The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-05

IN England than dispatches were sem
from tome inspired by the enemies OF
the st. Paul prelate. to the effect thai
the Archbishop's views had aroused
diStrust in the official circles of the
Natlcan- OF course this is all rubbish
out at the same time serves to show
that there are men in Rome who are
more interested in tearing. down indi-
vidual character than in building W
the Church.
The substance of Archbishop Ire
lands letter has now reached this coun-
try, and perusal of it clearly shows
that its author has dealt with rstimeIy
tries may be tempted to fainS.G cart
Gus manner.
/ 1t IS hard to conceive how anyone
having the welfare of the Church at
heart could have the effrontery to at
firm that the subject matter of the let
ter in question could receive other than
Warmeet commentator from Roman
officials
Following is the substantial parts of
the letter which Archbishop Ireland
addressed to his grace, the Duke of Ar
gyle:
IT is a broad, plain fact in the geog-
raphy of the Word-a fact daily be-
coming broader and plainer-that the
EhsllSh language is circling the globe,
that EngIisf-speaking countries are
constantly growing with speed that
nothing seems able to arrest, in terri
tory and influence. | certainly shall not
belittle the spheres of influence of Ian
SuaSe other than the English or deny
IN the least the Importance to the
Churcn OF countries speaking those Ian
guages; let due place be given to all
agencies in the great work of religion
But, this said, the truth is before us
that in the present, and more yet in
the future, the minds of peoples spread
over immense regions of the globe are
to be reached only through the English
language. and that very much of the
missionary work Of the Church is to
be done under the aegis of English
speaking countries.
This fact cannot. in the interest of
religion, be too strongly impressed upon
English-speaking Catholics, and upon
the representatives and leaders of the
Universal Church herself Whatever
the institutions and the influences that
are strong and potent where the Eng
fish language holds sway. these will be
strong and potent il shaping the des-
tinieA of the world.
Hence the mission imposed by Prov
idence upon English-speak Catho-
lies, and by reason of their especial 20
sition, especially upon Catholics in Eng
land herself. That mission is to attune
anew the English language to the har-
mony of Catholic truth, which was it's
charm before the days of the schism
Of the sixteenth century-the most Woe
full disaster that ever befeu Christen-
dom; to make the English language the |
bearer of Catholic verities to the hun !
iredS of millions who will speak and /
read it; to build up for the Catholic !
Church public and social influence in |
English speaking lands, 80 that their |
power, instead of being against her, |
De for her; to so establish her in those |
ands that she be seen to be. as in fact |
she is, thoroughly in unison with the
political institutions and the social as
)iratiOns that dominate these lands, so
hat the argument for such institutions
De an argument, too, for the Church
lerSelf-in fine, to so place the Church
Is to enable her to win over to herself
he great English-speaking world, and
urn to her own profit and the profit of
christian civilization the wondrous pO-
encies of that world
How Catholics are TO do all this, cir
as Providence unfolds
hem, will give indication. The chief
hing is that Catholics have the intelli-
enCe to perceive the opportunities
iven to them, the zeal to avail them
elves of such opportunities, the per
onal courage and the grace divine to
OlloW them out to a successful issue.
'atholice prepared through such dispo-
itions for their mission will be found
attention to the Church by
ne high moral integrity of their lives,
aiming for her social power through
heir active participation in the public
fairs Of the nation, spreading their
aachings by their intellectual labors.
ringing victory to the manifestations
her energies by their earnest and /
Elective cooperation with her under ,
lkings of charity and of zeal.
Catholics in EngliSh-speaking coun-
les may be tempted to to faint-heart-
lness by the recollection of their pauc- \
Y of numbers and their weakness of ,
when they compare them
lives to the legions of nOn-Catholics
round them. But they should yield /
no fear: for truth and divine power
e with them. and in such association
ley are neither few nor weak. AS God
tends to make the moral world His
yn we must assume that He intends l
sway to His purposes the great Eng I
multitudes who are so
Jtably a part Of the world, and if
1tholics do their part He will do His
rough and with them and all will
well for His Church among those S
attitudes. To the Catholics of Eng C
nd-to the Catholic Union of Great y
ritain, l. then say, Fortiter dimicate,
vincite. The Catholics of the United
ates will watch you from afar, and,
urred on by your noble example. they Il
Ill work, as it may be possible to :
EN-, along the linee you trace for
en-, for the same holy purposes to
lich you are devoted, May the Master G
We to all of us the grace not to falter o