, 1874-02-08

and necessary ClptllG 4p4 A4A @A<4e5Ss ~ 0A1
tians, men and women, old and young, in health
A' mt says "Trutn," .sDr. DeKoyen does not
| sympathze with Roman Catholicism in respect to
| confession. Koman Catnol1clsm nolus
confession and absolution necessary. cannot
| pcrcciye that in tllis country, where it IS uu-
supported BY the civil power, the Church OF
Home exercises any more . comp ulsion " II Lead
| ing its members to confession than Dr. Oe-
Koyen. armed with all the authority OF his col
lcgc. does over the unsuspcchng youth submit
tea to his government. And il lie does not re-
gard it as :. necessary" why does he recommend
A Bit saws "Fair-play," "Dr. DeKoyen is no
advocate Of private confession in ile ordinary
use Of the term" And then ho goes on to aa~
yocate es most beautiful and effective the ex-
traordinary form Of private confession which, ne
i youth ut Racine, He assures Ms that it is quite
The relation Of az. father" to the boys! All!
YES. undoubtedlr-s Father Confessor. He
assures us that Racine College is
ooEshsr nstucns aRS Of 81 eapn
ing. He paints it quito *'conleur dc rose!"
"presbyterians, Methodists, aud Low Church
men pass by their own institutions and ratronize
Racine." We'll, they do the same in regard to
Roman Catholic schools, and so do High Church.
| mcn.-that il to say. people who are 10 infatu-
ated as to think that it il consistent With the
duty OF Protestant parents to send their children,
whether boys or girls, to schools got up for tue
EXPRESS purpose Of proselyting them to the
Ron,ish filth. In regard to which, I must
further say, that if people like the system prac,
ticcd at Racine. and 20 touchingly recommended
BIZ Fair-Play," they can have It still more
fully Developed. in q dozen jesuit Colleges,
eacI of them also more decidedly successful,
/ 20 far al regards numbers and finances, than
have ever ascertained TINT Racine College is.
As to the intellectual trimming and moral and re-
ligious results Of the System pursued At Kecne,
have taken some pains to inform myself, AND
believe it would be easy to point out, in the East
an1 In thc West, q score OF old-fashioned ".Scc-
tarian Collegcs''' that have been, to say the
}leest quite as successful in training up seyerai
generations Of men who, by their intellectual
Culture, their moral integrity and their zeal Tor
an enlightened Christianity, have e1erted far
reaching influence, Of which, IS yet, one can see
no Indications either at Racine or IN any schooI
conducted Upon the principles Of the followers
OF Loyola.
,nonI Law themselves out to prove, that j
have more especially tslandered DR.. Dekoven
is that of Transnb6tantiation aud the Mass. It
Tecard to this, I am net such q tyro in theology
as not to be aware TINT the language quoted u
Ti5t TRIBUNE III regard to the presence OF GETS
: in tile Eucharist is not the language OF Trent
but Of Luther But did not suspect Dr. DO
Eoren of maintaining the sentiments OF Luther
because 1 knew that his corypheus, Or: PuseEE
was bitterly opposed to Luther. regarding MN
as m hereto, and protesting against the rec
ocnition Of tho Swedish Church by tue Angh
cans; not merely because he regarded lta order:
IS defective, but much moro on account Of It:
IutIeranism. But sFair-play" is evidently
quite. out Of. his depth when he UNDERTAKES