The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-03
WHAT SALVATION IS
II Is the Most Important Work OfLife,
Says Father BlOomer.
AT ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH
Opening of the Mission BY the
Dominican Fathers - Services
Were Held at Hlbernia Hall
With Large Audiences.

in this city and the services of the
opening day were very largely attend
ed. Services were held at both st.
Patricks church and Hibernia hall.
The object of the mission is to in
crease the spiritual activity Of the par
ish and to bring into active work the
members of the parish who, for months
or years. have been lax in their relig-
ious duties. The mission will last two
weeks. on Sundays there are masses
a $50. s. 9:l5 and 1880 o'clock. and on
week days at and s O'Clock. In the
evening there are instructions at 7:30
o'clock. followed by a part of the
rosary. a sermon and benediction.
During the mission Catholics are sup
posed not only to renounce sin. but to
avoid all vain amusements, idle con-
Versations and useless reading and APP
ply themselves earnestly In prayer and
meditation.
The Dominican fathers conducting
the mission are Very Rev. Il. NJ.
Boomer " p. of Minneapolis. Rev.
]. p Moran. V. p. of Kansas City,
and Rev. Fathers McGill and O'Sulli-
ven.
This morning Father Bloomer
preached at the late mass in ST. Pat
rick's church and Father Moran in
Hibernia hall to crowded congrega-
their utmost capacity. This was the
first time I'm the history of Butte that
the people of this city have had the
opportunity OF listening TO the white
robed sons Of the renowned st. Domi-
mic. The order for nearly 200 years has
borne the proud title of the order OK
Preachers. and this order has given
10 the church logicians. scholars ana
preachers innumerable and unrivalled
There are on the pages of the church $
history no more illustrious names than
those Of St Thomas of Aquin, ST.
Tius. V, ST. Vincent. the peerless
Lauerdaine. and the immortal orator
Of these days. Father Tom Burke, V.
T., who so effectually championed the
cause Of Ireland against the calumnies
of the English historian, Froude.
The fathers of the orders who began
the emission to-day indicate. by their
eloquence. that they are worthy MEM
bers of the order of Preachers, 10
which they belong. The four Domini-
can fathers arrived in Montana two
weeks ago and have already given two
missions, one in Anaconda and the
other i'm Helena. and both were attend
ed with unprecedented success. This rs
the first time that the white-robed
Dominicans have undertaken missions
in the diocese Of Helena. Hitherto
they have confined their labors To the
larger cities and centers of population
in the East. and such is the demand
for their services there that only with
dieiculty could they set aside the time
necessary TO respond 20 the urgent u
vitations Of Bishop Brondel To visit the
diocese Of Helena The fathers are en-
thusiastic over the flattering reception
they have thus far been accorded, AMI
are pleased by the wonderful growth
and Vigor of the church in the new
state They will remain in the do
cese engaged in their calling until the
FTNN- - ID FRO
| from the bitterness OF controversy, ana
| I'm their sermons are expressed true
| charity for ell men and an earnest de-
| sire to lead all to a better life. Wher-
| ever they go they extend cordlal IN
V.tation to all classes to come ana us
| ten TO the doctrines and teachings OF
| the Catholic church.
| This evening st. Patrick's church
| was again crowded and many were
| turned away. unable to gain admission.
| The singing by the choir was grand.
| Father Bloomer preached again very
| cloquently. In our mission he said,
I'VE endeavor first TO tell you what
| you ought To do; second, To tell you
! why you ought to do IL, and third,
| how you ought to do II. / told you
| this morning that salvation Is the
| most important event Of life. Tonight
| shall endeavor to tell you why II is
| the most important work of life. IL
! is because our soul lives so much long
| er than our bodies. The soul never
| dies. and therefore II should be pre-
pared for Immortality. All material
! things are transitory and perishable.
They have a beginning. a developmeIit,
| a completion. a decay and an ending.
| The oak is long-liVed. but II must die.
4 the grand mountains around you SHOW
the unmistakable influence OF titnes
Years not long ago the very plains
! over which you have Travelled may
have been the center OF an inland sea.
The earth itself is not exempt from the
law of Vicissitude. Not even man is
exempt from that law. He has his in
fancy. childhood, manhood, old age
and passing away. II we could at once
see all the men who, from the begin
ming Of time. have inhabited the earth
| Il would seem like vast army march
I ing toward the tomb. But there Is one
| thing which was created in that time
| that will never die-that Is the soul.
The doctrine of the Immortality Of the
soul is no new doctrine. and is not pc
| culiar 70 Christianity. IL goes back
into the misty shades of mans his
tory. The great lights OF Paganism
taught the doctrine. There are two
classes Of people | wish To call atten-
ton to. One class includes those who
profess doubt respecting immortality
| The other class processes belief in i'm
mortality. but absolutely disregards
the doctrine and leads "a life which Is
a nat dcnlai OF tlelT bellel. ihSy DC
| leVe in a future accounting day. wher
man will bc measured by his life or
earth. yet they do not prepare for II
, "Our native reason teaches US Tho
! I Immortality Of the soul The soul can
not die Death is a dissolution of q
! material thing into its original ele
| ments. The soul Is not material. Il
Is constituted OF spirit and has no
T | parts Hence II cannot be dissolved
| into parts. IS the soul cannot die IN
the sense that the body dies. the ques
! tion arises. will God annihilate ou
souls? God will never annihilate {
single soul. That Is contrary TO al
Z | the ideas Of Gods wisdom and good
ness and justice. This grand world hal
been created FOR mans use and en-
| joyment. and man alone is capable o
| enjoying the things OF this earth.
= 1t Is not the body but the soul o
| man which constitutes his excellence