The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-10-26
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Tie Catholic Deotrins tho champion
of Libsrty Throughout this
World.
h when church utility, which has been
| the subject OF so much discussion during
1.-The sessions of the recent Episcopal con-
|yention, has at last been consummated,
/ the congregations attendant upon the
| then universal church will correspond
| largely to the company which gathered
wednesday evening in the Church q
| the Redeemer on the occasion OF the ad-
| dress Of Rev Thomas e. Sherman. HIS
subject was "The Church and the State. "
The resemblance noted was not SO
much In the size Of the congrega ton as
lin its Observation-Disclosures composition.
Catholics and Protestants, Episcopallans,
Baptists Methodists, Congregat1o ailsts,
Presbyt erians, Universali st mat
tered not. They were all there.
Rev. Marion D. Shutter, pastor of the
church, introduced the gifted son OF Te-
cumseh in a happy and eloquent speech,
and in SO doing he said in part:
ssThe cause which brings us together
tonight is one we'll worthy our confidence
and support. The Associated Charities
| has done much and is doing much. The
organization lis leading us to q scientific
solution of the problem of poverty and
pauperism. The Universalist Church Is
a common platform on which all creeds,
parties and denominations can stand to-
gether and do good. We have an object
lesson tonight A Catholic priest is to
address you from the pulpit OF another
church than his. All denominations are
represented on this platform. This oc-
casion is for the benefit of the Associated
Charities and you have gathered in the
interests of humanity. These interests
we're before all creeds and shall be after
them.
"The lecturer bears distinguished
name name known in the halls OF leg
islation and in the annals OF war; ldentl-
fed with our laws, written on the nag
Of our country, and 1t will never be Tor
gotten until the United States and the
valor which the name represents snail
have persisted from huma n rememb rance.
He does not come before you simply be-
cause of his ancestral name. He mas
taken the name emblazoned on our nag
and written 1t on a standard above all
Of the cross. His subject will be on the
church and the state. do not know
what he will say, but feel sure that while
he will be loyal to the church his mother
loved so we'll, the son of the hero OF At
lanta and the March to the Sea Will De
equally loyal to the state which his faith
or he1ped TO save. T have the honor Of
introducing Rev. Thomas E. Sherman,
Of st. Louis"
The speaker Of the evening was greeted
with rounds of applause as he stepped
to the edge of the platform. In replying
to DR.. Shutter, he said that as he stood
on the bridge yesterday at the foot OF
Minnehaha Falls listening to the falling
water, the thought had occurred to him
that no names could be sweeter than
those of the Indian Language Minneha-
ha. Minnetonka, Minnesota, etc. But,
said he, Dr. Shutter had just mentioned
two names far sweeter and dearer to his
heart than any others that words could
speak. the names which he held most
sacred on earth-his father and his
mother.
In taking up his subject he said by way
| of introduction that ne wished to speak
in the quiet of calm and peaceful dis
cussion, on the relations Of the grand old
church which he loved so well, to the
grand young country, which represented
all that was good and best in human
government
"a good many years ago." he said,
"there came to this country little old
Italian. He came as the representative
of the pope in America. Every organ
lied body must have head in the very
nature of things, and what was more ma
tural than that such perfect organ1za-
ton ais the Catholic Church should have
one man-one head--to whom all ques-
tons in dispute might be referred for set
Element. The pope was too far away for
the expeditions settlement Of questions
which might arise, and SO he sent rep
resent NATIVE one who should stand at the
head of the church in America. His COM
ing revived all the old calumnies against
| the Catholic Church, but 1t behooves us
to stand before the public and disprove
them I will take up these charges and
endeavor to refute them.
tIn the first place the enemies Of the
Catholic church say Your church believes
| in the union of the church and state.
| America believes that they should be sep
arate Therefore you are an enemy Of the
state WE do believe that there should
be a union OF the church and state--in
some respects. Is there an institution
more divine than marriage? 1t belongs to
the state to place a safeguard around
marriage. b Marriage belongs to the
church. From marriage springs the
countless thousands Of human souls to be
saved, and to be finally gathered around
the throne Of the Most High. The state
makes laws governing marriage. So does
the church. The state permits divorce Of
the marriage ties. The Catholic church
does not. FOR this reason there must be
some friendly alliance in order that the
church and state will not be in a con-
tinual state Of conflict. There is already
union Of the church and stale in theory!
but In practice it could not always be. car
ried out.
ssWhen our forefath ers established this
country they saw that the church and the
state must be separated, in accomplishing
The desired end. The conditions already
existing would not permit OF their union
There were the Episcopalians in Virginia,
the Congregat.onalists in Massachusetts,,
etc. The nation could not have been .es-
tablislled If a union had been insisted
upon. Our forefathers may not have
liked the idea Of separating the church
and the state, but they had to broaden
their views from sheer necessity They
foresaW that separation must exist. There
is q vast distinction between practice and
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