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Church
Universal.

| himself afterward in the context, is the
true and genuine sense of the words,
What. therefore. God hath Joined to-
gether, let not man put asunder.
The natural and obvious sense is that
marriage, being the conjugal and leglt-
innate union of man aid woman, is to
last during life, and is dissolved only
by the death of either.
Marriage. instituted by God in Eden
was intended by the Creator to be
such. as is proved by the words,
Wherefore a man shall leave father
and mother, and shall cleave to his
wife; and they twain shall be one
flesh.'
In the old law it was allowed by
Moses that the husband would give to
his wife a bill of divorce, and in GER
tain circumstances could send her
away. so that by new marriage the
bond of the former one was broken.
The Pharisees. realizing the force of
our Lords answer, said to him. why
then did Moses command to give bill.
of divorce and to put away? Our
Lord answered. Moses, because of the
hardness of your hearts, permitted you
to put away your wives; but from the
beginning it was not So; thus reaf-
firming his former assertion.
The Son of God then solemnly re-
VOked the Dill OF divorce Tolerated III
the old law. restored marriage to it's
original state, elevated the natural
contract without interfering with its
constituent elements. to a higher
plane, which we call supernatural,
making that contract a sacrament of
the new law by which heavens aid is
given to those contracting to perform
their duties and gain the end from
supernatural motive. No human pow
er. therefore. can break the bond of a
real marriage between baptized Chris
tians in the new law; usurped dec
laratiOn by civil power may extend to
civil effects. The bond of a real mar
riage perseveres until death destroys
It. and, if we seek a reason, it is con-
tained in the true and genuine sense
of the words spoken by God. What.
therefore, God has Joined together. let
not man put asunder."
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olics and the other denominations. De-
votions are held. entertainments and
amusements given, the feasts of the
congregation are celebrated, even the
Christmas tree finds a plsEe in it.
There is another parish in Christiana
st. Halvard's. st. Olaf could no Ion
ger accommodate the converts, even
the class rooms of the school were in
sufficient for them. The little church
of st. Halvard is very pretty and is
built upon the premises of the pastor
ate, the congregation being unable to
buy new site. A portion OF the
priests house serves as a home for the
good Gray Sisters (Grauen SChwestern
Won Neisse), who are very uncomfort-
ably crowded into the small quarters.
These Sisters have no hospital but
nurse the sick from door to door. They
are very much esteemed but are so
poor that up to now they have not been
able to found a house of their own.
They have succeeded in securing a piece
of ground, and in time they hope to
build. Three hours distant from Chris
tiania is Frederickstad, town noted
for it's industries. This town contains
a flourishing little Catholic church. An
other hour by train brings us to the
next mission, in the picturesque town
of Fredrickshald, close by the Swedish
border. This town is enriched with a
substantial church, d pastorate and a
school of solid stOne-a rarity in stone
abounding in Norway Here, too, Sis
ters of st. Joseph have just completed
a large hospital in the place of the lit
tie structure that had previously served
under that name.
An hour-and-a-half journey from here
brings us to the large seaport town of
Drammen. Here the Catholics are nu-
merous. Further inland close by the
lake Ransfjord many glass manufac-
turers have settled; they are mostly
Bohemians of every denomination Last
fall marked the advent of Catholicity
into Drammen. This little town now
boasts of Catholic church, priest,
and a few Sisters. Nine hours more by
rail brings the tourist to the next sta
tion-Porsgrund Porsgrund is inhab-
tied by many Germans and AustrianS
mostly porcelain manufacturers. On
their account the Bishop established a
mission. Now there is promise of a
parish being established among them
Twelve hours by ship brings the trav-
eler to the next Observation-Disclosures
The church had hardly been planted in
this Protestant Episcopal city when a
fierce conflagratiOn laid everything in
ashes. But Providence and many
friends came to the rescue, and now
all is prosperous.
Eighteen hours more by steamer and
the tourist lands in the episcopal town
of StanVanger, where still survives the |
Grand Cathedral, mourning it's ancient
glory; for it is in the hands of the Prot
estants. 1t is to be regretted that only |
in recent years has anything been ac- |
complished in this famous seaport. The |
town is now enriched with a Catholic |
church and hospital
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UNRELIABLE DISPATCHES.
Archbishop Elder Sets at Rest the
Story of a "Farceur."

Archbishop Elder Sets at Rest the
Story of a "Farceur."
During the past two weeks the daily
papers of all the large cities have been
printing day after day utterly unre-
liable and mischievOus statements re-
garding the probable creation of an
other American Cardinal. One We
TaCious dispatch stated that Arch
bishop Elder of Cincinnati was to be
raised TO the Cardinalitial dignity at
cOnsistory to convene in Rome on Oct.
15 and that a plan was on foot in &C.
clesiastical circles to prevent his ap-
pOntment and to secure the red hat
for Archbishop Ireland. When shown
the dispatch Archbishop Elder laughed
heartily. His reply to the question when
he finally controlled his mirth was:
'Of course that is all fooliShness, and
you know as well as 1 do there is no
truth in it.
The appointment of another Cardi-
nal in the United States is by no means
impossible. but no one that l know Of
would be in a position to say that il is
probable. The matter rests solely with
the Pope. There are now two Cardinals
in this country Most of the Cardinals
remain in Rome or close at hand, and
are the Popes advisers. Appointments
in other countries are very high hon
ors.
Archbishop Ireland has been before
the people of this country very promi
nently. and is known to all classes. He
is a national figure, and if such thing
should happen that the Pope would
again confer the honor in this country,
he could not make a better choice than
Archbishop ireland. AS for myself,
am comparatively unknown as COM
pared with Archbishop Ireland, and,
besides, l am an old broken down ma
chine"
How old are you?" inquired the re-
porter
I am 50 and just two months older
than Queen Victoria was" said the
Archbishop.
THE man who wrote that story i'm
agined it," he said How could he
know whaE the Pope's intentions are.
Those things, when they do occur, are
very secret. Just say for me that there |
is absolutely no truth in it, so far as
the connection Of my name with it is |
concerned -
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ST. FRANCIS XAVIER.
Followers of Islamism Repose Conf
dence in His Powers.

dence IN HIS POWERS.
We learn from the Indo-E European
Correspondence, a Catholic paper pub
lished in India, the interesting fact
that nom Christians are in the habit
of visiting the shrine of st. Francis
Xavier at Goa, during the solemn ex-
position of the body of the saint and
praying to him with great fervor and
confidence for the restoration of a
limb or organ of their body, or the
cure of a disease which had baffied all
medical skill. Not unfrequently such
petitions are granted on the spot, and
the supplicants return to their homes
thoroughly cured and with hearts
overlooking with gratitude to God and
their intercessor.
The paper continues: There was an
instance of this confidence in our saint
by a follower of Islamism, the other
day, in our midst. The man sought the
chaplain of st. Xavier's church, Bow
Bazaar, and solicited him to have a high
mass of thanksgiving offered up for
which he paid in fulfillment of a vow
which he had made to st. Francis to
obtain a very particular favor, and
which had been granted to him. The
mass was celebrated on a Sunday,
when the man was present and be-
haved with great reverence, removing
from time to time his turban from his
head, rising and kneeeling with the
congregation, and even signing him
self with the sign of the cross"
The missionary work of st. Francis
is evidently not yet finished. What a
wonderful saint
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The Christian Brothers.

1t will be pleasing news to their
many friends that the Christian Broth
ers who were transferred from the
United States to obscure posts in for
eign countries because of their objection
to the decree of the head of the order
that the classic languages should not
be taught in the colleges of the order in
this country will soon be recalled.
These brothers are from all sections of
the country, but mainly from the east
and middle west, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania predominating. Now that the
controversy which caused their re
moval is settled. Latin and Greek be-
ing no longer taught here by the broth
ers, Brother Joseph, the head of the
order in this country, went to Paris to
urge the general conclave to recall the
eXiles. He cabled recently promising
results
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Bishop of Clifton and Miss Pynsent.

! The strange case of Miss Pynsent
/ has been attracting much attention in
Rome and in London. She is woman
/ of much culture and OF excellent fam
I lily connections. She mistook lean
I ing toward a tempered mysticism for
a religious vocation. She established d
convent within the shadow OF St
Peters. Difficulties crowded upon the
new religious foundation, and to liqul-
date rather heavy ind -btedness Miss
Pynsent made Il lengthy tour OF the
United States. When in this country
she met most of those worth knowing,
and her social charm did much to
bring her into prominence. That clever
critic of men and things, the Marquise
de Fontenoy thus writes of her:
The Miss Pynsent. abbess of the
English BenediCtine nuns at Rome,
whose troubles with the Irish Angus
tinians in the Eternal City over the
ownership OF a building and debt #
$4,000 has been engaging the atten-
tion of the Italian law courts and of
the foreign press, will be remembered
in the United States as having spent a
twelve-month over here engaged in
vain attempt to raise the money to
pay the Indebtedness of her nuns to
the Agustinian monks. Shhe Travelled
about in every direction, from the
Canadian frontier to the Mexican bOr-
/ der. and from New York to San Fran
cisco. But in spite of the letters of in
PRODUCTION and recommendation with
which she was equipped, her appeals
met with but q sorry response, and
now she and her nuns have been evlct-
ed from their convent and the irish
Augustinians have recovered possess
sion of their property.
Miss PvnSent who OF eX-
cellent English family, and whose nuns
are mostly women of birth and great
refinement, have failed to find any
sympathy either at Rome or in Eng
land. and not only the Italian courts
to whom the Irish Augustinians ap-
pealed for an order of eviction, but
likewise the Vatican authorities and
the Roman Catholic bishops in Eng
land have all taken sides against the
unfortunate abbess, who has now laid
bare her misfortunes in a long letter
to the London Times, a somewhat nov
el proceeding on the part of an abbess,
and one which is very modern. If |
mention this it is because the abbess,
through her begging expedition, be-
came so well known through the
United States a few years ago, at
which time L received many inquiries
about her"
Bishop Brownlow had his attention
called to the matter. Like most En-
glishmen he rushed into the Times
with this very effective letter, which is
so nithy that we reproduce it in full:
"Sir: My attention has been called to
the long and distressing letter in your
issue of Saturday last, whereby Miss
Pynsent makes her appeal to the Brit
ish public against the wrongs which
She considers herself and her communi-
t. to have suffered at the hands of the
ecclesiastical authorities in Rome. 1t
is not easy to understand what she e&-
poets to gain from this appeal. Does
she expect that the Irish Augustinians
will be shamed into restoring to her
some of the money which they rescued
from the wreck by a legal proTss in
the Italian courts? Or does she think
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"coME TO JESUS"
Another of McKinley's Favorites
Written by Father Faber.


No Catholic needs to be informed
that the hymn sung at President Nc
Kfnley's funeral was written by Cardi-
nal Newman; but it is not so well
known that another hymn, Come to
Jesus" which was also a favorite with
the late president, was written by
Father Faber.
According to the testimony of one
of his friends, Mr.. Mckinley knew this
hymn by heart and was often heard
humming it through when alone in his
library. The London Tablet calls at
tentfon to yet another interesting cir
cumstance when the band of
French man-of-war played the Mar
seillaise," out of respect to the passing
of President McKinley's coffin. few
people perhaps. knew or remembered
that they were hearing church music.
Yet such was the case. Not so very
long ago the manuscript of the rEsth-
er. an oratorio composed by choir
master of the cathedral of Omer in the
seventeenth century, was found to con-
tain. note for note, the music of the
national air"-Ave Maria.
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CHURCH CALENDAR.

Sunday, Nov. 3. Twenty-first Sunday
after Octave of Trinity. Blessed
Simon. o. p, Confessor.
Monday. Nov. 4. st. Charles Borromeo,
Bishop, Confessor.
Tuesday. Nov. 5. Blessed Martin, o. P,
Confessor.
Wednesday, Nov. 6. st. John, Confess
sor.
Thursday, Nov. I. Blessed Peter, o. P,
Martyr
Friday, Nov. s. Octave of the Feast of
All Saints.
Saturday. Nov. 9. Feast Of All Saints
of the Dominican Order. Plenary
Indulgence.
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Pope's Love of Americans

Bishop O'Connell of Portland. Me-.
gives the following account of his last
audience with the Pope: when for
the last time went to pay my homage
to our Holy Father, 1 said to his holi-
ness: Give me, holy father. some
words to carry with me from you to
your children in the diocese of Port
land. Leaning back in his chair and
half closing his eyes. as if lookiny
away into the future and cross the seas
to distant America, he said to me
speaking very slowly and softly: Tall
them that I love them Tell them that
the holy father thinks of them ALWAYS
and prays for them. l know that INV
Catholic children of the distant repuh-
lie are very loyal and devoted to the
Church and the Holy See, and thew,
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posed to practice this devotion first de-
eide just how often he can make use OF
it. and then take care to be regular:
"Do not begin with the idea that you
are testing it. The Rosary is not on
trial: it was tested and it's place as
Christian devotion assigned it many
centuries ago by men and women i'm
measurably holier and wiser than you.
Let your thought be quite the reverse
namely. that you are on trial; that God
is giving you a new opportunity to
realize the great mysteries of the faith
with vividness you never knew be-
fore, and that to endure the test sue
cessfully you have to improve this op-
portunity with all the powers of your
Intellect. your affections. and your will.
Be regular and humble, and your case
will surely be exceptional if it does
not prove great spiritual blessing to
you"
AS the practice of Catholic devotions
has frequently led outsiders into the
Church, we cannot but rejoice to see
pious Anglicans invoking Our Lady of
the Holy Rosary.-Ave Maria.
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Death of Nun of Rova1 Blood.


There has recently died in the Mon
astery of Our Lady of Angels, Prince
thorpe, a holy religious who deserves
more than a passing notice. Mother
Mary Euphraisia O'Connor, daughter
of the late and sister of the present
Right Hon. O'Connor Don, was the sec
ond of five sisters who consecrated
their lives and talents to the service of
God in the great Benedictine order. In
deed, it may be truly said that by their
sanity lives these royal daughters of
Ireland's kingly line revived the mem
ories of the Brigids and Dymphnas
who, in days of old, made the name of
Holy Fire" renowned for poetry and
learning. Like those older saints, too,
they pleaded increasingly before God
for the welfare of the land they loved
so well. Mother Mary Euphrasia was
largely endowed with the gifts of ma
ture and grace. and her memory will
always be revered by those who had
the privilege of knowing her, by
whom her decease is deeply mourned
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EUCHARISTIC LEAGUE.
Comparatively Modern institution
Its ORIGIN and Purpose.

comparatively Modern Institution
It's Origin and Purpose.
The Priests Eucharictic league, un-
der whose auspices the Eucharistic
congress was held in St Louis recently.
is not as we'll known to the general
public in the east as ii is in the west
It is comparatively modern institu-
ton. The narrative of its beginnings
is the life story of Rev. Father Ey-
mard of France, who lived from 1911 to
1868 Father Eymard was provincial
and director of the Third Order of Mary
at Lyons, and in this ministry his
heart was so powerfully drawn toward
the blessed sacrament that in the year
1915 he registered a VOW to consecrate
himself entirely to this particular de-
Notlon In his own words he speaks
thus Of the time at which he reached
this determination: Il had the mex
pressible happiness of carrying the
blessed sacrament in the Church of St
Paul What feast for my poor soul!
IhoSe two hours seemed to me but a
moment. 1 laid at the feet of the
blessed sacrament the Church, France,
the Society of Mary, myself / sighed
/ Wept; my heart was oppressed.
wished that I had in my own heart the
hearts Of all men to give them to Je-
sus. Since the beginning of this month
/ have been powerfully drawn to the
eucharist, and l wished to preach Jesus
alcne, and Jesus in the blessed eUchar-
ist. My choice is made; such will be
henceforth the object of all my endeav7
ors"
a community Of religious was found
ed by Father Eymard, the object being
to provide for continual alteration of
the eucharist. AS one member fin |
ished his vigil at the altar. another
took his place, so that night and day /
someone was kneeling there Thus the |
order continues today. Meanwhile the |
EuchariStic league was established to /
include the priests who have other du |
ties in the world. To be a member of |
the league requires a pledge that the |
member shall, once a week spend one |
hour in continuous alteration of the t
eucharist. The devotion in the United |
States has been organized under the |
general direction of Rev. Vincent Wag- |
ner, a Benedictine father of st. Mein- I
rad. Ind, and in each state there is a |
diocesan director, to whom the men,
bers send tabulated report Of the full
hlment of their pledge.
Since July 81, 1892. the perpetual ado
ration, night and day, has existed at
the principal motherhouse of the SIS.
de Notre Dame, Milwaukee, Wis. 1t
is interrupted but once a year during
Holy Week, chiefly for the purpose of
thoroughly cleaning the beautiful
chapel of alteration. Special services
are not held there except Saturday
evenings for the community. and |
solemn procession on the evening of |
each first Friday in the month Or
dinarily two sisters of the community
keep up the alteration, changing off
hourly.
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Monk and Astronomer.

The Able de la Caille was the first
astronomer to study the southern
heavens, and he completed a catalogue
of 10000 stars visible from the Cape of
Good Hope. He was also the first to
determine the solar and lunar parallax.
In publishing this information the
Catholic Magazine of South Africa an
nounces that on the proposal of Sir
David Gill, royal astronomer, the South
African Philosophical society has de-
cided to erect a memorial tablet to the
learned abbe
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tions usually serve by making the pub
lie better acquainted with his life
work and his character. Dozens of
volumes about Alfred have issued from
the press in England and this country,
not to mention the magazine articles;
and it is pleasant to notice how en-
thusiastic are the tributes to this typi-
cal Catholic king of the olden time
Even Voltaire forgot to sneer when
speaking of him. Il do not know he
wrote. that there ever was upon the
earth a man more worthy of the re-
spect of posterity than Alfred the
Great" But to our mind the most elo-
duent tribute ever paid to the sanity
ruler. who began his kingly duties each.
day by devoutly assisting at Mass, is
the fact that in the oldest manuscript
Parker) of the Saxon Chronicles n
cross is invariably marked on the mar
gin of the page wherever the name OF
Alfred occurs.-Ave Maria.
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therefore, are reckoned always among
the most filial of all my flock. 1 know
that many of your diocese are not of
the Church, but tell them, too, that
they have a place in my heart. / ad-
mire their honesty, their justice and,
above all, rejoice in the minded
ness with which they allow to the
Church that liberty Of action which
oftentimes is in Europe impeded.. Tell
them this, and may your life be happy
among them"
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WHAT DID JESUS MEANp
The Church's Position on Marriage
and Divorce Explained.

Recently the Boston Globe asked
the question, What did Jesus mean
when He said, What, therefore. God
hath joined together, let no man put
asunder?'" 1t was answered bv min
listers Of various denominations. The
Catholic understanding of the words
was given by Rev. John ]. McNultv
pastor of St Cecelia's church. in the
Back Bay district of Boston. He said:
In answer to your question. | should
say that the natural and obvious sense
understood as such by His hearers
and, as such, confirmed by our Lord
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THE ROSARY MYSTERIES.

Fifteen mysteries. on fifteen
Decades of blessed beads,
The Rosary makes; he says 1t best
Who best each mystery heeds.
Five joyful mysteries, like five
Spring roses, snowy white,
Tel Of the Holy Infancy
OF Jesus with delight
Five mysteries sorrowful, like five
June roses, deep and red.
Tell Of our Savior,s sufferings,
And how for us He bleo.
Five mysteries, like five
Large roses. tint like gold
The resurrection wonderful
And bliss Of heaven unfold.
Eliza Allen Starr.
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1t is not generally known says the
New Orleans Picayune, that the Ursu-
line nuns have conducted with little in
terruption for the space of It's years
the oldest public school in Louisiana,
and, of course, in the South. They also
established the Oldest orphanage in the
United States IN this ancient French
city, almost simultaneous with their
arrival in 1927
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The object of advertising is not so
much to sell an article that everybody
wants as to make everybody want an
article that they see advertised in The
Intermountain Catholic. We mean what
we say-you will positively get results
with us.
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The Duke of Norfolk has contributed
an additional $4,000. making $4,000 in
all, towards the fund for the erection
of the new Oratory church, Edgbaston
in memory of the late Cardinal New
man
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The Catholic King Alfred.
The celebration of the millenary of
the death of King Alfred the Great has
served the only purpose such celebra-