The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-14
PAGE FOUR TIE JEFF
Finishing Up the World


Sir Walter Scott called popery "a
mean and depraving superstition. -
Mr.. Ruskin, in his "Stones of We
NICE" calls it "a paralyzed Christi
anity," in the animation of which
the arts of Magus and Brahmin are
exhausted" In his Modern Paint
ers' he speaks of ''its corruptions,
it's cunning, it's worldliness, it's per-
mission Of crime
Mr.. Fronde says, in referring to
the Papal church: ''There are forms
of superstition which can walk hand
in hand with any depth of crime,
when that superstition is provided
with a talisman which will wash
away the stains of guilt
Gladstone said: There has never
been any more cunning blade devised
against the freedom, the virtue and
the happiness of a people than Ro-
manism.''
Mr.. Hobart Seymour gives the fol-
loving facts and figures from gov
eminent official returns: The lille
Ultimate births annually on an aver
age of ten years were, in Roman
catholic Brussels, 35 per cent; in
Paris, 80; in Munish, 48; and in
Vienna, 81; whilst in Protestant
London they were 4, in Birmingham
., IN Manchester Z, and in Liver
pool 8. The murders similarly CAL
culated were annually in Belgium-18
to a million population, in France
81, IN Bavaria 80, and in Austria
Sc; whilst in England they were 4.
In every country the criminals who
profess the papal creed are out of
all proportion to those of other re-
IgIous, or even of no religion. The
papal church is too often what Mr..
Ruskin, calls it in his "Stones of We
nice The church of the unhoIy."
We have shown the disastrous
deadly effects Of the Confessional on
both confessor and confessed, which
IN 1860 became so utterly unendura-
BILE that the Senate of Venice for
babe the Jesuits t1@sconfess women,
because they madeaF use of the Con-
fessional for purposes of immortality.
Many boys and girls are first made
to eat of the tree Of the knowledge
CT evil in the confessional.
The reason Popery insists on the
observance of Saints days more than
Sunday, is that the Saints days
bring more revenue to the church.
Italians wish to work, like the in
habitants of prosperous Protestant
Christian nations six days in the
week. The rising industrial COM
merce of the country demand it.
The Italians, feel that they must
work six days in the week, or fall
behind in the race Of nations. They
are also tired Of the poverty and
mischief incident to Saints days, for
not only do they earn nothing on
these festival days, but they general
ly spend much in drink and gamb-
ling, and their wives in holy oil and
candles.
Romanism's claims for the uni
versal sovereignty Of the Pope, both
in Church and State, his universal
dominion, both ecclesiastical and
political, is the great menace to civil
liberty in America. The danger is
from the oath which Jesuits take:
Il do now denOunce and disown
any allegiance as due to any hereti-
cal king, prince or State named
Protestant or Liberals, or obedience
to any of their laws, magistrates or
officers.
Il do further declare that the doc
trine of the Churches of England
and Scotland, of the CaIvinists, HUI
guenots and others of the name of
Protestants or Liberals, to be dam
nable, and they themselves to be
damned who will not forsake the