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Show The "Special Number" of the Catholic Mirror, of 1 lie date of Juno IO1I1. is a most attractive and meritorious publication. Congratulations and felicitations fe-licitations to its enterprising: publishers. Doctor C renin, tho venerable editor of the i Catholic Union and Times met with a painful acci-dent acci-dent while boarding a street car in his home-city ' (Buffalo) a few days ago, but we are glad to be asurcd that there-will lo no serious consequences. - 1 , It is fondly and hopefully announced that President Roosevelt will not enter into an alliance with any foreign power for the protection of our far-eastern interests. The pity of it is that there should exist the slightest suspicion of a motive for sucii an alliance. What a disturber of peace and tranquility is the spirit of imperialism! . j In the Catholic Columbian of June 17th appears I the salutatory of the new management, "The Columbian Co-lumbian Printing and Publishing Co." Under the management of its former proprietor, John A. Iluster, the Columbian attained to a high rank of usefulness and esteem in Cath lie journalism. May its future career prove cue of unabated usefulness fnd prosperity! T The uppvlation "lay Jesuit" bids fair to become one highly and universally esteemed in. the more estimable circles. 'Tis being applied, by revolutionary revolu-tionary Socialists, to non-clerical Christians who are so inconsiderate as to speak the unvarnished truth concerning that reprehensible cult. We lK '.e. "more in sorrow than in anger," that there is one Catholic editor who is seemingly too obtuse to sense ihe trend of affair?. President Roosevelt is the principal factor in the negotiations designed to end the war between j Russia and Japan. Through his friendly intervention interven-tion have been brought about preliminary steps I I which vjll probably result in a peace conference, 1o occur in Washington or some other city in this country. Thus is owe more demonstrated the high cr-tooni in which our strenuous Chief Magistrate is hold throughout the civilized world. That his fond efforts may be crowned with success is the wish of all well-disposed men and women. . J Divine love spells man's salvation. The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the incarnation of that saving principle. Holy Church, in promoting devotion 1o the Sacred Heart, confers a priceless boon upou the race of man. With hearts failed with emotions of fervent gral itude and devotion for Holy Church, ! U-o.mxe of hvr divine solicitude in liehalf of the children of men. should we dutifully and blissfully yield our soulVwoalth of love and devotion to the Heart of Jesus, whose precious blood was so lov- I ingly shed as the price of our love and salvation. The insight into the almost ideal condition of the'workingmen under the system of "Trade Guilds in the Goldeu Age of Labor" the Middle Ages-afforded Ages-afforded by John J. Realms article, should suffice to remove all doubt that the Catholic Church is the staunch, devoted and efficacious friend of labor. There, is, however, in our midst a mendacious class of agitators' that will not, therefore, cease in iheir efforts to foment a spirit of antagonism against the Church on the part of the toiling masses. The , one thing that these men do not want is "good-will . among men." With them no argument will pre vail. There is but one way to render harmless the lying machinations of these would-be breeders of ; revolution, confusion and disaster, i. c, to unmask them before the world, and exhibit them in their ; true character. The revolutionary Socialists are I i the enemies of God and society. They must be I 1 "A' cannot be persuaded. i i I . ' - '. I ; i In recording last week "What the Angels Saw" i. c., the wonders upon which the visitors from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City gazed with surprised sur-prised admiration we omitted to mention the fact that they beheld natural environments of unsurpassed unsur-passed and inspiring beauty and were made conscious con-scious of the existence of climatic conditions, in the matchless Salt Lake Valley, unsurpassed in delight fulness and salubrity by their own world-famed world-famed "pleasure resort." : It is by no means impossible that an alliance may be formed between the present belligerents, liussia and Japan, for the exercise, of control in the far east. Such an alliance would be regarded by many as a menace to the interests of the United States in that region of the world. Is it not a pity that we should be subject to apprehensions of this character? Our imperialistic tendencies may involve the country in many a deplorable imbroglio. imbrog-lio. Shall the epitaph, inscribed over the ruins of the one-time glorious Republic, be: "Insane Commercialism" Com-mercialism" It is with emotions of compassion and chagrin that we make iho sad announcement: The v:dor-ous v:dor-ous editor of the Catholic Citizen has had poured upon his metaphorical coca-nut a nauseous dose of dubious praise by a Socialist fellow-editor: and all because the first mentioned scribe employed only gratifyingly innocuous language in his allusions to the rash and reckless propaganda favored and j championed by the grateful scribe last above mentioned. men-tioned. 'Tis, forsooth, too bad! But, after all, it serves him right. He should have boon more careful care-ful of his reputation. Our Rock Springs correspondent announces the contemplated departure of Rev. Charles O'Connor, at an early date, for a visit to his native land "dear auld Ireland." That his future lot is to bo cast with a community remote from his present parish will be a cause for keen regret on the part of his devoted flock. Our fond solicitude and best wishes shall attend Pat her O'Connor whithersoever whitherso-ever he may wander or wherever he may sojourn. Sincerely have Ave learned 1o esteem this zealous young priest as one of those exalted mortals a devoted, an earnest and an ardently aspiring embassador em-bassador of Christ. f ; The public is told that there has long existed relations of intimate friendship between President Roosevelt and Mr. Bonaparte, the latter of whom has recently been chosen to the position of Secretary Secre-tary of the Navy. This fact sheds new light, of a gratifying nature, upon the character of these most estimable gentlemen. As the sterling character char-acter of the President has been the more conspicuous conspic-uous before the people, it is in order to congratulate congratu-late Mr. Bonaparte, in particular, upon this manifestation mani-festation of qualities of mind and heart that have endeared him to a great and good man. With the Reformation began the decline of tho influence of the religion of Christ in the civilized world. Theretofore there prevailed neither widespread wide-spread pauperism nor formidable labor disturbances; disturb-ances; neither an arrogant and oppressive plutocracy, plu-tocracy, nor a discontented and peace-menacing plebecide. How horrible the fruit of that rebellion against the Church of God! Shall the disaffected mass of humanity ever be vouchsafed the grace to see the monstrous error, with all its baleful consequences, con-sequences, that was thus committed; and, wisely estimating cause and effect, to happily restore the blessed reign of good-will and peace under the benign be-nign guidance of Holy Church ? , If Christianity is an absolutely essential factor in American civilization and progress, it follows. "even as the night the day," that the Catholic Church must prove the salvation of the nation. Protestantism, "the religion of negation," is itself, in its logical tendency, subversive of all supernatural super-natural faith, and cannot, therefore, long remain a positive factor, either for good or evil, in the affairs af-fairs of mankind. Evil, "sufficient unto the day," has it wrought by nurturing a spirit of soul-blighting agnosticism. When the day of this lamentable influence shall have passed, when Protestantism shall have died the death of other and past "isms," then shall the ancient faith "ever old and ever new" once more exercise its legitimate influence for the salvation of the nation and the race. - ' The laws of nature, 'tis true, are not inviolable on the part of the moral being; but woe to the individual or class that will fatuously oppose them. The penalty for their infraction . is inexorably fixed, and the payment inevitable. If women will force; themselves upon an equality with men, it must necessarily be at the sacrifice of their most sublime prerogatives, which now render them the tenderly cherished objects of all good and true men; dearly cherished objects for which the noblest among the race of men are ever ready to sacrifice all else that is dear, save only God and principle. Can there be found aught in the more vulgar privileges privi-leges peculiar to men that could justly be deemed a fitting compensation for the loss of this exalted estate; 4- : . Is it not probable nay, obvious that piously devoted Christians, as a rule, lose sight of the importance im-portance of the natural graces in the ardent pur- suit of the supernatural? Realizing the supreme importance of dealing honestly' and sincerely with their fellow men, are they not prone to attach over-much weight to the all-sufficiency of the sublime virtues of justice and charity. If the finer courtesy and amiability in the relations of man and man are merely natural virtues, may they therefore there-fore safely be regarded with disdain? Surely, not so! Our God is the God of nature as well 'as of grace, and the natural graces,' if of secondary importance, im-portance, are none the less essential in the makeup make-up of the ideal man and woman: These can only be typified by individuals who combine with pious devotion to God the finer social qualities that cannot can-not mature in a state of perfection unless nurtured nur-tured in a heart imbued with the highest Christian Chris-tian ideals. Is the perfect manly and worrfanly character here suggested an impossibility in the descendants of a fallen Adam i mKmmmvmmm n mm jiii nW w m wi www. uiiiiu 3Jp uwum-hmupiiw u. m wiiimpi' |