The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-20
result was his arrest and Imprisonment.
This gives you an idea of the strong will
OF Mgr. Pecci now Pope Leo XIII.

L
| s'From the date OF his election as Pope
until now the whole world knows what
| he has done. What Il great number OF
wonderful encyclicals he has sent over the
Catholic world. I will only dwell few
minutes upon two. The first will speak
| of is that on Freemasonry, and the other
| that on the Condition of Labor. In the
| first our Holy Father shows the ultimate
| end and aim of Freemasonry, which is
| the destruction of Church and State. Yet
there are many, and in his own mind he
may have acknowledged there were
! ciety who don't understand the
| ultimate aim of Freemasonry.
| They are good men with good intentions,
but they made the mistake of becoming
| members of society, having TO give
blind obedience to superiors of whom
they know nothing. The Holy Father
| goes on to show how every kind of person
| is allowed to enter the society; how su-
| preme superiors are willing to take In
| Christians and non-Christians. No mat
| ter to them whether Jew or Pagan,
| one of the sects, or whether a Roman
Catholic, all are taken in because their
| principle Is it makes no difference what
religion he processes. or if none at all,
since their teaching Is there is no God, no
| Heaven, no He'll, no hereafter. We live
here, they believe, and when we die we
cease to exist. They believe in
no future. Consequently they are
willing to allow the people Indulgence
| to enjoy themselves upon earth-no
morality nor immortality. Consequently
| the Holy Father warns all children of tho
| Catholic Church to keep sfar away from
| this society, to have nothing to do with
| it, and he repeats the condemnation of his
predecessors of Freemasonry and OF all
| other secret societies of the same stamp.
This, in & few words. is the substance of
| Pope Leo's encyclical on Freemasonry.
CONDITION OF LABOR
"The other Is Oh the condition of labor.
Here Pope Leo XIII. establishes this
| principle, that every man on the face OF
| the earth has right to property, whether
movable or 1mmoveahle. He shows
these truths by SO many clever arguments
| that am persuaded that no person can
| help coming to the conclusion that in
real truth every being has the right TO
own property whether movable or i'm
movea BILE. He says the laborer, the work.
| man, has right to acquire property. and
he comes to the question, how shall we
| solve the differences that exist betwee n
| labor and capital-betWeen enlploye and
employer-and before beginning to
| answer, states very truthfully that only
| the CatholicChurch of God can solve that
question either entirely or to such an ex-
| tent as to remove the differences that
have arisen almost entirely. Then he says
that in regard to the laborer, he ought to
be honest in his work, to do honest
labor for wages received. l may here re-
mark that this is one of the great differ
ences. We priests have knowledge of
that. Quite a number of persons are not
honest IN dealing with their employers.
They do not give all the time for which
they are paid. They lose hours day after
day. Labor must be honest in its WORK.
On the other hand. Pope Leo says en-
ployers ought to be. just towards their
employees. They ought to give the wages
right to take advantage of the needs OF an
employe, and hire him for wages not
equivalent to the work performed. He
says further that employers should
also look upon their employees not as
SO many beasts. but as men,
equal to.them. He says employers are
bound to look to the temporal and spirit
ual welfare of their employees. That
they must give them wages sufficient TO
support themselves, their wives and
families, in comfort, and allow little to
be put away for rainy day. Employers
must not overburden employees, nor ex-
act from them labor that would hinder
them from attending to their souls. On
Sundays and holidays they should be free
to worship God. He also advises charity
on the part of the rich towards the poor.
ana speaks OI lOTmer ages WuSu Guefe
existed no enmity, but when rich and
poor were friends. honored and respected
one another as a being created to the
image and likeness Of God, and all des-
tined to the same end. to become happy
one day in Heaven with God. This is the
substance of the second encyclical, the
Condition of Labor. You know that
ing the past fifteen years. 1t would take
too much time to go over all these en-
cycllcals, but I think you will all agree
with me in saying everyone is master
piece of its stamp. This all goes to show
that Lso is not only a great Pontif, but
and an able statesman. His heart goes
out to the whole human family. He
wishes we'll to all for time and eternity.
"In conclusion, have no hesitation in
saying that among the some three hun
dred successors of st. Peter. many of
whom were great and learned man and
great Pontiffs, Pope Leo Kill is among
the holiest, the most learned, the most
able and the grandest of ALL"
The Bishop was loudly applauded as he
resumed his seat in the box.
THE MANAGEMENT.
DR.. Frank Dessert is entitled to great
credit for the success of the celebration.
Not only did he prepare the programme
and direct all the rehearsals, but he also
attended to every other detail. Mr.. Dos
sert will sail on Wednesday for Rome,
and will Immediately begin rehearsing
his mass. which will be rendered at ST.
Peters on Easter Sunday, the Pope him.
self celebrating the mass.
The Honorary Committee of the cele-
bration consisted of Bishop Wigger, Mgr.
Seton, Mgr. deConcilio, the Rev. p. M.
Corr, the Rev. John Harpes, S. j.. the
Rev C. P. Gillin and the Rev. Thomas
Quinn.
Dr. Austen Pearce was the pianist of
the occasion, and Mr.. William Reimers
was organist. The full choir of st.
Stephens Church, New YORK, took part
in the programme.
All the names were published in THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS last Wednesday. The
soIists were Madame Dessert, soprano;
Miss Angeli McEvoy, contralto; Mr..
Jacob Graft, tenor; Mr.. Jonn J. Dessert,
basso.
The following other choirs took part:-
ST Bridgets- Sopranos Miss Curry solo; the
Misses Griffin, Bradley, Mcguire, NJ Muivaney
a. Muvaney, Coyle, Condor, Gossler Prior, Nc
Cornck, Kane. Lawless, Fitzgerald, A. Lawler,
NJ Lawler, McArdle, Mullins, Sherlock Hamii
and Wilson. Altos, the Misses Powers, jackson,
Lynch. Tenors, Mr. Archibold, SOLO and
Messrs. Hayes. Fitzpatrick, Brock, J. Brock,
Stonem, j. Walsh and Rooney. Bassos-Mr.
Sheridan. sole, and Messrs. Nolan, Boylan,
Bcrus Byrnes Glossy, Mulvaney, Mechler,
Nevln and SanDorn.
St. Boniface Church Choir. .-Tenors. Messrs.
Gu. Krieg and Ch. Etzsil; Bassos Messrs. T.
pranos, Misses E. Helm, G. Hottie, Mesdames
Brook nj SteinauSen. CIR 5iyerdiup. Ell Dltt-