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Show I 'If V the rictorj ?V ' 1 which over I&n s ccmeth ths universal. . ' I The Precious Blood of Jesus. j LFreeman's Journal.) I jY'vious Mood of Jesus, all the world 1 1'ioni bondage, sin's full recompense, 1 One drop could free. 1 (me drop! yet Thou didst give it all! g (Hi, love incomrrehensible: i jjiii.id which hath' cleansed our souls from E ptiiin, , 1 iid given us back inheritance I . Divine, unearned. j . fiiif'd us within those sacred wounds, jlelp us our hearts to purify. I jiis. in Imitation weak, I W e follow Thee; nor seek to know B Aught but Thy love. f. .A ;cht but Thy love! "What hath Thy I f kingly !tore L of eift which can compare with this! Frances M. Casey. The E0I7 Sacrifice of the Mass. a The mass is a work to which the tdlvation of the world is attached. II Oden, Abbot of Cuny. It is to the mass that the earth owes i its preservation without this sacrifice f J i: would long ago-have been annihilated i i . on account of the sins of men Timothy Ij of -erusalem. I Every time that the Lord is immo- ' f laud on our altars he confers no less j f..vor upon the world than which he I f ive it in becoming man. St. Bona- ! V(i!tUVC. j The sacrifice of the altar, being but th-- application and the renewal of the I ) Sacra flee of the Cross, a mass is, in regu rd to the well being and salvation of men, as efficacious as the Sacrifice of Calvary. St. Thomas Aquinas. A mass is worth just as much as the d-Kih of Christ on the cross. St. John . ciirysostom. Should anyone die on the day on .wlii. li he has piously assisted at mass vithout being able to receive the sacra sac-ra ;nnts, he is considered to have re-. re-. -ejvod them, provided ho had at his I denth contrition for his sins. St. Au-gusiin. Au-gusiin. I H He who hears mass in the state of p:.'ee. for a greater reason, the priest ;J w celebrates in. piety, merits more ll than if he wnt on a pilgrimage all over the world, and gave all his pos- f sessions to the poor. St. Bernard. I Without doubt God will rant us all H that we ask of him during the mass, I and very often he grants us more than j a e ask for. St. Jerome. The Sacrifice of the Mass is so ex- eel lent that nothing created can give I us an adequate idea of it. Add together all the merits of the incomparable Mary, all the adorations of the angels, ;ill the sufferings of the martyrs, all the austerities of the anchorets, all the purity of the virgins, all the virtue of the confessors: in a word, all the merits of the saints who were, who are. or who will be, from the beginning of the world to the consummation of ages; then join to all these merits the vir- tues and merits of millions and millions of supposed worlds still more perfect than ours and still you cannot have the exact idea of the-value of one mass. ' A mass In value is infinitely beyond all these, and never can there be a comparison com-parison between the finite and the infinite. in-finite. Reason itself - is not slow in comprehending this. All the honors, all j the homages which all actual and pos- ' sible creatures can give to God, even though they should be incalculably more perfect than they now are, have ' but finite value, whereas the honor ! given to God; f rom , 3na?s ; is infinite. Faith proclaims all. this, and there can he no question on this matter. The sacrifice, sac-rifice, considered in itself, is of value 1 , infinitely beyond the conception of the highest angel in heaven.' ' it Hence there is no action that Is more "jf-7 dear to God than the holy mass; none that renders him so much glory that disarms so efficaciously his wrath; that obtains more .successfully his favors; that is' more succoring to the church n earth, or more comforting to the souls in purgatory; or gives more joy to the church triumphant in'heaven. And the fruits of the holy mass are " simply innumerable. Those specially mentioned in the "Sayings of Saints"' above will suffice to give you a fair idea of them. Always, then, hear mass when an opportunity op-portunity is given you, not only on a Sunday, but also on other days, even though the church be far away and the weather somewhat unpleasant, and make it a point to be in time. And, when attending, avoid all wilful distractions dis-tractions and sinful behavior, such as laughing, talking, gazing about, dis- j turbing others. Comply w ith the ceremonies, cere-monies, and do It reverently; when j tolled for stand erectly, kneel devoutly or sit decently. Always remember that, j iv.hile mass is going on, you are present ! at the same spectacle that the Jews witnessed when Christ was crucified on Calvary, then mass will be for you a strong means of salvation. Without Thee, Lord, things be not what they be. Xor have they been, when compared with Thw. In having all things and not Thee, what have I? Not having Thee, what have my labors got ',' t me enjoy but Thee, what further crave I? And having Thee alone, what have I not? I wish not sea nor land: nor would I be I l'ossesseci (f Heaven, Heaven unpossessed j of Thee. h Quarles. THE SACRED HEART PLEADING. j (By Frank C. Devas, S. J.) I Herod still lives; nor yet is Judas dead; I Nor, yet has he repented who denied Three times his plaster; still self-satisfied The righteous Pharisee with upturned head Pravt, his false prayer: still Lazarus is " led . , iA Forth from the tomb; and by men's hate and pride Jesus of Nazareth is crucified. "While , Pilate's words by coward lips are siid. ... I For siUl the self-same sins each day deface de-face ; . The fairness of God's world; and evil ' -deeds In ;tll their horror rise from every place. And still the wounded Heart of Jesus bleeds; - "While God from Heaven pours forth soul-saving soul-saving grace, : A As fnm our altars for us, that Heart pleads. All in Martinique "Were Not Satan-ists Satan-ists and . Socialists A - Protestant Merchant of Cinchuiati Testifies to the Morality of the People. j All In Martinique were not Satanists find Socialists. A Protestant merchant '! Cincinnati testifies to the morality of the people. "We are told that the people of St. TV-no, the obliterated capital of Mar-f:ni(up, Mar-f:ni(up, were Immoral, and that from to 72 per cent of the children were i'-i--gitimate. It is unnecessary to state that these are statistics compiled by 1'iotestant missionaries. These men have a wonderful intuition into such . n atters. Mr. Samuel H. Griffith, a , veil known Protestant merchant of i Cincinnati, and one thoroughly familiar I 'ith the West India islands, said, in 1 referring to the charge: ' . ... . "I must confess that I never saw , evidence of the immorality spoken of. According to the population, I am sure scenes far worse could be witnessed at a.v time in Paris or London, New Vork, Chicago or even our Cincinnati. The bus noss day closed there at 5 j O'cloek, and at 7 the streets were en- tirely deserted. I am certain that the people were far more moral than were the inhabitants of the neighboring island is-land of St. Vincent." The Fathers of the Holy Ghost, the same order which conducts a great I college in Pittsburg and has .charge of St. Joseph's House for Homeless Boys, this city, had a college at. St. Pierre, called St. Louis of Gonzaga, with nineteen nine-teen professors an(j about oOO scholars. Father McDermott of Pittsburg says: "The people of Martinique were not nreligiols, neither were they immoral. They were vivacious, as persons born and reared in that climate are likely to be. The majority of them attended faithfully to their religious duties, as the size or our congregations and their liberal contributions to charity proved. That they were immoral and habitually ignored the marriage sacrament is disproved dis-proved by our records. They were not an ascetic people. They were lively, and perhaps no better, but certainly no -worse, than the average human beings." be-ings." , The following extracts from an account ac-count of the city, written by a recent visitor, are of marked interest. Says the writer:' "St Pierre contains several churches, one a venerable cathedral. They are all Catholic. Yesterday we made a pilgrimage pil-grimage to' Morne Rouge, a mountain village about six miles distant, noted for its devotional character. . At the top of the mountain, a short distance from Morne Rouge, Is a large crucifix, with a life-size figure of Our Lord. Wayside shrines and crosses are Plenty in Martinique. The church at Morne Rouge is plain and unpretentious unpreten-tious without, but inside exceedingly beautiful, with one high alter and two side altars, dedicated. ' respectively, to the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph. I believe devout pilgrimages are made here, and there is certainly an air of sanctity and devotion in the mind prepared pre-pared for religious impressions. The frescoing of the ceiling is remarkably fine, and on the walls hang valuable paintings of such excellence as to excite ex-cite surprise that they are to be found in this out of the way little hamlet. . The church possesses in appearance appear-ance all the attributes of a veritable sanctuary. Harmonious with the devotional devo-tional quiet and repose was the presence pres-ence of two white-veiled nuns, who knelt before the high altar wrapped in meditation. A few persons were scattered scat-tered atong the aisles saying their prayers, among them several negro toys, one of whom was just about to enter the confessional. The spirituality of this devout temple could not fail to impress " even those who are not believers be-lievers in its creed. As we emerged from the peaceful precincts we met a cheerful gray-haired priest in cassock and white band, who greeted us with an urbane smile and courteous inclinations inclina-tions of the' head. He was a refined, intellectual-looking man, who filled the idea of a typical abbe--one who combines com-bines religious knowledge with the culture cul-ture and accomplishments of the great world." In his book, "Down' the Islands," Wyilam Andrew Paton thus describes a priest bringing the viaticum to the sick in St, Pierre: "For a time traffic was at a standstill. The people in front of the shops ceased bargaining, the loungers on the corners became attentive, at-tentive, forebore chattering, "and for-pot for-pot for the moment to pass jokes. AH the men removed their hats, the women wo-men bowed, . some knelt; all crossed themselves." The following telegraph from a Herald Her-ald dispatch is evidence that the heroic he-roic devotion to duty characteristic of the true priest in every land was not lacking in St. Pierre: . "As far as can be ascertained of those present in the town itself at the time of the eruption, there Is but one survivor a prisoner In an underground cell, discovered by a priest three days later among the ruins. The prisoner describes how, like a rat in a trap, he ran about his cell, dodging the fiery hail which found its way through the barred window of his prison. "The good father has been a daily visitor from Morne Rouge, in the hope of finding some living thing among the ruins." Gifts of the Holy Ghost. Every Catholic knows that the gifts of the Holy Ghost are wisdom, understanding, under-standing, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, knowl-edge, piety and fear of the Lord, but not every Catholic knows the meaning of those seven gifts. Wisdom enlightens us to perceive the ways of God. and to comprehend, so far as finite minds can. His designs in His works. Understanding - makes sufficiently clear to us the perfections of God, the mysteries of faith, the senses of the Scriptures and the truths of religion. Counsel gives us light to grow in grace and virtue to discover the snares of the devil; to perceive the occasions of sin: to solve doubts and -to banish scruples; to remove anxiety in spiritual spirit-ual concerns and undue solicitude in worldly affairs; to guide us iu the choice of a vocation, and to show us care. - . Knowledge makes us appreciate rightly the things of God; gives us a correct estimate of grace and virtue; exposes the vanity of wealth, beauty, fame and power; points out the supreme su-preme worth of salvation and makes us eager for the sanctity and treasures in heaven. Pfety shows us God in the light of a Father and calls upon us to look at joys or sorrows, success or failure, health or sickness, as sent to us by Him for our good: and it stimulates us to love our neighbor for His sake. The fear of the Lord gives a dread of offending God. It stirs us to work out our salvation in trembling, lest at the judgment we be found worthy of perdition; it stimulates us to hate sin for the reason that it arouses the wrath of God against us; and it inspires constancy con-stancy in the practice of virtue. These are the gifts that are granted in Confirmation and that are renewed by the Holy Spirit in those who desire them, who pray for them, and on whom He chooses to bestow them in abundance. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. The newlv appointed ambassador of Great Britain to the United States, Sir Michael Jienrv Herbert, is a Catholic, and the son of a Catholic writer of distinction. dis-tinction. Lord Herbert Of Lea. Two of the Sisters of St. Alexis' hospital, hos-pital, Cleveland, have volunteered to nurse the smallpox patients In the detention de-tention hospital in that city. Three nurses have died from the disease, and it was almost Impossible to get others to replace re-place them, so Dr. Friedrish very gladly availed himself of the Sisters' services. A third sister, who nursed a Fmallpox patient at the hospital, is very 6eriousJy ill at the pest, house. The editor of the Catholic World Magazine Mag-azine appears to labor under a mistake with regard to the sources of the money which pays salaries in ; the Philippines. Governor Taft's $20,000 a year and the big salaries of minor officials, school teachers and civil servants, come out of the pockets -of the Filipinos. . It is only the military and jiaval expenses, and those incidental lo" such service, which come from the United Stales. The .Fil ipinos are compelled to pay alien teachers j feaianes three or four times what native i ones receive. It is not only that they are subjected to assaults on their faith in the new school system imposed on them, but in.ey have to submit to a system of discriminating dis-criminating plunder in order to meet the expenditure of the onslaught. The Catholic Cath-olic Standard. The last official step to the beatification beatifica-tion of Bishop Neumann .having been effected, the act of declaring the venerable vener-able prelate to be among the blessed mav shortly be expected. Rev. John J. Mc-' Mc-' or rector of the church of our Mother i of Sorrows, Philadelphia.. Ta.. sailed for Europe on June 21 to deliver to the Sacred Sa-cred Congregation of Rites, in Rome, the locuments necessary to the completion ot the process. . After a successful reign of nearlv three decades, beloved bv all his subiects. King Albert of Saxonv died at S m. last Thursday, vie was a Catholic, and one of his sons, rrince Max. is a priest. King Albert belonged to the vounger line of the fine old royal family of Wet-tin, Wet-tin, and took his nam from that ancient Albert, the first of the line, which hns lived for nearly a thousand -ears in the rulers of Saxonv. The docease-d king was born in 1S2S. He was the eldest son of King John and of Queen Amalie. who was the daughter of Maximilian I, king of Bavaria. Three weeks ago, in its issue of June 7. the Pilot called editorial attention to a remarkable paper entitled "Poisoning the Wells." in the Messenger of the Sacred Heart, for June. This article has been reprinted in oamphlet form under the better descriptive title of "A Chapter of Errors, iii Appleton's Universal Encyclopedia En-cyclopedia and Atlas," and rectors of parishes, heads of societies, etc., can have copies for distribution by applyiner to the Rev. John J. Wvnne. S. J.. editor of the Messenger, 27 W. Sixteenth street. New York city. To recapitulate what we have already noted on this subject, the Appletons have employed in their alleged "revision up-to-date" of their encyclopedia. SC editors, of whom one is a Catholic. The "traditional "tradi-tional Protestant view" of religious and historical quertions is adhered to as closely as it might be in an old-time rural no-Popery organ. From these poisoned fountains the teacher draws for his school and the journalist for the public. ' Catholics have a stringent duty to themselves and to their fellow citizens in the matter of this encyclopedia. They must not be cajoled by smooth-spoken agents into subscribing for it; they must give the publishers their reasons for refusing re-fusing it: and thev must enlighten their non-Catholie friends as to its nature and presumable mission as a perpetrator of falsehood and an inciter of religious strife. Rectors of churches might well distribute distrib-ute the Messenger's pamphlet at the Sunday Sun-day services, as was done last Sunday at the church of the Immaculate Conception. Concep-tion. Boston; and heads of soeietles have a ffood example in the action of the D'Youville Readintr union of Ottawa. Canada, Can-ada, which we publish on this page. The Appletons must learn, as the Harpers Har-pers learned long ago, that this Is not a Protestant country, and that belying and insulting Catholics is a losing investment. in-vestment. Catholic Citizen. READING TO INVALIDS. It is Difficult to Find Vioces Sufficiently Suffi-ciently Soothing for Nervous Patients. Pa-tients. "There is one accomplishment that self-supporting women would do well to acquire," said a tired doctor, reports re-ports a New York paper, "and that is reading aloud. For people who are convalescent or suffering from a slow, tedious ailment, I know of no attention atten-tion more beneficial than occasional entertainment of this kind. I recommend recom-mend it for all my patients, but I often have trouble in filling my own prescription pre-scription for the simple reason that it is hard to find a person whose voice is soothing to hyper-sensitive nerves or an invalid. "In the homes of the well-to-do, one would naturally expect to find the women '.of the family possessed of voices so, well modulated that their reading would be a pleasure to the ear, but in reality such is seldom the case. Invariably when I prescribe a course of light reading as an : antidote to pain and weariness, the patient replies re-plies with the question: 'But who Is going to do the reading?' "The upshot of the matter is that I volunteer to send somebody in to read for an hour or so each day, and then it is upto me to provide the reader. This is not easy to do, for, while very few native-born Americans are illiterate, there are still fewer who are fitted to dispel the tedium of a sick room by turning themselves Into professional readers. Not infrequently I find voices whose tones are agreeable, but when I put the owners to the test of reading I find that they pronounce badly, inflect in-flect still worse, and, in short, fail to get any meaning out of the article given them. They probably get at the gist of it for themselves, but they totally to-tally fail to convey it to another. "It behooves women to set about effecting ef-fecting a combination of the graces of a pleasant, expressive voice, correct pronunciation and quick perception of the mea'ning of a phrase. If tl.?y will accomplish this task they will find agreeable work to do." Neatness. Every child, whether boy or girl, should be taught to be neat and careful care-ful of their own and other person's property. Parents who pursue this course of instruction lay up for themselves them-selves stores of future comfort with their children. Take, for example, the boy who has been taught to keep his room in nice neat order, to air his bedclothes and his own clothes, and to put things in their proper places, is he not a jewel in the house? If there are two or three boys ana girls in a house and they keep their respective bedrooms and closets and wordrobe in order, how much it relieves re-lieves the housewife to know that all's well up stairs?. No useful, honest labor is degrading, so it is not unmanly to do any of the necessary labor that tends to keep a house orderly and clean. The manliest man may take hold in housework without in any way detracting from his personal dignity; so teach your boyj? to "be not only self-helpful, but to help others. It is not degrading to sew.on ones buttons, or to mend a rent in a garment, gar-ment, but it is. unmanly to sit lazily by and allow an overworked mother, wife or sister to add this work to her other duties. Mothers rear and bring up the husbands hus-bands of the future, so they should be careful not to spoil' their boys and make idols of them.. The writer knows a mother who never allowed her boy to soil his hands by carrying a scuttle of coal up. the cellar stairs; she and her daughter did such work and he allowed al-lowed them to. As soon as this young man was ready, he married and forsook for-sook his mother and sisters, 'and broke Their hearts. . These women spoiled the young man and made a selfish creature of him, and this is how he repaid their folly. F. E. F. in Ladies World. Faith. (Written for the Pilot.) Although my way be dark and drear. And friends who once did love me dear Have faded from my sight: I look to heaven with brighter eyes, . And fresher hopes within me rise. When Jesus gives me light. What if mine enemies have, stung Me with a keen and selfish tongue, Their-acts I don't deplore; In quiet way, their scorn I take. And though at times my heart doth ache. I love them all the more. ; Even tho'" distress may seem to me A bark upon a troubled sea Battling with the waves; I'll face the angry torrent's roar. And bravelv steer towards the shore, . With faith in God who saves. . With eyes to Him who guideth all, " And even notes the sparrow's fall, I need not fear of strife; But keep within my heart and mind The. emblem of .the .holy kind, . A true and righteous life. George MeKenzia. |