The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-01-19

His Bible. Unbelief would take from ns
our Bible and our Jesus. What does it
give us? What is the message to us OF
the apostle of unbelief, and what world
would his be? We know the world as it
was before Christ; we know what 1t Is
after Christ, wherever Christ's religion
does not reign. How is it that Chrieten-
dom today, as during the past 2,O00 years.
means civilization? Where Christ is not
there is barbarism; there is servitude Of
the weak. despotisn Of the strong, inhu
manity and immortality, unbridled and
unrebuked by public opinion. Christ is
not; the family, with pure woman as its
ueen, is not; sacred matrimony is not.
The little of good in a world without
Christ comes from imitation of Christitn
nations, from the introduction into it's
own body of Christian principles and
practices. We will not have such world.
What will upbslief give us? It replies
A scientific rational world, beginning
with itself and ending with itself. Let
US first be consistent, and from this world
eliminate what Christian principles and
practices it fain would retain. The words
most glibly repeated by unbelief, the
family, dignity of woman, liberty, frater-'
nifty, are Christian words, and without
Christianity they would be meaningless.
Take them out of your world of unbelief.
You give us scientific world; that is,
you give us material world, a humanity
without souls, without wings on which to
rise TO the skies, humanity with no
purpose in life but to seek satisfaction
for bodily appetites, with leaden sky
| over 1t through which peers no love, no
hope, no consolation, where the strong
assert themselves and the weak are
crushed under foot, where pleasure is the
norm of action, where there:is no power
above man himself, whose voice calls to
duty, whose memory stills passion. In
this world entwine around your brows
the laurel and the rose, and when they
l:wlther, as they soon will, seek repose-in
suicide. Unbelief has been for once con-
sistent; it has proclaimed suicide as the
sole hope of it's unchristian world"
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NORTH DAKOTA. n"
News hes been receivad at Devils Lake
announcing the death of Mrs. Senator
Hansbrongh at Washington OF pneu-.
monia. Mrs. oHansbrough was very
highly esteemed by her many friends
there. Her social tact and very amiab]e
qualities contributed in large degree to
her husbands success. Her death will
be deeply regretted by all.
| Father Connolly is doing an excellent
work, in the extensive district over which
he has been placed, in the care of home.
less waits and orphans, without home or
friends, says the Jamestown Alert. The
Catholic church society IN the state have
an orphanage established at Fargo but
he is working Independently of that in
stitution aod doing efficient service with
the minimum expenditure of time and
funds. Ea"h year cases of want, neglect
and distress have arisen and, under bis
guidance, the children have been taken
reside. Members of the church have
been interested in the subjects of charity
and either adopt or keep them tempo
rarily until permanent homes, amid
wholesome surroundings, have been ee-
cured for them. This work has been car
ried on for four years past and been
found very successful. But rarely has it
been found necessary to make changes in
the disposition Of children. From three
to four cases each year are cared for.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The most crael feature of the Taylor
defalcation is brought to light at Pierre
by Ex-Gov. Msllette. In 1898 Mr.. Mel
|ette borrowed $4,000 from Taylor and
as security gave him a warranty deed OF
all his propery, both real and personal.
with the understanding that this deed
should b. held as security and should
not be recorded. Mr.. Mellette's prop
erty was worth about $4,000. Last fall
Mr.. Taylor came to him and stating that
he was hard pressed for money asked
him to repay the loan. Mr.. Mellette
went to Boston and raised the money,
giving his security to a personal friend,
the same sort Of deed covering the same
property. He was on his way West with
this money for the use OF Taylor, when
on Wednesday of last week be heard that
Taylor had recorded the iced, mortgaged
the property for all it was worth, ard
fed. Thus Gov. Mellette was made
bankrupt by q personal and trusted
friend. Today he does not own cent Of
property, but does have his debts to meet.
WISCONSIN,.
Thomas Padden, . former well known