Richmond planet., 1894-03-31
WHO CAN FORGIVE SIN 7
$500 REWARD.
The PRIESTS GHALLEHGE

Mr.. Editor The impudeDce of that |
foul mouthed slanderer, is certainly
without parallel. Not one argument,
not one question, mot one charge did he
ever answer: and Yet he has the brazen-
ness to ask me to answer questions that
have no more to do with the subject un-
der discussion than the man IN the
moon.
The defeat which he sui red at my
hands was 30 complete and so Calling to
his vanity, that he must do something
to hide his shame from the eyes of his
moor dupes. and he doeesit by throwing
more dirt, lying more vigorously.
NV answer shall be brief, very brief,
and in part repetition OF my last.
saw then: what il true Does it fol
low that the words Of John 2O:2l-23
do not mean what we say. Perish the
cause that can only be sustained by re-
Wiling aud belying otbersl' IT 1T Is trne
| what our Saviour says From the iul-
ness Of the heart the mouth epeakesh,
What opiDioc must We have OF the man
who retails such filth; or the people
whose appetite requires such food y
&c nest que merte qui merte"-only
| smutty hands can besmear others. Sup
| pose there have been some who fell
| through weakness, imprudence or mall
| ice, Luther, SwiDgli, etc., does that
| prove that our Interpretation OF John
| 2O:22 is false T.? Was there not Judas
| amongst the twelve apostles of our
Lord, and a Nicholas amongst the seven
deacons The hypOcrite does he not
| know that at least two-thirds OF the
ministers of his church are immoral
See The Baptist Home Mission Month
ly," March, 1894, p. %. Does be want
| me to give names and facts about GER
tain ministers of this city =? Ask the
members of the Second Baptist Church
for names and particulars. Justice
J. Crutchfield, i am sure, will also bt
glad TO show his records. But as the
dishonest man suspects everybody else
OF dishonesty, SO these dirty scandal
mongers think that everybody els'
must need be as filthy as they are them
selves. Thou hypocrite the mote IL
thy brothers eye thou seest, and th'
beam in thy own eye thou seest not.
LIBELLoUs ASSERTIONS FOLLOWED By !
FALsEnoOD.
We are once more informed of VIII a
must be interesting news to every cath
ole that we pay TO have our sins for
given. Now IL this be true it follow
that catholics must either have plent.
of money, or they must be very good.
A few Sundays ago this mounteban
informed his hearers at the Second Bap'
ist Church that Catholics are a
poor. From this it follows according Z
his own reasoning that they are YER
good, at least all those who go to col
feesion.
! But now take the libeller at hi
| word and most formally challenge hin
to show us one case where a Catholic
this city ever paid as much as one Ger
\ for absolution. In the name OF trut
and Justice demand an answer, givin
name of Priest and pcnitent, the dat
Y place and sum paid. To show no
much am in earnest in this challeng
hereby pledge nay word Ia The face
all Richmond that l will pay over SOC
in good and lawful u. s. currency
this libeller or any one else WI
: will prove n single case, only one ca
G that a Catholic here in this city ev
paid as much as one cent for absolutio
OF course, as this man whom the do
Ghost has made bishop,is strictly trut
full, it will be an easy matter for him
find at least one among the 1000 Cat
- olics of this city who paid for absol
a, ton at any time in his lite.
Here is my challenge ] shall ia
absolutely no notice of anything he MT
~ bring to evade the answer. An answ
/ must have and that regardless of th
l.. silly bahbling about assassination-as
there were no law court in IL
city before which a libeller C
as be arraigned, and a Jail in viii
he may be given free board a
N. lodging. / ask you, Mr.. Editor.
stereoty pc this letter, as / intend TO
= peat the challenge until / get the a
- swer. If this man whom / convicted
''' deliberate ialsehood, misrepresentation
tn blasphemy and corrupting Gods VIC
imagines that he can .bulldoze me by
irrelevant filth. he will find that he
:" very much mistaken.
The question is : 'What Catholic
this city ever paid as much as one c.
he for absolution
Nv A CATHOLIC PRIEST.