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Show Commending the energetic work of the International Catholic Truth society, the Sacred Heart Review directs special attention at-tention to one feature of it, that is the distribution of Catholic books and papers among those who are not likely otherwise to feel the influence of such literature. In this connection our esteemed contemporary contem-porary mentions the practice that prevails pre-vails in many families who take that paper, pa-per, of sending it to Protestant friends when the families themselves have read It. "Some of our readers also subscribe regularly for copies of the Review and have them sent to the addresses of Protestants whom they know. We commend com-mend this practice most earnestly to our reader' generally. If you do not preserve pre-serve the Review for reference, do not ab low it to lie around idly. When you have read it yourself send it to someone Catholic or Protestant who you believe would find it helpful. Do the same with every Catholic paper, book or pamphlet you receive. Jt only takes a cent or two lor a stamp and a, few minutes of your time, but one copy of a Catholic paper may result In the salvation of a soul It may strengthen the faith of a wavering Catholic or awaken some Protestant to the light of the true faith. The International Interna-tional Catholiq Truth society ehows us an excellent example. Each and every one of us can be a sort of individual truth society in the extension of this good and far-reaching work." The Monitor, ! It appears that the latest Canadian cen-; cen-; sua has disclosed conditions not particularly- agreeable to members of the Anglican An-glican body. There has bean what fcishop Courtenay of Nova Scotia calls a "deplorable "de-plorable leakage." Among the more or resuit from the lack of definite church less adequate explanations proffered for it by the bishop s this one: "A similar teaching namely, the Iops of individuals to the church is reached by the so-called mixed marriages' which ar all the time being contracted; whereas a rightly instructed in-structed churchman would make it a s'n qua non of marriage that the otheg party should come into the communion of the church." Thus the mixed marriage question ques-tion has come to be recognized as an evil even when the mixture is between Protestant and Protestant. For an incomparably in-comparably stronger reason, "the connubial con-nubial union of Protestant and Catholic is to be deplored. After all. the various Protestant sects differ merely in decrees of negation: they protest a?a;nst a few more or a few less Catholic doctrines-but doctrines-but each of them ia separated from the true Church by a difference of kind There is no such thing as bein? mort or less Cathollc-ene is a Catholic or he is not. Morally, of course, one may be a more or less devout and practical C-ith olio; doctrlnally, oner accepts the whole deposit of Catholic truth or one 1 Protestant. Bishop Courtenay's Denouncement De-nouncement quoted above Is only another instance of Anelicans adontin" Catho'Ic views on a variety of questions divorce religious teaching in schools, and others' Its lesson to Catholic parents is to l's courage aa strongly as possible In thfir sons and daughters such tendpnrio, - i may lead to what in the majority I casts is a failure if not a tr;ijr,.,i--J 1 ' mixed marriage, The Ave Maria. "; A very interesting table nivin? th I Christian population of India bv ra.-e i 1 denomination ha just been issued hi I the census commissioner. In a total DOi ' ulation of ;.0J3,34S, every denomination - the category is represented. It ninv n be said that there are many not Vf-or, sented. Among these minor denominations ad mittlng of no classification we find th Heathen Convert. Union Brothers, Kvnn gelists, Plymouth Brethren. Grptrori iri Church, New Jerusalem Church, X.uiou. al Church and dozens of the other .. fact, the enumeration is as diffi ult ai the classification. - It may be a matter of some surprise to . learn that almost half the entire pubp;.t-tion pubp;.t-tion profess the Catholic faith The exact ex-act figures given are 1,202.vb, of whi.'h, number t;tS.S3 are males and &3 151 i I males. This, however, does not inclu.ia ' 1 those of Goa, Dumaun and the 1'ortu-!guese 1'ortu-!guese subjects. It to t'nese Cevlon wet-to wet-to be added the grand total would b- 2,164.000. In 1SS1. exclusive of Ceylon, tau number was I,JlS,7uI, From 1SS1 to 11 the increase wa 37.-477, 37.-477, or nearly o0 per cent, while from l' to l'.H'l it was about -0 per cent. The.-j figures from such a reliable source, tii.! Jf best obtainable, are certainly finite 'flattering. 'flat-tering. They prove very conclusively tlut the progress of Catholicity in India ; beyond expectations. The most singular - i fact which they show is that the progress prog-ress is far in advance on the Kener.-! rate of increase in the population. ThU ' would indicate that a larpe percent. i.- of the gain must be from conversions. Ta i : Catholic Progress. j On the festival of Corpus Christi, n, few weeks ago, the Holy Father issu-i an encyclical letter dealing with th-: Blessed Eucharist. He recalls th siyri.ii benefits that accrue to society from thu Eucharist as sacrament and sacrifice: i: keeps alive faith, hope and charity. Th- principal cause of actual social evils, n.iys Lea XXII. Is the lessening of charity among men, consequent upon the- lessening lessen-ing of charity toward God. The Kuch.iri.-t is. an effective remedy, since it ens-.ti-ders true social equality. After insisting insist-ing on the fruit of redemption, the ll:y Father concludes his letter with a coup. sel to parish priests, urging them to develop de-velop the devotion of the faithful to tip-Blessed tip-Blessed Sacrament, and especially to encourage en-courage frequent communion. The Ave j Maria. j Does not the plan of having ushers sell pew tickets in the vestibule of our churches keep away from mass some uj the poor and many Protestants? A Methodist young lady said to a . Catholic the other day: "Why do you people have to pay to go to ehu h services? serv-ices? I'd go oftener than I do, but it gives me the 'creeps' to pay for admission, admis-sion, as if it were a show. It's not the , amount, but the feeling. It always makes ! me think of the money-changers in tnn j , temple and the words of the Savior: '.My t ; house is a house of prayer.' " Explanations do not always explain at least, they do not always remove tha sentiment of scandal. Could not some other plan be adonn-1 that would leave the entrance to tha church unobstructed and the seats unlocked? un-locked? For instance, suppose the cost ol running a pariah were, say. $5,0ti0; and there were families, and $iwO could be raised bv means uf lectures or other entertainments. Could the remainder hi apportioned among the men of the congregation, con-gregation, according to their means; and collectors, chosen by the church committee, commit-tee, be sent to obtain from every one the money expected from him? of course, the figures given are only for purpose of illustration. It may be said that there is no need ; for any change. If any one will say that, will he also answer the question: Does not the pew admission fee keep aom of the poor and many Protestants awayi Pittsburg Observer |