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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
NATURE OF THE COMMAND
TO BELIEVE IN THE BIBL z
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sense. Where Is this certainty obtainabe We
can not suppose that God would demand faith i'm
the truths which He revealed without making those
truths evident that there could be no intellectual
reason for rejecting them Where is this evidence
to be found! We believe in the inspired and authen-
tic record of the words spoken by Jesus regarding
the bread of life Amen, amen | say unto you: Ex-
cept you eat the flesh of the son of man. and drink
his blood, you shall not have life in you;" also that
he fulfilled what he here promised when at his last
supper he took bread blessed it and said: This is
my body" But great and profound supernatural
truth underlies these words and that truth must he
believed, otherwise you shall not have life in YOU"
10 be certain of this supernatural truth one must
be certain that he knows the genuine sense Of
these texts. Otherwise an act of faith is impossible
An anxious, lnquiring religious mind goes to rep
resentatlves of dozen different denominations
and asks the meaning of these texts: they all give
different interpretations, which are merely opiu-
IONS, or perhaps personal notions. They do not
pretend to be able to give the genuine sense but
Will give any sense, except the plain natural sense
OF the words themselves. Yet in the dark as to the
supernatural truth which must be contained i'm the
text, and which must be an object of faith he asks
a representative of the Catholic church what that
revealed truth IS, what is the genuine sense of
the text. The answer comes without hesitancy and
with certainty. There is no difference of opinion
between child and parent-as both believe so be-
lieyes the Supreme Pontif, because the truth re-
vealed is fixed and Interchangeable. universal and per-
manent. The act of faith elected by the humblest
member of the church before the Blessed Sacra-
ment Is as real and profound as that of Manning
or Newman, because it rests OH the church whose
attributes are authority, infalibhty and indejcct-
bility FD
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
THINKERS AND OBSERVERS.

Among the countless varieties of human char.,c.
ter there arc two types which in their extreme ,l
ditions are strongly contrasted, and may be dis
tinguished at glance. These are the thinkers aI,}
observers The thinker Is remarkable for the d..
velopment of the upper part of the forehead rH.
observer for the prominence OF the eyebrows and
the lower line of the forehead. These condition.
are generally mixed in fair proportions. it is orI,
in the extreme examples that they become striking
Iy characteristic. When you see Il man with a
wide high forehead, marrow and fiat about the ewes
you know that he Is dreamer. His dreams NAV
be lofty poetic and beautiful, but their collt..
ton with practical life will be slender. When rr
the other hand you find man with full dcvclu.
ment about the eyebrows. but neither breadth NJ.
height above the ears, you knew that you have to o
with keen, practical man of business, excclIa. F..
for the work of the world. but incapable of meta.
physics and careless of theory. Probably he moss
admirable character Is in which these two tvr.-
are equally combined and equally energetj,. Sui
men as Shakespeare Bacon. Newton Beethova.
see everything that goes on around them. They ar.
not caught mapping. But at the same time th.,
see below the surface into the causes and thcori,s
of things. They think and generalize, Jnd sec .r.
beauty and poetry that fill the universe. Ir aas
collection of portraits, or in any assembly Of Ivin.
people, it is always interesting to mark the dstiu..
ton and the blending of these two types Of char.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
UNCLE SANS FREE ACRES.

Two of the Salt Lake dailies-Tribune and Her
aid-within the past week called attention to the
activity of the Mormon church authorities to Sc
cure choice pieces of land for their people so soon
as the Uintah reservation was thrown open to set
tlement. This event is scheduled to take place be-
fore the summer is over unless something turns up
TO postpone it. Postponement has been the usual
thing to expect for the past five years. The one
thing favoring its violation this time is the evil
dence just uncovered. Letters have been written
and the word passed to Mormon bishops and elders
to be on hand when the gates are up and the rush
begins. Usually when the Mormon authorities 90
for anything, they get there without making much
noise. They are past masters in the art of cam
paigning with gum Shoes
No blame should attach to the Mormon leaders
for acting in behalf of their people, provided the
means carried out in secret do not infict injury
upon Others The condition of citizenship should
be the only emitting any person to seize and
hold public lands opened to settlement not that
he is Mormon and that the land office in Utah is
federal machine engineered by appointees of Sena-
tor Smoot If the opening of the reservation is to be
conducted on the square, every citizen coming from
any state may take the chances of opportunity If
the federal officials show favors it is almost certain
that the Morno1is of Utah, near at hand and ready
will secure the best pieces of land. 1t was the al
legged discovery of such scheme that prompted the
protest of non-Mormons at public meeting The
higher federal authorities at Washington were APP
pealed to, and the senators and representatives of
Colorado will take a hand to uphold the rights of
the citizens of that state to equal opportunity.
What pleases us most in this connection is the
resolve of the Western Federation of Miners to en-
courage individuals of their union to become land
owners. To find miner digging potatoes and rails
ing alfalfa is not spectacle so ludicrous as the
thought evokes. For year or more it will be up
hill work. He must learn to hoe and dig and plant;
but he had also to learn his old trade through the
hard knocks of experience and oft unrequited toll
If he sticks to his work, in time he will own
"ciaim" that will not peter out so long as water
runs through it. He can come to town with two
horse wagon, and find market for his potatoes
where he vainly sought grub-stake in his days of
prospecting.
Wages-many would call high wages-are paid
to the miner who spends his days in hole shut out
from the light of heaven Every hour he is out of
the hole he is spending his wages. miners wage.
therefore, is only peck to the bushel of a farmers
happiness. Upon farm miner would learn to be
prudent; and if he lives long enough, moderately
rich
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE.

Mr.. John B. Burke worker in the Csvendf-l
laboratory, Cambridge through the columns of the
London Daily Chronicle claims to have discov
cred the origin of life by means of sterile broth
and radiuml We rather imagine the announc.-
ment Is very premature, and we are inclined rg
think, with Professor Woodhead of the Cambridg.
university that the particles supposed to be me-
grOwths are really only crystals and ala certainly
not bacteria. Mr.. Burke thinks that broth and RAJ
dunn in test tube can show how life originated
OH world cooling down from intense heat Is
such thought science or nonsense! But of course
we shall very soon have this theory and experiment
slfted, just as Pasteur sifted a hundred such dis
sertions and proved to the world that life comes
only from life Mr.. Burke considers cvanoeen and
radium compatible; most chemists will difcr
from him. He also thinks half an hours boiIip.-
Is sufficient to serilize BROTH while bacteria 7ro
found living in the water of geysers in Iceland ana,
America at 300 degrees Fahrenheit. We shall await
the opinion of eminent scientists with ntcr.~t
Meanwhile we know that God is the author OF life.
London (Eng.). Catholic Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

moral issues come before the country, does not at
tempt to influence the electors. Under this kind
of guaranteed liberty, he points out, half the Non
conformist ministers in England and Wales, two
thirds of the Catholic priests in Ireland, and a
considerable number of the Presbyterian minis
tiers in Scotland would find themselves in the police
courts at the next general election.
Mr.. Stead the French government, who
have yet to learn the alphabet of religious tolera-
ton, that it is mistake to gag the church. But
they arc infatuated by hatred of Christianity and
care not what happens if they deal it a Sc
we're blow.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
THE POPE AND ITALIAN CATHOLICS.

Judging by teegfaphic reports from Rome. the
new encyclica dealing with the Catholic position
in Italy is document of the highest Importance.
The correspondent of Catholic contemporary.
the Konische Vokszeitung, states that his holiness
recommends the formation in Italy of a Catholic
party, such as that which has done so much for the
welfare of the people in Germany. The Pontiff
is thoroughly familiar with what has been accom-
plished by the German Catholics and he urges the
Italian Catholics to organize themselves upon the
same lines The Volksverein, the Peoples as
sociation has been instrument of social progress
amongst the Germans, and his holiness believes
that the working classes in Italy would be bene-
flied and kept in close touch with the church if they
were invited join similar society by the Catho-
lie leaders. At the last elections there was some
uncertainty as to the attitude which Catholics
should take up in view of the "non-expedit" prn-
cipe. Upon this point his holiness is clear and
definite. Catholics to take a part in public
life so as to promote the material well-being If the
people, and their unity is to be ensured by action
in harmony with the advice of the Catholic author
tiles The publication of the encyclical WILL nc
doubt. be followed by energetic organizing meas
ures throughout Italy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
TYRANNY IN FRANCE,

Mr. Stead is consistent friend of liberty.
Other journalists in England may deliberately
overlook the efforts of the French government to
stihe religious freedom because the people who
are opposed members of the Catholic church.
Not so Mr.. Stead In the current issue.of the "Re-
view OF Reviews he comments on the provso of
the Separation BILL which enaets that any minister
of religion who attacks public officials in his ser
mons or attempts to influence the electors or to
lncte to illegal acts is punishable by fine or i'm
prisss1oiqlMent. The minister of religion is in Mr.
Steads opinion, worth very little who, when great
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

Morocco was long ago said by Lord Salisbury.
then British foreign minister, to be the future
storm-center of European politics. According to
the European press, it is already very important
point the map of international rivalries but
some papers seem to think it may be a source of
peace and prompter of alliances. The principal
figure in the present imbroglio is William H.. who
has induced the Powers to convene an international
conference at Tangier to discuss the reforms nee
essary in the degraded Oriental administration of
the Sultan. The meeting may lead to far-reaching
results-according to some authorities to the isoa
ton of Germany and the formation of aquadruple
alliance of England, France, Japan and Russia;
others think it may occasion the reconciliation of
Germany and France and their union against the
naval supremacy, the industrial and commercial
prominence of England.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

Rev j. j. Callahan of Butte we are informed,
IS about to go or already has departed on trip to
Europe 1t got into the heads of the big-hearted
parlshioners of the Sacred Heart that little
money would make journey along the Rhine or
boating down the Bosphorus easy and "con-va-
nlent" The pleasure of spending money is the
first thought of most people i'll Butte Without
disclosing their intentions, these good people sur
prsed the soggarth' one day in his study, and laid
purse containing $1,000 on the table Not too
much, they explained if he carried out the wishes.
messages and visits to all the Sullivans in the
County Cork And if he felt like bringing back to
Butte the Bells of Shandon," all Father Callahan
had to do was to name the price
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

In the light of the disclosures of rottenness and
populations in the affairs of the great Equitable
Life Assurance society, is there any wonder that
dogmatic religion is losing prestige, and that ag-
Mysticism is rampant in the land One of the dog
mas of the one Church that consistently uphold
dogmatism relates TO confession. restitution and
like Inconvenience" In the high places of our
American society of today, all this is incompatible
with practical life and must therefore go the
way OF all "lmpracticable' things for your aver
age American is nothing if not practical. If,
therefore, he must conform to any religious pro
fession, what more reasonable or rational than that
he should choose that is hot essentially.n con-
fict with his practical affairs! That Catholicity
is really the most practical of all lives when life
is viewed from the higher standpoint-that of jus
tice and charity-the men of affairs" in our won
derful commercial age are altogether too busy to
realize
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
BATTLESHIPS AND AIRSHIPS.

In season and out of season. writers and orators
have been telling us that the nation having the
most powerful navy is the greatest world-power.
The relative strength of the naves of the FIVE
greatest maritime nations, emitting Russia and
Japan is shown by the latest tabulated statement of
the Chief Intelligence Bureau of the United States
navy to be: Great Britain, 1,S67,250 tonnage;
France, 1855, 1916 United States, 616,275 Germany,
5o5,619; Italy, 329257. To reach more accurate
estimate of the real offensive strength of the Brit
ish navy $4,000 tons of old antiquated battle
ships and armored cruisers must be deducted from
the above tonnage. Germany is preparing to throw
of her old warships on the scrap pile.
Tonnage does not always count as between OPP
posing ships in battle If it did, the naval fight in
the Sea of Japan would have ended in victory for
big ships instead of victory for skillful gunners
If it did, it would be Japan instead of Russia
to lament the destruction of its navy in the Orient
Therefore tonnage is not an unerring standard of
strength. since two three torpedo boats may blow
up as many battleships Then there are the sub
marine boats, yet untried in actual warfare. The
mischief these little naval sharks could do only
be estimated at this time.
A writer in Donohocs reminds readers that an
ancient and honorable command among sea-faring
folk has been 'Look aloft." The recent tests of
Professor Montgomery's air-shps evinces the fact
that the navies of the world will shortly have to
look aloft" well as on the sea, for the more
formidable powers with which they must reckon ia
the event of war. So it would seem that with
danger from above and danger from below, five
million dollar battleship would be of more value if
broken up and utilized for railroad tracks But, of
course, this would not be the opinion <of naval
perts, nor of those who urge the expenditure of
vast sums for ''word-power" navies
is but an old error.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

Right Rev. John P. Carroll, bishop of Helena,
has been at the head of this diocese but short
time, and yet he has achieved some surprising re-
suits Beginning with the next regular school term
of the Roman Catholic schools of Helena,
the course of studies viii lead from the
lowest grades 10 finished high school course More
than $4,000 viii be expended in charging the sys-
tenn, and the tuition for Catholic children will be
free as in the public schools of the city. Bishop
Carroll is a ycung man of aggressive and broad
ideas and the bent of his reverental mind is toward
the higher education of the laity and priesthood of
his church.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

feel it my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that person bearing the
name and garh of priest sister or anyone else,
is authorized or permitted to solicit or collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from me permission
ID writing, bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document, he or
She as the case may be- should be regarded by all rs
g fraud and an imposter. l.. SCANLAN.
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

The "old folks" of the Mormon church cele-
brated their annual reunion at Brigham City the
other day. A lively old Saint whose years num-
bered over 80, was asked by Herald reporter to
explain his extraordinary health and longevity He
replied: at is because | feed on the gospel
Feeding on the gospel" discounts all the adver-
tlsed testimonials to Pe-ru-na, Dufy's Malt Whis-
key and other breakfast foods
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
MoNTANA's MONUMENT
TO MEAGHER's MEMORY

Continued From Page One1
The London lines correspondent, who watched
the battle from the heights speaking of their dcs-
perate valor, paid them handsome compliment in
cabegram to his newspaper, which is well wor-
thy of repetition. He said
Never at FOntenoy. Albuera nor at Waterloo
was more undoubted courage displayed b. the sons
OF Erin than during those six frantic dashes which
they directed against almost mpregnable po-
s1tlon of their foe. That any mortal man could
have carried the position, defended as it was.
seems idle for moment to believe But the bodies
which lie In dense mass, within forty-eight wards
OF the muzzles of Colonel Walton's gurs are the
best evidence what manner of men they were who
pressed on to death with the dauntlessness of race
which has gained glory thousand battle6elds,
and never more richly deserved than at the foot
OF Marye's Heights on the thirteenth day of De
cember, 1862"
Meagher in Montana.
Upon the recommendation of General T. s.
Grant. General Meagher was in 1865 appointed
secretary of the territory Of Montana arriving i'm
Helena during that year. together with his wife,
the trip having been made by boat from ST. Louis
to Fort Benton and thence overland to the capital.
During the absence of General Edgerton for
several months in the following year he was act
ing governor of the territory and it was while
serving the young commonwealth in that capacity
that he lost his life.
Governor Meagher had gone to Fort Benton
for ammunition and armament with which to equip
a body of men he had organized to repel the Indi
ans While Ell route he was taken i'll and was con-
fined to his bed for six days at Sun river. This
illness is believed by many to have affected his
mind.
During the evening of the day of his arrival at
Fort Benton he called upon friend John T. Do
ran, the pilot of the steamer George A. Thomp-
son, and after spending hour or more in con-
versation and reading. he retired for the night.
Shortly afterward a splash was heard and the cry
went up Man overheard :" General Meagher had
fallen from the boat and although systematic
search was made four years afterward the body
was never recovered
If YOU are determined to live and die slave to
custom, see that it is at least good one.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountan Catholic goes into nearly
every Catholic home in this diocese. Its circulation
in Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and
many other states is very large. Only reliable firms
and business advertise in the paper. Ali sub
scribers will find it TO their advantage when about to
invest, purchase consult business matters, to
read over the list Of our advertisers. We not only
recommend, but ask for them the patronage of all
our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

The French give us the horse laugh over the
Panama deal. Uncle Sam paid them handsome
for his right to begin digging where they left
off. and it costs him much more for getting away
with a cart load of mud than it cost the Frenchman
for cooie labor TO do the same thing. Everything
tried in the sthmus moves along the principle of
how not to do it. Wages paid to white men are
really no more than what labor could obtain in a
Kansas cornfed, or a mechanic could earn in New
England. The food supplied to worlzmen is bad and
the cooking worse. A glass of beer is luxury to
dream in the sleep of sitting night. Five
men get out of the plague spot for every new ar
rival that takes chances. Wallace, the man with
the big head and the big salary, was bounced by
Taft and Magoon, who takes his place. is governor
as well as minister. But the canal must be dug if
it takes every eeoie in Asia, every Hottentot in At
RIGA and every mule in Missouri. 1t is an Admin
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

Colonel Edward Duffy of the Sixty-ninth reg-
ment, New York sent check for $500, the contri-
button of the regiment to the Meagher monument
fund The bravery of the old Sixty-ninth is per-
petruated through the generosity of the new Sixty
ninth. Fighting under General Meagher. the old
regiment was nearly wiped out at Fredericksburg.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

About the time that Whitelaw Reid put his legs
under the table at banquet given for his honor at
London, the Salt Lake Tribune published clever
editorial admonishng Americans to close their ears
to the plea for an Anglo-American alliance The
word 'Sassenach" appeared in the text. At some
time Editor Cannon must have borrowed this Celtic
noun from Father Cushnahan at Ogden
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

The talented gentleman who has written most
OF what appeared this page during the past four
or FIVE months resigned to accept more lucrative
position than the one of editor Our best wishes go
with Mr.. John Metler
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

Chuck" slang word for food, is also the last
syllable in the of the Russian sailor killed
for daring to present petition for better soup
aboard the Kniaz Potemkine. Omilichuck's biog-
rspher should not allow this remarkable coincidence
to escape him.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

As Mrs. Chadwick contemplates the Equitable
graft, how bitter her reflection that she missed
a bet
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08
THE lNTERroUNTAlN AND COLORADO CATHOLIC 1905

istration undertaking and President Roosevelt is
bound to see it through. That is, if he lives long
enough.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

Entered in the Postofice at Salt Lake as Second
class Matterl
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

NGustom, though never so ancient without truth
is but an old error.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

If YOU are determined to live and die slave to
custom, see that it is at least a good one.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-08

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