Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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as it does, from a class of men who owe allegiance to a
foreign despot, and bow to a master in Rome, the author
has been led to feel that every true-hearted American is
called upon, and should be urged to guard, with a constantly
wakeful and jealous eye, the blood-bought heritage
of freedom! And the more since we have to do with a
most formidable religious organization, whose object it is
to tyrannize over the human mind, and stifle the very
breath of liberty.
In the estimation of some, it may appear almost arrogance
for one unknown to the reading public to write a book
with the expectation of its being read, on a subject which
has already been so elaborately discussed and extensively
written upon by learned divines, and men of profoundest
theological research. The author has only to say, by way
of apology, that all the works on Romanism with which he
has met, emanating from this respectable source, are, (at
least in hi8 humble judgment), too elaborate, too abstruse
and metaphysical to be relished by the many; and therefore
public opinionyet remains far from being well informed
upon the subject, notwithstanding the numerous volumes
that have been given to the world for its elucidation.
In this production, the author bas labored to combine
the instructive with the entertaining ~ so as to render
delightful a task which is usually reckoned irksome. In
the use of the glass of fiction, and endeavoring to .. hold
the mirror up to nature," he has aimed to reflect the
images of truth, and to present them in the most vivid
light and striking forms. How far he has succeeded in the
attempt remains for others to judge.
THE AUTHOR.