The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-04-26

know nothing about your great and
good men, your pure and holy men:
but | know that whoever accuses the
: church of idolatry, or any species OF
superstition, utterS as foul a lie as did
the wicked Jews who told our Lord he
had a devil and that he blaphemed
No doubt, it is an easy matter to prove
the church guilty if all you have to do
is TO bring d false accusation assume
your own sanctity. and then conclude
1t must be we'll founded or you could
not have made it. But your logic would
be more respectable. if from the falsity
OF your accuse ton you concluded your
want of sanctity. If the character of
Professionalism is d presumption against
their conspiracy to bring false accu-
sation. the character of Catholics is a
still stronger presumption against their
having cOnspired TO uphold and prac-
tice idolatry; for the great and pure
and holy men who have lived and died
in the Catholic faith, granting you all
you can pretend to. are as a thousand
to one of those of Protestant commune
ions. But you forget that I was
brought up u Protestant, and that To
talk to me of Protestant sanCtity is ri
dtculous. | am acquainted with Pro-
testants and with what they facetiously
call their religion. Our dear mother.
too, was brought up a Protestant, d
Presbyterian, and yet what did she tell
me on her death bed?'
What did she?"
No matter nov; but she did not die
d Presbyterian"
Did not? What mean YOU"
Some day I may tell you, but you
are not now worthy to hear
Did nv father know"
AS much az you. and 10 more
Did anybody know, but YOURSELF
Yes"
DO you mean to insinuate that a
popish priest was smuSgled into our
home?"
20 my wise brother you do not know
all things. Angels of mercy, messen-
gers of grace, are sometimes sent even
where the ministers of Satan fancy
they do and can find no admission. All
things are possible with God. and moth
ing is too good for him to do for those
who are obedient to his grace
Am l to understand that my mother
on her death-bed renowned Presby-
terianism. and became a papist?"
She did not die Presbyterian. You
may recOllect that during the last
week of her life she refused TO see Mr..
Grimface her old Presbyterian pas
tor"
True. and my father and 1 thought
it strange; but as we had no doubt of
her being one of the elect, it gave us no
great uneasiness. But there was no
Romish priest within 200 miles of us"
Il have no doubt that my mother
died in a state of grace; but more I
will not tell you, till you prove or
withdraw your charge against the
church,
But why did not our mother tell us
all, as we'll as you: of her apostasy?"
She knew both your father and you,
and that, if she had told you, she
would have been denied the last con-
ISOLATION of religion; and after she had
received them, there was no opportun-
ity, till she became unable to do so.
But your change-prove or withdraw
it."
Il will prove it. but you must ex-
cuse me now. Our conversation has
been long. and I am fatigued. But to-
morrow. God willing, l will prove that
the Romish church is an idolatrous
church"
BE it so. But remember and prove
it, or 1 shall require you to own that
Professionalism
rs of the devil. ] accept the alter
natlNe. IL L fall TO eStabllSh the charge
of idolatry and superstition against the
Romish church. ] will consent that the
reformers be branded as calumniat tors.
and that Protestants are and have been
from the first acting under the delu-
sion of SATAN
See that you keep your word"
The brothers separated for the rest
Of the day, and James. though pleading
fatigue, betook himself to his library
to look up his proofs and prepare for
the morrow. He felt that all depended
on the issue he had Joined, and that,
If he failed to justify his charge he
could no longer pretend to uphold the
reformers. Hitherto his brother had
kept him discussing the law of the
case; but now he thought he saw
chance of entering upon it's merits. and
Of introducing his witnesses. How he !
will be related in the next
chapter.
ITO he Continued