cungering devices of Catholicism, and do you wonder that the dense
ignorance of Catholic nations are completely under the power of this
angel of darkness?

Let us repeat, in conclusion of this chapter, that Romanism is the
everlasting enemy of science and individual intellect, as she knows
full well that when the broad, effulgent light of Protestantism dawns
on the benighted minds of her followers that she at once loses her
grasp upon her "hood-winked" dupes, as it is impossible for the
teachings of Catholicism to exist side by side with the teachings of
Protestantism, provided that those who believe in these Romish
abominations care to look above the horizon of Romanism.

[Illustration: IMMORALITY OF THE PRIESTHOOD--
With Romish lust, the blossom of virtue is destroyed.]




Chapter V.

Innocent Girlhood at the Confessional Box.


Blight girlhood and you destroy the usefulness of womankind. Tarnish
the sacredness of girlhood and you scar the purity of womanhood.
Deface the beautiful countenance of chastity, which is found in the
bosom of girlhood, and you not only mar the happiness of girlhood,
but you deface and obliterate the families of the future, for without
that priceless treasure, virtue, the eternal principles of conjugal