The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-21
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
A Concise Review % the Roman Chnrch
History.
How Well The Ediilce Pounded on Peter
Has Worn.
some Statistics that nro sursrlsins.

Roman Catholicism had hard struggle
in Enguud for several ceutuTiss, but Ia
by iuch IL gained ground even while II WAS
enduring tlc seVtrest probecutlpAti ana
since the ietters have been broken und a
fsir chance has been given Il the progress
made has bteu simply marvellous. mat
this country should look upon 10 Win ats-
trust Tor q long time after the t'iofmluoh
wac perfectly natural, says Lludon leIlor
10 tho Hartford Courant, and just as MAJ
ural was 10 that eventually diStrnh, shoniu
give pldce 30 tho hroadest tolerbilon. 1he
tradituus Of tho country ore Catholic; a
large md glorious part OF It's history was
made sndet Catholic dominion; the priest
hood OF iis established church traces its
succession through Catholic lines, ana the
grnudest OF its church editces are monu.
ments alike OF Catholic art ana OF
Ca'bolic iberal..y. The inhuenc. Of these
thlnrs was sure TO ngseTL itself alter = Oea.
snD Meanwhile, with indeiaiig2ble Eani,
with consummate diplomacy, and with that
active beneyOlenCr which alWay9 distlneu'
ishes iia o. erhuons, the church ITSELF has
gone steadily forward doing ilh WORK,
prsssinr it1 ciaims 20 rec guiion, minis
tering to the wants OF its own people snd
milking converts from the outside. buch
policy could not fail TO succeed ana l. has
succstded, / should say, beyond the expo
tation Of 10 most sanguine. In iis latter
triumphs u has been heiped not ~ little ~
tant churches hauuting ceremonial 81
neaflv akin % that oi Rome, bud 50 many
protestant clergymeu declaring the reform
alton g. have been blundef, nov cou ~
the people 10 otherwise than begin 10 .0Ok
with favor on the cid faith ana torms2 A
fac, ,or,by nf uo,o is that Tho
chist clerical strength ul the
Roman hierarchy ~ EnS.Gnd Dos
been won oyor from the natiouol chuich'
Cardinal Manning, the great adminlstre,tor,
aud Cardinal Newman, me mnicnless
writer. gre Doth prOselytas Tbs sam9 msy
be SAD OF number OF 10 bishop, and
many 81 The most sI'e among It's prlesLs'
OF course, the bulk OF is lay Strength hes
in the lal &c Irish population OF tho couu-
nv. Those however, who imagine mar
~ influence is by any means restricted 70
this class are w0iully ignorant OF the true
sjtuatfDp From the best aJurcos learn
thoL 40 re Sc steady influx into the Oath
Ole fold not only from the lower but tle
MIDDLE aud upper ranks OF society thtt ~
purely 1glish. The favorable attitude "
tha Rrittsb government IL too veil known
10 need comment. There IS, perhaps, no
oountry o. the globe whero the pope oil
Ron,n g,grli, ia case o. need, find Ga or
eqvlum, or he treated with more cour esy
thnn IN the land over which Queen veto
fIureiens L, was thought rot long ago tnat
.ee couft OF Great Britain would consent 10
r-csive au emba.sadOr from iAo vatican
nd such c1nsummHi1u 10 Sill !
amonu he probabilities. In sJcA IA event |
Enpli IA ewes would turn lnsunc very To- |
ward Mgr. Czpel fer Tho place but the
none would scarcely appOint one 20 young |
or one with UGH pronouuc5J hnElish pre- /
affections. Ine ChOlce Wohlp oe sure 10 |
fell mon sums veteran stepped. IN ms Sc
orets ~ Rome, and havnR pefs1lsi po"er /
AT the teat of authority. bul, Dc .hls 90 u |
mieht, the siguificant face IS mat hucn sn /
Interchange OF coGr,esies between Npi1s
s. r.Nactt,i- ard tn.t LnUnlu ]
who, generation ago "ouiu haVe lAuu' /
dsred ss sae thought, now regard lbe pro- /
ianL with iavcr ana are prepared 70 see ~ !
carried ont. In prod ucing thls coaHss OF
feeling Leo himsalt has c2ntuoutsu ~ no
ANAL dprree by bic pronounced opposition /
=" 40 crfrr -ne Irish party. Through he
conrse In this natter his holiness has alien
.tss large nam bers Of adbereuis across the
ehanUei. but in theincrenscd regard secufea
Oh this side, and the consequent lncrea.e OF
converts likely TO result therelrom, ne Ieeii,
M doubt that be has not driven oau
bargain and that ne mas ho ca"'9 i"' ''
greet. -, ....v,o,i,,-s I.t rs
emma 70 facts and figures. From The Cain
olio d directory for 1884, published py au-
thorlty Of tho cardinal, aichDisnop ana
ni.hops OF Elglaud, / learn that IN GREAT
Rritnin. which does not include Ireland
lhs Catholics have 2492 priests, ,52l
chnronss and chgpsls, and about million
and u hsli Of lay members; from anol1er
reliable source, viz, the taoet' am Hpls
10 give latttics "hlcl snoW .''9 90.
eress made in the generation intervening
eatyeca 1910 aud 1880. The figures are as (
follows: tso 1sso
nlufgkps -..........s..... W. ataN.
Co.ieges and schools .......- %, 6 s sl5
Clergy. ............''''.'.'''' 20 ssi 091
Laily .....,......,......'', ~ o0v '5 r ~
Ti1, in forty years ips% 25 p "sc6 ys az
Itrr.ssut the Catholics OF Great Bltihn
-,,. lhur-r y convent TOR every ~
sn,s.,.. miles. IS compared with one Tor
eSery g. square miles in lSlO Ineir mem
bers have grown N tha' time ABOUT ttiso
tipes Ia fsst ~ the population, Tor while
The .t,sr hes increased G per cent. Catholics .
nav. Increased at IN. rate oil 10 per cent
,eons,ituting now about per cent. oithe M !
Refsrrinr again 10 English people OF nigh
rank who oelong to ths Cdthollc chutoni
find fro n tables before me that there ore -
Cstholio Deera Exclusive OF those purely
Trisrl % baronets, aud 10 Catholic lords,
y1ho ara not peers. put bear tllss ui couI- ! 3
fesy frntu their relations 10 memoirs Oh the
pesrsss At the head OF the peers are tha b
duke Norfolk, the MARQUIS ~ nuts; Tue
o. Rip0n aud the earl OF Deh- r
hjsb Buts in one OF the richest NOPE. q
'nsn Ia the KINGDOM. Rtpon ~ the present :
vicerov OF India. The Catholic members c
of her maiesty's privy council are the MAI 7
oujs nj Ripon, the Earl OF Kenmare, VS..
count Bury, Lord Howard, Lord Emily and
Tss nr1iele in tho Tablet from which | 1
hay. ae.ore bunted giy,s figures showing s
the gro sth OF Roman Catholicism IN .he o
JJnii d Safes. According TO this table the '
sdhei eats o. the sect have IN 'ofty year !
multiplied nine fold In that country. give
The figures in full, and your readers may Q
~, thsu, "a they please. u
, nuas ne ~ ,r,nvents .. 81 Ga 4
Clergy .......'.s'.s.'s''''' esssS a,a9Soi | Il
Laty. ............,'.. 1919, .s y
The first Catholic bishop wac consecra'en
or the U ited States only eighty-iour years I
.go; now you have sixty Two OF these Z,
august tunctionsries. a
Fits: All fits stopped Tree by DR.. Kline's '
,rsst Nerve Rsstorer. No fits after fret
lava use Marvellous cures. Tfeatise aud
o rial oo,tle free 70 fit cases. Send to DR.. L
1line. o3i Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Plague Clouds. a
I.cturin, A. the London Institution. on p
he plaeue cloud, Mr.. Ruskin said be was O.
ssssaus OF drawing attention TO aseries Of e'
sV"' be could weigh existing p
v,asrces. were peculiar tn our o.
IN lime ana had not hitherto received @
nv spacisl notice from meieerologists. y
'c,tber ancient nor modern poets re- pl
rcd 70 these ftorms or plague clouds, u
m m far as he could ascertain, Trey ~
"a mot been seen in tho skies OF En- o.
40 France or Italy prior TO 1870. In