"Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light"Fresenborg, Bernard
Religion
"Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light"
Fresenborg, Bernard
Anti-Catholicism; Catholic Church -- Controversial literature; Catholic ex-priests
In a month she came on from New York to get her baby and was told
that she could not have it, and was further told that she had signed
a paper giving it away. Then the husband came on from New York and
demanded the child, but was refused. He then appealed to the pastor
of the Italian Methodist Church, on Hanover street, Boston. The two
went to a very prominent Romanist office-holder, who was chairman of
the trustees of this so-called "Catholic Home." This man draws seven
thousand dollars per year from the city, and is elected largely
through Protestant influence, simply because Protestantism believes
that she can reform Catholicism by being liberal with her; but oh!
Liberty! what crimes are perpetrated in thy name! This Boston
official, after much talk with this Italian father, told him to bring
a letter from a priest, and that he would see what he could do. The
Italian said, "I am a Protestant," at which the official became very
indignant, but after a little more talk said: "Bring a letter of
recommendation from a minister." This Italian father got a good,
strong letter commending his character from a Protestant minister in
New York, and one who already knew him, and went this time alone to
this Boston official.
In about an hour this heart-broken father appeared before a Methodist
minister in tears, saying: "He will not give me my child. He said I
am a bad man for becoming a Protestant, and that by doing so I have
proven that I am unfit to care for my children, and when I gave him
my letter from the Protestant minister, he said: 'I will not take the
word of a Protestant minister!'"
Now, if what we have related is true, which I know to be absolutely
true in every particular, would happen in the United States of
America, "the land of the free and the home of the brave," you might
know what would happen in a Catholic country which is completely
under the tyrannical and damnable rule of the Pope.
A minister informs us that on three occasions lately, children have
come to him and told him that an Irish public school teacher in
Boston had forbidden them to attend Protestant services, as their
parents were at one time Roman Catholics, and that this talk from
this Romish school teacher was had during school hours.
What we need in this country is a "vigilance committee," and we need
it badly, and we need it right away, and this committee should be
instructed to impeach every public official who endeavors to usurp
the law in favor of Roman Catholicism.
The brightest minds of the past, and the brightest minds of the
present have pointed out to Protestant America the dangers of
Romanism, but it seems as though we will not heed their warning, when
we see upon every side evidences of moral decay and national
degeneracy by permitting this "Romish hag" to supervise and
superintend the affairs of this nation.
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