The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-04-26

as the earthS lnfalllble ruler By
divine right, and in the monarchia
government he would set up ovel
mankind.
American faith is in the right
of the American people to rul,
themselves by democratic means.
Roman Catholic faith is in it,
own Roman Catholic monarchy
American faith is in it's own repub
lie. Roman Catholic faith is in 1t,
catechim and fanaticism which
teach popery and antagonize pop
ular government.
Whether the Rev. j. G. M. car
see the difference must depend up
on his will to face the naked truth
Whether he acknowledges the diff
ference, when seen, must depenc
upon his honesty and willingness
to follow facts to a logical conclu
sion.
We must reserve a doubt as t.
the latter because of the assertions
contained in his letter which be.
tray bitter hostility toward those
things which genuine Protestants
and normal Americans are bound
to admire.
ASSERTIONS
eff we (Protestants) were az
free from faults or half as perfect
as the (Roman) Catholics we
would be in a position to face all
mankind and say, Il am as God
wished me to be. 30
Is that not a remarkable allega.
ton to come from a Protestant
minister 1t seems to me that il
I were of the cloth, if ! held such
an exalted opinion Of Romanists
and if l held Protestants in such
low esteem, l would get over into
the pope's band-wagon and toot
my horn there instead of blowing
hot and cold from the desk Of a
Protestant pulpit.
1t makes one almost believe that
his parish and his parishioners are
of the kind who like that sort Of
thing. That conclusion is further
warranted by the following.
"There is no other religion on
earth as strong as the Catholic
faith. 1t has more followers than
any religion on earth, and is still
growing"
This is an exhibition of just such
ignorance as one would expect
from a perfervid priest of popery.
He has yet to learn the a. b. Z. Of
world statistics concerning re-
ligions and their numerical follow
ings.
The faith he admires, but pro-
fesses not to follow, is indeed as
strong as a winter onion if con-
sidered in that way. 1t is as rank
as garlic If you put it in those
words -outranking the rankest.
Such extravaganza prepares us
for the following: "If you will
pardon my saying SO, / think that
downright jealousy is your only
motive for such slander. .
Well, we will pardon the Rev.
for saying so; and throw ourselves
on the mercy Of the court. The
only consolation lies in the fact
that it is only what he thinks, and
we shall not be the least disturbed
about what he thinks, for his
thoughts are badly out Of order.
Suppose we plead guilty to jeal-
Dusy. Suppose we admit a jealous
preference for our country and its
schools, its liberal constitution, it's
freedom fostering ideals and tradi-
tons. Maybe the court Of Ameri-
can public opinion would still deal
gently with such faults.
There are others equally jealous
Jealous enough to shoulder their
guns and shoot kaiserism into
Sindling-wood when it threatened
our national welfare. We rather
like that kind Of jealousy, much
rs we regret the necessity OF its
extreme expression. Patriotism,
when assailed, is likely to exhibit
Jealous characteristics; and we
hall not be ashamed if chided for
hat kind Of jealousy.
1T is against every law Of God
md man to knock and try to put
iown another man. I"
If that were true, didn't this
country assume a tremendous re-
lponibility when it began to
mock the Prussian kaiser; and
lidnt it complicate the oftense
against God and man when it
Knocked him outi
How comical these ministers Of
parishes can be when they earn
'stly try to apologize for popery.
The more they say or write the