New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-05-16

ted their property for no other ofense
tkan declining to submit to these very
same creeds. Not until the armies Of
Elizabeth and Gustarus Adolphus en-
tered the field in behalf of freedom Of
thought were the Catholics taught to
respect other theories than their own.
And let me say right here. Mr.. Sheran,
that there is more attached to the Cath
olic standpoint, than the fillyree of your
theological jewelry shop; that it would
make sad story were to rake up the
horrible deeds If the dark past-deeds
committed in behalf of stubborn creeds.
But will not do it. Let the dead past
bury its dead and of its crimes and cru
city let as little be said as possible. But
do not claim now, Mr.. Sheran, that the
Catholic faith has never changed. That
would be the very worst thing which
could be said against it, for if your faith
be the same now that it was in the dark
ages and you should attempt to practice
it you would not he tolerated in any ci-
vilized community. But you have
changed and could not help it. You
live ina progressive age. The world
moves and you must move with it, even
if you still prefer to keep in the rear of
the army of progress.
had no idea at the start that this cor
resrondence would assume such proper
tions. There mus: be an end to it SOON
er or later, and for my part shall now
close and bid goodbye to my friend from
St. Paul. Occasionally he used express
sions which I believe sober second
thought would have prevented, and I
may have done the same, but l have
70 ind in his articles good many bright
ideas and real gems of thought. They
seem to come forth, however, only when
he takes to himself the courage to go
outside the lntrenchments of his PIE
scribed dogmas, where his. human nature
and natural love Of truth can he allowed
to assert itself. If his s'Catholic stand
point is fair representation of the
teachings of his church to-day, then as a
matter Of fairness it must he admitted
that the position the Catholics take re-
garding good many religions questions
is more liberal and less exclusive than l
and good many with me have been led
to believe. But in that case it will also
| have to be admitted that the Catholic
faith is not unchangeable, but thatit has
changed radically since medieval times
And if that church really entertains these
progressive ideas, why is it, that it keeps
On feeding its people from the decayed
refuse of worn-out superstiti.ns. It
must not he forgotten that while the
man of reason has subjected steam and
electricity to his own subserviency, ard
made innumerable conquests by the
operation of his brain, during this nine
teenth century the man of creeds
can point alone to the invention of the
infallibity of the pope and the immacu-
late conception of Mary, a folly they
will have to retract sometime or forever
remain the laughing stock of all sane
and intelligent people.
How much respect could we have for
body OF scientific (g physicians, who,
being under obligations to keep the
health of the community, would classify
all citizens according to degree of all
ment and prescribe for each class the
same medicine? This would be smooth
uniform, well-organized system of doc
toring, but who would trust his physical
welfare to such system? Or what would
we think of a system of administering
justice. that, trying batch of prisoners,
would strike an average penalty for all
convicted, regardless of the varying mag
nitude or seriousness of the individual
crimes? The teaching profession is doing
things not vastly different from these.
Such defects in our methods of education
can be remedied only by study ofindi-
vidual pupils, and when this is donesuc-
cessfully and generally, great educa.
tional triumph will have been achieved.
Prof. NJ. j. Holmes Of the Winona
Normal School. i.
Sioux Falls Press One-third of the
members of the two houses of congress
are war veterans not all Of them union
veterans, you know but some of them
(most Of them, III fact) disunion veterans.
And here not yet single generation has
passed since these disunion veterans