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nations and blessed the world, commercially, socially, intellectually, and spiritually.

On the other hand, Rome has made void the Word of God through her traditions; her priests received the gospel by the dispensation of angels, and have kept it not; they have subverted the truth by the decrees of Councils; they have, for a pretense, made long prayers; they have shut up the kingdom of heaven to themselves, and will not permit others to enter; they have encompassed land and sea to make proselytes, and then have made them twofold more the children of apostasy than they were before; they have paid tithes of anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law; they have cleansed the outside of the cup and platter, while within there is extortion and excess; they appear before Protestants as whited sepulchers, while within there is uncleanness and dead men's bones; their churches, cathedrals, convents and monasteries are amongst the finest buildings of the world, but behold the mysteries and iniquity within! They have killed some of the noblest and best men that God has ever given to the world; they have burned millions of innocent men, women, and children, because they would not subscribe to their traditions; they have persecuted every prominent Protestant in our own. country who has dared to expose their dogmas and intrigues. By their iniquities, they have crucified afresh the Lord of Glory.

I would say, in closing, "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and

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that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins. have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." There are many honest Catholics whose eyes are being opened unto the plagues and iniquities of Rome; to them I would say, "Come out of tradition unto God's Word; come out from the worship of the Virgin Mary to the worship of the true and living God; come out from the bondage of the priesthood into the liberty of the Gospel; come out from the regions of darkness into the light of life; come out from the fear of purgatory into the hope of everlasting life; come, and you will have peace, joy, pardon, inspiration, and hope."

ROMANISM AND PROTESTANTISM.

DOES ROME TEACH THAT ALL PROTESTANTS WILL BE DAMNED?

In 1529 the advocates of the Reformation in Germany protested against the unjust decision of the Diet of Spires, and in consequence they were called "Protestants"-a new appellation for an old institution; for Protestantism, in its application, began to signify Christianity. The changing the sign did not change the signification.

The Protestant faith is the faith of the Bible. It was, at first, the purpose of those who protested, to reform the Roman Catholic Church, to pluck the weeds out of the grain, and to restore to vigorous health the diseased and apostate Church. It was their purpose to supplant debility and decay by vigor, bloom, and beauty. Romanism was a treacherous conspiracy against the rights of humanity; it was the enemy of the commercial, social, civil, and religious interests of mankind; it was the perversion of the doctrines of the Bible; it was a man-made institution; it was guilty of torturing, burning and butchering some of the best men and women on the earth; its leaders were arrogant and

corrupt. For these reasons Protestantism sprang to light-reasons sufficient to justify the existence of Protestantism and to vindicate its godlike character and divine origin.

Protestantism is the name now given to the various denominations of Christians which have sprung from the adoption of the principles of the Reforma. tion. It stands opposed to Romanism. Its adherents number considerably over one hundred million.

In the light of these facts, it is pertinent to ask what Rome teaches about Protestants. We must judge Rome by her authorized teachings. We must not take the word of an individual on such a grave question. It appears at once, that if Rome is the only infallible Church, she is the only Church in which a man can be saved.

In Stephen Keenan's Controversial Catechism, which is approved by one of Rome's greatest cardinals, and which is extensively used both in parochial schools and Roman Catholic churches, there is an article on "Reasons why no Salvation is Possible Outside of the Roman Catholic Church." We will give some of the questions and answers which are found in this Catechism on this subject: "Q. Must all who wish to be saved die united to the Catholic Church?

"A. All those who wish to be saved must die united to the Catholic Church, for out of her there is no salvation.

"Q. Have Protestants any faith in Christ? "A. They never had.

"Q. Why not?

"A.

Because there never lived such a Christ as they imagine and believe in.

"Q. In what kind of a Christ do they believe? "A. In such a one whom they can make a liar, with impunity; whose doctrine they can interpret as they please, and who does not care what a man believes, providing he is an honest man before the public.

"Q. Will such a faith, in such a Christ, save Protestants?

"A. No sensible man will assert such an absurdity.

"Q. What will Christ say to them on the day of judgment?

"A. I know you not, because you never knew me. "Q. Are Protestants willing to confess their sins to a Catholic Priest, who alone has power from Christ to forgive sins? Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven.'

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"A. No; for they generally have an utter aversion to confession, and therefore their sins will not be forgiven throughout all eternity.

"Q. What follows from this?

"A. That they die in their sins and are damned." From Keenan's Catechism, page 180, we have some more light upon this subject :

"Q. What else keeps many from becoming Catholics?

"A. What keeps many from becoming Catholics is: They know very well if they become Catholics they must lead honest and sober lives, be pure and check their sinful passions; and this they are unwilling to do."

And again:

"Q. Will those heretics be saved who are not guilty of the sin of heresy, and faithful in living up to the dictates of their consciences?

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