The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-05-07

No; they think they will be lost for
ever unless they can pay the priest
enough money to pray them out Of
punishment.
IL. Are the priests kind to the peo-
pie? Ans. No; the priests are for the
most part greedy and cruel and wicked.
13. What must we do to help those
poor islanders? Ans. Send them kind
loving men and women to teach them
out of the Bible that God is Love.
What can be thought Of men and
women who, under the specious garb
Of religion, fill the tender minds of
innocent children, even every little
these? And what but harvest Of
bigots can be looked for from such
sowing?
"The Watchman," another Protest.
ant organ, had the following to say
concerning the Barcelona riots:
GAS we, with our neighbors, many
Of whom are devout Catholics, sat
watching these great fires, many Of
the most pious continued saying in
great sadness: Alas, what a pity!
What pity! Such great wealth and
so many sacred things destroyed in
one moment 1t called to our minds
the words of the beloved disciple when
he predicted what the people would
say. at the time of the final destruc-
ton of this fallen Church.
MAY it not be that this is another
sign that the day of her final de-
struction is not far distant?
"One strange thing about the burn
ing of these bui1dingssis that scarcely
any one tried to hinder their being set
on fire, and it is reported that many of
the nuns said as they went out of the
door, Thank God, we are free at last!'
Eye witnesses testify that some of
the things found In, several of the
monasteries and converts were simply
horrifying. For years it has been con-
trary to the law of the land to bury
the dead within the converts. When
these -hsaiadtngs were burned, and thus
left open to- the apuhlin. they were
visited by thousands who were anxious
to see WViiiass IN mysterious houses
contained. In many of the converts, in
| certain underground apartments
scores of the bodies Of monks and nuns
| were found chained and strapped to
the wallis These were brought out into
the street, where every one might see
them. From every indication they had
died the most horrible death imagin-
able, many Of them undoubtedly hav-
ing suffered there for long periods OF
! time before they were relieved by
death. The finger nails Of many OF
those thus found were more than two
| inches long, which would indicate that
they had long been deprived of even
the liberty of moving their hands. II
was found on close examination that
the tongues of many of these martyrs
(either voluntary or forced) had beer
torn out by the roots There were also
the cadavers of many tiny infants.
'Tn one convent they found a ma.
chine for making false money. In an
other a bomb factory was discovered
And right here I might add that the
Jesuits were able to defend their large
buildings by the use Of bombs ani
modern firearms"
And these are only specimens o1
what is published. daily, what is giver
to the innocent little children in the
Sunday school lessons and to grown
people from the pulpits, remarks "The
Morning STAR Scandal! Calumny
Everlasting scandal and calumny ant
libel of the vilest and most atrocious
character is their stock in trade. AND
/ Catholics are expected to submit tt
all this campaign Of detraction and no
open their mouths.