hat it is an abomination to bury a Protestant in
a Catholic cemetery, and one of her laws is that to bury a heretic
(which means Protestant) in a Catholic cemetery is unlawful, and the
Catholic Popes instruct that the remains of any Protestant buried in
a Catholic cemetery shall, if they can be distinguished, be removed,
and if they can not be distinguished, that the cemetery shall be
cleansed by sprinkling holy water over the ground, and bear in mind
that this holy water is to receive its cleansing power from some
priest or bishop, who perhaps is as immoral as hell.

In Canada, some time since, the laws of that country forcibly
effected the burial of a Protestant in a Catholic cemetery, and the
bishop of that diocese, by the name of Bourget, declared that portion
of the cemetery as "_desecrated and filthy_" and forbade any priest
to step his foot upon the ground.

Now, do you expect an institution which teaches such doctrines to
elevate a nation above their own doctrine? If you do, you are
expecting something unreasonable, and if the inhabitants of Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands are not to be elevated above
such abominations can the future hold anything for them but misery?

There is but one thing that beats a bishop's consecration of a
graveyard, and that is money, and money only; but a few dollars will
turn the trick and will open up the ground in a Catholic cemetery for
a heretic, and enough money will turn the entire cemetery into a
Protestant graveyard.

In the City of St. Louis there is a Catholic cemetery called
"Calvary," and lots twelve feet square are sold at from $50 to $1,000
each. A lot was bought by a Protestant whose son died and who was
baptized in his last hour by a Catholic nurse. While his people were
Protestants, they consented, since he had been baptized into the
Catholic Church, that they would give him a Catholic burial, and a
priest by the name of Ward performed the ceremony. Now, bear in mind
that the father of this young man had bought a lot large enough for
his whole family to be buried there, when they should die, as he, of
course, wanted his entire family to be buried together, but the
Catholic Church would not consent to consecrate any part of that lot
but the grave in which the young man was buried that was baptized on
his death bed, simply because the remainder of the family were
Protestants; but for money they consecrated a portion of this lot,
four feet wide and six a