“Thus spoke the Almighty; and I came here to fulfill his command.  Now, I say to you: 

“That the miseries of the unhappy Indian whom you have impoverished and stupefied, have reached the Throne of the Highest. There have arrived so many intelligences obscured and impaired by you!  The cry of so many exiles, tortured, and killed at your instigation!  The tears of so many mothers and the miseries of so many orphans, combined with the noise of your orgies!  Know that there is a God, (perhaps you doubt His existence, and only use His name to advance your ends) who will some day call you to account for all your iniquities.  Know that He needs not the money of the poor, nor is it necessary to worship Him by burning candles and incense, saying masses or believing blindly what others say, contrary to common sense.

“No!  His luminary is greater than your own sun; His flowers more fragrant than those on earth.  He suffices to Himself.  He created intelligence for no subservient purpose; but that with its use, man could be happy in raising himself to Him.  He needs no one.  He created man, not for His sake, but for man’s own.  He is happy for all eternity!

“You obstinately uphold the existence of a Purgatory, using even the most ignoble weapons and means to defend your belief.  Why, instead of wasting your time in affirming the existence of that which you never saw, do you not preach and practice love and charity amongst yourselves?  Why not preach words of comfort and hope, to somewhat soothe the miseries of life, instead of frightening your brothers by tales of future punishment?  Why?  Because Christ’s True Doctrine would bring you no earthly wealth, and all that you look for is gold, and gold!  And to satisfy your end and bleed the timid souls, of money, you have invented a Purgatory!  Why afflict orphans and widows with dreadful tales of the next life, only to extort from them a few cents?  Have you forgotten what the Apostle said?  ’Nolo vos ignorare, fratres, de dormientibus, ut non contristenuni, sicut qui spem non habent,’ which means, ’I do not wish you to ignore, brethren, that which concerns those who sleep, that you may not be saddened, like those who have lost all hope.’  Also, that I, myself, have said?  ’Hoec enim est Christianoe fidei summa:  vitam veram expectare post mortem,’ that is ’Here is then the summary of the Christian faith:  to hope for a true life after death.’  But you, lacking in charity, and for a vile, greedy interest, live in opposition to Christ, and pretend to be able to mould Divine Judgment.  All the strength of your philosophy seems to be derived from your own theory, which denies the existence of souls sufficiently sinners to be condemned, or pure enough to enter the Kingdom of God!  By whose authority do you pretend to oppose the judgment of Him who weighs and considers the smallest thought?  Who knows it is impossible to expect perfection from beings made of clay, subject to the miseries and oppressions of earthly life?  Who told you that He will judge as you, with your narrow, limited intelligence, do?  That the miseries of this life are not expiations of sins?