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and all others who do not obey that voice of God, as spoken through the Pope, are rebels against God. These extracts are taken from the Independent of April 3, 1902. The Independent is a molder of Protestant opinion, and when they believe what the Independent teaches, they will return to the bosom of the mother church, which, according to the Independent, is a true church, and doing the work of God. Here is another straw to show which way the wind is blowing:
"While such men as Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland, and others have infused the American spirit into their church, they are often seen on the same platform with Protestant ministers. And here it is pertinent to note that the Presbyterian Church, as it will formally declare, a little later, no longer assumes to identify the Roman Catholic Church with the scarlet woman of the Apocalypse." --- Christian at Work, A leading Presbyterian paper of the United States.
If she is not the scarlet woman and mother of harlots, of Revelation 17, then the Presbyterian Church, and all other Protestants, have basely slandered her, when they proclaimed to the world that she was that same fallen, apostate church, drunken with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. Either these molders of Protestant thought in our day are mistaken, as to the character of popery, or else the noble men were mistaken, who at the peril of their lives, stood up for truth and liberty of conscience against the pope and his minions in their day. Those priceless principles of truth and liberty, which were won for us by our fathers with tears and blood, are being basely surrendered by those who should be their most able and staunch defenders. It is extremely interesting to the student of prophecy to note how often Catholic dignitaries are in consultation with the president, and thus through him shaping the policy of the nation. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?A picture of President McKinley, Cardinal Gibbons, and Admiral Dewey, is said to have appeared in most of the Catholic papers of |