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:jff -jHfeh. In an argument with a Socialist about Catholicity, he stated that the Turks were at one time the strongest prevailing nation in the world and that their religion was the strongest and largest, and that if it were not for a great Polish general who defeated the Turks, the Turkish religion would be the great religion today, and there would not be a religion known as the Catholic religion. The region of "It might have been" is no doubt a very interesting place, but practical people are not so much concerned with it. The fact that the Turks were defeated and their power broken is fairly conclusive proof that hey did not remain "the strongest prevailing nation since God ordained that a Polish general and King who was a devout Catholic, should defeat the Turks when they were at the very •zenith of their power. Common sense and the force of logic dictate that God was with the Catholic leader and not the Mohammedan caliph. It is a fact that the Catholic religion remains to tlay in all its power and has remained a real Catholic religion and has spread by the grace of God and the power of its own divine truth while Mohamme danism has decayed, and is essentially a state religion and exerts little or no effect upon the world of men. In any case, it is not easy to see how so cialism profits in attaching itself to a losing cause or to a religion with which it has absolutely nothing in common. Your socialist is a fair sample of his ilk whose ignorance of Catholicity is only exceeded by his lack of knowledge concerning so cialism. What Orders of nuns take care of the lepers? Where are their motherhouses located? Can a girl 22 years of age enter these Orders? The Franciscan Sisters, 1024 Court street, Syracuse, New York, have full charge of the work done among the lepers at Molokai, in the Hawaiian Islands. A letter addressed to their motherhouse at the above address will furnish you with whatever informa tion you desire. 1 want to give a friend of mine some proof that after this life there is another life. Your friend, of course, is not -a Christian, for the revelation of God contains a thousand proofs of the ex istence of a future world, hence we cannot appeal to the Bible. Your friend, I take it, is one of those who argue: "When I die, I am dead and that is the end of it." As a rea sonable person, a man of intelligence, he should feel the weight of the proof from history. How can he explain the fact that mankind has always ac cepted the belief in the life to come? Not merely one or other nation, or several tribes of the same, though scattered race not merely uncouth barbarians or illiterate savages, but all the great nations in the four quar ters of the globe the strongest intel lects and clearest minds have recorded their belief in the world beyond the grave. What right has your friend to prefer his unsupported persuasion to the unanimous and universal belief of the human race? Again, has your friend no desire to be ranked as a higher being than the cat and the dog? The dumb beast ceases totally to be when it dies, for the beast has not a spiritual soul is man in the *ame category of beings? Indeed, were it not for his spiritual and im mortal soul, man would be k vastly inferior beast. Moreover, the con science of man tells of a future life of reward and punishment. If death puts an end to everything, where is the sanction of human actions? Why should men be honest and truthful, rober and pure? If a man can evade detection, why should he curb his pas sions, respect the rights of others? "What hope can the materialism of your friend offer to the unfortunates of the world, to oppressed innocence, to those who have never really had a chance in this world and whose only comfort is the thought of a life to come? I- doubt if these arguments will appeal to your friend unless the hand of misfortune should touch him or the grace of God convert him. Can we class as respectable a di vorced man who marries again while his first wife is living? "A man who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery and he who marries her who is put away commits adultery. And if the wife shall put away her husband, and be married to another she commits adultery." (Matt. XIX, 6 Mark X, 11 12.) Such a state then evidently can not be respectable according to the standard of the Christian religion. If the state pretends to supersede this law of God and to give divorce its sanction and to the adulterous the protection of law, it is merely assum inga higher authority than that held by Almighty God. vr i I do not see why I should be asked to believe things I can not under stand? Is not this against reason? What you are asked to accept by faith is not contrary to reason it is above reason. It is more than haz ardous, it is downright folly, for a man to contend: "I don't understand it therefore, it can't be true." In the field of natural truths, such an atti tude would block the progress of the world—it would hinder thought and research. There are mysteries in na ture that man can not understand yet he accepts them. We gladly take the word of the scientist and lawyer and doctor. We persuade ourselves 'that these men know their business and will not deceive us we take their ^indecisions on faith* GodV religion contains mysteries God has revealed Nslbem. Apply the same test as was ••, .•••'•'• QUESTION SWERv In this department, questions of Kfneral Interest In regard to religion *»e nnftwered each ncrlc In the order in Which they are received. AH commnnl caltotm must be nigntdi though the name will not be published. Addresst "Quezon and Answer," care The Catholic Bulletin, 313 Newton Blilg, Si. Panl. adopted by the doctor. God's knowl edge is infinite He will not deceive He can not be deceived. Why should you hesitate to have confidence, to have faith in Him. No mystery of religion is contrary to reason all will be fully understood when the vision of God illumines the mind. Inued from page 1.) A RUSSIAN HENRY VIII. ect were, as the author tells us, "on the one hand, his vaulting ambition burned with eagerness to establish family connections with the first rul ing houses of the world, such as the houses of Hapsburg and Bourbon, and to secure for his own dynasty, till then scarcely known in civilized Europe, a position of equality with them. In this he was hindered by the fact that no other ruling house be longed to the Greek orthodox religion. Besides this, Peter I hoped to find the Apostolic See more compliant than the Russian clergy who stubbornly re fused to legally and finally divorce him from his first wife, Eudoxia La puchin, from whom he passionately desired to be separated. This they re fused because there was not even the semblance of a reason for doing so." To encompass this design the Czar sent his most astute and accomplished diplomat, Count Kurakin, to Rome to conduct negotiations toward realizing his scheme. It is this same Count Kurakin whom St. Simon gives as his personal source of information in the matter. Our author continues his in teresting revelation by telling us that: "Still the negotiations conducted in greatest secrecy for over three years yielded no result, for the reason that in the first plac'e, the Pope without a shadow of a doubt absolutely refused to lend himself to divorcing the Sole Lord of all Russians from poor Eu doxia, and then especially because Ku rakin's report convinced him (Peter) that from his own .and the conversion of his people there would arise such an obstacle to 'the establishment of that absolutism which he so desired that even the most brilliant family al liance would be too great a price to pay. Peter therefore gave up the project and allowed the Greek Church to remain in Russia." Thus we have here again a most telling example of the unyielding at titude of the Church on so fundamen tal a principle as divorce, a matter of such vital social importance in our day of neo-pagan laxity. So, too, we have here again, out of the mouth of what we in America have come to regard as one of the classical ex amples of Absolutism, a strong con firmation of the Church's champion ship of the rights of nations and peo ples. The fact that at all times she has stood against absolutism of every form should be strongly impressed on our minds today when there is such a bewilderment of opinions on differ ent forms of government. ifbontiuuect from page 1.) A JOURNEY THROUGH AUSTRALASIA nut is $125.00 a ton. The Bishop this year will lose on his estate the amount of $10,000, a great help which will be lost to his missions. Our next call was the Gorge group at Vavan, a most beautiful and pic turesque harbor. The port is com posed of islands so near to each other as to be hardly noticeable, but form ing a fine, deep channel between high hills covered with luxuriant tropic vegetation. Here I met Father Thomas, S. M., with whom, some years ago, I spent a pleasant week on the Island of Taiga Tabu. There is a prosperous future before Vavan. The Catholic Church is becoming too small. Father Thomas shortly will enlarge it, and will also build a larger school and a better presbytery. The new site is the finest'position for an institution in all Vavan. From it you see the dominating mountain, hal lowed once by the footsteps of the blessed martyr, Peter Louis Chanel. One night's run brought us to the next island of Haapi, a low island, very rich in copra, or dried cocoanut. It was frightfully ravaged some years ago, and the inhabitants well-nigh starved but prosperity has returned, and a large concrete church has been erected to replace the former one de stroyed by the hurricane. It was a perfect specimen of the native archi tecture, and, therefore, a curiosity for Europeans. There are two Marist Fathers here, one of whom is waiting for a cutter to take him to a solitary island, from which he intends to bring a resident father (one of the two Euro* peans alone oh the island) to another place more in need of his service, in this time of scarcity of priests owing to the war. Finally we reached Nukulofa, the most Southern island of the group. Here I came by surprise on Bishop Blanc, S. M., whom I consecrated six years ago at Moafanga, where he has his cathedral. Bishop Vidal. Ahmit two days of steaming brought me back to Suva, Fiji. Here I met Bishop Vidal, who was returning from Sydney, where he had spent several months for the benefit of his health. After the fatigues and arduous life of over forty-six years in the islands he is now, it is thought, neajrlng the end of his career. I spent three weeks in the Fiji group and then went with Bishop Vidal to Leonka, fifty-two miles away, on the small Tfland of Ovalan, Leonka wasi ©nee tbi^c^Ual of Fiji, but, owing to its large "and safe port, Suva will henceforth be the JL liimiimiif ——-Trr*aMn" J. J" /. capital. It is a very beautiful place, (with a population of four thousand, mostly Europeans. Large wharves have just been completed, giving first rate accommodations to the largest steamer afloat. Sugar plantations are very successful in Toji. They are worked by Indians, many of whom are allowed to stay in Fiji and settle there after their contract time of five years has expired. They number al ready 75,000. The Marists are try ing to do some good among them by having schools for their children. The Cathedral of Suva is a fine one built of stone, and when completed will be a noble church fit for any country. At Leonka there is a Catholic Church built chiefly for the white popula tion. The native Catholie population resides principally at Loreito and Ca waci. At Cawaci* the Bishop gener ally lives, because he has there the great work of his catechists. He has an estate of five hundred acres culti vated by the catechists, who thus be come self-supporting. Each catechist is the father of a good Christian family, and these families live in na tive houses not far from a fine stone church dedicated to St. John the Bap tist. When the catechists have spent at least three years at Cawaci, to re ceive instructions in religion, they re turn with their families to the islands whence they came, and there they propagate or preserve" the faith, and set the example of the virtues of a model Christian family, ^his is a gr^at work and a glory to Bishop Vi dal, its founder. Bishop Broyer at Appia, Samoa, has a similar work equally productive of the very best results. I went to Loretto and Ca waci in the Bishop's motor launch. At last, I returned to Suva. I went on board the Niagara, and in five days reached Auckland,* and thence by train I arrived in Wellington. The trip has cured by bronchitis and, thank God, I am quite well. On reaching home my attention was first directed to The Catholic Bulletin, whence I received many interesting items of news about my friends in St. Paul in this war time. The day Will come—and I hope soon—when I shall, please God, have a voyage to America, and again meet my many o o i e n s i n S a u v V Sincerely in Christ, FRANCIS REDWOOD, & M., Archbishop of Wellington. Eternal Rest for the Poof Souls For the love of the Heart of Jesus,— They love it too— By all the sweet home affections That once they knew As thou hopest in thy final need To find thy stay Is the prayers of those that loved thee once Good Christians, pray: Requiescant in Pace! The souls that most loved our Ladjr, For our Lady's love Speed, with thy supplications, To their home above Aim! bur Mother, in benediction, Her hand will lay Tenderly on thy bowed head Good Christians, pray: Requiescant in Pace! Fbr the souls that are nearest heaven, That see the gate Even now ajar, and the light: within, And yet must wait i Ere the angels come to convey them In bright array •for the eagerj souls—so near to joy, Good Christians, pray: Requiescant in Pace! —Selected. Fourth Degree Meeting KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WILL HOLD SPECIAL SESSION IN CHI CAGO—PLANS MADE FOR NEW AND DIVERSIFIED WAR WORK John Reddin or Denver, supreme masier of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, has called a meeting of the Supreme Assembly of the degree at the La Salle hotel, Chicago, begin ning November 3, to arrange for war work under the direction of this de gree, which is essentially patriotic, in its nature. Six vice supreme masters from the United States and two from Canada are expected to attend, with Mr. Reddin. The nature of the work that is to be taken up has not yet been definitely established, but among the suggestions made are that a com plete set of the Catholic Encyclopedia, the standard reference work of Cath olicism in the English language, be placed in every war camp library, and that the Washington's Birthday cele brations in the large cities of the coun try be abandoned for next year, but that a famous Catholic layman be sent to each of the sixteen canton ments and thirty-two encampments of the United States army to deliver an address on Washington's Birthday. It has also been proposed that the Fourth Degree give a contribution to the K. of G. war camp fund, which is under the direction of the order in general. Mr. Reddin has sent out the follow ing interesting message to Fourth De gree masters:- Denver, Colo., October 22,1917. To All Masters of the Fourth Degree in the United States and Canada: You are advised that all third de gree members of the order who are engaged in the military or naval serv ice of the United States or allied coun tries in the present war, will be grant ed a dispensation by the ceremonial committee to receive the Fourth De gree regardless of^the two-year proba tionary period, upon application to the undersigned* Permission is hereby given all mas ters to eliminate the banquet at Fourth Degree exemplifications until the close of the war, if they so desire, and 'provide in lieu thereof, some in expensive form of entertainment, us ing the money that would be other wise spent on a banquet for any pa triotic purpose. -Mgl- &al ernally yours, JOltk tf: lEfctiix. Supreme Master Fourth Degre i *f 1 E A O I E N O V E E 9 i A SCHOOL BOARD BROUGHT TO TASK FOR VIOLATING FUNDA MENTAL LAW OF THE STATE. Evidence that the State Board of Education has not been entirely suc cessful in its efforts to prevent dis crimination against candidates for pos itions as teachers because of their Re ligious beliefs is furnished by the ac tion of the BoUrd of Education of Medford Township, Burlington County, N. J., in refusing to engage Miss Lot tie Berman of Stirling because she is a Jewess. The case is still under in vestigation, and Assistant Commission er John Enright of the Department of Public Instruction has given assur ances that the matter will be followed up "until complete recession from the position taken shall be made by this Board of Education." The discrimination on the part of the Medford Township School Board was made apparent in a letter written by its secretary, C. J. Garwood, stat ing that he was authorized to offer Miss Berman a position as teacher in the seventh grade at a salary of $55 a month, "provided you are not a Cath olic or a Jewess," observes the New ark, N. J., Evening News. Vincent M. Fallon of Stirling told of the Board's action in a letter to the commissioner of edufcatton, concluding by asking if it were not time for the state board to put a stop to discrimi nation against Catholics and Jews. Mr. Enright of the State Board of Instruction wrote in part as follows to Mr. Garwood: "When you take,the matter up with your Board of Education I wish you would call the board's attention to Sec tion 4, Article 1 of the State Consti tution of New Jersey. It reads in part as follows: No religious test shall be required as a qualification for any of fice or public trust, and no person shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right merely on account of his relig ious principles. This is the funda mental law of the state. "As school authorities, no matter what our personal opinions may be, we are bound to respect and obey to the! Ietter*the Constitution of our state. It is unpatriotic to do anything less. "I regret that your board is on rec ord as denying a civil right to a teach er because of her religious faith. I will await with interest what may be done by the Board of Education when it meets concerning this matter." The Newark Evening News com ments on this incident as follows, edi torially: Same Law For All. ."Nothing could be plainer than the phraseology of Section IV, Article 1, of the State Constitution, which reads: .'No religion test shall be i required as qualification for any office or public trust.' Nothing is more evident to those who care to investigate than the Priest Student Dies Reverend Charles S. Carrick, S. T. •L., of the San Francisco archdiocese, a graduate student of the Catholic University, has died after an opera tion for appendicitis. He would have received this year the degree of Doc tor of Theology. His dissertation on "The Ethics of War" was a notable contribution td the study bf thatvsub ject. The Capuchin General v Word has been received from Nantes, France, that Very Rev. Fa ther Venantius, O. M. Cap., the Gen eral of the Capuchin order, has ar rived there safely on his retnnr Crip from the United States. The Liberty Loan Among the late subscribers to the Liberty Loan, were the Polish Cath olic Union of Anierica, which took $40,000 worth pf bonds, and the Catholic Church Extension Society, which subscribed to the extent of $28,200. AN UNKNOWN HERO HEROIC WORK AND LIFE OF MIS SIONARY PRIEST IN FAR EAST ERN SEAS—PADRE TARRAQQ IN 8LOW MARTYRDOM- The Calamianes Islands, as you are probably not aware, considered eccle siastically, are in the Prefecture Apostolic of Palawan. That division comprises the Palawan, Iwahig Penal Colony, the Culion Leper Colony, the Cuyo and Calamianes Settlements, a motley grouping, fit to delight the heart of its apostolic bishop. For further information, one may thumb a very large geographical lexicon but even in the latest and most extensive, the curious seeker will find no infor mation such as is printed on page 79S of that very sober volume, Kennedy's "Catholic Directory for 1917": "Calamianes Islands, Culion (Leper Colony). Rev. Felipe Millan, S. J., Rev. Jose Tarrago, S. J. 1 Lay Broth er and 9 Sisters of St. Paul. (Father Tarrago, in his service as chaplain, became infected with leprosy and is now confined inside the colony. His previous efficient work Is now in creased greatly.)" The simple heroism of a man who welcomes leprosy because it draws him nearer to the afflicted, in striking and literaPaccord with St. Paul who would make himself all things to all men that he might win all for Christ, brings out the shame of our sordid self-seeking. Yet it makes us proud of the sublimity tJ which this poor nature of ours can attain. In most civilized countries, physical ill-health is held a cause that fairly justifies retirement from active service,, Not so s it with the Catholic missionary. iVhen he leaves civilization for Christ's dear sake, he leaves all thosf conventions of civilization thai make often like an- v ••.-'•••.. .•*•••. .••••. •.. v •. .... .... .... I "*.• •••. v *.. ,v **-*.#•• fii't f^. **£%,*.''. BIGOTRY IN SCHOOLS fact that this provision of the organ ic law of the state is being violated ruthlessly by school boards in a good many localities. Girls are being grad uated from public schools and then go to normal school who cannot, to save their very lives, get teaching places in their home towns because their re ligious faith happens to be different from that of the members of the local boards of education. "It is gratifying to see the State Department of ^Education taking a vigorous stand with the board of Med ford Township, in Burlington County, where a particularly aggravated case has come to light. To an estimable young woman of Stirling an offer of a position was formally made 'provid ing you are not a Catholic or a Jew ess.' This was a gratuitous insult, not alone to the young woman, but to those generally of either of these faiths. The defense, so far as a de fense nas been made, of the local board is that it represented a finicky constituency and therefore put itself above the law." The Newark Morning Ledger editor (Sept. 12, 1917), committed himself thus: "Another exhibition of religious intol erance among public school authori ties in South Jersey has been brought to the attention of the State Board of Education. The victim in this instance is a Jewess, who sought a position in the public schools of Medford Township, Burlington County. She re ceived a letter from the secretary of the board informing her that he had been authorized to offer her a position as teacher 'provided you are not a Catholic or a Jewess.' v "About three months ago a similar exhibition of bigotry, of which a young woman, who was a Catholic was the victim, brought a strong rebuke from the State Board of Education. "These incidents, and similar inci dents that have not been brought to public attention, should result in a de mand for legislation that will provide an effective remedy against recur rence, even if it becomes necessary to reorganize the school system so that men of the type of the Medford School Board cannot be permitted to make a mockery of the Constitution the state and the United States. "It is doubtful if there is shy law now on the statute books that can provide an effective remedy to reach the offenders, whether the offenders be members of the school boards or the people of a community who cannot rise above the dwarfed notions of the .Middle Ages and step into the age of progress, but it is high time that some means be taken to compel such back ward humans to respect the law and the Constitution and the rights of others. The Medford Township inci dent and all similar incidents make an ugly biot on the name of New Jersey that must be washed out." other Paul or Francis, he bears a^out in his body the marks of the wounds of Christ. The world knows nothing of Padre Tarrago and his life of martyrdom but assuredly the Angels of God look down with joy upon th5t brave man laboring in his loathsome leper colony on a barren island, set in the lonely waters of the far East ern seas. His. are the scarred hands of a warrior, and his name will be written in God's great book as one who greatly dared, and died, fijghting in the^service pf-his King. r-: rN*Wierftfl PRAISE FROM WITHOUT CATHOLICS LAUDED BY PROTEST ANT MINISTER HE FINOS BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH. Reverend James L. Gordon, of the First Congregational Church Wash ington, D. C., preaching a sermon last Sunday morning on the "Catholic Church From the Viewpoint of a Pro testant Minister Its History and Splendid Co-operation During, the Present War," said: "I have seen fit at times to criticise the Pope's peace note to the allied igovernments. My sermon this morn ing is to call- attention to many excel lent features of the Roman Catholic faith. "Catholics have already shown how loyal they can be to the country dur ing these times of strife. They are just as loyal to their Church and we can learn many lessons from them. "I like the prominence given the crucifixion in their services, their Mother of God idea as an expression of the heart side, the devotion of the laity shown in their attendance at all services their confessional, which I firmly believe should find a place in some form or other among other creeds, and I envy the Catholics their symbol, the cross." 7 N- as -V•»** A JiPMO FLOUR :MATINEES: ST. PAUL AUDITORIUM. i n 1 I O O NEW SHOW STARTING SUNDAY, NOV. 4,1917 MJAMf KTkWr' niD I Q" flVSlNl* IVvllU UlKLO Sunday and Holiday Matinees same as Evening Prices. For many years the poets have been telling us that Carolan was the last of the Celtic bards. They were wrong, for there is still at least one bard left, and he is Jo£n McCormack, the great Irish tenor who will be heard at the St. Panl auditorium on Wednesday, November 7th. He is a bard in the-true sense, for through the medium of music he de livers a message—a message, be it known, that reaches the innermost depths of the human heart. There is absolutely no need for one to attempt to analyze the singer's method. It de fies analysis, for it seems to belong to no particular school, unless it is the school of John McCormack. He just sings, that is all, and that is all he needs to do. Unlike many of the con cert. singers heard today, he indulges in no play-acting. Theatricals are left behind and there is no apparent effort on his part to impress his hearers with his personality. It is part of John MeCormack's creed, frequently ex pressed, that an entente cordiale must The Home of Good Clothes IN a boy's suit its individuality is nol got by merely making smaller size** There is a right style, as the boy# know. We give it to them. Prices are moderate for superior goods. Boys' Overcoats i Boys' Two-Pant $6.50 to $18.001 Suits, $8.50 to $15 BOYS' MACKINAWS Every boy should have a mackinaw^ it does not interfere with his Fall and Winter sports, yet keeps him warm and comfortable. $5.00 to $12.00 Boy** Wiotef Gloves and .Mittsflt 1 25c to $3.50 Bof#* and Children's U*f§ 50c to $5.00 .r- Browning/King Robert at Sixth Stre^ K0M0 F101IR There is a Lightness and deliciousness to everything made with why everyone who has trieJ KQMQ is so enthusiastic over it. We ask every family to try one. sack of KOMO, the new JVIADE-IN-ST. PAUL flour. It is jpuaranteed to please or the purchase price will be refunded". TRY KOMO AT ALL GftOCERS I The St. Paul Milling Company. e wr -f i A SCORE OF CAPTIVATING GIRLIES 4-Other Act-4 Pathe News 2-Feature Photo Serials-2 TIME SCHEDULE VAUDEVILLE'S GREATEST MUSICAL COMEDY REVUE Doors open 1:30 Pictures 2.-00 Vaudeville 2:45 P. EVENINGS: Doors open 6:30 Pictures 7:00 Vaudeville 7:45 and^lS Yielding to these war time conditions and the Government War Tax our prices are changed to the following which includes the war tax: MATINEES 15c EVENINGS 15c AND 25c exist Between the artist and hif pub lie. The sale of seats is n«,w^©a 4yer's Box Office, in St. Paul. THE SHU8ERT THEATiR. The Shubert bill for the week.of November 4 is a comedy-drama :hjr Herbert Bashford, entitled "The Woman He Married." s It tells the story of a young womitt who marries the son of a millionaire, the father accusing her of mercenary motives in accepting the young man. Family finances run very low, but when the wife suggests doing her bit by resuming her old profession her husband strenuously objects. However, actual n?ed finally drives her to posing again, though she does it without her husband's knowledge, and tells him the mone^ is borrowed from a woman friend. There is a tense dramatic climax when the husband learns.the truth, but eventually the young people ad just their affairs and settle down- to what looks like permanent happiness. & CQ KOMO FLOUR. ?. 4 #r v- That's h~" M*. •wen*