The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-05
DIOCESE Of DENVER.
CITY OF DENVER.
Bishop Matz on "socialistic Hatred. y

aoly season Of Advent, and the day
vas observed in all the Catholic
churches of the city with unusual sol
lmnity. Sermons apropOS Of the gos-
pei Of the day were preached by the
2ity pastors, and at the Logan avenue
chapel Bishop Matz gave lengthy ad
lress on topics suggested by the text
Quiet in the extreme has been the
3ast week in religious circles. Through
,ut the diocese there has been little OF
Importance going on and the subjecJ
1ppermost in the minds of both clergy
and laity is the preparation for the
east of Christmas The religious sig
nificance of the day is never lost sight
d in the active preparations for MAX
ing it a day of gift giving and receiv-
ng, and special care is being given to
make the religious exercises of an inn
pressiVe character.
The Christmas music viii be fea-
ture of the day in all the churches,
and the chOrs of the city are busily
engaged in preparing for an elaborate
musical programme 1t is a trihe early
as yet to announce definitely the hours
of the Masses, but they viii doubtless
be the same as in previous years. Ser
mons appropriate to the day are now
IN course Of preparation. Bishop n. c.
MatZ viii deliver his usual Christmas
address at the Logan avenue chapel
and i'm the other churches the pastors
will preach.
The change in the hours of the Sun
lay Masses at Logan avenue chapel
mas proved quite satisfactory to the
congregation. as was attested by the
large attendance at the services last
Sunday. Bishop Matz upon assuming
The Dastorate of the church eliminated
of he 1r1z- ba
number TO four Every seat was taken
at each Mass last Sunday and the
bishop feels gratified at the result of
his first attempt The attendance at
the evening devotiOns is nothing short
Of marvellous Formerly there were
scarcely a score of people present at
the Sunday vespers. while standing
room is eagerly sought now. Bishop
Matz has begun a most interesting
series of lectures on Socialism," and
his fact is doubtless responsible for
the increase in the attendance and in
tereSt The second of the series of lee
lures was given on last Sunday even
ing before a church filled to capacity.
in the course of his remarks Bishop
Matz said:
Socialistic hatred is not only hatred
Of man, but hatred of society; and if
this hatred is as we have seen. the ruin
Of man, how much more viii ii be the
ruin Of society. 1t is the dissOlvent Of
society. wholly Incompatible with So
cial life and social progress. But so
eiety with this evil gnawing a its vitals
cannot make people great, happy and
progressive. Multiply as much as you
please all the miracles Of genius and
art, science and eloquence. wealth and
diplomacy; with hatred cankering the
heart hatred between great and small,
rich and poor, you can never save that
people, but the reason is because hatred
in the heart constitutes the cancer of
society. when once that disease has
reached the heart life is in danger and
death approaches. Hatred in the indi-
Fidual as well as in society paralyzes
all; devours all: and when it has de- /
rOuTed all, it devours itself, thus prov
ing by the ruins it made and the chaos
It created the truth of what we said. !
namely. that it is beginning of hell |
N man and society
But what more than anything else +!
bestoWs upon the hatred of socialism |
It's satanic character is its hatred of all |
that is cody, or its hatred of God him
self. Man never more resembles satan, |
and society is never more like hell, !
Than when their combined hatred. al /
ready so terrible in themselves, are in |
vested with this phenomenal hatred of
stamped in it's innermost heart with this |
hatred Of Sod. 1t has made public I
confession of this so that we can en-
.ertain no doubt on this point.
Now let US ask: what can be the !
cause Of this complex hatred OF social |
SIN with its three-fold element, hatred !
Of men. hatred of society and hatred |
IF God? Its first and principal cause |
les in the separation of our age from |
Sod; the people have lost all faith and |
all religion. Think of 100000 people |
In this great republic, with but little |
over one-fourth that number processing |
any religion. The reason for this is to |
be found in our system of education, |
" hich is Goddess. Year after year our !
public schools graduate and turn over |
to society millions of children who pos
sess not even the faintest notion of a
God or a hereafter. If it is true (and /
the history of the world for 5000 years I
proves this conclusively) that a nation I
without religion is doomed to perdition, |
then our national system of education
Is fast undermining the republic. II is /
unquestionably the most powerful aux
iliary of socialism which is rapidly re-
rruiting its ranks with these Goddess
which we are yearly turn
ing loose upon society. 1t is but little
over fifty years since we have adopted
this system, and today the people Of
the United States are atheists by two
thirds of it's population. 1t stands to
reason that for a nation to be great ii
mUst be founded on virtue and en-
1owed with the spirit Of sacrifice. But
there can be no sacrifice without virtue
which alone can inspire it: and there
ean be no virtue without religion from
which alone virtue can take its source:
and there can be no religion without
Sod. for religion is the bond that binds
ms to Goa. God the Creator is the nat
ulal center about whom all humanity
gravitates. Take away Cod human
tys only certer of graVitation; take
away religion. its LAW Of attraction:
take away virtue, the flower it pro-
luces, and sacrifice. which causes this
Cover 10 grow luXuriantly. and bring
forth fruit abundantly: presently YOU
viii change this garden of paradise into
4 very valley Of death
The next cause Of this socialistic
hatred 10 the spirit of prevarication
With its natural offspring. moral de-
orayity, and here we have the spirit Of ]
with its heartless eXtor
ions; the mad passion for wealth. with
is scaDdalous orgies at the stock ex- f;
'hange: the abuse of wealth with its
Kanton extravaganza Of waste and !
gaudy display. Don't you realize how
much these scandalous disorders which |
characterize American society have
contributed 10 create in the heart OF the
people this socialistic hatred? Don't !
you know that this array of Babalon- !
an pomp and pagan luxury and sy- J
)aritic revelTy develops daily and
hourly in the heart OF people deprived
# all this, the passion Of ruling. pos {
essing and enjoying, and that this J
ripple passion begets the fruitful germ |
# popular hatred? SUrely this is an |
,ther prolific cause of this hatred which {
Constitutes today the chief peril of our :
lation. Add to this a sensational press
eeking with crime; d literature satu- {
ated with immortality and dripping