The Irish standard., 1901-05-18

| confirmed on Jan. &C. 1864. Father
Francis Suarcz, Mt the age of 1G years
and months. entered the Jesuit Or
der OH June 1G. 1864. What does the
Change in spirit'' mean? AS to the
comparison of "Suarez with Thomas
Aquinas," it goes without saying that
Mr. Smith made Il careful comparison
OF the twcnty-four volumes in folio of
! Suarcz with the seventeen volumes in
folio of AQuinas.
/ Again, find the following assertion:
"ln Spain, and for the most part in
Italy, Rome, by the aid of Jcsuits and
the inquisition, completely succeeded
In killing free thought" | am not
concerned with the "killing of free
thought though that is done by an
act OF the New York legislature with
reference to immoral books, also by
tire United States postal laws, in the
same matter; and, if l remember right
ly, blasphcmy is punished in the little
state of Delaware by ilogging. | hope
the Jesuits were not the trainers of
these laws | wish to know how came
it that the "Jcsuit and the Inquisition"
are so closely allied? Does Mr.. Smith
wish to imply that the Jesuits ante
dated the inquisition, and were it's
founders or were themselves the in
qustors? In neither case would there
be shred of truth in the statement.
The third assertion which wished
to treat Of has been already touched
upon in your paper for April 18th by
disciple of Cardinal Newman. The
man who has the hardihood to charge
Newman with a lack of love for the
truth is capable OF making any kind
OF charge against the character Of
great man. l heartily indorse the
views OF the writer Of the reply on
Cardinal Newman by referring Gold
win Smith to the Cardinals answer
to his traducer, Kingsley, entitled
"Apologia Pro Vita Sua."
One Is almost amazed at the follow
ing sweeping assertion Of Mr.. Smith.
ut 0he Roman Catholic church) has
everywhere been losing the educated
classes, or retained part of them not
so much from conviction, still less
from speculative conviction, as be-
cause its alliance is congenial to DO
litical and social reaction" Now, Mr..
Editor, it Just happens that the very
reverse is the truth in that land which
he graciously calls the mother coun-
try, England. Would he kindly read
the little brochure Of fellow Protest
ant, Mr.. w. G. German, entitled "a
List Of Converts to Rome?" He will
find here list of over three thousand
intellectual men and women who have
given their spiritual allegiance to
Rome. Then, IL he has time, he may,
with profit, read the volumes Of the
learned German, Bishop Raes, entitled
"Convertiten Bilder." He may, per.
chance, be surprised that there were
hundreds of eminent men besides
Cores and Schlegel who turned Rome
wards in the very home of the refor.
nation. Lastly, let him peruse the
brief appendix to the work of Rev.
Alfred Young, G. s. p, protestant
and Catholic Countries Compared"
for list Of American converts. It
would be very amusing to your read
ers IL Mr.. Smith were to give them a
psychological study of the conversion
Of the French litterateur Brunetiere.
Now, Mr. Editor, in all earnestness
never remember to have read any
thing which approximates so nearly to
omniscience on the part of its author
as the second part Of the above asser-
tion, cor retained part of them not
so much from conviction, still less
from speculative conviction, as be-
cause it's alliance is congenial to politi-
cal and social reaction" The author
of "The Imitation Of Christ" says:
"Man sees the action, God judges the
intention" If he had only known
Goldwin Smith methinks he would
change the second part Of the state
ment and say: professor Smith judg-
es the intention" But he was a medi-
evalist.