The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-24

employ force, never did, never will, to
make converts. Is this the spirit Of
Romanism? / must say not. OF courBe
know there are some In the Catholic
church that have rendered good SER
vice to our country. 1 stand here to-
day and say that man cannot be a
good Catholic and q good citizen OF
the United States. Should there be a
conflict between the Pope and the
United States, every good Catholic
would go on the side of the Pope; the
stars and stripes would go down. The
priests have gotten orders to teach
patriotism. We do not want any of
their patriotism. When they triumph
upon Earth, pity the stars and stripes.
This is why we have 80 many weak
kneed politicians. II you read the
Chistian Advocate you will find that
the Government of the United States
appropriated 1868 900. What for? Why
to make Catholics of the Indians.
Here we have public schools and an
open bible. Rome wants 1t closed. II
know anything, learned 1t at pub
lie schools. Romanists do not want
public schools. They are down on
free schools. They do not want indie
peiidenee of thought, therefore, am
down on Rome with all my heart.
They are regarded as bad from begin
ming to end, and from top to bottom.
Is that Gods plant? Never. My text
says, in conclusion, that that plant
shall be rooted up. Unless rooted up
they will crowd out those plants which
God has planted. How root it up? BY
letting the light shine in on them. j
want to let the light in, Ono of the
best things to purify dark room is to
let the sun shine in. RomaniGm flour
ishes best in the dark. The most ig-
noIant people are those among whom
they are most successful. She loves
to keep her people in the dark. In
Rome they think all man needs Is bread
and cateehism. The Lord knows they
get more catechism than bread. They
cannot live in the light.
Why, says somebody they are big
oted. They have parochial schools.
Schools to make Catholics. Some Pro-
testants even send their girls and boys
to Roman Catholic schools, then ex-
pect them to come home pure. They
convert them into Romanists all the
time. Some priests say the parochial
schools are for the purpose OF keeping
the children out of the public schools.
The Catholic church is determined not
TO let her children slip away from her.
Let IN the lEnt! now let IL III! by
keeping them away from her schools,
They want to fight the public
schools. They say that we teach
religion. In great many places
they have got the Bibles out OF
the schools. In the name of God keep,
up the public schools When the time
comes for the school election, see to it
that the persons out who are elected
are Professionals.
In tho next place keep up free
press and an honest ballot. Let every
man keep sin out of the heart. Keep
open the Protestant churches to pro-
claim the salvation of Jesus Christ.
Keep an open fire everywhere and
always, so that we can see the way
and walk therein. Keep trusting in
God. God help us to stand by our
bibles and by our church, and by our
institutions, and the day will come
when we shall see this plant 80 COM
pletely changed that it shall have lost
it, identity and Jesus Christ will reign
over all the world.
At the close OF tho service many per-
sons waited at the doors to congratu-
late Mr.. Stengle on his plain, open
fight for Our Country's Stars and
Stripes