Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-11-02

or mdteTldl, Vi hit hhllnIlGS. IN INV
rev diocese; | claim all the people
of these counties yer Which / have
sp%iritual charge. as my children. and
I will not exclude any of Them from
heaven. | love all TN pDupo in this
state. have severed uy connection
with my native state, Iowa. and | am
going to try and live mp 10 the good
reputation Of q Montana yirizyn.
have heard a good deal about youT
beautiful city, and | hay. not been
disappointed in my explorations. The
great prelate of our church. Arch.
bIshop Ireland, in describing my new
territory. said TO thai vast audience
that the fields are flowing with milk
and honey in Montana. and the noun.
tains are filed with Sinur and gold
That was poetic. | have seen some
evidences OF the milk. on The pra.s ies:
no doubt the honey is connected. in
proper season. tLaughtcrl But
have to come TO Lewistown IL see the
evidences prophesied by that prelate.
The mountains are filled with silver
and gold"
Now. YOU have in this town the
qualifications necessary to builG up
a beautiful American city. You have
the surrounding country, which is as
beautiful and fertile as most OF the
| states, at least great portions OF them.
And after we have the irrigation laws
passed we will have ii all fertile as
the valley of the Nile. And then you
nave laid the foundations of your city
well. You have buildings here that
would grace any street In Chicago;
and best of all | have met citizens
here that are as intelligent as in any
state in the Union. Therefore. there
is no reason why you should not have
a magnificent city here, the queen city
OF Montana. applause
My mission would be considered sell
fish IL | simply attended To the spirit
ual wants of the people-in showing
them the road to heaven the best that
| know how. OF course that is The
| principal duty. We have certain doc
trlnes that we teach our people. and
if they do not follow these doctrines.
we are not to be blamed. Now, there
are certain truths that they must be-
lieye in; and then We have councils
of the church that lay down certain
DEGREES. and all faithful Catholics
should be obedient TO these DEGREES.
Among the DEGREES of three plenary
councils of Baltimore, every Catholic
should refrain from the liquor bust
ness. That is the teaching OF our
church here. We want Il Catholics
to get out of the saloon business. II
they should be engaged in that man
ner of making a living, and some
times they find II difficult at once 10
engage in some other kind OF bust
ness. We are tolerant with them. but
WE continually advise them, like a
good parent would an unruly son. 10
try and make a decent living In some
other way. So | would ask, II there
be any Catholics engaged in hat busi
ness in this beautiful city. to get oul
of it as soon as they can and try and
make a living In a different manner
IL Is not an honorable way OF making
a living. Now, this was the preach
inc of Archbishop Ireland years age
in Minnesota, and | am pleased to say
TO this audience that out OF the lou
hundred saloonkeepers IN Minneapolis
today, there isn't a single Cathoiic
For which, | say, thanks be 10 Goa
And I hope the same will be said Of
this town, and all the cities In THIS
state. We want to teach the people tt
refrain from evil; to do good; 70 %
serve the Golden Rule. That Is
good rule to lead us to our next home
beyond the stars. We nave every OPP
Dortunity here of serving God as pes
we know how, and the gospel ele
Yates ,enlightens, and IN every wa!
qualities a person to a better hvint
who will receive il. 1t GUILTY.
higher ideas Of justice and of prog" s'
and of national life: IL helps those IN
distress; it gives courage TO thos
that are down-hearted; IL gives hopes
OF a better living in the life to come
to those that are afflicted. Now, ina
is the true foundation OF CIVILIZATION
Our civilization does not consist II
great mobs and great muititudes. YOU
can find them in China If you wan
that kind of civilization. MOI does
Il consist in raising up sky-scrapers'
nor does il consist in making grea'
railways across the continent; mol
does il consist in building mighty ma
yies or i'm formidable armies 10 terri
fy other nations. But 1t does consis'
in building homes for h homeless
il does consist in taking care OF the
orphans: IL does consist in teachlhe
men TO respect the rights OF their lei
lowmen, to help all those in distress
TO bind the broken hearts. and 10 wipe
away he tears of alfliction. NO"
risht here we have some OF the eVi
lences of this kind OF civilization, and
il will be my constant aim 10 pro
mote wherever | 20, this manner oi
ci y~ilization. to help the material as
well as the spiritual in man.
A few days ago in Helena me
some Sisters, and | accosted then ID
the famous words, Quo iadls!
Whittier goest thou?' They SAID
1--WE are going back TO our mother
home. We have tried TO form a Ger
tain little nucleus OF doing good III
L.ewistown, but We lind maj II Is d
failure; and we have told our DO
tiers that in six months they must he
turn to our mother house" oh, saio
you do not understand the situation
You must give the people there a iai'
trial. Come back and let US reason
the matter over And SO TWO oi
those Sisters-the mother general ail
her aslstant-came back TO the cry
They were expelled FROM France u'
other day on account OF dolns Bool
to their fellowmcn-on account o. no
endorsing the government; II II the!
wished TO do good and take on uhelI
religious garb. they could remain II
France, but when they said no, the!
would prefer to be exiled rather thai
to obey the laws Of Caesar, instead o
the laws of God. they were told to he
out of the country. They had II
hair nockat fnur Letters they received