The Irish standard., 1890-12-27

|TH. CATHOLIC RI III 800 ETY.
Ths Third Quarterly Report Of Vim. Z
Markoe; Corresponding Secretary Of
the Society 81
AS nv third quarterly report covers
only two months, while the previous
one covered four, II IS natural that
some branches Of our work should not
make so good q showing as heretofore,
though Others. I am pleased to say. will
show marked progress.
Under SsctiOn 1 OF the work proposed
bv the Catholic Truth S,clety, namely
1.-THE publication OF short timely articles
in the secular press on the Fundamentals
doctrine OF Cathoicity'' one article has
appeared.
Under Section Q. namely 1.-THE prompt
systematic correction OF misstatf ments,
SANDERS or libels against Catholic
Truth" three al ticles have appeared.
Under Section 3, namely 1.-The promul-
CATION of reliab e and edifving catholic
news. such as church dedlcations. open
ing Of asylums and hospitals, the work.
ings of Catholic charitable institutions,
abstracts Of sermons, and ANYTHING cal
culated to spread the knowledge of the
vast amount Of good being accomplished
by the Catholic Church." fourteen
articles have appeard.
In this connection I beg to call atren-
ton to the fact that while the number
of articles under Sections aud bears
the same relative proportion to the
number under the same sections in pre-.
vlous reports. allowing for the differ
ence of time covered, yet the num-
Der under Section 2, namely. the prompt
systematic correction of MEASUREMENTS
ISLANDERS or libels against Catholic
truth. shows marked falling oil. Now
as it is certain there has been no relax
alton of vigilance or energy on the
part of those who have had this branch
of work IN hand, It appears to me the
fact is not without some significance.
There have not been as many c0rreo-
tions of Measurements, ISLANDERS and
libels against Catholic truth, because
there have not been as many misstate.
ments. ISLANDERS and ]ibels to correct.
May we not justly regard this fact as an
indication that the effects of the Cath
Ole Truth SOciety's labOrs are begin
ming to be visible. Newspaper editors
do not, as rule, knowingly and lnten
tionally misrepresent or libel their
readers. especially in so sacred a matter
as religion. 1t does not pay them to do
so. Thev aim to give facts truthfully
and imDartially. Catholics constit ute
too numerous an element in the COM
munity to be ignored. and too respecta
BILE an element to be insulted with i'm
pun,ty. Furthermore, these editors are
generally shrewd. bright, int ligent
men, and they soon learn from expert
ence the futility Of attacking. or allow
ing others, through their columns, to
attack large and respectable portion
Of the community who are never found
mapping. and who are ready and able to
refute every calumnious charge made
against them. They become in time
pretty fair theologians themselves. or at
least sufficiently familiar with Catholic
teachings to know whether a charge is
true or false, and to insert or exclude 1t
from their columns accordingly. AT
any rate. let us hope that tins is. and
viii continue to be. one OF the effects
of the Catholic Truth Society.
Besides the above articles which have
appeared in the Gaily secular press Of
the Twin Cities. some ten contributed
articles have appeared in the North
western Chronicle of st. Paul, the
IRISH STANDARD Of Minneapolis, the
Michigan Catholic of Detroit, and the
Institute journal of Amsterdam, n
z, while kind aud encouraging notices
of the Society and its work have ap
peared during the past two months in
almost every Catholic paper in the
country. Even the secular press in
widely distant parts of the country has
spoken in friendly terms of the Catho-
tic Truth Society Of America.
Under Section 4. namely: ''the circu-
!ation Of books. pamphlets. tracts and
Catholic newspapers" $50 pamphlets
and 600 lea f1ets have been distributed
1t has been found necessary to get
ont second edition of 600 copies Of
FIR Damen's ''Church or Blble?'' and
third editions OF 1000 copies each
of ''WhO Can Forgive Sins?"
aud ''Refutations of Some Cal.
umnies against tho Church, A. leahet
of about 200 words entitled "Astound-
ing Admissions. has also been printed.
It consists OF an able letter In defense
Of Catholic doctrines. bv the Reverend
Alfred Young, G, s, F.. new and
Jealous member of the Society, which
drew from Rev. LYMAN Abbott. editor
in chief OF the Christian Union. the
astonishing admission ''thatt the Protes-
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