The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-02-25
A NEW LIGHT.

We had last week ex-Teverned lecturer VIII
still clings to the sacred of shepherd of souls
but who lost his title when he betrayed the
which, in his youthful manhood, he con ecrated hi
life Like the San Francisco sand lot orators, TIL
lecture of last Sunday was simply concatenaton-
mere rehash-of denunciations of the silk hat
pink tea parties and lecherous bondholder so Otter
and better expressed by the sand lot orators 8
cannot tell what the dickens his name is" but it il
not father in the Catholic sense Cd because hi:
un-Cathoic theories placed him outside the pale OF
the church, and % because Catholic instinct
shrinks from and repudiates any tendency to an
archy, communism or other isms that tend to dis
rupt society. In all that is fair and Just in the
teaching of socialism the Catholic church is its
best friend, and has from the beginning in her in
situations, carried out the practice Of communism
IN worldly goods. This is Illustrated in her religious
orders, both male and female. The property pos
sessed is shared alike by each member, or, when
pressed by poverty. they are all equally poor. But
IN matters that plainly unjust false, foolish, or
| Utopian, the Catholic church is their invincble
I foe. When the ex-reverened lecturer adopted this
latter course, assumed the guise of Catholicity
and the language of the gospel to secure earthly
happiness outside of the order established by our
Lord his advanced pcrmicous theories led him out
of the church, and now, Il substitute for the
pernatural order he is striving to erect his
edifice on the natural order. "Unless the Lord
shall build the house in vain shall they labor who
strive to build it."
Every system-religious, political and social
contains certain truths which are well adapted to
Il,
sented with pious aspect which deceiyes the
masses. The fallacies that are interviewer with
truth carefully concealed at first that they
cannot be easily detected. They are injected in
small drafts. There is always an appeal to mans
natural selfshness, envy and dislike of their SUI
periors. All this, plus the love of the world were
embodied in Sundays lecture. Unite strength and
numbers against the common enemy" when logic
ally carried to It's last conclusion would be repe-
titon of the French revolution which first started
with the noble demand of liberty, equality and fire.
ternity, but which meant in reality death and de-
struction Its horrors shocked the world and gave
a set back to real liberty. This popular cry
which is impossible under existing circumstances
Is the subtle but dangerous appeal that is made to.
day to the people by socialists at home and abroad
Their entire good, end and aim lie in the natural
order and as this cannot be attained by the indi-
vldual they to unite their strength and num-
oers against the common enemy" The lecturer as
socialist would want his deluded hearers to fol-
ow nature and yield to its instincts while as a
shepherd of the flock and following the teaching
II the gospel he told his people to resist nature
1t IS another instance of the blind leading the
bind" and from recent events in Europe we NAV
udge the nature of the pit that awaits 'the com
non enemy Order established on Christian prin-
iples they disown and like the lecturer before he
ook ms eXeat from the church, they attempt to
'ress Christianity to their aid in preaching and
new ORDER where property shall be
ommon, where equality reigns supreme where
either poverty nor riches shall be discussed. all
assessing share and. share alike and where in fine.
here shall be rulers because there will be no one
0 be ruled; no laws legislators, because there
Ill be no awbreakers; no religion or religious re-
-ralnt. because earthly felicity obtanable in the
atural order, is mans only good end and destiny
he lecturer "has project on hand" All reform
RS have many projects hand. 1t will be set in
otIon IN Chicago next June. 1t might be attempt
this month, but the citizens Of Chicago turned
lie lecturer down, refusing to rent him hall. or
lcuding him from the hall rented for his lecture.
he prefix Father" which served as drawing card
the west, was detriment in Chicago. 1t is al
avs so with those who betray their sacred calling.
e make these remarks because the lecturer still
asses as a Catholic priest after breaking away
ON its communion Vale Mr.. Hagerty may
DDS grace enter your soul and bring you back to
e fold and scored calling which you abandoned.