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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
SILENCE.

1naudible move day and night,
And noiselessly grows the flower;
Silent are pulsing wings of light,
And voiceless fleets the hour.
The Moon utters no word when she
Walks through the Heavens bars;
The stars forever silent flee,
Ind songless gleam through air.
The deepest love is voiceless, too;
Heart sorrow makes no moan:
How still the zephyrs when they WOO,
How calm the rose full hlownl
The birds winging the evening sky
Flies onward without song;
The crowding years as they pass by
Flow on in mutest throng.
The fishes glide through liquid deep
And never speak a word;
The angels round about US sweep,
And yet no voice is heard.
The highest thoughts no utterance find,
The holiest hope is dumb,
In silence grows the immortal mind,
And, speeches., deep joys come.
Rapt alteration has no tongue,
No words has holiest prayer;
The lOftiest mountain peaks among
Is stiffness everywhere.
With sweetest music silence blends,
And silence praise is best;
In silence life begins and ends;
God cannot be expressed.
Bishop Spalding.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
stranpe Inconsistencies.

Does 1t not seem strange that the
man who can spend dollars for drink.
and cigars every day of the week can.
not find dime for religion on Sunday
That the man that never gives a dime
to the church fund always finds the
most fault about the manner in which
il is distributed?
duty to God is usually unpopular with
many of his parishioners?
That people will pay high prices for
a seat in the theatre, but always steal
one in the church when they can?
That our young men will assume bar
room attitudes at devotionS and take
on Photographic postures in the parlors
of their young lady friends?
That people will buy boxes at a horse
show whom nothing could induce to
rent pew in the church?
That persons who are always press
ing their employers for larger salaries
expect their pastors to live on good
wishes and the grace of God?
That parents who never attend their
religious duties expect their children to
become model Christians?
That many of the men who worship
in the rear of the church and block the
entrance are always found in the front
seats at questionable places of amuse-
ment?
That the sermon which touches the
guilty conscience never fails to find
warm condemnation?
That t3ose who never help to defray
the church expenses demand the most
comforts and conveniences?
That those who make the least haste
to get to service on time are always in
a rush to get away before it is over?
That those who have spent years of
their lives in sin expect to satisfy Di-
vine Justice by death-be repentance
of a few moments. Strange inconsis-
tenciesi-Church Progress.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM.

o cruel manger, how bleak, how bleak!
For the limbs of the Babe, my God;
Soft little limbs on the cold, cold straw;
Weep, o eyes, for thy God!
Bitter We winds in the frosty night
Upon the Babe, my God,
Piercing the torn and broken thatch:
Lament. o heart, for thy God.
.Bare is the floor, how bare, how bare
For the Babes sweet Mother. my God;
Only stable for Mother and Babe,
How cruel thy world, my God!
Cast out. cast out by his brother men,
Unknown the Babe, my God;
The OK and the ass alone are there,
Soften, heart, for thy God!
Dear little arms and sweet little hands,
That stretch for Thy Mother nv God:
Soft baby eyes to the Mothers eyes;
Melt heart, for thy God!
Waxen touches on Mothers heart.
Fingers of the Babe, my God;
Dear baby lips to her virgin breast,
The Virgin Mother of God.
The shepherds have come from the hills
to adore
The Babe in the manger, my God;
Mary and Joseph welcome them there;
Worship, o soul, thy God!
But 1 alone may not come near
The Babe in the manger, my God;
Weep for thy sins, heart, and plead
With Merry, the Mother of God!
May I not come oh, just to the door,
To see the Babe, my God?
There will l stop, and kneel. and adore,
And weep for my sins, o God!
But Mary smiles, and. rising Up.
In her arms the Babe, my God;
She comes to the door and bends her
down,
With the Babe in her arms, my Godl
Her sinless arms in my sinful arms
Places the Babe, rny God;
HE has come to take thy sins away"
Break. y heart, for thy God.
-Conde B. Pallen. in The Death of Sir
Launcelot and Other Poems"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
Domestic Reading.

A word from friend is doubly en-
! Jcyable in dark days.
knowledge humbleth the great man
aStonlSheS the common man and puffs
up the little man.
The tale of the Divine Pity was never
yet believed from lips that were not
felt to be moved by human pity.
Faith s1d obedience are bound up in
the same bundle. He that obeys God,
trusts God, and he that trusts God
obeys Col
He who is false to present duty
breaks a thread in the loom, and will
see the defect when the weaving of a
lifetime is unrolled.
There is no sorrow l have thought
more about than that, to love what is
great and try to reach it, and yet to
fail.-George Eliot.
Lord, l desire with my whole heart
that thy body will be accomplished in
me, according to thy good pleasure
st. Gertrude.
And 1 saw that there was an ocean
of darkness and death; but an infinite
ocean of light and love flowed over
the ocean of darkness, and in that
saw the infinite love of God.-George
Fox
We may not take up the broken
IiHeduS VI the llIe lnaI is gone ana
weave them into a web of joy and
nope; but to those who are still left us,
who have ears and hear and hearts to
throb with pain and grief, we may be
generous and just, forgiving, loving
and kind.
Don't live for yourself, and do not be
afraid Of diminishing your own happi-
ness by promoting that of others. He
who labars wholly for the benefit of
others, and, as it were, forgets him
self, is far happier than the man who
makes himself the sole object of all his
affections and exertions.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Before you pronounce judgment on
any one or bring tales home, be sure
that You are perfectly correct in all
that you say. The following anecdote
shows the Importance of avoiding rash
judgments
traveller lying i'll and in danger of
death at hotel in Dublin, sent for a
priest. 1t was a stormy night
Through the rain and wind and the
muddy streets the priest came on foot.
saw the sick man and administered
the sacraments.
The landlord, Protestant, po-
litely asked the priest u his room to
have some ;efresh shments. Then by way
of conversation the landlord began To
talk about the high Catholic clergy and
their easy life.
Now, for instance, while you are
walking through the mud. l am sure
his eminence, the cardinal, is enjoy
ing nice fire and his punch in the
palace
do you think SOP"
Indeed l doi' said the man.
Il am afraid you have a wrcng opin-
ion OF the cardinal with suppressed
smile
'Why?" asked the man.
Because, my friend, 1 am Cardinal
Cullen
At once the landlord rose to his feet.
full of the humblest apologies. Should
ne get coach for his eninence? and
so on.
No" said the cardinal, 81 will so as
came. l am used to it,"-Catholic
Deaf Mute.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
About Divorce.

An exchange, speaking of a so-called
divorce case before a Catholic eccle-
siastical court, says:
THE most important function of this
tcourt is considering those extremely
rare cases in which Catholics in good
standing with their church seek to OBJ
tain divorces. The CAUSES for which
{ DEGREES are granted by the church are
! very few, and it is a case Of ext1aorGi-
| nary strength that is passed upon fa-
vorably by the judges"
1t is incorrect to say that. in any
circumstances whatever the church
grants DEGREES Of divorce in the pres
| ent common understanding of The
term; that is, leaving either of the par
| ties free to remarry until the death of
! the other. The church teaches that a
| valid and cOnsummatcd marriage is
| 1ndissoluble by any power on earth.
The case of Henry VIII is often re-
terred to as an appeal to one for a
divorce, but it is incorrect. Henry did
| not ask for a divorce He knew too
we'll the attitude of the church on the
subject to make such an appeal. What
he asked of Rome was a decree de-
clarlng his marriage with Catherine to
have been invalid, null ard void from
the beginning, and therefore never to
have been a valid marriage All the
reasons he offered were in view of OBJ
tanning such a declaration. The rea-
sons were deemed insufficient ard the
validity of the marriage was affirmed
1t was the same in the case of the
Emperor Napo,eons appeal to Plus
VII in behalf of his brother Jerome
for a divorce from the wife he mar
ried in Baltimore, Miss Patterson. 1t
was for a decree. rot a divorce. but of
nullity or invalidity from the begin
ming that he asked for. One of the in
ducements he gave the pope to comply
with his request was chara cteristic of
him. He told the pope that Jerome's
wife was a Protestant and that it
would be a danger to Catholic inter
ests to have Protestant so near the
imperial throne. To this and other
reasons offered by Napoleon the pope
finally replied:
Your majesty must see that on the
information we have hitherto received
of this fact, it is out of our power to
pass the judgment of nuillty.
Were we to usurp a power that we do
not possess, we should render our
selves guilty of the most aborl1inabIe
abuse of our sacred ministry before
the tribunal of God and before the
whole church. Your majesty would
not desire US to pronounce Judgment
contrary to the testimony of our con-
science and the invariable principles
of the church"
In view of these 'invariabIe prin-
ciples of the church, the action of
the ecclesiastical court referred to by
our exchange is not in view of granting
a divorce, but to investigate and as
certain whether there was valid mar
raige in the first place. Should the
court find proof that there was no
marriage, it will so declare, and If the
decision is approved at Rome the par
ties are free to marry Ain, SO far
as church laws and printi !. IS are con-
cerned. There is no nee. 5or a divorce
since there was no uar. fage.-New
York Freeman's Journal.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
A JESUIT IN MANILA.
First American Ordained in the Phil
ippine Islands.

''Tis true. It's pity; and pity tits,
tits true" we can imagine the secta-
rian preachers wailing at the fact that
the two Jesuit colleges in Manila are
taxed far beyond their capacity for the
accommodation Of Filipino students
anxious to be educated by the jealous
sons of st. Ignatius.
The Filipino places great confidence
in Jesuit teaching. The tradition
passes down through generations. As
soon as the boys of family begin to
wear TROUSERS, which is generally about
the age Of 10, they are sent off to the
padres de la campania-to the Jesuits-
and usually go through the course. If
some of the boys have cabbage heads,
the parent says. 'Well, never mind;
they must go TO the Jesuit Fathers,
Just the same; they will make good,
civilized Christians and gentlemen out
Of them, and this is the most important
thing in this world and the next
Alive to the necessities and oppor-
tunities OF the times, the Society of Je-
sus is meeting the occasion with the
men, The first American ordained
priest in the Philippines is the Rev.
William II. Stanton, S. j., a member
of the Jesuit order from Missouri.
Father stanton was ordained August
10. by the Right Rev. Martin Garciay
Alcocer, bishop of Cuba, but at that
time acting archbishop Of Manila
Father Stanton celebrated his first mass
Aug. Is. the feast of the Assumption.
p In recognition of the fact that he is
the first American to be ordained in the
Philippines, there was solemn public
function in the Church of St lgnatius
in Manila, Aug. IL. At this function
Father Stanton was celebrant, the Rev.
James A. Dalton, chaplain of the Fifth
United States cavalry, deacon; the
Rev. Francis b. Doherty, of Paulist
Fathers and chaplain of the United
States army, sub deacon; the late Rev.
William ID. McKinnon, chaplain of the
Third United States cavalry, master of
ceremonies. The sermon was preached
by Father Dalton. In the audience
were many distinguished officers and
men from the United States army.
Much information is given in a letter
from Father Stanton concerning the
two Jesuit colleges in Manila.
AT one of them, at Ateneo, there are
600 boarders, who all had applied for
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

What shall ] give to Thee, o Lord?
The kings that came of old
Laid softly on Thy cradle rude
Their nnyrrh, and gems, and gold.
Thy martyrs gave their hearts warm
blood;
Their ashes strewed Thy way;
They spurned their lives as dreams and
dust
To speed Thy coming day.
We offer Thee nor life nor death;
Our gifts to man we give;
Dear Lord. on this Thy day of birth,
oh, what dost Thou receive?
Thou knowest of sweet and precious
things,
My store is scant and small;
Yet. vert Thou here in want and woe,
Lord, / would give Thee all
Show me Tyself in flesh once more,
Thy feast 1 long to spread;
To bring the water for Thy feet,
The ointment for Thy head.
There came voice from heavenly
heights;
"Unclose thine eyes and see,
Gifts to the least of those l love
Thou givest unto Me-"
Rose Terry Cooke
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
A Painful Joke.

tNeH I OrR 1lIHeS.D
There is a lack of humor that is hu-
morous, according to ex-senator Petit
grew of South Dakota. An instance of il
occurred at a little Informal society at.
fair which the ex-senator attended in
Washington.
"Conundrums got to going around, >
said the senator, and 1 could only think
of one, which I used with apologies. 1t
was What's the difference between a
man going outdoors in the winter and a
dog? The answer is, aCman puts on all
oyercoat and the dog pants.
Everybody politely laughed. But a
mans sins do follow him. A few nights
afterwayd / was at a dinner where one
of the guests was a young woman who
had heard me PROFOUND my conundrum.
She remembered and told It, crediting me
with the ownership of the clever thing.
No one guessed it. In glee at the privi-
lege the young woman announced the
answer.
why, the man puts on an overcoat
and the Cog trousers. Every one was
puzzled. | leaned over and whispered to
the young woman, setting her right.
oh, yes. forgot she said It's
paEtaloons instead of trousers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
sALTIEsT OF KNOWN LAKES.
1t Is In Siberia and Is completely
Incrusted.
(Chicago Chronicle.)

| Probably the most remarkable lake in
the world is one with coating of salt
! that completely conceals the water. 1t
| may be seen at any time during the
year, fully exposed, being even at its
best when the sun is shining directly
upon it. This wonderful body Of water
is one of the saltiest of the salt lakes
and is situated near Obdorsk, Siberia.
The lake is nine miles wide and seven
betting. She stood every raise and
came back at them each time. Her
husband was the first to call, and then
they all laid down their hands for a
look.
The hostess spread out her four
queens and raked in the pot.
They all looked at her as If they
thought there was something wrong
somewhere. The game went on for an
hour or so, and at the finish she had
all the money in the crowd, and her
husbands friends accepted the loan OF
a dime each for car fare home.
They both solemnly declared that
they were going to make for the near
est police station to have the house
''pinched' for carrying on professional
gambling. with their married chum
wife as the chief offender.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
Church
Universal.

admission three months ahead on ac-
count of the great number of appli-
cahts. A large number were refused
admission on account of the lack of
room. Up to the mouth of October the
Jesuits had 1.103 students, including
day scholars, at this one school. AT
the other college, the normal, there are
100 boarders. All had applied two
weeks before time. The total number
in this college Is $50. The Jesuit Faith
ers say they could have 5000 to 1000
students if they had accommodations
in their colleges.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
Died While Saving Mass.

the Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
New Rochelle, n. Y, the Oldest priest
in the state, died on Tuesday last while
celebrating mass. He was suddenly
stricken with heart disease. Father
Mclaughlin was a native of Ireland.
He was an exceedingly popular priest,
and his funeral was a public demon
stration of grief and honor to his mem
ory by persons of all creeds in New
Rochelle.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
THE GUEST DIVINE.

For Christ make room within your hearts
Dispel the gloom that sin imparts:
Let Truth. and Grace.
And Light efface
The workings of the tempter's arts!
mo room" for Him, was once the cry
OF those who knew not Angels nigh;
And so the Guest
Wi.A Mary blest
And Joseph. grieving, passed them by!
Do you a resting place prepare
For Him who comes your hearts to share.
May soy and Beace ~
Find fun incre ase, "a.
And Christ abide forever there!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Let each day take thought for what
concerns it, liquidate its own affairs.
and respect the day which is to fol-
low, and then we shall be always ready.
70 know how to be ready is at the
bottom to know how to die.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

The site for the Italian mission in Mil
waukee has been decided on, but not yet
purchased T. J. Neacy's conditional glft
of $1,000 has been paid. the requisite
amount osecure it having been raised.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Hereafter persona desiring to attend
the audiences of the pope must be pro
vided with a letter OF Introduction and
.recommendation to the Maestro di Cam
letter must be written by prominent
prelate in the pope's court. and if the
visitor be stranger he must have A
letter from his own bishop
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Religious work in the Catholic Syrian
colony of Pittsburg is progressing quite
flatterfngly The brick work on the new
church has been commsnced and viii be
hurried to completion IT is hoped that
1t will be ready for dedication early in
the new year.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

At meeting of the board of trustees
of the Catholic Summer school. the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President.
Rev. NJ ]. Lavelle, New York; first vice
president. Rev. +. P. Siegfried, Over
brook, Pa. second vice president, Thorn
as j. Gargan. Boston. Mass; secretary,
Warren E. Mosher New York; treasurer
Rev. John f. Mullaney, Syracuse, N. Y.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Two little orphan children at ST. Vim
cents home Davenport, Ia. have been
left $1,000 The money is forthcoming on
an insurance policy of their father, Ed
ward Struck, who died at Moline.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

A new "Colegio Guadalupano" for girls
was inaugurated in the city of Chihuahul
recently. 1t was founded under the aus
diocese.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

A new seminary building at Guadala-
jara was blessed by Archbishop Ortiz
recently. The building so far as COM
pleted has cost $3.50, ,099
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The new governor gensral of the Holy
| Land, Mouzaffier Pasha, is a Catholic.
chTstmas bbisbn1 Con eve the pope will charge
V0o among the Door of Rome.
| Gooh, leading and well-to-d Chinaman
| of Montreal with his son and another
relative; have been baptized in ST. Pat
rick's church in that city.
A new seminary building at Guadala-
jara was blessed by Archbishop Ortiz
recently. The building so far as COM
| pleted has cost S2SO,039.
A new "Colegio Guadalupano" for girls
was inaugurated in the city of Chihuahun
recently. 1t was founded under the aus
picss of Ri. Rev. Bishop Gavllan of that
diocese.
Hereafter persons desiring to attend
the audiences of the pope must be pro
vided with q letter OF Introduction and
.recommendqtion to the Maestro di Cam
era. Mgr. Bisleti. 1t is understood tho
letter must be written by a prominent
prelate in the popes court, and if the
visitor be stranger he must have a
letter from his own bishop.
-
olic clergy of County Meath has passed
the following resolution: THAT we are
dissatisfied with the action of ths Irish
parliamentary party in absenting them
selves from the debates on the education
bill now before the house of &C mmons"
The. late Herr Krupp of Essen was a
munificent benefactor of Catholics
though not Catholic himself. In the
richstag he voted for the readmission OF
Jesuits He built a Catholic chanel for
his Catholic workmen and was ever
ready to contribute to Catholic charities
One Catholic association received from
him yearly contribution of 1,0O1 marks.
The Holy Father has begun an ency-
clical on his papacy.
.
The number of pilgrims in organized
pilgrimages that have already reached
Rome during the silver jubilee is over
10000.
During the last tyo years Brother Adj
jutor of the Christian Brothers has In
duced 40V young men to join the order in
this country. -
Frank Richards. who went around to
the pastors of New York City churches
and asked them to celebrate REQUIEM
MASS Tor ms mother and who would
give worthless check for S25 and rccsi,,n
Sl4 in change, has been sentenced ia
prison for six months on a plea of guilty.
o
,,itsyI Sy the VIII OF the late Philip Reidy of
Philadelphia, Pa, $1,000 has been left to
st: Josephs House for Homeless indus
trious Boys and $500 to st. Jcseph's or.
phanage of that city. -
The Catholic ladies of De Pere, wis.
nave organized a social and literary cllp
with twenty-five charter members.
o
Members of st. Josephs congregation
IN IA Clneinhati are making arrangements
Ior handsome new school building to
take tax, the place of the old one. The same
More than 5000 Catholics attended tte
recent lecture gwen by Rev. Father Par
dow, S, j., at the auditorium. The sum
OF 10000 was realized, $4,000 of which
was donation TrdCl the Hon. Bcurke
Cochran.
, The imposing soiemnity of Military
High Mass took place in the Catholic
r
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Members of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans and others crowded the Holy Name
cathedral. Chicago, ILL.,. to the number
of several thousand Thanksgiving morn
ing to pay tribute to the memory of the
late Archbishop P. A. Feehan, who had
been national chaplain of the Hibernian
order and the esteem in which the mem
bers held him was shown by the large
number of badges worn in the cathedral.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

How shall man find grace with
God? How else except by lowliness of
mind?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Solemn Military Mass was celebrated on
Thanksgiving day in ST. Peters church.
Laredo Tex. The rector, Rt. Rev. Mgr.
E. r. Chase, officiated.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Gooh leading and we'll to-do Chinanan
of Montreal, with his son and another
relative. have been baptized in st. pat
rick's church in that city
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Mgr. Anatole spiritual director of the
st. Paul seminary. ST. Paul, Mimi, has
been appointed vicar r-general of the arch
diocese to succeed Rt. Rev. John Stariha,
who was consecrated bishop of Lead, s.
D. q month ago.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-20

Over 1,OO0 persons partook of the tur--
key supper served in st. Colurhbia,s hall
by the ladies of st. Columbia's church,
Johnstown, Pa, on Thanksgiving even
inc.