Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1924 — Page 4

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THE F IERY CROSS

EDITORIAL Official Organ Knights of Ku Klux Klan

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The poMitiTR program of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is: To honor the ne Flag. To promote the Public School. To serve the rroUjstant Church. To light for the sanctity of the Home. To promote rtbpeci for Law.

Understanding vs. Money. JT'ST A FEW DAYS AGO a young woman. described as young, beaut t"ul. rich, popular and well lilted, and as bip(t "everything In the world that anyone could pomib'y want." committed mile'de in the presence of hor parsrts. by nhootlnp hrrwlf. At Hie Urre she was on" a pleumire trln with her father and mor'ier J'.nd a rty of friends, ni.1rr.ir In her own or she drove up beside the Car occupied by her parents and with a smile on hr lips. drew a pistol from her pocket and phot herself dead. In commenting on hT desth. a diily paper stated editorially that it was more than powtible that the young woman did not have everything; she wanted. However, la It not possible that the young: woman, Inster.d of not having sorrethinK h wanted, had something fhe did not wnr.t? It is possible that she ws possefei of remorse, a he.irt-rendlnp maltifly which contrives to give no rest t. tho person it tuMona on. And too. is it not possible th.it i'mh young woman had foi-ned some habit, and after fonniu; this habit, realised that she was no longer free, but a- slave. It is possible that she had the remembrance of Bono rash act that to her sensitive nature loomed durk and C'rt'bortjn aud from which sho u!d not free herself. Yes. it is quite possible that instesid of not having something r.he wanted. nho had so-ncthing she did not want. In truth, however, that brings us risht back to the fact that she really did not have nil ahe wanted. Beo,iuse any of these things mentioned above, would only mean that he wanted peace of mind. Thus ag.Un do we li.iVO demonstrated that there are many thlnps which money, beauty and popularity can not buy. They con buy neither peace of mind, love nor happiness. In fact, the threo greatest blessings on earthy can not be bought -with money. To the materialistic mind, this young lady had everything known to mortal man. to make hnr hapny. But she was not happy and proved it by enJing hor life with a bullet. If she possessed a secret love of which no one knew, she could not buy it with money; -If -she was pussecsed of a secret remorse, shs oould not gain surcease with her millions; her youth and

beauty and her popularity and millions could not give her peace of mind. Her case but once again proves to mankind that happi necs and contentment come only through spiritual un derstanding; that true happiess Is not a materhtl thing to b purchased with money and popularity. Happiness Is that intangible something which comes to us from oa. Muxer. Something we possess when we ask forgiveness of Christ for our wrongdoings ASTER we have forgiven those who have transgressed against us; something that comes when ws adopt the Golden Rule, and "think not of the n.otrow. what we shall cat. what we shall drink, or wherewithal we shall bo clothed" but Instead, realize that lieuvsuly Father knoweth that ye have need of all those things." Harry Thaw recently set out to find happiness, he stated. He joined a church In a little town in the feouth. where he owns a large estate. He, as the world knows, has had a hectic career. Also, he has at his command. Juki us did the unfortunate, young woman who committed suicide, many, nanny lumdreds of thousands of dollars with which 'to buy happiness." But they didn't bring him happiness. Kceently, he turned his course to a spiritual pursuit for otentment of mind. Unfortunately, the young woman did not realize, or at least allowed no evidence that she did, that happiness could have been hers had she sought it at the fount from which all ante happiness Sow. fount which opens not to riches, beauty and popularity, but alone to understanding.

Opium and Discrimination. JAPAN, according to Japan, has again been "discriminated against." This time, however, it la not a question of Immigration, but of opium. The Nippon government virtually brvna np the opium conference. Just closed In Geneva, In aa effort to redoes the opium traffic. Japan claimed that certain other nations interfered with her shipments of opium and declared that to be discrimination. China also sent up the cry that sb was being discriminate against because it was sought to make illegal the entering of her licensed opium dens, by Europeans an" wnroi. Th conference secured no results whatever Japan and ClUna co-Tnormoly setting up the err that they were being "discriminated against" at each proposal wr.'h would in some manner lessen drug traffic. It is possible that the most inconsistent proposal especially In view of the fact that China fought every move calculated to keep down the number of addicts came from tho Chlne-e rreentatlve. Mr. Sze. Ho proposed that the trade continue as of old and that money derived from It be used "to ameliorate the condition of opium addicts th promotion of the social welfare of the miserable Chinese cooties who are the chief opium victims.- - It Is hard to eoncelve of a more ridiculous proposal Ar,d y It came from that representative who cried dlrcrlminatlon when propoaate to keep a vast number of persons from legally patroulzlng the opium dens, which are made legal by the Chinese government It was brought out at the conference that approximately twelve tone of opium have been smuggled Into the United States daring the past two vears. clone estimate, however, can not be made. The derivatives tLi'n-?n1 f008 have been smuggled across the United States border In great quantities, according to authentic sources. , T raomrnendation by the United State., that the traffic In opium for other than medicinal purpose, be discontinued, did not get far enough to eveneughx to a discussion. That, of course. Just a. the !mn?aUon law. would be "discriminating" against Japan fJ.Tni? f"0?".10 th J1 conference, and her cry of discrimination" will, no doubt, take the edge off her cry of discrimination In connection with the Immigration Delegate to the conference admit that the only effect! ?a""th tlon le that Fa, wnWrrss

..l.tJ7iTrybodr fln ont tht belong to the Klan by seeing that you possess a Klannish spirit. ' miJu ZlX0!Lthatw.ouUI ln " o the face of nlld Is not the religion of the Klan.

The Protestant to careful when he nteea

mammm want tne bm hehiael hiss to ntmuole.

stimulating tne waw Vo. . NEVER before tn the history of America were two presidents elected in such a short space of time. resldent Coolldge was elected on November fourth, and VI Smith was-elected tit less than three weeks afterward., 'or the im term of office. The onry difference in the two elections Is that Mr. CooUdpe was elected by the qeopto- throughout the . entire United States, while A! Smith was elected at French Lick, Indiana, by Tom Tag-' gait. Boas Brennan and Al Smith himself. It Is all very simple when figured ut the Solid South ind the three states New York, Illinois and Indianarepresented by Smith. Brennan and Taggart, will give the New York executive more than two hundred votes. Just add a few states and the necessary two-thirds Is readily at hand. The wonderful success achieved by Brennan in Illinois and Taggart In ' Indiana, at tn late election, assures, of course, success tor 19 St. The mere fact that Taggart'a and Brennan's candidates got most beautifully whipped makes no difference Just look at the states La Follette carried (on paper) In the last election. PosaiMy It Is best that Smith waited until 192S to go Into office. By that time It is more than possible that America win have enough Cardinals to fill out an entire cabinet and tn the four years until Smith takes his office, Americans can be practicing upon "The Sidewalks of New York." so that when It takes . the place ot "America." our national anthem, the switch will not be such a strain on our populace. It Is certainly fine of Smith. Brennan and Taggart to slip down to the Indiana Monte Carlo, and elect Smith president, and it Is without doubt, a great relief to the Literary Digest which would, of course, be forced to lake the monumental straw vote If they had not don so. Also, the election of "the East Side altar boy" will save wear and tear on the klaxons und the strength of the gate crushers so much In evidence In New York liist June. - To sum St ail up. tho act of the trio Is pretty nics and it should be appreciated especially by all real Americana in the democratic party a party which they could once call their own and be mighty proud of. The magnificent aot of the trio brings to n.ind the famous old Tinker -to-Evers-to-Chanoe combination. This time, however, Brunnan-to-Taggart-to-timith seems to hold the center of attraction. The connecting link between the two combinations, however. Is that chance stands out mors prominently than it did even in the old popular trio. Smith s election. In addition to the many other benefits to be derived by the country, will furnish a diversion tor the children. Instead of rolling colored eggs on Easter, the time-honored custom in our Capital can be changed to giving the children an exhibition of Tarnmany liraves in full war regalia, chasing Tammany Tigers down Capitol Hill. Vcs. we should all feel very much elated over Smith's election.

Friday, December 5, 1225

Sandstorms and Sheiks. A READER, writing to a daily paper, asks "Just what Is this old-time religion that is being talked about so much He ends his letter by asking the question, "h-m religion ehanged?" W hat Is really meant, we believe, by a return to oldtime religion, is a return to the standards and morals which obtained before the era in which selfishness began to make itself felt to su-h a great extent as exists today. It is not really a cry for old-time religion, because we stL'l have that with us but a wish that more of us conform to that same religion. Individuals have become selfish in their mad chase for pleasure; the comfort of others has been forgotten and each is in a mad scraroble for himself. The result Is that each is dabbling into new worlds thrills ure soiiit by young women at the sacrifice of modesty and young men are prone to forget eerain virtues In order to appear "swank." Cookie pushers and flappers are made the subjects around which moving

picvure nuns are DUiit, and Bhieks. with their hah- combed like sea lions, and who entrap virtuous white girls lost In sandnorms become the heroes of the hour. I.ove has been maligned, degraded and slandered bv

authorities, playrights, poets and eong writers. Lust, unholy desires and unrestrained passions are tabled love. Love, the most beautful thing in the world, has been made to mean litue more than unholy lust. Apartments fitted up by married men and in which the laws of God and man are twisted, mutilated and broken, are tagged "love nests" by the dally papers. The Bible, religion and the churches say that God Is love. How far are we then from rebgion when we label the basest display of lust, as love? Who is he that has tho audacity to label the abede wherein man and woman break the laws of God, man, society and that sacred Institution, tho home, a riove nest?" Who has the warped vision that prompts htm to convey the Idea that the wwman within that so-called "lova nest" has in her heart the sweet, pure love of a good woman? It would seem, to be fair, that his name is Legion. The cry is not meant for a "return to old-time religion," nearly so much as a return to higher moral standards. Religion never changes. It Is true that individuals may place different interpretations upon the Holy Scriptures, out religion the WoWen Rule and Ten Commandments and Christ as our Saviour remains Immutable, The reader who wrote the daily paper and asked "has religion changed V could be truthfully answered in the negative. Rehgion la ever new; through centuries it has survived, and will conUuuo to survive. It is the basic foundation upon which the structure of civilisation la buitt; it is that which fills us with hope and that which has made possible tho comforts we enjoy today. The mere chance that a man does not profess any reilgton does not obliterate the fact that he enjoys the safety, comforts and organised society which was bu tided upon its precepts. Religion is the one thing that disconcerts him who first said that "you can net eat your cake and have it." We can each day be nourished by our refigion and know that we still retain It. We can feast upon lea bounteous and never ending supply and know that It will be- hers for our children and our children's children. Make Good Your Intentions. A 0000 manJr otherwise true- J-mertcan citizens put off affiliating with tho Klan until the opportunity has marched on out of reach. Move "intended to Join" until somebody told them t he-hoary, bewhiskered lie that the itlan fosters racial antagonisms. Even mors Americans profess to want to Join, but fear they will offend their Catholic friends. .KTf.fJ!? Ia5t,claj,s of irrecotrcilables one might point out that friends who restrict them from serving a patriotic movement that is Protestant to Its stand and protective in its practice, would also restrict their afBHatons with anZuPrCLte2tant church If tbey had th" Pow to do so The sharp Roman finger is pointed at these "friends" and they are told to obey regardless of friendship, AmeriftnrraIi 5,fven American law. Citizens who fear to offend "friends" who place church-above country. Bible and Creator, are not worth keeping. Grover Cleveland oncesaid: "There is need of educated wHA ?rtrt? Ub" tUt U " the need of Seated men with patriotism." That's quite an important distinction An educated man. according to the man Idea, is a dangerous unit In this commonwealth If he isn't saturated with Patriotism. A logical manifestation of patriotism is one of the things needed in every educated man s life m. ta every Amend,, university. No man should, fill himself so full of the wisdom of the world that he has no place for the wisdom of the flag. Here's a motto, brother of the Klan: "Implicit and rm-1 wavering adherence to the principles on which we areset out can carry us prosperously onward to America's

vun DllkV HatlUilllVUU.

Roman

Catholic

Some Fundamental Differences Between Romanism and Protestantism.

(By Charles SL

the relation with Catholic 1 have lSZ22i&2ftg JSSSa&S n &3 "SSSp Catholic I am what I am, mature thinking upon the suS .S2S IfeS?.8 ' f ???M,c!:tMn. mveatigation and

"""""ft ueoiw nrcsx as exemplified in His life.

Ths thing some men Talus the highest occasionally gets between them and what the Klan thinks they should

The Catholic church claims that It !

Jesus Christ on earth, and that faith in and submlssin to the Roman church JQd the Roman pontiff are absolutely essential to salvation. This betas a fundamental doetrine of the Roman church and of the Roman pontiff not to PrSf Kthe faUh r th0 Cathc region, nor to submit to the Ronan pontiff, becomes a very serious matter, from a Catholic viewpoint. I shail therefore give, with nil the gravity and solemnity Involved In the consequences, the reasons why I am not a Roman Catholic rs omn CUi?!li' for reason No. 1: Pope Boniface VIII Issued .h . J Val S.nctam in 1302, which teaches -that ther Is one holy CathhBlS..POSti,C are "Pe"d by ou faith to believe and to -jfi? f d ,lh"n,.ljr belleve. nd openly confess and outside of this Jiero Is neither salvation nor remission of sins." re.T,nra0re,Ver-. P"1- declare, define and pronounce that it is alto-' ther -necessary to salvation for every human being to be stAJect to the Roman pontiff. Given at the Lateran the twelfth day, hofore ths cajend' of December, in our eighth year, as a perpetual memorial of this matter.-po-nl ? IT CtS !SLehin cf tne aPsUe Peter on this Of trK r 3, ' w rcad: Then Peter -ened his mouth, and said. L v. ?Ih.I,I"rCeiVO ,that is no specter of persons: but In every na"on h that fcareth Him. and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him : Salvation la Christ. Not tn n Clioreh but ftfLVT111 that ,there 's no salvation in any church nor in any man. but in Christ Jesus only, when he referred to Christ as the stone that The Jew.Bh church-bu Mers had rejected: "This is the stone which was rtet sS uTufi1' f ,you,bulWers- wnl 1- aecomo the heaS of tne corned Neither .s there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven eiven among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4-11 12 Hi..Jj,eW.1.??. Chris.t,s offer of lvatlon Is to all who will come to Him ? ,T H'm that ?ometh to M I in no wise cast out." -Let hlSt that HThe RotnaI Catholic hierarchy teaches that the church offers and withholds mercy and salvation and that no one can obtain these divine bless "gupon which our eternal existence depends, without membership in the Catholic church and communion with the apostolic hierarchy. "The Catholic church knows of one and only Qne test to determine this question of mem t ?l 5hr et 8Jbtrir 8,test docs not lie in tho acceptance f this .-o, partl5ular f; bu,t ln communion with the apostolic hierarchy." Catholic Encyclopedia," volume 6, page 320. If there Is one thing that Christ made plain and emphatic in His teachlue utvYaS that a formal Profess!n of religion, or a racrVL-alty to a church hierarchy as such, had absolutely no iner t or salvation In it He Bt at th trne church or body of Christ was composed of only such ;na viduals as are spiritually united to Christ-who alone is "the way the truth, and the life." He did not say, "Abido in the apostolic hierarchy-:. out rfe said. "Abide In Me." Christ promised cleansing from siu throush the whih Ta1,d t'lrOUSh the ChUrCh' "Now ar clean through the wrt which I have spoken unto you. Abide in Me, and I in you A? the branch can not bear fruit of .Itself, except it abide in the vine" no more ? can ,e exceDt va abldo in M t i.. . ' . more can ye.

vm. v i,n ".i, " "'".B.ln axe- anu My words abid

.1,11 V C , , . '"' anl? lc snali De "one unto you,

- J ........ t,, ... ,, uuuh X.d-O. I am not a Roman Catholic, because the hierarchy of the Roman Cathoiv .ystem makes faith in and submission to the Roman Catholic cL and the Roman pontiff the basis of salvation and the remission of ,in?for every person in the world. I am a Protestant because jr.-nuine ProtsMMM.m rdkesSalf4uhor!a ChriSt bedienCO t0 HiS Wrd t"e"ba.Uisof UflTatfon Christ or Peter Which T I am not a Roman" Catholic because of reason No. 2: The Roman dthollo hierarchy builds the church upon Peter instead of Christ as the founds t t hM C'a m th3H- f,Gter 13 the head of the church; and upon the pnmfcCauthoritrv a?fnonn1 f huma-aPPointed successors . tc who authority all people of earth are supposed to submit ,i X

IT i,nterPretati of Holy Writ must be received, under the pais and threats of anathemas. ,Th fniin. . ' "Iluer tne pains

buiR on PeVe- 71 "!2h.u win be

These statements arAnot in hrm wiv, n, . x.s

the New Testament. P, said that he had the d 7 caw of U it churches," and that ha rbored more ahnH. a" ..tao

cording to the grace of God which is given unto me as a wise Tma-ter builder,- said he. I havs laid the foundation.' and another buUdeth thereon! But let every ma-, take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other fouX Junes nnd Pnnl Both as Highly Honored as Peter

Instead of Peter's ieinar tho fi

we find that the apostle James presided overth. flrs the "presbytery" of the Christian as?em?Iy or

ters of the apostolic church. Tn a . is ,1 . e.Vh lne neaa1"aT

-rr, ' "u,tu -arnes arose ana confirmed what they said- nnrl oa n. std ng officer of the presbytery. Be rendered a verd'et Jnrt issood LI which "pleased" "the

in writing his eolstles. eaMed Mmr,T.:- rt!o.i-. .'. Peter,

admonished the other elders not to make-ernsees 1

The eleven apostles did not net T.ti- n ii,:t.-.-

aVrnacv dirfUy immediately from the same Lord Jesus Christ h y of rue and proper jurisdiction, but one of honor only let hiro tutfon orfi'r lhJ 2? anrne 8ha11 say that t i, not byihi insi b"et,ed Lr LJ?0. ,Hime11 or by divinely-established right that church- or tU th P1Pe al ccessors In hU primacy over the universal th's . J2t PJnUlT 58 not successor of blessed Peter in tn.s same primacy let hira be anathema.'" ntfnL thiHrrrn", ,me"ell" WUb 8ay,n& ln the very nelt sentence, granting that He (Christ) left this to Peter to determine." If this is so e",JaKh FPe Uht to Choose hiB 0'n successor. Hnstead of hs be ng tJJ:?;. ?1 wh an "eknowledgment tl make, tlat thf

a eu'rse 7 7""'" E'Z' Roms .proaouace

a curse upon every one who dares to question eitheT'th, pTtaacy of Peie, or tne succession! Tho whole Roman structure of

ana perpetuity, based upon the succession of Peter s nr.mnve,r.,

e in So

"u H, la M truth that the seven vials of the h J ot the Apocalypse were mere benedictions

tun K,, .Z wiin m cranes turnea loose on this na tion by Vatican craft. -

The man who enters the- straight gate of American

seiinooa has to leave behind him everything that Is

ciuuaou.

TSSSr -PPOsition-a iakf-grante'd i ? o refUSfns to accept such an unproved hypothesis. o,ni-T matt Cthollc- thereore; because I beUeve that my "faith Lord. " bUt iD tUe RClt ' Gld'" WW. . ChriS Jesus The Priesthood and the Mas archym.Srtai?th0l,C beCa.".Se reaSOn No' S: Tho Catholic hlerchurk ad tlth?1-,raan POntife 13 the hlsh rtM for the universal cnurcn, and that the mass is a continual propitiatory sacrifice for the sins cirA ML? vP Was tha sacriflce of Christ upon e crossf and Herbert tage over Caivary. On the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass," page 42 in the third canon of th. tB-niv.i,nj ; . rl .

tewmhoepde17, rntZ?A nHi that the mass was a propitiatory stfcr flee for sins or who "Cann 2- tbllt merely 8y"bolical of the sacrifice m CaWj Canon 3: If anyone saith that the sacrifice of the mass is omy a sacr.nJa of praise and of thanksgiving; or that it U a bare ommemoraUoJ ' Oil U prorrtsChnm"11rn1ateQ10n aot aVSl'lSSr-r? that .v.. . ..T . . y . no receives; and that it ought not to

let hYrn I? Jif J?.? f"f.Sin' v satisfactions, and other necessities;

in dogmatic Canons and Decrees," pages

let him be anathema." -Cited

LIZ, 143.

.hrtS; tohfecr?r ir iv0;z"But the priest also Is one and the same, Christ the Lord: for the ministers who offer sacrifice, when they consecrate His body and blood act n"t in thetr own. but in the person of Christ, as is shown by the word! of n "fhLat snmvSebonvraUl,e f,TeSt deS DOt "-Thfs is the boy 7t Chrtot, Tut This Is my body.' and thus representing Christ the Lord he chants the substance of the bread and wine into the true substance of Hs body III In another Catholic catechism, edited by Butler, under the topic. "The Blessed Eucharist." we read. "The blessed Eucharist is Jesus Christ Htra?elf true God and true man. His very flesh and blood, with His soul and dfvtolty Christ's Sacrifice Made But Once ,ihivT3ndhCtriIle 13 8,! 1rain a, contradlctlon of the Holy Scriptures as posf?, TKWrlteP i the Hebrews- peaking of Christ, said: "This Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever sat down on the right hand of God." Hebrews 10:12. "So Christ was once offend to bea? J6.i?inK f m-any- Het,reW3 S:2S- "We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." Hebrews 10:10. "PoTby one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified." Hebrews 18 if Thus we see clearly that the Roman Catholic church has made of none effect the true sacrifice of the cross, and directs the sinner every day to the offering of a false Christ for the propitiation of his s.ns. CTirTst has be" made a "High Priest forever." and "He t.nntinn, r

- - , '.alii tLn un-

face." and proved that he .rT; "Z. .7 '1., . 5"er 7 the

2:11. When Peter Inauired of th tT " k". "e 1-. """lans

Catholic church asserts he was. Christ did not plan to set un aJ , His church as master and lord over the rest of he TbreUirJL WhL Crilt saw the spirit of self-exaltation eominjr in mon, wi. " !!V. e" 5??

occupy the first place He reproved them alL avine t 7Z ..fl.

the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and trfey that are great exercise authority upon them. But It shall not be o amon von Matthew 20:25. 26 A few day, later Christ censured ecribeand Pharisees for seeking: Moses' seat, lording it over others, loving "uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetlnln the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi. Rabbi"- and then tiS 7 vT.! apostles," He said, "But be not ye called Rabbi-for one Is tou 212 Christ; and all ye are brethren." Matthew 23-6-1. HoJ f , ' eV6 departed from this admonition a-Mly-SSTt statement of historic fact: "The kissing of th fl. , istlc act of reverence by which all the MatStVJ pedS-'arTlcle'Tope."3 ceny."- &rX Anathema for the Dissenter in ttthe,Tr0rSteat-Ure f thlS man-nonorlng spirit in the Catholic f nrch is that the hierarchy pronounces a curse upon everv nerson wh . . k . the Lord gave His sanction to a self-perpeWing arrangement the supposed successors of Peter, whom they desinat 1 1 "tli , defying aritcTe 0pa'':ParaeraPh takeD bdUy S$fc"Tho primacy of St. Peter and the perpetuity of that primacy in the Roman see are dogmatically defined In the canons attached to Se firs? two S?Ji !TV1 the constitution 'Pastor Aetermus': (a) If anyone snaH ay tnlt blessed Peter, the apostle, was not constituted by Christ our I nri A of all the apostles and the visible head of the whole church "milttant: or th

changeable priesthood." Over and over we ar pnrm.-

High Priest who has entered "into heaven Itself, now to appear to toe pres. eitce of God for us: nor yet that He should offer Himself often but now once In the end ofthe world hath He appeared o put away sin by the Kii- flee of Himself." Hebrews 9:24-2S. " m .?tC-ntVf bUt iJe mediator. as paui says: "There is one God. and one Tho Roman Catholic church puts not only another mediator than Christ between God and man, but ten thousand mediators, ranging n rank from Mary the mother of Jesus, down the grade from pope, priest, and saint to images and relics of various descriptions, to which men bow and offer prayers for indulgence as to so many mediators between God and men We do not, need these Intermediaries; for the Vicar of Christ, the Holy Spirit Itself -maketh intercession for us" and "for the saints according to the will of God." Romans 8:26. 27. A Snsunary of Reasons Further, I am not a Roman Catholic for the following reasons, some of which we have not space enough to develop here: 1. The Reman Catholic hierarchy make3 the Roman pontiff infallible In matters of faith and doctrine. p xntauioie 2. It makes the Catholic church infallible, and claims that the church has never erred and can never err. 3- ,.K Beta the authority of the church ana the Roman pontiff above the authority of the Holy Scriptures. , 4. It claims that the Roman. pontiff is supreme reign on earth and that his 4U should be supreme in both the civil aso . spiritual realm. 5. It asserts that to the Roman pontiff has been delegated the right and power to depose apostate princes and rulers of civil government 6. It claims that the pope, in the plenitude of his power can "modify and "alter" even "the divine law," and that he has done it. 7. It teaches that the church and the state should be united with th state subordinated to the church. . ' 8. It denies liberty of conscience to the Individual, in divine thinjrs 9. It Justifies persecution of the dissenter in countries where the church is-In supreme authority. 10. It prohibits freedom of speech and of the press wherever possible 11. It discourages the free read ng and circulation of the Bible even of Its own translation, among its members. ' 12. The Catholic hierarchy Is opposed to a republican form of government and the rule of the people. governAll the foregoing statements are based upon the dogmatic utterances of popes and the canons of tho Catholic church, and constitute a few of tha many reasons why I am not a Roman Catholic. True Protestantism believes In one absolute, eternal God- In Jesus Christ. Hie only-begotten Son. as the all-sufficient Saviour of 'the worldin the Holy Spirit as the Vicegerent of God and Christ on eart and In the Bible as a divine revelation from heaven, and containing the only Infallible rule of faith, "for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Timothy J-.16. 17. 8 7 mrntsnea Into this blessed experience of "the gospel of Christ." I Invite- my-Cath-2&S?'-2 T POTW fcd4"to -"onioeveryhat

It is

'For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselve the gift of God." "without money and without T,rL lL?It

Isaiah 66:1. . " Pe0iar,s z:s. To every sin-burdened soul, the Saviour says, "Come unto Me all ve that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28

Americanisms By John Eight Point

A Granite Face We understand that Mohammendanism has "put a granite face against the Christian faith." and that "missionaries have had to exerciso sreat patience and faith over their obduracy." Quite so. But the same patience and faith exercised by Christians, missionaries or contented American Christians, turned affalnst. an enemy that is seeking to baffle Protr estant Christianity at the very altars of home might he a safer and more consistent expenditure of religious energy. ' There is a "granite facepressed against every Protestant church window in the land; and Its ear Is flattened against the keyhole of ' every "political ooncll In America, How long will it be ontll the foe la

recognized among us for what it Is?

The Xlaa has been bamboozeil a -rvnllt lMuna

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wnsn'ans

THE MAN WHO WOULD BR A

successful Leader of theH

AMERICAN PEOPLK, MUST NOT i BB

AFRAID TO WALK ALONE.

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ninny of them nre entirely so. The moral sense, even of European statesmen, to our naive and childlike mind often appears sadly blnntcd.

Beaded Wrong; Way Those busy people who desire the United States to ' "resume Its proper place In the conference of the world's great powers" are pointing their energies in the wrong direction. Have we ever, abandoned our proper place? It Is true we have refused absolutely to enter Into a hampering organization, wherel.v we

should surrender so much of mil-

sovereignty that our people will not assent an organisation which proposes to- regulate- everybody's business and which binds all component parties to assist In that task when .anybody objects, ttiit in conferences our; country has- always taken part wheweTer it had a reasonable ground for betas present at the board-and -would continue to do so, bo doubt, without urge nee from sentimental busy bodies. We do not care to have 'Europe settle our domestic affairs "by

far-fetched protocols. An American's

Business is his own. . He needs no help from HUtrops.'to regulate his pri rate business. But he'takes Ms place tn world . powflr' conferences jast a lie has always done- a KWlat, -poirer-tol force fwr good, -unhampered by the cunning diplomacy ot Utd natural armies of .America. .- .

News Notes

By Felix Free

President Coolldge was criticised by his opponents during the campaign because he refused to Join other candidates In indiscriminate denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan. Senator Pepper, of Pennsylvania, tn a speech at Princeton, N. J met this criticism in sensible fashion and most worthily when he remarked, "Mr. Coolidge is the chief executive, whose function is not to denounce dtisens or groups of citizens, but to enforce law." Need more be said? Had John W. Davis pursued this wise course in his campaign. Instead of yielding; to the blandishments of Tumulty, Spellaey, A Smith, Hague and SUser, he might have gone farther and fared better. Time Is coming when all fair-minded men will concede-the right of Protestants to hare their secret organization on the same basis as the Jews and the Roman Catholics. - - ' Never tts TJp . Ths provincialism of' the' average hrwl-born-and-reared New Yorker Is ens "ef the -significant signs of the times. The' "np-n-ns-at-'ern" type of rough-neck, cotispkroous tn the Ifew

Tork cottrsnUoa, was detcnalaed to

override the will of a majority of the delegates in the New York convention and nominate Al Smith by brass-banding." "stampedins;- and treat- em-rough" tactics. Madison Square Garden never before witnessed such a display of strong-arm methods. If the next Democratic eonvetitlon goes back to New York, wa.,-h Is not concetvable. the same tactics will. In all probability, ha repealed. Rome never lets up.

Roman Catholic movie aetera and nerreesen hare na aKBTresnire orrnnItbHoti at their own la Hoftywwed. Backed by Jewhth flnanee. nsder Jew lah manaarenient. the kted wf prvpn. Sanaa thin eemMantioB thrawn -anosl

v vemn may ne - 1 imaaTiaed n Oeserlbed.

ncrasately

All good Klanstnea will take" out

innir irori. a ifc m .

" w iv wviucq VA 1 1 a TIP J g, who plan a state-wide movement to demand the strict enforcement of prehfbttloa iaw. Co-operating with the Illinois League of Women Voters, In charge or activities, are Miss Julia Lathrop, president' of tha league, and Mrs. BUa S. Stwart. Of the Chicago Woman's Club, ' ;

W are aasasad that the resident

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