The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-09-07


upon acquaintinG our roadera with
tomething OF The reilEious fetichlsn
With Which this atupandous and Won
dsrfully orranired Roman political az
nasty dupoa her millions Of blind fob
lowers Let 20 American citizen I'M
OBSTINATE the almost unbelievabls
power or misunderStand the darkness
a supeStitious fanatieism that this
strange religion Of form and ceremony
and symboliam transplAnisd bodily
from the Mat Of mediovalism sWays
over the mind and soul and body Of lie
every adhsrent Just here ls the key.
note.
From my seat Of vantage I gaGed
narrowly at John Bonhano. a slightly
built. dark-eyed. typical Italian. xith
that slender oval face bearing lndel.
IDLY stamped thereon the femlaity and
weakness Of the deGeneratsd aud do
caying peasant class OF the Italy OF to-
day. that Italy from which has faded
away all the glory OF her former Ereat.
ness, for, beyond malice. educate and
vest him as you viii. glya him an the
titles OF a deoayed Latin nobility n
possible, heap upon him all the empty,
high-sounding adiectiyes OF an equally
decayed and doomed Roman church,
even bail him Prince OF the Propa.
ganda"-apd you can never so long
a. the world stands change that stub.
born, that unpalatable fact that John
Romano WAS BORN AN ITALIAN
PEASANT AND JOHN BoNzANo
WILL DIE AN ITALIAN PEASANT
Beside the usual vestments OF the
mass, John Bonzano now wore In ad.
dition 10 the "amiee," the salb," the
"elnoture," the "rnaniple," the stole, {"
and the "ehasuble," also the regalla "a.
cred to very especial occasions: the
"arohbishop's" great cross OF solid gold
was suspended from his neck. the
"nltre" or HEMLET TYPIFYING HIS
READINESS TO FIGHT FOR THE
CHURCH, was set firmly upon bis
head, and In his feminine hand he
carried the golden "eroElsr" or shep-
herds stan sIGNIFYING AUTHOR.
lTY OVER THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
Thus equipped. standing before the
"hlgh altar" surrounded by a score or
more OF assisting ''oihcers OF the
mass" and a small throng OF acolytes.
altar boys, etc, John Bonzano began
TO sing the lengthy "Pontihcnl Massn
In a high.pitchod insistent. nasal voice,
In Latin. OF course. The scene was
velrdly grotesque 10 the real thinker.
70 the Initiated student-but subtle In
imperishable suggestion TO the igno-
rant mind.
Il is but fair 10 confess that I en-.
i0yed mentally the classic music by
the cathedral choir, 10 which had
been added fifty voices for this occa.
sion. The mass they sung first was
Stewards, honorlng "St. Anthony OF
Padua," 0ounod's 20, Jerusalem,
Jerusalem Conyerte ad Domlnum." {"
rang out masterfully at the Gospel"
aud at the offertory "Cantate Do
mino" filled the cathedral with its pow
erful strains.
But ] must hasten my story. I'm.
mediately following this mass came
the sermon OF the day by James A.
McFaul. bishop" OF Trenton, N. j..
who spoke from the pulpit In the cen.
trail part OF the cathedral He read
from the twenty-secOnd chapter OF
Matthew the question the Pharisee
asked Jesus, Master, which Is the
greatest COMMANDMENT" and the Mas.
ter's reply, Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and all thy
soul, and all thy mind. This is the
first and the greatest commandment,
and the second Is like unto this, thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Bishop" MeFaul then continued to
read how Jesus asked the Pharisecs.
What think ye OK Christ, whose son
Is He2" and how when they replied
that He was "David's,r He confounded
them by quoting where David had
called Him Lord.
Foundation Of Gods Law.
After Peytzs his respects TO Pope
Plus X, who has blessed the work OF
the federation, and bishop" ODon-
aghue for his interest In the present
meeting, Bishop MoFaul continued
his sermon as follows;
This lawyer from the PhArisees
came to our Blessed Saviour to ex.
anime him, 70 trap him. II you please,
with question that had been
troubling the lawyers and great ones
OF the people for years. Jesus already
had silenced the Sadducees and now
was the time for the Pharlsees 20 be
put TO rout. This particular emissary
asked our Lord. which is the greatest
commandment and as the Gospel
tells us, he replied, Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with ell thy heart
and all thy soul and all thy mind. This
is the first and greatest command.
ment and the second is like unto this,
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self. We 40 Catholics have no difficulty
In admitting that these words OF the
Master are indeed the whole founda-
ton of the law Of God.
The world has repudiated the doc.
trine OF the so-ealled reformers that
faith alone is necessary TO salvation.
Today those outside Of the Catholic
church have gone 70 the other extreme
In reversing their early tenets; they
tell US now that works alone win
count and faith has no place In the
scheme Of salvation. But not so with
the Catholic church, she 10 tesehlne
today what she taught nearly 1000
years ago, what she taught In Luther's
time she is telling the world that man
is justified by faith in the one true God
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