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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-01-13
nTERnoUNFAn COLORADO

great EngliShman, takes it for granted
not only that he himself is IN possession
Of divine truth, but that we who differ
from him are universally imposters, ty-
rants, hypocrltes. towards and slaves.
This is first principle with him. :.
| Nothing can shake it. If he meets with
any story against Catholics on any or
no authority which does but fall in with
this notion of them, he eagerly catches
at it. Authority goes for Eothing; like
Hhood, as he considers it, does instead
of testimony; what he is now told lis
just what he expected Perhaps it is a
random report, put in circulation mere
! ly because it has a chance of succeed
ing, or thrown like a straw to the wind;
perhaps it is a mere publishers specu-
lation, who thinks that a narrative of
horrors will pay we'll for the printing;
it matters not; he is perfectly con-
WINGED of it's truth; he knew all about
it beforehand; it is just what he always
said; it is the old tale over again a
hundred times. Accordingly, he buys
it by the thousand and sends it about
with all speed in every direction to his
circle of friends and acquaintance, to
the papers, to the great speakers at
public meetings. He fills the Sunday
and weekday schools with it; loads
the peddlers' baskets, perhaps intro
duces it into the family spiritual read
ing on Sunday evenings, consoled and
comforted by the reflection that he has
got something fresh and strong and
undeniabIe in evidence of the utter
odiousness of the Catholic religion"
1t is for readers of this kind that
Kings book is fitted, readers who take
his bald assertions as gospel truth and
never ask for authority or proof, and
who do not want to see disproved the
stories and statements that chime with
and feed their prejudice. On this ac-
count articles like those of Father Ma
lone and Father Yorke are not bought
and read by those who most need the
information they would give them.
This fact, it seems to US, imposes a
duty on Catholics 1t is to purchase
those cheap pamphlets published by our
Catholic Truth Societies and supply
their Protestant neighbors with them.
In this way every Catholic can help to
dissipate prejudice, remove objections
and make the Church and her prin-
ciples better known,
Father Lambert's suggestion is indeed
good one, and the Intermountain
Catholic recommends the suggestion
to it's readers. Persons Who are desir-
Gus of obtaining the pamphlet may do
so by addressing the American Truth
Society, st. James building, 1135 Broad
way, New York.
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THE INDEPENDENTS STATS.
TICS.

The New York Independent has pub
lished table Of statistics bearing on
the growth of the different churches in
the United States during the year 1899,
which, in some respects is so palpably
absurd as to force the conclusion that
the Independents statistics were pre-
pared by incompetent hands
''The totals of its statistics showed 1
per cent of gain over 1898. The net
gains in 1899 are 1851 ministers, 421
churches and 277,367 members, the to-
tails for the year being 159, 9O1 ministers,
1S7, 0S3 churches, and 27,710, OO4 members
The largest gain in ministers, 1000, is
made by the Christian Scientists; in
churches, 1898, by the Methodists; and
in members. 9,2O1, by the Baptists The
largest gains in membership, next to
Baptists, are 52,123 by the Catholics,
80. Isl by the Disciples of Christ, 40, 226
by the Lutherans, So, O51 by the Meth
odists, 1S446 by the Presbyterians, TO-
97S by the Episcopalians and 10000 by
the Christian Scientists
According to the Independent there
has been a decrease of S,101 Catholic
churches during the year just closed.
This, of course, is obviously absurd,
for there has not been a single diocese
in the United States where churches
have been closed. on the contrary,
every diocese has witnessed the erec-
ton Of one or more new churches, so
that the total number must necessarily
have been increased. If the Independ-
ent is no more accurate in dealing with
other denominations than it is with the
Roman Catholic, then it's figures are
indeed valueless.
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war is amazing so far, but it would
certainly be the most amazing war in
history if it was the means Of teaching
their business even to the great STRAIT
egists Of the Continent. Two months
ago the Transvaal burgher was the
most ignorant man in the world-in the
English papers today, in the same
quarter, he is about the most finished
product, in the way Of brains, Of the
nineteenth century,
Commenting on Herr Konig's state
ment above, the New York Sun very
pointedly observes:
Point is given to the severity Of the
last sentences of Herr Konig's comment
by the way in which the British COM
manders, after each defeat, have in
variably magnffied the Boer forces op-
posed to them. Were their estimates
accurate, the Beers should have not
less than 5000 men in the field, a very
different figure to that put forward by
the war party in England when urging
the government to make war. The
chief elements of the Boer successes
are their mobility, the skilful use of the
repeating rife, and the able manner in
which their leaders. whether native or
foreign, have applied the guiding prin-
ciples of the military art to local cir
cumstances; and the skilful way in
which, having wrested the initiative
from, the enemy at the start, they have
preserved it throughout the campaign .
1t is not rash to assume that such a
people are eventually destined to make
their impress on the affairs of the
world; nor is it rash to assume that
Bismarck was far astray when he said
that the British ambition would find
it's grave in South Africa.
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REPENTANCE.

The Christening of the English people
is fast being wrought in South Africa.
That there are many who deeply re-
pent that the British nation was led to
an unjuetifable war by Mr. Chamber
lain is beyond question. Notwithstand-
ing the national pride that finds ex-
preston in the shiploads of English
men who are daily deported for South
Africa, there is noticeable in the Eng
fish press a growing sorrow, if not a
sincere repentance for the rash acts of
Mr.. Chamberlain.
The following from the Westminster
Gazette undoubtedly voices the real
feelings of countless thousands of Eng
Iishmen:
Lord God whom we besougnt so late.
Thou WOuldSt not suffer us forget
Thy Name and our weak human state
Have patience, Lord, q little yet.
Today no pomp of empire fills
The Wintry land; amazed and awed
We watch Thy slowly grinding mills
Mete out to our just reward.
Today. by foemen sore beset.
Dismayed we draw our destined lot.
We prayed to Thee Lest we forget,
And, even as We prayed, forgot.
With foolish rash, vain-glorious words
And sorry Self-sufficiency
We boosted. girding on our swords
AS those who lay their armor by.
Wherefore the curse upon us lies
OF warriors all unready found,
OF braggarts blinded TO despise
Their foe before their trumpet sound.
Hnmbly we call upon Thy Name,
Ere sounds once more the grim assault,
We do confess, Q Lord with shame
Our fault, our very grievous fault.
Give back our fathers stern disdain
OF idle brag and empty boast,
So shall We stand erect again
And face unmoved hostile host.
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A REAL GENIUS FOR WAR.

On. the 18th day Of last October the
world at large looked in disdain on the
military prowess of the little Dutch
Republic in South Africa. Indeed,
there were not wanting those who were
quite convinced that the war would
see its elimination within thirty days.
And yet within ninety days the Boer,
who was so disdainfully looked upon
bv other and stronger nations has
come into the first rank of military
strategy and tactics. It is not too much
70 saw that he has developed an Unborn
genius for war. The stand which he
has taken. and the success which he
has achieved against the greatest of
modern nations, stamps him as I'M
eoualled and unexcelled in every act OF
war.
Speaking of this phase of the .Boer
character Herr Konig, the German mil
itary historian, says:
"The Beers have shown tactics which
may. compel all the military powers to
revise the tactical instructions for their
armies. They have shown how the
strategical offensive can be combined
with the tactical defensive. This Boer
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Cwo Uietvs Of the Irish and TIE Beers
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ANTI-BoER REPUBLICANS.
SAT Lake Herald. Ian.I 1O.l


The Anglicized press of this country is
now circulating the report, emanating
from the anti-Boer bureau in London
that the Beers have nothing in common
with the Catholics. wherefore the Irish
should not extend to the peasant patriots
their sympathy.
1t isn't religious question however.
Irishmen know what English domination
means; they have chafed under the yoke
for several generations. They sympa-
thize with the Beers because they are
weaker people struggling for seIf-govern-
ment and the encroachment of greed and
power upon their national independence
They sympathize with the Beers as Burke
and Sheridan, those brilliant Irishmen of
another century sympathized with the
anti-Papist Puritans of New England in
their struggles for national independ-
ence.
But the most cowar1ly and insulting
plea of the Anglicized Irish-Amerfcan
press-an example of which is to be found
in the local organ of imperialism-is that
Irishmen should bend the knee and bow
the head before the English throne be-
cause there is power and wealth behind it
and the ability and disposition to punish
Ireland for glorying in the pluck and per-
sistence of the Beers.
There are thousands of Irish veterans in
South Africa today fighting beneath the
British flag because they are soldiers and
coss in the great fighting machine which
England keeps in motion from one end of
the year to another. But the hearts of
Irishmen. who are free. whether in Ire
land or America, and the hearts of the
great majority of Americans. especially
those who know the story of Lexington
and Bunker Hill, are with struggling re-
pubIics. however crude in form. against
the encroachment of imperial power.
If the TransvaaI were South Ameri-
can instead of a South African country,
the voice of this nation would be heard in
no faltering or uncertain tones as soon
as it were possible for the people to
speak. even though an Anglicized admin
istration might COVER in dread of the
financial lash welded by the power be-
hind the throne which dwells in the fatal
mile square" of London.
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| Moderate Rationalism.-Eighth Err
ror. Reason being on equality with
religion itself, theology and philosophy
should be treated in the same man
/ ner."
efutation.-ReveaIed religion has
raised man to a supernatural state.
God has manifested to him the super
natural end for which he was created,
that is to see God, not in the abstract.
but face to face in the plentitude of
His infinite projections. Therefore He
| supplies man with an abundance of
graces, which illuminate his mind and
direct his heart, thus enabling him to
so regulate his actions that he may
reach that supernatural state. In the
| fulness of time, Jesus Christ, the long
expected of nations came to perfect His
! church, to establish firmer bond OF
unity than had existed under the old
dispensation, and to appointa teacher,
| to whom none can refuse obedience
without endangering eternal saliva
ton. He clothed the church with the
prerogative of infallibility, made her
| the custodian of all truth, COM
manded her to teach all nations, con-
stituted her His representative upon
earth and gave her the assurance that
He and the Holy Ghost would abide
with her throughout all time. Behold
[ am with you all days even unto the
contamination of the world. L will
ask the Father, and he shall give you
another Paraclete, that he may abide
with you forever. He shall
abide with you and shall be in you"
| Reason intrudes upon the rights of
the church and claims an equality with
religion itself, though differing from
it as the finite does from the infinite.
What a strange and absurd pretension!
And what presumption on the part of
rationalists to endeavor to substitute
reason in place of the church in con-
| prevention of the disposition made by
her divine Founder. Christ intended
| that His church should be the sole
custodian and interpreter of the
truth. They, who in their arrogance
dare to oppose His will, are but pre-
pairing the abyss into which they will
inevitably be plunged; for as St.
Peter says. ''it had been better for
| them not to have known the way of
| Justice
Reason should not then be placed on
a level with religion, nor must the
illogical be treated in the same man
ner as philosophical science.
Ninth Error. 'All the dogmas of
| the Christian religion without distinc-
ton are the object of natural science
or philosophy, and human reason, il
lumined solely by the light of history
can, by it's own natural strength and
principles, arrive at d true science of
all dogmas, even of those most en-
veloped in mystery; provided that
| these dogmas be proposed to reason
as an object of study
| Refutation.-The dogmas of religion
may have for their object either truths
which are within, or mysteries which
are beyond the capacity of reason to
understand. We have already seen
| that God did not wish to confde the
| truths which He revealed, to the care
of weak human reason; in like manner
He did not wish to expose wretched
| humanity to the attacks of revilers
and calumniators, who, with no other
object than to belle the word of God,
might seek like Lucifer in the garden
of Eden, to constitute themselves the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-01-13
SUCH AMERICANS!
Nov. 20. 1883.

An organization Of persons known as
the New England Society in New
York" had their annual dinner the
other day at the Waldorf Astoria. 1t
was almost exclusively a British per-
Torrance from beginning to end. There
were British flags and speeches against
the Beers and toasts and songs in honor
Of our gracious queen" that is, Queen
Victoria of England
These men, then, are not Americans,
but Englishmen, since they declare that
the queen of England is their queen. If
she is their queen, they are her sub
jects, and in protesting to be Ameri-
cans they are hypocrites or liars;
rather, perhaps, as Americans, they
are traitors One of them, President
Rowland, made a speech. and, "allud-
ing TO the early oclonists' in New Eng
land. he said that, unlike the Beers
in the Transvaal, they had given later
Corners a chance" Very true but what
sort Of a chance? A chance to clear
out if they, the later corners" did not
agree with the early colonists" as to
the place to go on Sunday. If the later
conner" were a Quaker, he had to skip
mighty quick. If the later comer' were
a Catholic Priest, he was tarred and
featherod. If the later conner were
witch" she was burned at the stake.
The hideOus bigotry and intolerance of
New England" toward later comers''
continued down to our own times, and
are still active among persons of the
Rowland New England Society
stamp. 1t is not very long since a
Catholic would have no more chance of
getting any public Office in Boston
even on the police force-than an In
dian or Chinaman-
such was the sort of chance" the
"early colonists" in New England gave
later corners" There is not in the
worlds history parallel for the bigotry
and Intolerance Of those same New
England early colonists-" In the list
Of persons at the dinner of those trait
ors and big0ts we find the name Of
Judge Morgan ]. O'Brien. He was in
the wrong place for a man Of his ma
tionality. True, he remained seated
during the song and toast in honor Of
the gracious queen" In this disgrace
full performance, at least, he took no
part. That was good, but it would have
been better if he had not been there at
all. A man of Irish blood ought not to
sit down and dine under British flags
and in the company Of bigots and trait
ors. FATHER LAMBERT.
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mentioned are therefore, a part of the
Apostolic Delegates ordinary jurisdic-
ton, they would not be likely to be
touched by the Pope's decree unless
expressly mentioned. Where there is
ordinary jurisdiction, it is an accom-
panfment of the office held; its powers
are not said to be granted to the hol-
der. To the bishops these powers are
granted by the Holy See, and are not a
part of the ordinary jurisdiction.
Much depends upon the wording used
in the appointment of the Apostolic
Delegate. 1t undoubtedly would be a
great convenience in cases of urgency
to have recourse to his power Of dis
pensing and relaxing, while all the
special grants made to the bishops are
withdrawn during the year Of the Uni
versal Jubilee.
This apparent depression from the
consideration of the authority of bish-
ops over their dioceses will not be
found amiss if it calls our attention to
the distinction between their ordinary
and their delegated powers. Ordinary
power flows from the office, and is
founded on law or custom, and is so
much ones own that he may transfer
it to another. unless this is forbidden
by law, and its exercise to it's full ex-
tent may be passed to another, even
to the substitution of another, for a
brief time in his position. Thus a
bishop appoints during his absence
from mis- diocese, an administrator with
full authority. Formerly a parish
priest, because having ordinary jur1s-
diction, could give faculties to hear
confessions in his parish; today this
has been taken away by law.
Delegated authority is a grant from
him who has ordinary power; it comes
from his favor, and cannot be sub-dele-
gated-unless, of course, this power of
sub delegation be granted.
A FRIEND OF LAW.
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A CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

I feel it my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from fraud
and imposition by notifying them from
time to time that no person bearing the
name and garb Of priest or sister or
any one else is authorized or permitted
to solicit or collect in this diocese for
any purpose whatever connected With
the Catholic church without having
from me permission in writing bearing
my seal and signature. Should any one
be found engaged in doing this unlaw-
ful work of collecting without such a
document, he or she, as the case may
be, should be regarded by all as a fraud
and an imposter. /. SCANLAN,.
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Nov. 20. 1899.
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A WORD TO EXCITABLE IRISH
MEN.
(salt Lake Tribune. Jan. -

(SaIt Lake Tribune, jan -
All races of men have their classes.
There is a class of Irfshmen in the East.
and in the south of Ireland itself. that
level-headed Irishmen in America. es-
pecially, ought to be cautioned against.
To read the Irish World one would think
that the power and prestige of Great
Britain were thoroughly broken. There
was a great meeting the other night in
New York. One man brought in resolu-
lions to the effect that Great Britain was
in the dust: that now she would for some
centuries suffer all the hardships that
Ireland has in the past. Our judgment is
that these things are done merely that
set of IOafers can wiring more assessments
out of the Irish-born population of this
country. The utmost strength that the
Beers can bring against Great Britain
cannot exceed 100000 men, IF any other
nation would interfere. Great Britain
would sink every transport that tried TO
carry reinforcemepts to the Beers. More
than that, there is no nation in a cOndi-
ton to make war upon Great Britain at
all Russia has several millions of people
in her territory that are in imminent dan
ger of dying of famine. She has unpTo-
tected works in Eastern Asia which 1t
will take her several years to fix so that
she will be in a condition to meet attacks
from the sea. and she is using all her
strength now to protect those works. not
against Great Britain, but against Japan.
France. if let alone would make a good
fight against England but she would
never dare begin a trouble of that kind,
with Germany and her 100000 trained SOL
diers on her frontier. It would be suicide.
In the same way, Germany has no fleet
whatever to compete with Great Britain,
and she, while the great military power
Of Europe. still has France on the one
side and Russia on the other and does
not trust either. AS for Austria, Italy,
Spain and all the other states of Europe.
they are not worth considering. And this
is all so plain that we think it viii justify
us in saying that the excitement which
just now some Irish are trying to work
up is simply to rob their countrymen
throughout the country, just as O'Dono-
van Rosa did for fifteen years. Our prt-
vate Judgment is that ireland has lost
the opportunity of q century. Had the
leading men in Ireland, when this war
broke out with the Beers, proclaimed that
whatever their former differences might
have been. or may now be. with England.
the realm being assailed they were READY
to help in the war in favor of their own
country; had they done that, they would
have had home rule in six months-home
rule as much as Australia or Canada mas
AS it is, England will whip the Beers TINS
year or next, some time. and when her
army comes home. with 10000 tralneu
men to back her 80 warships, she will not
be in humor to be very merciful to her
pronounced enemies.
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A GOOD EXAMPLE.

We pointed out last week to our
readers some opportunities for rich
Catholics to spend slight portion of
their means for the betterment of
necessary and deserving institutions.
We likewise pointed out that our Cath
Ollie wealthy were slower to take adj
vantage of such opportunities than
their non-CathoIic brethren of means.
That we were right in our contention
we think there is no doubt whatso-
ever. In fact, list of donations given
to non Catholic institutions here in the
year 1899 makes strikingly manifest
the truth of our last weeks article.
The following list shows the amounts
donated to nom Catholic colleges, uni
versities, academies, etc, in sums of
$780, 900 and upwards. We publish it as
an object lesson to our wealthy Cath
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FACING THE TWENTIETH CEN.
TURY."

Father Lambert. in the Ereeman's
Journal, speaks as follows of the
pamphlet which has just been issued
by the American Truth Society of New
York:
The American Truth Society has pub
lished in pamphlet form two articles
written by Father Malone of Denver,
and Father Yorke of San Francisco, in
reply TO Kings Facing the Twentieth
Century, one of those anti Catholic
books that appear occasionally like the
measles or other epidemic or endemic
disorder.
The two articles diagnose correctly
Kings case and supply the proper an
tidote. The trouble is those who need
the antidote most are'not likely to take
it. or even to know of its existence.
Their appetites arg vitiated by preiu-
dice, and prejudice loves to feed on
that which nourishes it, and abhors
everything that tends to destroy it.
Like the appetite vitiated by drink, it
longs for more of that which vitiated it.
Hence, while these articles of Father
Malone and Father Yorke will be read
by Catholics VINO will be pleased and
instructed by them, they will not, to
any great extent, reach the readers of
Kings book. Like the confirmed topper,
they prefer the stimulant to the anti
dote.. John Henry Newman describes
this kind of people in his portrayal Of
1.-THE sPreiu1iced Man"
THE preiudiced man., says that