The Irish standard., 1909-03-20

h Joy myself a little But it never came
until they were emancipated. aud,
7 then poor fellows, they made up for
+ lost time"
H. why do you worship the relics o.
saints?"
Il "We do not, in the sense of tbs
question. We give to the relics Of
saints special veneration, and chat
even is relative. We do it for the
Il sake of the saint whom 1t represents.
4 Moses took the rod of the prophet
4 and struck the waters, and they di-
vided. The sick could walk out IN
TO the streets of Jerusalem, and the
shadow of Peter. falling upon them.
cured them of their diseases. Chris
tians brought aprons and handkoi-
chiefs and, touching the body of Paul.
brought them home that they might
bring relief to the suffering.
"rhose in the Gospel who were so
privileged came close enough to the
Lord of life. to be in physical contact
with the things that he had and they
were rewarded for their pains.
we preserve these relics and menu
orials of the great and the. good,
and as in times of old the acts Of
apostles bear witness that there were
cures, so do 1 believe today that God
still visits His people in mercy and
love and fatherly kindness, through
the ministry of those who are near arl
dear to Him by the conservation of
their lives in love to the Almighty"
rs priest who falls in love not
worry he took his vows?"
II do not know. am Unfortunately
In love with one dear old woman
s..ay God bless her tonight! 1 have
not had any sad experiences. I sym
pathize with those who become the
victims of conspiracy OF circum-
stances without much fault Of their
own. But the man who deliberately,
In spite Of tho extraordinary graces o:
God, let's his heart make fool of
hin-for that fellow I have neither
pity nor sympathy. and it does not in
terest me one whit whether he is sor-
~ that he took his vows or not"
Does the Pope believe in the ur-
ion Of Church and State? Would he
unite the same If 1t were in his pow
er to do so?'
'"1 do not really know what the
good old mans view is regarding that
particular question. I know my view,
and know that I am free to hold II:
end if you could make me Pope to-
morrow we should not have union Of
Church and State in America"
Here is someone who thinks I
should have said more to justify the
universal practice in the Western
Church OF. celbacy on the part of tina
clergy.
i Last summer I had a long railway
trip before me. I stepped into a news
stand and saw three books written by
three different men on China. ! .,ok
note that the authors We're all Pro-
testants. Each one gave a chapter to
the Christian mission in China, and
each one asked why Protestant MIS-
sionary7 effort was not more success
full, and each one of the three gave
the same reason for failure-thero
was too much woman.
1T melted the prejudice of the
Chinese to begin with; then it pi.
restraint upon the zeal OF men who
might have been fired with enthnsi
asm and have risked their lives In
the interior Of that forbidden land
were it not for their solicitude to-
ward and their duty to their wives
and, families.
II had a neighbor in Cheyenne not
4 very long ago, an estimable Congre-
kationalist minister. I met him on the
street one day, and he said: Bishop,
81 am going to leave I am sorry,
SIR said, and disappointed. sup
posed from what had heard that you
Were getting on very WE'LL WELL he
said r have been doing well. but, an
fortunately, the women OF my congrc-
4 cation do not agree with my wife,
Now, dear inquirer, I have put You
on the track. Go right ahead evolv-
ing reasons and you will be dizzy be-
fore you reach the end. 1 would sug'.
gest Just one other thought. The CatE-
Ollie ministry involves the duty Of re-
#ceiving the condolences Of the faithful
and Of course a man who receives
n confidence is bound by every law
natural, human and divine--to guard
I 1t sacredly. That would DO Difficult.
for a married clergy.
Someone says: can accept read
lily many Of the tenets of your faith,
Y but cannot go with you to Purgatory.'
Take care. my good friend; you
may go farther and fare worse. 1t
II mi . z1pa. Yno IN acco,,nt for tho Nor.