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Wa do not kill him in order to force him to be
free according TO true freedom ont pray tnas NAV
leave him to his fate if he continue reckless OF
his good, after pointing out the dangers which
HIM and ,ploIiH haia srsx wsb
orror-the faithful cannot; and though our
Church is the abode and the sanctuary OF
truth. we do not force the trnth on any one
We simply exhort and pray. If the foe resists,
We use our weapons-prayersa and example,
Equality is exemplifed by Catholicism. ca
tholicism is its definition and its essence; NOT
the equality which snbverts society, Decause
the curate is not peer to his bishop, the soiaeI
to his colonel, nor the tipstaf to the Ju9ge.
Such distinctions of rank are unavSnao uns, o,, ~,
religion teaches ms that we. re4all equal in the
sight of God that impartial sIJnstice, , snhit ''' ue
done on earth as it is in heaven InaS iam, ,
that all men are entitled to rise by thelr intel
Iirence and by>the means which heaven ap-
proves of ~. w, -.
common division of property because 1t Is ap-
eurd-as if all were rich none would labor: we
simply require Of the wealthy, after satisfying
uuirements of social rank and q comfortable
future, that the rest be given to the brother
hood Of Christ. None of us can shun THESE oD'
LEGATIONS without incurring displeasure from on
high, and should we escape punishment in
thfs world, it is inevitable in the next:
The Godlike spirit of paternal love breathes
M Dor eas as s5yseif' He did not say, Chain those
dungeons, slay them !" but simply, Love thy
nsighSoT .,s ss snyse; d;uasd bretbreu would but
appreciate Gods love, and that fraternal love
under whose impulse Christian martyrs
prayed, even on the scaffold, for the Tedemp-
ton of their executioners; that love which at
tracts the holy Sisters of Charity to hospitals,
which sends the clergy to the verge OF battie
to shrive the dying, and to bless the DEAD:
Could Socialism, or all the arch-priests OF
Communism, produce such self-denying devo-
tionY There is no real love where 'nefe 10 no
sacrifice.
mon parantage; we therefore are brothers and
ehouid treat each other as such. Inc new
sect of Ipternationals pretend to have drawn
nrecept: but their principles and practice are
to destroy those who are in their way, whist
we are taught to pray for our enemies; they
which fraternity is counseled /; they prompt
the plunder of their neighbors, whilst we say,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house, nor
anything that is his.
periority Of our lovesof brotherhood requires
no proof; it is self evident.
Let the misguided brothers return to the
Fold In that fold only can they find liberty,
equality and fraternity. Let the stray lambs
enter. There is no limit, no boundary, to the
universality of our love. We are the real IN
ternationals- We have but ono God, one
church, one tongue-Catholics are we, and
Universalists. Let them come to us, and to-
gether we shall form our flock with one shep-
kard. FSst uEuM orile ct unMs pastor
tt now remains for me to prove that Pius
TX is tho worthiest Shepherd that mankind
could select.
Let us trace his career, step by step, Your
shall find that he is the chosen OF God the
Shepherd prayed for by the nations
Giovanni Maria, Cognt OF s,; Massai feIpet ir tss
reign Of Pho vi. His tender mind, full of
noSleness and good, seems for while to have M
hesitated between q career of arms and the
:sses Of the %. exile order
his studies; but the troubles in the Holy City
caused him, in 1910, to return TO sinigsgna.
It was then that occurred the mental strug-
ple which was to decide his course in life. OF
noble birth. he was summoned in 1872 to serve
in the Guard of Honor in Milan. But God,
who had chosen him above all others to be the
pastor Of His flock %as hsash
began to fail, and the feebleness of his physi'
cal constitution forced him to withdraw from
the military service ,,...
his mind. Soldier, or Priest! These are the
two sole professions in which man can give 6
loose vein to fraternal love, or in which they
can be sure of dying in that holy cause.
In 1914, when Plus VII returned from exile
voune Mastai who had already made his elec
ton, returned TO Rome to complete MS ecclesi
astical studies.
In April 1919, he was ordained priest a & few
days before completing his sn ssgt To- soo
America as attache to the apostolic mission t
Chill.
Here, once more see the hand of Provi
dence. This voyage and this mission, in az
pearance SO simple, had a result as providen
iai as 1t was extraordinary: His Holiness
the first Pope that ever visited America
viewed the shores of the New Continent. wa
it not needful that he who was to be the Pa
tor of all the nations should see and know a
the lambs of his fold and should we wond'
that he SO fervently loves Americansf
Returning to Rome in 1873, he was mac
prebendary and devoted himself to the reli
Of the poor Sec him, Your Grace and geEtl
men, in your minds eye, beside the sick BET
witness his tenderness and Christian devotio
his long vfgils his cares and his fatigues-a
for his brethren. Look at that life OF self-i
NAL which, denied its course on the battl
field. selects another field of honor-the he
1t was in 1S27 that Leo MI appointed hi
Archbishop of Spolete, where he was called
1893 to fill the seat of lmola.
FINALLY in 1910, his predecessor Grego