The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
Roosevelt VS.. Pentecost.

A DIR. PENTECOST of New York
| n takes exception to President
Roosevelt's stand in maintain
ing that the laws of God and nature
should not be interfered with. Those
Of God are embodied in three words
Increase and multiply" Those of ma
ture are always silently operating 10th
in the vegetable and animal kingdom.
The doctor is a firm believer IN the
Malthusian theory, which would sup
press, by artificial means, the work
! ings of the natural law. If Mr.. Pente-
cost is a pastor of souls, it is fair to
presume that thu poor and ignorant"
are not pew-holders in his church AS
fathers and mothers, they would be
criminals and consequently not en-
titled to a, seat in cushioned pew
where DR.. Pentecost OBLIGATED. Christ
might gather the little bare-footed ur-
chins of Judea around him, bless them
and tell the world that one of the proofs
of his divine mission was that 1.-The
poor had the gospel preached to them,'
but that doctrine is antiquated.
Rev. H. Pentecost has said that
marriage and collaborating, as it goes
on among the poor and ignorant, is
crime against the race" A crime
must be violation of some law, either
divine or human Poverty is not
crime. 1t is a mark of blessedness.
Blessed are the poor in spirit" To |
beget children complies with the df- |
ply" 1t violates no human law, at |
least those enacted under the infiu- |
ence of Christian civilization. Gods |
laws are equally binding on the rich |
and intelligent as they are on the poor |
and ignorant. If the latter, who are
not subject to the law of fashion, lead |
a purely natural life, why condemn |
them as criminals for leading a life |
in conformity with the divine com
mand, whilst the former, for suppress
ing parental instinct, and disobeying
the laws of God to insure ease and
ready access to the ball room, are
dubbed the progressive portion of the
human race. Mr.. Pentecost must be
wiser than Infinite Wisdom, as his new
ethical creed, which differs from that
Of the Creator, is preached in the name
Of science and progress.
If the enlightened preacher would
take the time and trouble to figure out
criminal statistics he would find the
balance in favor of the rich and intel
igent. Supposing in the battle of life
he ratio of rich and poor be as twenty
o 10000. and that where one of the
wenty Cell by the wayside 1000 of the
Door fell also; but the rich man in his s
all gambled 100000 of his neighbours {
whilst the 1000 poor stole or I
heated to the amount Of S. each,
which class would show the greater I
riminals? The one may be occupying $
front pew in Mr.. Pentecost's church, {
Whilst the other unfortunate 10000 are t
cling service in the penitentiary. But I
hat is civilization and progress Mr.. L
'entecost is a time server with pagan i
1eas. President Roosevelt is level K
eaded and man with Christian SEN d
ments. Y
What is needed more than anything h
~ 10 q 4OiASAOoo oCllNllIIGII dlliOuS dll
asses. This the burlesque divine has t
OF, and what he has not himself he f
annot give. Next, a healthy public Il
ointment that would teach our BOYS f
nd girls, whether rich or poor, that it a
as no disgrace to work in the kitchen s.
r work shops, and that those who were Il
, employed were entitled to more re- il
oect and praise than the professional a
dies and gentlemen who were non e
'oducers, sought easy jobs or lived il
My by sucking the national pap. fl
There is more than elbow room for il
If population if increased a hundred
Id. Why object to home production.
eing that foreigners come every day.
Id employment and do we'll. Let the o
'me product increase and multiply" b
1t teach them to work with their p
lnds as well as their brains, and with u
thoroughly Christian sentiment-that q,
'verty is no crime, the youth of the $,
'untry growing up to manhood and fl
will find work, according TO
cir station in life g