The menace., 1914-10-10
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pr0papal troasoa-
Take away The rsyenus tron q dss.
POT and I'm u.s 4 short
Priestorafi ls TOO old a Eraft 20 uork
vel In Tie twentieth century.
Real relisi6n does 10, depend upOn.
or asE for. the support Of EOvernnssta
Bind. unquestioninE obedience IL ne
orosnlng virtue Of a papis,: also OF
q slave.
Respect for authority Il OF value only
when tempered and enllshtened By self
respect
When the people begin % ask cues.
tons and demand proof priests ana
potentates begin 10 tremble and ds.
mand silence.
Those Who strive for a common
cause are not 10 be classed with those
Who submit to a common urant
Books. newspapers. and teachers arc
the terrors 70 popery. for out OF them
come the Ideals that can't be crucined
or suppressed.
There IL a consciousness Of power
within every well.deyeloped man that
generates contempt for popery and all
such pretentions.
II is not incapacity for self govern.
ment, but indifference toward public
anairs that brings the most Just criti.
eism upon republics
How can a man live close 10 God.
with an infallible authority and
horde Of meddling priests thrusting
themselves 10 betweenl
In the inevitable warfare between
God and Satan, q man 10 % be loved
for the kind Of enemies he makes as
well as for the number Of his friends.
America 10 the worlds experiment.
station Of popular government. Our
success is the inspiration OF the world
our failure would be a world calamity.
Romanism demands a sheeplIke sub.
mission and obedience 70 papAl de.
crees. Americanism commands a man
like attitude and defense of freedom.
Popery has always allied itself, and
made common cause, with dead and
dying institutions It's connections
and Affiliations bind Il 10 the dead past
Two great and irrestibie forces are
10 the swift and certain de.
teat OF RomAnism. They are the de.
Dline Of eooleslasticism and the rise
of democracy
As Israel was made a missionary
nation 10 preach the gospel to the
world, 80 has the Higher Power made
America q missionary nation 10 preach
and demonstrate democracy.
Americans cOddiinE and cultIvating
he pope and the papal system, is like
{ would have been had John the Bap- J
list and the Nazarene made friends /.
With HSrod and the Herodians.
Professionalism has more to fear from
Judas. and Amerleanlsm more TO fear /
rom traitors, than from the open op. /
position Of the enemy. Thirty pieces I
II silver still have purchasing power.
The mind with enough discernment
o see through the ecclesiastical trap
,ings OF popery discovers that modern F.
Rome, like the ancient Rome, is merely /
IN organization for acquiring power /
md revenue.
For the second time the decree has
Ione forth from Rome that all the world /
hall be taxed. The world pays no |
more tax 10 the Roman Caesar, but is /
laying a more grievous tax to the Ro-
nan pontif.
The age OF the papal system is no
,romise Of perpetuity. Chattel slavery
Prevailed among the most advanced /
iations centuries before the. first bish.
- Of Rome. Chattel slavery is gone,
md Rome is going.
The warriors Of pagan Rome took
heir captives TO market and sold them
nto slavery. But the proselyters Of
modern Rome take their captives to
he convent 10 labor for life and leave
heir wealth to their masters.
When the political needs OF Rome re.
Iuired Il, she annexed Christianity
ust as she had annexed ancient states.
rhe present effort OF Rome is TO cor
upt and annex Protestantism: and
ONE Protestants seem ready for sur
ender.
Popes and plutocrats are one IN the
'ellef that the people cannot be safely
ntrusted with knowledge and privi-