Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-03-14
IgTyEREAH REALITY IN RELIGION
psrtiaant Questions b. Local Clergy
-, racts that Are UHanswerabIe.

t.. Faifor Of the Evening Capital
.t ttsr~ any reality IN the world a
INT dav? Is there any reality
lA religion: Are the people
VI .salves.'' or is the devil leading
.,itbersoever lie willeth! Are
nile who call themselves Chris
...,s and attend the many services oi
,.a ,arious denominational churches
-,ndayg. and the large numbers
t. frequent the Lenten services,
4.rry and weekly of the CathoIlc
a,r.bas IT. Anne S and 81. Mary 5,
aJ tHefr adjuncts) in any sense in
-,.st I'm dghting against the world,
s.sb and the devilE' Does the
.-~.b or the Bible hold any sway
f.s hearts or minds Of Catho-
- prntestants. Does the Al
.sfg God. who created us, the Di-
| ~aviour who redeemed us, the
n.rip4 Holy Spirit who sanctifieth
have any reality in our daily
thoughts and lives!
M afraid, really afraid, thateI
.opst. from appearances around me,
.,.,,.r .NO,' 10 all these questions.
a,,. d sinner loved, and in need of a
-,,iour. and / humbly try, with all
.,g shortcomings and failings, TO ever
fr, Him. and be near Him. / en-
l.,,or also 10 see Him in all those
Ile came to redeem. But / am dis
,,r.ed terribly disturbed. Why?
u,.,ttse see the reign Of THE Prince
M His World, and the people who
.reht to be Christ's, led hither and
n,itbef hy him AT his viii.
Here are two facts: First The
LARGE congregations which are to be
ssap at ST. Anne's with the priest
.olemIv kneeling before the altar,
and the people in a similar position)
ioiuiup in this solemn invocation TO
Almighty God. The same without
doubt, is the case at st. Mary S.
Turn Thou us, o Good Lord, and so
shall we be turned. Be favourable,
d Lord, bc favourable to Thy people,
who turn to Thee in weeping, fasting
ana praving. For Thou art a merci-
iml God, long suffering and of great
uitv. Thou sparest when we deserve
punishment. and in Thy wrath think
,,t upon mercy. Spare Thy people,
good Lord spare them, and let not
Thine heritage be brought to confu-
sion. Hear us, O Lord, for Thy mercy
Is great, and after the multitude of
Thv mercies look upon US; though the
merits aud medition of Thy Blessed
SON. Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. =
Second The other remaining fact is
this. Mock Court Trial, Colonial
Theatre, Thursday evening, March IA.
Announcement The members of the
n. NJ. G.. \. of Annapolis City take
great pleasure in presenting to the
public an entertainment that is novel,
unique and intensely amusing, ETC.,
etc., etc.
have had relations with the Y.
81. &. 4. almost from my youth. /
was well acquainted with its founder,
Sir George Williams, aud own a great
measure of my spiritual life, dull
ANA languid as it may be, TO him
and his associates. 1 know that the
great object OF the Y. NJ. c. A., like
that of Christ's Holy Catholic Church,
has been aud is the conversion, the
rdihcation and salvation of souls.
want now to know if we are, one and
AN, i'm the +, of the devil, and has
hs--the selfish spirit of the world, the
supreme hold of us?
'itAhi AAN AlNAOi - "lh ifAtShSNAs
iu earnest, bat / must add, in CON
ciusion, that | am in no way adverse
10 the Theatre, the Drama or the
dance. I'm their proper position, time
and place they are all right as a
" wholesome recreation and even most
Instructive. but | must now say that
which is imposed upon me as a Am
bassador OF Christ, which is and
should be, the position of all, both