows.
has never landed any in 4 better land.
The ''Judge" thinks it about time
men thought for themselves instead Of
allowing priests and commentators ia
think for them. think so too. In all
my religious experience OF over 20 years
| pletely led by the nose as Spiritualists
are by their mediums.
One of your correspondents speaks of
minister coming to Worthington and
getting in debt to the stores and going
off in debt because those who promised
to support him did not do it. If that
is so. it is truly bad enough, but shall
need some proof before 1 believe it.
These few lines have not been written
rs Il banter for an argument, bnt mere
! ly to let non-rPsidents know that all
here do not think rs the Editor of the
| ADVANCE thinks. W.
Worth Remembering Now that good
times are again upon us, it is worth re-
memberlng that 10 one can enjoy the
,pleasantest surroundings if in bad
health. There are hundreds of misera-
ble people going about to-day with dis
| ordered stomach. liver or kidneys. when