The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-08-21

shall put away his wife and marry an
ether, committeth adultery" The same
is repeated in st. Luke (xvi., 1S). These
all died in their sins as bigamists, adul-
terers and fornicators. st. Paul tells
us these shall not possess the kingdom
OF God" Il Cor, vi, 81. These reform
leaders all stand condemned by the
Bible. st. Paul tells us they are not in
heaven. Will it he safe to trust our
salvation to those who are not saved?
We read (st Mark, x, II, 1917 that a
certain man knelt before Christ and
asked him: Good master, what shall
I do that 1 may receive life everlast-
ing?" Christ said, DO not commit
adultery, do not kill, do not steal, bear
not false witness, do no fraud, honor
thy father and thy mother" 1t is seen
that our Savior mentioned adultery
first in the list. 1t has been shown that
he declared that if one put away his
wife and marries another he commit
teth adultery. l have shown that all
the princely reformers Of the sixteenth
century committed adultery by putting
away their wives and taking others.
They all broke that first commandment
mentioned by Christ to the man who
would have life everlasting
Thus reform was born in adultery
and the children of the reformers still
continue, in every Protestant nation
and in every state in this land to put
away their wives and take others in de-
fiance of Gods word which they pre-
tend to reverence in the Bible! In every
state where this crime against the
command is committed, they take great
interest In Bible distributions.
The bishops and ministers of all the
sects are Bible distributors and are DOS
sessed with burning zeal for the
work.
The three sovereigns mentioned were
not punished for their crimes against
purity, because they were above the
law; being civil heads, they were also
heads of the church or churches
Luther, who, opened their eyes to the
beauty Of reform, was protected by the
princess of Wartsburg, where he lived
as "Younker George"
1t was never known before the re-
form of the marriage of monk and a
nun, or of Christian kings having two
wives at the same time. Thus a new
order of civilization had to be instituted
to give these people countenance.
They called it reform. The reason
of the reform, they said, was because
the church was corrupt! These called
her corrupt!
M. Guizot, in his History of European
Civilization, says: "It is not true that
in the sixteenth century abuses, prop.
more crying, than they had been at
other times" Teachers and reformers
and providential men were at work in
Luther's time to purify. the church
monks and nuns. There were st. Igna-
thus, who founded the Order Of Jesus;
st. Francis Xavier, St. Francis Borgia,
st. Teresa, St. John of the Cross, St.
lanova, St. Lewis Bertrand, St. Pascal
Baylon, st. Francis of Salano, st. Jo-
seph Calasanctius, founder of the pious
schools, St. Jane Frances de Chantal,
Nuns; St. Vincent de Paul, who founded
the Congregation of the Mission" a
charitable order; Mother Alice Lecierc,
who founded the School Sisters of Notre
Dame; st. Francis de Sales, st. Francis
Regis, St. John of God, St. Stanislaus,
St. Philip Neri, st. Aloysius, st. Charles
Borromeo, st. Andrew Avellino, st.
Catherine Of Ricci, st. Francis of Paula
These were saints Of the church during
the great revolt of Luther and his CO.
workers. One of these, St. Francis
Xavier, a Jesuit, alone preached the
faith in fifty different kingdoms, or in
dependent states, in India and Japan
These all took the VOWS of poverty and
served their fellow-men for the love OF
God. In every plague or epidemic in
the cities of the world, these are the
first to appear at the hospitals ana
among the poor. These are the first
Victims. In the last great epidemic at
New Orleans, fifty-four sisters died at
their work. The world does not hear
1t. They give no sign. Without any
funeral, they are quietly laid in their
graves in the convent garden without a
stone or lettered name.
In England the banner of the nation
greets us with a Catholic saint, George
of Cappadocia; the title of Defender Of
the Faith was granted by the Pope bc.
cause Henry VIII. wrote a book in
Latin against Luther and defended the
supremacy of the Pope and the seven
sacraments. The title of King OF
France was won by the Catholic Henry
V. at the glorious victory of Aginconrt
The crest and three feathers and the
motto, II serve," worn by the Prince
of Wales, was won at the Battle of
Crecy by Edward III. from the defeated
Prince of Bohemia.
At the time Of the Reformation tho