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Livingstone Again On
Sunday Papers.
Answers His Critics and Urges More
True Goodness For
Honolulu.
Honolulu, June 10.

fetch the enemy; and IL has. Good, Like
Lord Byron, / awake this morning and
find myself famous. With many a CHR
rup of glee 1 have patiently plodded
through these two long-winded columns
which the Republican scribe has printed
today against Sunday observance and
myself. Clearly these columns are in
spired by 'the long -necked geese of the
world who are ever kissing dispraise" at
those disciples who feel the severity
which the Christian faith requires from
them.
But / always enjoy row In good
cause. IL helps TO make people hunt for
truth. and man ought to be Is Aristo-
tie tells us-a hunter after truth.
II The aforesaid scribe is like a hare in
the wood. First he runs this way: thea
that way; then round and round. But I'll
catch. him IL 1 can. The pious creature
begins with a quotation from the gospel;
then he pulls himself together for an on
slaught upon me (which he delivers clum-
silly enough); then he fires off the bomb
shell of a sermon at the Catholic clTuI n
n (of which / am proud to be a member);
then he winds up with this statement:
The church of the newspaper, man ~
bounded by infinity; is roof il the blue
vault of heaven" etc. What, pray. does
the scribe mean by this little spl,st of
n 'high-falutin' buncombe?
N Now let me examine his theology
Il Cd 1T Is the duty and pros.n = OF ev-
\ cry newspaper to teach and 'vociste
morality. higher living and good works y
n These are true words, and | heartily
agree. / shake hands Qike prize fight.
err with the garrulous scr'be. The ditfi-
culties of press men are great. and they
have to endure the contra ic tions Of
fools. The press is right AMI humane CT
the whole, and we of the c'-u-ch have
many causes for gratitude - them.
\ Now let me get at him:
/ CD The Lord said, THE sabbath was
made for man." etc, Mark 2:sI: because
Pharisees blamed His disciples for pluck
ing ears of corn. The law forbade reap
ing or threshing on the Sabbath, but the
rabbits who were sticklers for tn letter
had decided that to pluck corn was TO
reap and to rub it was TO thresh 1.-THE
New Testament -" teaches that tie cd
Jewish law for the observance Of the
Sabbath was made obsolete by the teach
ings of the Son OF Man" What rot! The
Lord taught, IF thou wouldst enter iato
life. keep the commandments" 1t was
His custom. st. Mark tells us to go to
synagogue on the Sabbath. He also low
church in the Cathedral of Jerusalem
\ 90 What did He teacn? 1t can all be
summed up in -" Love one another"
This is false. The Lord, though more
tender than a mother. was severe. He
said, Fear Him who is able to destroy
both soul and body. in hell" st. Matt
1923. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart and with all thy soul
and with all thy mind. This is the first
and great commandment. and a second
like unto IL is this, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as myself. On these two COM
mandments hangeth the whole law and
the prophets" ST. Matt. 22:37-40 How
strange and sad it Is to find people who
seem to think ii possible to keep the sec
ond command wnen they disobey the first
oh, that we could persuade people that
the power to keep the second comes from
observing the first. On the Mount the
Lord said: Think not that / came to
destroy the law or the prophets. / came
not to destroy but to fulfil 80 CThe
meaning of the Greek word is to fill upD
whatsoever therefore shall break one of
these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, shall be called least in
the kingdom" In the case o. a sinful.
self-willed brother the Lord said: Tell
1t TO the church; but If he refuse to hear
the church, also let him be to thee as
the gentle and the publican" ST. Matt
1917. How much heed the Lord paid to
the authority of our holy mother. the
church, Is clear from His words to the
crowd, THE Scribes and Pharisees sit on
Moses seat Il. e., succeed him as teach
ers); all things therefore whatsoever they
bid you. these do and observe"
Let me courteously ask the Republican
scribe to ponder on the terrible denuncia-
tons with which the Lord dashed bad
scribes as reported in st. Matt. %: "Ye
blind guides which strain at the gnat and
swallow the camel" st. Matt. 1924
Sir, cheap religion must lead to a
cheap life. That which costs me moth
ing Is worth exactly what 1t costs, not
one jot or little more. a jellyfish religion
which has no backbone in it, is worth
less.
90 true Christian does not go Ia
church to hear sermons, which are,
know, often poor, washy stuff He goes
to say his prayers and give thanks
went this morning, with about sixty
others, to our Anglican prayer meeting
which is held daily in cathedral at
O'Clock. No charge for admittance. and
better treat than you get at the Or
pheum,
6) i quite agree with the scribe that
right living is the main thing, that hon.
esty. truth, manliness are more valuable
than all the sugar mills of Hawaii Mag
ma est veritas ct praevalebit. How / de
test sickly sentimentalism OF the Sankey
and Moody kind! "A Christian needs tc
be on his guard against the hanky-panky
OF Yankee tricksters and false prophets
can read Voltaire with keen delight
but loathe humbug. and often think Of
the Master who upset the tables OF mon
ey-grabbers and whipped them out of tn,
temple. Love is the fulfilment of the
law, says ST. Paul; but we cannot hav,
love without true faith any more thar
we can steer straight without a true
compass.
believe In one, holy, Catholic and
Apostolic church, and | rejoice in m,
membership. The church Is the lifeboa
for the struggling children of men; anc
2 in the words of st. Ignatius, faith is tn,
, beginning and love the end of life
y go There is no priest that mediate:
between as and God" Here is the Ole
stalking-horse trotted out once again in
: order to infiame ignorant Protestants
Here Is the old stale dodge of lombard
ing the Catholic church and her author
: ity. There are priests: there always hav,
been priests; there always will be priest,
10 mediate a. e., to act as middlemen) be
tween as sinners and the Most High. L