Excerpt from The Question of the Hour: The Bible and the School Fund This matter is no secret. It is open to all our citizens, -to all the world. The Papacy, that is growing weak in Europe, seeks renewed strength on our soil. And it boasts Of its future triumphs here. Said a Romish priest, when commenting upon the losses of the church in Italy, We can afford to let the rags of Italy go into the hands of Garibaldi, when we are taking possession Of the United States. An Italian paper says, The Roman Court expects to be able to control the American Republic. At a meeting of Roman Catholics, held in New York last year, and representing all parts Of the country, one of the speakers, exulting over what had been gained by them through special appropriations from the New York legislature, said, This is the little finger, and we must per severe till we get the whole hand. That hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.