The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-08-29

. superior management; the governor
and goyerness making every exertion,
a. Il appeared 20 me, 70 says the lives
OF the children and 60 promote their
comfort; and the municipal authori.
ties who have taken the matter into
their own hands being very deslroun
Of reformation. Here are children ac-
cumulated from the deposltions Of
seven yedrs. for 30 long IL every child
that lives maintained In the house or
on It's funds. The governor told me
that last year eight hundred children
we're taken In; and that tho total num-
Der OF living children up TO seven
years OF age was three hundred and for.
~. But | have eyery reason TO believe
that this statement OF entrances is too
low. Five children have been taken
In within the preceding twenty four
hours, and that number did not seem
10 be unusually large. would ther0-
fore say that not less than three are
thrown into the cradle daily: and thia
gives one thousand and ninety Ave
per annum. Suppose. then. that OF the
three hundred and forty forthcoming
children. tf there really be so many,)
two hundred are OF this year: IL fol.
lows that one hundred and forty only
remain after six years. and that. in
this way only, not less than eight
hundred and ninety.fye have perished
In Seville during the last year. But
u is exceedingly difficult 20 obtain in.
formation as TO the numbers. The
governor Of the house OF eNposits In
Madrid. II the governor OF the similar
house In Valencia informed me cor.
rectly. stated that OF nearly one thou.
sand children admitted In that capital
last year but fifty six survived: so that
az least nine hundred and forty babes
perished thus In Madrid In the course
OF the year.
But n Madrid and Seville Yield in
one year a total Of one thousand eight
hundred and thirty Eve infant sacH-
ices, what must be the appalling total
throughout all Spain?
"ln visiting Lisbon lately I would
have seen their house but we were
told that IL could only be seen on
'lnnocents day.
Admirable selection OF A day for
the annual exhibition OF their victimsi
Il hope the statement OF our Cicer.
one In the church attached TO that
hospital was exaggerated. He assured
US that they received twenty per day.
IL so, Lisbon must be IN the last stage
OF Generalization; and as the building
is evidently inadequate 70 contain q
very large number, they must die
here by hundreds
Il could easily enlarge. n the sub
iect were OF such a nature as to allow
detailed description: but Il may be
sufficient TO observe that this well or
ganized system OF infanucide is
shrouded under the mantle OF the
Clergy, the chief actors and most inter
ested parties In the whole. And as
long as RomRnism Is maintained By
men such as the priests must be, from
their practical rejection OF the Scrip-
lures OF holiness and truth. IL cannot
be otherwise. Every community into
which they are admitted must be neo-
essarily debased
May God In his mercy defend US
from the devastation OF the man OF
sin May the sacredness OF our
homes never be violated, nor our
hearths made desolate by a further
admission OF Romanism. But we must
open our eyes TO the fact that Popery
is Just the reverse Of godliness; that
II Is rulnous for all things; bringing
man under a corrupting and desolating
despotism In this world, and prepar-
Ing him for final condemnation in thai
which is TO come"