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Show I atbolic Opinion j There is greater wisdom in a single line of Thomas a'Kempis than there is in whole volumes of certain modern philosophies. Those who can copy his precepts into their lives reach the loftiest heights of human action. Church Progress, St. Louis. ' .... A'wiso man paid 10 cents a week to insure his house against fire, and 3 cents a week to insure his children against' the loss of their religion. The latter insurance he took out in the form of a Catholic Cath-olic weekly. The Agustiuian, Kalamazoo, Mich. " Scores of daring Japanese officers and sailors emulated II obson's Santiago feat, and went, him one better by succeeding in blocking the harbor of Port Arthur, and not one of them will bo kissed or mentioned for the national parliament. Pilot, Bos- ton.. The Catholic church, is, the best league for the preservation of the Bible, nevertheless it is good that Protestants are forming a league for this purpose. pur-pose. Freeman's Journal, Xew York. The high church party in the Protestant Episcopal Epis-copal church has suffered an inglorious defeat. Aft-, er three years' deliberation, the committee to which was referred the question of a change of name has just reported adversely. They argue that, they are. but known by the present name; and an.V alteration in their legal designation, while it. could not bring 'i-.'m nearer to Koine, misht remove them further from the evangelicals. The supreme duty of a Protestant is to keep his face set against Rome. Western Watchman. St.Louis. There is trouble in the Methodist chui'ch. The poorer churches want better preachers, and the better preachers want richer churches. The elo-l'lts elo-l'lts to exchange his saddlebags saddle-bags for an automobile: and the log church would like to hear the golden-tongued exhorters from the metropolis. The time limit is a delusion and a snare, and an effort will be made at the next general gen-eral conference to abolish it. The disciples of Wesley Wes-ley still love the "one-horse, shay;" but they are forced to admit that it is money, after all. that . "makes, the mare go." Western Watchman, St. Louis. A mine promoter who used the mails for the promotion -of his scheme is on trial in San Francisco, Fran-cisco, .charged with using the mails to defraud. The same charge might bo made against hundreds of other concerns did their innocent victims care to. publish their own simplicity by instituting criminal crim-inal proceedings. Man's natural disinclination to acknowledge that he has been outwitted saves many a fraud from coming to light. True Voice, Omaha. L |