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2 > P C I m I A 11 Q I I I i ¡J I » f ■ ■■MSSSSMNHIB I I I ! FRIDAY, MAY i TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT f n P R û T r 'found everywhere in Catholic homes. i in order to be able to drink all the that the Jews at the time of Christ quotes are as usual wild, idiotic state U LDn I L (2) /<>> The T l „ Lihl„ ¡. mu— <_ bible is old . by — millions in wine in the Mass. When the grotes Catholic book stores. (3) Portions of queness of this wu exposed by ths One of a Series of Articles Be- it are read in public every Sunday 1 fact that only one, two or three table tween N. W. Phdp* and in every Catholic church. (4) The spoonfuls of wine are used in each Frank Davey. Bible is the soul of every portion of Mass, he resorted to foolish jokes to Catholic liturgy and devotional exer cloak his dishonesty. Because an in (By Frank Davey) cises. dividual may have taken intoxicating WHAT WILL THE OPEN MIND WHAT DO LOVERS OF FAIR liquor in addition to the few drops at ED INTELLIGENT PUBLIC SAY OF PLAY THINK ABOUT PHELP’S Mass, this hardly proves that the THE FLAGRANT INSINCERITY RETENDED QUOTATIONS FROM Catholic church kept the bible away OF PREACHER PHELPS WHO THE COUNCIL OF TRENT, GREG from the people so that the laity PASSES OFF MY LETTER OF ORY XVI, ETC. WHEN HE IN might not find out that they are en MARCH 14th WITH A FEW GLIB VARIABLY FAILS TO SHOW titled to some of the wine in the Mass. JIBES; when in that letter I proved WHERE THESE “QUOTATIONS" The with-holding of sacramental wine to every sensible person that each CAN BE FOUND? He evidently from the laity involved no change in statement and line of Phelp’s original knows that for me or anyone else to the doctrines of the church, as anyone lecture, as reported in the Headlight selfprove that these are garbled, mis who knows these doctrines can testify. was a falsehood, whole and entire: i. construed, one must search through It was merely a change of discipline. e. (1) That “the average Catholic has libraries to find them. Of course, he While it is true that the Catholic to get written permission from the himself can easily give us Crowleys church never reverses her official in Hielarchy to read the Bible;” (2) that or Menaces as authorities, but the terpretations of Christ teaching in “The Roman Catholies do worship Father of Lies could probably give matters of faith and morals, her pol metal images for God;” (3) his insin better proof of sincerity than can icy, discipline and customs are reform- uations aboiqt ¡the celibacy of the these. In “quoting” the Council of ' able, subject to revision; of course I Popes and the clergy; (4) that “the Trent in his disquisition dated Jan I do not expect Phelps to see the diff- Catholic Hierarchy ‘as a church’ is uary 18th Phelps represents the Coun i erence. active in politics;” (5) that “several cil as limiting the “reading of the | WHAT DO THOSE WHO STILL of the presidents of the United States bible translated into the vulgar ton RESPECT THE HOLY SCRIPTURE had been killed by Catholics;” (6) gue.” To suit his purpose, he later SAY OF A PREACHER WHO PRE that former Governor Olcott was seen changes this to make it read: “The TENDS THAT WHEN THE BIBLE being initiated as a Knights of Colum Council of Trent denied the right of SAYS “BLACK” IT MEANS bus, etc. etc. Let the reader refer to anyone to read the Bible in any lan- WHITE?” Such impiety is implicit the March 22nd copy of the Headlight guarge," etc. Such dishonesty is typ ly contained in Phelp’s statement: “Of and see if the calm, clear, logical pre ical of all these anti-Catholic “writ course, Mr. Davey does not intend us sentation of facts therein can correct to think that Christ drank or made ers and lecturers'.” ly be compared to a “busted toy ba- fermented wine.” All history proves WHAT MORE MONUMENTAL loon” as Phelps vulgarly puts it. WHAT DOES THE FAIR-MINDED EXAMPLE OF TRICKERY COULD PUBLIC THINK OF PHELPS’ ONE MEET WITH THAN THIS: BOASTFUL REPETITION OF IN- Because the Catholic church is op ERMINABLE IRRELEVENT STATE posed to having every individual in MENTS STREWN AROUND IN HIS terpret doubtful, difficult passages of PREVIOUS ARTICLE WHICH HE scripture for himself or herself, there DESIGNATES AS “UNANSWER fore according to the impression giv ABLE EVIDENCE?” Evidence of en by Phelps Catholics are not sl what? What if Al Smith is a Cath owed to read the bible. He dishonest olic; what if the Benedictines used to ly distorts in pretending to quote me. manufacture wine for public sale, etc. "Bible reading, he (Davey) says, If illiteracy in Bo-called Catholic would make each one a pope." These countries is due to the Catholic are Phelp’s words not mine. church, then illiteracy in our protest What I said was that the Protestant ant southern states must also be due system, according to which each one to the Protestant churches. It was is supposed to be enlightened by the not the Catholic laymen but Atheistic Holy Ghost in his personal interpre Masons of the Grand Orient lodge tation'of scripture—that this makes that persecuted the church in France, a pope of each one, since light to un etc. etc. Does the fairminded public derstand the scriptures correctly— see in the reply to his questions any this is abut all we claim for the pope. thing that justifies Phelps in cling Phelps also says: “Gregory makes it ing stubbornly to the gross falsehoods plain that no Catholic layman should of which I convicted him in my former dare to read and interpret the bible letter? I did answer all his ravings for himself,” etc. Note ‘read and in at least in a general way. Does any terpret’. On this very subject of diffi sane person expect me or anyone else culty of correctly interpreting scrip to take up every wild statement that ture, St. Peter (1-3-16) says of the he can copy out of the hundreds of Epistles of St. Paul “in which are disreputable sheets and books that some things hard to be understood, are on the market, for revenue only? which they that are unlearned and un All that Phelps is doing is, parrot like stable wrest as they do also other to repeat these mendacities. If a man scriptures unto their own destruc has been proven untruthful on ten, tion.” The United States government twenty or thirty counts, we naturally has not yet come to that stage where conclude that the rest of his "testi she permits every John or Jane to ' ' mony” is of the same nature. Will interpret the laws or the constitution not sensible people say "it is useless for themselves. For this she has her court. If a Catholic wishes to argue with such a one.” That is supreme 1 I to do this in regard to the Bible, he true so far as he is concerned. But for the sake of the public, it is well is physically free but he must politely at least occasionably to expose quack- 1 step out of the church and join those who justify the words of the Apostles: ery of his brand. WHAT WILL REASONABLE “For the time will come when they PEOPLE THINK OF PHELP’S will not endure sound doctrine; but STATEMENT THAT THE CATH-1 after their own lusts shall they heap OLIO CHURCH “GATHERED UP to 1 themselves teachers having itch ears. (11 Tim. 4-3). BIBLES (CATHOLIC) FROM THE ing 1 DID YOU EVER HEAR A BLACK CATHOLIC LAYMEN OF FRISCO,” etc., in view of the fact that Catholic 1 ER FALSEHOOD THAN THIS? “It 400 years after the invention of bibles are on sale every day of the was ' year in various stores of that city and 1 printing before a copy of the bible every other city of any size in the ’ was printed in Rome; this was in ” when even prior to 1520 United States. He also wants to know Greek, 1 why the Catholic church refuses to (Luther's excommunication) about "operate Bible societies.” One rea- 1 twenty editions of the bible had been son is that Christ never commanded printed in Italian. Whether they were anyone to go out into the whole world actually printed in Rome, I do not and scatter bibles. What He did say know, but tjiey certainly were in was preach to the gospel to every language of and accessible to living creature, teaching them to ob people of Rome, yet Phelps has serve all things, etc. St. Paul also audacious mendacity to say that clearly states that faith conies by late as 1879 no bible had been printed hearing (Rom. 10-12) not by reading. in Rome in the language of the peo The Catholic church both preaches ple.” The facts are these: Before and teaches the Bible. The Catholic the first Protestant version appeared, church kept the sacred scriptures in-1 there were 84 printed editions of tact for over a thousand years before Holy Writ in the ancient languages; Protestantism originated. During in the modern languages there were that time, her monks and scholars issued 198 editions of which 104 were wrote my hand the only copies avail of the entire bible, comprising 20 in able before, the printing press was 2 in Spanish, 6 in Bohemian, 1 in invented. Her very severity to move Italian, 26 in French, 19 in Flemish. ments which falsified the sacred texts Sclavonic, and 30 in German, and 94 and tried to palm off faulty vernacu of single portions of Holy Writ, con lar translations, is a proof of her zeal sisting chiefly of copies of the New rather than animosity. To under Testament and the Psalms. These stand the scope and reasons for these had been issued from the press with temporary restriction», upon ‘ bible “ ‘ the sanction and at the instance of reading in the vernacular the circnm-1 church, in countries whidh »he stances under which they were given ¡ reigned supreme, before Luther’s must lie understood. See how during I Garman version of the bible appeared the late war, our government made all *n 153,t- aorta of restrictions upon freedom of WHAT DO RELIGIOUS MINDED press and upon the freedom of speech.. PEOPLE THINK OF PHELP’S not to destroy these precious boons BLASPHEMOUS RIBALDRY CON- but precisely in order to preserve CERNING THE HOLY ELCHAR- them. The temporary restrictions up- 1ST? The doctrine of the real pres on reading the Bible in the vernacular. ence is not only held in honor by four were for the same purpose. I hundred millions of Catholics and WHAT THEREFORE WILL : members of the Greek Orthodox THOSE TO WHOM HONESTY IS | church but by millions of Episcopa SACRED SAY ABOUT THIS lians, many Lutherans and others. PREACHER who having made the Even Protestants who disbelieve this carge that the “average Catholic lay. ancient doctrine usually have enough man must get permission from the respect for sacred things to refrain Hierarchy to read the Bible,” clings from ridiculing and blaspheming it. stubbornly to this falsehood, in spite | In his former “unanswerable argu of a multiplicity of easily known pres ment" Phelps had implied that the ent day facta such as (1) the bible is priest kept the bible from the people ✓ 8 drank wine. The Bible says that Christ made and used wine. St. Paul goes so far as to tell Timothy to use a little wine for his stomach’s sake. (1 Tim. 523.) As for total abstinence such organizations as the Knights of Father Matthew (who was a priest) were' preaching and trying to get men to practice absolute prohibition half a century before the 18th amendment was enacted. The fact that the Cath olic church has not seen fit to change what she believes to be the divine ordinance of Christ, by substituting grape juice for wine is taken by Phelps as another “evidence” that “Rome and rum walk together.” HOW WILL SINCERE PERSONS FEEL ABOUT THIS PREACHER’S STATISTICS “that 55 per cent of the men who are fighting this Amendment in congress were Roman Catholics.” They will laugh, smile or be angry at his low estimate of their intelligence. What does he mean by “in Congress?” Can it be that Phelps can not figure any better than he can tell the truth? Out of over 425 members of congress, only approximately 30 are Catholics even in name. Whence the 55 per cent ? But if by “in Congress” Phelps means out of congress, then it would be interesting to learn how he was able to figure out this percentage so accurately. The “authorities” he ments, whose absurd falsity is self- evident. CAN THE PUBLIC SEE THE DIFFERENCE? Phelps again brings up infallibility, this time he “quotes” from Strossmayer. Now these quota tions from Strossmayer may or may not be fictitious. I do not know or care. I do know that this man was at first an opponent of papal infalli bility but I also know that various forged documents were imputed to him. I know likewise that later on, he repeatedly proclaimed his submis sion to the Pope, as in his pastoral letter of Feb. 28, 1881 expressing his deep devotion to the Apostolic See. Whenever Phelps speaks of the Cath olic doctrine of the infallibility of the church through her head, the Pope, he always displays crass ignorance. Let the words of the Episcopalians clergyman, Dr. Jos. Barry at a recent convention of the Episcopal clergy men at Philadelphia explain his own view of the Pope’s position in the head of the church. It resembles the Catholic doctrine very closely. Here are his words as reported in the press: 'This is what it appears to me we can accept as the basis of re union: First the primacy of St. Peter and of the bishops of Rome by divine right; second, a jurisdiction differing in extent at different times, but in all cases allocated to the bishop of Rome the Master’s words: by ecclesiastical law; third, an infalli prophets which come to JX* 0,1 bility which is the mind of the church clothing but inwardly the, '“’’S through the Pope as its organ of ing wolves. Ye shall knL*?? their fruits.” (Matt. 7-15.1^^ statement" etc. WHAT DO TRUTH LOVING PEO fruita have been hatred \ bitterness strife. For JS PLE THINK OF AN ARGUMENT not blame the other LIKE THIS: “Mr. Davey has failed thus far to secure that living witness are not accountable for the ” ' who has been in a Protestant institu their renegade associate! «uj tion for 30 years who would come they do not cooperate with forward at the end and say all this, of them. Throughout time I worshipped images’.” For have been long suffering k?1 once Phelps spoke the truth, even enee brought us nowhere, though by these words he is trying lately have begun a mild, d Jt’’ to propogate a pernicious falsehood. fense of ourselves and Do you ever see Catholics using the WHAT MUST DECENT m printed or spoken word to slander, ABLE PEOPLE THINK ¿3 abuse their Protestant or non-Catholic BRAINLESS, SHAMELEfl.il brethren? Only rarely ¡have they LIKE THESE: “We ofX □ come out publicly even to defend them why Catholic laymen dò JI selves from unjust, unprovoked, out themselves into committees XI rageous assaults, and then only with for themselves what ungodly J calmness, dignity, moderation. Fair- houses of shame a Nunnery ,3 minded persons who have heard or if our Catholic people did not J read our defense invariably contrast from personal contact and -wl Catholic mildness and charity with who and what are the saiijj the abuse, hatred, self-evident false and their institutions. In their J hood employed by our defamers. But thousand of Catholic mother« (J such poisoned pabulum is constantly Protestant aslo) have acquired«! offered to the citizens of Oregon. For education from, have lived ijl some unexplained reason, the chief same roof with these devotedtal propagators of this peculiar brand of shared their confidence; knoql “christian charity and patriotism” still know them most mtuj were and still are so-called ministers of Christ who strongly remind one of (Continued on page g) 3 ♦ ( 1 I I I 1 4 c I 4 4 I I 4 d i t c ( ♦ T On ante frou| r ■tin 1 Qu kt, Buy “Check” Seal Radio Sets he i Itisi heir LET the “Check” Seal bring the universal voice of radio into your home. 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