in the hands of God to attest the truth that God will help them that work for Him, and that He will bless the truth wherever it is spoken. "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 4. CREATE AND DISTRIBUTE LITERATURE THAT WILL EXPOSE ROME.

Our people need to be educated upon this question. Knowledge is power. Give wings to knowledge. Let its noise be heard. It will arouse the energies and enlist the sympathies of millions who are asleep. Christ must be preached. The Pope must be antagonized. Politicians must have their eyes opened. Men of courage must take a stand. Urge the pulpit, the press and the platform to support the principles of our Government against the encroachments of Rome. Urge Catholics to read the Bible. It is God's inspired book. It is against Rome. Wherever this book is clearly read and men are taught to think for themselves, Rome loses her grasp. Let the open Bible tell of its treasures to the poor and deluded Romanist. If he has no Bible, give him one. If he possesses no book that teaches him the real purposes of Romanism, either give or lend him one. Let a million men do this, and keep on doing it, and there will be such a mighty sentiment created in this country against Rome that her power will soon begin to fade.

5. USE YOUR INFLUENCE AT THE BALLOT-BOX.

"It is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings." Mark every man that panders to

Rome. Know the principles of every office-seeker. Before you cast your vote, know beyond the shadow of a doubt the principles of the aspirant to the office. Especially look well to your school boards and law-makers. Votes count. Rome moves solidly, so says one of her archbishops, for the party that will promote her interests. Then it is your duty to lay aside party politics and vote solidly for the party that is against Rome. This is a national question, and it will have to be fought out either in the pulpit, school, press and ballot-box, or upon the battle-field.

KEEP IN SIGHT THE PLEA OF PROTESTANTISM.

"A Protestant," says the Standard Dictionary, "is a member of one of those bodies of Christians that adhere to Protestantism as opposed to Roman Catholicism: in general, a Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds to the right of private judgment in matters of religion."

The term was first applied to the adherents of Luther, who protested against a decree that involved a submission to the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. In short, a Protestant is one who protests against Rome; one who turns away from Romanism to Christianity, from man-made creeds to the Word of God, from the Pope to Christ.

Protestants who lose sight of these facts weaken the cause of Protestantism. These facts and principles should always be kept in view, and on them all Protestants should stand firmly and be consis

tent.

When men are led to believe that Romanism is about as good as New Testament Christianity, their influence for the cause that we so earnestly plead is hurtful.

When they begin to fawn upon Romanism and to seek her favors, they are laying the axe at the root of Protestantism. It is like the Christian who falls in with the world; he imbibes its notions and . adjusts himself to its ways.

Conformity to the spirit and intentions of Rome, and losing sight of the great principles of the Reformation, is the deplorable weakness of the Protestants of our country. When this spirit of indifference to our distinctive plea becomes manifest, danger from Rome becomes imminent.

Protestant people are like the man in the hotel, who when awakened in the night by the cry of fire, turned over in the bed, and after assuring himself that the walls were still cold, went to sleep again. O Protestants, forget not the principles of your ancestors! Those principles are divine. They must be proclaimed from every hilltop and tower. There must be a revival of protesting against Rome-protesting against her intrigues, encroachments, and practices.

Lastly:

PERSONAL CONSECRATION TO THE Work.

Every man that reads this, has a work to do against Rome; and if he does not do it, it will not be done. He has an influence to exert, and if he does not exert it, it will not be exerted. He has a

word to say, and if he does not say it, it will not be said.

There is a great demand for consecrated energy. There is power in consecrated life. We should have convictions and stand by them. We should have principles and stand upon them. We should speak the truth and spurn the consequences. We should stand by the right in the face of criticism. To the great work of instructing humanity, of purifying politics, of protesting against the encroachments of Rome, of calling God's people out of Babylon, of preserving the freedom of our public institutions, of advocating the principles of Protestantism-in short, of preaching the Gospel of Christ, every Christian should reconsecrate the energies of his body, the affections of his heart, the faculties of his mind and the attributes of his soul.

Let us do our duty while it is to-day. Let us do our work lovingly, yet boldly, and when we lay aside our garments our children will take up our work and become defenders of the right, stormers of abuses, reformers of wrong, heralders of liberty, advocates of the truth, ministers of the gospel, and men of God; and our country will be free and independent, and our schoolhouses will stand as the lighthouses of universal knowledge, our press will be pure and untrammeled, our flag will float over land and sea as the grandest emblem of a libertyloving people, and the Christ will be accepted as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

THE GROWTH OF ROMANISM IN THE UNITED STATES.

The numerous adherents of the Roman Catholic Church give it great power. As the Romanists increase in numbers, they increase in power and in zeal. The majority of Protestants are unaware of the rapid growth of Romanism in our midst. They think that her losses through the influence of our free institutions are sufficient to offset her gains. Truly, her losses are heavy, but they are not the gain of Protestantism.

Romanists are taught to believe that there is no salvation outside the Roman Catholic Church, and, therefore, but few of those who lose confidence examine the Protestant faith; consequently the majority sink into skepticism. For this reason, Romanism is mainly responsible for the skepticism of Europe. Infidelity amongst Christian nations is the legitimate child of Rome. Once the papal authority is thrown off, the widest liberty is exercised, and the victim becomes an easy prey to unbelief. Notwithstanding the many thousands of Romanists who have apostatized in the United States, her numbers are increasing with great rapidity.

HER PRESENT MEMBERSHIP.

Cardinal

The estimates as to her numbers vary. Gibbons places the number in the United States at