National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-05
The CHURCHES YESTERDAY
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doing noy9 What is IL to do for the next hfty
yesIsH This be said is the impOLtophs HueSSTa
rare and expensive; now they are cheap ano
plenty. Fifty years ago the subscription business
printed book Into every village and to every
house. Fifty years ago the combined neWF pap or
circulation Of ths country Tss i sss sns ~ ninety
question is often asked whether these agencies
have not taken the place Of the Traos Society,
9 n2opossS 10 look STiey and Rapidly At them IN
Succession IN considering this question. First
Genes the American newspaper. It is 9 greater
of the world Of olden time. u gives us every
moninRfor breakfast Q volume, which we read
as We sip our eotee. In year It gives US o
library that would have lasted our fathers for q
II Is wonderful reporter Of events. It holds
lives MS eyery day the psnoramS Of the day be-.
fore. More wonderful than the far-fsmed Colus-
sus OF DID, It puts one foot on America and another
gather from Asia, Africa and the isles Of the sea-
But It is simply reporter. II makes no discrim-
nation. It reports the evil with the good. II
In the adjoining column the last prize night across
the border; on Monday the great sermon, and on
Africa and brings back the last news from tho
lamented Livingstone, and tomorrow It crosses
the desert Of .Tsrtary and reports the Russian
planned Of this. But the time had gone by when
OUR CH1LDREN's INNOCENCE
could be preserved by keeping them in ignorance
TIE speaker thanked God Il was So We had
eaten the fruit Of the tree Of knowledge Of good
must learn to know both the evil and the good
that is in the world, and to discriminate between
them. But since the daily paper did not and
the more reason why the Christian Church
should, by Christian literature, afford the means
for such discrimination. The daily paper bought
both straw and wheat; the church must use the
fail and the ian TO sift out the grain from the
chatf. The speaker had considered the religious
press, which be said was Of very great import
ance, but was for religious readers. 1t fed the
Church, but 1t did not supplant nor counteract
vicious literature outside the Church. 1t was a
commissary department. But baggage wagons
not artillery, nor loaves Of bread and cans of
meat grape and canister.
The third substitute prepared for Unien
Tract Society was that furnished by the denOml-
national boards. These were probably useful as a
means of teaching the particular creeds of partfc-
ular churches, but in those days, when tnfidelity
denied that there was any God but force, any
Providence but law, any Immortality but annihi-
latiOn, or any prayer but a dream, was not time
for TeliBquishing united effort TO maintain those
fundamental truths which are held by all Evan
gelical Churches in common. The speaker finally
considered the question whether trade could sup.
ply all the Christian literature that was needed.
He Insisted that it could not; that trade would
supply what was already demanded, while the
Church must create the demand, and he urge 4
that the Church must create as we'll as employ
literature; that It must not send Israel did in
its degenerate days. to the Phlistines to forge and
sharpen its cOulters and its mattocks. He closed
by an appeal to the example set US by God who
did not merely select from human literature the
best books to make Bible, bat inspired men es-
pecialIy to write the Christian book, which was
10 be the fountain from which all Christian ltera-
ture was to be forever drawn.
REMARKS OF REV. E. p. BURCH.
Mr.. Strong then introduced Rev. f. p. Burch,
OF New York, who introduced his remarks with
the scriptural passage, Darkness covers the
EARTH and gross darkness the people," None he
said, could conceive how gross the darkness. The
aim Of the society was to dispel this gloom that
hung over the masses where heathenisR and Ro-
mRnIsm had ground them to the dust. What
they wanted was the Gospel truth to waken up
their minds and energies. The speaker then eX-
hibited some Of the results Of the work of the
society in the form of books, pamphlets and peri
odicals, printed in the Chinese, japanese and d.
kots languages and in several Of the POlynesian
dialects.
Before concluding the Jubilee MIR. Strong
wished to say that, though familiar with all the
Christian organizations Of the country, he knew
Of no other that so directly reaches the hearts OF
the immense immigrant population as the Ameri-
After a collection in behalf Of the society, the
meeting was dismissed by a benediction from DR..
CbiekeriDg.
Catholics Friend Society.
The semianDual meeting of the Young Catho-
lies Friend Society was held last evening in the
old church Of the arish Of the Immaculate Con-
ception, and the church was well filled with So
ciety and society people.
Major EGmund Mallett president of the society
and chairman of the meeting, which was composed
of the several divisions, called the meeting to
order. Mr.. Joshua Huntington, secretary, made
the hrst address, which was upon the amendment
OF the constitution to strike out the regular inita
tion fee Of 50 cents which he thought had operated
periodically 10 the more rapid enlargement of
the society. After two votes upon the amendment
1t was carried.
Father Mccarthy then addressed the meeting,
and spoke in high praise Of the society, the paro-
chial schools and the manner Of their conduct
and said there was no cause effective Of more good
than the objects and aims of the society and
closed by saying: Let us do all we can to gather
in the little ones, and thus prepare others to take
cur places in this mundane sphere.
Mr.. John Bingham. the book keeper, then read
his semi-annual report as follows:
Receipts-FrOm St Patrlck's branch, $lO9.T5: st.
Peters, Sll675; st. DOminics, 500; St. Aloyslus',
$l1L75i st. Mary's, Sl7.25; Immaculate Concep-
ton. SST75; lecture committee, $lo6.10; dona-
tiOns, $500; sale of badges, g so; total on hand
per annual report, ESQ 20; total, g, 1895
ExpendituTes-To ST. Patrick's schools, S25;
st. Peters. $l29 so; st. DOminic's, $780, ST. Alloy.
sius, S34g: St. Aary's 80; Immaculate Coacsp-
tiop, s2O9; colOEed school, s25 extra tuition, 81;
-, hing and shoes, +2cQi stationery. stamps, &C.,
~. rnuSses for deceaSed meWbers. 50. Total, ST.,
iSs ,: ha,.n: = m hand, tl94 IS:
4OT Rsnnrt for the mona nj Narch-Balane5 On
hand, $l34 IS: received, $50. Total, SIS3.So. Ex-
penditures, 1888; balance due ueasuEsE Suu eA'
ceeding receipts, $500,
Father BokeI reviewed the important work of
the society an1 parochial schools, spoke OF the
souls saved by the charity fund, and the im-
The steward, Mr.. ]. Howard Bushnell, then
made his report of the disbursements of funds
and clothing for the six months ended March 81,
1875: Cash in hands of the treasurer ami to the
credit Of the steward, 500; amount paid out,
Si7756.
1s7I 10 March q, 1875, were as follows: St. Pat
rick's division 10 yards cloth, pairs shoes. st,
Peters 0I5 yards cloth, pairs shoes, caps.
St Aoysins', 4OiE yards cloth, u pairs SHOES s
Immaculate Conception, 2OA yards cloth, IL pairs
shoes cap. Total number Of yards issued o.
az pairs shoes, caps. Number OF yards Of cloth
on hand q Since report 10 yards issued, leaving
a balance of cash on hand OF S2.4.
Father Keane made the last address, being on
the subject Of education. The society stands
forth as The representative Of education, and the
principles that underle society. Education
makes the men and men make the world. There
fore education is the great question. All the diff
ferent powers want the men and work to get them.
He then went on to show how education is re-
ceIved and reviewed the various systems and the
attitude Of the State toward education and rell-
giCn in France, Prussia, England, America and
SO forth, and became very warm and interesting
at this juncture, speaking Of our public schools
much good 10 them, but not enough. Catholics
we're not antaRonistic to public schools. They
simply had nothing to DO with them. The ether
sice had been the aggressor.
He then spoke Of the great novelist Dickens
failure in the vocation God had given him.
There was no religion in his human life, and
human life without religion was an absurdity.
He had talked to Father Burke, who had said
there was a sacramental bad influence In Dickens.
His works might be good for very bad people.
Men who were low down in life could be lifted up
to the common level; others would be brought
down. Father Keane then said that was his
estimate Of the public schools. Those who know
| the supernatural destiny OF our souls could not
| consent to be brought down.
He did not say that the Catholic school system
| was up to the standard. He want q normal
school sy stem that would make teachers equal tC
| any in the world.
| Mai Mallett then solicited new names to the
list Of members, and there was liberal response
The meeting then adjourned after prayer.
Confirmation at St, Patrick's Church.
The Most Rev. Archbishop Bayley administered
| the Sacrament of Confirmation at the aboyt
church yesterday morning at o'clock to one hun
bred and seventy seven persons, who afterwardsre
ceived Holy Communion, the Archbishop also OH
ciating at the Mass.
| The address to the candidates was brief and ex
| planatory Of the sacrament, and was Delivers
| by the Archbishop in q plain, forcble manner
| The females wore white wells appropriate to tn
occasion, and presented beautiful appearance
| as two by two they advanced to the altar to re
| ceive the sacrament. The entire service was o
the most solemn character, end left an impression
| on the minds Of thoughtful persons not easil!
| forgotten.
tbattWenty -seven of thefort. live adults hrmet
| were converts, five being from the Methodists
NadNa WNfL nTda 10 aG- E-nr