| Show IN l M 11 Comben writing for tor th the None Noue I From rolo Pree boasts that hit eh Is dead as 1111 IL a result of oC the tho sep law for tor which ho WM was largo large largely ly Iy responsible Ito that about of the tho French Catho lies lIell have hao loft the church As quoted In the Literary Digest ho says It can call ho bo sliM without tear fear or oC con that the radical and I socialist press have induced yes 15 tim perhaps ot of the Iho French Catholics to 10 their connection the Iho Church In all alty case caBO tho dif between the tho or of to 10 the Iho Catholic faith and the Iho number or 01 even COIl forty years earll ago agn n enormous It would ho be a great nIs take to reckon ninon the tho number ot of such adherents 1111 those who more or orless less often otten attend the tho ceremonies or joIn In the tho ecclesiastIcal acts ot of worship J If we take Iko the tho word adherent In III the tho O ot of one who has It a conscious belief bellot In the Church wo we shall find that It there t be Q many mallY bearers Its as Plato f says LS there are aro ory ery tell few genuine mys mystics tics rho form fonn the tho majority ot of Christian believers yot 1 even ovon these theM to tomal male mal believers make up l a minority ot of the tho total number ot of l French women In 11 vIew or of the conciliatory attitude tim round It necessary to os under the tho au itt In Its with the tho church the M as ot of M Combos 1 almost ridiculous Only a couple of at age ngo a new law Willi enacted by Parlia moot mont providing tOl fi tho ot of church who whose o passage was notable by tIm tho of oC IL ii number ot of Intended to It tO In church Interests lite bill thAt church 1111 1 ro whIch hail had Iwon hy by thi to Its to accept provisions ot of the tho separation lull law should be used tor or charity 1111 II ilK en end d 01 II tl wellI leI thos for cole colo mails masses os to fot I the Ahll Abbe tho tim Cleric In the tho declare that this clause fut for was thu tho only ti In tIme tho nicas Ul 0 AOl although according to III It II IO Constant permanent for tor for Cor the tho are aro Open to sei lous objectIons RW gO the tho clause to meet the Iho lit i if t Ito church who II tho he I hili Willi th Ih Tue Jho not pity such Illch deference to Ii a the tho orro ot hu could coull COnQUer the tho church itt III But HUI lilt lived Ion Long to 1 IsIs hili It if not nol to it Il Ills ivil I III 1 I tilL the I of 01 a I LI rt y t st II I I yes bough t I Is dent Tho Is III that the thu In l ranco Is III ilou new It WIS beCome the Ibo law 1111 Ill 1 t ii nol 1111 I his I Ito I the Iho theo o Ion long wilt will have to ask fuk CUI ci a o ot of I It to ut of anti the Iho toil It t Ion It disorders II I t I Is Illo li OL blo I II H I let ton t I tend 1111 ti mC jey MM the tho tact fact Iii is IiiI I d that be of I lit tur or U stability or of ofin t in III the history ot of futile In 4 I In n Ip In h the Iho church Is a I to 10 oil f I They are rc always In iii the tho wrong whether their are tight right or 01 wrong rong for tor that tillon they thoy must suiTor defeat |
