Thirty Years In Hell | Page 8

boldly and above board
that they knew there was some "scull-duggery" attached to all of this
"fake" miracle business.

This "Mother Superior" fled from Munster, and it was learned that she
went to the City Rheine, on the river Ems, and gave birth to a child, and
the father of this child was the Catholic priest in charge of this convent,
who helped and was the prime instigator in giving out to the world that
the "Mother Superior" was performing miracles, which was a malicious
lie made of whole cloth and promulgated in order to securely bind the
followers of Catholicism to their idolatrous belief.
This is not the end of the "Mother Superior," as she afterwards
practiced in the open what she had practiced in this Catholic convent at
Munster, as she entered a house of ill fame in the City of Rheine in
Germany, and there led a life of shame as a harlot of the world;
however, she was only living the same life she had been living when
she was sailing under the name of "Mother Superior" in this convent at
Munster.
Now, reader, if Catholicism would practice such abominations upon the
ignorant dupes of her followers in Munster, Germany, is it not
reasonable to suppose that she would practice them to-day wherever
she can fasten her hellish belief upon the minds of the people?
Hardly a day passes over our heads but what we see in some newspaper
where Catholicism is brazenly declaring to the intelligent public that
miraculous cures are being performed by some "hoodoo saint" of their
idolatrous creed.
One would believe that in enlightened America the Roman Church
could not wield such an idolatrous influence over her followers, but
when you stop to think that the children of Catholic parents are brought
up from infancy to believe all of this "hoodooism," it is not strange that
they fall into these idolatrous practices.
When America learns that the majority of the convents and monasteries
of this country are used for the purpose of shielding and protecting
Catholic criminals, and for the purpose of Catholic dignitaries to glut
their lust upon the female inmates of these institutions, and will exact
and demand laws that will force a rigid examination every thirty or
sixty days of these institutions, then the world at large will know and

thoroughly understand that these institutions are practically the homes
of depravity and licentiousness.
To give the reader more information in regard to what Catholicism
resorts to to impress their "dupes" with their idolatry, we want to take
up their great magician, "St. Anthony." The Catholic priesthood teaches
their followers that St. Anthony's spirit possesses the power to answer
all prayers, in fact, to perform any favor the supplicant may ask.
Now, to illustrate what I mean, is this: Suppose you had lost your
pocketbook containing $50.00; the Catholic Church teaches that all you
have to do is to pay a few dimes into the priest's pocket and then get
down and pray to St. Anthony and you will at once learn where your
pocketbook is.
Now, bear in mind that this praying to St. Anthony don't cut any ice
unless you pay something, as every prayer must be backed up by
money, and the more money paid the quicker action you can get on St.
Anthony.
The Catholic Church calls it "St. Anthony's Bread Box," and right by
the side of this box they have a large number of small candles, and you
are supposed to drop the money into this box to pay for the candles that
St. Anthony uses when looking for what is lost, or to light his path on
his road to answer your prayer.
These candles cost the priest from one-half cent to one cent each, and
the "dupe" will drop in from ten cents to ten dollars to have his prayer
answered, so you can see that the Catholic Church is a good thing for
the candle makers.
We will now give you a few idiotic prayers that are offered to St.
Anthony by the followers of blind Catholicism.
"O, Glorious St. Anthony, noble Sunflower of divine conformity, I
salute thee in the name of the Queen of Angels and of all the angelic
choirs; and I thank Almighty God for the grace bestowed on thee, that
like to this Great Queen and the angelic choirs thou wert ever

conformed to His holy will. I beseech thee that with this glorious Lady
and all the angelic choirs, thou wouldst approach the throne of God,
lovingly offer Him this my petition and strengthen it by thine
intercession.
"OUR FATHER. HAIL, MARY. GLORY."
"I salute thee, Blessed Anthony, noble Narcissus-flower of knowledge,
in the name of all the patriarchs and prophets; and I thank the good God
for