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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
Flower of the Holy Ghost.

beautiful flower which has just
bloomed in the White House conserva-
tory bears the striking name of the
Flower of the Holy Ghost" 1t blooms
but rarely and the middle of each flow
er is an exquisite likeness of a dove
with outstretched wings. The plant
bears its ffowers on a tall spike-a
dozen of them arranged at intervals in
groups of three or four. All of those on
one spike do not come out together, but
two or three at a time, each one open
ing to display the wonderful dove that
sits within it's salyx. Nothing can be
imagined more beautiful than a little
group of these blossoms, with snowy
little bird looking out of each.
The plant is one of the rarest in the
world, only very few specimens of 1t
existing al present in European col
lections There are only two in the
White House gardens, and their flow
ering is considered so notable an event
that the superintendent of the gardens
sends out invitations to privileged
few to come and see the marvel.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
Before Colds Altar.

A striking passage occurs in an ac-
count published in the Dublin Week
ly Freeman of Christmas morning IN
an Irish prison. The writer, after de-
scrbing the appearance and conduct
of the prisoners at the Mass celebrated
in the prison Chapel, says:
''At the communion the prisoners
come UP in groups of five and six to-
gether. The prison officials also come
up. And here is surely presented the
best Illustration imaginable Of the alb
solute equality of all men in the sight
of God; the free prison officials and
the condemned prisoners side by side
at the altar. And it is Impossible to
refrain from remembering that the
most wretched prisoner is receiving al
the priests hands the same great git
which is the hope and refuge alike OF
the proudest king and the poorest beg
gari"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
Stand with the Catholics.

At the annual dinner of the Church
club. a Protestant Episcopal organiza
| ton, at Sherry's recently, Bishop Bur
! CESS of Long Island pitched into the
/ Protestant Episcopal church for it's at
! titude on divorce. In part Bishop Bur.
CESS said:
There has been much agitation in
and out of the general convention over
the change of the church's name
think we have more important business
to attend to. 1 am not here to stand VI
for the errors of the Roman Catholic
church
But the Roman Catholic church has
stood like a bulwark against divorce
1t has stood for the invioIability of the
marriage tie and the unity of the home
Because of that it is in the world today
one of the greatest forces for progress
and for Christianity. 1t has got to such
a pass that our young people grow up
with the idea that there is nothing
binding in the marriage tie and that it
can be broken almost as soon as as
sumed.
The children in our great schools no
longer know where to go on their vaca-
ton. Their fathers have one home and
their mothers another, and the children
are distraught as to which home they
shall seek.
Our prayer book says one thing and
that thing is all right; but our canons
tell quite different story. The great
work of the Protestant Episcopal
church is to harmonic prayer books
and canons. We had thought that the
time had come when that harmony
would be established, but we go to the
general convention and there we are
veered off to the unimportant question
of change of name.
"The time had come when, on the
question of divorce, our church should
stand shoulder to shoulder with the
church at Rome. When our canons de-
clare that communicates in our faith
once married are married for life. then
the Protestant Episcopal church will
have done what it ought to do for the
cause of civilization and the cause of
Christ. When canons and prayer books
are harmonized on this subject the
news will go out to the world like a
trumpet peal, and we may then busy
ourselves as much as we like over spec
ulation and suggestion as to change
of name
Bishop Burgess remarks were lis
tened to with great attention, but it
seemed as if he spoke to a divided au-
dience. While some of the diners in
terrupted him with cries of Hear,
Hear" many of the others gave no
sign of approval.
Rev. DR.. S. D. Mcconnell of Holy
Trinity church spoke of the slow
growth of the Episcopal church, and
Robert C. Ogden, who followed him,
said:
Yours is not the only communion
that seems to be standing still. l took
occasion some years ago to gather sta
tistics of the growth of my own church,
the Presbyterian. ! was amazed to
find that the growth was only one
communicate to every two churches
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
A Vicious Evil.


OF all the evils prevalent among
young men, we know of none more
blighting in the moral effects than to
speak lightly of the virtue of women
Nor is there anything in which young
men are so thoroughly mistaken, as to
the low estimate they form of the in
tegrity of women-not of their own
mothers and sisters. As a rule. no
person who surrenders TO this debas
ing habit is to be trusted with the en-
terprise requiring integrity of charac-
ter. Plain words should be spoken on
this point. for the evil is a general
one and deep-rooted. If young men
are sometimes thrown into the society
of thoughtless or depraVed women,
they have no more right to measure
other women by those, than they
would have to estimate the character
of honest and respectful citizens by the
department of crime in our police
courts. Let the young men remember
that their chief happiness depends in
utter faith in women. No worldly wis
dom. no misanthropic philosophy can
cover or weaken this fundamental
truth 1t stands like a record of God
itself. for it is nothing less than this
and should put an everlasting seal up
on lips that are wont to speak dis
pairingly of womankind.-Catholi
Mirror.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
Sister ST Glare
a Mother's StorY.

- -4pNAiCl oAOl
1t was in 1870 In a prison cell. dim
~ lighted by slanting sun-ray, a
young soldier was seated on his bed of
straw. That soldier was my son. His
hands were bound and his feet tied
with rope. His head was bowed upon
his breast, and his whole form was
motonless as death His thoughts,
however, were living, and the memories
which came back to him were very
clear In fancy he saw himself read
ing stlll the letter which had brought
him the news that his mother was very
III ana desired to see him before sne
died. But to go and kneel at her bed
slde and receive her parting blessing
he must have leave of absence. and
this the general was not willing to
grant. The Prussian soldiers had in
Naded France, and it was necessary
that all should remain where thev
were, under arms. In the mental strug-
gle which ensued filial love overcame
obedience to military discipline: the
young soldier deserted in order to see
ms mother before she died. He re-
turned alter having seen her. but was
Immediately summoned before the mil
itary tribunal and condemned to death.
While the prisoner was buried in his
SAD thoughts, key grated in the lock
OF his cell door. Il know" he said .'it
is Sister Clare; but she always comes
with the jailer." 1t was indeed sister
care. who came to console the unfor-
tunate youth. But my pardon. Sister
Clare, have you obtained it?"
ne religious bowed her head and
MADE no answer. At length she said:
1t is refused, but you must still trr,r
IN God. | shall go myself to the gen
eral' and If he will not hear rae / shall
lay down all my medals on the table
before him fpl1iOu
longer worthy to wear them. since he
denles the favor which | ask-the life
OF young French soldier my brother
in arms"
she bent over him to utter a few
words of consolation. At that moment
my son understood why poets some
angels.
Next morning, at the hour when the
prison gates We're opened. Sister Clare
was waiting outside for the departure
o. the condemned man. She wished
10 accompany him TO the place of exc
cution, in order that up to the lost
moment, a friendly voice should fall
upon his ear. The platoon of soldiers
was ready; they formed a square. and
the prisoner was placed in the center
The sentence ordered that his epau-
lets should be torn off. to kill him
morally before he was shot. Sudden
ly soldier appeared on horseback. rid
ing up quickly. with a folded paper in
his hand
Where is Sister Clare?" he asked.
And turning to her. he said: This is
for YOU, from the general" With
trembling hands she broke the seal.
The young soldier was not to die. And
while the courier disappeared in the
morning haze, Sister st. Clare herself
loOEed the prisoners bonds
My son has two daughters To one
he has given the name of Madeline. for
sake Of me. his mother: to the other
Clare, In memory of Sister St Clare.
his second mother. He has just shown
me the room in his house which he
reserves Of Sister Clare, if she is ever
expelled from her convent. "Se is NV
mother" he said. and I am not jealous
S. II. Messenger.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
The Priest.

No hour of night is sacred to his
CepOse. No message is inopportune.
No avocation forbds his immediate at
tendance at the sick bed. No gain or
profit can divert his feet from the
way which leads to the dying couch.
He is the friend when all the world
is found empty and feeting. The man
of faith will not quit this life without
his absolution. His own sacerdotal
heart will not suffer him to withhold
his benediction. Dying sinners fear
his approach, but they kiss his hand
as il is lowered after abSolution. They
bless him as he recedes from their re-
pentant couch. They count the hours
till his temperance, and weep with
iov that he does not abandon them in
the supreme moment. Nevertheless.
happy. thrice happy. they who delay
not the day If his visitation till death
is near.
If the priest is entrusted with power
from on High il is not for himself. but
for the people. Those who refuse to
draw water from this well of life have
aaten from the insane root which leads
the reason captive and makes the life
OF the unfortunate recusant living
spiritual suicide. The priest is set
apart for the people. If they 90 not
realize his beneficent mission let them
l-now that God has placed among them
q fountain of living water from which
fhev must drink or forfeit what is
sweetest and most salutary in this
world
II the staggering infdel sets the
,,riest I'm a category by himself. it is
I1,j,,1arilv because God himself has
Wrought " ,rlr the separation separation
Which only His wisdom. His mercy and
EIin i.iO nower could devise and operate
1rbe 1jfe of the priest is a life of mir
1cles-and all miracles are from 600;
fbe age of overt miracles is lnoeea
past. But the secret wonders wroughL
bv the absolving and consecrattllliis
power of the priest are unknown ,,t -
tie known to the faithful and to him
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
Ora Pro Me.

Ave Maria! bright and pure,
Hear, O hear me when | pray!
Pains and pleasures try the pilgrim
On his long and weary way;
Fears and perils are around me
Ora pro me.
Mary my heart is burdened,
Take, . take the weight away.
Or help me, that / may not murmur
If it is a cross you lay
On my weak and trembling heart-buI
Ora pro me.
Mary. Mary. Queen of Heaven,
Teach, O teach me to obey:
Lead me on, though fierce temptations
Stand and NEE tine in the way:
When | fail and faint, my Mother.
Ora pro me.
Then shall If thou, o Mary.
Art my strong support and stay
Fear nor feel the threefold danger
Standing forth in dread array;
NOW and ever shield and guard me,
Ora pro me.
When my eyes are slowly closing,
And | fade from earth away.
And when Death the stern destroyer,
Claims my body as his prey
Claim my soul, and then, sweet Mary,
Ora pro me.
Adelaide Proctor.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
OUT OF HIS ELEMENT.
Condition of a Catholic in the State
of Mortal Sin.
(From the Ave Maria.)

(From the Ave Maria.)
There is one phrase denOting by uni
versay acceptance a state which is the
very antitthesis of happiness-"b being
out of ones element" A fish out of
water, an eagle in a dungeon. a scholar
among Doors, light hearted boy
among elderly misanthropes, a village
mechanic among Wall street brokers,
or the mechanics wife among the New
port smart set'-all these would be
the reverse of happy because deprived
of their proper and natural environ
ment-out of their element. Now, it is
worth while to consider for a moment
what is the proper environment. the
congenial atmosphere for a Christian,
a Catholic.
He has been baptized and so made
child of God, an heir TO the kingdom of
heaven. He has been confirmed, reeeiv-
ing the gifts and graces adequate to
make him a valiant soldier of Christ. a
strong and perfect Christian. DO what
he will, the supernatural must play a
prominent part in his life drama: he
cannot possibly for any appreciable
length of time ignore it, His soul. its
eternal destiny, and its actual state or
condition, inevitably claim his atten-
tion at more or less frequent intervals:
and unless that soul be in union with
God, it is utterly impossible for him
to be happy. A Catholic in the state
of mortal sin is distinctly out of his
element; and just as long as he re-
mains in that state must he be
stranger to any genuine peace of mind.
permanent contentment, or abiding
cheerfulness. Our hearts are dis
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
Church Calendar.

Feb. % (Quinquagesima Sunday.
Feb. % (Monday)-St. Peter Damian,
Bishop, Confessor and Doctor Vigil of
St Mathias.)
Feb. "a CTuesday)-st Matthias, Apos-
tie
Feb. % (Wednesday)-Ash Wednes-
day, first day Of Lent Fast)
Feb. 26 CThursday)-St. Margaret de
Cortona. Penitent
Feb. q (Friday)-Crown of Thorns
(Fast)
Feb. 2S (Saturday)-St. Anther, Pope
and Martyr CFast)
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

quieted." says St. Augustine. until
they repose, o God, in Thee!" To be
well with Almighty God. to preserve
His friendship through every vicissi-
tude of the coming months, is the one
infallible method of making 1903, and
every other New Year, a truly happy
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
Church
Universal.

self. They are realized nowhere out
side of heaven and hell. The angels
| look on in wonder and Thanksgiving.
The demonds lcok on in impotent rage.
Catholic Transcrint
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

| Documents elevating the Rev. Pat
rick F. O'Hare, rector of the Church of
st. Anthony of Padua, Brooklyn to the
rank of domestic prelate have been re-
F.! ceived in Brooklyn. This rank carries
with it the title of monsignor, and en-
titles the holder to wear purple. Mon
| signor O'Hare's parish is one of the
largest in Brooklyn, and it was only
recently that the church debt was
wiped out and the building conse-
Grated.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The passing of the bill at Harrisburg
repeating the law preventing the erec-
tion of hospitals in built-up portions of
cities removes an obstruction from the
projected building of st. Joseph's hos
pltal. south side. Pittsburg The sub
scription fund has now reached $35. 600.
The legislature is asked to appropriate
$4,000 toward the cost of erection.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The golden jubilee of the reception
into the Order of the Christian Broth
ers of Rev. Brother Botulph, president
of st. Michael's college, Santa Fe, N.
M, has been observed with appropriate
rellgious and social exercises.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
RELIGIOUS INTELLIeENcE.

The pope is about to issue an en-
cychal against the practice of duelling.
He will appeal to Christian govern
ments to suppress the practice. which
he considers a survival of the barbaric
days.
DR.. Loize Lapponi, the physician in
ordinary to His Holiness, Leo XIII has
this week expressed to an interviewer
a most optimistic opinion regarding the
Holy Fathers. health. The physician
says: His Holiness is stupendousIv
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
Short Sermons.

Go to Our Lady, whose love is as the
sea; pray to her to help you to over
come your faults, to obtain for you
grace never to commit a deliberate
fault, never to offend God. She will
not only make you very good, but very
happy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

Very Rev. Father O'Malley. P. P, of
Huntley, Ontario. Canada, died recent
ly in County Galway. Ireland. He was
related to both Archbishops MacHale
and McEvilly of Tuam. He was in Ire
land on q visit
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

Mr.. Thomas f. Walsh of Washing
ton has provided a fund for the study
of Irish history in Columbia, also that
gold medal for excellence in this de-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

Rt. Rev. j. E. Quigley, archbishop
elect of Chicago. has made a gift of
$4,000 to the struggling parish of the
Nativity, Buffalo.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

o ambition! torment of the ambi-
tious. How is it that thou, that tor
mentest the world, art also able to
please the world?-St. Bernard.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The late Miss Ann Bohan of Bridge
port. Conn. left her entire estate. esti-
mated at from $4,000 to $4,000, to the
new hospital to be erected in that city,
in charge of the Sisters of st. Vincent
de Paul
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The Kentucky court of appeals in the
case of Coleman against the Rt. Rev.
BISHOP of Louisville, has handed down
an opinion fully sustaining devises and
bequests for masses.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The golden jubilee of the German
Catholic congresses will be celebrated
at Cologne from the 23d to the 9th of
August. The history of the congresses
is practically the story of Catholic or
ganization throughout Germany since
the days Of the Kuiturkampf.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

From 1877 to 1887 the Catholic mis-
sionaries in Korea had 5000 baptisms of
adults; last year they had 5,2O3 In the
last twenty-five years the native Chris
tian population has risen from II 900 to
$4,000, and the priests from two to forty,
besides eleven native priests
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

There are thirty Catholic bishops in
Mexico. The youngest is Rt. Rev. DR..
Leopautdus Ruis, bishop of Leon, who
was educated in Rome.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The heart will not be subject to so
many changes, if it roots out the first
cause of its frivolity.-St. Gregory the
Great, o. S. B.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The late Miss Ann Bohan of Bridge
port, Conn, left her entire estate esti-
mated at from $4,000 to $40 900. to the
new hospital to be erected in that city.
in charge of the Sisters of st. Vincent
de Paul, and for which land has been
already purchased in North Bridgeport
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

A double golden jubilee celebration
occurred at Latrobe, Pa, Jan. 13, in
honor of the ffftieth anniversary of
Sister Gabriels and Sister Bernard s
entrance into the order of Sisters of
Mercy
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The Blessed Sacrament is not one
thing out of many; but it is all things,
and all in one, and all better than they
are in themselves, and all ours and for
us-and it is Jesus.-Father Faber.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21
well, and has not been in better health
for the last ten years

The Holy Father, it is semi-officially
announced, will hold consistory in the
month of February. On this occasion
Leo XIII will pronounce an important
allocution in which ne will briefly emu
merate the principal events of his long
pontificate.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

The oldest school of music in the
world is in Rome. 1t dates back to the
year 1855. and the great Palestrina was
its first president Pope Gregory XIII
formally recognized its foundation in
1884 as a congregation of the musicians
of Rome, under the invocation of St
Cecilia. 1t still bears the title of the
Academy of st. Cecilia. It's first cen
tenary was celebrated with much GER
emony in 164S. The year 1770 was re-
markable for having admitted the first
woman into the academy. The school
now possesses an unusually fine chorus
and orchestra, and whenever any great
event is to be solemnized in Rome the
academy is called on to direct the mu-
sical part of it. In it's concert rooms
are heard the best musicians o. Rome
and of the world.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-21

No one ever despises his own work
An author loves his book, an artist his
picture. God is our Author, our Artist,
and he cannot bear to see anything
done to spoil us. If we realized how
sensitive he is about us, how great
would be our confidence in him! Like
children. we should place our hand in
his, and walk forward where he leads
Father Dignan, S. J.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18
SINGER BURIED IN PARIS
Wealth Of Floral Tributes Marks the
Funeral Of Miss Sybil
Sanderson,

Paris: May 1s.-The funeral Of sybI
Sanderson, the American opera singer
who died in this city on Saturday from
the effects of an acute attack Of the grip
complicated by paralysis, took place to-
day at the Church of st. Honore d'Eylau,
and was largely attended by representa-
tives Of the operate and theatrical world
including Mn. Saint Saens and Massenet
the composers; M. Moulierat, M. Delmas,
Mile. Jeanne Granier and M. Eugene
Mandick operatic artists; Sir Henry Aus
tin Lee Of the British embassy, and Lady
Lee, Admiral and Nine. De Jonquieres,
representatives Of the United States em-
bassy and many members of the Ameri-
can colony here. The floral offerings were
so numerous that the casket was buried
in flowers and even the hearse was trans
formed into a floral chariot. The usual
Catholic funeral service was rendered
The surpliced choir was augmented by an
orchestra and several prominent singers
NJ Tisserand, the tenor, sang the ode
Profundts," and M. Reder, the barytone
rendered EGO Sum Crowds surrounded
the church and many persons were unable
| to gain entrance to the building.
| Among the. floral offerings was a hand
some piece from the Bohemian club 8
San Francisco and another from the art
lists Of the Opera Comique
! The body was taken to Pere-la- Chaist
cemetery, where it was cremated