Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGER IN THE DARK. 69
chamber, knelt before a crucifix, made the sign of
the cross, indistinctly mumbling a hurried prayer;
then rising again, turned about with an air of impatience-paused,
bending his gaze thoughtfully upon the
floor; hands clenched, lips livid and compressedthus
he stood like a statue - until the boiling lava of
his mind began to flow out in words as follows:
"Accursed be the day, that saw the holy Inquisition
abolished! and thrice accursed the heretics who
conspired its overthrow I '.t ... ... '.t A pillar of strength
in the church, it stood for centuries I To unbelievers
and the enemies of the faith 'twas more terrible than
an army with banners I Alas! the holy tribunal hath
fallen-paralyzing the right arm of papal power, ana
striking a fatal blow at ecclesiastical authority! Then
heaved the mother church a sigh that pierced the
heavens, and shook the foundations of the earth I
Heretics rejoiced and hell lifted up a shout 'II< 'II< to to
But there is comfort yet-that spiritual court, though
buried in Europe, looks forward to a day of resurrection
in America. High heaven! speed the time-and
may I live to see it!- 'II< '*' "" Yes, there's comfort
in this,-while Catholicism declines in the Old World,
'tis rising in the New.-By immense emigration, our
strength in the United States is rapidly increasing:
and the period may not be remote when, even in this
land, so rife with heresy and cursed with Godless
liberty, the Inquisition shall stretch forth its vindic-
, tive arm, to strike down the proud fabrics of Protestantism,
and hnrl to the ground the free institutions