Show CATHOLIC OS REVEALED RELIGION lion jeremiah F sullivan a prominent man and a catholic of california recently addressed an college upon the subject ot and bivil libert ad from am remarks lie folio ing salient points are selected the american catholic alio in the calm eventide standa upon tle heights that lie portas cf our golden gated city finds in the prospect about him much foot for reflection as an american and as a christian alie sun whose fading splendor rest dpn the boi om 0 the western wave has traversed in his pathway of licht and 1 fe on fairer land than this home 01 peace and plenty which lie alls his own his native land per one eighth ot his course that GUI has lighted the happy homes of people clasped in joint embra e of liberty and christ sanity athwart the very air comes the clear blast of toe bugle that tells the hour of sunset the spot where tle bugler is the historic ground upon which years ago the franciscan friar and the spanish soldier claimed this geuin eula for civilization and christianity high above the observer in the distance stands ani bearing upon ia crest the cross tle tl e symbol of christianity tt at fymbo has followed the sun on his march as the sign of a world conquered to civilization it typifies a church the citizen of every clime the friend of every color the child of every race which walks abroad in the ubiquity of her benevolence As amative american loving the land of my birth proud of her history believing in the principles of our government and hopeful for ber maintenance and perpetuity of her institutions in their integrity I 1 have at times given some thought to the question Is there any antagonism between the teachings cf the church and those sacred principles of human liberty upon which my count rys greatness has been built As american catholics we owe no apology to our country or to oar fellow citizens became we are honestly attached to that faith which tikes us from our cradles id baptism to enroll us in her membership which symbolic ceremonies gives sacred nes and solemnity to our marriage relations and which in the solemn sanctuary of death speaks words of consolation and holds forth hopes ot reunion with the spirits of those wo love we are not unmindful of the sad legons written in characters of blood which the religions controversies of other lauds exhibit to the student not ours alie task to feed he destroying alamei of bigotry not ours the treachery to our country chith would build up in this fair land a race of bigots of all countries in the world ours is the one from this grim specter conjured from a dead past should be exercised slay our country which has amalgamated so many diverge elements of nationality aiuto one homogeneous whole of american citizenship behold in the several elements of the christian community so many factora working without antagonism for the development of a religious sentiment throughout the nation the essential distinction between ciul and eccle jurisdiction so well understood by catholics is at times mis apprehended and the assertion is hadj that we render civil allegiance to the koman pontiff As catholics we his tion in matters purely ecclesiastical but his ac is in no sense consistent with our civil allegiance to our countr our social duties aa citizens or our rights as men to our count rys flag we render the loyalty to our being we eliell permit no unholy hand to pro fane its folds no impious tongue to revile it the history 0 america lays before our eyes the heroic self sacrifices and illustrious endeavors of those christian adventurers adventure ra the jesuits dominicans and franciscans who left home and kindred and went forth with zeal to conquer the savages of this continent to the gentle faith of christ no race of people is denied the privileges of the ministry no child of poverty is BO coaly or so outwardly circumstanced ai to he denied on that account any station for which his virtues and intellectual acquire ments may prove him qualified fied her clergy being confined to a life of celibacy there can arise no hereditary caste with exclusive privilege within her ranks in the administration of her affairs she has encouraged the holding deliberative assemblies in the shape of general national and provincial councils and diocesan synods since brazil has transformed her limited monarchy into a republic the whole of south america with the exception of the colonies of is covered with republics population ia almost exclusively catholic Cit holic the baine may be alao said of the republics of mexico aad central america in tha fierce conflict of tho american revolution the catholics rallied nobly at the call of their country during the struggle no catholic Ca holic gained for himself the infamous distinction of having fiig name held up to endless execration as a traitor there have been times when it v as thought that revealed religion n as to a republic such was claimed w hen god as dethroner dethroned and reason delfied deified dei fied by the parisian mib m ib amid a saturnalia of crime such however is not the doctrine of sober alio eglit nor the doctrine that wai an bounced by washington who said in hla farewell address to the american people of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity and morality are indispensable pen sable supports As americans we feel that in keeping alive a religious sentiment we aro guilty of no treason to the state on the contrary wi are doing a service to the state of value is liberty at all when in the absence of moral restraint it into the wild debauch of the anarchist when it regarda not the of property or person what can restrain tha p iv r of t ie populace bot the moral force which permeates its twing un ler ahe indue ce of religion 7 if we conform cur conduit to abo moral of our creed ve taiau be better citizens ot ilia c |