The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-01-31

IN the audience come on the plat
form and decide as to whether he
was right m his ruling or not.
Priest objected. He never got back
20 the question, but devoted his time
to haranguing the jury and abus-
ing the poor little MENACE. also
attacking the other patriotic papers
end ends by attacking Mr.. Spur
geon again.
SURGEONS sEcoND SPEECH.
CA larger crowd was present the
second night than on the first. Dur
ing the day, Il was asccrtained that
one Of the iuymen had openly as
serted that he would hang the jury.
20 proof Of this was obtained and by
mutual consent this man was re-
licyed Of further jury dutyD
Spurgeon opened by asserting
that ~'all priests look alike TO me. "
lie read from Chiniquy that priests
must put foul questions to women
penitents at confession, and rccited
the story told by Chiniquy in his
book Of the lost girl, who testified
that the priest had ruined her al
confesslon, asserting that from the
best testimony obtainable. the priest
was "the slave Of the pope aud not
the servant Of Christ - lie read
the story Of the young wife as given
10y Chiniquy.
Spurgeon took up Romish authors
who assert that the confessional
wcakcns the soul OF the priest: that
they weep alone but in public deny
their guilt, also that those imposed
upon by the priests were not per-
mitted by the church laws to con-
denim the priest or bring charges
against them, and that the church
did not punish the dirty priest. 1t
was attempted to ascertain the ex-
tent Of priestly wickedncss and to
punish them by the lnquisition, but
It was found that there were so many
of them it had to be abandoned.
Turning full toward the priest, Mr..
Spurgeon exclaimed. "Thcre Is
sbout as much human nature in one
rs in others-if not more" which
made a hit and evoked applause. Iu
support Of his contention that the
system makes priests and prelates
had, he here introduced the nara
tive from Chiniquy Of Geneva
and Joseph" cases in which the
bishops and priests in Canada were
genuine white slavers. showing the
Guricular confessional TO be the
"most damnable institution on
earth"
THE PRIESTS REJoINDER.
Bonifsce opened by saying Spur
geon had "played into his hands.
He attempted to prove that women
did not have TO tell all their sins Ia
the priest; that the equality, cir
cumstances and the number was all
that is necessary" claiming he had
the authority for it. Here he an
nounced that he would give a whole
hight to exposing Chiniquy, but for.
got himself and spent half his houl
in the attempt, by denouncing that
old dead warrior as a drunkard and
a "rotten egg" He spent some time
reading from Liguori's moral phil.
osophy showing the rules for con.
fession and attempting to prove that
the Catholic organization Furnishes
bad priests who cause women to sin
in the confessional. Here he as.
serted that foul questions are moi
esked Of females by the priest,
but that those questions referred tC
by Spurgeon are not 10 be asked in
the confessional, but are school
questions upon which young priests
ere examined" asserting that what
he had read was all there is in their
moral code on the subject. Here
Spurgeon asked him to read from q
book which he (Mr. Spurgeon) Of
fored him, but the priest refused.
THIRD NTGHT-MR. sPURdEoN's
ADDRESS.
Mr.. Spurgeon mentioned the
priests request for the loan Of the
translation from Liguori's works
from which he (Spurgeon) had read
the night before, suggesting that
the priest produce facts disprovine
the translation and show that the
questions in the book were not in
tended for use in the confessional
He produced the book and read that
its translation was authorized BY