The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-06-15

however. concealed. With great care.
not only from the public. but also
from tho unlniiiAicd of their oNn
body. There are Resides some rules
of which none bot the general and Eu-
periors are permitted 10 know any.
thinE. There it always suspicion 10
mystery.
The secret % this soeiesy is con.
hdcd only 20 q feN. The superiors
hold secret councils IN every province
without their purposes being known
By either the public. or even their own
;. -dinary members
Is extreme secrecy naturally
aia' ofefs - continental governments.
and u@S Sss OF the causes OF the sup
preston o. the Iesuits But there a.
another evil attending the constitution
OF this pernicious society: the general
can change, abrogate. or renew what
laws he pleases. In lis bull OF l5t3.
Paul III. authorizes them 10 adopt
such constitutions ~ they may Judge
NJ, With power. a. well, with respect
10 the constitutions already adopted
as those which should be made In fu-
ture, TO alter or annul them accord.
Ing 10 the difference OF time and place.
and the qualities or dlversitiea OF
things; and 20 form other constitu.
tions which. by special favor. shall be.
ipso facto. considered a. approved by
the Holy See"
Another bill OF the 18th OF October.
i5tS. grants them the same liberty OF
making such statutes and constitu.
tions as they ehould judge necessary:
and afterwards either TO change them,
add 20 them. or retronch them" Sub
seQuent bulls have ratified and con.
frmed this plenary papal license, par.
ticularly the bulls OF Gregory MIL,
dated February LIST, 1882. and June.
1884. II was this extraordinary priv
ilege which made Pasquier observe,
Il must not forget another point OF
their policy. by which their general
Is permitted 10 change the laws and
statutes by his sole authority. Hs he
shall consider Il likely 70 promote the
advantage Of his order: a permission
OF which they know better how 20
avail themselves than OF all the other
statutes; especially as by means OF
this concession they consider them.
selves at liberty 10 disguise everything
as occasion may require, 50 long as
such disguise promotes the advantage
OF the order"
To be able 20 change their institute
at pleasure Is OF immense Importance
Against such men and such privileges
no government can adopt any precau-
tlonary measures. Proteus-llke. they
assume a new shape after any or
every condemnation Of discovered
practice.
With such satanic agents in it's hos.
ON. no government whatever, but es-
Ipeclally q Protestant government. can
be safe. Accordingly the king Of Por-
tugal declared in 1853, that Il was
easy without any great wisdom or tai
ent 20 foresee and predict that neither
Christian nor civil society could sub
sist without a miracle, IL the Jesults
we're TO continue. 1T cannot be" says
he, but that the RIGHTEOUSNESS intro
duced by the Jesuits (of which the
three grand features are, falsehood.
murder and perjury, should not give
a new character TO the morals OF the
externi. as well as TO the external
government Of the nostri. or their own
body.
"In fact. since these religions have
introduced into Christian and civil so
cieties those perverted dogmas which
render murder innocent. which sane.
tify falsehood. authorize perjury, de-
priye the laws Of their power, destroy
the submission OF subjects, allow in.
dlviduals the liberty OF eliminating.
killing. lying and forswearing them
selves. as their advantage may die.
tate; which remove the fear Of divine
and human laws, and permit a man TO
redress his own grievance without ap-
plying to the magistrate; II is easy 70
see without much penetration that
Christian and civil society could not
subsiSt without a miracle"
[The above Is taken from "A Book Of
Tracts" published by the American and
Foreign Christian Union. New York,
page 1856. The writer says in his
preface: Nothing has been advanced
that is not founded on the most un.
questionable evidence Of standard his.
torians.-Editor.l