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move it or the force that placed it there otherwise
it would remain Now this whole universe is rock
similar to a certain degree to the former, much
heavier, and containing seas, rivers and continents
1t is gigantic mass of dead weight yet it is cor
tinually revolving in space. That one fact alone
demonstrates the existence of Supreme Being.
Another potent proof in nature is the marvellous
order that prevails The sun may shine ever SO
brightly, the laborer toll earnestly and manfully
yet the vegetables will not grow if the rains do not
descend in due season. Children would be abnoT-
NAL did they not possess the power to propagate
the race That fair orb of night the moon, casts
glow of heaven OH the silent fields and cities.
voiceless, yet telling powerfully of city beyond
the grave Every rose must have its petals and it's
fragrance, but both impOssibe without the
The grazing cattle of the plains that give milk
and food are no accidental combination of dead
matter. The beautiful and innocent fishes of the
sea, that never harm men, we must kill that may
eat and toll. The tender-winged songsters in the
whispering trees of summer days praise God from
the silent birth of the dawn until twilight sends It's
hush across the meadows green. The golden tones
of sweet musics voice sobbingly cry out, believe
in me, of lonely Calvary" The marvellous mocha
nism of mans body, with all of its glorious attrb
utes its senses, its depth of emotions and capac-
ty of heroic actions its free will; its human heart
with its loves, affection and purifying sorrows,
all living witnesses of the mighty power of Gods
hands. But let return to the Darwinlans. If
anything on earth disproves the unsupported asser
ton that man is development of gorilla, or we
might add with sarcastic humor, oyster or
frog it is the voice of conscience implanted in every
human and immortal soul We know that no pa
gan and savage race can advance or progress III
civilization by its indigenous and natural eff
forts The North American Indians give
ample of that for after hundreds of years of COLI
tact with civilized race of people they are still
many of them, barbarians. Every savage tribe
cd LODI
"reminiscences of a lost culture and religion; and
this is because they were the descendants of apoS
tate ancestors, progenitors who left the true wor
ship of true God at the time of the great Gen
tile apostasy. We must all be taught from the
die to the grave and it is only when renounce our
prayers and faith i'll God that we become pagan
lied. We then begin to worship devils by means
of spiritists In short time our descendants be
come absolute savages. Their origin becomes lost
and they claimed by later writer's OF contempt
rary civilized races as types of original barbarlans
from whom perfection comes by development after
many ages. Such is the fallacious reasoning I'M
supported by any proofs, but merely unscientifc
coniectures which these so-called scientists desire
US to accept in lieu of our religion, and when
refuse they have the temerity and impudent audac-
ity to designate ignorant and superstitous; but
until they bring forth strong verified evidences,
strong Christians possess for their faith and re-
ligion, will continue to be found true to the Cos
pei OF promise OF the Jews and the Sospel OF fulli-
ment in the Catholic Church. whose seat of the
Prince of the Apostles is in Rome. And the graves
of ST. Peter and St Paul the origin of the Chris
tan festivals of Christmas, Good Friday, Easter
Sunday. the springtide of summer, the chimes Of
matin and yesper bells. the camness. of autumn
days, the solemn stinesses-eand RACES of the seas
the ceaseless flow of the tides, the beauty of the
shining stars, the honored age of the Holy Roman
Catholic Church, the sacred mass, the hymns of
her white-robed saints in paradise her splendid
arm of priests who converted the pagan nations
of the old world at the price of their lives and the
memory of our beloved dead, the prayers that
offer up to heaven for them, and the flowers we
reverently place upon their mounds will prove
stronger evidence for us than a million Darwinians