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The Bihle and the Bog Cart.whom we should have seen completed, three ihe churches at home having in 1881 and 1882years ago, not one mission building, but two, liberally furnished tbe means.THE BIBLE AND THE D0& CART.terminated. It is a most corrupting pollutionThe Bible was on the list of prohibited ofthe faith of any soul." The late Pope Piusbooks in Rome. Pope Clement XIII. threatenedevery one with the galleys who should selves to awaken a holy horror of such poison­IX. said to the Priests, " You must bestir your­read it in the language of the people. Pope ous reading."Pius VII. said : " I tremble at tbe spread of When visiting Rome our baggage was examinedmore carefully to see if we had an Ital­ihe Scriptures. Their distribution is a mostartful crime—a pestilence which must be exianBible than for anything else. I knew wella brother who often visited Rome in order to the temporal power of the Pope. Two daystalk and to distribute portions of the Scriptures.He took unbound printed sheets and sia and thus wrought the destruction of hisafter this, Napoleon declared war against Prus­wrapped them around his legs, acd with large Empire. On the 18th the Pope publicly proclaimedhimself to be God's Infallible repre­boot and pantaloon legs be could concealquite a number. In his hotel he would fold sentative—returned to his palace and was neverseen again by the public. Aug. 1, theand then secretly give them away. Not acopy could be bought in a book store in Rome. French troops were withdrawn from Rome,Butthe light could not always be excluded. thus knocking the last prop frora under theJuly 13, 1870, the dogma of Papal Infallibilitywas decreed, thus sealing the doom of feated at Sedan and on the 4th, his greatPapal throne. Sept. 2d, Napoleon was de­army