The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-04-19
Behold, the Sower Went Forth to Sow!

ness man I poudered IN my heart the
words rejected Of men-of honest
mcn-of patriotic men" and said 20
myself iS that possiele-how can that
ever bel And I recalled that one day
the popula-o OF Jerusalem spread the
palm branches 10 the path. and the
Christ rode triumphant into the holy
city. but on the next day he carried
bis cross and died a malcfactor, de-
splsed and rejected of men. ~ IA pos.
slble-but the dust OF the patriot u
the seed OF republics.
In a small way that r. every true
mans experience. But the end IA not
doubtful The sowcr scattors the seed
and waters u with bis tears. but Cod
Eiveth the increase and tho world 10
blessed.
Il there n need for the Menacei Have
these two years demonstrated its uEo-
fulnessg Our subscribers tell Us 70
keep on sowing.
because thore is an ago-long issue
In America. begun when Constantine
the Great. murderer and assassin that
he was. took over the Christian TO
ligion. He wrapped about Il the purs
pie. The cross and the crown sat to
gother IN tho seat Of tho powerful
Monstrous coalition.
The temptation OF the devil de-
throned the Christ when the purple
was on his shoulder and In his hand
the scepter of imperial Rome. This
was In the fourth century.
In 40 A. ID. Charlemagne and Pope
Adrian shared the honors but finally
the pope placed the crown upon the
/ kings head and from that time tho
successors OF Peter assume the solo
right 10 bcBtow crowns and mako and
uumale kngdomA The temporal
power Is now set up. Il was then easy
/ TO take the sword and command tho
| determination or conversion OF tho
SaNons. and $500 were slain, the 70,
mainder baptized.
In 500 A. -. Pope Leo III prepared
and hoqucathod 70 France and Europe
dcluge OF blood. a reign OF tears, a
oataclysm OF suffering, aud an abyss OF
/ despair"
Whom A. n. 1000 came tho people
l expected the end OF the world. They
were restlve under the yoke OF Rome.
In 1922 tho slaughter began upder tho
direction OF Pope Innocent III. When
the king said. Il can't distinguish be-
tween She faithful and herotics," the
| pope replied. xii them all. tho Lord
viii know his own"
In 1915 tho Vandols valley was In
vadcd. A peaceful, laborlous and
happy peasnntry. They held some
slight doctrines not In accord with the
/ Catholic church aud they were de-
stroyed by tho direction OF tho vicar
Of Christ.
The year 1863 and tho destruction
/ OF the Hugenots began with tho mas
sacre Of St Bartholomew, ending about
1898.
Church and state we're working hand
I In hand Ia France all through these
weary years preparing the people by
their suffering. injustice, and cruel
I wrong, for 1888. The oppression by the
/ clergy in their unhallowed coalition
/ with the crown and tho mobiles was
/ beyond endurance.
At last the slumberlng giant awak-
|ensd. Hoart-broaking despair broke into
/ fury, and the frenzy OF a forlorn hope
and the revolution like an incarnate
vengeance. half dlabollcal and half di-
vine. swept altar and throne into the
abyss.
But why trace the history OF France
any farther In It's struggle with tho
papacy. The issue has become plain.
"Shall the French government be sec
ularized? Shall tho state and the
! church be diyorcoll Shall the lnflu-
ence and interference OF the priest
hood In tho affairs OF tie government
| be prohibited? Shall France be gov
erEed by Frenchmen or Italians?
Shall she be governed by her own cit.
/ izcna or by aliens? BY her own peo-
] pie or by the pope?" And France Is
answering these questions with words
/ that thrill, and with words that arc
heard around the world.
What Is Rome telling Americans3
| That thiS nation must be Roman
Catholic and the pope restored TO tenn
/ pJral power"
The pope wants 20 climb back 10
! the place Constantine gave him and
/ rule the world With the seeptsr Of
/ Caesar. Must America travel the route
that France did. and light up the sky
with new and more awful revolutionf
Has the Menace no place when we
arc thus asked TO repeat history3 VIII
/ the scepter in the hands OF Rome be-
come the shspherd's crook?
The struggle Of France is not ancient
history. IL is 4 ,oday drama begun
centuries ago. The pope Is in the
vatican a prisoner. but hi3 representa-
I tive is In Washington. France un-
loaded him by a revolution. Shall
America invite him to the seat OF pow
er in American life and politics? The
Menace says NO. And the two years
Of study and experience makes us more
determined, more patriotic, more firm
" resolved and, GOD HELPING US,
WE COULD NOT DO OTHERWISE.