The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-11

my VI COrTupI anu eLldSCuldIeu YER
sion of the Bible-the Bible of the So
called reformerS of the 10Th, century,
who dropped number of the books re-
garded as canonical by the vast body of
Christians for many ages, and gave US
instead what might almost be termed
the play of Hamlet with the Prince of
Denmark left out. Let them read the
genuine Bible, the Bible of our fathers,
and we will be delighted. We haven't
even any objection to the reading of
the garbled version to those who care
to hear it, but we won't have our child
rem forced to drink in error.
The reverend gentleman goes out of
his way to inform US that the Catholic
church IS not only averse to the reading
of the Protestant Bible in the schools,
but hostile to the Bible generally. AS
we wouldn't for an instant suspect
minister of the gospel of truth and love
of deliberately uttering a foul calumny,
we must charitably attribute his mis-
take to dense ignorance. Where, in
the name Of God, did he get his Bible
anyhow? Had it not been for the Cath
Ole monks of the Dark Ages" who
spent their lives transcrlbing the sacred
books. there wouldn't be a Bible in the
world today. According to this Jealous
defender of truth, the Catholic holds
that the Bible is a sectarian book, and
he puts the words quotationmarks
as though he had drawnthem from some
authoritative source. Fudge. Tommy
rot. No responsible Catholic ever gave
voice to such an asinine utterance We
have neither the time nor the space to
pursue this matter further, but we
would refer the reverend gentleman to
any ordinary work on Catholic apollo
getics, such as Cardinal Gibbons
Faith Of Our Fathers, - where he can
find the truth if he wants it.
Leo NIL" says Mr.. Williamson,
''was the author of the following:
Furthermore, in politics which are in
separately bound up with the laws of
morality and religious duty, men ought
always, and in the first place, to serve,
as far as possible, the interests of Ca
tholicism. | haven't the document
at hand, and consequently cannot say
whether the Pope is correctly quoted or
not; but, taking the thing as it stands,
what, ask, is wrong with it? Didn't
Christ Himself tell US to render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesars,
and to God the things that are Gods?
And which comes first, God or Caesar?
1t is recognized principle of ethics
recognized in civil. as well as in moral,
law that, in a conflict of rights, the
lower must Weld to the higher. When
man-made laws clash with the laws Of
God, the human must give place to the
Divine. In the words Of St Peter to
the Sanhedrin, I'VE must obey God
rather than man. We are greatly
surprised that a man claiming to be
representative of God should think for
moment Of calling the truth in ques-
ton.
Mr.. W. tells US that he found these
words in a "Catholic paper" I'VE
hold education to be d function Of the
Church, not Of the State We have
no means Of ascertaining what paper it
might be, and besides no Catholic paper
claims infalHbiIty, nor is any Catholic
paper the official organ of the Catholic
church. And his Catholic paper" to
the contrary notwithstanding, Catholics
DO not deny that the State has a per
feet right to educate within its own
sphere-that is, Of course, in secular
matters. If the reverend gentleman
will take the trouble to read the discus
sion between DR.. Bouquillon, late of
the Catholic University, and Father
Holland, S. j., on the Right Of the
State to educate the Child, he may
have his eyes opened on the subject.
But the Catholic position says, the
State has nothing to do with religious
education. - Aye, verify, Of a truth it
does. And, strange to say, so does the
State itself. This principle is of the
very essence of the American Constitu-
ton. 0, fie, Mr.. Williamson! Did you
ever hear this before? "EHam aHguaN-
do a0Jmifat bonus H0mstuS.
Wherever in this country our public
schools have gone into the hands of
Roman Catholic officials, their useful
ness and power have been lessened. "
How know you that, O wise Daniel?
How many years have you spent in
thorough, conscientious investigation
of the schools throughout the length
and breadth Of this great land, to just
ify you in making such a sweeping as
sertion? Where are your proofs? You
know ''qH0d gratis aSScritHr, gratis
Regatnr.' To perpetrate an Irish bull,
your proofs are no proofs at all. They
won't hold water And, of course,
your conclusion is Of a piece with them.
The best answer that can be given you
is a reference to the facts in the case.
| The best proof that Catholics can be
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