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Show THE LOST CONFESSIONAL. The Salvation Army has. of late ben widely advertising ad-vertising the fact that it has established anti-suicide bureaus in all the large cities. The results thus far attained seem to be eminently satisfactory. These bureaus are not a new thing in Christianity. The Catholic Church, in fact, has had a bureau of this kind in every church in the world, and their institution dates back to apostolic days. Every confessional is. in a certain sense, an anti-suicide bureau. There the priest listens to the troubles of his penitents and many a grief has been assuaged, all unknown to the world. It his no't received all the advertising it deserved, as priests as a class are poor advertisers of their spiritual wares. The lost confessional has been sadly missed among our Protestant brethren. The attempt of the Salvation Vrmy to reintroduce it is only another evidence of the fact that time vindicates every Catholic principle. prin-ciple. Extension. |