The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-05

describes how the means were raised to
build these monuments in the mode
ages, which are today unsurpassed in
beauty of architecture by any of mod
ern times. DR.. Snahan's language in
some places is veritable word painting.
For example. describing the manner of
contributions:
The lady sent in her laces and jew
elry, the women of the people their lit
tie Leirlooms of gold and silver, even
such neat and desirable articles of
clothing as they possessed. The farmer
gave his best COW; the peddler offered a
choice trinket. The serf came up with
his weekly wages. And when men and
women were too poor to give anything
as individuals they dubbed together
in little associations. Their pennies
soon sweled to silver, and the silver
was turned into gold, and with the gold
they cast in their hearts, and so the
stones of the building got each a tongue
that is yet eloquent with praise OF the
popular devotion. Much of the money
was gotten by the weekly auction of
these articles that was carried on. in
the public square by the foreman of the
works Indeed, the whole enterprise
was like a majestic social song, sol
enn hymn, whose notes rose slowly and
sweetly from the earth to heaven, tell
ing of the transformation of avarice in
to open-heartednes of coarseneSs into
refinement, OF seiflshneSs into Gltruism.
of blank ignorance and stupidity into a
creative faith. Prayer and aaorauon
Precipitation and gratitude were finally
blended in the great popular chorus.
KING and Serf, princess and milkmalu,
pope and poor sacristar-the .ghole
world of Europe moved in a vast pro-
Christ, and cast each a stone on the
memorabl pne of religion"
Reading this, one is reminded of the
way the Mornons built their temple in
this city, for further along in Dr.. Sha-
hans lecture as We find it printed in
the Monitor, he says those who had
nothing 10 give contributed their labor
Then ne describes the guilds of the
medieval age, which correspond to ouI
modern labor unions:
'On signing the articles of the union
or guild, the member learns that it is
intensely religious, that he must at
tend Mass Sundays and holy days, lead
| a moral and Catholic life, abstain from
swearing, drunkenness and immortality
He learns that the guild supports its
own chapel and priest to say an carly
Mass daily for them. He is told that
the lodge or workshop is like a hall OF
justice, where the rights of each man
above all his free personality, must be
respected.
Each guild was under the protection
of the Blessed Trinity and some saint
1t had solemn services once year in
honor of it's patron. It buried-solamnly
its members and held anniversary serv-
cies. Gradually its own chapel hec BEfe
the center of its religious life, whose
details were carried on by it's own
priests. Religion covered every act oil
Its corporate lfe-and in Inc Dalmy
days of the great guilds, their self@aE;
seriousness was great--they bowed r.
the bishop, indeed, and the pope, king
or emperor, who were often included as
members of their rol! call-but he was
indeed. strong parish priest or abbot
"hose authority they consented to ac-
| knowledge"
On. for revival of those happy con.
! ditions of labor in the dark ages,
where the ferceness of competition had
not begun to set in and master and
workmen met together on an equa
plane! How many labor strikers of the
present day would gladly exchange
modern conditions for such as obtained
in those dark agesi'