Evening star., 1898-11-12

army Of campsigners Il was necessary 70
nave central Office, and II was declared
the movement must be put on a sef-sup-
porting basis The business Office was To-
Gated at kenosha, Wis, with W. W. Coo
per as director. Investigation revealed the
I Iact that there was no suitable missionary
library within the reach OF the young peo-
pie. Accordingly. at great financial risk, a
library was published.
But 1.VOO Of our 5000 chapters were
visited. II the missionary committees now
organized are TO be kept alive they should
all be revisited next summer by the work
ers Experience shows that Il Is only by
constant agitation that the great cause OF
foreign missions can assume it's proper
pace in the thought of our Young peopEe
III the lsO0,n00 members of the Epworth
league can be reached and interested IN
foreign missions: ID The youth of Meth
oulsm VIII receive training IN systematic
ewing. Cd The league Will not be a self
Improvement but will have a world wide
VISION A carefully selected missionary liz
orafy IN every league. IL used by the MEM
peIs, would reNoiutiontze the thought OF
our young people. CD Obedience to Christ's
last command would react powerfully on ina
spiritual life of the league This is provsd
py the great spiritual awakening In the
ootteses as the result of increased mission
AIRY actlNity. t4) And, finally there would
pe no money problem I'm missions IN IN
connection with this statement We raman-
per that about s5o0OOo0 is the amount
,p., 1prht ai'.iualLy Tor foreign missions by the
various American boards the following flo
ures may prove suggestive:
p1s taee stamp week from each En-.
600 - - ue member would mean 81 SOO-
w per year for the worlds eyanReIizatton
A penny day from each ana go. -.
per OF the united societies of Christian En-.
aeaVor. Epworth League and the Ran,tst
1oung Peoples Union would mean about
o'e.I' so.Uoo,ov' A penny day from these thres
socieues would give the enormous sum of
si9'51oooO or enough to support IS. 345 for
81 missions each, at a cost OF 81 600 per
year. rhese last figures will bear a mo-
ments careful thought"
The religious condition of Cuba gs ,ha s,,h
gect OF much concern among the yarious
denominations Of this country and in Low
OF TINS letter just received here from the
plshop or Havana on this subject ia y,,oro
than interesting. In part he saws:
1t Is not true that the consnirinr or
revolutionary movement which brought on
the war was made known to the Spanish
authorities through the Confessional Ne,+ar
mas catholic priest abused his trust
DuIlhs the eleven years that | have ba.n
al the mead of the diocese | have never
heard OF any such abuse neither has any
one ever complained to me of sny such
occurrence. The revolutionary movement
was known to exist long before the begin
hlns OF the war. 1t was known by the
pubic here, and even in Madrid the author
ltles were cognizant of its movements
Neither Is 1t true that the clergy of
SuDa are against the insurgents. They
nave pltled them while looking upon them
as mistaken, but they have not hated them
On the contrary, they have in charity
cone them all the good they could, and
given them all the help possible I have
myself interceded for them until I incurred
the suspicion Of the authorities; vet | have
saved from death several who had already
received that sentence. And the proof ~
this lies In the fact that there is no an
taSonlsm between the Clergy and the in
SuGentsi that the pastors nave been able
TO administer the holy sacraments through
a N arl hes
Whatever, and that now since hos-lIitI.s
nave ceased, the hospitals of the INSURGENTS
are visited by these pastors with The an
PROBATION of the chiefs and soldiers of the
.nsLrrecJloI, and to their great pleasure
During the war the pastors remained in
thelr respective parishes, exposed To many
dangers and suffering great prfvatious so
as not 10 deprive the faithful of the aid Of
reilglon. In many instances heroic deeds
nave been performed which | could relate
We're ths occasion proper.
~ Is not true, moreover, that religious
interference predominate here. There are
indifferents in the large cities, scandals
ana sins, but the people are relieioIs
Ihere Is Ignorance because there is a
scarcity of priests. There are in ona dio-
cese, extending over 800 miles only I5O
parishes. The religious orders have given
missions even during the progress of ths
wSr, and these missionaries have been we'll
received everywhere. The nesdy go to the
pastor before they go anywhere else
In the city of Havana, more than 900
oVo communions are received every year
ard the churches are filled on feast days
This is not a sign of Indifference. There
are many who do not practice their re-
hslon, but they ara not hostile to Ca
thollcism."
An effort is being made in accordance
with the suggestion of the late Monsignor
McColgan. and with the approval of Car
ainal Gibbons, to develop the courses of
instruction in the parochial schools up to
the standard of the public schools. and
to this end Rev. Matthew O'Keefe of Tow
son. Md, has been appointed superintend-
ent OF parochial instruction in this arch
diocese
Mr.. OKeefe has issued a circular to the
pastors of all the Catholic churches, the
erect OF which, If followed will be that
all parish schools will have a uniform
course of study. 1t is the understanding
also that as soon as possible the text
books of the public schools will be intro
duced in the Catholic schools.