rcing those benighted souls to prostitute
their persons for the gratification of those who pretend to be the
followers of a crucified Christ."

In relating her experience, I understand that a nun who had been
confined in a convent for years made the following declaration:
"That the superior of the seminary would often come and inform us
nuns that an order had been received from the Pope to request those
nuns who possessed the greatest devotion and faith to perform some
particular deeds, which he would name in our presence, but which no
moral or decent person could ever endure to speak of, and I cannot
repeat what these demands often were, as I would have to resort to
language so filthy that it would blush the cheek of one who was
hardened in sin."

Now, if those who sail under the garb of righteousness would go so
far that the inmates of the convents, who are there believing they
are doing the work of God, would rebel against the priests'
immorality, then what can we expect of the priestcraft when they are
in the presence of your wife, daughter or sister, whom they may
prefer, and who has been taught to believe that every act of the
priestcraft is sanctified by God Almighty?

We want to bring the history of Catholicism down as near to the
present time as possible, so the reader may understand the
confidence the "dupes" of Catholicism have in the priestcraft, for,
as stated in a previous chapter of this book, it is a well-known fact
that the feminine world in general have more confidence in humanity
than the male population, but to demonstrate to the reader what
implicit confidence the male members of Catholicism have in the
priestcraft, we call attention to Ed Butler, of the State of
Missouri, who resides in St. Louis.

Ed Butler is a full-fledged Catholic and believes in Catholicism
twenty-four hours each day. By the way, it may be necessary for us to
refresh the readers' mind of the fact that Ed Butler of St. Louis,
Mo., is considered one of the most high-handed "boodlers" in America,
and who has had a number of his "dupes" placed in the state
penitentiary and kept himself out of the same institution by a
"technicality." But to go back to the point that we wanted to make,
we will just say that a Catholic priest in the City of St. Louis by
the name of Coffey had a falling out with Butler over some thing or
another, and in order to get even with him he took sides against
Butler and said many harsh but true things