Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-10-01
SALISBURY N. G., WEDNESDAY,
ROMAN|SM THE BEAST.


SHALL WE MAKE ROOM FOR
HER IN SALISBURY?
The PapaI System as Illustrated by Priest
Rivera and Others.
The following conservative ar
tiolo, written by Protestant
who resisted the assertions of
"alarmists," for years, was pub
lished in the American Citizen, of
East Orange. N. j., under date of
Saturday, September, 9th. II is
worth reading and is full of sound
logic that speaks fer itself:
1t is difficult. for decent people to
accept Priest Rivera as a type of
the papal priesthood, but he is
undoubtedly fair illustration of
the many.
We are often unwilling to ac-
cept statements that are unpleas-
ant, and to believe facts that
make us seem uncharitable. This
is a common error about the papal
question in America. We are
willingly blind to things which
we ought to see. I confess that I
have shared too much of this
easy.going view of papal methods,
for many years.
1t is true that. I have known
that the pope claimed to be the
'vice.regent' of God on this
earth, but what if he did? And
that he claimed to be in authority
over all governments and reli.
gons, 30 that he was authorized
to overthrow and cast them down
if he could marshal the forces.
But this looks like wild conceit.
l know that in these later years
he had proclaimed himself infalli.
BILE, which was contradicted by
all popish. history. I knew that he
claimed to be in authority to for.
give sins as really as God and His
Son Jesus, and that he had au-
thorized his cardinals, bishops
and priests to perform the same
service for their dupes; but I
could not think any If them were
taking themselves seriously in this
blasphemy. I knew that this set
of traitors were constantly plot
ting to overthrow the public
schools and the higher education
of the nation. I knew that these
infallibles were cloitered black.
robed league, housed outside of
family relations with a multitude
of female victims in seolusion
from the knowledge of society. II
had read of the confessional and
it's vices. I knew of these things,
yes, actually kuew these for years,
and hundred or a thousand other
things which were logical result
of all these facts; but until late
years have not realized what is
behind all this combination for
evil.
Popery has been looked upon by
the multitude az a subdivision of
Christianity, part of Christ's
church, with teachings and meth
DDS diverse from Professionalism,
yet having the same general OBJ
ject in view, the enlightenment of
the people, the salvation of the
race.
had indulged the same view,
never have taken the pope and
priests very seriously, and so was
blind to the real import of all this.
Farther: years ago 1 heard the
Rev. J. g. White show up the in.
iquities of the confessional; also
heard OK priest MoNamara in the
nineties during the A. P. A agita-
tion, as he tried to arouse the
American public to recognize the
gross immoralities of the priests
and their lntrigues against our
schools and governments.
I read Ohiniquy's books; also
"Thirty Years in Rsll," by ex.
priest Fresenborg; Mrs. Shep.
herds book, she having been
in a convent in Bristol, Eng.
"Maria Monk" a terrible his
tory OF her convent life in
Montreal; Baroness Won Zedwitz's g
renunciation of Rome, she having
been a wealthy lady from Ken
tuckv: etc and vet I have never