East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-15

Father Thomas E. sherman, of the
Jesuit order son of General William
T. Sherman who commanded the ia
nous "march to the sea-" during the
civil war, arrived in the city this
morning from Portland and is now
the guest of Father Neate at the
Catholic rectory on Market street.
While Father Sherman is a living
picture of the famous general, his
father, yet he is a typical, strenuous
American of the Goth century and
were 1t not for the peculiar dress of
the priesthood, would easily be mis-
taken for an aggressive business or
professional man of any modern
American city.
But closer acquaintance discloses
the deep thinker. the cultured schol-
ar. the ,dignified sternness OF the re-
ligious discipline to which he has sub
jected his mind and demeanor for the
past quarter of a century.
Father Sherman Is a native of Cali
fornia, having been born in the Col
den state in 1856, while his father
was in the banking business there. He
received a thorough education at
Yale from which institution he gradu-
ated in 1875.
In 1878 he entered the Jesuit or
der In England, after having receiv-
ed special training for his life work
in England, France and the United
States.
Since entering the order he has de-
voted his life exclusively to the
preaching and teaching of religion.
He has lectured in all the leading ca
thedrals of the United States, has
written numerous pamphlets. and dur
ing the last few years has been engag-
ed in a printing business which has
distributed 100000 leaflets and
tracts for the propagation of the
Catholic faith.
To the East Oregonian this morn
ing Father Sherman said he had been
attracted to the priesthood. and es-
pecially to the Jesuit order. in youth
His mother was extremely pious and
reared her son in strict accordance
with the tenets and doctrines OF the
Catholic church OF which she was a
devoted member.
Coming from a military stock, the
military features of the order of Jesu-
It's strongly attracted him. and with
the combination OF his mothers
strong religious tendencies. and his
fathers military spirit to influence
him, 1t was natural for him to join
this order which had been founded
by general and had as its foundation
rigid religious discipline.
VIII Lecture All Week.
Father Sherman will lecture all
next week at st. Mary's Catholic
church and cordially invites all to at
tend his lectures. He has condensed
into one series of six lectures a much
larger course and the subjects are in
tended to attract believers and nom
believers alike.
"My object in lecturing," said Faith
er Sherman to the East Oregonian, "is,
first, to combat the growing agnosti-
cism. the increasing infidelity, the
spreading disbelief of this commercial
and material age. First. we must lay
a broad and deep foundation of re-
ligion and establish the fact that
there is n living, personal and all
wise God, then after bringing men
and women to accept this foundation
we can go into the various features
of religion which appeal to thinking
people"
The lectures will begin tomorrow
evening at s o'clock and will continue
during the week, at ST. Mary's Catho-
lie church on Market street. Follow
ing is a list of the subjects and dates
of the lectures:
Sunday evening-"The Souls Bride