To Be Had Of The Father In Charge.
Will You, For The Poor Sum Of One Dollar, Leave Your Loved Ones To
Burn In Purgatory For Ages?
At the last raffle for souls, the following numbers obtained the
prize, and the lucky holders may be assured that their loved ones are
forever released from the flames of purgatory:
Ticket 4l. - The soul
of Madame Coldern is made happy for ever. Ticket 762. - The soul of
the aged widow, Francesca de Parson, is forever released from the
flames of purgatory. Ticket 84l. - The soul of Lawyer Vasquez is
released from purgatory and ushered into heavenly joys. [Footnote:
"Gospel Message."]
But, my reader asks, "Do the people implicitly believe all the priest
says?" No, sometimes they say, "Show us a sign." This was especially
true of the people living on the Chili-Bolivian border. The wily, yet
progressive, priest there made a number of little balloons, which on
a certain day of the year were sent up into the sky, bearing away the
sins of the people. Of course, when the villagers saw their sins
float away before their own eyes, enclosed in little crystal spheres,
such as could not be earthly, they believed and rejoiced. Yes,
reader, the South American priest is alive to his position after all,
and even "patents" are requisitioned. In some of the larger churches
there is the "slot" machine, which, when a coin is inserted, gives
out "The Pope's blessing." This is simply a picture representing
his Holiness with uplifted hands.
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