The Washington herald., 1908-05-03

four Catholic authorities very recently,
from whom We quote in part as follows;
Extension Magazine: It will be well to
recall TO the minds Of the faithful that,
after all. the question to determine is:
What has God allowed and what has
He forbidden; and to warn them. lest
they be led astray by the seeming can
dor of those who discuss the question
from the standpoint Of mere utilitarign
principles. Practical examples from
everyday life win easily illustrate the
ultimate fate OF a society which elm
mates Gods sanction Of law. It fur
nishes, likewise a strong argument
against the divorce between secular and
religious instruction Of the young.
Cardinal Gibbons. The race has not
improved. but has suffered disaster, in
both nations and communities, where the
procreation OF children has not been
looked upon as a matter far too sacred
and m0mentous 10 be left 10 the control
OF individual appreciation of its manifold
and perplexing problems.
The accidentally occurring case Of ex-
ceptional hardship 10 the mother. where
physical health is gravely compromised
has been made far too much Of All i'm
pOTtant general laws bear hard at times
upon the individual.
Bishop Scanlan; These people VIII ex-
terminate themselves; they are doing il
now. It is true now as in the DAYS OF
the prophet: The people who will not
serve God shall perish" It is supremely
sad; but these people are destroying
themselves by divorce, by murder, by sui
eide, by abortion. We appeal to our
clergy and TO Catholic fathers and moth
ers TO instruct well the young children
in the saving truths Of the church; to
watch increasingly and faithfully over
their morals, and to lead them often to
the Sacraments. that they may be saved
from the COntagiOn Of the social and NOR
al diseases corrupting and destroying
society.
Bishop McFaul hesitated to write on
this delicate subject. but thinks the
prevalence of race suicide at the present
time neCessitates the utteTance of a few
words of warning. In century the
children OF the nation have decreased
from about one-third TO hardly a fourth:
a decrease relative to present population
Of nearly 100000. Among several causes
for these conditions race suicide stands
prominent Let ii be distinctly under
stood he says plainly, that every act,
Of whatsoever kind, designed to prevent
conception, is strictly forbidden by the
church. and that those resorting to such
practices are guilty Of a hein0us crime"
The recent conversion to the Catholic
Church of three men from Nashotah
Seminary, IN Wisconsin, seems to con-
firm the statement made 20 us recently
that there is considerable unrest on re-
hgious questions at that institution just
at present. Rev Edward Hawkes. and
Rev. James Bourne were professors at
NashOtah Prof Hawkes. taught Greek |
and history. and Prof. Bourne taught |
the Latin language. They are both spok- |
en- OF as men of marked ability, already |
at Nashotah. Harry Ken |
dali was a student for the ministry from !
Fond du Lac diocese; but has now gone |
to Milwaukee, where he is receiving in |
structiOn from Father Copus S. ]. He |
is an artist. and pupil of the celebrated |
Wentzel, OF New York. He comes from /
a Vermont family of the strictest type
of Baptists. He expects to study for the /
priesthood at Creighton College, Omaha !