The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-06-07
CATHOLIC OPINION.
CATHOLIC EDITORIAL COMMENT.

A local revivalist says that shouting 70
tbs Methodist is what the exhaust is 70
the locomotive. He would have been
more correct had he said that It is what
the bass drum is TO the Salvation Army.
Progress.
Mr.. Carnegie's desire to die poor is
somewhat saddened by the fact that he
has not always given enough. We are
not surprised. Many of us remember the
time when a little of his present gener-
osity would have prevented much blood
letttng.-PrOgreSS.
There will always, of course" remarks
the Ave Maria in note on public senti-
ment and the governmental policy in the
Orient, he few leading Catholics 10
practice the virtue of prudence in a he
roic degree. If these men do not actually
shout with the mob, they at least do not
strain their lungs shouting against It;
they get the name of broad minded and
safe men, and are never accused Of sore
Medicines or of shrieking against deS-
tiny. But to plain. blunt men these pru-
dent ones very often seem wanting IN
courage and independence. they lead pub
lie opinion very much as the wheelbarrow
leads the workingmen who push it,
.
Protestant inconsistency forms a never
falling text for cOntroyersialist and
commentator. The Catholic Mirror notes
that at Brooklyn last week Rev. DR..
Newell Dwight Hills. noted divine OF
a denomination which has never mani
tested any Roman" tendencies, prayed
without arousng comment for the sur
vivors and victims of the st. Pierre ca
tastrophe. Special prayers were also Of
fered for one of the young men of the
church who Is thought to have lost his
life at st. Pierre.
Protestants. of course. believe in prayer,
but prayer only for the living.
What means this praying for the dead
1t is not for their material welfare. not
for their bodies. Then it must be Tor
their souls and implies belief in purga-
tory.
DR.. Hills must appreciate this.
.
Catholic boys and young men who go
to low variety theatres. where suggestive
songs are sung, lewd jokes are cracked
and indecent dresses are worn, ean T,1
expect to preserve their innocence. Par
ents should keep them out of these hell
holes.
Professor Starr of the University OF
Chicago says the wedding ring IS mere
relic of barbarism All right. Professor
Starr may fire away at the wedding ring
all he pleases. but lei him make no eiIVtL
to abolish the engagement ring II ne
wishes To stand we'll with the girls
Chicago Western Catholic
Australia, which country has outlined
so many practical reforms. IS Just now
discussing the living wage question, OF
the establishment by law of national
minimum. The subject is one that may
force itself upon the attention OF Otner
countries. That is one. way OF menus 5i,,a7.
the menace of socialism.-Fan River
Catholic Advocate.
The Messenger Monthly Magazine for
June, published by the New York jesuit
Fathers. at q West Sixteenth street IS
replete with thoughtful and entertaiini1IIhhs
matter. It's leading articles are: no
Sacring of a King" Three British AD,,
beys." Rome and the Temporal Power
The University of the State or New
York" Pilgrim Walks in Rome; tol,
soning the Wels,'' Similarity Between
the LANGUAGES. Editorial, "Chrom-
cle,' etc.-RecOrd.
The Catholic press cannot live except y
continually pushing onward and onWarsH,,
The true friend of Catholic literature VII VII
never stop his paper. but will rather Seek
tor the Catholic journal new suDscroerS
In his vicinity. And the true trlehu o.
the Catholic paper will pay up MS SUD
scription without hesitation. The Free
man would like to hear from hundredS VI
its subscribers who imagine the manage
ment live on air.-Canadian Freeman.