The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-12-23

Know 20yCnlnR ABOUT C8tuOlkCb h0u o0o1t
principles, may be received by the IN
suspecting without doubt and without
question. The impression thus received
might be just as fatal and az permanent
O. though. they were founded on truth
and justice.
s.The messengers Of blatant bigotry
arc fertile in ell the e1pedients of mis-
representation, and it should be every
mans duty to. disappoint and to defeno
the victims Of obloquy and calumny.
From the imputation that Catholics
are not loyal Americans, we appeal te
Americas practical experience as guar
antee Of our absolute in0cuousness. OJl
Protestant tellow-citizens may feel that
their type of religion differs very import
antly from ours, but they must feel nc
less Enthusiastically that our religious
characteristics, 60 far from having any
revolutionary bearing, tend emphatically
in the very opposite direction.
"The Pope is not our sovereign in the
temporal order, and in the spiritual it is
not 90 absolute that he can abrogate our
FIRST principles. With us it is princi.
pie that civi authority is from God. That
too is competent to bind US in consci
ence under the pain Of sin, that It's action
10 Immediately ratified in heaven. The
jurisdiction OF the secular power is as
truly divine % that of the Roman Pom
tiff. The obedience due to it is az abso-
lutte where it 10 qlestion of mere laws.
These are principles which are immut-
ably fixed by the Invaluable authority Of
the Church. She proves that there is
nothing in doctr1nal theory Of Catholic
ity inconsistent with the greatest meas
ure Of loyalty and patriotism. Nsy,
they show how emlnently conducive to
political order, harmony and submission
is the influence Of Catholic teaching. We
can appeal to the universal experience Of
our country's life, as pledge Of our
faithful citizenship. maryland says
Bancroft, the asylum OF Papists, was
the spot whore the mild proprietary
adopted religious freedom as the basis Of
the state. Calvert was the first in the
history of the Christisn world to seek for
religious security and peace
THE EVILS OF DIVORCE.
Rev J.. II. Cleary Addresses Large Audi
enoe on the Subject at Labor Temple.
Last Sunday evening at Labor Temple
Fathsr Cleary's discourse was on the
evils Of divorce. Among other things
10 said:
Modern society is menaced by many
dangers, but no danger is SO alarming an
the divorce evil, for it strikes at the very
foundation Of the social edifice. Chris
tian marriage is the corner stone Of our
Christian civilization. Divorce from the
bond Of union between one man and one
woman which Jesus Christ in most col
emn manner declared indissoluble, is .
direct defiance Of the divine decree, bold
disloyslty to the divine teacher, and 4,
daring effort to disrupt the Christisn
family, society's hope and civilizations
safeguard. The bighting influence Of
irreligion, which excites sincere concern
among Gcd-fssring people, can be coun-
tsracted and overcome BY the sturdy and
consistent faith of Q virtuous and intelIi-
gent people. Unbelief hos never taken
deep root among any people, for the Gre
ator has too firmly planted the enrolling
instinct Of religion in the hearts Of His
reasoning creatures. ~.
: Man naturally bslievss, hopes and
loves. The vioss that blind men against
their dearest interests, obscure the miad
and harden the heart, oan b eradicatsd
by opposing to them sublime examples
of tho contrary virtues and arounng pub
lie opinion and the pubic conscience
irresistible forces against them. We
can purity the stream il tho source Isl
pure. DISTINCTIONS that disturb the pur,
ct stream on. its destined course, whsn
discovered, can sasily bSremovsd, and the
sparkling waters will glide On bearing
with them the purity and yiaor which
sent them forward from their smodntain
home On ! mission of love and delight to
the world. But. whom The spring is
tainted itisidle to attempt % cleanse the
de6lsd waters that How from the poi
sOned fountain. an
s. hristian marriA Sc the source from
which foWs our ohristiA ian utilization.
Divorces IS tho vile poison 5that fills the
well spring of Christian society With the
deadly microbes of disease and final de-
oay Moslsrns de- 5sofs divorce courts
but essa sling of deep ooscern