The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-15
CATHOLIC OPINION.


Tho Federation of Catholic Societies has
already 100000 members. although II mas
been in existence only rev HollIhS' ms
means and shows business OF the rlSht
bus. o. the national executive committees
decided on a per capita tax OF cents on
all members. This. while trlIing sum
for each. will make a fund sufflcleht 70
work, and needless to say. there IS WORK
enough TO be dOne.-t'reeman journal
There has been much difficulty in per
Suading at least one of the DON holueIS
Cf the Metropolitan opera house, New
York to give up his box for one night
for the accommodation of the brother Oh
the emperor of Germany on the occasion
of his forthcoming visit. Would there Ds
such difficulty if the visitor were tIS
brother or son of the king of England !.
We hope that everywhere he goes
throughout the United States the German
prince will get such an enthusiastic vel
come as will be an eye-opener to the eie-
ment represented by the opera box holder
referred to.-F'reemans Journal.
The Methodists are very much wrought
up over the heretiCal utterances of Pro
fessor Pearson. They contend, and very
truly. that d belief in miracles Is pos
tulate of Christian faith: but they are
more to blame for the prevailing unbe-
lief than is Professor Pearson. Far more
dangerous than the teacher who denies
miracles is the preacher who defends
them by spurious reasoning. The at
testation of the nicer consciousness Is
no testimony that any scientific MIND can
accept The Baptist who was asked II
he believed in the regenerating efficiency
of baptism and who answered that he did
not know. but that 1T certainly had
helped his rheumatism had the same
testimony for the second birth that those
preachers have for miracles. Miracles and
no nrnEe1 scientifically.
They are PHYSICAL demonstrations Youcn.
safed us as a groundwork of supernatural
faith and they must be firm and unshak-
able as the faith that is grounded on
them.-WesteTn Waterman.
The following want" advertisement APP
pears in the current issue of Printers
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cuts for anti-Catholic book. sensa-
tional. Send proofs, A. P. H. care
Printers Ink.
"A. P. H" looks like a misprint of "A.
p \" Be that as it may. some veraciOus
historian seems to have lin brew
brand new. entirely original penny a
dreadful on the Horrors of Rome, IL
Illustrated with pictures taken on the
spot. Catholic Citizen.
The Catholics OF France seem absolute
" apathetic in face of the tremendous IS
sues to he decided by the coming ele"-
lions. The old Bourbon clergy are silent
in the face of this momentous indlHer-
ence They and all others who sigh for
the ancient regime will learn before long
that they were foolish in not following
the advice of Leo XIII and lo-all. ac-
ceDting the republic. They persuaded
themselves and tried TO persuade others
that the people of France were still
royalist at heart. The siren SOM hurts
them no more France will be Catholic
and republican-Western Watchman.
Protestant Episcopal Bishop Coleman
of Delaware, recently asserted, in a pub
lie address, that excessive drinking
among women was on the increase in the
United States. Asked for his authority
for the statement, the bishop replied that
it was founded on his own personal OBJ
servation and from credible testimony IF
others. This opinion for after all it Is
nothing more. does not correspond with
that of some others who have given pub
lie expression to views on this subject
resting on a similar foundation. We pre-
fer to believe. and certainly hope that
Bishop Coleman is Observation-Disclosures.
.
There is talk of selling the Philippines
TO Germany. 1t would be one way out
Of national dishonOr. even though It
would put the United States in the posi-
ton of the young woman who said. when
she experienced religion" Il felt that
my jewelry was imperilling my saliva
ton, so l gave it to my sister. Pilot.
o.
Whatever anybody may think of the
rival claims of Schley and Sampson
everybody should be glad if it be true
that Captain Clark of the Oregon is to be
made a vice admiral, the second highest
rank in the service. No one denies that
he and Admiral Cervera bore them
selves right CALAMITY in the fight off
Santiago harbor; but it is not for this
country to honor Cervera save as it has
already done, with the homage due to a
noble adversary in misfortune.-Pilot.