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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
MORE COMMON READING OF THE GOSPEL.

One of the oldtime falsehoods so.vehemently and
persistenty urged against the Church by the typl-
cal Protestant of other days-and the less engh-
tened of our separated brethren even vets likely
to be relegated to a position of "innocuous desue
tude" during the reign of Plus Y. It is high time
that so ancient calumny should be laid to rest.
His Holiness lately granted an audience to repre-
sentatives of the Society of St. jerome, associ
alton whose object is to promote the more common
reading of the Gospel among the people. In the
course of the visit he said:
''Most willingly do | bless your association; [
bless it with both hands and with all my heart,
knowing the great good it has accomplished and
the bencdictions which God has showered upon it.
The more the Gospel is read. the. is faith
revived The Gospel is the book which Serves
everyone and for everything The world today is
eager for history: WE'LL the Gospel is an historical
work l. who have lived among the people, know
we'll their special needs and their tastes. When
the story of the Gospel is narrated to them, every
one listens attentively and loses nothing. The
Gospel is printed sermon by which all may profit
1t is commonly asserted that peasants, being dow
cred with very little intelligence, can derive no
benefit from reading the evangelical history. That
is an error Peasants have more Nfely intelli-
gence than they are credited with possessing. They
love to read the stories of the Gospel; and they
know how to apply them,-to apply them, often
enough, better than this that preacher. 1T IS
not only peasants and the lower classes, however,
that derive pleasure and profit from the Gospels.
There are many books of devotion and medita-
ton for the clergy, but not one of them is worth
the Gospel, which pre-eminently the book Tor
meditations for spiritual reading, and for re-
treats"-Ave Maria.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
mARYs REPRESENTATION.

When we consider the Words desire to assume
.rcafed nature. when we ponder His choice OF
human nature. when we reflect on His further
choice to His soul and body, and add to all these
considerations the remembrance OF dis immense
love- we can sec how His goodness would eHuit III
'bc choice of His Mother. whom TO love exceeding.
N was to become one of His choicest graces' one OF
the greatest of all human PROJECTIONS. All possible
creatures were before Him, out Of which to choose
the creature that was to come nearest HIM. the
creature that was to love him, and to have nat
ural right to love Him, best of all and the creature
whom duty as well as preference was to bind hlm
10 love with the intense love. Them out ot all he
chose Mary. What more can be said! She fui-
filed His idea or rather she did not SO much suit
His idea but she was herself His idea, and his idea
of her was the cause of her creation The whole
lcology of Mary lies in this eternal and eficacious
choice of her in the bosom of the Father-Father
Faber.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
GROWTH OF ST. PAUL DIOCESE.

About fifteen years ago the archdiocese of ST
Paul was suffragan see of the archdiocese of Mil
waukcc. 1t now counts seven sees III the three
states that 1t covers Minnesota, North Dakota and
South Dakota IT is said that North Dakota
diocese of Fargo, the area of which IS 10000
square miles, and the diocese of Duluth, with an
area Of 3e000 square miles, or about three-fourths
The size of WISCONSIN. are apt to be divided so that
the archdiocese of St. Paul viii probably, within
short time. comprise nine episcopal sees
In 1896 there were 463 priests in the province
Of st. Paul. There are now (accordlng to the
Catholic Directory of 1904. 693-an increase in
eight years of fifty per cent The increase in the
number of priests has been most notable IN the
dlnccscs OF Duluth Winona and North Dakota;
here the increase is nearly seventy per cent w lth
the present rush of immigration westward to the
Dakotas. and the taking up of lands in northern
Minnesota there must naturally be large increase
ia the Catholic population in those sections and
'h. erection Of new doceses merely forecasts tne
future and provides for it-Catholic Citizen, Mil
1rallor .-~-.t.,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
WAS NEWMAN OF JEWISH DEsCENrp

Most Of our readers, says the Review Of St.
Louis. are probably aware that the late Cardinal
Newman was on both sides of his family of foreign
extraction His fathers was Dutch, the name be-
ing originally Nieumann, while his mothers
French. she being scion of the Fourdriners,
Old Huguenot house Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, who
5new him well. says Fifty Years of Catholic Life
and Progress 1900, vol ii. p. 1922 that ''Newmans
features even were scarcely English, and in old
> ge assumed the cast of an antique Dutchman."
Now we read in the life just issued by Rev. DR..
Parry (.Newman' by William Barry New York:
Scribners Sons. 1904. Pages 7-SliE
He (John Henry's) father chief clerk and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
A Wealthy Church,

The wealthiest church in the world, proportion
ately to its numerical strength, is, perhaps, the
Protestant Episcopal church of ireland. 1t has an
accumulated fund close on $40,0O0,000 while the
children is only little over 100000 The big fund
is mainly the result of the compensation received
for being disestablished and disendowed by the
Gladstone act of 1870. Before that time and for
two centuries previously the Irish Church" it
was officially designated, though the church of but
small minority of the population, received all the
tthes paid by Catholics as well as Pfotestants, and
thus the Catholic Irish compelled b. law to-
pay an annual tax for the maintenance of the Prot
estant church The accumulated fund above re-
ferred to is therefore to large extent the money
Of Catholics fact which does not seem to trouble
the consciences of the gentlement of the Church
of Ireland" as the disestablished sect now styles
itself with as much right to the title it formerly
had to that of Irish Church. "-Freeman's Jour
nal
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
NEW LIGHT ON ACTS OF PAUL.

The Heidelberg PRUSSIA press has just pub
I-hcI the Acta PAUL. narrative of the apostles
traycIings. unbefore known in their entirety. The
compiler, Dr. Karl Schmidt was seven years pec-
ing together 1000 small fragments of papyrus and
1rau-Iating the contents from the Coptic. 1t is
claimed the work solves many problems connected
with early Christian literature and proves that sew
cral books of that era of which we possess only
parts are the one great work of the acts of Paul
consisting firstly Of the so-called thecla acts. sec
ondly the apocryphal epistles of the Corinthians,
and thirdly the martyrdom of st. Paul Dr.
Schmidt says the Coptic manuscript of the date
Use A. d.. written by an elder of the Christian
church ito honor st. Paul and combat Agnostic
hrrc.ies.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
GROWTH OF ENGLISH MoNAsTER1Es.

French contemporary gives what it terms
very edifying statistics to the growth of monas
terles and converts in England. According to its
table, in 1886 there were in that country no mon
asteries and sixteen converts; in 1912, three of the
former and twenty of the latter; in 1850, eleven,
and forty-one; in 1860, thirty-seven and one hun
dred and twentythree; in 1870 sixty seven and
two hundred and thirty-two in 1900, two hundred
and sxty-six; and finally in 1902, three hundred
and five religious houses of men and six hundred
and eighty-five of women. The notable increase
during the past few years is largely due, of course,
to the iniquitous legislation of France. Less than
a quarter of century hence in all probability, the
republic. in which NJ. Cofnbes is now playing his
ant-christian antics will be proffering bonuses to
her expatriated religious in the hops of recalling
them their true homes Long before that the
Associations Bill and similar epactments
blunders as well as crimes.-Ave Maria.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
Church UniversdI
"This is the
victory which
overcoueth the
world-cur
faith"

slonal, worklngmen's. masters associations. diff
fuslng spirit of harmony amongst them, societies
Tor providing legal advice, societies for the care
OF emlgrants and like combinations. But whilst
MS hollnesS thus speaks to safeguard the inter-
societies, connection which may have prciudicial
effects on the faith of Catholics He directs the
Second Group, of the Opera del Congress- TO
Keep Its members away not only from those So
cetles which are direct causes of intellectual and
moral errors, but also from the so-called neutral
associations which have been established ostensibly
Tor the protection of the worker but in reality aim
at something quite different from the moral and
economic welfare of individuals and families. Nor
should the clergy take part in the working of soce-
ties which, though apparently good, decline surve
lance And the energies of lovers of novelty and
sometimes act unwlsely are to be restrained. Mani
testify what the Pope desires is progress on dis
tinctly safe lines.-London Catholic Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
BISHOP POTTER FEARS TRIAL FOR HEREsy

Bishop Potter (P Ed recently expressed the
hope that he might not be tried for heresy" for
saying that "the religious reaction following the
Reformation tended to place the Bible in an ar
tifcal position. This reform put in place of in
fallible man an infallble book whose authority
was final" If DR.. Potter is tried for heresy on
this account II will be for expressing favorite
thought of Catholic apologists. The Bible is an
nfallible book, indeed. but only when read and
expounded by the infallible guide whom Protest
antism rejected. Just now the English Bible So
ciety is celebrating the hundredth anniversary of
its foundation; and it glories in the fact that it
has distributed within the century some hundreds
of millions of copies of the Good Book. But they
have evidently not got around to all parts of
Massachusetts yet; for Bishop Potter confesses
that while staying with a churchly family lately
his request for Bible resulted in. the discovery
that there was no copy in the house. And even
if there. were, what use is to be made of it. now
that it is discredited revised, and amended by
every little theologaster fresh from the Divinity
School! In the important business of saving his
soul, man bankers after some sort of infallible
assistance; and now that the Book iRsno longer
available. we may expect serious people more and
more to turn to the Church.-Ave Maria.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
BIG DAY FOR CATHOLIC FoREsrERs

Sunday of last week was a big day for the
Catholic Order of Foresters of Iowa at Oelwein
when besides the initiation of 500 candidates into
the order, Mass was celebrated under tent in the
presence of at least 5000 people
Excursions run on the Great Western road
from all points the road between Oelwein and
Chicago, st. Joseph, Mo-, Des Moines and New
Hampton and not less than 5000 visitors were the
guests of the prosperous little city of Fayette
county The services in the tent began at o'clock
and the initiatory ceremonies at 10 o'clock. Du-
buque county furnished about 800 candidates, the
balance coming from other courts of the state
The work was exemplified by two teams from Chi
cage and beside State Chief Ranger j j. OFT, there
High Secretary Thos. F. Mcdonald, and John F.
Seaman, the father Of the order. all Of Chicago.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
CHURCH CALENDAR.

May-Devotion-B Blessed Virgin.
Sunday. S--5th after Easter.-Apparition St.
Michael. E. James j. 1927; G. John xvi. $3.50.
Monday 9-Rogation-St. Gregory Naz
Tuesday, 1o-Rogation-St. Antonius
Wednesday, 11-Rogation-St. Francis Hero
- Thursday. 12-Ascension Fcast of Obligation.
IS Ncretis and Companions. E. Acts i, Iii;
G Mark xvi, 1920.
Friday. 13-St John the Silent
Saturday, list Pochomus
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
THE POPE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY.

Plus X cordially encourages social works
amongst Catholics. In letter which he just adj
dressed to the Second Group of the Opera del
Congress- Cattolici" he gives strong evidence of
Tins disposition. He urges them to promote and
direct not only institutions of purely. economic
KIND, but also those of kindred character, profes-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
of 500 and when all the finishing touches are on it
will cost about $4,000. -

of 30O and when all the finishing touches are on it
will cost about $4,000.
Writing from Koserfky, Alaska, Rev. Father
ucchesi, S. j., says Eve have received great trial
in the burning down of one of our missions. Moth
ing escaped, for even the church bell was melted.
This mission was the work of eleven years and cost
at least $1,000. Manuscript of the language was
destroyed. and we must begin all over again. The
missionary barely escaped. awakened by the smoke.
Everything must be freghtcd during the win
ter by dog and sled at enormous cost of labor"
A few days ago delegation of $50 Catholic
Chinese called Bishop Bruchesi, Montreal, pray
ing him to provide them with priest who could
speak their own language and attend to their spi-
ritual wants. The archbishop promised to endeav-
or to secure Jesuit pastor for them.
The apostolic delegate at Washington. Mgr.
Falconio. viii sail the last of May for a visit to
Rome. The trip is not to be undertaken ON ac-
count of any specific problems demanding the del
egates presence in Rome. but rather as a vacation
and in order to crafty his natural yearning to re-
visit the Eternal City after the wears of continued
absence demanded by his arduous duties as apos-
tolic delegate in Canada and the United States.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

The holding of Catholic congress during the
worlds fair in ST. Louis this year is. at this late
day, being projected, advocated and discussed by
some. So grave an undertaking should not be a
hurried one; should it be carried out amid the
din and distraction of an international exposition
Let the Eucharistic congress in New York next fall
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

The would-be atheist is inclined to believe in a
God when the thunders roar, when the lightning
strikes, or when the earth quakes.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

A New York lawyer has raised hubbub by re
fusing to tell anything about WILL on the ground
that it is not only matter between counsel and
client but also between Mason and Mason. In
commenting the matter one corporation lawyer
is reported declaring that there is no oath, re-
ligious or fraterna recognized in law as binding.
confessional is now recognized by the law as bind
ing on a priest, though the principle bad to be
fought for more than once. 1t is the only excep-
ton. far as we aware, and therefore tribute
to the character of the Catholic church beyond
which it is not in the power of man to yield
Standard and Times. Philadelphia.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

An English scientist has discovered that cpl
denies of crime of serious character come in pc
riodical waves. These crime waves follow each
other in succession at more or less regular inter-
walls. The phenomenon is described but not ex-
planned. Another discovery" attributed to the
same authority is that incarceration does not cure
habitual evldoers of their crime propensities This
information must seem somewhat belated even to
casual observers in the field of penologx. Educa-
ton is the only hope of better things in this re-
gard in the Judgment of the learned ''discoverer"
of these ancient and venerable facts. And vet 1t is
notorious that the progress of public crime keeps
pace with the march of popular education. The
British savant has another guess coming.-ATon-
itor, San Francisco.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

There arc dearer things than money. The grace
of God it dare not buy; good heart is above its
price; intellect beyond its purchase; red blood
outside its parentage
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

1t is probable that some members of the Roman
curia more hurt by President Loubet's visit to
Rome than by all that French anti-ceriealism has
done up date against the religious orders. That
is the diplomacy of it. The Catholic world gem
orally is not greatly concerned. We cherish the
hope however, that Loubet will stub his toe some
where before he gets through.-Citizen, Wilwau-
kee..
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

A straight line is the shortest in morals IS in
mathematics.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

Half the men meets are agnostics," says
Rev. S. D. Mcconnell, and of the general run of
people he says that numbers of them have given
up all idea of ever getting hold of anything cohe
rent in the realm of religion and disturb them
selves but little about the matter" All of which
is result of estantism.-Freemans journal,
New York.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

Plans have been completed for new church for
the Polish congregation of St. Michael at Beaver
Dam, Wis. The edifice will be of Roman design
and will have seating capacity of 900.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

The bankers Of France have just loaned Russia
the sum of $16OOO0,OO0. No doubt Mr.. Boulger
whose article elsewhere receives comment, sees in
this further confirmation that the French people
do not consider themselves bound by the Anglo
French treaty. One may not be surprised They
have been talking of "perfdious Albion" for cen
turies.-New World, Chicago.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07
Religious Intelligence.

Students of Marquette (NIich) college are to
publish college paper called The Marquette Col
lege Journal, the initial number of which will APP
pear about the middle of May. The four classes
are represented in the staff of editors
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-07

st. Patrick's church, the Spacious and hand
some new sacred ediice recently constructed at
Angels. Cal, was dedicated on April II by Right
Rev. Thomas Grace, D. D.. bishop of Sacramento
The location of the new church could not be better
making it equally convenient for the Catholics of
Altaville as well as of Angels and the surrounding
community. The site was donated by the Hon. J.
V. Coleman of San Francisco and the bishop made
special mention of the generous gift. The church
is beautiful building and has seating capacity
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-04-20
Killed in Battle.

Bennettsville, April LITTLE rel
atives of Sergt. Ernest Reynolds
have received a cablegram bearing
the sad intelligence that be was kill
ed in battle near Manila on the 4>h.
He was torn to pieces by a cannon
ball and died instantly.
Sergt. Reynolds was a native OF
Marlboro. His father, William L.
Reynolds, lived in this county a
number of years. but is now at Rock
Spring, n. G. Ernest Reynolds had
been in the Philippines but few
months, having gone there last fall.
He was at first stationed at Camp
Jassman, Guimaros, but went to
Manila a few weeks ago.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-04-20
Gloom in Russia.

St. Petersburg, April l4.-Tbe
aspect of this city today is one of
the most desolate type. A driving
snowstorm is prevailing, snd sadness
is depicted on human faces every
where. A maj ority of the people,
after learning of the disaster at Port
Arthur whereby the Petropavlovsk
was sunk with nearly eight hundred
people, expressed their feelings by
the tolling of bells. Early in the
morning the newspapers brought the
first details cf the disaster, and those
who could not read, having heard Of
it, eagerly asked that the accounts
be read to them.
It is tried to excuse Admiral NJ
kare # and the other officers on the
destroyed vessel by recalling the
collision between the Eoglish Dsttle-
ships Victoria and Camperdowa
during msreuvres in the Meditec-
ranean a few years ago, in which
nearly the entire crew of the Victoria,
which went to the bottom, Was lost.
A mass for Admiral M4karof and
members of the crew who lost ihelr
lives in the Petropaviovak cstastro-
phe ", s celebrated IN the sdui,alty
chapel at noon today. Tue Gar aud
ali the government efficisls were
present.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-04-20
A Dandy for Burns.

Dr.. Bergin, Pana, Ill writes: IL
have used Billiards. Snow Liniment;
always recommend it to my friends,
ss I am confident there is no better
made. 1t is dandy for burns.
Those who live on farms are espec-
tally liable to many accidental cuts,
burns, bruises, which heal rapidly
when Ballard's Snow Liniment is
applied. 1t should always be kept
in the house for cases of emergency"
Csc, 5Cc., Sl.00 a bottle. Sold by
The Kaufman Drug Co., Lexington,
S. G.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-04-20
Are You A Dyspeptic?

If you are a dyspeptic you owe it
to yourself and your friends to get
well. Dyspepsia annoys the dyspep-
tics friends because his disease sours
his disposition as we'll as his stomach.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will not only
cure dyspepsia, indigestion and sour
stomach, but this palatable, recon.
structi7e tonic digestant strengthens
the whole digestive apparatus and
sweesens the life as we'll as the stom-
ach. When you take Kodol Dyspep-
sia Cure the food ' eat is enjoyed.
It is digested, assimilated and it's
nutrient properties appropriated by
the blood and tissues. Health is the
result. Sold by all druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-04-20

commandant at Port Arthur the
battleships and cruisers went out
to meet the enemy, but in conse-
quence of the enemy receiving rein
forcements, making his total strength
80 vessels, our squadron returned to
the roadsted, whereupon the Petro-
pavlovsk touched a mine, resulting
in her destruction. Grand Duke
Cyril, who was on board, was saved.
He was slightly injured. The whole
squadron then reentered port. The
Japanese are now off Cape Limo Shan.
No reports had been received from
the acting commander of the fleet up
to the time this dispatch was sent"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-04-20
Afraid cf Him.

The Presidents frieuds,' it is
announced 10 Washington, have
strongly advised h,m sgain,t speech
makiug and have sssrr+d him that
his election locke to be certain. They
do not see why be should exhs ust
his ST. 'enyth aud health ia speech
making and take chances on some
inopp 'rtuoe remark that might do
BARN" The pith OF the matter is in
the last ten words The Republicans
should be kl own this year ss "Old
Party Afraid of I5s Candidate"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-04-20
A Thougtfrl Man.

M. N. Austin, of Winchester. Ind,
knew what to do in the hour of need.
His wife bad such an unusual case of
stomach and liver trouble, physicians
could not help her. He thought OF
and tried DR.. Kings New Life Pills
and she got relief at once and was
finally cured. Only 25c., at The
Kaufman Drug Cos, store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-04-20
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How TO Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand tweaty-four aouCs;