The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-06-08
LETTER TO MENACE READERS

We have the name OF the Vtiier OF
this letter. and appreciate the spirit
of his communication. The temp,
tailon OF The Menace stan comes
when scandaliEed BY Jesuit priests and
threatened by black hand lettcts. and
put IN a position where courage. eau
tion and discretion are pushed 90 the
limit
We are trying 10 keep the peare
IN the spirit OF Him who. when re-
viled. reyiled not again, and vhenl
struck. bore the airont with meek.
ness.
II Is easier for our correspondent 90
write IN the calm OF hts once. than
for US where tho bricks ny."
10 a man comes to my door ana
demands my life and property. be
forfeits all claims upon my citizenship.
and good viii glve a mad dos a
bullet instead OF bone. rfI
The Menace stan 10 oultiyatlug the
wisdom OF the serpent. and the sen
tleness Of the dove.
The hght IL not personal. but IA
tional. Rome is murderous. she
assassinates liberty! She bludgeons
business! She poisons the wells OF
knowledgel She digs al the founda-
tions OF republics! She takes advan.
tage Of your generosity aud cloaka her
dagger with friendship.
Can We Keep sweet? We will try.
We give the letter below:
Il feel II my duty as a christian. 20
speak a word OF counsel 10 the thou
sands OF Menace readers. pertaining
to your attitude OF mind and heart
towards members OF the Roman Cath.
Ollie church.
ITO those who are christians, aud
those who are not I would ask that
you do not allow hatred 20 spring up
In your hearts against Roman Cath.
Ollie communicates. Such an attitude
is directly contrary TO Christ and
christianity. 4
While We must stand firmly against
the Roman Catholic system, yet wet
must not have hatred for members
OF the Roman church. for they. most
OF them. thoroughly believe that they
are right and we wrong. Remember
that they have had Romanism drilled
AAAo AANAA AA0hA NA1 AAnAN ivy hNIG
able to understand anythingl They
know nothing else In the way of -re-l
ligion. Some OF them have seen the
light OF true christianity. and have
cast on all the false teachings OF Ro-
manism-others are still in the dark
ness. We can never lead them to the
light By causing antagonism on either |
side.
Il am not defending the degrading
system OF Rome. | feel sorry for
those who believe in the teachings Of
that church, for she has corrupted
christianity to such an extent that
there is a terrible gulf between that
corrupt form. and the christianity |
that Christ taught
Gle. the great Teacher, taught no
such things as purgatory. repose OF |
souls. bowing before images. praying |
to his mother. the Virgin Mary. vener.
alton Of relics, invocation OF saints. |
the real presence In the bread and |
wine transubstantiation), granting /
OF absolution by menl
"He taught that there is no other
name under Heaven given among
men. whereby We must be saved ex.
cept through Christ alone.
while we respect and love the |
Virgin, the mother OF Jesus. yet we
dare not divide worship OF Christ with |
anyone.
"The Roman church pushes Christ
TO the background, and prays more TO |
others; that church must have little /
faith in Christ II assistance must be |
from others in order TO have
sins forgiven.
I'VE must remember that such ideas
as the foregoing have been instilled |
into the hearts OF these. our brothers; |
and We must sympathize with them |
rather than find fault with them. |
am writing this In order that We may /
not confound the feeling toward Ro.
man Catholic people with feeling to.
ward the Roman system which seeks |
TO control government and force peo-
pie to do what they do not wish to do. |
when Roman Catholic individuals |
seek TO advance the power OF their
church In a mistaken idea that they
are doing right when they seek to
advance the power through illegal /
control OF politics, we must. OF course.
destroy such Illegal poweg. not In
heat and passion, but through the
ballot.
"Let us never have such a thing as
a religious war! We are not Moham.
medans. To fight over religion would
defeat the very ends which Christ
came to promote.
DO not ridicule q mans religion
for the man will become fanetical In
IL. Ridiculing and slurring
does more harm than good. BY this
do not mean 'criticising.'
But let us. therefore. be charitable
TO the individual members Of the Ro-
man church. But we must at the
same time oppose the system which
Is leading them into error: the sys-
tenn which is aiming at the destruction
Of American institutions.
"America was settled by people who
rame here to worship God as they
saw Mt, and America must preserve
this right and uphold IL. The Bible
must have a chance In every public
school in the United States. Without
he Bible-God's written Word-this
will hardly be nj place for
,ivilized beings. The charge by the
Roman church, that the Protestant