El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11

sAs priest of the Cath olic chur ch
l say to you from this pulpit that the
present conditions of the poor in the
United States caunOt go on. The
Catholic church in these United
States must lead tor the emancips ton
of the p .ople from the present social
and economic slavery; the church must
lead as the emancips tor of the work
ing classes, and the states, and the
United States, its senate aud its con-
gre=s must make laws to protect the
peoples right and abrogate the laws
that have been II ade by bribery in the
interests of fraud"
This was the kevnote of one of tb e
most forcible sermons ever delivered
from the pulpit of Catholic chu ch
The speaker was the Rev. Father
Thomas j. Ducey, r5c'Or OF St. Leo's
church, in asst Twer ty-eigh tstreet. I'm
expected as his theme was, the little
church was filled with admirers of the
outspokeu priest when be a. cended the
rOstrum at the II o'clock mass yester-
day morning.
SOCIAL QUESTION UPPERMOST.
sThe Catholic church's great mis-
sion to the iuhuman civilization of our
times is recognized by all thinking
men," were the Introductory words of
the priest. And then, with uplifted
hand, he said:
''Men whose minds work IN unison
with Gods mind say that the mission
of the church today is the enforcement
of the social question. The church can
say. must say, and will say, inhumanity
of man to man must eud!
1.-THE Catholic church as Gods agent
on earth. must procla' m the rights of
he no0n1o toll tho nenn1asa
that the vast multitudes have the right
to exercise the liberty of the childr n
of God for the simp reason that
Gcd's truth has made them free.
"The Catholic church, by its divine
foundation, and by her perfect or
ganization throughout the whole world,
has the God-given right to cry this bat
tie cry to the world, and she will con-
tinue and must coz tinue SO to do, for
prevail against the laws of GCd and
the rights of humanity.
WILLING TO FOLLOW SAINTS.
''We on earth, soldiers in the fight
g kingdom of God want living saints
here on earth; saints to love and to
follow, and we will love them when we
battle cry of sacrifice, justice and
right for the masses. The saints God 9
kir gdom on earth want today are
human, struggling, working saints;
struggling end working for the rights
of Gods people; saints who are hu.
name men, who are seeking to be liv-
ing, moving, thinking followers in the
shadows ofChrist's independence.
Goods cause wants these saints who
will set to US an example to follow. The
people of Gods church will canonize
these saints with love and devotion in
this life when they find them, and they
will recognize that such men are
followers in the footsteps of humapity's
greatest saint-Jesus Christ-hu-
maniJy's God.
'Thank God, we can look on pictures
of men who have lived in our own
times; and many who are living in our
own day, who have fearlessly recog-
uized their God-given mission of hui
mauity in Christ shadow.
"Thank God, they are found in the
cardinalite, in the archbishop's robes,
in the humble aud fearless pri SITS of
the church, in the ranks of nohility's
children, men not emptily noble in
lite, but noble in truth, virtue and
sacrifice; Catholic laymen in humble
life, princes and counts, noble barons,
humble and fearless workmen, men
who seem to US rainbows of hope in
the clouds of suffering, foreshadowing
treat sympathy and great sacrifi e for
the cause and right of man. These
men spe Ak of Gods truth to our souls
AMI make US believe in the divine mis-
sion of the church of Christ.
lie, XIII, the head of the Catholic
church. 10 support of what l have said,
as proclaimed to the civilized world
that AS far as regards the church, it's
will never be wanting, be
the time and occasion what it may, and
it will intervene with greater effe It in
as it's liberty of action is I'M
fet ered.'
MY brethren, the economic mora
ity of the present day has sunk so low
that even the children of the church of
Jesus Christ have forgotten the num-
erous DEGREES of her councils and the
authority of ST. Thomas, for Catholics
Today do not seem to scorn to take part
n immoral speculation"
Here the spea ker paused for a me-
nent. Then be said impressively: 4,
Every generation of the WORLDS
history is confrC nted by some impor-
AIT problem to the solution of which A.,
he best minds and truest hearts must
end their every~eneray. Our time
las a vast problem. -
WILL BE A REVOLUTION.
"The problem before the world today
9 the relief of man from unju-t bu- dens, ,
leaped upon 1.-THE great mass of the
'eople by the concentrated power of
wrong, the combinations of ill-go.ten
wealth, and unjust privileged legisla-
ion in favor Of q class AGAINST the