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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21

it is negotiable in eternity. 1t may
purchase Heaven, or 1t may puy a
miserable existence in hell. The SUD-
ject has an added seriousness of I'M
portance because now is Lenten time
The leisure that had no otner poun-
daries than Gods Ten commandments
might be most pleasurably spent. But
now to the H'Thou shalt not and the
"Redeemer" of Sinais law, there is
Joined such prohibitions of the Church
.as make unbecoming if not unlawfui
just what filled up with admirable he-
ness the leisure of the day, me re-
straining laws of the Lenten time set
Catholics free from many pastlme;
and that abundance of freedom ne-
comes burden to those who do not
like to disobey the letter of the law,
though they may. care. little for Its
spirit. To fill this greater Void OF,
leisure time is the Church which has
created 1t does not afford means OF
filling it up The worry of many, VINO
complain that the Sunday mass ana
the evening devotions of Sunday and
Wednesday and Friday, leave open
four evenings of the week. quiet
Lenten sociables and card parties m
vite to transgressiqn of the good res
olution of self-def1fal., The theatres
that purposely present the strongest
tation. In face of these the burden OF
Lenten leisure becomes more grievous.
Something to bind from the danger
Gus unrestraint of nothing to do IS
what is needed. The earnest and res
olute and the pfous Catholic feels no
such difficulty but there is such
situation for many who, at the begin
ming of Lent really wish to make
some observance of the penitential
Jn1I Tlia
the lack of thought brings dissolution
into the world Thought might. re-
move the desolation of Lenten leisure.
There are very few Catholics who ever
make serious meditation with any
regularity even upon so serious sub
ject as their eternal salvation and the
truths essential to it. To provoke such
thought, reading might be pleasurable
and profitable and pehitential pastime
for the hours Yof Lenten leisure. The
complaint is. so general, and so we'll
founded, that Catholics do not known.
Catholic literature. and history as they.
should; and thatPconsequently Cath
olic publications do75not get the; en-
couragemen which is their due, IT
would be well to recommend -eVen
Catholic novels and historical sketches
for Lenten reading as apastime, a where
before there was not taste, of any kind
or Catholic reading. Thes mother Is
without blame who sweetens the brim
of the cup which contains the disagree
able but saving draught for her child.
So likewise for those who have had
no taste for reading; at all, or who have
tasted only of the daily paper the
current literature and the STANDARD
authors" that which is most likely to
catch attention should be recommended
first. Every act of religion tends to
draw in deeped lines that image and
likeness of God,4i which He created
u.s. The cultivation of our intellect
where the first development of His
image is seen should certainly be most
to Him. A pleasant Cath
olic book in hand during the Lenten
leisure will praise Almighty God and
purchase peace from temptation to for
hidden pleasures-Home Journal and
News.
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THE Month of st. Iosenh.

Saint of the Childhood and the Hidden
Life,
Why is it that thy month is always
Lent?
What hadst thou with the Passion? Mary
To Calvary with Jesus. but the knife
OF that fierce sorrow was spared thee.
Thy strife
In anxious care and fostering patience
spent:
Now to stable, now to Egypt sent.
And then. long years with humblest la
Dor rife.
But this thy portion of the coming Cross
Which DER thy path its forward shadow
threw.
And is not our like thine-to walk con-
ftente ,,ssz
In. that long shadow, counting all things
Save what for Jesus we endure or do?-.
To teach us this thy month is always
- Lent Father Edmund.
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Reception Of the Cardinal

Ihe Austrian Ambassador and Nine.
Won Hengelmullef entertained recently
at at beautifully appointed dinner, com
I piiInentary to Cardinal Gibbons, when
the table and other decorations carries
out the cardinals colors The baroness
received her guests in a gown of pale
green chiffon pailleted with silver and
cIystai. invited to meet the cardinal
were: The Spanish minister. Senior
oJeda; the Belgian minister and Bar
oness Moncheur. Justice and Mrs.
white, Senator and Mrs. G. p. Wet
more. Senator Eugene Hale, General
and Mrs. w. F. Draper, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Patterson, Miss HitehcocI Mis-
RIGGS, Miss Josephine Patten. Miss
snyder, Nine. Won Hengelmuller's house
guest; Miss Nellie Patten, Baroness
v, von Palm, Mr.. Elliot Gregory of New
York and Mr.. Edward Morgan
go
with all the splendor and solemnitv
OF the Catholic church, Rev. j. F. Regis
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In Time of Lent.

(Written for the New World.)
The March winds in the woods make
moan;
The March boughs croak weird overtone;
The gray dusk gathers chilly;
In Lenten garb the beeches stand;
A lone quail calls across the land;
One white star, clasped in Gods strong
CLOVIS ike shining lily.
Madonna, did are night-winds blow
Thus mournfully long, long ago?
Heard We the gray boughs moaning?
Christ Jesus, didst thou see afar
Gray wastes that Misereres are?
Hear night-waves meath dusks lifted
star
Vague threnodies intoning?
Thou, Holiest, did Thy child eyes see
The agonies ordained for Thee?
And did thou see, o Mother?
When moaned the night-wind in the
That round your Nazreth cottage stood
Thought We, Now groans the awful
On which shall hang mans Brother?'
When Thou, on the Maid-Mother's knees
At dusk presageful signing?
Or didst Thou hear the means of men
Under their burdens, even then?
Lo. their lamentings rise again
On nightfall hither flying!
Unrest, as now the bleak March wood,
Stirs the upbraiding multitude;
Wild faces lift despairing
Lord Christ! stretch out Thy hand and
still
The waters, lest huge tempest fill
The sea;waste with strange wreckage
Dead eyes of men up-staring!
Child Jesus. 10, the March woods moan,
.f., f7,Irn fv,z{l
blown
Like sad Ash Wednesday ashes:
Sinks the weirdNvision into night:
The beeches life truce-fiags of white; ~
Yet keen, beyond the wind-swept height.
A sword the half moon flashes.
CHARLES ]. O'MALLEY.
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Her Great Ambition.
BN Lucv semmes Orrick.

BY Lucy Semmes Orrick.
The little sewing room of the big st.
Catherine convent was startling in it's
white primness and scant furnishing.
At least it thus impressed Hester Bar
nard, and did so afresh each of the
few times she was admitted to this
inner sanctum. All at once. by con-
trast. the aggressive superauity of
other interior furnishings burst upon
her with sudden distinctness. Yet
there was nothing here upon which
the eve could fasten pleasurably-a
numbering old machine stood by deep
arched window, and a line of long,
black, shapeless misunderstanding.
in the parlance of one time fashion
extended around three sides of the
white room; added to this, a crucifx
above a chest, chair or two, and
the contents stood revealed. SseIsr
Euphemia always pedaling laboriously
ut the noisy old machine on a fac
sin1ile of the wall decorations, gave
needed life to the situation.
X
The doorbell rang, and, as FORTRESS,
the busy nun arose for the tenth time
that morning, and the third since Hes
,te,'s arrival, to answer the summons.
4 soft smile shone out of the depths
# Sister Euphemia's dark blue eyes,
ma her sweet mouth relaxed in SYM
,athv as a temporary farewell 10 the
favored lay friend she left alone.
Hester looked after the Sister with
wonder and certainly with reverence.
"Such Interruptions would drive me
raw thought the visitor, provoked
" How did she acquire such ad-
nirabIe placidity, or is il naturali"
Hester's own restive young spirit
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Church
Universal
Mary.

Dear honored name. beloved for human
But lqfed and hondred first, that one
was given Z
In living proof to erring mortal eyes
That our poor earth is near akin to
Sweet word of dual meaning; one of
And born of our kind advocate above:
And one by memory linked to that dear
That blessed my childhood with its
mother love.
And taught me first the simple prayer,
Poor banished sons of Eve we send our
cries"
Through the mist of years. those words
recall to me
A childish face upturned to loving eyes.
And yet to some the name of Mary bears
No special meaning and no gracious
power;
In that dear word they seek for hidden
AS wasps find poison in the sweetest
flower,
But faithful hearts can see. DER doubts
and fears
The Virgin link that binds the Lord to
earth:
Which to the upturned trusting face ap-
pears
A more than angel, though of human
birth.
The sweet-faced moon reflects on cheer
The rays of hidden. sun to rise tomor-
row;
To unseen God still lets His promised
light,
Through Holy Mary, shine. upon our sor-
row. John Boyle O'Reilly.
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A Lenten Sermon. .

(The seventeenth century poet, Robert
1errick, preached little Lenten sermon
II verse, available, we think, in gentle
eminder to our twentieth century Cath
lie. )--Sun.
Is this fast-to keep
The larder lean
And clean
From fat of veals and sheep?
Is it to quit the dish
of flesh, yet still
To fill
The platter high with fish?
Is it to fast an hour,
Or ragged to go,
Or show
A downcast look and sour?
No; 'tis fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat
And meat
Unto the hungry soul.
1t is to fast from strife,
From old debate
And hate;
To circumcise the life.
To show heart grief rent:
To starve thy sin.
Not bin,
And that's to keep thy Lent.
-Cxuid0n
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Kind Acts.

The influence of a kind act never
die. 1t enters into our lives, increas-
ing in us the power of good and les
sening the hold of evil on us. It may
be set aside for time by other in
fiuences; but they cannot wholly de-
stroy it. After longs years of oblivion
it comes back to us with the same
sweet attraction as when it first cast
its spell over us; and if even then it
produce no other effect, at least it
makes us bless the name of the giver.
Rev. Bernard Feeney.
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Lenten LaisuraI

There is nothing so burdensome as
time when it cannot be used in some
occupation. The value of time has
been rather above every other gift
which God has bestowed upon us. not
for what it is in itself, but for whst
it represents. According to what We
stamp upon it by the acts of our life
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21
The Lenten Season.

/. Imitation of Christ.
,. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
3. Works of mercy.
4. Power of prayer.
5. Self-distrust.
6. Gift of faith.
z. Past mercies from God.
Father Faber.
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Short Sermons.

1t is better to say ones morning
prayers today. than to resolve to be-
come saint next week. Today is here
and next week is nowhere. This day IS
mine. I know not if 1 shall have SO
much as one other. God has the past
and the future will thank Him fer
the past, 1 will beg Him for the future.
AS to the present, with Gods help l
will set to work and do my utmost.
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THE INTERMotNTAN AND COLORADO CATHOLICS MARCH 1908

the cross of the Legion of Honor. The
absent were either dead or detained
in German prisons. From that perlod
the people began to speak of Appe.
Wilton as a remarkable man; now
adavs thew call him a safnt.-Ave
Maria ---------.--. =.
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AlI- -sorroW can help to- create .in us

All sorrow can help to. create in us a
clean heart and to renew. a right spirit
within us. Sorrow. born of adversely
may cleanse the heart from much that
mars character, and through II a right
spirit of sympathy, love and charity
may be reborn within us. The sorrow
that tears the heart when loved ones
depart oft cleans the heart from world
liness. Our thoughts follow them God
ward, and thus within us is reborn a
right spirit of faith in Him who is with
us when we pass through the valley OF
the shadow of death.
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All, well it is for, us that God is a low
ing Father, who takes our very prayers
and thanksgivings rather for what we
mean than for what they are, just as
parents smile on the trailing weeds
that their ignorant little ones bring
them for flowers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21

Caneyin was recently consecrated as
coadjutor bishop of the Pittsburg do
cese.
The ceremony was held in the cathe-
draI which had been elaborately deco
rated for the occasion Archbishop r
J.. Ryan of Philadelphia officiated as
sconsecrator and ocelebrant-o of the pom
tificai mass, assisted by Archbishop Ell
der of Cincinnati and Bishop Phelan OF
Pittsburg, and Right Rev--P- ): Dona-
hue. bishop- of Wheeling, preached the
sermon.
AS an evidence of the high esteem IN
which Bishop Canevin is held, he was
presented with a purse of $4,000, or
which $1,000 was from the congregation
of st. PauPs cathedral and $4,000 from
the clergy of the diocese.
All the. vestments- were gifts of either
friends or societies.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21

The Methodists are to have a daily
paper. At Methodist ministers
meeting in Philadelphia last week the
plans for morning paper to be pub
lished six days in the week were ex-
plained and discussed. The paper is
to- be called The Penn Square Ga
zette." The capital stock is $500, 900,
and $25O,000 of this is to be preferred.
The paper is to have no sporting news.
1t is to be smaller in size than the
present daily sheets and will be print
ed in large type. No advertisements
are to be admitted on the first and
editorial pages, and certain advertise
ments are not to be admitted at all.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21

The Very Rev. John A. Zahm, pro-
vincial of the Order of the Holy Cross,
of Notre Dame, Ind, has purchased
several thousand books which will be
added to the library of the University
of Notre Dame. The purchase includes
a number of editions of Dante's works,
which will give Notre Dame 1000 vol
umes of Dante, the largest collection
in the United States.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21

There is truth in the reports that
fatherly appeals from Leo XIII have
had much to do with the decision of
the Crown Princess of Saxony to aban-
don career of folly and sin and to
take up her residence alone at a sana-
torium. Feeling that it is the office of
the Minister of Christ to reclaim the
wayward, His Holiness used his infu-
ence to bring the infatuated lady to
a sense of the misery she was caus-
ing herself and others. AS soon as
he had hown a deire to reform, Hi
Holiness pleaded for her with her par
ents, and now they have consented to
help her in efforts to amend her life.
She will, tbs hoped, place herself def
nitely under their guidance.
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ports should not be circulated.
In place of the crest which formed
the background of the throne of the
late Archbishop Corrigan has been put
that Of Archbishop Farley's his sue
cessor. The new crest tells smybolically
the history of the Archbishop's career.
The shield is violet on a crimson back
ground. The Roman beretta. indicates
that the Archbishop studied for the
priesthood in Rome. Below this and
crowning the shield are double epis-
copal crosses, with the mitre and GRO
zier, symbols of his office. The shield
is divided by a golden cross. In the
upper right and lower left quarters is
the eagle holding ring in his bill.
the insignia of st. John, whose name
the Archbishop of New York bears
In the upper left and lower right
quarters are the winged arm, bearing
the lily, the emblem of st. Gabriel,
from whose church Archbishop Farley
was taken. In the centre of the cross
is branch of shamrock, symbolic of
the trinity. The Archbishop was con-
secrated on Trinity Sunday, hence the
shield bears the words ''Nons nobis
Domino"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21

Twelve nunsr took fnalr vows in the.
Sacred Heart convent at Albany N.
Y. last week. They were MesdarIles
Walsh, Gibson and Hamlin of st.
Louis; Mesdames Healy and Burn OF.
Canada; Mesdames Finnegan, Kelleher
and Gleason of Boston; Mesdanes Car
rol and Devlin of Detroit; Madame
MangoId of Cincinnati and Madame
Tracey of New York.
= o
The Oldest member of the Cistercia1
order has just died in the Abbey OF
Mehreran, Austria, in the person Of the
venerable lay brother, Constantine Luz
thi. who was aged over 100 years.
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ents, and now they have consented to
help her in efforts to amend her life
She will, tbs hoped, place herself def
nitely under their guidance.
Four pamphlets have just been issued
by the new Catholic Truth society Of
Philadelphia. They are: What Cath
olics Do Not Believe" by archbishop
Ryan; Sergeant Jones and His Talks
About Confession by the Rev. G.
Bampfield; .The Use of the Holy Pic
lures and Images" by the Very Rev.
d. 1. McDermott: 1.-The Claims of the
Catholic Church In the Making of the
Republic" by Cardinal Gibbons.
The society explains that it would
like to further if possible the prof.
ect of placing stands or porches in
the churches, where such pamphlets
and other good Catholic literature can
be obtained by the people for a small
sum. Anyone wishing information
about the cost and details of erecting
such stands and about the terms on
which the pamphlets of the Philadel-
phfa society may be obtained should
address the Rev. William C. Currie, 242
Twentieth street, Philadelphia.
An appeal of great merit comes from
the Sisters of Mercy of Oklahoma and
indian Territory. In 1878 schools were
opened at Sacred Heart, Oklahoma ter
ritory. where the children of the Pot
tawatomies were instructed in English
and prepared for the sacraments.
Rt. Rev. Isadore Robot, o. S. B., then
prefect apostolic, succeeded in securing
the Sisters Of Mercy for Indian Terri
tory, who willingly embraced the on
portunity, spending three DAYS in
prairie schooner, reaching their f,Itura
nome, whence so many souls were.to 90
forth to bless the parishes that were
5prlnglng up in Oklahoma and Indian
Territories. Today they have schools
and academies in Krebs, L. T.; Okla
noma City, Shawnee, Ardmore, El
Keno, and the present year thew
T. T.
The number of the Sisters is limited
nence they appeal to those young ladies |
VINO are sdesirous of consecrating them |
serves to God to correspond with the
Mother Superior, st. Mary's academy
sacred Heart, Oklahoma Territory.
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Sister Euphenia turned toward the
window once more. How tired she was
then and she had never grown rested.
but what matter? 1t was in Gods serv-
ice. and what recreation those few
minutes of sweet atmosphere had been
in her blank existence. She heard a
droning of voices in the room beyond.
and a memory came back of rare en-
broideries and gorgeous vestments that
ravished her eyes and moved to such
passionate desire as was never before
known in her arid life oh, to evolve
beneath her own fingers such miracles
of the needle. She seemed to feel anew
the great influence working in her.
flushing her veins and injecting a great
Vigor into her being, but suddenly con-
troll walled back the forbidden flow as
canal gates close against the. rush of
hurrying water and she went on in her
usual COOL quiet voice:
There l saw such exquisite finger
work. she said slowly, and with a tim
id kind of hesitation. 1T seemed a
wonderful gift and privilege to paint
such pictures with the needle, to be able
to buy materials and work out ones
own beautiful designs. The great value
OF those magnificent vestments, repre-
senung months and months of patient
labor held me awe-stricken. All at
once | realized could do this-that nv
artistic and. theoretical equipment were
amply seconded by my skill in fine
stitching. / was happy thinking to
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Pope was in good health March
6, notwithstanding the sensa ational
newspapers reports as to his being
very sick On the above date he trans
acted all important business connected
with the affairs of the Church. Dur
ing one hour he was in consultation
with Secretary of State Cardinal Ram
polla. and two hours with the Under
Secretary of State. OF course at the
Popes extraordinary age anything g1may
happen at any moment, but false re
ports should not be circulated.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-05-09
A MOTHERS LOGIC.
By Frank N. westcott.

Dy frank M WSSICOIL,
The Living Church" leading orgai
Of the high" or "ritualistic" wing o
the Protestant Episcopal body, pub
fishes the following poetic defence o
the Catholic practice of praying TO
the dead, under the title, "a Mother,
Logic"
You are shocked at my strange con
fession
Of an error, you say, that you dread
That for my boy should be praying
Even now, when know he is dead
/ confess I'm not skilful to answer
In the old controversial art,
The only defence 1 can offer
Is the logic that springs from my
heart.
Suppose you had loved, with a pas.
sion
That absorbed all your thoughts and
your cares,
A boy that God placed in your keep
ing,
To be blessed by your love and your
prayers;
And then, when he grew into man.
hood,
Felt the touch of sordid worlds
life,
And you knew the perils before him,
That threatened his soul In the
strife.
You prayed all the more in his danger
That his heart might be kept pure
and fair,
Till It seemed that each waking mo-
ment
In its love was the breathing of
prayer.
Suppose that the shadow Of suffering
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Church
Universal

Deepened suddenly over the day,
And your heart stood still In It's an
guish,
And you could do nothing but pray.
AS you watched and felt all too
surely,
AS the darkness grew deep in the
night,
That everything dearest and truest
Was departing out of your sight.
And after it all was quite over,
And they'd taken his body away,
Then what would you do in your an
guish
That first night when you kneeled
down to pray?
When you came to the place in your
asking,
Where for years you had spoken his
name,
Would you choke down the words in
your sobbing,
AS if for the thought there was
blame?
Is the God that you love so cruel
To forbid you this comfort so dear?
If you yield to your hearts deepest
promptings,
Must you do it with doubling and
fear?
Has his soul ceased to need Gods
protection
Gone quite out of the reach of Gods
care,
That there's nothing that God now can
give him
In response to your heart-broken
prayer?
He still waits with you his Lords
coming,
Not yet is he perfectly blessed;
His soul must grow purer and strong
God can give him refreshment and
rest
Surely, then, you would pray for those
blessings
Your heart could not help it, I'm
sure;
And in sight of the God that made
you,
ALI your prayers would be blame
less and pure.
And each earnest prayer that you ut
tered
Would bring you more peace, If not
Joy,
And keep you In closer communion
With your sweet-hearted angel
faced boy.
And so had you loved him and lost
him,
You never could question your
light;
You would kneel and ask God to bless
him,
AS of old when you kissed him
good night.
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Rev. Father Kiely baptized the in
fant son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Gala
han last Sunday. Miss Abbie Ma.
honey and Thomas Marnane were the
god-parents. The little one was christ
ened John Francis.