St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-27
CATHOLIC ATTITUDE.
Father ByPne Replies to Ger
tain Attacks Upon His
Church.
The Columbia Mill Company
Enjoined From Using the
Water Power.
All the Coopers Are 0ut--Not
a Single Shop Is Run
ming.
Blatehford Kavanagh, the Boy
Wonder, Does Some More
Remarkable Singing.

Every inch of room in the Church OF
the immaculate Conception was filed
last evening, and many were turned
away that could not get inside. The
occasion for this unusual turnout was
the lecture by Rev. James g. Byrne,
REPUTATION of Some Calumnies Against
the Catholic Church" He opened with
beautiful preamble upon the history
of the church and the vindictiVeneSs
of its enemie land then took up some OF
the popular charges against the church,
one by one. Said he:
"On the eve of political struggle
there is nothing which either party SO
much fears as plausible campaign lie
we'll directed, the falsity of which it
will take time to make apparent. The
reason is evident. Excitement is at q
high pitch, the soul is strung to its ut
most tension, all power. both aggressive
and defensive, is exhausted. and
the multitude is prone to be led more
by frenzy than the cool and cal
culating act of reason. Hence such
falSehOods. which at other times would
be insignificant, are, i'll this rush of feel
ing. like the rock III the path of the tor
rent. capable of producing the greatest
results. Our enemies visit So-cailed
Catholic countries. and come back with
no knowledge OF the home, but they do
show very suspicious acquaintance
with the slumS. IL is no pressure to
Catholics to learn OF the dark i'm
moralities of London, of Stockholm, or
of Berlin. but what tiendlsh delight
these ministers take i'll roofing in the
mud of Italy, of Mexico, or South
America. We have never gathered up
with ghouliSh glee the frailties of mill
listers, although every newspaper teens
with them. This news is really more
painful to us than TO good many IN
fidel preachers. Yet many minister
has travelled the country and made a
fortune by Outrageousiy eXaggeratlng
the human side of the church. Can
such conduct be Christian? And statlS-
tics? What can they prove? With us
hereSy is q great sin, with outsiders Ills
a glory. Denial of the prerOgativeS OF
Christ, of Mary, of the church Is With us
an unheard of crime. with them 1t IS the
climax of flight Of OratOry. Divorce
with us is attempted sacrllege, with
them it is the end of bad bargain.
Satisfies, therefore, ignore both the
greatest virtues and the greatest crimes
in the calendar, but the crimes are not
Ours. the virtues are. Notably, work
house statistics are often worthless. a
Door man takes a glass too mmch and IS
sent to prison, rich man Tor
the same OtfenSe is taken home III
a carriage. Only the poor OF all rellg-
ions drift into the WOrknouSe and the
religion which has the most poor must
naturally deplOle the largest proportion
there. The Catholic church therefore
H., In "a
weak and Outcast. which has 10 eXclu-
sive membership, is not to be judged by
the faults of those over whom she
Weeps. but by the exalted fruits of char
ity, of chastity, of patience, OF
evangelical cOvnSpls put in practice
which, are in her everywhere manifest
ana in her alone. Thus IS Il tree Judged
by its fruit-not by that which falls to
the ground and is cankered and
dwarfed, but by that which remains
clcaving to the tree and therefrOm i'm
billing vitality and worth. AS for
American freedom, our adVerSdrleS
may rest assured that the church
which first raised alOft the
standard of religious liberty, on this
soil, will be the last to strike down these
colorS. Everything around us brings
home this conviction. The Catholic
church belongs to no party. one enters
into no deal to divide the spoilS OF the
school system and university. Her
priests nowhere are superintendent
of state schools, reformatorles or
asylums. Over One-llalf OF the
soldiers in the United States
army are Catholics, and yetin the width
and breadth of this land there are only
two Catholic chaplalns. There is no
church in this land that has carried re-
spect for the religious convictions of
others to such an extreme as the Cath
Ollie church. If, however, the dyna-
inter and the socialist say that it is i'm
possible to be good Catholics
and American citizens according
to their idea. we cheerfully
nay. triumphantly. admit the charge.
On. may we ever have in horror that
spirit that would have been ashamed of
the divine master, had it found Him in
Bethlehem, the secluslon of Nazareth
or the humiliation of Calvary. Christ
yesterday, to-day and forever. We must
love Him amid Kisses as we'll as no.
sanas. In Gethsemane and in Tabor.
with His crown of thOrnS as well as
with His crown of glory"