American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-08-21
FATHER DORIAN
TALKS HERE
Takes Up the Teaching From
Beginning of Time
Large Crowds Have Greeted the Father
and are Showing Great Interest
in the Lectures Given From
Catholic Standpoint.

The lectures being delivered this
week in the auditorium by Father Dor
an, chaplain of the Catholic chapel car,
have included the chief articles of
Catholic belief and practice. In fact,
after clearing the ground by a mental
elimination of all beliefs previously
held Father Doran proceeded to build
up the Catholic faith from the founda-
ton, showing its connection step by
step as complete and intimately asso-
ciated system of faith.
The opening lecture Sunday evening
had for its subject MAN Must Have a
Creed" and was preceded by Scrip
ture reading from st. John vii, 32-46.
Starting from the standpoint of any
thinking man who, considering himself
and the world in which he lives, asks
the question, "from whence do | come;
why am here; whittier am | going"
Then from the commonly accepted
scientific theories of modern investiga-
tion, the lecturer demonstrated that if
all forms of life can, on the evolution
ary theory, be traced to one original
living cell, the scientist is compelled to
accept the existence of God, for spon-
taneous generation cannot be proven
and has be en abandoned by scientists.
Tracing life back to its source leads
us to Cod" he said, $50 likewise
does the existence of motion in the
original nebular mass of vapor out OF
which our earth came. The normal
condition of matter is inactivity, there
fore the only alternative is a super
natural impulse; motion impaired by
some mighty external force and this
could only be God.
Admitting himself to be creature,
man acknowledges his perfection and
happiness to consist in obeying Gods
commandments. Conscience, while pre-
senting itself as guide, needs regulat-
ing like a watch The condition of the
world before Christ's coming proves
that God does not guide men merely by
an interior illumination. God could
speak to man and make known his
wishes. The pagans, such as Plato ana
Socrates, saw the need of this. Jesus
Christ presents Himself historically as
the central figure of all time. He
claims to be the son of God, the apostles
accepted this claim and died confessing
this truth. The miracles of Christ
prove Him to be the Creator of the vis-
ible universe, especially his resurrec-
ton. His own clearly fulfilled prophe-
cies. His sinlessness, the sublime teach
ing and spread of His church, cause all
to accept Him as a good man, the
worlds noblest character. Jesus Christ
! is God"
Monday evening he continued build
! ing up a creed with the subject "Ihe
Catholic Church and the Bible. " The
Scriptural reading from Acts viii, 2o-4o
Having quoted the constant and per
sistent formal teaching of the Cathon'
church that the Bible in its integrity
and with all it's parts is the word Of
God, the lecturer showed that it was
the Catholic church that collected the
books and founded the library no"
called the Bible. "No man can be sure
be has the real Bible without accepting
fhe authority of the Catholic churcf
St. Augustine. Otherwise he mus
now Latin, Greek and Hebrew and g'
Jack to antiquity to make his OWL
bible. Inasmuch as even the writer o.
piyine S, rupture might be ignorant o