The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-01-27

IMIUcur IflCAA NuN4N N4AANANNNN -
hahsd him until be had forsakcn The
coEmas q Hone and renounocd ne
chnrch
on one occasion he vas with
tbs PRIEST on an expedition In Alaska.
and Il vas during the long winter
erenlnrn. hy The log nrcs In their
little cabin. hat The priest unourdcn-
"a his soul and related 70 cur friend
aorno of his cxporicnccs With the Ro-
nan orEanlrauon. Many of his state
meats STRIKE AZ the very root Of the
workings of tho church. and arc given
herewith a. they cane from our cor
respondent:
AFTER forty years OF experience a.
n Roman Catholic priest. I. with much
fear. severed my connection with the
church. and IN doing 90 I can assert
with a clear conscience that not only
fn nv YOUTH when full Of belief and
supcratitlon. did live up 10 Its teach
fnrs. but In mature years also. Al.
thoufh for more than twenty years OF
the time last spent In tho church
fully realized I was leading a life OF
deception. yet during that time my en-
tire endeavor was for tho moral good
Of my people.
''FuIly nlne-tenths OF all priests vho
reach middle age know the church n a
farce, but the best part OF their lives
have passed and what can they dof
To leave the church meaps persecu-
ton By priestcraft. Tho Jesuit as
sassln Is always at their back. and in
time they absolutely become the most
depiored Of degenerates, hating the
Protestants and despising their own
communicants. seeking any means TO
satisfy lust and revenge. and gloating
IN the power 10 humiliate all who re-
fuse 10 kneei TO them. From the pope
down 70 the priest there Is scarcely
one who does not realize this.
'sThe Roman Catholic church is a
monster OF crime and political graft
Every assertion make is one OF facts.
and the greatest cross the priest has
a. 10 keep his communicates In igno'
rance, and the means he takes Is the
foundation OF tho church. It's the
continuous persecution OF all who viii
not submit The prosecutors are the
favored ones and the recipients OF all
favors the church can bestow; polit'
ical position, money, and all that an
unnatural lust can desire. and they
are as void OF morality and religion
as the lowest OF criminals can be. The
Jesuit Is the prosecutor, the assassin
and the herder OF the church. He
whips into the ranks all who stray
The priest Is the political director
the prosecutor Who keeps you 7on-ths
rack from the commonest laborer q
the highest diplomat. The instiga
tor OF the flthiest reports about you
and your family. It's the height ol
their 10y 10 keep the Protestants In q
constant turmoil. They send their Sc
cret agents into peaceful districts
where they intend TO establish
church and they soon find those who
will be unfavorable, and they are
marked for persecution. Little do yoJ
realize what a priest can do. He can
if he haA a communlcant employed u
a postolice get your letters, swea
them, read them and keep thoroughly
posted on all matters pertaining e
YOU. He can make Il disagreeabl'
for YOU in travelling. in a hotel, or II
any public place you may be. Theil
agents are notified that you are dis
agreeable TO the church and wherevel
YOU may 20 you will meet with per
eecution. He can defeat you on |
fury or trial in any court. He defeats
YOU in politics and ruins your busl
ness in the same way. He can creat'
n strike and does Il In the interest o
the church, and will fll the strikers
places with Catholics. There Is not |
Catholic man or woman who is no
taught these prosecutions. but taugh
IN a way that they do not realize II
and Of all nationalities none can CON
pare 10 the Irish Jesuit priest. He vii
etoop 10 crimes to meet the end tina
would nut the horrors OF the churcl
during the dark ages In colors o
white. He will poison your friend o
your family, nurse them to death. an
weep with you in sympathy. The
have not only done these crimes bu
are doing them at the present time
Every Catholic, from the commones
1aborer 70 the highest in any art }
each day trying 10 supplant you Wit
one OF his own kind. The only res
son why they are not filling every go'
ernmont position is that they hav
not enough that are educated 10 d
SO. They are striving TO control a
the railroads OF the country. Non
but a Catholic can hold a position o
any road that Jim HIN controls longe
than the time II takes TO find one {
MI the place. With them in full COT
troll OF the government positions. IN
railroads and steamship lines, an
when the time comes that they asset
their power. even II the Protestant
are in the majority. they will be hell
less 1.-THE Protestants) and viii be pc
secuted BY taxation till they ar
driven out Of the United States. ID
you realize that every Catholic In thi
country believes that Protestant ha
no right 70 his possessions, that the
bclongto the Catholics because Co
umbus was a Catholic? II they d
not believe Il they will take advan
age OF Il when the opportunity Gomez
and the opportunity will come Jus
as sure a. there is not an uprising {
the Protestants. Do you ever conside
how marvelously successful nearly a
Catholics are who enter into some lin
OF business, IN fact any line Of bui
inessg It's because every Catholi
will work for his fellow Catholic. an
boycott the Protestant In the sam