Mountain advocate., 1914-01-09
ROMAN CHURCH
MARK TWAIN ON CATHOLIC CRAFT

Apopo of comment on the quefaction
the following Chapter Of The nnocents
Abroad by Mark Twain might be of interest readers:
In this city of Naples they believe in and support of the
wretchedest of all the religious mpoure find in Italy
the miraculous queacon the blood of St. Januaus Twice
the priests assemble all the people at the cathedral and get
this vial of clothed blood and let them slowly dissolve
become qudand day for eight days this dismal farce
repeated while the priests the crowd and collect
money the exhibition. The day. the blood quees
forty mnueste church crammed them and time must
the collectors around after that lqueGc
little quicker and little quicker day the houses groy
smaller till the eighth day. with only few dozen present
the miracle, it liquefes in four minutes.
And also they used have grand of priests
citizens soldiers sailors the high dgntares of the
shave the head of madeup Madonna
stuffed painted image, like miners dummy-whose hair
macuousy grew itself every twelve They
still kept this shaving late four five
profit TO the church that possessed the
egy and the the public barberng of her
awaye carried with the possible ecat and display
The the better because the excitement there
larger crowds drew and the heavier the it
producedut day when the Pope and his servants
unpopular Naples and the city stopped the
Madonna's annual show"
following Volume Chapter l. of "The limo
cents Abroad" may also be of use you:
wish here mention inscription have before for
get Glory God in the highest earth TO MEN OF
GOOD WILL not good scripture but it is sound Catholic
and human nature.
This in letters gold apsis of goupat
the scala church of ST. John atean, the Mother
and Mistress all Catholic churches of the world The
represents Savior Peter Pope Leo ST. Sylvester Constan
Charenane Peter giving the pallium to the Pope
Oharlemagnc The Savior giving the keys to
St. Sylvester aud dard Constantine No offered
Savior he of little anywhere
Rome inscription below Blessed Peter, life
Pope victory King Charles 1t does not ntercce
us through the with the Father for this BOOM but
Blessed Peter give it us"
"In all seriousucss-whout meaning to he frivolous without
meaning everent and than all without meaning be
blasphemousI simple deduction from the things
have things have heard that the Holy Personas
rank thus in Rome
''Frt-The Mother of God otherwise the Virgin Mary,
"Second-1he Deity.
Third
FourthSomc twelve fifteen anonized Pope and Martyrs.
"HfthJeus Christ, the Savo(but always infant in
arms may be wrong in thny Judgement often, just
the with other menbut it Judgement be good
bad.
Just here will mention something that curious
Ohrss Churches in Rome Churches of
Holy Ghost that discover There four hundred
churches but fourth of them be named for the
Madonna ST. Peter The named for Mary that
they have be distinguished by all of afiXes, if understand
the rightly Then have churches of ST. Louis;
justine ST. CaXtus; ST. orenzon Lucina
Damasco, St. Cecilia; ST. Athanasus ST. Philip Ner
GATHERINGS Dominica, and multitude of lesser
familiar in the wodand down, clear
the list of churches couple of hospitals of them
named for the Savior and the other for the Holy Ghos