The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12
principally Of orangemen

composed principally Of Orangemen
and Freemasons.
35-That the corporal works of mercy
are seven; to feed the hungry to give
drink to the thirsty, to clothe the
naked. to harbor Travellers to ransom
prisoners, 20 visit the sick and bury
the dead.
36-That the seven spiritual works of
mercy are to give good counsel, to in
struct the ignorant, to admonish sin
ners, to comfort the afflicted, to pardon
injuries. to bear wrongs patiently, to
pray for the living and the dead.
37-That there are nine ways of be-
coming accessory to another's crimes;
by counsel, by command, by consent,
by provocation, by praise and fiattery
by concealment, by partaking, by ST
lence, by defense of i'll done.
3S-That the six sins against the Holy
Ghost are despair of salvation, pre-
sumption of Gods mercy without
amendment of life, to impugn the
known truths in matters of faith and
religion, envy at anOther's spiritual
good, obstinacy in sin, final impeni-
teAce.
39-That any person, man, woman or
child, not only may, but should. baptize
an infant in danger of death, when a.
priest cannot be summoned in time;
that in such cases a certain order of
precedence should be observed, namely
woman must not baptize if a man be
present. The person who best under
stands how to perform the ceremony
should be chosen. Fathers and mothers
should not baptize their own children if
it can be avoided.
40-That in order that baptism may
be valid the ceremony must be per-
Col
mon water on the head or face of the
infant, pronounce the words, Il baptize
thee in the name Of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Ghost"
H-That there are six week days in
the year when he is obliged to assist
at the Holy Sacrifice of Mass, unless
legitimately prevented: New Years
day, the Feast of the Circumcision of
our Lord; Ascension Day, or the Thurs
day forty days after Easter; the AS
sumption of the Blessed Virgin, August
10; All Saints day. November /; the
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin, December s; the Nativity of our
Lord, or Christmas, December %.
42-That good books and papers are
necessary adjuncts to every Catholic
home.
43-That, save in case of necessity, he
sermon, or after the Communion, but
that he should remain until after the
priest has left the sanctuary.
44-That in these days it is necessary
to be equipped with the weapons that
always successfully repel the attacks of
Ignorance, Infidelity and Indifferentism,
namely, firm faith, knowledge of the
Church's history and doctrine, and holt
ness in life.
45-That we Catholics have behind us
nearly 1000 years of glorious history:
that the history of the church is the
history of the world from the begin
ming of the Christian era.
46-Fhat the Catholic name is insep-
arably connected with the early inter-
mediate and present history of this re-
public.
47-That the loyalty of Catholics to
the Institutions of this land is ques-
toned only by those who are themselves
disloyal.
4S-That the footprints of Catholic
discoveries and explorers, many of
whom were priests, are clearly visible
everywhere.
49-That the Catholic church is the
greatest moral force in the world to-
day, the uncompromising foe of an
archy, the untlinching champion of the
50-That the above forty-nine
things do not constitute the sum of
What every Catholic should know.