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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
Refused Tainted Money.

The Bee, a secular newspaper of Sac
ramento, Cal, properly commends the
attitude of the authorities of ST. Mary 5
college, Oakland. conducted by the
Christian Brothers. in declining the
proffered assistance of the Emeryville
race track people for the erection of a
gymnasium on the college campus. The
Bee says: 1T is narrated that Brother
Nellesian. the head of St. Mary's col
lego at Oakland, absolutely refused to
allow the Emeryvillc race track gam
blcrs to build a gymnasium for the col
legs boys on the college campus, if they
were permitted to hold a St Mary's
college day at their gambling hell. An
nually a benft day is given at the race
track for some well known and worthy
charity or institution This time St.
Mary's college was selected. but the
good brother in charge absolutely re-
fused to have anything to do with it.
lie was right, for st. Mary's college is
consecrated to the building up of the
youth of this state, while the Emery
vile race track is devoted to pulling
them down and sending them to hell"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02

the wine cup. So also is the Passover
celebrated with the plentiful use Of
wine. Still, it will be acceded by all
and always has been, that the Jews are
amongst the most sober races on earth.
But go to the renegade mussulman,
whose training has been to look upon
wine as unfit for consumption, unfit to
be touched even. and see him drink.
He will not give himself time to use
glass or cup but will have it direct from
the bottle, in a breath, as if the very
devil were holding it up to him, forcing
him to drink drink. drink. The mussui-
man nations are fast degenerAting
through alcoholism. They have faile.:
upon evil days, politically and economic
cally. all through alcoholism. We see
in them the victims of prohibition.
The Catholic Church is wise in that
respect, and Cardinal GibObns Is taking
up strong attitude against prohibition;
and quoting the Pope, he declares that
His Holiness believes in Temperance,
but not in Total Abstinence. The
truth is. prohibition in it's very nature
is antagonistic to all idea of temperance
and moderation. In itself a form of in
tolerance. prohibition further tends to
take away from men the belief in
themselves that they could be temper
ate and moderate. Prohibition spells
Generalization - Federation Review
New York
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02

People recognize the eternal validity of
the command Thou shalt not steal,
but in this false atmosphere of the get
rich-quick type of man that law be-
comes revised to read, Thou shalt not
steal, unless the sum is large
ITO remain pure and clean. spiritual
ly speaking, is still conceived to be a
wise law, but under the influence of
the passion of making money rapidly,
lust becomes almost deified. Thou
shalt not commit murder is still an
nounced as the eternal law of God, but,
alas when we read of the murder of
innocents, of the destruction of life
and limb caused through greed ana
carelessness that larger dividends may
be declared; when we remember how
many fortunes have been tainted with
the sigh of the oppressed the Wailing
of widows and the tears of orphans, we
see that murder is not restricted to the
class of people who, under the tempta-
ton of sudden passion, rise and strike
to death their victim.
Such is the price too many pay for
their wealth. And when they have
their millions, who will say that they
are rich? Are not many of them lace-
ing those higher and better gifts which
constitute true riches? For to grow
rich in the better sense of the term we
should covet the things that enrich the
mind and adorn the soul in the sight of
its Maker.
1.-THE meek and quiet spirit, the en-
during faith, the Frightening hope, TIE
feryent charity-these are the best gifts
and to covet them is holy covetous-
ness
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
soMETHING KIND.

If thou canst tell me something kind
That has been thought of me,
If thou canst lift my spirit up
To moods of bUOyancy,
Then speak the words 1 pray thee
dear,
However light they seem,
Withhold not from me anything
That adds to life's sweet dream.
If thou canSt tell me of some one
Whom | have CHANGED to aid,
If thou canst point me to some spot
That l have brighter made,
Then whisper softly unto me,
In accents fond and low;
The kind truth never hurts nor harms
But sets the heart aglow
So come with light and warmth and
cheer
To meet me every day.
Reflect to me the worlds bright smiles
And hide its frowns away.
o, hast thou sorrows of thine own?
Have others injured thee?
Unburden as thou wilt, thou'lt feel
My tender sympathy.
If you canst tell me something kind
That has been thought or spoken,
Ii thou canst lift a spirit up,
Too oft by treach'ry broken,
Repeat it, dear, my faith inspire,
However vain it seems;
For l would fain be trustful STILL
Nor wake from LIES sweet dreams.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
A Jewish View of Christian Pastors

We find a certain minority of the
clergy having espoused the cause of
socialism The Church does not seem
to hang we'll with any sor- of modern
ism. And still of another clergyman
we hear as advocating the lynching oc
men, for the better protection of the
honor of women, as if the laws of our
country with the police and our army
anG navy at the back of them to uDGoid
them were not sufficient 70 guard our
own women. Other clergymen aga:n
have joined hands with the prohibition
lists. This seems to us decidedly un-
CHRISTIAN. 1t savors much mrrG of
Is!3m Compare for instance, the mus
huffman way of treating woman
Viewed as an object of temptation, she
must veil her features before she may
appear in public. She is mostly kept
under lock and key. Christianity gives
woman full freedom to show OF her
charms in her own feminine way, leaV-
ing it to man to resist temptation. And
herein lies the fundamental difference
between Christianity and ISlamism. The
latter knows only to remove the temp
tation out of the way, leaving man no
opportunity to bring out what is best In
him. Christianity. concerning itself
more with the moulding of the human
character, leaves temptation where It IS
depending upon the better ard higher
instincts of man TO .esist t.
Tie true spirit of religion brooks no
violence: the heart is its only domain,
and it can have 1T thing to do with Tie
fist Prohibition can never be in the
program of true religion; neither is it
calculated to make men more sober. It
rather works the other way about, as 1t
is patent from all experience and from
the best knowledge of the human char
acter The surest way of populariZiug
a vice is to cry it down from the hcGse-
tops. It is said of the horse that y1u
may take it to the we'll bat you cannot
make it drink: the reverse is to BE- said
of 1nan-that is. the drinking mar: YOU
may take him as far as you like from
the saloon, but you cannot prevent him
drinking; indeed the further you viii
take him the more he viii drink. We
see tbs truth borne out in peoples rs in
individuals. We Jews. for instance, so
far from having wine prohibited to lis,
have been invited to it. Wine plays a
very prominent role in many Of cur
The Sabbath, than which
there are few institutions more holy anc
precious in Judaism is sanctified with
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
HELENA, MONT.

Word was received this week in Hell
ena from Berkeley, Cal, stating that
Robert E. Fisk, a pioneer of Montana,
and for many years owner and editor
of the Helena Herald. later merged
into the Record, died Sunday night at
$50 o'clock He had been in good health
for several years, but recently failed
rapidly in illness. He died at the age
of II years.
At his bedside when the summons
came were his wife, his daughter, Mrs.
Grace Fisk-Biilings, and his youngest
son, Jamie. Two sons, Robert L. and
r. c., are residents of Helena. In the
Hawaiian islands lives Mrs. Florence
Fisk-White, and in far away Manila is
Captain Asa F. Fisk, a member orig
inally of the Helena company, L, in
the First Montana.
There were six Fisk brothers. Five
of them were veterans of the civil war.
All were residents of Montana. For all
taps" have been sounded with the
single exception of A. ]. Fisk, assistant
postmaster at the Helena Office.
Interment will likely be in California.
The funeral VIII be under chorge of
the Loyal Legion of San Francisco,
Captain Fisk having been a member of
the order for many years.
Mr.. Fisk's first stroke of apopleXy
was twelve years ago while seated at
his editorial desk. H. gave UP his
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
When We Go to Mass.

The Church commands us to attend
Mass every Sunday. We should attend
Mass because we owe everything we
have to God; because we have sinned
and we wish through Jesus Christ to
be forgiven and to sin no more When
we go to Mass we should think of what
Mass is Do not think of business; Of
your family; of your friends: of who is
at Mass besides yourself; of what you
have just read in the paper.
What would you do if you were on
the hill of Calvary and saw Jesus dying
for you; the wounds of His hands and
feet; the thorns in His head; the whole
body covered with blood and torn with
pain: the loving eyes looking in their
last gaze upon you; the white lips ask
ing God the Father to forgive you?
What you would do then, do now at the
Mass, for when you are at Mass Jesus
is asking for your love.
When you go to Mass put before your
mind Jesus, the loving Jesus on the al
tar; tell Him that you are sorry thct
you ever sinned against Him: tell Him
that you will never sin again; that you
will avoid those with whom you sin
and the places where you sin.
Ask Him to bless you and to bless all
who belong to you: ask Him to help you
in all you need; thank Him for all that
He has done for you; and then tell Him
that you love Him with your heart, and
your soul, and your body, and your
mind, and that you will never permit
sin to tear your heart away from His.
Pray in this way at Mass and do not
mind what anybody else is doing; pray
as il you and God were alone in the
church. Do not talk to others.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
ork in Helena and moved to Berkeley,

work in Helena and moved to Berkeley
Cal.
He was enlisted in the civil war, be-
ing mustered in as lieutenant in the
Sixty-fffth New York volunteers. He
served in nearly all of the Virginia
campaigns, and in the six days battle
of the Wilderness, before Richmond, he
received an injury which ultimately
caused his death.
At the close of the war in 1855, after
four years and four months of service,
Captain Fisk was mustered out. He at
once commenced preparations for the
overland trip, and in the summer of
1885, in company with his brothers,
Captain James L., Van H. and A. j., all
ex-soldiers of the war, immigrated to
Montana, arriving in Helena in August.
The following November the Helena
Herald was issued from the top floor
of a tWo-story and basement log build
ing on the ground now occupied by the
city hall The name of R. e. Fisk,
editor, was at the head of the column
on the editorial page, and it remained
there for thirtyfour years, when the
paper was sold and passed from the
control of the Fisk brothers.-Helena
Independent.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
Convert Wilbur in Bone.

Says the correspondent of a New
York paper: Il was walking with q
gentleman from Chicago yesterday
when we met the students of the Amer
lean Ecclesiastic college, and stood for
moment to watch them pass. NV
companion suddenly gave an exclama-
ton, and l saw his eyes resting on a
man in the little group. older than the
others, but dressed, as they were. in
black robes with red sashes and pin
ings. The student was no other than
Russell J. Wilbur, the late brilliant
archdeacon of Chicago, the well known
musician and scholar, whose turning
TO Catholicity caused such a commo-
ton i'm Episcopal circles Mr.. Wilbur
has taken up his quarters at the Amer
lean college and lives as the other stu
dents do. A serious project is on foot
10 open house here for converts who
desire to enter the priesthood They
usually come to the seat of Catholicity,
and there seems no niche for them. as
1t is considered not quite expedient that
they should enter colleges where the
students are all under 20 years of age
while the converts are usually mature
men,"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
LANDER, WYO.

C. w. Crowley, highly respected pio-
neer resident of Lander, passed away
at the home where he had resided for
a quarter of century, Saturday morn
ing, Dec. 10, at 1880. He was in his
10Th year at the time of his demise. The
deceased was native of Ireland, COM
ing to America when but a lad of IS
years. In the year 1872 he was united
in marriage to Miss Maria Barry at
Rochester, n. Y. The young couple
full of hope and ambition. soon left for
Austin, New, where their two children,
Mary E., now Mrs. w. H. Sherlock, and
Michael, were born. The funeral serv-
ices were held at the Catholic church
Monday at 1880, where a large num-
Der of friends listened to the impressive
word of Rev. Father Lynch. The pail
bearers were H. NJ. Farlow, Ed Farlow,
L. Savage, w. G. Johnson, w. N. Coal
ter and Charles Slough.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
General Intention for January.
Recommended by His Holiness
Plus x.
CATHOLICITY IN PORTUGAL.

one OF the aims of the apOStleShip is
the union of Catholics in prayer for the
needs Of the church. At the opening of
the new year Our Holy Father, who
knows so well the wants of his children,
urges us to pray for Portugal, which at
present is in great danger, and which
has such strong claims upon the faith
full
The debts which the church owes to
Portugal are many. The past history
of this nation is a glorious one. For
centuries her sons were dauntless apos-
ties of faith i'm Africa, India and Japan.
The blood of her martyrs has REDEEMED
the soil of many lands. Wherever, in
other days, the flag of Portugal waved,
there was the cross planted.
Portugal was the first country that
erected a national temple to the honor
and glory of the Sacred Heart, and
within her borders the feast Of that Di-
vine Heart is kept as a holy day of OBJ
legation. Surely if we plead for her we
shall be heard.
Her needs are many. On all sides she
is menaced and ravaged by the wiles
and attacks Of Freemasonry The edu-
cational and civil administrations are
carried on in a spirit hostile to the
church. Day by day men are led into
SN IL pdIllS DN the .lillluellce OF secret So
cieties. A propaganda of Protestant
ism is supported and carried on with a
zeal and energy worthy of a better
cause. Sociahstic theories are multi
plying on all sides, and multitudes are
being led into error and anarchy. Our
Holy Father seeing the dangers turns
to the members Of the apostleship.
Surely we shall not allow the vicar of
Christ to plead in vain
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02

Separate sins are like the touches and
strokes which the planter gives, firstone
and then another, to the picture on his
canvas; or like the stones which the
mason piles up and cements together
for the house he is building. They are
all connected together; they tend to a
whole; they look toward an end. and
they hasten on to their fulfllment.
If we were created it was that we
might serve God: if we have his gifts,
it is that we may glorify him; il we
have a conscience it is that we may
obey him; if we have the prospect of
heaven it is that we may keep it before
US; if we have light, that we may fol-
low If; if we have grace, that we may
save ourselves by means of it.
1t is sublime privilege to be able TO
steal away from the glare and noise Of
the world and then to pray and think,
or even simply to rest before the altar
We are so used to ii that familiarity
produces not contempt, but the absence
OF wonder. Strangers have sometimes
been more impressed by this idea than
we, the children of the church.
ST. Francis Of Assist had only 10 walk
along the streets in order to make men
turn to God. and to withdraw sinners
from their wanderings. To be modest
is to preach virtue, he said.
The spiritual consultations which God
gives in exchange for temporal enjoy
ments are SO superior that there is no
proportion between the one and the
other.-st. Cassian.
The only important point concerning
any doctrine whatever, or any article
Of faith. Is: Did our Lord teach it?
Did the apostles enunciate It? Did ST.
Peter or st. Jumes or ST. John, under
Inspiration. really preach it? Such are
the questions we Catholics ask. Not so
with Protestants. They do not inquire:
Did Christ teach this or that doctrine?
No. All they are anxious TO know is:
Did the evangelist write il down?
Instead Of continuing, year after year,
TO tive upon the same plane, we can all
choose from time to time a little more
elevated ground, without any severe
Se.I-Ieulal, everyone who cared at all
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
CALENDAR FOR JANUARY. 1909

l. f. First Friday.-Circumcisio
L. Tit, ii, Ills; c. Luke, ii, 21-22-1,-
744,925 for thanksgivings.
2. S. st. Macarius.-2,0 49,112 for
those in affliction.
8. S. Oct. st. John.-St Genevieve-
3O0,416 for sick.
4. NJ. B. Angela.-829,9S for dead
associates.
5. 7. Vigil of the Epiphany.-St. Te-
lesphorus.-392, 314 for local centers.
s. w. The Epiphany of Our Lord
1921 fer directors.
Z. St Lucian.-311. 1925 for promoters.
8. F. st. Severin.-453,92 1927 for the
departed
9. S. IS. Julian and Basilissa.-59S,
294 for perseverance.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
IN THE CHAPEL

o little lamp that glows before the
shrine
OF Christ the Lord. here in the chapel
dim,
would the tireless constancy were
mine
Wherewith your radiance serves and
honors Him.
o little lamp, thy steadfast worship
shameS
My hours of deep discourage cement
and doubt,
When faithfully with love my heart
upfames
And then in dark forgetfulness goes
out.
Denis A. Mccarthy
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
o,conneII at Canterbury.

O'Connell used to relate a good story
of his first visit to Canterbury cathe-
dral, which was the scene of Catholic
pilgrimage recently. He inquired from
the verger the exact spot of the death
of Thomas A. Beckett, and then knelt
down reverently and kissed it, The
verger in terror told O'Connell that the
dean would instantly dismiss him if he
were to allow Popish work like that.
O'Connell asked him his fee for show
ing visitor around the cathedral. He
said one shilling. O'Connell gave him
half a crown; whereupon the verger
said:
you may kiss the stone again, sir,
without any additional charge, and
will look out and tell you if 1 see the
dean coming. "-Westminster Gazette.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
DEATH OF BISHOP MIcHAUD.
Reached New York From Trip
Abroad Last Week.
(New York Starr

Right Rev. John S. Michaud bishop
of the Roman Catholic diocese of Bur
lington, VT, died Tuesday, Dec %, al
$40 o'clock in the morning at st. Vim
cents hospital.
Bishop Michaud reached America
Monday night on the Hambug-Amer-
lean line steamship Amerika. He was
critically i'll at the time. and it WIS
found necessary to call an ambulance
in order to remove him to the hospital
Bishop Michaud was a sufferer from
Brights disease. Two months ago, ac-
compaRied by his physician, DR.. A.
Shea. he went abroad in the hope that
the cures at Lourdes might benefit him.
Bishop Michaud was among the most
active workers of the church. He was
born in Burlington in November. 1S4S
After studying in Montreal college he
was graduated from Holy Cross, Wor-
ceSter, Mass, in 1879 He then entered
st. Joseph's Theological seminary at
Troy. n. Y. and was ordained priest
in 1873. In June, 1882. he was consecraI-
ed bishop and placed over the Bur-
lington diocese.
Bishop Michaud's health failed sew
eral months ago. and after physicians
in Vermont had given up all hopes of
saving his life he decided to try the
cures of Lourdes. While abroad he
suffered relapse. and, desiring to die
in his native countrq, he refused all
medical advice to remain, and insisted
on returning to America. His physf-
clan, DR.. Shea. protested against the
trip, but. feeling that he had only a
short time TO live, Bishop Michaud was
firm
The America met much bad weather
on her trip across, and the general con-
ditions were greatly against the SICK
man, who failed rapidly. His condition
became so bad that DR.. Shea feared he
would not live until the ship reached
land
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
Church Universal


for his own Improvement can select a
little finer music, a little more inteff"'
gent conversation. little more Of WiIdC
is pure and noble and elevating in all
his pleasures than he had before. En-
Joyment will be heightened, not les
sened, by such exercise, and the educa-
ton thus received will steadily advance
him in all that makes life worth living
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
THE "eET-RlcH-oUlcK" TYPE.
Insane Desire to. Amas Wealth
Wrecks Happiness of Many.

Rev. Morgan NJ. Sheedy, LID, rec
tor of St. Johns pro-cathedral, Altoona,
Pa, preached last Sunday evening
against the ruthless passion for riches
whose ruinous results are recorded
evry day in the annals of contemporary
life.
In the great rush for riches, in the
insane desire to heap up wealth and do
quickly. men not only wreck their own
real happiness and peace of mind" he
said, but they very often wreck the
property and lives of countless other in
nocent ana defenseless people. Every
law of God and man is set aside. TcS
the sin Of the 'get-rich-quick' individ-
ual is covetousness, and when that sin
becomes fostered in society complete
Generalization follows. To bear false
witness against ones neighbor is con-
ceived to be good stroke of business.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
CHEYENNE, WY0.

Patrick Farrell, for many years res
ident of this county. where he had
been interested in a number of mining
claims, died at St Johns hospital Sun
day evening after a long and painful
illness. He was never married, and is
survived by his two brothers. The fu-
neral services were held from ST.
Mary's cathedral Tuesday at 8 o'clock.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.

Announcement is made of the coming
marriage of S. A. Burke, an employee of
the Union Pacific railroad, of Boulder
to Miss Mabel Frey. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Frey of this city, residing on
East Rood avenue.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02

REPORT MADE TO THE SECRE-
tary of State of the State of Utah, of the
condition of the Salt Lake Security &
in the county of Salt Lake state of Utah,
at the close of business on the 21st day
of December, 1908:
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
Liabilities.

IOtdl Sl, ca, 800 Il
State of Utah. County of Salt Lake.
A. G. Sullivan, being first duly sworn tf,r
he is cashier of the above named bank:
that the above and foregoing report con-
tains a full, true and correct statement
of the condition of the said bank at the
close of business on the 21st day of De-
cember, 1903.
JOHN HICKEY,
r. c. GEMMILL,
D. C. JACKLING,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9th day of December. 1908.
L. MOTH IVERSEN,
(SeaD Notary Public.
State of Utah,
office of the Secretary of State
/. c. S. Tingey, secretary of state of the
state of Utah, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a full, true and correct copy
of the statement of the above named com
pany, now on file in my office this 18th
'"' - C. S. TINGEY,
Secretary of State.