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of their hearers, are simply the inventions of| were appropriated to the Gold Hill Mission
these priests. which is greatly in need of a house of worship.

We believe that our correspondent and many | The same is the case with several other places.
To the great detriment of the work we are com-

Our Answer to a Catholic Layman.

‘A “Catholic Iayman,’’ who ‘‘was shown by
a Lutheran neighbor the article in the October} others in the Roman church do not know the
number of the Pioneer on Rome and Religious| true spirit of their church as to religious lib-| pelled to conduct our services in small public
Liberty,” has sent us Judge Dunne’s speech| erty. They do not know the principles held | school-houses. Help is needed and that right
recently delivered at Chicago. Together with| and followed by the leaders of their church.| early. Despite the difficulties, however, with
the speech he also sends some remarks of his} The Roman church is best studied in coun-} which the missionaries have to contend, the
own. We have read the speech of Judge Dunne, | tries where it has been working out its real| work is growing all along the line. May the
a member of the Roman church, but we see in| principles and spirit, uninfluenced by Prot-| Lord continue to establish the work of our
it no refutation of the statements given in our] estantism, for hundreds of years. Asa speci-| hands.
article. The Judge says that the Roman church | men of its intolerance in such a country we in| Concord, Oct. 17, 1893. Missionary.
is a friend of civil and religious liberty and tries | conclusion give our correspondent the follow- mee
to prove this from the history of our country. | ing notice lately circulated extensively in Leon, :
We did not deny that the Roman church favors | Nicaragua: ; ; A Noble Gift!
‘Teligious liberty in our country. We expressly “Arrention, Catuotics! ; 7
said: ‘In Protestant countries the Church of} The wolf of Protestantism has found its way ae Baasai poke te ee aa ata
Rome. pretends to favor religious liberty.’’ | into the Catholic flock. A minister of the sect of the Leaks eeelinatten have mane wadtn
Our country is still a Protestant country and | of Luther and Voltaire is in Leon, accompanied ane gift. “Two Colored raiGean eharehes
ep omanoruncn pete Speake for religious by various mercenaries, who are busy selling} 4 New Ores Rey. Lankenau seein have
Jiberty,. oueeer is Be ee But] in the streets Protestant Bibles and a false a led by the Spirit of God to eateries
. whenever the Roman church is in the majority, | hook of the Gospels. ... Scorn the propagan- al Seek u ste
she does not favor religious liberty. In proof] gists divorced Pon the Catholic Cheech sere mars Pane eee one me rei
aes me Noite ee sean Sie the | Let us hurl them away. No law authorizes The St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church ment
ollowing from a French writer, highly ap-| their coming here. ..: Nicaragua belongs to us $5.00 and the Mt. Zion Colored Lutheran
proved at Rome: ‘‘When there is a Protestant| Goq- Protestantism to the devil. Away with i - 2
majority we claim religious liberty because them!” ; Rare eee ase LA eae
Benita ccrane it ts Nee et ah - ei Such is the spirit of the Romish chorch us that these poor Colored brethren and sis-
Judge Dunne in his speech points to ‘‘the ters come so nobly to our assistance, but it
Catholic Lafayette,’’ of whose ‘‘valuable serv- demonstrates a living faith. : May God richly
ices not a school-boy in America of ten years Bless) these donorsiinitimelwiei.al strong fetth
of age is ignorant.” But he did not tell his} Drar Pioneer: —On the 16th day of July Cae) CCR GHD te ALS LATA Cot HES IEE
hearers that this same Lafayette, during his| Rev. Mr. F. Herm. Meyer, a graduate from Scranton, Miss. , Oct. 25, 1893.
visit to America, said: ‘‘It is my opinion that, | our Theological Seminary at St. Louis, was : C. J. Bropers.
if ever the liberties ‘of this country are de-| set apart for the service of the Colored Mis- SS eT ee
-stroyed, it will be by the subtilty of the Roman| sion by your missionary at the-Grace. Church
Catholic Jesuit priests, for they are the most| in Concord. On the Sunday following we con-
crafty, dangerous enemies to civil and relig-} ducted him into his office at a joint service of] A farmer sold a load of corn in a town one
ious liberty.’’ : the Colored Lutherans of Alamance. In the} day. When it was weighed, he slyly stepped
We had quoted the following from Bossuet: | afternoon of the same day Rey. Meyer deliv-|on the scales and then drove off to unload.
“T declare that I have always been of the opin-| ered his inaugural sermon based on Acts 8,/ When the empty wagon was weighed, he took
-ion that princes have the right to pass penal| 29—40. The Revs. Holt and Clapp, who last] good care not to be in it, and congratulated
laws to compel heretics to conform to the rites| winter resigned their charges, were present to} himself that he had cheated the buyer in good
;and observances of the Catholic church; and; | receive the new missionary. Like Cornelius} shape. ‘he grain dealer called him in, and,
secondly, that this doctrine is a standing one| and his house upon the arrival of the holy| after figuring up the load, paid him in full.
pee in the church.”’ Our correspondent seems to} Apostle Peter, the few Lutherans, gathered] As the farmer buttoned up his coat to go out,
= doubt the correctness of our quotation. He} at the little school-house in Alamance County,| the buyer kindly asked him to smoke with
‘reminds us “‘of the fact that Bossuet was of| expressed their joy at the coming of their pas-| him, and then talked over the crops and the
the opinion that Protestants should not be com-| tor. May the working together of pastor and| price of hogs, and the likelihood of the Maple
*  pelled to attend the mass.’” Now, we know] people redound to the glory of God and the} Valley Railroad building up that way, until
that Bossuet, in his debate with the Bishop| salvation of souls. the farmer fairly squirmed in his chair with
FE of Montauban as to whether Protestants con-| On the last Sunday of September the Col-| uneasiness about-his chores at home. At last
«verted by the dragoons were to be compelled ored Lutherans of Cabarrus, Rowan and Stan-| he could stand it no longer, and said he must
to attend mass, was of the opinion that they| ley counties celebrated their first Mission Fes-| go. The dealer quietly said that was not to be
Should not be compelled. “But why not? Not tival under the shady trees at the Emmanuel] thought of; that he had bought the farmer at

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Letter from Concord, N. C.

Selling Himself. :

cio from ISD, consideration for their liberty of| Church in Rimertown. It is estimated that} full weight, and paid him his own price, and
y _ conscience. No! But out of respect for the| 300 people were present. Sermons on mis-| that he would insist on doing what he pleased
jms pass Our correspondent, we hope, will see] sions were delivered by the Revs. Meyer, from| with his own ‘property. The farmer saw that
__. the difference. Elon College, W. P. Phifer, from Charlotte, | he had indeed sold himself, in one sense at

-- “Catholic layman’’ will not expect us tojand the undersigned. The Choir of the Con-| least. He acknowledged his cheating and com-

‘-teply to his base slanders of Luther or to his| cord Grace Church helped to beautify the sery-| promised the affair. Now, when he markets
eee Melanchthon’s having de-| ices by the rendering of several select anthems. | grain, he does not stand on the scales or sell
: ie ed the os olic faith to be good to die by. | It was an occasion on which pastors and people| himself with the load. A good many boys
‘3 fea oa paves of the kind. All such] could truthfully say: ‘This is the day of the| sell themselyes at a still cheaper rate. The
rhich Romish a fat Pes 310 co-laborers, Lord, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”? boy who lies, cheats, swears or steals, sells
: priests hammer into the'minds| The mites gathered for mission purposes| himself. ieloae ;

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