Show THE AIM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ONE of the most moat significant signs of the times Js is the gradual resuscitation aaion of the power of the roman catholic church it is in a fair way to absorb the protestant sects which appear to be hopelessly affected with religious cou consumption the mother church ia accumulating strength and strange aa it may seem her power has better and larger scope under dema democracy than monarchy because by the operation of her vast clerical machinery she can by commanding votes dictate terms political power and the sustaining sentiment of the masses circumscribe all other earthly influence to the accumulation of these forces the roman church has set her energies in operation we have in the past directed 1 1 attention to the fact that she was airn aim J ing to again become mistress of thol the world and we observe that such a view is gaining ground the sydney sydner 1 australia quarterly some time ago devoted a lengthy article to this important subject speaking aj of the power of the jesuits the writer said never in history did Protes protestantism present such a promising aspect to he hex foe and can anyone doubt that she will be prompt to take advantage of it the eventual triumph of democracy affords strong grounds of hope to rome the great science of wire pulling has been developed and perfected by democrats the great thing in a democracy is to command popular votes and who are so ful in doing this as the jesuits let us riot not forget that union is strength and then look at that mighty example of it pre by the society of jesus where is there upon earth an army a of men banded together for any purpose whatever t that at is so BO perfect in pline A A compact p phalanx of awen ty five thousand men a all 11 well educated r u trained mined to the most ti implicit elicit obedience all 11 II animated by the 89 same e aim despising fortune torture death read ready to do what gordon said his men wa would do the teodord of its past history reads like a aage page of brilliant roma romance full of marve marvelous ous exploits but this is is really nothing to what they may do if the entire power of the order is i concentrated on one aim whenever democracy becomes the chief form of government and drw power er passes into the hanas hands of the people then the roman church will map little 1 aeby by little arrogate that power to itself in america especially the church of rome is the church of the laboring laborin classes the jesuits are rapidly competing ng with the best colleges in the republic and deduc educate ate large numbers of protestants Protes tanti as well as catholics the element is supreme in new york baltimore Chi chicago cagot st pail milwaukee st at louis now new oilean Oi leani 4 cincinnati ana and san francisco in america especially the compact unity of the irish romanists Romanis ts and ad their enormous wealth make them almost supreme masters of the mines of nevada and california the secret societies cleties directly under jesuit control are combined under the name of the united state volunteer militia and number 01 men all w well armi armed well drilled and absolutely obedient A similar policy is being followed an all over the world like lines converging to a point all tending to make the people believe that their truest friend is the church of rome once let this belief gain a thorough hold on the popular mind and the chief point is gained the accession of rome to the dominion of the world is but a question of time |