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Volume 8
This information has been received
with the greatest satisfaction by the
Sovereign Pontiff, who is well ac
quainted with the splendid merits of
its work. At the same time he is
deeply grieved to learn that there is
no longer with you your worthy
President, Mr. Frey. whom it. lias
](leased Almighty God to call to his
eternal reward.
And now that the Central Verein
lakes up its labors anew, the Sover
eign Pontiff desires to pay it the trib
ute of praise it has well earned by
the work it has so successfully accom
plished in the past, and also to send
to its members his
15,000 SERVICE MEN BENEFIT BY
THE HOLY FATHER'S MESSAGE
POPE BENEDICT XV WRITES SPE
CIAL ADVICE AND CONGRATU
A I O N S O E E N A
VEREIN—ASKS HELP FOR CON
QUERED PEOPLE RECOM­
MENDS CHARITY AND UNITY.
From the Vatican, July 18, 1919.
Department of State of His Holiness.
To the Most Rev. George William Mun
delein, Archbishop of Chicago.
Most Rev. Archbishop:
The information has come to the
Holy Father that the Central Verein,
after Ihe long interruption caused by
the war. will soon meet again in the
uity of Chicago.
fatherly
greetings
us a harbinger of an even happier fu
ture.
His Holiness has no doubt, whatever
that such a bright future is in store
for them, because of those remark
able qualities which the German
Americans have given proof of on
every occasion, and particularly dur
ing the recent war. While keeping
alive the love they bore for the land
of their fathers, yet this has not hin
dered them from, doing their full duty
lowards their adopted country, and
nobly indeed have they responded to
its different calls, pouring out for it
lavishly,
their money, their service
and their lives.
But now that the war has at last
rome to an end, there is offered an
even more promising field for their
beneficent zeal. It is, alas, only too
true that this cruel war which had so
completely divided the human race
into two opposite camps, has left be
hind it a trail of hate among the na­
K. OF C. Vocational Education
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM—CAMP
SCHOOLS WILL GIVE WEAPON
TO SOLDIER "TO CARRY ON" IN
THE WORK-A-DAY-LIFE.
Following an exhaustive survey of
the industrial field and of its needs
in the way of workmen, the Knights
of Columbus have put into operation
an educational plan for soldiers which
will enable 15,000 men to qualify with
in a period of three or four months as
automobile, mechanics and in other
profitable mechanical trades. The K.
of C. investigators have found that
there is a scarcity of men with the
technical knowledge and mechanical
skill required to fill positions in au
tomobile factories, garages and as
chauffeur mechanics for owners of mo
tor cars who can afford to pay com
fortable salaries for a man who knows
liow to repair a car as well as drive
one.
Instruction also is being given to a
large number of men in the operation
of motion picture machines, another
field which promises future employ
ment to thousands of capable men^
At Cam]) Upton there are classes
now in full swing, learning everything
from radio telegraphy to blacksmith
ing and including in between acety
lene welding, blacksmithing, plumbing,
tinsmithing, carpentry, stenography
and a course in English.
In the school of the Knights of
Columbus at Camp Dix, Major General
Hale is one of the enrolled students.
In all more than 13,000 men are tak
ing instruction.
The army is welcoming the efforts
of the Order. At Camp Devens, the
commander issued an official booklet
in which he stated that the K. of C.
had full charge of all educational
work in that large camp, and in which
he urged the men to take full advan
tage of the opportunities offered them.
Books and Trades.
When the soldiers began to return
from Europe their first impulse was
to seek education along bookish lines.
That was natural, but in many indi
vidual cases it was not practical. Pro
fessor G. M. Hayes of New York, su
pervised the .school work of the or
ganization in the Fastern camps and
added the
wage-earning
trade courses
to the teaching of English, typewrit
ing, bookkeeping and the other officc
pursuits which were first instituted.
However, it was found that there
was demand also for higher education
in some of the camps. To meet that
demand, there were established
els. sses in commercial law, real estate
law and international law at several
camps, notably those in the South.
At Kelley Field instruction has been
given in analytical law, including spe
cial study cf the Irish question. It is
tions. And yet the world cannot pos
sibly enjoy the blessed fruits of peace
for any length of time unless that
hatred be entirely blotted out and all
the nations be brought together again
in the sweet bonds of Christian broth
erhood.
To bring this about the Catholics
in a more particular manner must
lend themselves, since they are al
ready closely united in the mystical
body of Jesus Christ, and should
therefore constantly give others an
example of Christian charity. And in
accomplishing this result, the work of
the German Catholics in the United
States, who are united by the clos
est ties to both lately warring races,
ought to be particularly successful.
Consequently, the Holy Father, to
whose heart there is nothing dearer
than the real reconciliation of the na
tions, and who has already addressed
himself on this subject to the Bishops
of Germany, now appeals to you
in order that you, too, may co-operate
in such a noble mission. Moreover,
knowing the dreadful conditions un
der which our brethren in Germany
are now living, the Sovereign Pontiff
implores you most fervently to lend
them every assistance, material as
well as moral, and in the quickest and
most effective way, especially facili
tating the early resumption of com
merce and all those benefits that nat
urally follow in its wake. To this in
vitation the Holy Father feels certain
that not only you will gladly respond,
but all the children of your generous
country without any distinction what
ever, for surely they will be mindful of
the great services their fellow citizens
of German birth and descent have
rendered their country during this
war. In this way they will become
real benefactors of the human race
and draw down upon their own nation
Almighty God's choicest blessings.
And as a pledge of this, the Holy Fa
ther with an outpouring of fatherly
affection bestows on Your Grace, on
all who shall take part in the con
gress, and on all of your faithful, the
Apostolic Blessing.
All of this I am pleased to commu
nicate to Your Grace, while wUb-Sfr,
cerest esteem, I beg to remain,
Your Grace's devoted servant,
PETER CARDINAL GASPARRT.
at Kelley Field that the Knights have
progressed to the point where they
award diplomas, and that school now
numbers two hundred and fifty grad
uates, of whom seventy-five were
army officers.
The K. of C. schools at Camp
Devens, Camp Dix and Camp Upton
now rank with some of the best busi
ness and technical institutions in the
country.
While the time win come when the
army schools will dwindle by reason
of demobilization, they will be kept up
as long as there is work to be done.
Even more important for the future
is the K. of C. educational program
along general lines, for boys and girls,
men and women, with classes every
where throughout the country, and
with these classes open to all per
sons of good character without regard
to their religious creeds.
Hi
HOLY FATHER EXPLAINS ISSUES
IN LETTER TO FRENCH CAR­
DINAL.
A Papal letter- addressed to Cardi
nal Lucon, and made public in con
nection with participation of French
Catholics in the coming parliamentary
elections, lays down a definite policy.
The Vatican program contains four
definite planks for establishment of
social peace. They comprise:
Co-operation of all classes.
Coalition of all classes against Bol
shevism.
Acceptance of democracy.
Education of the proletariat.
In his letter to Cardinal Lucdn, the
Pope said in part:
"The great outstanding fact in the
world today is the ever strengthening
current everywhere toward democ
racy. The proletariat classes, as they
are called, having taken the prepon
derant part in the war, desire in every
country to derive therefrom the max
imum advantage.
"Unfortunately, this is often pushed
to excess. They. would overturn the
social order, which human nature ren
ders necessary, to the detriment of
everybody.
"The Catholic Church has always
loved those who suffer and has always
taught that public powers established
for the common good must work es
pecially to improye conditions of
those who suffer. ..
"That is why the Catholie clergy
must not oppose the proletarian re
vindications,! ..butj must favor them,
provided- they remain- withinthe limits
of honesty and justice."
HOLY FATHER AFFECTED AT
DEATH OF IRISH RECTOR.
A few months ago an Irish priest
was in private audience with the Holy
Father. The subject of the illness of
Monsignor O'Riordan, rector of the
Irish College, who died on August 27,
was being discussed. He was a man
who, by reason of his being represent
ative of the Bishops of Ireland and the
Bishops of Australasia, had been
brought into {fersonal contact with the
Pope these fourteen years. Scarcely
a month passed without seeing him in
private audience with the Vicar of
Christ.
Benedict XV questioned his visitor
about the dying Irishman.
"Does he take any further interest
in the college or in the students?''
"No, Holy Father, he lies in bed
with closed eyes all day long," replied
the visitor.
"Does he take an interest even in
public affairs?" asked the Pope.
"No, Holy Father, no longer," was
the answer.
A moment of silence followed. The
visitor looked up at the Pontiff's face
and to his astonishment beheld tears
rolling down his cheeks.
"I have seen a good deal of Mon
signor O'Riordan these four years,*'
explained Pope Benedict, "and so I
naturally feel his loss."
This little incident sufficiently ex
plains the Pope's gratitude towards
one whose word he could implicitly
rely upon during these very trying
years for him who wears the tiara.
SENATE COMMITTEE SEEKS TO
PRESERVE AMERICAN RIGHTS
AND INDEPENDENCE.
The report erf the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee says:
"There is no 'must' about it (the
acceptance of the treaty without res
ervdtlwujrV
1
'Must* is not a word to be used
by foreign nations or domestic offi
cials to the American people or their
representatives."
Equally unfitting is the attempt to
frighten the unthinking by suggest
ing that if the Senate adopts amend
ments or reservations the United
States may be excluded from the
league.
"This is the one thing that certain
ly will not happen.
"The other nations know well that
there is no threat of retaliation pos
sible with the United States because
we have asked nothing for ourselves
and have received nothing.
"We seek no guarantees, no terri
tory, no commercial benefits or ad
vantages.
"The other nations will take us on
our own terms, for without us their
league is a wreck and all their gains
from a victorious peace are imperiled.
"We exact nothing selfish for our
selves, but we insist, that we shall be
the judges and the only judges as to
the preservation of our rights, our
sovereignty, our safety and our inde
pendence.
"At this moment the United States
is free from any entanglements or
obligations, which legally, or in the
name of honor, would compel her to
do anything contrary to the dictates
of conscience or to the freedom and
the interests of tlye American people.
"This is the hour when we can say
precisely what we will do, and exactly
what we will not do, and no man can
ever question pur good faith, if we
speak now.
"When we are once caught in the
meshes of a treaty of alliance or a
league of nations composed of twenty
six other powers our freedom of ac
tion is gone.
"To preserve American independ
ence and American sovereignty and
thereby best serve the welfare of man
kind, the committee propose these
amendments and reservations."
POLISH CONVENTION
POLISH ROMAN CATHOLIC UNION
MEETS IN NEWARK.
On Monday, September 15, at 10
o'clock, the Biennial convention of
the Polish Roman Catholic Union of
America opened in Newark, N. J.,
with Mass celebrated by the Rev. ,B.
Celickowski. Bishop Rhode of Green
Bay, Wis., who is National Chaplain,
celebrated high Mass on Sunday in
the Church of St. Aloysius, Newark.
The convention continued through
out the week.
The first session was held after
Mass on Monday. Speakers were
Rev. Julius Manteuffel and the Rev.
Paul Knappek. At the evening ses
sion there was election of convention
officers: Mr. Ivazmierczak, Buffalo, N.
Y., Chairman Rev. John Obyrtacy,
C. R., Chicago,, vice-chairman: Mr. Z.
Stefenowicz, editor of the Narod
Polski, ,8ecret^y.v 4d9vdelegatas,were
present.
I
ST. PAUL, MINN., SEPTEMBER 27, 1919
COHHCEJF HltRAECHY
CHARACTER OF MEETING AND
DISTINCTION OF PRELATES
MAKE GATHERING GREATEST
IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY-
WEIGHTY PROBLEMS WERE
DISCUSSED.
In the program to be outlined, the
problems to be discussed and the per
sonnel which makes up the gathering,
the conference of the American Cath
olic Hierarchy being held at the Cath
olic University of America this week,
is the most notable of its kind in the
history of the country.
Approximately ninety Bishops and
Archbishops signified their intention
to attend the conference. In addition,
Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, and
Cardinal OXjonnell, of Boston and
Cardinal Mercier, now making a tour
of the Uniteid States, were present,
for the opening ceremonies. The
heroic Primase of Belgium delivered
an address, probably the most impor
tant message he will communicate to
the Catholics of the country during
his visit.
The conference convened on Wed
nesday, September 24, and remained
in session for the rest of the week.
Cardinal Mercier came to Washington
from Annapolis by motor with llis
Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, on Mon
day, to attend the ceremony of the
dedication of the new seminary of
the Sulpicians at the University, on
Tuesday, September 23.
Most Important Convention.
The character of the meeting and
the number and distinction of the
prelates in attendance attest the im
portance of the subjects considered.
Of these little has been said, but the
suggested program, formulated by
Cardinal Gibbons some time ago and
since amplified at the meeting of the
committee of Bishops at Notre Dame,
Indiana, gives an indication of the
trend of the discussion at least. If
carried to a conclusion, it will mark
the evolution of a cohesive policy, the
unification of diversified efforts and
the establishment of centralized or
ganization th$S^. may be
directed.
K. OF C.
DENVER KNIGHTS TO ESTABLISH
SOCIAL UNIT.
The Denver^-Knights of dblumbus
have decided to buy a large property
on Capitol Hill, where they will es
tablish a Catholic social center. The
purchase price will be $52,000. The
property in question, known as the
Hearn estate, consists of a large man
sion, a big stone barn and ten lots,
within easy walking distance of the
State Capitol and Cathedral. It is
proposed to put a gymnasium in it at
once, and to install a swimming pool
after a short time. In time other
structures will be put up, in order to
care for the vast educational work
to be started in Denver this winter by
the Knights, under the auspices of the
national officers.
JMESE con
M. Imas Shinasch, first secretary of
the Japanese embassy at Rome, has
embraced the Catholic religion. He
has been baptized .by the. Most Rev.
Archbishop Cerretti, under secretary
of state.
"MARNE DAY"
CARDINAL LUCON OFFICIATES AT
CELEBRATION OF ANNIVER­
SARY.
lmnfense throngs attended religious
ceremonies at the Cathedral in Meaux,
France, on September 6, in celebra
tion of the anniversary of the Battle
of the Marne. Cardinal Lucon, Arch
bishop of Rheims, officiated. Presi
dent Poincare and representatives of
all the allied governments were pres
ent at the ceremonies.
Later a procession marched to
Chambray, where Joseph J. B. E. Nou
lens, the minister of provisions, re
called the details of the Battle of the
Marne, "when the future of the world
was decided through the gallantry, pa
triotism and tenacity of our leaders
and soldiers and the ability of Marshal
Jofgre to surmount all difficulties."
SHOCKED BY DEATH
Stricken with apoplexy at the rec
tory, the Rev. Peter E. Reillv, pastor
of St. Henry's Church, Bayonne, N. J.,
died Thursday night, September 18.
John F. Dooley, an undertaker, and a
close friend of the priest, who was
summoned to care for the remains,
was so shocked when he saw the body
that he was stricken with heart dis
ease and diag. soon after|an%d
joining room.
THE VATICAN (MS
DEEP IMPRESSION MADE IN NEW
YORK BY FAMOUS ROMAN
SINGERS— A SACRED INSPIRA­
TION.
The wonderful Vatican choirs from
the famous Roman basilicas, under
the masterly direction of Monsignor
Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, began the
North American tour on Thursday
night. September 18, at Carnegie Hall,
New Yorit city.
This brief announcement marks a
turn in the musical history of the new
world. No event in a decade in New
York has created one-half the pro
found impression that was registered
by the brilliant choir under the in
spired leadership of Maestro Casimiri.
Carnegie Hall was filled to overflow
ing with a thoroughly cosmopolitan
and representative audience. As one
newspaper observed, the audience was
liberally sprinkled with representa
tives of officialdom and Church digni
taries along with people of the social
and artistic world. Jews and Gentiles,
Japanese and Negroes were observed
in the great throng. And when the
choir responded in perfect technique
to the first call of the Maestro and
the astonishing clearness and purity
of the tone quality swept through the
hall a thrill was felt such as had
never been known at an event of this
kind before.
When His Grace, Archbishop Pat
rick J. Hayes, arrived at the box of
honor, which was suitably decorated
for the concert, the entire audience
arose and remained standing while the
Archbishop in his official robes en
tered the box and took his seat. Mon
signor Casimiri, quick to appreciate
the honor and dignity of this gracious
recognition, brought the choir to their
feet and sang a salute in impressive
style.
Early in the evening, after the end
of the first half of the concert, Mayor
John F. Hylan of New York and a sup
porting body of city officials walked
upon the stage, and in a few carefully
chosen words his honor expressed the
appreciation of the people of New
York for the privilege of hearing the
opening concert of the great choirs,
and presented Monsignor Casimiri and
the choirs with a beautiful silken flag
of the City of New York. The Maes
tro was so deeply moved he reveren
tially kissed the silken banner, and
then the smallest boy in the choir
came forward and also kissed the flag,
after which the choir rose and sang
Casimiri's "Hymn of Praise to Ameri
ca," composed for the visit to this
country.
As for the concert itself, one of the
foremost of the metropolitan critics
tersely summed it up in the following
paragraph:
"Is was a festival of the most ex
alted interpretation of music, a sacred
inspiration and a most dignified in
auguration of the newly-awakened mu
sical season."
PORTUGAL'S_F«IUtt 0«K
NEW PRESIDENT STYLED ONE OF
RUSSIAN BOLSHEVISM'S PRE
CURSORS—IS CHAMPION OF
FREEMASONRY.
After the hope that a Catholic
might ascend the Presidental chair of
Portugal comes the shock of hearing
that Senator D'Almeida has been
elected. This man is one of the pre
cursors of Russian Bolshevism. He
publishes a review, "Ame Nationale,"
in which he favors strikes, the para
lysis of work, the blowing up of fac
tories to diminish what he calls
"capitalist exploitation." He pro
moted conspiracies in barracks, the
fabrication of bombs, and was the
first Minister of the Interior in the
new Republic, which was born in the
midst of bombs.
How he will look on lawlessness
now that he is head of the State re
mains to be seen. He is fond of
revolution and is always changing for
the worse. The Church has little
to expect from him but persecution.
At a fete a few weeks ago in Lisbon
to confer on the grand master of
Portuguese Freemasonry the decora
tion of the Tower and Sword, Almeida
demanded that Portugal should make
amends to Freemasonry, which was
the guardian of all true liberties.
OR NIGjL SEAS
BELGIAN RULERS HAVE SAILED
FOR UNITED STATES.
King Albert, Queen Elizabeth and
CroWn Prince Leopold of Belgium are
on the high seas on their voyage to
the United States.
The steamer George Washington,
which had been at anchor near Calais,
left her moorings shortly after the
royal couple went on board from the
United States destroyer Ingraham,
which took the sovereigns out of
Ostend shortly before noon last Tues
day.
The royal party were given an en
thusiastic send-off when the Ingraham
passed out tOWardtWfe EilgliShclram
nel.
^'NNESOTA
•1'ORlCAr-
Cardinal Gibbons and Labor
ESPOUSING THE CAUSE OF LA
BOR THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO,
HE JOURNEYED TO ROME IN ITS
BEHALF AND WITH HELP OF
CARDINAL MANNING AND ARCH
BISHOP IRELAND WON THE VIC
TORY.
In the course of an interview which,
with his customary urbanity and gra
ciousness, he accorded to a journalist
recently, Cardinal Gibbons, the illus
trious and universally loved prelate of
the Church in the United States, said:
"Thirty-three years ago I contended
in my feeble way in behalf of labors
when I saw it threatened with oppres
sion and condemnation."
Most of those who read that sen
tence will doubtless wonder what it
means. It refers to a crisis in the
now defunct workmen's organization,
the Knights of Labor, which a genera
tion ago had a million members. It
had an extreme and socialistic minor
ity, which was rapidly growing strong
er, and which advocated methods
which were the reverse of wise.
Journeyed to Rome With the Late
Archbishop Ireland.
As a very large proportion of the
total membership was made up of
Catholics, several Bishops began to
deem it advisable to ask the Pope to
give them authority to condemn it
publicly as a menace to religion and
social order. After some of them had
actually appealed to the Holy Father
for such authority, and when Cardinal
Taschereau, Archbishop of Quebec,
Canada, the head of the Church in
that country, had set out. for Rome to
procure the sanction of His Holiness
to a public condemnation of the Order
in the Dominion, Cardinal Gibbons
and the late Archbishop Ireland made
a journey to Rome for the purpose of
dissuading the Supreme Pontiff from
acceding to these appeals.
FIFTEEN VARIETIES OF BAPTISTS
I N E O I A I I E A Y
O U I S E S O U S A N S
NEVER HAD BIBLE INSTRUC­
TION, YET BAPTISTS WANT TO
RAISE MILLIONS TO CONVERT
FRENCH AND BELGIANS.
The Right Rev. Benjamin J. Keiley,
Bishop of Savannah, who never fails
to see the humorous side of things,
even amid the serious duties of his
life as a missionary bishop, writes in
terestingly of some of his experiences
in Georgia. In a recent number of
The Missionary the Bishop says:
Georgia really reserves the active
sympathy of all charitably disposed
people. If you will only recall that
this poor state has, within a short
time, been compelled to suffer the boll
weevil, the seventeen-year locust and
a Baptist convention and remember
that lynching innocent colored people
is yet a kind of casual pastime, and
that Georgia ranks very high in the
statistics of the Interior Department
of the United States Government in
the matter of illiteracy, you will, I am
positive, extend to us your sympathy.
But, after all, there are some com
pensations affording occasion of inno
cent amusement. I had been making
a Confirmation visit, and on the train
one day I met a friend residing in a
country mission where they have Mass
only once a month, and I was asking
him of conditions in his part of the
state. From him I got this story,
which, I may add, was fully confirmed
by the priest who attends the mis
sion.
Fifteen Varieties of Baptists in
Georgia.
There were two churches in the
little settlement, one a Baptist and the
other a Methodist. I don't know which
one of the fifteen Baptist vagaries
was represented there, but from all
accounts the shepherd of the flock
had a rather violent attack of evan
gelical fever, and thumped the preach
er's stand with vigorous and resound
ing echo each Sunday as he dispensed
the Baptist Gospel to the Crackers.
In the Methodist church the Baptist
Boanerges found a worthy object of
ministerial dislike and wrath, and he
turned upside-down and emptied the
vials of his wrath upon John Wesley's
followers, particularly on account of
their criminal delusion on the subject
of infant baptism. Of course it is
known of all men that Mr. Wesley
grew very tired of the worldliness of
that particular sect, the Church of
England as by law established, of
whose origin Lord Macaulay said that
it was 'begun by Henry, the murderer
of his brother, and completed by Eliz
abeth, the murderer of her guest'—
and so he founded Methodism.
Gas Attacks of Baptists.
The good Methodists suffered
greatly from the 'gas attacks' of the
Baptist preacher, and they seized upon
an effort on the part of the few Cath
olics in and about the place to build a
church there, as a help in their fight
against the enemy. They knew that
Number 39
On their way to the Eternal City
they paid a visit to Cardinal Manning
in London, who was known to be an
ardent advocate of the rights of labor,
and besought his assistance in tho
mission which they had undertaken.
As soon as they had explained to him
the objects of the Knights of Labor
Cardinal Manning unhesitatingly
pledged the two American prelates his
cordial support and, thus strongly re
enforced, they went to Rome confident
in the success of their cause, which
was based upon the principle of jus
tice to the toiling masses. Cardinal
Gibbons, with the active aid of Arch
bishop Ireland, who was also a sin
cere friend of organized labor, had
drawn up a statement which he pre
sented to the Sacred College of the
Propaganda, under whose jurisdiction
the Church in the United States then
was.
How the Victory Was Won.
The result of the visit of Cardinal
Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland to
Rome is thus summarized in a letter
to Cardinal Manning written at the
time by an American Bishop who was
then in Rome and who also took the
side of the Knights of Labor: "The
clear, strong, wise words of Your
Eminence's letter will be a bulwark
to the truth, and a rebuke to mischief
makers. The impression produced
here seems to be excellent. Now our
victory is already won. Cardinal
Taschereau has gone home with direc
tions from the Holy Office to grant
absolution to all the thousands of poor
fellows who have been cut off from
the sacraments by the condemnation
Canada, and there does not seem
to be any danger now of a condemna
tion for America. Deo gratias!"
Previously Cardinal Gibbons had
written Cardinal Manning:
"God grant that the Church of
America may escape the dire calamity
of a condemnation which would be dis
astrous to the future of religion
among us!"
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA
Catholics baptized infants and that
was about all they did know of them,
but that was enough for their pur
pose, and they gave aid, comfort, and,
what was better, cash to the Catholics
for their little church.
The Bishop Thanks Non-Catholics for
Helping to Build Mission Chapel.
It was finally built and I went up
to the mission and dedicated it to the
service of God, and took occasion pub
licly to thank the good people who
were not Catholics for the help that
they had so generously given. I have
been living down here for more than
thirty years and have met a good
many persons of perhaps a little more
than average intelligence who wrere
members of one of the fifteen vari
eties of Baptist delusion, and I must
confess that Georgia seems a rather
congenial soil for these people.
Illiteracy Among Georgia Baptists.
We have a population of more than
2,700,00, and an illiteracy average of
20.7 per cent, and not 20,000 foreign
ers, and a majority of the state seems
more or less attached to the peculiar
tenets of the Baptist Church. And,
strange to say .there seems to be
some relation between illiteracy and
the prominence of Baptist views, for
in the remote country districts, where
the most amazing ignorance prevails,
you are sure to find a very large Bap
tist element.
Desperate Encounter.
However, let me return to the story
of the desperate encounter between
the Baptists and Wesleyans. The
latter seem to have silenced the for
mer, and whether they made a mis
take in imagining that the Catholics
had or had not aided them, they
showed a very friendly disposition
toward the Catholics. Some time
since, during a protracted meeting,
the Sunday which was called "Moth
ers' Day" came around, and, the good
preacher being sick, they asked a
Catholic man (the one whom I met
on the train) to give them a talk. It
will ever be my regret that no report
of this sermon reached the press. I
venture to say that no more interest
ing, not to say peculiar, sermon was
ever preached. From a number of
sources I have obtained an account of
the address.
Catholic
Invited by Methodists to
Speak on "Mothers' Day."
Substantially he said that he was
very glad to speak on the subject,
which made an appeal to every man
in the world that there was no one
in the world to whom everyone owed
so much as his mother that it was
very right and proper that one day
in the year should be set apart in
which from every heart should come
a tribute of grateful love to mother.
He said that even the greatest men
in the world had admitted that all
that was good in them had come from
their mother, for the training of the
child in the early days was in the
hands of the mother. He denounced
those who would neglect their mother
and he said no words could express
hir loathing and contempt for tha
man -who permitted his mother to
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