The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-11-05

rosary. The prayers were as you de-
scribed but you should have known that
no irreverence to God was there; for you
must remember that one Our Father is
equal to more than thousand Hail
Mary's! You don't like purgatory, 1t
seems. Well, you might go farther and
fare worse; or, as Father Tom Burke
said to the preacher, If you don't be-
lieve in purgatory, you can 80 to hell'
You also were dazZled at the vestmcnts
and did not understand the use of them.
or course not. However, if you We're
housekeeping as long as we are you
would have all these things yourselves,
for you must not forget that the older the
house and more respectable the family.
the more costly and expensive will be
the furniture! And regarding the meat
on Friday have this to say: ;;grce
that it is sometimes pretty hard to alb
stain on Friday when the meat is good
and q fellow is hungry, aud if | had the
making Of my own religion as YOU had,
l would have put meat in IT for every day
of the week; but must differ with YOU
in your assertion that drinking the milk
and eating the meat on Friday are one
and the same thing. For You know very
we'll that although when boy. you
often nourished your chubby little checks
at your mothers breast, that was o,rca-
son for eating herr
"A good hit." said Il baseball PLAYER,
who attcntively listened in the corner. 81
sentiment which was applaudcd by every
one in the car.
AS the car stopped at the crossing On
Willow street a Jewish rabbi got on
board Mr.. Pompous spicd him at once
and presumed he saw Il friend who would
help him out. But he was wocfully dis
appointed, as the result made evident.
"Frlcnd Noses said he, this gentle
man and myself have dispute about
religion, each OF us claiming to lavc the
true one. Now, we three represent what
can be called tho three great religious
churches of the world-;hc Catholic, the
Protestant and the Hebrew. Which of
these, in your opinion. IS the true onc?'
"Wcll," said Moses, "if must answer,
l will, but | am sorry can't give your
side much comfort. My belief is this:
II the Savior did not como, am right:
If the Savior did conc, the Catholic l.,
right; but whether He did or did not
come you arc wronE; your churc,l came
upon earth about fifteen hundred Years
too latc!"
When every shot Mr.. pompous received
only drove the nail in further and held
him up to ridiculc he re%ortcI To the
Weapons Of all defeated figures -m,d-
throwing. lie opened. therefore. with Il
broadsdG of abuse and charged tho Cath.
olic church with all kinds If nhomina>
tions.
"Why. sir" said he, Il have known
Catholics who left your church because
OF It's tyranny over their conecicncrs.
have known sisters and priests to leave
it because cclibacy and confession were
sources of corruption and contcnts were
sinks OF iniquity. | heard il from their
own lips and | believe every word of
it.
No doubt you heard It," said MIR.
Peaceful, and ! sincerely pity your lg-
norancc for believing il. But " no were
the Catholics whose consccnccs were op-
pressed? I'll tell you. They were the
people to whom the ten commandments
of God were but 4 burden ana who lost
their morals before they lost their faith
Who were tho nuns and priests who
made the vile charges? Did they lead
pure lives before they left the church?
No! The history of such characters
show they were unclcln birds. They
were the weeds tlAlt were pitched out of
the Popc's garden; they were in nearly
every case lamGntablc victims of either
Punch or Judy! But (anh here he soft
cncd his vOicc) when their bad conduct
had made them unworthy to live
amongst us, yc were glad TO get them
and they made nrst-ratc Protestant min
istcrs. Beware of them, however, for
they are not after your souls. but they
are seeking your dimes and your COL
lars. They well know that in appealing
to people like you, they have soft ground
to work on, for. as the darkS preacher
well said, 'whar dc hen scratch dar she
spec to find de bug"
In spite OF themselves the pa;scngnra
commenced to clap their hands and a
general shout of laughter responded to
the reference to Punch and Judy, but
Mr.. Pompous, who was now rod in the
face and greatly excited, came back with
n final thrust that generally appeals to
a prejudiccd audience.
your church is both cruel and ,nchar-
table, said he, land excludes al from
salvation except its own members Out
of the church there is no salvation IS an
article of your creed you strongly insist
on preaching and you can't deny it, 10
test it, ] will ask you a plain quest ion
and ] demand Il plain answer: Do you
believe that will go to hcll?"
"Not at all, not a, all, my friend"
said the smiling Mr.. Pe.t cful Il be-
licve nothing Of the kind. though ST.
Paul is very strict on the necessity OF