Errors of the Roman Catholic Church, or, Centuries of oppression, persecution and ruin . in history, except it may be that hehas erected a college in Rome, for the special benefit ofAmerican youth. The college was dedicated on the eve ofthe Immaculate Conception, in December last. So great isthe Popes affection for our country. We ought, I suppose,to be duly grateful to him for placing our country under THE FLOWER OF CUBA. The following photo-engravure represents a group of young ladieswho are the Flower of Cubas daughters, and belong to the wealthiestfamilies of the Island. The Catholic Offic
Errors of the Roman Catholic Church, or, Centuries of oppression, persecution and ruin . in history, except it may be that hehas erected a college in Rome, for the special benefit ofAmerican youth. The college was dedicated on the eve ofthe Immaculate Conception, in December last. So great isthe Popes affection for our country. We ought, I suppose,to be duly grateful to him for placing our country under THE FLOWER OF CUBA. The following photo-engravure represents a group of young ladieswho are the Flower of Cubas daughters, and belong to the wealthiestfamilies of the Island. The Catholic Officials make it their business tosecure one daughter from each wealthy family, more especially if it istheir only child, and place them in a convent (the inside workings ofwhich none but the Dignitaries of the Catholic Church and the poorfemales know) in order that they may exact money at their pleasurefrom their parents by representing to them that their daughter hasviolated some rule, and it requires a certain amount to appease thewrath of God. Thus Romish greed and lust is CHURCH UNITY—ROMANIST THEORY. 63 the special protection of his favorite dogma. There is onequestion I have thought of, though, and that is, whether theVirgin will feel herself bound to obey the Supreme Pontiff,or not \ Will she bestow her patronage as he may direct?It is a question of jurisdiction. Has the Head of theChurch authority over the Queen of Heaven V Perhaps,however, she may waive any claim of precedence in thecase of this particular Pope, to whom she is so deeply in-debted. But may we hope that she will be so complaisanttoward his successor ? But by the time she has had chargeof us for a few years she may take a liking to us, and con-tinue her patronage voluntarily. Who knows ? Doubtlesswe have ground to congratulate ourselves upon our pros-pects for the future. But we must not forget the argument. How has thebasis of membership changed since the time when menwere admitted on the Apos
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