The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-16
BISHOP MFAUL ANSWERS
INDEPENDENTS" LETTER

To the Editor of the STAR-A letter to
the Public:
Trenton, Oct. 16, 1909.
To the Editor Of the Independent, New
York city:
Dear Sir-This morning | received an
envelope containing a clipping from
your periodical. No doubt the clipping
was sent by your authority, as the en-
velope bore the address of the Indepen-
dent. The envelope was unseaIed, and
the postage paid was one cent. This is
the usual courtesy manifested by the
Independent towards the Catholic
Church n her clergy. l wish to say
that there is hardly a word Of truth in
what you have printed.
/ feiterate what l have said in my cir
cular letter to the clergy and laity of
ny diocese: Every one knows that Il
has been repeatedly said on the best
authority that certain professors in our
great secular universities deliver lee
lures calculated to subvert Christian
faith and Christian morality. They as
sert that there is no God, at least as
men HERETOFORE conceived of Him, no IL
vinely given ten commandments, no
church, n as for the Bible. one must
be freed from all slavery to the sacred
myths which it contains
You stated that / should not have
taken Sensational articles as you call
them, from the Cosmopolitan, magazine
as my authority. The Cosmopolitan
magazine. to say the least, is as good
an authority as the Independent, and 1t
does not enjoy the ~unenviable reputation
which the Independent has of bigotry
and falsehood. My arguments were not
totally based upon the Cosmopolitan
magazine. l send you, under separate
cover, a pamphlet with plenty of au-
thority. But why should you take ur
the cause of the infdel professors? Are
they unable to defend themselves
They certainly will not thank you for
your lame defense; calling and
making comparisons regarding the In
tellectual attachments of men about
whom you know very little, will hardly
serve to blind the public.
America October 81 says that a pres
ident OF a New York college accuses
the bishop of ignorance of the facts
and replies: why. then, does he (the
president) not ~categorically deny that
the list of religious negations we have
enumerated are not taught in American
universities? He cannot. He also at
tributes the criticism of the universities
to jealousy, envy and melancholy. The
president of Columbia University should
not indulge his pique by such vague
coarse and indefensible charges against
one quite as distinguished as himself
Let me add that neither should you. and
also. that I began my studies very early
in life. and that the educational course
which I pursued will bear comparison
with that of the staff of the Indepen-
dent.
1t is not true that certain prelates men
toned nave not denounced in as strong
language as mine irreligious education
and everything hat tends towards the
destruction of Christian faith and NOR.
ais.
You have been rash enough to attacl
me from knowledge obtained through
newspaper reports. Why did you not
follow the gentlemanly example d
other periodicals and inquire what
really had asserted. before stultifyfns
yourself by adverse criticism? Very
faithfully yours.
JAMES A. McFAUL,
Bishop of Trenton.