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Show ! r Cfittrcft ; Universal'. j ' I ARCHBISHOP URGES. WAR ON DIVORCES Walls of Society, He Declares, Are Fast Being Undermined and t Threaten to Collapse. - ij r, -liiiislioii Farley declared at Cai-.ie- M cj'(, jiall, recently, at the commence- h jiient exercises of the College of St. "I Francis' Xavier, that the evils of ?1 d-vni'T were fast undermining the '4 l vail? "f P'x icty, and that the whole I I itnictiire son would collapse should -2 ' i'ki hand he raised to ward off the ad- i vaiice in this tendency. Tdc jirc'nbishop took occasion to refer to Pr'-suient Koosevolt as the first and I rp aii'si President f the United States I (.;ncr the time of Washington to uplin ljs vcii'-e in deprecation of the Wivorce I uil, lik" evils. The archbishop alyo de- 5"1(,un,,,,d the sensational newspapers of I Vrk City, warning his- people i .caiiist thHin and instructing them how ,-ii iiise their home? of such evils, -p is lilting at this, time and. in this j, i,,,-.-," said the archbishop, "that I t.:,ll v.. IP- attention to the sacredness of : tli.. marriage, ties, as sooner or later y.iu may be influenced to enter into !U h a holy contract. Too great care I .mi'it ho taken by the young of our 1 (;;iy m observe this office with respect J ;iv (kmanding respect and reverence, i -it is a holy and sacred contract. I aiiil you will be called upon to make 1 jmd k'P 't sacred. Those outside the j church who iriev-ocably debase this 1 holy institution, are fast working the 1 instruction of society. J A cimtinuanee of the evil of divorce, 1 of the slighting regard for the marriage II must soon lead to the downfall of I Moiety: nay, it is even now falling. 1 must soon be dragged in the dust. 1 Yr see that it is going to pieces. I President Roosevelt, who holds in I his h.mds the trust imposed in him by the people of the United States, and 11 In. wields his authority in no mis-t;,k"ii mis-t;,k"ii manner, has openly announced how he deplores the awful condition of society in this regard. "I do believe 'no' , president '" since Washington's time has had a more beneficial effect on the roots of society an! the family than Roosevelt has had by means of his frank declaratkm. "Not only does the president preach the doctrine he believes, but he exem- plities it in his own life! and his own family stands as an illustration of what I i he thinks ;nd says of the race stand- - ff "It is likewise gratifying to find that t ' the president has not confined his la-i la-i b"s in this direction to his own circle v holly, but the fact is made known to j me that the cabinet has taken this" Sj ii:estion up and will deal with it. When iho heads of our government take "up a ,j problem of this grave nature, there can a be no need for the people doubting that fg the question must be gravely consid- Icred. and we feel that much good will be done if effort is properly directed. feel that 1 could only slightly generalize on the subject of a clean and ei wholesome press. The newspapers of I this city in many ways reflect' the les-I les-I sens for the people, whether the lessons i be on the side of morality or immor- j, ality. . "You must safeguard your, homes j against newspapers that will attack the S morals of your children. If you object I to your religion being vilified and I Muffed at by the public press, let the j coitor of the offending newspaper be I made aware that you will iot for one 1 moment brook such an Insult. "If proper notification, or the hint I thus given .Jails, then stop your subscription sub-scription to that newspaper. Your paiish societies can take up this matter,' j and the president of your parish so- ' cifty could effectively be delegated to make known 'your will to theeditors. j 'flie wew;-7aei:s of this city jlkre-epiled" 1 throughout the country, and if any evils cast adrift in the metropolitan ' wspaners that evil becomes in a sense 'a national menace." "THE WORSHIPER AND THE DOUBLE-TONGUED." The tattling gossip is a fruitful a source ' of trouble fn any community. 1 .MmoM every iarish is afflicted with a I gossip, and she Irvenerally a woman I who spends much time in (apparent) I li-votion. Yet. with all her devoutness 1 she does not miss any happening in J the paiish. And the more unfortunate (r scandalous the happening, the. more . likely s-'ne is to be aware of it. Nor is slv rupulous about giving a scan-1 scan-1 rialous twist to the most harmless lie.e of news that may be imagined. This, it may be said, is what makes i Hit tongue of the tattler especially i "(angerous Its faculty for turning ' the most ordinary occurrences into the .-. .most extraordinary- and significant. ? Tii. re ;i'e few things more despicable ? " I' an this habit of detraction. Xo-won-, . di r the eighth t ommandment forbids ; it so . mphalically. "So wonder we find ' if Koc'.esiaste.s this mordent ' criti cism of the gossip: "The whisperer ' nr. i the double-tongued is accursed: 1 - h-ifh troubled many that were a; pe;.e." And again: "The tongue of a third person hath disquieted . 'any. hath cast out valiant v'"ii:"ii and deprived them of their labor. la-bor. H-. that harkeneth to it shall r.ev.-r have rest, neither shall he have ! '1 fri'-n 1 in vvhom he may repose." No v'"'ar th inspired writer admonishes "s to beware of listening to gossip, or of ic.iu:ging in it ourselves. He says: 'i-ie j;! thy ears with thorns; hear wiekd tongue: and make doors' '"' l',:rs to thy mouth." Sacred Heart SUMMER MISSIONARY WORK. 'fu" Ai'ostolif Mission House, has '!'-': ;oj- the summer, and the stu-' stu-' '- u sts who have taken the lec-'- Me re during the past year have '-;., . -i to i!-,eii M-speetive dioceses to . -a. ii,, work of giving missions to ' 'a- ',,;) ,,'ie.s. Thomas II Waters is the mis- j f " oary f,,r Virginia.- and he inaug-l inaug-l ,:.' "'! Ano.-tolate by a mission at 'Ii; a i.a '.-sviile, Yji. the home of the.. V; ' :. .:t, n and I-e University.' The j ! ' ::vii n as crowded during the week, I ''i 1 ii a si.ir iii the mission make in i ' n- ... 1 university town tiiat tiie local ' uaw a first page double-column j ' :' ' i t-lion ,,f the answers to the j '" ':00s that-were dropped into the! i !-ti.. box. There were . a number ' . ": erts baptized 'and a larger ""' ;il "r held under instruction. W. P. Burke, together with r Koaeh. will start the non-Cath- j','1" 1 aissj.ci work in the diocese of j ..''"'. Thomas Ooojjey of vington ! ' has a series of missions to j r''' in the mountains of eastern Ken-'j K . here he will be kept busy with j -;:!.., punch for at least three 11 ''.iths. Ho in visit many towns! v''!.. heretofore a Catholic priest has ; 5 't'e,- s,.t fool arKj v.-here the truth , ;'l, ,u' tm catholic Church is likeome ' hu ai.d forgotten lore, r K"v- Ri'-hard Cahill will take up the ( r'"'k hi Yerrnr.nt, and there is plenty I "' "!; or) unitv for missionary work j-t'ioi, ,. t,,vns .1Ild hamlets of the n'oi;iiu.:ns. j l;"v- -'ohn Swint is-already located "! missionary center at Hinton. W. a; for ;, territory to cover he-,"l! he-,"l! '' '"a h of mountains and valley p1'' ''.o.igh to make two or three ;"s,,'ni ii.,eeses. Over this territory "'seattored German Poles and Irish , ",r"-'l-s. but the'e are -thousands or '"".-''at holies who open their door and ti'ir hearts to him and are eager to of the truths ot the Catholic , Jfathe,- Elliott has gone to the Pa-f Pa-f coast for the summer, where he ' "l give retreats to the priests of San 'iaieisco,-Ros Angeles and Portland. ! - I ' I dioceses, with "some ' sisters' re'treats, ! too, and then he returns by Aug 21 to give (the two retreats to the priests tht Cincinnati diocese Father Doyle, too, will be engaged in 1 giving retreats to religious during the i entire summer, and will finish bv giving giv-ing the opening retreat "to the Semin-anans Semin-anans of the St. Paul Seminary, Miri-nesota Miri-nesota in September. All the missionaries mission-aries have mapped out a great deal of worK for the summer time. The devil ! never rests, and religion is very often j tne topic of conversation that is uppermost up-permost at the seashore and on the hotel piazzas. Why. then, should not t he missionary a'ctivity go on as it does during other parts of the year?. FOOLS OF DREAM. You will find them in lone hidings You may know them by their face. For- they seem to -bring good tidings From some bright, unrumored place: Tidings like to be unnoted Of the world, yet very sure To bring joy, the. golden-throated, When the better things endure. Fools, and worse than fools, we call them. And they smile nor make reply: The eternal quests enthrall them. Though we hound them till they die; Even midst the mob they wander With a dream-light in their eyes, ! And their look, it seems to ponder An evangel from the skies'. I Something childlike in th.eir laughter Leaves a freshness like the spring; At their beck' those follow after, Who delight in wayfaring. Where the road leads ever" higher ' An the wind blows back the hair, And the word of a Messiah Haunts, and hovers in the air. Nay, the world can never daunt them, For their gladness is within; . Though no human voice may vaunt them. Though their deeds be reckoned sin; In the fulness of the Ages Lo! they come into their own. And they light time's dimmest - page's, ' "Sitting splendid on a throne! Let us toast, them, since they cherish The unbelievable, quick Gleam: To the fools who do not perish, ' To the deathless fools of Dream! The Reader. THE EDUCATED MIND. The Christian religion entered the world opposed by all the "culture" and "enlightment" of the time. Christ sought the pillars of. His Church among the fishermen of Gallilee not among the dialecticans of the west of the east. For centuries this . antagonism continued. con-tinued. The philosophers, the critics, the satirists and the Agnostics sneered at the uncultured champions of the church. Time decided, the great debate; the academicians, the keen dialecticians, dialecti-cians, the. astute leaders of cultured Paganism are gone forever and the system sys-tem of the fishermen has overspread the world. .. History thus gives us a very pointed instance that would indicate among other things that the. opposition of the world's intellect "and "culture does not always militate against the final, success suc-cess of a' religion,; nor. does it preclude j the truthfulness f. that religion from i being susequently, universally confessed, to in the very: world .of this? culture and intellect. ' j . So, that," even if we choose to admit, j that the '.'educated ..mind of today" is ! opposed to. dpgmaiic' religion' that does not prove that "dogmas are becoming a thing of the past." They may be spreading among fishermen." j That the English and American "ed-j "ed-j ucated mind" especially has.no faith In dogmas' should not conclude xany-thing xany-thing .-against. .Catholicity,.. This geographical geo-graphical division of" the'-'edtlcated mind" is positively.- ignorant of what dogmas are. As Cardinal Newman has said it "knows no more about Catholicism Catholic-ism than it knows about the religion of the inhabitants of the moon. What weight -can the .judgment of a mind so conditioned- upon the question have with me, or with you .or with any other earnest seeker after truth? Catholic Citizen. THOUGHTS ON THE SACRED HEART. The friendship of the Sacred Heart is constant and persevering. : No.. matter how strong and tender may be the ties of friendship that bind you to others, these friends may be withdrawn from i you by. force of circumstances, or they may abandon you through infidelity, or j they may be removed by death. But I no power on earth can separate you I from Jesus against your will. How pleasing to the heart of Jesus are those who visit Him often, and who j love to keep Him company in the i church where He dwells in His Sacra-j Sacra-j rr.ent. St. Alphonsus Liguori., j To accept our failures in - a . truly j humble spirit, not to be surprised or i discouraged, to go on humbly, courage-I courage-I ously, calmly, generously fighting in I spite of all, this is true sanctity, this I gives real glory to the Sacred Heart. ! Father Dignam. S. J. " j ! "Sweet Heart of my Lord Jesus, teach me a complete forgetfuluess of myself.'" Shall we ever attain to it? We must pray for that. Catholic Record. Re-cord. " j THE YOUNG MAN. We hear a good deal about the young man. about his powers, his energy and his brains. That all do not agree with the vogue for the "young and brainy" ; is evident.'' ' The following .advertisement, which ; J a ppea rr-d in .tan Engl ish nc wspa per a fortnight ago. is suggestive: "Wanted Editor-Reporter for old-established j : weekly, experienced in public affairs, ! and must be between forty and sixty. I Young and 'brainy' applicants need not anply." Sometimes the young man knows too much, or at least- he gives himself credit for -a lot of knowledge and insight in-sight that can only be gleaned in the , school of experience-. - 1 We suppose the above ."ad." w as the result of a disappointing experiment ! inaugurated on the lines of the Osier programme. Catholic Universe. IDLE WOMEN AND DIVORCE. The following observations by Judg-i Thomas A. Graham of the Superior Court of California may well be on-dred on-dred by those now attempting to ! solve one of the State's greatest pjob-! pjob-! iems thr- divorce evil: . I "Half of the cases that arise would i cause astonishment to the believer in ! the theory that education and refine-' refine-' ment bring a high class f moral in-I in-I tellig-noe. The vast majority ! of cases are among those whose wives have not the cares of a household to occupy and delight their lives, but find the mischief that lies at the hand of an idle woman." BISHOP POTTER ON THE POOR. Bishop Potter would seem to be a more reliable authority in the affairs xf taverns and theatres than on the ways a,ld workings of the Catholic Church here He recently informed an interviewer inter-viewer that he did not believe the Philadelphia (Protestant) churches regarded re-garded the presence of the poor at 'Service as "bad form." as one of the clergy had asserted. "The Roman Catholic Church." he added, "seems to me to have solved, the problem better bn we bave by holding so many different dif-ferent services on Sunday. This gives the poor, who do not like to rub elbows with the rich, the opportunity to wor-S wor-S when they please. It is the secret of that Church's great hold on the ; masses. I should not be sorry to see that system adopted in our church.". Nothing ot the kind is intended in our arrangements. There is no thought about rich or poor in the making of such arrangements: They are adopted because of the multiplicity' of worshipers wor-shipers and communicants, and the various needs of the congregation in regard to working hours and the like. All are equal under God's roof. Those who cannot contribute anything toward maintaining it weatherproof are as amply provided for as those who can. Catholic Standard and Times. . i A BELOVED SERVANT. Sarah Brady Was .Faithful to Four Generations of One Family. BRADY. On May 27, 3 905, at 3608 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, SARAH BRADY, in her sixty-eighth year. Mass j at 9 a. m. today (Tuesday), - at St. Jrimts' church, " Thirty-eighth and Chestnut streets. Sarah Brady was faithful to four generations of our family, a woman of rare personal integrity, thoughtful and kind, exerting an influence for good on our children's lives and on all that knew1 her. t The above death notice, which appeared ap-peared in the daily papers last week, tells the story of a good life, and furnishes fur-nishes a striking example of the ideal relations which should exist between j master and servant. "Faithful to four generations" was Sarah Brady, and during her illness she was treated as one of the family, being attended by a. trained nurse. And when she died the funeral took place from the residence of her employers. em-ployers. The incident and the length of service seem to point not only to a model servant,' but to an ideal master. Catholic Standard and Times. j LITTLE VANDERBILT BAPTIZED. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Yanderbilt was recently I baptized at St. Joseph's church, Newport, New-port, R. I., by Rev. Louis J. Deady, the pastor, and Rev. Wm. A. Doran, his assistant. Mr. and Mrs. Vander-bilt, Vander-bilt, Mrs. Frederick Neilson, Mr. Jules Blanc Neilpon, Mr. I. Townsend Burden, jr., and two nurses comprised the christening party and the ceremony cere-mony was very simple and unostentatious. unostenta-tious. Mrs. and Mr.. Neilson, the child's grandmother and uncle, were the sponsors. " V DISARMING PREJUDICE. An anonymous writer offers this pug-gestion pug-gestion as to allaying religious prejudice: pre-judice: "Courage is a singularly magnetic mag-netic virtue. The Catholic who stands fearlessly by the letter and spirit of his faith on all occasions, and who adds to courage those, sweet . flowers of true charity patience, magnanimity and courtesy is far surer of'even a social success than is the mean-spirited compromiser. Courage and fidelity in the supernatural order imply the same qualities -in the natural order. Men realize this. The loyal Catholic who is always modestly but unmistakably letting his lights shine is doing more to disarm Protestant prejudice 'than he who takes pains to hide or soften those points of doctrine or disciple which he imagines Protestants dislike most. All the Church needs is. to be, known, and she should be known in her beauty by the brave, beautiful lives. o, her chil-.dren." chil-.dren." Catholic Record. .,'"' |