The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-14

on earth and under the earth. 1t tends
to lead men to do those things that make
for eternal salvation, and it binds them
to that work by union with Jesus Christ
himself in the holy OF Ills
''These principles have been laid down
by Christ Himself and have ever been
taught by the Catholic Church. 1t is
these principles that have rescued the
world from idolatry and elevated woman
from a degraded state. No man loves
his country more than ] do. No man IS
more patriotic than L, but patriotism wiz
never cure immortality, nor will civilization.
Before the coming of Christ they had as
advanced a state of civilization as we
have today. They had their poets and
their sculptors and their artists. They mad
their golden age of learning, or the Angus
tine age, in Rome. but the people were de-
graded beyond description.
BE patriotic, but be followers OF christ,
kpepers of His holy name and receiving
of Ills holy body and blood. Let us go
forth to our home and to our work for
tilted by the resolution to attain the ends
of our organization, the glory OF Goa, me
salvation Of men. so we go forth and gather
round our King like loyal followers, ready
10 battle for His Interest at any sacrihce,
so we 20 forth in society, confessing Jesus
Christ before men, remembering His words,
Those that confess me before men, VIII
confess before my Father, who is IN
heaven
Alexander Hamill, brother of Congress-
man james Hamill. Of Jersey City, fol
lowed in a short address on the stand that
the Roman Catholic Church has alwaNs
taken in the interest of morality and pure
speech.
"Itl such an inspiring evidence of o
and reverence ana devotion TO see so many
of orr Catholic citizens assembled to-
gether under the banner of the holy Name
that | appreciate all the more your kind
ness In inviting me to respond to the cause
xrhfab colIa M fOpfthpP TODAY
''Thi magnificent demonstration Is truly
significant of the loyalty and devotion that
has always been shown by HOLY Name
men 1t is the same public profession OF
faith ana piety that is being Witnessed
today in the principal cities Of this state.
The spirit OF Holy Name membership has
come upon The Catholic aymen OF tneSe
cities like a new Pentecost to tnfiame their
hea rts with zeal and ardor for their faith;
.'That Catholic would be little mpaeu
with Il love for his religion or with a 1uss
conception of its greatness VINO woaiu Tau
10 see In a demonstration of TINS KIND an
ewokened interest in all that pertains TO
the cause Of his faith-the cause when i7
represented by Holy Name membership.
,.The spirit of the Holy Name memDer
is the spirit of the true Catnohe; =
the same tndying, fervent loyalty that ant
mated the hearts of the early CHRISTIANS
in the days that tried mems souls II =
the unyielding determination TO surfer ahy
thing TO keep on high the pannel % -
live lives that will foster its progress anu
Justify its sublime truths before the eyes
of all mankind.
aMembership in the Holy Name Society
is the great apostleship of the Catholic
layman, that has rallied to the support ot
our church in recent years the strength aud
vlgor OF our Catholic citizenship. In !;
country like ours, where public sentiment
means influence and power, we can hardly.
estimate the tremendous moral force OF
our large and growing organizations.
And, as a contrast to all the hatred
and wrong which our church has suffered
at the present time in France and Italy,
she can put forth a spectacle today that
was never brighter IN her history. II IS