Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03

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vva.b,naton. save II was made Of brick |
5000 with terra Gotta stucco instead l
~ granite or marble. INC walls OF me
~ ~. i7ti,, e,iil stand and within short
n ,, ,sni he ngain ready for occu-
e ., A. present the lower house n
lp,.a',ing In one OF the halls OF the uni-
1910 ~ Santiago, and the senate
,.,id. ia sesslons IN one OF the build
i,.,s devoted TO the government depart
msnts. The sessions 81 e9nefess arr
oftcn very stormy. me 80 Sh, I'm ~.
fond Of politics and you VIII hear MOTE
.,,,'i,,ts,i AN here IN & lay than you
~ IN Warrington In week. There
~" To-, ~reaf potitlcni parties. the con-
,,,,.,,,,ivcs and the liberals each OF
which has = number OF HupaiNNlonA
The conservatives arc the more COM
pact. but the liberals are muvh we
~ ~ Tho nowrf now In power. They
arc Inc progressive party and thcy ad-
,,,,str nou,iinr education. the elevation
m tho misses and everything. modern.
Tho conservatives nrc more what thcH
name Implies. and they Include also the
clerical or church element, whleh h'ir
In Chile has enormous inhuehee'
THE CHURCH AND STATE IN
CHILE.
ono 81 the curious divisions VI the
prcsdcnt's cabinet IL the branch OF De-
pnrtmcnt ~ worship ana colonial
ton" Catholicism II the state fnNgl1n'
and the Cothoiic church receives c'r-
tain amount every year from ,he GOV
eminent treasury. Nearly nn OF the
Chiieans are Catholics. and all church
affairs OF note are attended by the gov
eminent officials. on the Chilean an.
niverrnry of lis day Of lndepondenca.
The president and ali OF his officials. in
GLIDING tho omccrs % the army and
navy. attend church. The other day a
celebrated bishop who had been dead
for don't know how long was honorci
with n now monument IN the Caiholril
/ q Santiago. and this was made the
occasion OF great celebration. ! won't
| In company with the American minis
/ tor. and found that nearly all N the
/ foreign diplomats were present. The
| president, the general 81 the army and
/ the admiral Of the navy were there IN
/ their official dress, and during the ccrc-
monies all kneclsd again and again IN
unison with the priests and other
church dignltarlca. am told, how
/ ever, that within recent years other re-
lrionn have been more tolerated by
/ chile than almost any other nouth
I American country. There are two large
American schools here In santiaro
one supported by the Methodist and tho
other By the Presbyterian churches II
the United States. and there are Other
missionary colleges and churches IN
different parts Of the country. Thcns
are tolerated. however. ON the grounds
or modern progress rather than from
any desire of the Chiicana 10 chang,
their religion. They are. believe. sat
iancd with Catholicism, though IN,
educated Chilean man does not like The
way In which the church mcddlea viii
political matters. lie does not go q
church except on Sundays nni feast
days, and, like many other men nut
side of South America, he leaves mos
Of the church exercises Co his wife and
daughters. The women Of Chile ar
one OF the strongest elements In w
holding Catholicism and ltn influence
They are very dcvout. You sec thcn
In the Churches week day and Sundal
kuccllug ON the stone floors and anylui
their prayers. You meet them on ~
streets going TO confess or mass. oacl
carrying q prayer rug In one hand AM
prayer book In the other. and II yoi
, VIII enter the churches you may. per
hapa. SEQ pretty devotce who vii
look at you out OF the tail OF her 80
. as she mumhlcn her prayers with
cross old ducnna In the background
A. In Peru and Bolivia. the women Il
, Chile wear solid black when they 70 4
, church. They cover their heads will
black mnnian. and n church congrrFa
ton makes vou think Of nunnorl
Win all % the nuns clad IN black
: Indeed. 10 wear white az such times I
. n sirn OF grief and shame rather thai
, OF purity ana Joy. II Il the custom 10
I women who have done wrong 20 put nj
, white ahaWlH 90 ahuw that thev 49,
, penitent and are resolved 10 be ZOO,
I for tho future. I have seen sever,
I very pretty Girls nn dressed and n
they passed have thought Of Hnw
thofne'n story Of the scarlet Letter.
, and wondered n In some cases ther
should not be n priest walking bcsld
b them.