The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-10
SOME LITTLE SCHISMS.

Without entering into any discussion as to the
merits of the claims of any of the Protestant de-
nominational churches whether they can Justly
claim to trace their origin back to the Apostles or
whether they existed in every age as an invisible
church, the fact remains that before the dawn of
the sixteenth century there was but one church and
that the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
Church. as it is today. Since the dawn of 1921,
when the Anabaptist sect founded in Germany,
1924, when Martin Luther established the church
which bears his name, the world has had variety
of schisms, either from the Catholic church from
those denominations already established. Some of
these schisms have grown to strength, and they
exist today great moral agencies, doing good in
the world and defending their various beliefs with
all the strength with which they have been en-
dowed by the Almighty. It is not our purpose at
this time to point out the irreparabe mistakes
made by religious enthusiasts of the past four cen
turtles, but to consider briefly some of the schisms
which have come under own personal observa-
ton and point moral which may be read between
the lines.
1t is well to say in the beginning that the
schisms hereafter referred to were from established
denominationa churches, and not from the Cath
Ollie church
The "Calico BanG" is, or, rather, was, the first
separation which the writer remembers. In GER
tain church in Indiana discussion arose among the
members of the organization as to what was proper
testimony to be delivered at the usual midweek
prayer meeting Recollection as to the causes lead
ing up to what developed into neighborhood quar-
rel is rather vague but this much comes to mind
the social lines were being drawn little more close
ly and those whose financial circumstances and ed
ucational advantages made them more "refned"
we're gradually assuming control of the organiza-
ton to the practical exclusion in the affairs of the
church of the more humble worshipers. One after
another OF the poorer members ceased attending the
services, until finally climax was reached, when
theJ organized church body of their own, to wor-
ship God according to the dictates of their own con-
science. The fact that their penury kept tie wo-
men of the new organization in calico dresses on
Sunday suggested to those who remained in the
older church the name of "Caico Band" which
name remained with the schsm through an eventful
career of a few years, when it was dsbanded The
dissolution of the "Calico Band" took from the
world one OF the unique church organizations, and
left the members without a religious home, their
children without Sunday school, and it is prob
able great many of them were never afterward af
iliated with any church organization.
The Frog Eyes" is another schism in small
town in Ohio which after years of struggle finally
succeeded in obtaining foothold and representa-
ton in an established UNCONVENTIONAL church. The
name has been almost forgotten in the town. for it
was given to them from the fact that their first
house of worship was originally schoohouse of
one room, built in the early days, in the gable of
which was a circular window about foot in diam
eter which protruded couple of inches beyond the
surface of the wall 1t had been called the "Frog
Eye" schoolhouse. Hence it was the Frog Eye"
church, and, naturally, the members became 'Frog
Eyes" Causes leading to this schsm were not mat
ters of faith or finance but of ealousies as to who
should be the "boss" in two other demoninationa1
churches. The question of "boss of these churches