Show STANDING OVER A VOLCANO the spirit of antagonism to churches is an insatiable one its appetite grow upon what it feeds how far it dares to go in its vindictiveness is exemplified in the late declaration of the of denver who solemnly resolved to pursue the mayor of that city beyond alie grave simply because he appointed to office a coan who belongs to the church hated by the amorine organization if that disposition be encouraged who can withstand the force of its ultimate bigotry it is a reproach to our civilization anu our liberty that men in a formal declaration should dare to withdraw all social communication from s good citizen and his family and should dare to appoint a committee to dishonor his grave for the sole reason that here cognized a catholic as beine fit to hold a place of public trust if such sentiments of vicious exclusion shall prevail unchecked and constantly augmenting alie day of whirlwind must come every citizen owes it to his manhood to oppose this barbarous political warfare upon members of churches or upon alio churches themselves today to day it may be one church tomor to mor row another the logical end would be a general engulfing of our civil institutions in a bottomless abyss of personal and sectarian hate the way to keep churches out of politics i to ignore in politics the question of church membership opposition when groundless quickens a dormant sentiment into activity american liberty is standing over a volcano every man giving comfort to a political organization whoso purpose is to war upon or oppose a particular church is feeding the fire of that volcano today somebody else may be the victim ot the lavas fury tomorrow it maybe himself or his children |