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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
AGGRESSIVE CATHOLICISM.

Among the notable sermons of recent days is
one by Rev. DR.. Pheian, which is published in the
Western Waterman, calling upon the people of the
faith to be defenders, not apologists, of Catholic
ism Without reference to the text or the contents
of the sermon the idea alone ought to be impressed
upon the mind Of every member of the church.
No great general ever won battles by apologize
ing for lack of men or shortage of supplies or
inadequate preparation for battle. The men who
have won victories have been those who fought
when it time to fight, and without waiting for
the other side to choose that time From the time
of Xerxes down to the days of Grant the winners
have been aggressive campaigners; and they won
sometimes because they had the stronger force, but
always because they were aggressive.
Too often one hears Catholics apologizing when
they should be militant defenders of the faith. En-
emies say that Catholicism is this or that or the
other thing In criticism of its tenets its organ
zation and the weakened, usually unprepared for
defense or aggression, apologize when they should
be ready to carry the war into the enemy's camp
and put him to rout.
Nor does this mean that the Catholic should
be seeking controversy Christ set the perfect ex-
ample in this as in all else he sought to convince
Hen Dy MS lie ana OeeOS, ne avoided offensive crit
icism of others when possible, but if occasion came
for aggression he prepared and he fought
gently to be sure, but always effectively with the
weapons of argument. He had no apologies to of
fer for His faith; He had no excuses to make for
what He did; He knew the Perfect Way He fol
lowed it and none could stay Him.
Knowing the church is the only true way, the
guide of faith and conduct, there is no reason
why Catholic should not uphold his belief, no rea-
that is, except ignorance of its history and its
belief. There is the weak spot of the apologists-
they not prepared to fight integently, to de-
fend the faith with pure reason, to uphold its ban
ners before all the world successfully. From the
day when the child is first taught its catechism
until the closing day Of life, every Catholic should
be student of its wonderful career, its growth
through the centuries from its foundation; then,
when conflict comes he will be ready to assume the
aggressive and give for the faith that is in
him to the confusion of assailants of the church,
and to the glorifcation of the church.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
THE TERMoUNTAN AND COLORADO CATHOLIC SEPTEMBER e. 1907

tant preachers practical reputation of the diviu-
ity of the scripture is accepted as calmly by his
hearers as if he had said the weather was fine or
the day warm. 1t was little more than common
place statement of what many of the hearers them
selves believed
Grant once that the preacher was right and he
might as well convert his pulpit into lecture plat
form and charge admission for his literary and or
atorcal efforts. What he said is only an index Of
the relaxation of faith which has overtaken all the
large Protestant organizations. Having no final
source OF authority each preacher is his own inter
prefer OF the gospel and the creed he may believe
as nuch or as little of what he has nominally ac-
cepted and ne may retain his place as a teacher if
he is discreet in his utterances Occasionally one
more daring than the rest declares as did the Salt
Lake man, the obliteration of faith that has come
TO MIN ana calls religion matter of individual CON
ceptlon and development, but not of divine origin
and preservation.
Happily Tor the human race one church has its
foundations fixed and they are not to be disturbed
or uprooted by passing waves of disbelief by per-
sonal whlms and fancies The pride of intellect
which leads the Protestant to repudiate any au-
thorlty but his own Judgment and his own concep-
ZION OF What religion means, has no place in the
Oathoilc organization. Since it was first planted
on the Rock, 1t has withstood storms thousand
times more trying than those of this century: it
has gone through its baptism of fire and blood; its
men and women have endured all things that could
try mortals, but there has been no wavering.
WIDE as the universe, embracing rich and poor.
weak and strong, in times of extreme doubt and
distress among other faiths, it has been and will
always be the refuge for those who seek haven
where they may be sure of the final port to which
they are destined. Its religion is neither ancient
nor modern because its essential, its only demand
is that men follow the Divine Law and there is no
difference between the Divinity of today and of
1000 years ago.
To the Catholic the discussions of what consti-
tute true religion as futile as would be a de-
bate as to the workings of the law of gravitation.
religion is either false or true; and if it was true
twenty centuries ago it must be true today There
can be no variation in perfection; it is mmutabe,
i'll the Catholic religion from
the beginning any deviation from perfection has
been a change in its human agencies, not in the
religion itself. In. this lies its power to draw men
to it and hold them in its fold
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

little more than chattel property which, in
Z me, according to the examples of communism
i NIL be the property of all. The marriage vow is
ntirely incompatible with either free love, or in
Iced any love at all, that does not find its defen-
slve shield in the sacramental and legal recognition
of matrimonial rights.
The women who consort with the most sensa-
tional of the socialists-those who get most into
print-are either lost to all shame or are satisfied
to share their lords affection with his horse his
dog, and they profess meek acquiescence when cast
off with the easy formula of socialistic usage.
Whatever of good there mny be in socialism as an
industrial and political expedient it can never be
accepted by the state or society at large, for it is
indisputable that it makes for the abject degrade
ton of women
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

tents from among the impenitents. By the king
dom Of heaven all understand Christs church. The
fishes gathered into the net are mankind who are
gathered together in the church Of Christ l. e.
they aye members of the church. But, as among
the fish, they were some good which they chose into
vessels and bad which they cast forth, so also
among the members Of Christ's church, Of whom the
fish are type are to be found the good and the
bad, who mingle together on earth awaiting the
final separation which takes place after the judg-
nrent of God is pronounced. From these parallels
intended as am object lesson to impress practical
truths the conclusion is inevitable viz, that among
the members of the church of Christ to be
found both the good and the bad.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
MEMBERS OF CHRIST'S CHURCH.

Editor Intermountain Catholic: I was pres
ent and listened to an argument of Protestant
and a Catholic the subject of "Who Are Mem
bers of Christ's church," One, the Protestant,
maintained that only the elect, or those who were
free from all worldly contamination, could claim
membership in the church of Christ the other, the
Catholic claimed that both the good and the bad
were recognized as members of the Catholic church
1 said [ would write to your paper for information
on the subject. [ entirely incompetent to take
part in the discussion, being as [ am,
AN UNBELIEVER.
Salt Lake. September 16, 1907.
The question propounded by "Unbeliever' is an
old one, that has been frequently discussed. The
church of Christ is defined the congregation or
society of all the true followers of Jesus Christ
throughout the whole world, united together in one
body, under head. St. Paul virtually gives this
definition: eve being many are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another" St. John
also wrote: "There shall be one fold, and one
shepherd"
In discussing the question at the Council of
Constance, John Huss maintained that there was
holy church whose members were confined to
those predestined to glory. Others taught that
none, those who are perfect e., free from
sin could be members of the church of
Christ. The Catholic church teaches that The
church of Christ consists not only of the just and
perfect but also of the unjust and imperfect This
is in accordance with the parable of the sower and
the cookie, where the husbandman found in his
field the cookie growing with the good seed and to
which he compares the vineyard of the Lord "The
kingdom of heaven is likened to man that sowed
good seed in his field His enemy oversowed cookie"
The cookie did not grow separately or distinctly
from the good seed, but among the wheat The dan
ger, too in wedding the cookie, "lest perhaps gath
ering up the cookie, they root up the wheat Also"
shows how closely both the wheat and noxious plants
grew up together. Finally it was to be the work of
the angels ITO gather out of his kingdom all scan
dals, and them that work iniquity" Then accord
ing to the plain and simple meaning of the para
bic in its application the unjust as well as the lust
are members of Christ's church and remain so till
the final separation takes place. Therefore the
good and the bad, like the good and bad seed. are
in the church of Christ, l. E., constitute its mem
bers.
The parable, where he compares the kingdom of
heaven to net cast into the sea proves the same.
The net contained all kinds of fishes, and or these
the fishermen chose out the good into vessels. but
the bad they cast forth So shall it be at the end of
the world. The angels shall go out, and shall sep
arate the wicked from among the just, the peni
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
MODERNISM AND TRUE FAITH.

In the storms of religious controversy and
worldly invasion of all the churches no sect has es
capped injury to its foundation faith, save one;
none has escaped shaking that has weakened its
structural force and made doubtful its ultimate
destiny, save one What is called modernism has
been repudiated by the Holy Father, but the same
spirit in other churches has been received with ac
claim as a mark of progress a symptom of intel
lectual activity and growth.
Protestant preacher in Salt Lake declares, in
effect, that the scriptures, which supposed TO be
the foundation of the creed he has subscribed to,
are on plane with every other ancient writing,
having their origin in historical fact colored and
modified by traditions of more or less verify but
none of them inspired except in the sense that
Homer was inspired or Shakespeare any other
extraordinary genius was inspired. This Protes-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Baseball, the national game, will soon be put
aside and the study of records comparisons of men
and teams and the chit-chat of the season will
begin and throughout the winter The only
man to greet the close of the season with JOY is
the umpire and he, poor fellow, deserves the com
miseration of the country. There is only one job
in the world with fewer attractions than the UNI
pires, and that is the held down by the car of
all the Russias.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

A story from Richmond, Va, of a railroad wreck
last week is of the best nature stories we have
seen for some time. A freight train was wrecked
near Morgantown, and the engineer was caught
beneath the wreckage, which Immediately caught
fire. Fortunately, circus train happened along at
the psychological moment, and the elephants were
brought out. BaciL mother of Jumbo, aged over
200 years, lifted the locomotive from the engineers
body with her trunk, while eight other elephants,
names and ages not given, filed their respective
trunks with water from convenient river and,
squirting the burning cars, extinguished the flames.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
CGpn FROM RTsEOp sCAETAN

feel It my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that no person bearing the
and garb Of priest sister anyone else. Is
authorized permitted 10 solicit or collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with tins
Catholic Church without having from permission
In 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 should be regarded by all as
q fraud and iTnDoster. l. SCANLAN,
Bishop OF Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Humanitarianism can never establish the reign
of peace. Self-interest might, for the fact that
wars leave in their wake an almost endless train
of debts which remain for years after the last gun
has been fred and which must be paid by the labor
of generations coming after furnishes the strong
est deterrent to war and the strongest economic
argument which can be formulated against it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

There never is time when mems hard luck and
pressing business engagements are brought to light
more thoroughly than when grand jury is being
secured At such times humanity is all but hope
lessy and helplessly deficient in physical and men
tel stamina or is bound to the wheel of labor and
just can't break away.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home this diocese. Its circulation in Mon
tana, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming. Nevada and many
other states is very large. Only reliable firms and
business advertise "a the paper, All subscribers
VIII find their advantage when about to invest,
purchase or consult business matters, to read
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

A New York paying teller and Kansas bank
cashier have just gone to the penitentiary. If the
financially and socially prominent continue to take
up their residence in these places, the pens may
soon assume an air of responsibility and fashion
able excusiveness.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Franklin and Dent counties in Missouri, last
year manufactured and shipped more than 26OOO,-
600 coTncob pipes with Washington county, where
the Missouri meerschaum first perfected, still
to hear from. And yet some folks complain that
the luxuries of life cannot be enjoyed by the com
mon people
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

1t is announced that section hands on all rail
roads viii soon ride in motor cars to and from
their work on the line, but it is not believed the
anticipation Of the morning and evening ride will
result in an oversuppy of shovelmen-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Neither DR.. Long nor Jack London ever did bet
ter and we are anxously awaiting the presidential
proclamation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Some people are awfuly polite when they
come in late at the theatre that it's wonder they
don't add punctuality, the politeness of kings to
their list Of virtues
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

There are enough presidential aspirants to start
an eleven but in football, as well as in some other
things we fear they would stand poor chance
with d bunch of college boys.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

All political parties being forninst the trusts
and fearful of Investigations of campaign funds
the magnates will have to content themselves with
an extra"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

The fellows who turned vegetarians few years
ago to escape the beef trust, to be consistent will
now quit eating altogether.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

When fellow gets the wrong road and is
lost, he has hard time finding his way, without
advice from some one acquainted with the coun-
try
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

However, some of the political prophets are
always wrong while others are sometimes right in
their estimates of results on election days.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Maybe Secretary Taft expects to get couple
Of days ahead of the others in the presidential
race. O. gain whole lap, by his circumnavigation
! Of the globe.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

The sultan of Turkey is reported to be an ex-
pert cabinet-maker IF he loses his job as padishah
he is in line for the presidency of the Turkish
cabnet-makers' union.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Kerosene goes up and copper goes down, but
the Standard Oil company may yet have to give
up It's s29.OO0,OO0 fine
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Who knows an owner of an automobile WI
has more than one subject of conversation!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

To reduce the cost of living and not lower
wages, relentless war on graft and grafters viii
help some
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

So many Rocky Ford cantaloups for sale in
Utah, there surely can't be any for home con-
sumption
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

The charge Of the light brigade looks like 81
cents compared TO that of the coal man.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

Anyway, the theatrical profession ought not OBJ
ject TO the high prices of eggs.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

As long as the wireless works there viii be nc
dear1h of news.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
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The Reverend Clergy requested to send to THE
INTERBfOUNTAIN CATHOLIC contributions
Of interest to their respective parishes.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21

entered IN the Postoflce at Salt Lake Second
Glass Mattar.)
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-06-20
A PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PERIL
1t Would lntrench Corrupt Political
Bosses Permanently In Power.

Referring TO the recent announce
ment that 81. JAG persons are on the
payroll of New York city, the Newark
Advertiser declares that in the event OF
municipal ownership of street railways.
electric light and gas plants, ferries
and other public utilities the city en-
ployees would constitute a political
army that would make change of ad.
ministration impossible
1t recalls the fact that $1,000 city
employees in Philadelphia kept Phila-
delphia In the hands OF the corrupt
Durham machine for years and only a
great popular uprising finally over
threw the grafters.
IF Durham hal had control of the
street railroads AID other public utlli-
ties in Philadelphia through municipal
ownership" it observes, ''he could have
laughed at popular uprisings. lie
would have been as absolute in his au-
thority as the car
The point is we'll taken.
In other cite; the political situation
under public ownership would be as it
would in Philadelphia and New York.
Bosses may be overthrown and graft
ers turned out whenever the people
will it at present. Public ownership of
all public utilities would end this. 1t
would bind the people hand and foot
and deliver them into the hands of Do
litical grafters.-Long Branch IN. J1
Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-06-20
A JUDICIAL WARNING.
Justice Brewer Of United States Su
preme Court on ?iolIc OWNERSHIP.

Justice Brewer Of United States Su-
preme Court on PdalIc Ownership.
There Is .t-pO-tant difference
between pub and private indebted
ness: The Individual may mortgage his
home or other property, and if the pur-
pose for which the mortgage is given
proves a failure the property may be
lost to him, and on his death his heirs
simply receive so much less than they
otherwise would, but the indebtedness:
casts no burden upon them. 1t may
wipe out his entire property and they
receive nothing. To that extent they
nay suffer if failure to inherit prop
y can be called suffering. But pub
Indebtedness Is of Il different char
acter. 1t does not wipe out property
now existing, but it casts a burden
upon the industries and toll of those
who come after us. Interest and prin-
cipal are met by taxes, and taxes con-
tinue from age to age until the debt is
paid. They who come after us, who
may receive little or no benefit from
the debt, are called upon to contribute
tDC PlONSCuS VI llltiI luDOI " pay
ment In other words, while private
Indebtedness does not mortgage or in
cumber future industry and labor, pub
lie Indebtedness does. And in piling
up public Indebtedness we too often
forget that the future will have its bur-
dens-that there will be demands upon
it for expenditures. Improvements and
conveniences corresponding to the life
of that day will be needed. So that
there is injustice in creating a public
Indebtedness for improvements which
will be mainly available in our day
and only to a slight degree of benefit
to those who come after us. Indeed.
generally speaking. it is fair to leave
each generation to determine what
amount Of public burdens it will as
sumo. and each should take care Of its
own public Indebtedness. - Leslie's
Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-06-20
When Toms Tune Would Chance.

OF course municipal ownership would
be liked by any political boss who
owns city, as Tom Johnson owns
Cleveland. Just think of what a tire.
mendous increase Of political power
could be given to him were about 25,.
900 or more men to be added to the
city payroll! How Tom as an "out'
would like to be candidate for mayor
r pinst such official backed by the
- .bport OF an army of paid retainers!
He would like 1t and favor it just
about as much as he liked or favored
three cent fare or municipal ownership
Of street railways when be was man
aging and owning street railways
Mansfield co. News.