American Papacy - PROPHESIED

All this and much more is true of Romanism. And although there is just cause for fear that the principles of Romanism will let be legalized by the laws of this nation, we are certain that it will never accomplish this of itself nor in its own name. We are perfectly assured that if ever Romanism gains such power in this Government, it will be through the mediumship and by the instrumentalities of the National Reform party; for, as crafty, as crud, as bitterly opposed to our free institutions as Rome is, as this book shows she is, and as men know that she is, yet the National Reformers are willing and even anxious to join hands with her, and enlist her in the promotion of their scheme of so-called reform. {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 5.1}

In saying that the National Reformers are willing and even anxious to join hands with Romanism in America, we only state the sober truth, as proved by the following statement from an editorial in the Christian Statesman of December 11, 1884:— {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 5.2}

“Whenever they [the Roman Catholics] are willing to co-operate in resisting the progress of political atheism, we will gladly join hands with them.” {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 5.3}

What the Statesman designates as “political atheism,” is nothing more nor less than the present form of government and the present Constitution of the United States. To oppose National Reform is to them sheer atheism; and to oppose the kind of government, which they indorse is political atheism. That no religious test shall be required of a civil ruler, is declared by Rev. M. A. Gault to be “the infidel theory of government.”—Statesman, December 24, 1885. The theory of government taught in our national Constitution” is declared by Rev. A. M. Milligan to be “the infidel theory.”—Speech in the New York Convention. {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 5.4}

The Statesman of December 1, 1884, further says:— {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 6.1}

“We cordially, gladly, recognize the fact that in South American republics, and in France and other European countries, the Roman Catholics are the recognized advocates of national Christianity, and stand opposed to all the proposals of secularism. . . . In a world’s conference for the promotion of national Christianity, many countries could be represented only by Roman Catholics.” {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 6.2}

It is beyond question, therefore, that what the Statesman means is, that whenever the Roman Catholics are willing to co-operate with the National Reformers in the scheme for the establishment of national Christianity in the United States, the National Reformers “will gladly join hands with them.” But the Roman Catholics are always ready to co-operate in that thing. That is one of Rome’s clearest characteristics. Rome hates our present form of government and our present Constitution as heartily as do the National Reformers. Rome, too, would readily enough brand our present system of government as “political atheism,” if the National Reformers had not already done it for her. And every body may rest assured that the National Reformers will have the pleasure of “gladly” joining hands with Rome, just as soon as they shall have gained a position of sufficient importance to make it to the interest of Rome to join hands with them. In fact, this is exactly what Roman Catholics are commanded to do, in his Encyclical Letter published in 1885, Pope Leo XIII. Says:— {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 6.3}

“All Catholics should do all in their power to cause the constitutions of States, and legislation, to be modeled on the principles of the true church, and all Catholic writers journalists should never lose sight, for an instant, from the of the above prescriptions.” {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 7.1}

From the foregoing quotations from the Statesman, it is see, that in European and South American countries the Roman Catholics are the recognized advocates of national Christianity; National Christianity is the object of the this national Christianity can he established; to remodel our Constitution and legislation in the aim of National Reform; but this is exactly what “all Catholics” are by the Pope ex cathedra commanded to do, all and not to lose sight of it for an instant. Therefore, what the National Reformers propose to do with our Constitution and legislation is precisely what the Roman Catholics in this country are commanded by the Pope to do. therefore the aim of National Reform and the aim of Rome are identical; and why should they not “gladly join hands”? {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 7.2}

But that the National Reformers will gladly join hands with Rome, is not all of the story—not near all. They actually and deliberately propose to make overtures to Rome for co-operation. They actually propose to make advances, and repeated advances, and even to suffer rebuffs, to gain the help of Rome in their Romish scheme of “National Christianity.” Proof of this is in the Christian Statesman of August 31, 1881, where Rev. Sylvester F. Scovel, a leading National Reformer, says:— {April 15, 1889 ATJ, TAMP 8.1}

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