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The Jesuits - James Aitken Wylie

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catechisms for the use of the poor. <strong>The</strong>y especially<br />

excelled as teachers of Latin; and so great was their<br />

zeal and their success, that "even Protestants<br />

removed their children from distant schools, to<br />

place them under the care of the <strong>Jesuits</strong>."[4]<br />

<strong>The</strong> teachers seldom failed to inspire the youth<br />

in their schools with their own devotion to the<br />

Popish faith. <strong>The</strong> sons of Protestant fathers were<br />

drawn to confession, and by-and-by into general<br />

conformity to Popish practices. Food which the<br />

Church had forbidden they would not touch on the<br />

interdicted days, although it was being freely used<br />

by the other members of the family. <strong>The</strong>y began,<br />

too, to distinguish themselves by the use of Popish<br />

symbols. <strong>The</strong> wearing of crosses and rosaries is<br />

recorded by Ranke as one of the first signs of the<br />

setting of the tide toward Rome.<br />

Forgotten rites began to be revived; relics<br />

which had been thrown aside buried in darkness,<br />

were sought out and exhibited to the public gaze.<br />

<strong>The</strong> old virtue returned into rotten bones, and the<br />

holiness of faded garments flourished anew. <strong>The</strong><br />

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