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Show IWIXGS. BT EDWARD "WILBUR MASON. ' TVinps f the twilight and of dawn, ,Ati3 wings of night and noon 4,,nntlung forever hurries on I'nder the un or moon. W'infi-p f the eagle and the dove, Wings of the butterfly Weak wit gs the sultry air that rove, Strong wings that dare the sky. Wines of the leaves and of the lloivor!-". Wings of the wind august; Wings of the sunlight and the phowers. Wings of the whirling duet. Wings of the heart and mind and soul Wings, wings, trlmphant wings! Alf ytill in heaven the highest goal Of all God's homing things! LONG-LIVED prelates. A remarkable fact in connection ivitli the vicariate apostolic of North ,-,,rniina, which has been in existence f. r:y-two years, is that all of the four s.u,;eHsive incumbents of the See the (.-,;! living. The vicariate was erected March 3, j ju;s. and the present Cardinal Gib- f Iviiis'was the first vicar apostolic. He i ,..,s consecrated August 10. 1868. On j )lN ,,;,l,(iintment to Baltimore" he' was k:i reeded in North Carolina by the i 5,r-! -nt archbishop of Dubnque.' who wns consecrated bishop of Richmond j ;;ri(l administrator of North Carolina j 'ug'ist -6. 1878. Bishop Northrop of riiarleston, N. C, who administered j ill.- vicariate from 1S82 to ISisS, Is still I y..)o nnd hearty. The Rt. Rev. Leo j H;:il. O. S. B., the present vicar I njostolic, was consecrated July 1, l lli: MIX LINE OF METHODISM IX EXGLAXD. (l'miii the London Catholic Times.) However Methodism fares abroad, it is declining in Kngland. The "Methodist "Metho-dist RfCDrder." in publishing the annual an-nual return of membership for the WesU-yan Methodist Connection, states th.it for the fourth year in succession it hns to record a decrease. "All Yorkshire York-shire and most of Lancashire." It de- I clares, "have still to bear the sorrow thfy have borne so long, and little is to be said in mitigation. It is well to fare the matter and to recognize that the sky is not bright. We must be unafraid un-afraid of the facts." This is very can-oid. can-oid. The facts arc decidedly depressing. depress-ing. The Connectional total of full membership, we are told, Is 483,595, a decrease of 2,267. Last year there was s decrease of 1,444. In 1908 the fall-j ing off was 4,4 24. and In 1907 it was 2,o34, so that in four years the total reduction was 9,869. There has been a decline In the number of persons on trial for membership. The decrease on last year is 1,956; on 1908, 2,665; on 1507. 3,968; on 1906. 10.096. There has likewise been a decrease In the number of members in Junior society classes, and the loss of membership In all grades for the four years has been 23,!)96. NAMES OF EPISCOPAL CANDIDATES CANDI-DATES XOT TO BE REVEALED. A special cable dispatch from Rome to "The.in," New York, date of May 7, says: "The Consistorial Congregation has Juh issued a decree entitled De Socreto Servando,' enjoining secrecy In the ec.se of the names of priests be ing submitted to the Holy See as worthy wor-thy and capable of being made bishops in the United -States. According to this decree the consultois and aHoh priests who have the right to vote for and present a list of three persons for episcopal appointment 'must not dis- j close the names of the persons so designated des-ignated Tney must taku an oath of secrecy, which cannot re broken without with-out incurring canonical penalties. "Likewise all American bishops, as weil as the officials of the Apostolic delegation in Washington, will be held .T-cy. so tnat in the future the names of candidates J:ic1ud-u in a o- alled "tei-na and submitted to -Rome for episcopal appointments will not he known. . The result of this decree is obvious, since w!ien the names of three candidates were known the appointment appoint-ment of one t0 episcopal dignity placed tb.p other two in a position of inferiority, inferi-ority, as it were, and mav have mn. tributed to their names not being presented pre-sented for future appointment." OXE DAY AT A TIME. In accomplishing your day's work you have simply to take one step at v. time. To take that step wisely Is all that you need to think about. Tf 1 am climbing a mountain, to look down may make me dizzy ;to look too far up may make me tired and discouraged. discour-aged. Take no anxious thought for the morrow. Sufficient for the day yes, for each hour. In the day is the toil or the. trial thereof. There is not a child of God in this world who strong enough to stand the strain of today's duties and all the load of tomorrow's to-morrow's anxieties piled upon the top of them. We have a perfect n'gh to ask our heavenly Father for strength equal to the day; but we have no right to -ask him tor one extra ounce of strength for anything beyond, it. When the. morrow comes, grace will come with It sufficient for its tasks or for its troubles. .A SIGN. (Canadian Register-Extension. "I have little hope," run the words of an old French writer, "for the man who misses his. Easter duty. It is a sign that he has become confirmed in evil ways. It is a sign that he has elected to serve the Evil One rather than God, and the deliberateness of his act and the punishments , incurred leave, but little ground to hope for his ultimate conversion." The opinion put forward by this writer reflects the universal uni-versal opinion held everywhere throughout the church. The man who refuses to comply with the precept making it 'obligatory for all Catholics to approach the table of the Lord during Eastertide has reached that stage , when he does not ; care very much whether he Is damned or saved. APHORISMS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS. Although it cannot be proved conclusively con-clusively that St. Xystus, pope and martyr, was the author of the little book of aphorisms which has Just been rendered Into English for the first time by the iUtinguished scholar, Professor F. C Conybeare. there seems to be no doubt that these maxims were popular In the early church. The book was well known in the year 250; ,and In a learned discussion . of Its age and authorship, the. translator contends con-tends that it was composed at least a hundred years earlier. "Tne Sentences Sen-tences of Sextus." is the work is also called, is referred to by St Jerome and St Augustine, and was translated into Latin by Ruflnus, priest of Aqui- leia, about A. D. 400. The prologue of this version , precedes : Professor Cony beare's "text, wh'ch is translated from .the. Vatican Greek MS. ?742 of the fourteenth century; and from a tenth-century Greek codex in Vatmos, having ' the same text which Ruflnus used in making his Tatin version. Like him. the English translator calls the book. "The Ring of Pope Xystus." "The whole Work is so short," writes Ruflnus, "that It deserves to be called a 'manual' (enchieridion) in Greek, or a 'ring' in Latin." Whether or not Pope Xystus was the author of those maxims. there are so f: many echoes of the Gospel: in them 'that we are bound to attribute the collection, col-lection, as it has come down to us, to a Christian source. Our readers will jie interested in a selection . of these 'old-time aphorisms. Best of authors raised to God is a heart pure and sinless. j If thou art good to the poor and .eedy, tnou.jhait be great in the eyes God. ' ' A wis-i man in his lifetime is of little lit-tle account, among men;. but ;when-he is dead his fame is sung. Bethink thee of noDie aeeas, mai thou mayest also perform them. Noble ends will escape thee, if thou art busy about ends that are not noble. Wisdom accompanies paucity of words. ' Speech prolonged betokens lack of .learning. Speak when it behooves thee not to be silent. It is a terrible thing for one who confesses God -to be his Father to do aught unseemly. Quit thy food whilst thou still hast appetite. ' 'Tis not death that is evil, but the .inability to die welL Bestow :hy favors especially on thosfl who cannot recompense thee. Let a husband govern his wife, but not tyrannize over her. ' ' Wouldst thou be an educator? Then train thyself in gentleness. 'Tis shameful to urge upon others what thou dost not thyself perform. It is possible to do injustice and escape es-cape detection, but to acquire confidence confi-dence in such escape is Impossible. God listens not to the prayer of one that listens not to the needy. America. Amer-ica. POLITE IF AMBIGUOUS. "How are you, Mr. Myers, this inclement, in-clement, weather?" "Just managing to keep out of the undertaker's hands." "Oh I am. sorry to hear that!" New Zealant Tablet. , CATHOLIC PRIEST. A Proressor in Dutch Protestant State University. Rev. Dr. Beyans, professor of the Diocesan college of aHrlem. has been appointed to a professional chair at the National" University of Utrecht. This is the second, time in late years that a Catholic priest in Protestant Holland has been appointed to a professorship pro-fessorship in a state university. THE OXLY EXPLANATION. How is the fierce hostility displayed towards the Catholic church throughout through-out the world to be accounted for? People who profess other creeds are not thus hated. The antagonism shown towards the different forms of Protestantism and the . schismatic churches of the east is mild if compared com-pared with the opposition offered to the Catholics obedient to the Holy See. There is nothing else in the world like this, and the only explanation to be found for it Is the strange and remarkable re-markable assurance of the Savior that the world would hate His disciples because be-cause of their being His. Strange, too. A Scene in Liberty Park, One Block North of Grand Haven Subdivision Think it over. The man who has not planted a home, who has not a little part of the enrth on which he can take his stand, is but little better off than the Indian roaming through tlie forests. The wild man of the woods does not save, because he- believes he Vwill always find plenty to eat; we'know better. We see every day pitiful examples of men who did not fave when they could, and would not lay aside' for the "rainy day.' This is bad enough vlien a man has but himself to look out for; it is unpardonable when he has a family 'depending 'depend-ing upon him. - ' . Here you are in the face of a growing city ;with prospects brighter than anywhere in the orld and j)ropert- selling for less than half its value. The man who owns land is. the inde-lKiient inde-lKiient man. He has something which no thief can, take; no- cashier can speculate or run away with it. In' short, real estate is the ; only safe investment. Go to the city of New York, Boston, Chicago, or any of the large cities of the United States. Look at the blocks of magnificent buildings. ' Block after block of marble, stone fronts and skyscrapers. Ask where did the money come from to produce those beautiful blocks and the answer will be "real estate." I am selling lots in this beautiful Grand Haven Subdivision Subdi-vision on monthly payments, "with no interest for two years. ' ' Come and see me your terms are mine. Take Wandamere car, get off at, Browning avenue, ave-nue, one block south of Liberty Park. Seven thousand people visit Liberty Park every Sunday Sun-day to hear the band concert. Make it your business to go one . block south on Seventh vEast nnd see the beautiful Grand Haven Subdivision. I.will be there to show you the lots. Inducement Induce-ment offered to parties to build. I sell only my own property. . ; . ; i PHILIP FINEGAN Owner- OFFICE HOURS: 10 A. M. TO 5 P.M. i : : " w I 1 1, j i, I,,, iiiuiiiwi. miM liar " " ' .wi... ...., niwtth .m.. .iiii. Hufl)1 jj...,,.,. it is that the incessant attacks made on the Catholic church appear not to have any injurious effects upon her, but rather to benefit her. New World; Chicago. EARLY TIMEPIECE. There is a little instruments for measuring' time called the hourglass, although many of those made at present pres-ent allow the sand to run through "from one compartment to another in the three minutes allotted by cooks for boiling eggs. This glass has been used for measuring time for more than 2,000 years. During the days of the long Puritan Puri-tan sermons the preacher would watch the hourglass upon the pulpit, and when the sand ran through would turn the convenient indicator, , and, to the dismay of the little people who listened, start out on another hour of his discourse. The gnomon, or Index rod of the sun dial, however, was a much earlier, ear-lier, perhaps the first, record keeper of time. (The word "gnomon" means one that knows.) At first this was but a stick placed upright where ine f-uu snone, ana measuring ints passage of the hours by the shadow cast upon the ground; but afterward the dial was added, and a fairly systematic sys-tematic record was kept. King Alfred of England used to tell the time by observing how fast hts candles burnT. The wind causing them to decrease more rapidly, they were enclosed in a frame, and thus the lantern was invented. Another early timepiece was called the clepsydra, clep-sydra, in which water passed from one vessel to another through a small orifice graded to indicate the flight of the hours. Water clock was the common com-mon name for this timepiece. |