The Irish standard., 1909-08-07

the religion Of the future TO take the
place Of the corpses.
The coming religion. suggests DR..
Eliot, will be based on tn two great
comma ndments--tha love of God and
the service of our fellow men. Chris
tians are already convinced that that
sort OF religion has been taught fof
many centuries. They roint to the
sixth chapter of Deuteronomy. fifth
verse: Thou shalt love the Lord thy
Cod with thy whole hear. and with
thy whole soul and with they whole
strength This injunction is further
developed by our Saviour in the tenth
chapter and twen'y-seventh verse OF
St. Luke: Thou shalt love the Lord
they God with thy whole heart. and
with Thy whole soul. and all they
strength. and with all thy mind; and
thy nelghbor as thyself. sAnd else
wrere our Saviour declared: ON these
two commandments depend the whole
law and the prophets
TT is further asserted that the new
religion will not be based upon author
ity. In that case 1t will be a go
I.Asyou- please religion. 1t will be like
government without law. like man
without a conscience. with out rule
| of conduct based upon reason and
divine law or divine authority.
THE new religion. he SAYS. will not
teach that character can be changed
| quickly Christianity teaches that
God may change character either SLOW
ly or quickly. so we arc Informed by
the latest religious prophet that the
religion of the future will he a go-as-
you please religion, and very slow
one.
I'm lhe new religion no priests will
be needed, and consequently no min
listers will be necessary to improve so
cia! and industrial conditions. Neither
says DR.. Eliot, will the new religion
attempt to reconcile people to present
ills by the promise of future COM
pensaticn. It will therefore be com
I! fortress religion. II will not produce
men Of the character of St. Paul. who
, was sustained in all his trials and
confidence in Cod But IN all these
= things we overcome because Of Him
that hath loved us. For am sure
that neither death. nor life nor angels,
nor principalities. nor powers, nor
| might nor height. nor depth, nor any
other creature shall be able to separ-
ate us from the Love of God, which is
) in Christ Jesus our Lord
! "A celebrated cssayist, Macaulay,
+, has this to say regarding the Church
oe Rome: We otter hear it said that
, the world is constantly becoming more
and more enlightened, and that the
enlightenment must be favorable to
Professionalism. We wish that we could
think whether this be a we'll founded
expectation. During these two hum
dred and fifty years Professionalism has
made no conquests worth speaking Of
Nay we believe that as far as there
has been a change that change has, on
the whole, been in favor o. the Church
, Of Rome ....
| H.. SSo<r nv ~
to the same English essayist: Nor dc
we see any sign which indicates that
the term Of her (the Church of Rome)
I'long dominion is approaching. She
saw the commandments of all the gov
ernments and all the ecclesiastical es-
Establishments that exist in the world
and we feel no assurance that she Is
not destined to see the end of them
all
Let me assure DR. Eliot that to the
Catholic Church alone has 1t beer
promised by her Divine Founder that
she will be the religion OF the fu-
lure,' and all signs point toward the
fulfllment Of His promise. -.
4 1--WE Catholics now number. between
fifteen and twenty million member.
in the United States, and we are max
! ing converts to tine Catholic Church
from among the non Catholic body al
the rate of more than twenty five thou.
J sand year. Besides. race suicide Il