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In relating her experience, I understand that a nun who had been
confined in a convent for years made the following declaration:
"That the superior of the seminary would often come and inform us
nuns that an order had been received from the Pope to request those
nuns who possessed the greatest devotion and faith to perform some
particular deeds, which he would name in our presence, but which no
moral or decent person could ever endure to speak of, and I cannot
repeat what these demands often were, as I would have to resort to
language so filthy that it would blush the cheek of one who was
hardened in sin."

Now, if those who sail under the garb of righteousness would go so
far that the inmates of the convents, who are there believing they
are doing the work of God, would rebel against the priests'
immorality, then what can we expect of the priestcraft when they are
in the presence of your wife, daughter or sister, whom they may
prefer, and who has been taught to believe that every act of the
priestcraft is sanctified by God Almighty?

We want to bring the history of Catholicism down as near to the
present time as possible, so the reader may understand the
confidence the "dupes" of Catholicism have in the priestcraft, for,
as stated in a previous chapter of this book, it is a well-known fact
that the feminine world in general have more confidence in humanity
than the male population, but to demonstrate to the reader what
implicit confidence the male members of Catholicism have in the
priestcraft, we call attention to Ed Butler, of the State of
Missouri, who resides in St. Louis.

Ed Butler is a full-fledged Catholic and believes in Catholicism
twenty-four hours each day. By the way, it may be necessary for us to
refresh the readers' mind of the fact that Ed Butler of St. Louis,
Mo., is considered one of the most high-handed "boodlers" in America,
and who has had a number of his "dupes" placed in the state
penitentiary and kept himself out of the same institution by a
"technicality." But to go back to the point that we wanted to make,
we will just say that a Catholic priest in the City of St. Louis by
the name of Coffey had a falling out with Butler over some thing or
another, and in order to get even with him he took sides against
Butler and said many harsh but true things about him. One day a
reporter of one of the St. Louis newspapers met Butler and called his
attention to what Priest Coffey had said about him, and the only
answer that Butler gave this reporter was: "Father Coffey is a
Catholic priest and I have nothing to say, and if he should spit in
my face I would not resent the action, as I was born and raised a
Catholic, and do not believe that a Catholic priest can commit a
sin."

Now, if a man of Ed Butler's intellect can be brought up in this land
of intelligence to believe such abominations in regard to a Catholic
priest, is it not reasonable to suppose that the female members of
the Catholic Church would have a severe task in defending their
virtue should a priest desire to destroy it, by telling them "that no
act of his could defile them, as it was impossible for him to sin?"

Now, reader, you may not know just what kind of treatment from the
Catholic Church I will receive for writing this book, but as soon as it
is placed upon the market the Catholic Church will "excommunicate" me;
however, it may be possible that the reader does not understand what a
horrible curse this excommunication is, but in order that you may
thoroughly understand what I mean I will repeat, word for word, what
some Catholic official will declare against me for writing this book,
which will further go to show the reader the vileness of this damnable
creed, and which will also go to convince the reader what fear the
followers of Catholicism have of the priestcraft, which will more fully
convince you that timid, unsuspecting woman, who has been brought up to
believe in the paganism of Catholicism, can be easily led to yield to
the lustful desires of the priestcraft, for fear that by refusing his
request that he would pronounce this terrible curse upon her, which she
has been taught would forever damn her eternal soul.

The curse of excommunication which I am certain to receive at the
hands of Catholicism for writing this book follows:

"By the authority of God Almighty, the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost, and the undefiled Virgin Mary, mother and patroness of
our Savior, and all of the Celestial Virtues, Angels,
Archangels, Thrones, Dominions, Powers, Cherubim and
Seraphim, and of all the Holy Patriarchs, Prophets, and of
all the Apostles and Evangelists, of the Holy Innocents, who
in the sight of the Holy Lamb are found worthy to sing the
new songs of the Holy Martyrs and Holy Confessors, and of all
the Holy Virgins, and of all the Saints, together with the
Holy Elect of God, may he, Bernard Fresenborg, be damned!

"We excommunicate and anathematize him from the threshold of
the Holy Church of God Almighty. We sequester him, that he
may be tormented, disposed, and be delivered over with Dathan
and Abiram, and with those who say unto the Lord, 'Depart
from us, we desire none of thy ways;' as a fire is quenched
with water, so let the light of him be put out for ever more,
unless it shall repent him and make satisfaction!

"May the Father, who creates man, curse him!

"May the Son, who suffered for us, curse him!

"May the Holy Ghost, who is poured out in baptism, curse him!

"May the Holy Cross, which Christ for our salvation,
triumphing over his enemies, ascended, curse him!

"May the Holy Mary, ever Virgin and the Mother of God, curse
him!

"May St. Michael, the Advocate of the Holy Souls, curse him!

"May all the Angels, Principalities and Powers, and all
Heavenly Armies curse him!

"May the glorious band of the Patriarchs and Prophets curse
him!

"May St. John the Precursor, and St. John the Baptist, and
St. Peter, and St. Paul, and St. Andrew, and all other of
Christ's Apostles together, curse him!

"And may the rest of the Disciples and Evangelists, who by
their preaching converted the universe, and the holy and
wonderful company of Martyrs and Confessors, who by their
works are found pleasing to God Almighty; may the holy choir
of the Holy Virgins, who, for the honor of Christ, have
despised the things of the world, damn him!

"May all the Saints from the beginning of the world to
everlasting ages who are found to be beloved of God, damn
him!

"May he be damned wherever he be, whether in the house or in
the alley, in the woods or in the water, or in the church!

"May he be cursed in living and dying!

"May he be cursed in eating and drinking, in being hungry, in
being thirsty, in fasting and sleeping, in slumbering, and in
sitting, in living, in working, in resting, and ... and in
blood-letting!

"May he be cursed in all the faculties of his body!

"May he be cursed inwardly and outwardly!

"May he be cursed in his hair; cursed be he in his brains and
his vertex, in his temples, in his eyebrows, in his cheeks,
in his jaw bones, in his nostrils, in his teeth and grinders,
in his lips, in his shoulders, in his arms, in his fingers!

"May he be damned in his mouth, in his breast, in his heart,
and appurtenances, down to the very stomach!

"May he be cursed in his ... and his ... in his thighs, in
his ... and his ... and in his knees, and his legs, and his
feet, and toe-nails!

"May he be cursed in all his joints and articulations of the
members; from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet
may there be no soundness!

"May the Son of the living God, with all the glory of His
majesty, curse him!

"And may Heaven, with all the powers that move therein, rise
up against him, and curse and damn him, unless he repent and
make satisfaction! Amen! So be it! Be it so! Amen! Amen!
Amen!"

I have given you the diabolical "curse" of excommunication, word for
word; thus you can see how un-Christlike the Catholic Church is.

As I have before said in this chapter, the foregoing is the curse
that will fall to my lot as soon as this book is placed upon the
market, thus the reader can see that my motives for writing this
book must come from a pure incentive, or else I would not willingly
cut myself asunder from all of those whom I have associated with
during my life. This task is not one that I enjoy, as it breaks my
heart to realize that I have all through my life been burdened down
with this load of superstitious filth, but I could not in justice to
myself and in justice to a living God refrain from the task, after I
had had my eyes opened to the beauties of Protestantism.

With tears in my eyes and with a heart full of sadness, I remember
the angelic face of my old mother, as she conscientiously taught me
my first Catechism and directed my feet in the paths of what she
sincerely believed righteousness, and believing in a just God, I knew
that He has taken her to His bosom in His home beyond the skies, for
what she taught me she sincerely believed, as she never had her eyes
opened to the abominations of the creed of which I write, and I do
not believe that a just God would damn the soul of a pure mother who
honestly taught what she conscientiously believed, but the
priestcraft in general are men who are above the average in
intellect, and are men whom I believe have often had had the same
thoughts relative to the doctrines of Catholicism that I had long,
long years before I cut loose from the teachings of Rome; however,
the priestcraft is not to be excused from their raid upon virtue by
ignorance, as they are taught the lessons of chastity in their
childhood, but the bond of celibacy which binds them in an unnatural
way, and the hellish doctrines taught by the Catholic Church that the
priestcraft cannot sin, turns them into pirates upon virtue.

When we take into consideration the fact that all of the teachings of
Catholicism lead to not only implicit confidence in the purity of the
priestcraft, but carry with them the cudgel of destruction of the
soul of her followers, if they do not submit to her teachings and
demands, we can then realize why it is that the chastity of the home
becomes a rendezvous for those of the priestcraft who deliberately
ravish virtue to gratify their inhuman lust.

[Illustration: "SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY."
"The road to Glory along a Catholic highway
is an expensive trip."]




Chapter XV.

Nations Which Have Been Disgraced
by the Toleration of Popish Rule.


There is no nation on the face of God's green earth to-day which has
been enslaved by the power of Popery, and which has been burdened by
an idle and worthless army of Priests, Monks and Nuns, but what would
have become, not only tired, but disgusted with their burden, if they
had ever been permitted to mingle and commingle with Protestant
countries, and learn that Protestantism leads to individual
intellectuality and collective greatness.

It is true, however, that there are many countries in South America
that have been Priest-ridden for centuries, and who are as heavily
burdened to-day with this ancient parasite as ever, who offer not a
single protest, but the only reason for this is that Catholicism has
always forbidden these priest-ridden nations to make any advancement
towards Protestantism, which has been instrumental in keeping these
nations under the complete control of the Vatican; thus you will see
they have never been permitted to taste of the grandeur of
Protestantism.

We will take France for instance, which was at one time one of the
most priest-ridden countries on earth, but which is to-day
endeavoring to extract herself from the meshes of this damnable
creed, as the intelligent statesmen of France have learned that
Catholicism is only another name for ignorance and superstition, and
they have also learned that so long as the affairs of France remain
under the control of papal power, just that long advancement and
greatness stand aloof from the portals of their country, so in the
past two years the government officials have removed tens of
thousands of the Pope's hirelings from authority and have closed up
hundreds of parochial schools.

Now, if Catholicism is such a glorious creed, why is it that France
is so anxious to get rid of her influence? Ah! France has learned by
coming in contact with Protestant countries that she need not expect
to ever become a great nation if she permits popery to control her
affairs.

Italy, the home of the Pope, has begun to wince under the Vatican's
rule, as her national back is getting raw by the saddle of this
diabolical creed. The inhabitants of Italy have been for the past few
years protesting against the high-handedness of Catholicism, and the
officials have begun to take notice of this vulture of humanity, and
my predictions are that within a very short time Italy will do as
France has done and close up the monasteries and convents, for just
as long as these institutions are allowed to keep open house, and
dictate to the inhabitants of Italy, just that long we may expect the
immigrants who come over from Italy to bear the Vatican's mark of
vice, immorality and criminality.

Go to Ellis Island and watch the immigrant ships from Catholic
nations as they vomit forth their load of human carrion upon the fair
shores of this country, and your heart will become sick with fear,
as this class that hails from the nations of popery are a class, as a
whole, that will disgrace and ruin any nation on earth, as these
immigrants are men and women who have no conception of a free
country, as they are men and women who have never been taught to look
above the horizon of Catholicism; therefore they land upon the shores
of America as criminals and not as citizens, and you cannot make pure
American citizens out of them until you boil this hellish creed from
their system by the fire of patriotism, and this cannot be done as
long as this country permits Catholicism to run her mills of
degeneracy unmolested upon our shores.

All of our large cities are infested more or less with this
"scarlet-robed hag of hell," and more especially our eastern cities,
as this foreign herd of the Pope's followers land in eastern ports
and spread themselves out like a blanket, reeking with a moral stench
over the eastern borders of this country, and they make a specialty
of settling in our eastern cities.

We will take Boston, Mass., for instance, as there is but very little
difference in the "rabble" of that city and the immoral degenerate
class that infests the densely populated centers of Catholic
countries.

Several notorious cases of open defiance of civil law and violation
of civil rights by the tools of popery have recently occurred in
Boston. One of these is the escape of two girls from the so-called
"House of the Good Shepherd," in Roxbury, and the re-capture of these
girls by a policeman.

Now, bear in mind that this "House of the Good Shepherd" is a
Catholic institution, pure and simple, but these girls who escaped
from this "plague house," were arrested by the police and returned to
this Catholic dungeon without the semblance of law.

On questioning "The Mother Superior," she said that the girls were
not committed to the institution by the courts, but by "the church."
The question then arose: Has the Roman Catholic Church the right to
give sentence of imprisonment with hard labor as a penalty? For this
is exactly what imprisonment in this "House of the Good Shepherd"
means; therefore, if these girls so sentenced escape, what right has
a _city policeman_ to arrest and carry them back to this Catholic
institution, which exists without the semblance of a State law and
without an iota of moral law? Are the policemen of the cities of
Massachusetts servants of the Roman Catholic Church? Have the courts
the right to sentence prisoners to Catholic prisons, and after
sentence, have the prisoners no right? Many of them are kept for
life, or until too old to work, and then they are set adrift to
become public charges upon a Protestant country, after the Roman
Catholic Church has made hundreds of dollars from the labor of these
unfortunates.

We want to call attention to another flagrant case, which happened in
the north end of Boston not long since.

A few months since, a Protestant Italian family in the north end of
Boston was about to move to New York. There were two children and
the wife soon expected to become mother again. She expressed the
wish that some one would care for one of her children for a few
weeks, until she got well and was settled in her new home. A neighbor
sent a woman to her who offered to care for the children, and when
this little one was turned over to her, she took it straightway to
the home for destitute Catholic children, on Harrison avenue, in
Boston. In a month the mother called for her baby and was told that
it was "up in the country," and was requested to leave it there for a
month, and was told that it would be good for the child. She
consented to this, believing that the fresh air would be good for her
baby, but she was an uneducated woman and was inclined to believe
what others said, as she was an honest lady herself, but she did not
know the trickery of the Catholic Church, so when she was asked to
sign a paper, she readily agreed to it, not thinking that she was
giving her own blood and flesh away.

In a month she came on from New York to get her baby and was told
that she could not have it, and was further told that she had signed
a paper giving it away. Then the husband came on from New York and
demanded the child, but was refused. He then appealed to the pastor
of the Italian Methodist Church, on Hanover street, Boston. The two
went to a very prominent Romanist office-holder, who was chairman of
the trustees of this so-called "Catholic Home." This man draws seven
thousand dollars per year from the city, and is elected largely
through Protestant influence, simply because Protestantism believes
that she can reform Catholicism by being liberal with her; but oh!
Liberty! what crimes are perpetrated in thy name! This Boston
official, after much talk with this Italian father, told him to bring
a letter from a priest, and that he would see what he could do. The
Italian said, "I am a Protestant," at which the official became very
indignant, but after a little more talk said: "Bring a letter of
recommendation from a minister." This Italian father got a good,
strong letter commending his character from a Protestant minister in
New York, and one who already knew him, and went this time alone to
this Boston official.

In about an hour this heart-broken father appeared before a Methodist
minister in tears, saying: "He will not give me my child. He said I
am a bad man for becoming a Protestant, and that by doing so I have
proven that I am unfit to care for my children, and when I gave him
my letter from the Protestant minister, he said: 'I will not take the
word of a Protestant minister!'"

Now, if what we have related is true, which I know to be absolutely
true in every particular, would happen in the United States of
America, "the land of the free and the home of the brave," you might
know what would happen in a Catholic country which is completely
under the tyrannical and damnable rule of the Pope.

A minister informs us that on three occasions lately, children have
come to him and told him that an Irish public school teacher in
Boston had forbidden them to attend Protestant services, as their
parents were at one time Roman Catholics, and that this talk from
this Romish school teacher was had during school hours.

What we need in this country is a "vigilance committee," and we need
it badly, and we need it right away, and this committee should be
instructed to impeach every public official who endeavors to usurp
the law in favor of Roman Catholicism.

The brightest minds of the past, and the brightest minds of the
present have pointed out to Protestant America the dangers of
Romanism, but it seems as though we will not heed their warning, when
we see upon every side evidences of moral decay and national
degeneracy by permitting this "Romish hag" to supervise and
superintend the affairs of this nation.

Protestant European nations have for many years beheld the despotic
march of Catholicism in America, and this country for a number of
years has been the laughing stock of Protestant European countries
for permitting this brazen demon to tread up and down the avenues of
our liberties without molestation.

A few years before Bismarck of Germany died, he, in a public speech
delivered in the German parliament, pointed out that the Roman
Catholic Church was only free in America, and for the benefit of the
reader we will quote a part of this great statesman's speech:

"The Pope being purely a religious chief, there is no occasion to
keep a permanent political representative at his port. Things,
indeed, might have been left _in status quo_ had not the present Pope
thought it fit to revive the ancient struggle of the papacy with the
temporal power, and more especially with the German empire. The
spirit emanating the papacy in this campaign is too well known to
require comment; still we would tell the house a story, which has
long been kept a secret, but which had better be made public. In
1869, when the Wurtemberg government had occasion to complain of the
action of the papacy, the Wurtemberg envoy at Munich was instructed
to make representations, and in a conversation which passed between
the envoy and the nuncio; the latter said, 'The Roman Church is free
only in America.'"

This nuncio further stated that the Roman Catholic Church in all
other countries had to look to revolution as the sole means to retain
her position. This, then, was the view of the priestly diplomatist
stationed at Munich in 1869, and formerly representing the Vatican at
Paris.

Bismarck further stated: "I know from the very best sources that the
Emperor Napoleon was dragged into the war very much against his will
by the influence of Jesuit priests."

Who can deny these statements, as Bismarck was a man who made the
study of Catholicism a part of his life, and he was a man who was of
rugged character and undaunted courage, and a man whom the world at
large believed.

There has not been a war for centuries past but what the cunning hand
of popery has been mixed up with the blood shed in these wars, as
popery never misses an opportunity to take sides with the nation
which represents Catholicism, as this creed of abominations will
resort to bloodshed if by so doing she believes she can carry her
point and establish her rule of despotism.

If America will take a lesson from France she will be taught a lesson
that will save this country from passing through the same ordeal that
France is passing through to-day, and unless the government of the
United States begins in the near future to suppress this giant of
darkness, Roman Catholicism, we will within the next fifty years have
to resort to the same means that Combes of France is resorting to, to
annihilate the serpent of Catholicism from our shores, or else meekly
submit to being dragged down to the level of Roman Catholicism, which
is equivalent to losing our identity as a government, and taking our
places among the nations noted only for either ignorance, vice or
criminality.

Catholicism does not believe in a free country. Catholicism does not
believe in a country of the people, by the people and for the people,
as such a country is not the natural abode for this detestable creed.

Catholicism believes in a country which is ruled by a monarch, as
she then only has to control the monarch himself, and this is why the
Catholic clergy and the Catholic officials, from the smallest to the
greatest, are in sympathy with Russia, as the Russian government is a
most complete monarchy, and the emperor is an absolute monarch, and
this is why Catholicism is always ready to toss up her hat in glee
for the success of the Russian army.

Catholic prelates all along the line, up to the Pope himself, have
been trying to make Americans believe that Russia is deserving of our
sympathy, but her solicitude in behalf of Russia is only a
sympathetic shriek for her own polluted carcass.

Catholicism never sympathizes with any nation nor any individual who
have for their motto "Emancipation," as emancipation means to
Catholicism a vital blow to her teachings, as slavery of both body
and soul is Rome's uppermost desire.

Can we expect Catholicism to change her abominations without force?
Most assuredly not, as her every inspiration comes from a set of men
who know no more about loyalty to country than her dupes know about a
living God, as the Pope is a native born Italian, and her cardinals
are recruited from the ranks of Italy's king-ruled inhabitants,
consequently it is impossible to expect the Pope of Rome or those
cardinals to recommend anything in harmony with the teachings of
Protestant America, as they are strangers to Protestantism and
American manhood; therefore it would be as reasonable to expect
sunlight in the caverns of the earth as to expect Rome to recommend a
doctrine which would be beneficial to humanity.

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