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Cure All" for al! re^gious, social and political troubles, the Bible and the Bible only as the orityreliaMe rule of faith and morals, and the Sabbath as an institution ml^ be desecrated under a false pretense of a religious necessity. PUBLISHED BY 96 ST. FRANgOIS XAVIER STREET, MONTREAL 4 ? .* ,. Ji,lJK. .' .r/&i Wxt ^m latd^StS ^1^1 I^XOitBtAXd IfixuBtctdt RELIGION is Qither a blessing or a curse according to ftV influence for good or evil. There never was anything good in the world but it h^d a counterfeit The counterfeit proves, the genuine. If there were nothing genuine llm would be no countierfeits. Religion is good as a means, but bad as a&i end. 1%«| ii best which brings forth the best fruits. The view of reUgtofl which has only in view the bringing of the innocent atid hon- est citizen into subjection to a cruel and crafty priesthood hdts been a curse in all ages. The religion which teaches ifniisn to love each other, to forgive each other, to do good, to tell thSe truth, to help the poor and unfortunate, will always command the respect of humanity, barbarian or civilized. Men ^ure hever influenced for good by rituals, ceremonies and gorgeous sho>ys. They are influenced by appeals to the heart. Just think of a religion that cheats the laboring man out of his wages and makes him pay two cents extra for his sugsur in order that the manufacturer may be praised ^r fiis HBcl'altty in giving a present of a $2,000 stained gla£S window to a church. "This is pure religion and undelileato visit die father-' less and the widows and for one to keep himsetf unspotted' from, the world." Imagine a religion Whidi'illlses a man to desert his wife and children and leave them de^tftut^ ! A very important point that people are very apt to lose sight of to-day, is the distinction between a crusade against error and a crusade against those who believe in error. Those who fought for the alx)lition of slavery in the Southern States had to flght against some of the slaves they sought to set free; but when the slaves got their freedom they found out tiiat they were fighting a^^ainst their best friends. Some of ■>!^-. 3*?1 1*^' „i?ir ■>w. tke cleliM^ec} slavei^ 5f Popery fight Vehemently against tfaosH who wish to. set them at liberty^ but when they come to iriie light they are sorry during the remainder of their lives for not changing sides earlier. The tendency of all things under the sun is towards decay in a>urse of time. The oak decays in time after standing in the rain and tempest for many generations. The marble and granite rock yield in time to air and rain. It is only through ^process of regeneration that life is maintained in the world, i he water that passes through the human and other Smimal bodies passes down through the sewers to -the ocean, from the ' ocean it is taken up to the clouds, and comes back again as a life preserver to man and beast. In the same manner truth works its way in course of time through different human organizations. Truth is the salt of the world. Where trutl^ and lighteousness prevail, society is in a state of development from the lower to the highest stages ; but when truth and righteousness begin to depart, demoralization and decay are sure to follow. The children of Israel followed Moses out of Egypt through the wilderness to the borders of the land of Canaan. The Canaanites had become so corrupt and depraved that the land spewed them out. The demoralized, decayed ^nd depraved ^ate of the Canaanites had as much to do with their discomfiture befcu-e the Israelites as the superior morality of the lattar had^tp^^ with the regaining of the land of their fore- fathers, and Ih^r possession of it for many generations. When the Israelites followed the Law and the Prophets they pros- pered, but when they inclined to idolatry they declined. The superior pros^pMerity of the Jew and Scotchman of the present is due to their aversion to idolatry more than anything else. The Jew got completely cured of his natural inclination to idolatry after the Babyloinan Captivity. The next disease that brought s^i>but the final expulsion of the Jews from their tmn land was ecciesiasticism. The people instead of paying temreace to idob of wood and stone left themselves com- '■^'<4 •m Li. ." *■" pletely in the hands of the priests. The priests could bear with any kind of crime or villainy but they could not bear with- anything that tended to lessen thfcir own influence with the people. ^ Such were the state of affairs in the time of Christ and His Apostles. The crucifixion of Christ and the subsequent persecution of His followers were due to the- indignation qf the priests in finding that the common people were getting less and less interested in the services of the temple and the syna- gogues, as they were getting more and more interested in listening to Christ and His Apostles in the fields, squares, cities, towns and villages. Such were the state of affairs in Judea at the commencement of the Christian era, that human life was more sacred in the eyes of Roman governers and judges than in the eyes of Jewish high priests, scribes and Pharisees. The common people are always influenced by common sense when not influenced and mesmerized by deri- calism and political trickery. As soon as the Christian Church commenced to be of some importance the elders began to exercise spiritual government over the laity. In course of time, different grades of clergy were instituted, and the great aim was to emulate the Jewish high priests, and to be as powerful particularly as the judge- priest and king-maker, Samuel, who may justly be called a Jewish Pope. A spurious work called "Apostolic Constitutions" was written for the purpose of raising the power and prestige of the bishops, — who in this work were called "Gods on earth," " fathers of the faithful," "judges in Christ's stead/* and " media- tors between God and man." When the Roman Emperors professed Christianity, although they still retained the dignity of high priest (Pontifiex Maximus) they endeavored to in- crease the dignity of the bishops before the common people. Some emperors were so unwise and infatuated as to confide the education of their children to the bishops, the natural cojisequence of which was that these children were educated r I tlominaUy in the fear of God, but really into submisdtoii to the bishops, and we need not wonder that as early as the day! of the Emperor Constantine, Bishop Geovtius of Tripblis de* manded that the Empress should rise, bow before. him s.nd receive his benediction. The Protestant Bishops of modern times would have ' liked very much to achieve such eminence also. The grand aim of the bishops always Jias been to remove all state inter** ference in church matters, and if possible to subject the state to the church. Bishop Ambrosius of Milan commenced to inaugurate this movement in a very bold manner by excom- municating the Emperor Theodosius. Some of the weaker emperors were silent and succumbed to these attacks of the clergy, and the common people, seeing the meekness of their dreaded emperors, naturally came to the conclusion that the bishops must be supernatural beings, and in some places they were received with the evangelical " Hosanna'' Thus in- creased the arrogance of the clergy from year to year ; and in the year 341 the Synod of Antioch forbade clei^men to refer any clerical matters to the emperor without permission from their bishop. The lower orders of the clergy were more and more oppressed, and the Synod of 361 abolished tine rural bishops who formerly had possessed equal rights wiC the town-bishops. The common saying that one crow doei- not blacken another's eyes could not be applied in their case. They not only hacked out each other's eyes, but they also chopped off each other's heads, whenever they could. AH sorts of dissensions arose, and over the mqst ridicul- ous and trivial theological controversies, the world was filled with strife and bloodshed. The Second Church Convention at Ephesus in 449 has been named the Convention of Mur^ „ derers, because here the mad priests and monks, sword In hand, forced the acceptance of such creeds and dogmas as they thought good. Pride, avarice, and the desire to govfern had taken such root in the hearts of these (so-called) Christian priests that it quenched every spark x>f Christian love, an4 ..i^j ?!, ¥ iE9ii^ ao^ -ii.' "«««4»*«»f*5«.i«.:- r^^^.. -*j«i^.jEfeft«at .(,>«"■ noyed at Peter that tie called hiiti a SaUn (Matt f6, i0 Prtti, who it is certain lived in Rome and suflfertd niartyrdoffl under Nero, between the^ears 6&4S, has written severil' ^ epistles from Rome to different Christian communities, and^ although he mention»the names of several whom he said weie his help-mates and friends in Rome, strange to say he has not one Word to say about Peter. No wonder the Popes are afraid the people will renounce Popery if they are sallowed to read the Bible. If, however, Peter had been in Rome, and had during 15 years been the pastor of a number of poor and persecuted Christians, does it follow that the suroequeht bishops of Rome had a right during all subsequent ages to treat people, kings and emperors Tike vagabonds. They might without objection have called themselves successors m Peter or Paul if they had been at least as modest and unaii- suming as these two disciples of Christ. Fortunately for die Popes it is not known where Peter died, and they, therefOi^, invented a touching story without any historical foundadbh. regarding his death. According to this story Paul as a Roman citizen was simply beheaded, but the Jew, Peter, was scoui^ed and then crucified, head downwards, which he de- sired according to the legend out of modesty and in distinc- tion from the crucifixion of Christ. The credit for having founded the Christian comi:nunity at Rome belongs undoubtedly to Paul and not to Peter. The Popes, however, begin their time with Peter. After him.cotnes a number of names which have partly been inserted for the purpose of filling in gaps. The early history of the RomsUt bishops IS more obscure than even the history of the Roman kings. It would be useless to mention more than a few of tkcijsi. No lime of despots in Europe, Asia or Africa presents sUch terrible monsters as the Hne of Popes, calling themselves vice- gerents of God, on earth. But no matter how far they Went In' their cruelty and terrorism, the eyes of tiie igfiorant inasaea^ would not be opened. Princes and pe<^e allowed. Ihfsiiiselvis to be tefiodzed i^ these wicked prodigies, aai#i^'ii9^toi§ ^'i-. 1L..-S-. A' in return to kiss their feet. The Popes up to the present day are exercising a right which was never given them by any one. It is only through an unheard of impudence and the cleverest abuse of the ignorance of the masses, that they have put themselves in possession of what they call their rights. The first Roman bishop of whom we know that he wanted to.be more than his colleagues was Victor (192-201). He de- manded that all Christians should eat the faster lamb on the day of the Ressurrection of Christ, as it was done in Rome, and not on the Jewish Passover, at which time Christ ate it. This was about the only thing of importance done by this Pope ; and this was not consented to by* the other bishops outside of Rome. After the Roman emperors professed Christianity, the position of bishop of Rome became very desirable ; so much so, that the heathen governor of Rome, Praetestatus, said, ** Make me Bishop of Rome and I will immediately be- come a Christian." The aspirants to this position often fought bloody battles, in which hundreds of partizans lost their lives. Piety and holiness had by this time long ceased to exist among the Roman bishops, and we find m the (so-called) apostolic chair, a long line of murderers and adulterers, which leads to Gregory I. 590-604, The first to claim the title of universal bishop, was John the Patriarch of Constantinople. In opposing the claim of his rival to superiority, Gregory, the bishop of Rome,- left on record the testimony that the first one who would claim to himself that title was the Anti-christ spoken of in the New Testament. . In the seventh century when the church was on the verge of returning to paganism in practice while professing Christianity, Mahomet arose. There is no doubt that the religion which Mahomet taught was a great deal purer and more sensible than the paganism which passed under the name of Christianity at that time. Mahomet taught the doctrine that there was only one God, who rules the universe and that the best wayto worship that one God was by virtuous actions, "'9'''^'SfS^ssm'-fri^mmimv ' j^ -t>ti<'«mifS!r-Brr..irmxcmmanders of tlw Fiench army, and to the whole people of Fran(»i Grace unio you, and p^ce be muktpHed I am the Apostle Peter to whom it^^as said, Thou art Petr>, and upon this rock, &a, Feed my sheep, &c. As ail l^is was said to me in particular, all who hearken to me and obey my exhortations, may persuade theniaelves, and firmly believe that their sins are forgiven tfaem« and that they will be admitted^ cleansed from all guilt into ever- lasting life. Hearken, therefore, to me, to me Peter^ ther Apostle and servant of Je^s Christ ; and since I have pre- ferred you to att the nations of the earth, hasten I breech and conjure you, if you <»re to be cleansed from your sins and to earn an eternal rewardi hasten to the relief of my city, of my church, of the people committed to my care, ready to fall into the^ hands of the wicked Lombards, their merciless enemies. It has pleased the Almlgaty that my body should rest in this dty ; the body that has suffered for the cause of Chnst such exquisite torments: and can you, my most CMstian sons, stand by unconcerned and see it insuKed by the most wicked of nations ? No, let it never be said, and it will, I hope, never be said, that I, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, that my apostolic church, the foundation of the faith, that my flock, recommended to^you by me and my vicar, have trusted in you but trusted in vain. . Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, joins in earnestly entreating, nay commands you to hasten, to run, to fly to the relief of my favorite people reduced aimost to the la^ ga^, and jBalltflg in that extremity night and day upon heraod^pQiltBie. The thrones and the domintpns/the frin.- ■9Mmm%'^ii>-:^.' ^vJjA.. ^J^&^liJAir^^^ . Wy^ "TJ, ( 1" T^p «l in «4. ■' / -^ ■ ■•T.' •■^M * 'i>i i%i^Etbrs and tfie poiiMrs,jmd the wiid0aiM^e^< li^^iiAilittt^^y^ together with us, not to ddiay^ihut fo wiAf i^ pckffimle speed, and*rescu^ my chosen flcK^/rom jtw^of 1^ rdvening wolves ]%ad)r to devour them^^ li.^ vkar might, in this extremity, have recun«dafldi^ in vah?, tO'other nations ; but with me the French are,; mi ever have been, the fir^t, the best atid the most deserving c^ ill ; ' iialiQpnsy and I would not suffer the reward, the exoeedtng gfeat reward, that ts reserved in this and in the other n^orii^^ for those who- shall deliver my people to be earned by ai^oHMc,"' This remarkable piece of fraud had the desiied eftsst. P^in marched across the Alps and installed Stephni m tlve temporal power, and threatened 'the Lombards wim dire ven- geance if tftey should again attempt to dispute- the: i%ht of th^ pop^ to jthe temporal power. The hisfory c^ thi popiBS du. ing the stibsequent seven centmes belongs to tlie dark 9^ It w^ dark in every sensQ of the word. The hlstcny ni crin. ) committed uivler the- cloak of religiini would ^11 tibou- sane i of large vdumes; We can only ^ refer briefly to te p^; icutions of the Waldenses. The crimie <^ these noble ■miei eonst^ed in repudiating the au^ority of tiie pop^ Jmy oth " crime can be tolerated by Rome, but to refuse tti submit to the aui^iority of the Vatican imposter. The BicmiiniGaai order of monks was founded especially to subdue tlie Wal- denses l^ any means. The were first shadowed hy inqui^tors, several were burned at the stake. When the princes In whose dominions these men were discovered, refused to sanction the wholesale system of extermination ordered by Rome, the monks went on a preaching tour through Europe asking for volunteers to engage in the holy work of exterminating the, Waldenses. An army of murderers was soon collected and marched into the provinces where most of the Waldeilses wel^e found. This- was the time that the famons maxim ''^Na fai^ to be kept v*m>i heretics" was first promulgated. When ^ oope's legate was asked how would they know^tiie^rtfde iiMr t^e^^f^} ifl a ceftf^n dtjftrictt The l^te gave t^^p^sflef^ . If'.r^ ■!, \ *.f.i aB.. H m'-'.-*^ P'' m il^ fwn." Rome was m^ie Kelifii of its pov^er at the time of Luther. Every one has heard x>f Tetzel and his indulgences. t^ The impostor of the Vatican has now lost his power ; he has no army of his own, and before any more French troops can get to Rome to instal the pope again in his much coveted temporal power they have a terrible battte to fight with Germans, Italians and Austrians. Loiig may the memory of Gari)>aldi, Victor Emmanuel, and Gavazzi be kept green. They have broken the claws of the vulture and the teeth of the hyena. The hyena may moan the scarcity of carcasses to tear and devour, and the want of teeth to tear them even if she got them. God, Jehovah, still reigns, and the Waldenses may now sing praises on the top of the Alps, and the Italian may read his Bible, and all that the bloody inquisitor can do is to grin and bear it The cannon of King Humbert, the worthy suc- cessor of Victor Emanuel, keep the devil's head-agent on earth in good behavior. ^ In England and Scotland the overthrow of Popery was succeeded by a system of priest-craft and King-craft com- bined, the most cruel and despotic that ever cursed any nation. Protestantism was supposed to have the "right "of private judgment," as an article in its creed, yet we find the finest specimens of humanity that England and Scotlandever pro- duced, the Puritans and Covenanters, dragged to black dun- geons, for no other crime than worshipping God according to the dictates of their consciences. We have the mournful spec- tacle to this very day of men liflying great stress upon the doctrine of the historical episcopate, getting $5o,cxx> a year and they seriously state that the taking away of these enor- mous salaries from them will endanger the existence of Chris- tianity. * No wonder that the masses should rise in rebellion against such a system. The history of Ireland is an everlas- ting blot upon English episcopacy. The poor Irish tenants oppressed as they were by landlords of a different race from .*-v *■ 1 % t «■ i r^': TJ _, >:,' "'" ^s •o- m- i. f. ^^^^ .■'..*-:; ^iliPI9clyes,, had to pay tithes to these pretended, follower^ S ^^fi^E^efe and Jowly Carpenter of Galil^ • °^**:* ill Scotland the peopie no sooner threw off Qie yoke oif episcQpacy than they were oppressed by ^ established system of ^resbyterianism. The most useless sons of the Scotch gentry were forced upon the people as pastors/ till the^ people threw off the yoke under leadership of Erskine and Chalmers. John Wesley led a Jai^e body of pious men out of the chiirchof England, but before icx> years elapsedi we have the pitiful spectacle of the Methodist churches turned into music halls and concert roofns. Evidently the vast masses of the people now look upon the churches as entertainment societies. Then the Y. ^f. C. A. arose, and they did some good work for a little while, but they too commenced to find christian work . pure«and simple as dry and uninviting, so they must needs combine gymnasiums, swimming baths, &c., &c., with evange- lical work to keep the work from getting tiresome. * The following temperance tract wis refused admisstoh into the Montreal Y, M. C. A. Record, though it was to be put in and paid for at advertising rates. ,^ ADVERTISEMENT OF AN HONEST RUM-SELLER AS IT SHOULD BE I Friends and Neighbors : — ^^Having just opened a comiho- dious shop for the sale of " Liquid Fire." I embrace this early opportunity of informing you that, on Saturday next, I shall commence the business of making drunkards, paupers and beggars, for the sober, industrious, and respectable por^ tion of the community to support. 1 shall deal in ^^ familiar spirits " which will excite men to deeds of riot, robbery and blood ; and by so doing dimi- nish the comforts, augment the expenses, and^* endanger the welfare " of the community. I will undertake^ at a short notice, for a small sum> aii^i with great expedition, to " prepare victinis " for the Asyliiims, -<*• > m /i , »»?f r-* Out, Poor Houses, the Prisons and the Gallows^ ^ twiUfumhh an article whkh will increase IM li^^ti^ of Mai accidents, initltiply the number of dikressii^cil^Eies and render those which are harmless incurable. * ' ; I shall deal in Drugs, -which, will deprive sonw c^ llfee many of reason, most of property, and all of peace; which will diuse the fathers to become fiends, wtv^ widows;, chil- dren, orphans and all mendicants. ' / will cause many of the rising generation to grow up in ignorance, and prove a burden and nuisance to the nation. I will cause mothers to forget t^r ^^(^iVr^, and chitelly to take the place of love, I ivill sometimes even corrupt the ministers of religion, oh* struct the progress of the Gospel, defile the purity of .the church, and cause temporal, spiritual, and eternal death f and; if any should be so impertinent as to ask why I have the au- dacity^ to bring such accumulated misery upon a compara* tively happy people, my honest reply is, " money *\ The, Spirit Trade is Lucrative, and some professing Christians give it their cheerful countenance. I have a Licetise ; and, if I do not bring these evils upon you, somebody else will. I live in a Land of Liberty. I have purchased the RIGHT to ABOLISH the charac- ter, destroy the health, shorten the lives, and ruin the souls of those who choose to honor me with their custom. I pledge myself to do all I have herein promised. Those who wish any of the evils above specified brought upon themselves or their dearest friends, are requested to meet me at my "Bar" where I will, for a few cents, furnish them with the certain means of doing so. « * « • • « 4c Not content with all the different denominations and organizations already in existence, another one has sprang tip all of a sudden, calling itself the "Young People's Society ?V,-K r n • ->; t <^J^br^tbii Eiuieavour.^' This name is veiy suggestive, tt ^tiiimsLny thing it me^ns that there are other member^ of ^e caurckes to which these young darHngs l^elong that do not "endeavour" to do ahy christian work. Their own en- deavpr largely <:onsists in repeating something they hc^rd from others at their r^ular meetings. This new society suits some of the young ladies and their beaux better than the Yv M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., inasmuch as these two older and more useful institutions have not the same advantagfes for seeing each other home as the new society of C. £. offers. For my owil part I wish W. C. T. U., the Y. W. G. A. and Y. M. C. A., all success, but the more J know of this last started society, the less I like it . The public is already familiar with the discussion that arose from the views of the secretary of the C E. S. about Sunday trains. I insert the following extract from the Wif- n^ss which speaks for itself — Montreal '* Daify Witness'' March 34, 1898. /A D.) "MONTREAL '93." ADVANCE GLIMPSE OF THE GREAl: C. E. CONVENTION. Important and interesting quarterly meeting of the Montreal Union, '" "The minds of the Endeavorers at the quarterly meeting in Chalmers Church, last night, were full of the coming Con- vention. A momentary digression was made for the relega- tion to oblivion of the Sunday train gossip, which was laid at rest with emphasis. . . ^ ** Mf. G. Lighthall, the other committeeman in question, declared that no one could be more earnest in the belief in the Lord's day being sacred to the Lord's uses. He then read the following : *' I would like to make a statement of faf:t There has becA ift gfeat deal of misunderstanding and misrepr^aiiUi;tion '^1 M%^^ w,^^ ft , Id •^I will not sa^ that it is wilful-r-conceming this n^hcdiiifikhr^ ahd I think that the best and clearest way of showing things to the' members of the Christian Endeavor Society, and the Christian public in general, is to give a clear and concise sta- tement of all that has anything to do with the case. ''^In the first place, allow me to say that Mr Alfred Graf- ton has not and never had any personal connection with the affair beyond his connection as one of the members of the Committee of '93. His name has been unwarrantedly a ttached to the matter. "In the next place, I totally deny the statement that the Committee of '93, or any of its members, requested the Grand Trunk or any other railway to run trains upon the Sunday of the Convention. The simple facts, however, are/ as follows : — " Some time ago, about the latter end of January, I had an interview with Mr. Bell, the assistant general passenger agent of the Grand Trunk Railway, with reference to the arrangement of special rates upon suburban trains for the delegates to the convention. After this business had been completed, I said to Mr. Bell, ** I have another matter to speak about, but I cannot do so as a member of the '93 Qpm-. mittee. I simply wish to know"^ whether you think that it is probable that the Grand Trunk woi^ be willing to run trains upon the Sundays of the convention to accommodate those of the Endeavorers who might desire to make use of them to reach the convention from suburban points. I do not wish this to be understood as a request either by myself or by the committee In the matter. I am simply asking for in- formation, as the matter involves a principle too important for me to deal with alone," Mr Bell said that he would re- ply, which I requested him to do to me personally, but not officially. I received later on a letter from Mr Power, the General Passenger agent, stating that they were willing to furnish a Sunday service on that particular day. The follow- -m .T i ' •y-Z-, *«6i'^ ■t ^^fliieaiflg^ Feb. lo, I brought this letter and the whole nn^tner before the committee of 1893, explaining to them my cenvmation with Mr. Bell in fulVand stating that he had^ gone father beyond what I asked him for ; that I did not ask or request a service, but simply asked for information before bringing the matter up before the committee. The committee entirely supported me, and said I had done nothing wrong. After due consideration, however, we unanimously came to the conclusion that, we could not ask the railways to run Sunday trains, and I was consequently directed, as secretary of the committee, to notify the Grand Trunk to that effect. » The next day, Feb. 11, I wrote (he letter and took it myself to Mr Bell^ and told him this was thd dictum of the *93 committee, and that we could not act differently. I did not request the Grand Trunk or any other road to run Sunday trains. The manager of the G. T. R. was not seen. Tasked for information and nothing more. The committee of '93 did not ask the roads to run any Sunday trains, and stated to them explicitly that they could not do. so. The committee have supported me personally through- out the whole thing, o * Mr Lighthall also remarked upon the culpable conduct of those who had circulated the misrepresentations, which, at this critical time in the preparations for the Convention, were calculated to do serious injury." SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. Not very long ago I glanced over the Record of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and came across the interes- ting item of $30.00 from Mr. Dawes, the brewer of Lachine. Every year the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church pass resolutions denouncing the liquour traffic, yet they ac- cept the money earned from this cursed traffic for church purposes. They are getting so used to the church of RbnKe ~ '\i J-V"- iloi^ tk^t tliey fcaye iiotliing 16 say against it T^hey iliAi' p^e in a while for some outsider like Sam Jones^ ^•Ir Moody or Talmi^e, but Father Chtni^uy, the greatest ana most honoured . servant of God Canada ever produced, Is back ^nd forth here for the last six yeairs to my knoWk^ge, Ind they are afraid to give him the use of their thtirch#ib They spend millions of money to convert the heathen, but the worst system of heathenism that ever cursed the work! is right here in our midst aiid it does not trouble them in the least. A poor priest leaveis the Church of Rome and gets married and they cannot help him. Half a million can easily be found for some popular movement, but poor Martin they pass him by on the other side. Not very long ago, I was almost thunderstruck on hear- ing a memorial service rearf^ in Crescent St Presb3rterian, on the occasion of the erection of two stained glass windows, costing, I am told, in the neighbourhood of $2000.00^ crystal- ized sugar. How long, O Lord ! wilt thou 'Suflfer oppression in the form of tariffs, popery, state churches and llquour traflic to exist. During the last general election, I was told to go to Gleng^ny to give a hand in the elections. Before f was there very long I was told that the Papists would go against Major McLennan if/ 1 would not return to MoiitreaL r did not return to Montreal, however, till the elections were ov«r. Whether any Romanists voted J^ainst fiig Rory be- ca^use my sympathies were for him I do not know, I do not believe they did. I got many a sting in my life that tends to inake me bitter sometimes and that was one of them. I once had an argument witii a Papist on Gla^ow Green, in referring to the martyrdom of Wishart and Hamilton, my exponent disputed the iact and demanded an authentic au- t^rity. I gave Sir Walter Scott's History of Scotland and fdiedgfd: myself tp produce Sir Walter at the next ^iscus^. .'? m- •' 'M Is ' ■"^- ' ' e, ^? J -IK J* ltp«^ $1i0 edttioQ I jpfoducial 1^ ^_ clii% liy opponent indsted thiat Sir Waltqr^id ik>t wil^ IIms bopk it all, because it was printed after his dei^. - I was once at Pakenham, Ontario^ dmring the Scoli Act j^itatioh. The nim8eller> friends quoted PauPs .«lvke to Ttmbthy and the miracle of Cana in GaHUee. I offeie^ $$.PQ for a glass of wine made from pure water without NS^ny adulteration and $100.00 for a sight of any rumseller or moderate drinker that could prove to me that h^ had thie same disease as Timothy. The rummies got wild and ix^nted to run me out of the place. They would not iirgue any longer with me on the question THE SCHOOL QUESTION. The most positive proof 6f the coming decline and fall of the present Protestant ecclesiastical systems on ^e Conti- nent of America, is the public sentiment that is increasing" with such rapid strfdes in favour of common public scho<^ without a Bible or any kind of religion. To the credit of the Roman Catholics, be it said, that while the so-called Pro- testants wish to keep God and the Word of God out of the schools, the Roman Catholics and the Lutherans are thjB only ones who seem to have any faith in the religion which they profess. It used- to be considered as a fundamental ar- ticle of the Protestant faith that the right of private judg- ment should be respected. In the established churdies of England, Scotland and Ireland it was held aS a theory but ignored In practiee. The^ Protestant Dissenters of England, Ireland and Scot- land were the only ones that ever carried out the principle of private judgment in practice as well as theory. Free- thinkers, like Romanists, English Episcc^alians, Scotch Auld Kirk Presbyterians, advocate brute force to day, as sure%. as^^ the heathen and Papal governments of Rome durii^the eras IM?evtomto Christiani^ as well as the era of the ditt4cl^[eiM vm m Freethtnkers and Agnditics would force believers in the Bt|rf« ^ to do without it if tihey could. Freethinkers would bum all the Bibles on the Continent of America if they were strong enough to do it Protestant ministers fold their hands con£ placently and look quietly on,- while a system of education which lays aside the oldest and best text book in theworld out- side of the school curriculum is advocated. According tfi the modern school theory, children are far more profitably engaged in reading stories of Jack the Giant Killer, Old Mother Hub- bard, Mother Shipton and Whittington and his Cat, and so forth, than they are in reading the beautiful stories of Joseph, Moses, Samuel, Daniel, Elijah, John the Baptist, and Christ and his Aj^ostles. The Bible alone even when it is read to peo- ple who cannot read it themselves, has done a thousand times more in one year to change bad men and women to good men and women, than all the learning of Egypt, Babylon, Greece, Rome, modern Europe and America put together has ever done or ever will do. Nations without the Bible rise and fall, but where the Bible is read and its teachings are followed out, peace and happiness and good will to man is found. Furthermore, those who believe in the Bible to-day, are the only ones that respect the sacred rights of man to bring up his children as his conscience tells hitn. The mere art of reading and writing is not education. The man or the woman who is taught from the Bible to fear God and keep His commandments, even if he or she cannot read or write is far better educated, and therefore far more useful in society than the dude or so-called lady, whose educa- tion made them more accomplished in the arts of hypocrisy. Show me a truthful man, an honest man, a man who is ready to help others, and diligent in his own calling, and I will show you a man who is far better educated, even if he cannot read or write, than the lazy loafer who can draw a good sketch or read musjc at sig^t, biit wip wpiild not move his lazy body to .1 - iiitp his^tieiighbors out of trouble. Tliat cursed old theoryof uiiiformity has lately been revived with a vengeance. One school and one language, they say, is a sine qua nan for the building up of a great nation. A more absurd and abomina- ble theory is not possible to be imagined. This is simply a revival of the old cursed doctrine of uniformity that caused the slaughter of the Waldenses, the Massacre, of St. Bartholo- mew, the wars of the Covenanters, Royalists, Jocobites, &c., in England, Ireland and Scotland^ It is true that Popery taught to the children ip school is source ff danger and menace to the country^ still we must admit the right of :eveiy citizen to look after his own children as long as he is able and willing to do so. The most extraor- dinary feature of the whole affair is to hear the very same parties suppOrtingvthe Jesuits, Sir* John Thompson for premier, and advocating a system of education in Manitoba, which all Sir Jonn Thompson's co-religionists oppose. If we are ever to get rid of Popery we must begin to break the connection in some other way. All private correspondence with the Vatican should be seized. All money collected in this country for the Vatican should be seized. No Papal zouave should be appointed as recorder or chief of police. No Papist should be a member of the cabinet unless he has publicly repudiated the infallibility or .temporal power of the pope. The pope is an imposter of the worst kind, and all his bulls, encyclicals, should be publicly burned, by the common hangman. There is no use to expect Popery to be abolished while people say they respect the servants of a fraudulent system. In my heart I have no more respect for a priest of Rome than 1 have for a gambler or rumsellen .They are three of a kind. THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSIONS. " There was a time, when an educat;ed ministry was a blessing to the people, inasmuch as the pulpit was a great flucational institution, and the minister out of Uie pulpit was light to the people. Now the people are ahead of the jHdpit i'^'^ ^M^ ^.^ r ih flW^ mpteto. While tlio Mople am ^mq^ioysillR 4Mifiil work, the most learned of tlie ministers aie waiticig aH their gas and wind tiylng to find out who wrote the'fivvlioiM^ 6f Moses» who wrote the Prophecies of Isaiah, or dlK«Miii|^ whether the fMress should be admitted while If iniilefii^Aiiiiir ciations are discussing Sunday trains, tiiealrcs and ^ abdil* tion of the liquor traffic, all this while aceepthig the brewers' contributions for the schemes of the church. : =^ :~ Now, the question arises what is the remec^? and the answer is always the same. "Dracharge tibe imfal&ifitl hire- lings who are feeding themselves insleid of feillhig the flocks.*' Instead of Ministers getting.' $SOoaoo a yeak^, and spending fabulous sums on stained^lase wlndows^^organs and trained choirs, organise simple Bible reading societiis Halite Psalms, hymns and Gospel songs dian«be MWgr wllh ^ heart and understanding, and not for the ttdm^ jMHpese of tickling the ears with combination of sounds Without any meaning to an ordinary mortal. A FEW GOOD MEN LEFT. While the outlook through the continent of Atiierfca ki general is anything but cheering, we have some consolation at least in knowing that there are still a few sUlwart standard bearers left, and that where they are veiy mudi ne^ied, the city of Montreal. It has been my lot to come across many cham- pions of the truth as contained in the Bible, in Scotluid atid Canada, and amon^ them all, I know of no one for whom I have more respect than Father Chiniquy and Principal • McVicar. Principal McVicar on every occasion is to the front in the cause of temperance and Protestant liberty. The whole staff of the Presbyterian College (with ofte exception) are ster- ling men. Dr. Barbour of the Congregational College, and Dr. Douglass of the Methodist College, I admire, as I do also Dr. Hunter, Dr. Williams, Revs. Mr. Fleck of Knox, and Mr. Mowat of Etskine Church, Mr. Nichols of St Mark's, Mr. Dixon of St JudeVr Dr. Wyld of Toronto, in head and shoulders •Zki 4, the hti^ thie and and file of any hi hdand him. There are a few of the §mm flMnisMi In Ottawa, hut whose names I have forgotten. Dr. Uik^Katy I henoun iait I would like to hear htmcome out more boldly against Romanism and the cursed liquour traAc;, as he do^ nffhtly against the so-tailed higher critics. The Miher critics of the Smith, Briggs, Dodds and Campbell schocS I despise as contemptible hypocrites, who are underminiog Chris- tianity, while eating fat of the ofierings thi^ oiight: to be given iii the form of dollars and cents to worthier iniea To these men, I would only give twelve hours' nMpt io iNick up and ^ Th^ rightly belong to the IngerscsM and Huxley gang, Fediapslam doing Ingersoll and Huxley an injustiqc uy connecting their names with these imposlers. Huxley and Ingersoll would scorn to act so mean and contemptible a part as tidbite the hand thatfeeds them. The Briggs, Smith, Dodds and C^a»pbell crowd may more justiy bis compai^ tp the snake in iEsop^s Fables, that t]M old farmer took to his house to warm, and commenced to hiss and attempt to sting the members of the famtty. Dr. Shaw of Montreal, I despise as unworthy of the name pf Protestant, inasmuch as he opposed my humble efforts in aidvocating the rights of the poor oppressed Protes- tant Indians of Oka. AU honor to Mr. Maudsley who always stands by them. Here is something that ought to Interest the Seminary of St. Sulpice : REWARD OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS. I. A tiDS REWARD io iarty Iloniafi^* tholic who shall produce iai text to prove that St. Peter had no wife, *. « 4. A THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD to any Roman Ca- tholic who shall ' produce a text to prove that priests ought not to marry. 5. A THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD to any Roman Ca- tholic who shall produce a text to prove that we ought to pray to the dead, or for the dead. y 6. A THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD to any Roman Ca- tholic who shall produce a text 'to prove that there are more Mediators than one. 7. A THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD to any Roman^ Ca- tholic who shall produce a text to prove that St Peter was. Bishop of Rome. 8. A THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD to any Roman Ca- tholic who shall produce a text to prove that the Virgin Mary can save us. . 9. A THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD to any Roman Ca- tholic who shall produce a text to prove that the Church of Rome is the -oldest Church. 10. A THOVJSAND POUi^lDS REWARD to any Roman Ca- tholic who shall produce a text to prove that the Pope of Rome is the Vicar of Christ, or the successor of St. Peter. In all TEN THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD, tO any one who shall produce the required texts of Scripture. " Search the Scriptures" " Christ is all and in all" Drummond's Tract Depot, Stirling, SCOTLAND. ,V1 Here are the letters of Cardinal Taschereau and Arch- bishop Fabre to Louis Martin, the ex-priest, conspiring to make him run away from his wife. Both should have been in the penitentiary instead of living in palaces : ^\k !<•* iij •% Ca* Ca- more FIRST LETTER QF THE CARDINAL-ARCH- BISHOP OF QUEBEC — Archbishop's House, April 22nd, 1890. I have neither forgotten nor despised you, as you seem to believe from your letter of yesterday. The veiy day! re- ceived your first letter, I forwarded it to my Lord the Archbi- shop df Montreal^ begging of him that he would take you un- der his protection since you were in his diocese. A few days later, he replied that he was occupied about your affair and that he would do all in his power to take you out of the abyss and provide for the wants of your family. I will tell you frankly, that your second letter grieved me very niuch on account of the threat^ it contained; Think of it seriously, my dear friend, your, eternal salva- tion is %t stake, and you should know that if you are obliged to make some sacrifices to take the road of heaven, you must riot hesitate. Go and see my Lord Fabre and I am sure he will do all in his power. Yours truly in Christ. E. A CARD. TASCHEREAU, Arch. vOf Quebec. FIRST LETTER.OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF MONTREAL: ^ Archbishop's House, April 26th 1890. My dear Sir^ I will receive you willingly to help you in your projects to return to the Church. I will be at home on Monday even- ing, and probably the remaining days of the weielc, with the exception of Wednesdaj'' night and the whole of Thursday. I have also to go and give confirmation in the country on Fri- day morning. \ am exposed to go out frequently at this time of the year for the parochial visits, but I do not foresee any other absence for the next week. Come as soon as pos- sible ; the sooner the better. I am your devoted servant, t EDOUARD CH., Arch. Qf Montreal sbgone» tMrimL oar 7he cardinal '...rl: -r^f Sir, BrSHQF OF QUEBEC Your letter.of the 8th inst. having informed me thil |i^ Lord of Montreal wckild^ give me soihe informatioiil^ about your state and dispositional oug^t to defer my answer ttlt to- day. t)o hot let yourself be discouraged by ti» difficulties you have to meet with. God permits it to give you a tliartlse to deserve the special graces you are in need of. ^ Qki expH in vobis opus bonum, perficiet us&tu tM dit^ CAHsti /esu.(FhiUp 1,6.) • Esto fidelis usque ad fnertem it dahp tibi cor&nafn vita. (Apoc. 2. lO). ^ i?: i J - Qutcertat in Agone non cortmalntur^ nisi Ugitinu cetiar verit. (2 Tim. 2. 5). ^ Qu^ persederaverit usque in finemy hie s€dvus erit, (Mat 10. 22.) ' Who then can be dearer to you than Jesus Christ wh nevertheless, tha ,<• J. i-x- «»> my bout *fi •#- 3--j^J cv* i<.>i c^itiout pioiisiv 1^ ex#riE;i9cs«^ yoif i«te(at BIMic IllllJh^fig aff )rou c^n, ^ ofie caiinpt take |bo many (Mrecsati- Iture temptations. ir^ 4isa{$>earanqs has; pat the Pitx^stants in a Sutter, > ri related your history in their p^n way^ They piAf aietter ^at was adressed to you by a Father FosneU, C. it. iTiis letter was probably reqsivedl after yoiir d^ar- ture< Through it they could acquire the conviction that you weie thii|king of it since some time. Soj^e of ^em infer from diat, that they will not see you again, al^ that you have returned to your Churchy They are going to take all the nwans in ^eir power to find you, at least for some tima It is for you to take the proper measures to put them out of liie scent. * I hope they have no suspicion about the place you have chosea in this moment, examine seriously your soul, and see what you must do to save it Do not be afrafd of the sacri^ fic^ It is a great fid^ity to God that will enable you to hope you wiU obtain grace for you and for the unhappy one who fc^lowed you in the abyss. God cannot resist a fervent . prayer. The Holy Virgin Mary and St. Anne, patron of the Brittons, will be of a great help to you if you invoke them. It will be impossible for the sisters to call again at your house. They will not be received. Fjray with confidence and keep up your courage, but also have a nrm will. I am your devoted servant, t EDOU ARD CM., Arch, of Montreal. J" if JH:SUITS IN AMERICA. It is no^nsual tksng to see alter the name of a Ronuui Om^Hc ecdestastic, the letters *< S. J.," whkli signiify iSiat he is a Jesuit or member of t|i6 $o"»"l 'V'' f534 ; eonfditioniaUy sanctioned l^ the bull of Pope Paul ilJ^^. September 25th, 1540; unconditionally approve b^Mil^^^ f 1543 ; and sending out its missionaries and establishing, its • agencies and college in Spain in r546, Japan in 1 549, Abyssi- nia in 1557, England in 1580, China in 1584, and in Arherica and Asia before 1556; has had a most troubled existence, and has in some way succeeded in winning a vast amount of ill-will of both rulers and people. For their crimes, intrigues, and conspiracies, the Jesuits* have been banished from various countries again a.nd again, as will be seen by the following table, compiled from A SItort Sketch of the Jesuits ^ also from the Encylopoedia of Chronology^ by B. B, Woodward and Wm. L. R. Gates, and from other trustworthy authorities. The Jesuits were expelled frpm in Sargossa LaFalinterre Vienna Avignon Antwerp, Portugal, &c. England England again England England Japan Hungary and Transylvania " Bordeaux The whole of France, Holland Touron and Berne England again England " Denmark, Venice, &c. Venice again Amura, Japan Bohemia Moravia Naples and Netherlands Chma and India Turkey Abyssinia '555 1558 1566 1570 1578 1579 1581 1584 1586 1587 1588 1^89 1594 1596 1597 1602 1604 1606 1612 1613 1618 1619 1622 1623 1628 1632 All Christendom, by Bull of Qement XIV. July 21 in Russia France again Canton, Grisson Naples again France " Moscow, St Petersburg and Canton, Soleure Belgium Brest (by the people) Russia, again Spain, " Rouen Cathed'l, by people " Belgium schools ^ France, 8 colleges closed ** Great Britain and Ireland *' France again From entering Saxony Portugal Spain again ' Rheims (by the people) . From entering Lucerne Lucerne again France ** Switzerland I< (I II u (I (( (( (( 1773 1776 1804 1804 1810 1816 I8I6 I8I8 I8I9 1820 1820 1825 1826 1828 1829 I83I I83I 1834 1835 1838 1842 1845 1845 1847 '■■tiV m'WM ^^;iiaim • , ^ ih fa*"^ JP"' ' 'JKt|S8i|l ,|^my^ ^- 'f ^ P"- fatigwy '' enea V:.:-:,i • Poii%al, Sep. 3rd. Prohibited in France 6hcie ' 1 ; " France again ntof J I, Sp^iii^ colonies and Sicilies' and Naples Parma and Malta in 1634 1723 1724 1733 1759 1762 1764 Bavariji and Oenolt inn Papal States by Pius IX. Sardinia, Vienna,Austria **^ 184]$ 1767 1768 Several Italian States Sicily again Spain " Guatemala Switzerland German Empire France again (( (i tt ti tt ti 1859 i860 1868 1871 1871 1872 1880 These are the gentlemen, polite, polished, and trained, the spies, the vassals, the sworn minions of a foreign despot, who, having been kicked out of all Catholic countries again and again by popes, princes and kings, both Catholic and Protestant, now swarm into England and America, and under jthe protection which the influence of an open Bible gives to lli^nest men, are proceeding to destroy the public schools, debfiuch the government, and work the mischief which has ever been their legitimate business. We shall see how these"" birds of night will bear the light of day. ■■■'?irfi:.,:*>i^-. :■■*.■ '-i-r:: CRIME AND IMMORALITY. A corresppndent of the English Churchman furnisher the. following statislics, copied from a papal source, \\z.\^^ Uamico di CasayAimaf$ip&PjOpulare'* Published at Turin. BIRTHS. Illegitimate. Legitimate. 3,207 . 24^ 9»707 2 1-19 1,833 ^n ii76o I 10,360 I 3,160 I Rome therefore, as regards the standard of illegitimacy, ^ts six times worse than PariSy and sixty-six times worse than London. In relation to murders the statistics are equally unfavo- rable. Here they are taken from the same sourqe : Legitimate. London 75,097 Paris - 19,921 Brussels 3,448 Monaco 1,854 Vienna 8,821 Rome 1,215 to (( (( It t% tt Illegitimate. I I I 1% I 1-6 25^ T^'iT'' -^-r- ■^r-'-'.-"- £ngland has HoTUnd Prussia Austria Spain Naples Roman States I ii (I M ^^RDEI^. Propoftimia! a««^igi in 178,060 people t 163,000 " I 1-5 100^000 ** 1 8-to , 77»ooo " 2 1-7 4,113 " 44X V50 ** 644-5 750 " 237^ Comment is needless, unless it be to say that two^thirds of the murders which occur in Great Britain are committed by Papists. CONCLUSION. Hear the conclusion of the whole thing: One God» one religion for all men in all ages ; fear God, keep his command- ments and do good to all men. No monopoly or tariflTtn trade Or religion, no dictation from Rome or Washington und^r the British Flag. The Church of Rome is a fraud, the Church ^of England is a farce, and the so-caUed Church of Scotland is an imposition. They get other people-s money for nothing. The Church of England was conceived in sin, shapen in iniquity, bom in crime and nursed with the blood of the Puritans and Covenanters. As a man lives, so shall he die. No holy water, made with common water and salt, will purify a rake whose heart has not been changed. If a man promises a woman to love and protect her. No imposter with a black peticoat or white neckwear can relieve him of his responsibility. If it is improper to m^rry a first or second cousin, or a deceased wife's sister, no dispensation from an Italian fraud can make the matter rigjht The letteis of Archbishop Fabre and Cardinal Taschereau to^ the ex-priest Martin should be brought in evidence ^.gainst these imposters, and if they were both put in jail for six months it would be a lesson to others in future to kcgepthem^rom drying to do mischief. • V Is any one so fboHsh as to suppose thatGod has more ires- pect for an Italian cardinal than for a good honest Scotch- man^ ilf there is a heaVeii and a hell you will see Protestant Scotchmen up above, and Italian and French cardinal sin hi^ when you go to the other side. *.i ■■^ I : .,' *'='*._ . -v. . r ^^ .i ^udm^mtc .1 -t APPEI^blX. The CAMPBELLS off the THACK. Since the above was written I have read some nonsense from the p^s of Prof. Campbell, and t>r. Campbell. Prof^sor Campbell does not understand tiie Old T^sta- gnent--(See Kingston Sunday afternoon address). I could introduce him to some old women in Lewis, who can scarcely read, but who understand the Bible better than he does. Let me ask him a few questions : — 1. Did he ever see a wise father who did not correct hii| children when they wertt astray ? 2. Is God not seen in the storm and frost as well as in the calm and sunshine? Did the devil ever do any mischief that God did not permit him to do. 4. Is there an3rthing in thd Old Testament to suipass in crueltythe late Franco-Prussian war ? 5. Is there anything recorded in the Old Testaii^nt to ec|ual the puni^ment Sie Jews got under Titus after the Ascension ? 6. Which is most correct : to hang a murderer pr leave htm at lai^e to murder other pec^e ? 7. What should be done with professors and others who bring forth bad fruit, but to cast ti|iem forth? 8. Do you not ^nd in ancient history that the Canaasiites were so corrupt and low that it was a mercy to tl^ms^lves and the world in general to put an end to them as we do now to mad dogs ? -. To Dr. Campbell I would say : your Church of Scotland has b^ ?ri nothing since the Disruption but a garden of we^ds, dry stumps, decayed heibs, disciples of Simon Magus, aind Demetrius, and a general disgrace to Scotland. If you doubt it I will give yon all the illustrations you want I know these lads well. They like the loaves and fishes, and flesh-pots ol E©^ b^ttfa-than the Gospel of Qirist, ^ !■ »i ^^;' :■%■*-• 5't^"^''i •«■ mS- ^.J I Tf f 3«l»l»1f»««W:U«IC!: