St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-16

Catholics to expect TO solve the problem
by the conversion OF the other side.
Most perverted Catholics become In
fidels. and most perverted Protest
ants join the same ranks. The losses
of both sides to the common
enemy are fearful. Some Catholics will
find that they can he better Christians
by becoming Prot estant, and some
Protestants will think they can be bet
ter Christians by becoming Catholic.
To both God-speed. Let every man
find his true spiritual home. 1t is far
nobler for an Episcopalian to become
Catholic for religious reasons than it is
for a Methodist to become an EpiscO-
palian for social reasons. But the
great enemy of the churches, of all the
churches. lis the rampant spirit of
secularism which is ''Without hope,
having no God in tine world" In the
meantime Our Father has preserved i'll
the midst of all changes the warm
heart of the holy Catholic faith, faith
found wherever men
Call Themselves Christians.
The ethical and spiritual teachings of
Jesus stand forever. In spite OF all
divisions and perverSiOnS throughout
the centuries of church history. the
warm life blood of the molly Catholic
special emphasis given by various
churches to their own pecuiiaritieS,
they all believe in God. in his revela-
ton, i'll Jesus Christ, in the the atone
ment of love, in the imm0rtaiityot man
and in retributiOn.
Professionals and Catholics should learn
the lessons of Christian charity. They
should study to see the good in each
other. They should cooperate i'll TEN
perance work and i'll great social re-
forms. They should see that the pres
ent problem involves union against the
spirit of irreligion that tends to the
paralysis of all Christian work. be-
cause it is hostile to all revela-
ton. to all affairs, to the wor-
ship of God, and the hope of humanity.
| have refrained from any reference to
the school question at Faribault and at
Saltwater, because IwiShed to see the
issue of that intense conflict within the
Roman church, which unhappily has its
internal disSenSionS and SchiSlnS, per-
haps more virulent than any which are
seen in Professionalism. Whatever may
be said about the decision of the Vat
lean. all who read between the lines
must know that Archbishop Ireland has
gone to the very verge of the possible
within his church. In his struggle
against CahenSleyism, he deserves the
sympathy of every patriotic American.
however much, as Professionals. we may
differ from the school authorities who
have
Yielded to His Experiment.
The unity of the church for which
Christ prayed in vision OF death was a
union for the far future. 1t was to come
not by external method. but by an inner
grace. He prayed that they might be
..'perfected into one" The final perfec-
ton of the church. and that alone, will
bring unity. That day will cone. 1t
will come intellectually by calm schol-
arship and sober research. In other
days men were burned for difference Of
opinion. In Portland they are seeking
to kick man out of a seminary in New
York for the same reason. The method
is different; the spirit is the same. The
time will come when men i'll all COM
munions will be permitted to study
calmly and without fear all their prob
lens. The disputes will be settled not
by arbitrary authority, but by the
weight of reason The time will come
when the fundamental beliefs of re-
ligion will be no more disputed than
propositions in mathematics. In this
church we say to men and women, come
with us, believe what you can, accept
all the good you find, walk with us in
love This is the prophetic method. for
it points the way to the freedom OF faith
waiting in the future.