The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-03-21
A Prophecy FulkHed

EFsa In ths apostle Paui's dsy ths
haven q The great aposiAsy vAs bosin.
ninE 10 wOrt anong tbs sArly Chri,saus.
IN hls scooui litter % The Tho.u.lunisus
~ Ties 2si.Tl hs whites "Nou 30
hfsoech yoa, brcikren, that %
- no, 900 thafsa in mls8. Or bs
troubied, usithsr hy spirit cor by uord,
nor ~ litter a. from ", as tkAt The dav
of Chrisi is a. ksrA let 10 uaa a..
oeiss yoa BY any r,eansl fer that day
shAn not cone, ctcept there eorne a fali.
- avay laPosiasy frst. and that raa
s1a h revealed, the 800 % psrdition;
ueo opposs,h and sralis;h himself Abors
All that % oolled Ood, or that s uor-
shipPedi - that be e. God stitch In
The temple q God, Sh0ving him.slf that
- - ood' that h might b. 70
vealed In his time; Cor The mystery q
iuiquity doth oiroo5y work. [" Tbcn fol-
lowed the pagan pcr,ccutions o. ne 6rst
centuries bcguu under Nero Whcn The
Christians were hubte3 like beasts,
thrown into the arena % he torn o.
pieocs By Wild animals, for tho snort Of
thousands OF Spectators Who would gath.
er 70 witucs thcss aufnl scenes The
tide thea turned and the church losing
much Of lie purity, drifted into formal.
itm, compromising with pagan forms os
worship In order 20 draw pagnns % the
ehnfeh fagAnism al-o COMPROMISED
and met the church half uay. Images
and idols were brought into the churrh
aud the church adopted many idolatrous
rites and ceremonies. Imagus Of Christ
aud the Virgin Mary were tct up and
WorshiPcd 20 displaoe the gods OF tho
paganA In the fourth century Con.
sianiine emperor Of Rome, profcssed
conversion 70 Christianity and there fol.
lowed a hood Of pagans into the nominal
church With such a foundation the
paPaey began 70 develop, and when well
under way in the eighth century papists
began 10 claim that in the first ages OF
the church the bishop Of Rome possessed
the sane spiritual power which they then
assumed. "Aneient writings were forged
by monks. DEGREES Of councils before
unheard OF wcro discovered establish.
ing the universal supremacy Of the rope
from the earliest times." Later other
assumed powers were added 20 the
papacy, which includes tho decree of
papAl tnfalibility proclaimed under Pore
Gregory.
Let us see how the church Of Rom.
today with all her assumptions and pre-.
tensions fulhlls the following prediction
from the Scriptures;
Now the Spirit Epeaketh srpressly
that in later times some ahau depart
from the faith, giving heed 20 seducinR
spirits and doctrines Of devils; speaking
lies in hypocrisy; having their eonseienos
scared With q hot iron; forbiddinc 70
marry and commanding % abstain from
meats. I'll Tim. f:l.3.
Whether you believe In the Bible on
not, these Questions are asked YOU can.
didly; Do you believe that the Roman
Catholic church has departed from the
faith" tangh, by Jesus Christi Do you
think she gives heed 10 "sedueing spirits''
the confessional, for instance, in blight.
ing the virtue and purity OF niaidenhood
by questions OF q lowd nature she Is
forced 70 answer, seducing innocent girls
to enter lifelong confinement In nun.
neries and become the slaves Of lieentious
priests, seducing young men 70 enter
monasteries thereby destroying the bloom
Of youth and the prospects Tor a noble,
useful life Of service 20 God and m.
manityt Do you not think that some Of
her dogmas are doctrines Of devilsfU
Does shs "speak lies In hypocrisyo and
commit many crimes under the name OF
religion. ls not her conscience seared''
and hardened by the million Of martyrs
she has made and the persecution sho
has waged IN the namo Of religionf Does
she forbid her priesthood 10 marTyi Does
she command 10 "abstain from meats"
on certain days and proclaim fast daysf
Any candid mind must agree that this
is expressly" what sho does.