Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-12-09
The Catholic Layman

Inc or pestilence link in the ever
lengthening chain from Peter to Plus.
Poor and obscure. they seek not the APP
plause of men, but the glory OF God
and the salvation of souls.
In his duty to his family the Cath.
Ollie layman believing that without re-
ligion there can be no morality and
without morality his country must de-
cay. ceases to protest against the crimes
OF race suicide, general divorce, faith.
less marriage VOWS and all the luxuries
and eXcesses that dog the footsteps OF
our progress. and sap the vitality Of
our national life. And as there can be
no stability or permanency in family
life nor can future generations be prop
erly raised unless the union between
husband and wife can only be dissolved
by death, he stands uncompromisingly
for the purity of the home and the
sanctity of the marriage tie
To the woman who in the springtime
of life he led to the altar and pledged
his troth, that troth he keeps inyiolatc.
The summer and autumn of their lives
only finds an Increase in love and faith
and In the winter of life, when shadows
lengthen and evening comes, as hand
In hand they so tottering to the tomb.
he Is serenely happy in the thought of
duty well performed and the knowl.
, edge that the purity of his life will be
his guide across the great uncharted
sea.
In his duty to his fellowman the
word of the Catholic layman is his
bond. The feverish longing for luxury
the Unsuitable greed for wealth that in
Its attainment would trample on the
rights of man, the sordid and over.
reaching ambition. that to gain its ends
would ruin homes and blast reputa.
lions, those crimes are beyond his
| ken, and whilst the race Is to the
swift and the battle to the strong. In
: that race he Is noble, generous and
I kind and in that battle he Is ever ready
to stop and aid the weak and helpless.
lf he be one of the teeming millions
who earn their bread by the sweat OF
their brow, he renders full equivalent
, Tor the remuneration he receives. II lac
moves in the pulsating whirl of bust.
ness life he allies himself with no
combination that would betray asso-
ciates on one side and defraud com
petitors on the other, and II he Is part
of the higher finar cial life he Is true
to every trust-rendering to Caesar
what belong to Caesar and to God what
belong to God
In his duty to his country the Cath
Ollie layman yields to none in his 10y
atty to her institutions and love for
| the flag. and at all times he stands
ready to unite with all good citizens
10 preserve those institutions and pro-
tect our flag. To the political agpirant
who seeks his suffrage he does not ask
where he was born or at what altar
does he adore God Sufficient for him
is the knowledge that he is an honest
American whose private life harmon
lies with his public professions against
the professional politician. the yilest
product of our age. The man who has
degraded patriotic duty into trade
that destroys more lives and morals
than stagnant, infected pool, he
wages incessant war. Ever ready to
uphold the civil law and watchful OF
his own rights, he jealousy guards the
rights OF others. To the fundamentals
Of our constitution, free press, free
speech, freedom Of religion, separation
OF church and state, he vows eternal
fealty, and should the war drums beat
and battle flags unfurl. he will be close
to the battles van-for his country
right or wrong.
J Love Of God and fatherland. the eter
nal verities Of truth and justice. The
desire to leave behind him an unblem
ished name, those are the guidin,
lights Of the Catholic layman. NJ
Lord. 1t may not be given to all Of IL.
! to reach the high standard of the MAJ
whom | have endeavored to portray
yet we all can act the manly part. /
may not be ours the applause OF listen
Ing senates to command" yet we car
live the upright and simple life. doin,
our duty in whatever rank of life W,
may be placed. teaching our children
to be true to their Church, Iowa! I,
their country. and to love and rcver
ence our flag. that flag embematic o
the skies and like them free from stain
that flag, the only one that floats owe
\ free institutions and free men; tina
\ Tag beneath whose sheltering fold
their fathers found freedom and
home