The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-02
SOME CATHOII
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youaWM find nothing but what purports to
be worship or thecelebration Of the sacre-
menta. All secular things have no press
ence there. In a Protestant It may be any
thing, from preaching sermon 70 perform
ance Of comic opera, within the conse-
Grated walls; says g writer in the. Colorado
Catholic q :. 20. -. = Z . ,f III .s.s
2. The Catholic chapel is open at all
hours Of the day. Entering at almost any
time some worsn,pper will BE found before
1.-the altar engaged in some act Of vow, COM
triton or devotion. Every Protestant
church is. closed and locked except during
stated public occasions The idea Of keep
ing a place where the individual VINO per-
haps has no home or spot Of privacy, may
find a shrine or place for prayer, seems to
be absolutely eliminated from the theory Of
Protestant worship. :l::: .a
g. The government of the Catholic
church is by the priest, and not by the peo-
pie. AS III the regular army, orders go
from the captain down to the pr.vates In
the Protestant church they come as they
do in the militia from the privates, up to the
captain. .s
t. lue government 9 VI INC SoLAAOAAS
church is by the men, and not by the
women The parsons wife is an unknown
factor in our church. We may have other
things just as bad, but we are thankful we
do not have that. The sewing society IS not
consulted when action is to be taken for the
general good The magnificent power and
capacity Of women is given full recognition
in organizations which minister mere to
human happiness than any Protestant or
secular bodies ever banded together to allie.
viate the rliserses OF mankind. But the
Scripture commanding their silence in the
church is still recognized to be binding, and
as wise as IT'S obligatory.
;, S. When. a marriage takes place IN our
cnurchi it is:a contract for life, and not DUR
ing good looks and good behavior They
take each other for worse as we'll as better.
|, If, separation must follow, divorce is not
the next consideration, or if divorced, re-
marriage to another is out of the question.
People in our church who marry are ex-
pected to stay married and are not allowed
to be looking out for handsomer or more
congenial partners.
6. Obedience and not dissension Is the
order of our organization. The archbishop
submits to the pope, the priest to the bishop,
the laity to the priest. It is the church:
militant under the example and ultimate
command Of one who spake as one having
authority and not as the Scr.bes. If a. man
dissent from OFF church he can go to an
other that suits him. He cannot fail to find
one. There are several hundred dissenting
denominations, each OF which has better
way than the old way-but no other dare
even profess to carry the keys.
z. The most radical distinction between
the Catholic and dissenting churches is:
The Catholic church processes to preach its
doctrines by divine command; to be itself
ctarrfyTing duit divine orders No other church
pretenas to authority. The furthest they
90 Is to say, 70 the best of Their conscience
and belief, they think that this or that IS the
true Interpretation Of the Scriptures: And
though many bore false witness no two
were found to agree.
8. The Catholic church recognizes the
law of duty, and not the law of choice. Its
members must go to mass on Sundays,
whether rain or shine, If within practical
distance. They must 60 whether they ex-
pect to listen to poor or to an eloquent
priest. They go to worship and not for en-
tertainment The practical Protestant the
ory Of church going is for the intellectual
pleasure Of the listener and not as an act
Of duty or worship The analysis Of the
entire Sunday service at Protestant
church shows an almost total elimination Of
acts in the nature of alteration to the deity
and a substitution of words Of address from
the preacher to the congregaton-the effect
of which is to make the strength of each
individual. church depend almost entirely
upon the personal equation Of the pastor in
| hts. power. to please.
9. The Protestant churches say that the
words: H*eTake up thy cross and follow me-
EXPRESS a.; beautiful sentiment. The Cath
o,ic church breaches that they teach a hard
reality. -s~>s y. ssis
s TO-. The Catholic church is the only
church that believes and teaches the whole
Bible. The so-called evangelical churches
teach each just such parts Of It as they In
their human wisdom believe, and reject
those parts which in their human weakness
they are unable to believe Y <s3- " ii,s
From some Of these observations the
Episcopal church is to be excluded. 1t re-
iects less Of the truth than any other. It
is good celuloid imitation of the ivory OF
the true church. .H.t. sst;.
ARB0R DAY
Eafhar CIearv on Catholics and the