The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-10
ANSWERS FATHER TAUGHIN.
Dr. Ake,I Talks on The Bubble %
Catholic Success"

Catholic saccess.''
Al the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
last night Dr Charles p. Aked made a
reply To Father Naughans utteranceA
in this city a week ago He said In part
Father Vaughan did not himself assert
that Professionalism - devayiug lie shell
tered himself behind quotation from an
alleged report Of statement hV = certain
bishop S-ll~w at IamrsioNn, y TINS
gentleman - not bishop Of the Episcopal
thvr,h nor ct the Met hodi=t church Tie
belongs To- a small aud relatively lns'g-
nricau' denomination ,alled.ths Methodist
Protestant Church. denomination winch
has fewer than ls ,sSi members II IL IN
likely thai Bishop Seilev ever talked such
nou~"u~@. though have not s--u any ~
pudiA'ton bV hmm Of the report Father
Vaughan quoted hits report N,ih unhOlN
gl"'' Ana he commented IA hI- own nam
nuvtul NaN Promptly ItA"u rn ASA BY
the rrr-hN terrain clergy at tins CIV. the
tH'h-r replied that he Did not mean that
Protest Hu'lsrn l. d"'aNIug IN point ~ NAM
hrt-. wealth, education. urgaufFafi"n ~
any oI 20" u4'Nard -teu- ~ vitality and
puNrr Ila referred tu - decay a. q spirit
IN power ,aptbl" ui bulliIug ~ a -u,ril
galv minded U"Opl. THIS - OF 'OuT-r a
vastly dirrt.u' thing from Nha' be vss
iha' ga NundiN Father Vaughan cannot
have been 80 entirely ub,iyiuI- ot Hgure-
and material things 80 uu Tuesday h-
Thought h~ had been foT almost IA The
same breath b." T-,.trd - IN swelling pride
figures -huS .ng 'hr Numerical Iu,rras- OF
hiS own hur,h which he thought rrdOuuded
to her credit
Very little effort - u,-~Gri - prick this
hug uIhhi- u Roman ,athoIIv -u,'es, In
the I u,tsd states 81 America
There are. according to the census report
81 iiI- the latest available. twelve uIllionS
81 Roman catholics IA this country about
a. many a. Method-is and Rapti-,- com
h'ued his 10 not very startling fact to
begin With
The Roman CATHOLIC Church bAptizes the
infant newly born consider the superb
organization OF tn" Church Think of -
aselong care Tor the child Think ~ -
imperious in-i-tenc- upon baptism. Nug
NAV be sure thai few children 80, ape hap-
ifsm through las Of care on 10 part Of the
priest he ,en-u- report ha- deducted
~ p"r cent from the total ret Irn- so A. to
exclude children under years OF age but u
includes all hap'yed persons over . rhe
Baptisr figures on the other hand. include
only 'hoss Who have received baptism hy
immersion upon their own deliberate
choice after conversion and the acceptance
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census figures all 'hu~" Who constitute their
congregations and all tho members Of their
families over wears there would he A.
man Rapti-fs alone a. there are Roman
CatholIy-
Th- Roman ,atholir church 10 not holding
it, own in 'his country
Herr = the sober declaration not ~
Protestant rri'ir. nur Of he I nitad states
through IT. o1i'IAI census
report
In Wow 81 fu" great yo'um" ~ imnigra.
tiun 90 this ,ountr, since l-is the InCreas"
OF % usr cent for the Roman tatholi'
church d0-s NOT seem 90 30 greater than
w gId naturally he expected
u i computed that since Is2o tht- country
pa received twsntv-hvs millions ~ iuhmi-
grants and that of those possibly hftern
millions certainly more than twelve mil
lions acre Roman 'a'holrs u - Doubt
mi n ws have a million and half NJ Roman
ta'hOliS- Of American descent The Roman
, s'noIi' church ministers IN the main ." a
,lass 81 psopla VhO are Th. most prpIIil.
IN tbs country among whom the birth rate
l. immensely higher than IN some other
-, ions Of tho community Vet notNith-
standing this high hir'hrate. the Roman
Z, atholc church cannot sAep pace WITH 'he
addit ibnz by immigration alone u has
utterly failed 90 hold IT. own people much
more comp etely has o. failed to hold the
.hildren VI it, own families