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Show ASSAULT ON A PRIEST. It is with extreme regret your correspondent cor-respondent feels called upon to chronicle chron-icle the heinous and most dastardly asault on the Rev. Father McGlynn last week in Butte, while on an errand-of errand-of mercy, conveying the Messed sacrament sacra-ment in response to a sick call in the vicinity of Dublin Gulch. The Reverend Rever-end Father has only, been ordained a short time, coming immediately to Helena Hel-ena and was appointed assistant pastor pas-tor at Butte, and wras answering his first sick call. He was attacked, badly bruised and beaten and had three or four teeth knocked out. It seems he was cutting across a path in the vicinity vi-cinity of Dublin Gulch in order to make the road short, in company with the man who summoned him to attend the call. His guide lead the way until they approached an embankment where five men suddenly appeared. Four of the men passed and the fifth one made the remark "there's a priest, let us give it to him." No motive whatever for the crime the mere fact of him being a priest was sufficient to incite the cowardly villains to action. We cover our eyes and wish to deafen our ears when we hear of the fearful atrocities atroc-ities perpetrated in China and other heathen countries and boast of the fact we are living in such an enlightened age and in a free country where everyone's every-one's rights are respected. It is enough to make the blood boll in the veins of every loyal Catholic young and old to hear of such brutal conduct to those who are the consecrated and chosen of our Divine Lord, and to whom he has given extraordinary power and grace to do His will on earth, : and also made them the harbingers of happiness and consolation and the comforters of many weary souls. Such degrading conduct should be openly denounced by every Catholic and no effort spired to bring the guilty miscreants to justice.- We pride ourselves upon the broad intellectual scope' we are attaining and would like to peer across the threshold of the twentieth century to see what further achievements await us there, but sometimes It Lwould be far better for us if we still possessed the love and reverence for our clergy that we see bo unmistakably exhibited among the Red Men of the West the Indians. Many touching incidents could be related re-lated of their veneration and respect for the "Black Gown," and many lessons les-sons could be learned from them of the respect which should be shown to those who have been called by our Heavenly Father to leave their homes and friends, to break every tie that is near and dear to them, to minister to our spiritual wants and necessities. Even among the cultured and highly intellectual- Catholics we often hear the priest spoken lightly of and unjustly criticized. This is a sad mistake that many Catholics make not meaning to do so:' Oftentimes these remarks are overheard by those not of the faith and , in this way much disrespect is shown unintentionally. If such things exist among Catholics, what can we expect of those whose faith is like an ornament to be put on and off at pleasure and not the base or foundation founda-tion from which their very individuality individual-ity is grounded. The highest mark or order of advanced intellectuality is respect for superiors, wrhether individuals individ-uals or nations and if we expect God's blessing and assistance, we certainly must respect his , ministers through whose hands his grace must flow in order to reach our souls. |