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The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
LOSING GROUND.

A dispatch carried by the Associated
Press early in the week says: Cali
Protestant theological se,ninaries have
now held their commandments. Re
ports from them dash the hopes of
those who looked FOR Improvement in
numbers of men studying for the Pro-
testant ministry. There is a slight fall
ing off, heavy one in some of the
largest -searA }nnairAiss: ana reports from 200
colleges, covering all principal ones. are
to the effect that there are Is per cent
fewer men at commandments this year
than last who announce their decision
to enter seminaries and study to be
Protestant ministers. Speaking of con-
ditions In general the Rev. Paul Mar
tin, registrar at Princeton, says:
"There has been an improvement in
the past five years. Princeton ka :,
twelve more students in 1911 than in
the preceding year. But l am disap-
pointed to learn that there are forty
nine fewer students In Presbyterian
seminaries reporting to the general as
sembly just held which is discourage
ing.'' -N--
This sounds alarming. 1t would ap-
pear that the laissez faire, or do as
you please" theory is about as COM
plete a failure as principle of reli-
gion as it was when applied to eco
Monies. Non Catholic churches allow
their ministers all the liberties tina.
laymen of any profession are allowed
They may even leave the ministry and
take up any other work they choose
without any stigma attaching to their
action And vet with all the liberties
that the ministry offers we are told
that the attendance at Protestant SEM
inaries is falling off.
The candidate for the Catholic min
istry must remaint longer in the semin-
airy than the candidates for the non4
Catholic ministry; he must fast as we'll
as pray; he must take the vow of pow
erty and the vow of chastity; he knows
that to forsake his sacred calling for
any cause at any time means to be-
come an outcast he must be ready to
respond night or day to the calls that
are made upon him whenever MEM
bers of his parish are critically i'll; he
must go whether the patient is dying
beneath wreck or on leper's bed.
These are some of the things the young
man preparing for the Catholic minis
try must be prepared to do. and yet
the number of students in Catholic
seminaries in 1911 showed an increase
over 1910 of 1877.
It's worth thinking about.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
1--WE WANT HOME RULE"

Such was the greeting that King
George and Queen Mary received on
the occasion of their first official visit
to Ireland. 1t was an honest greeting.
There was no dillydallying, no desire
on the part of the people to bask in
the sunshine Of royalty. They did not
make the mistake Of permitting their
desire to respect the monarch of the
realm get away with their better
senses. King George was given to UNI
derstand just what the Irish Party
have been giving himself and his Par
lament to understand, namely, that
Ireland wants Home Rule and is pre-
pared to fight for it until she is vic
torious.
Dublin was in gala attire to well
come their majesties but, thanks to the
good sense Of the majority of the
members of the Dublin Council, there
was no official welcome awaiting the
King and Queen of the realm in Ire
lands capital. Curiosity drew large
crowds to the scene and the royal par
ty was frequently cheered. But peo-
pie gathered together in great crowds
must give some vent to their feelings,
whether the object that caused them to
gather together be king or pugi-
list.
Mayor Farrell in spite of all the
fuss and furry he made about the ac-
ton of the Dublin Council in refusing
an official welcome to their Majesties,
and in spite of his threats to make
obeisances In the name of the Irish
people before the high and mighty King
George and tell him how pleased the
changed the obnoxious oath and was
so superhumanly kind as not to insult
them-after threatening to do these
and other absurd things he backed
down for lack of courage to oppose the
council as might be expected of one
who did not have the courage to stand
With his cOuntrymen Tor the rights OF
his country. And George v. was al
lowed to enter Dublin without being
officially told that he was welcome
there, and only few weeks ago the
commander of United States vessel
was given an official welcome in
Queenstown harbor!
The King of England ought now to
have a very fair idea Of what the Irish
ence to hurry the passage of Home
Rule bill and then his chances of re-
ceiving an ovation in Dublin, official
and popular, will approach very close
to certainty.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Washinston's Recognition Of It at
Valley Forge.

Under the caption, errors Correct
ed or Grifin's Pillory,'' Martin 1. ].
Griffin, editor of The American Cath
olic Historical Researches, in the July
number OF that magazine points out a
number of historical errors which have
crept into Volume x of the Catholic
Encyclopedia. Concerning st. Pat
rick's Day he quotes the following SEN
tence from the Encyclopedias: "It was
at Morristown in 1880 that the first Of
fetal. recognition of st. Patrick's Day
is to be found in Washington's order
book still preserved at his headquar-
ters,' Following is Mr. Grif1ln's COM
ment on the above statement
That may have been the first found
in the order book at Morristown," but
will not the readers believe that at
Morristown in 1850 Washington first
made Official recognition of st. Pat
rick's Day? So the statement will mis-
lead even if it be technically correct.
LII 1tiV 81 dI"
rick" the countersign when the British
evacuated Boston. On st. Patrick's
Day, ITS, at Valley Forge a disturb
ance took place between the Irish and
Germans because the latter, when both
were destitute of clothing, put up a
Stuffed Paddy" Washington, hear
ing the row, went to the rioters and
calmly and feelingly argued with
them" He ended by saying, II too am
a lover OF st. Patrick and must settle
the affair by making the whole army
keep the day." So he issued an order
to give all an extra allowance of
"grog." That made all happy, we may
be sure, and thus both Germans and
Irish celebrated the day in union. Now
a-days the Germans and Irish are
united in celebrating the day. That
began at Valley Forge by Washing
toms Official recognition
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

Some people are just awakening to
the danger of mixed marriages. The
Catholic church warned it's children
years ago, says the Kentucky Irish
American.
The church has tolerated but has
never approved the marriage of Cath
olics and nom Catholics. A written
agreement upon the part of the non
Catholic father or mother is regarded
only as a moral obligation. 1t has no
binding force in law A recent case in
Missouri holds the agreement invalid
in law and this will no doubt be a
precedent for all similar cases in AM
erica.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
DEMoRAL,z,Ne LITERATURE.

Those were excellent words of eau
ton and advice which Cardinal Logue
recently uttered in the little parish of
t'anad in the highlands of Donegal.
"Of the dangers which the world
raises in our path" said he, there is
one which calls for special vigilance.
The country is flooded by an irreli-
gious, unclean, and demoralizing liter
ature. This ltcra ture, which seems to
reflect The degenerate and corrupt state
of modern society, powerfully tends to
corruption. I.atterly many who seem
to have no higher motive i'll view than
n concern for public decency have ear
nestly demonstrated with authors and
publishers, but the unsavoury torrent
sweeps on regardless of protest or re-
monstrance. 1t is found that profit can
be made by ministering 10 the un-
wholesome cravings of our fallen ma
ture. and this source of gain Is eager
ly availed Of With complete indiffer-
ence to the ruin which is wrought. the
Press pours forth Il mass of books, Pc
riodicals and journals, some merely on
the borderand of irreligion and indie
cency, others boldly and unblushingly
hostile to faith and morals Truly
Satan cannot have more powerful
weapon for the ruin of innocence and
the destruction of souls than those
disgraceful productions of licentious
Press. Hence. whoever values the pur-
ity of his own soul. or is concerned for
the innocence of others, must avoid
and discourage such pernicious read
ing. But a special obligation lies upon
those who are charged with the care
of the young, the simple and unsus-
pecting They are bound to exercise
extreme care and unceasing vigilance
in protecting their charges against this
fatal source Of ruin. The most viru-
lent contagion could not act on the
body with more fatal effect than that
with which this poison acts upon the
SOUL"
Have you q family in your charge?
And If so are you careful to see that
they not only do not read vile trash
which is hostile to faith and morals
but that they are provided with whole
some reading matter? Are they pro-
vided with Catholic paper? If not
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
Statue for Barry.

At meeting in Philadelphia re-
Gently. composed of delegates of vari-
Gus local Hibernian organization says
the Catholic Messenger Davenport,
1a.), it was decided to erect in old st.
Mary's church yard, Philadelphia, a
granite tablet over the grave wherein
rest the remains of Commodore Jack
Barry. father of the United States
navy. The movement for the erection
of the tablet was started by the Phila-
delphia Wexford Club. named after
the county in Ireland in which Barry
was born
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

We are all at times accused Of be-
ing narrow and bigoted. 1t would in
deed, be we'll If we could go OH for
ever doing nothing but showing the
reasonableness and beauty of the
Catholic Faith without ever saying a
harsh or critical word about those of
other creeds. But that is an utter i'm
possibility. There is only one right
road and an infinite number Of wrong
roads; one truth, and an infinite num-
Der of untruths. 1t is, therefore, much
easier to err than to speak the truth
Untruths spoken must be corrected or
they will pass for truths, and so duty
requires the offended to take the Of
fender to task. To demand a proof or
a retraction of false statements is not
to be narrow or bigoted, though often
the one who makes the demand is call
ed bigoted. That far we are not only
justified in going but required to go.
And to that end we are justified in US
ing the undisputed facts that go to
show the reasonableness of our posi-
ton. Further than that however. we
should not SO, for quarrels that arc
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
Loves Trysting Place.

Love met me at the hill-t top
With glad and winsome smile,
And held my tickle heart enchain'd-.
0 just little while!
Love met me in the orchard
Meath blossom-laden tree,
And storm'd my heart with longings-
I once again was free.
Love met me where the cypress
Is how'd with Sorrows tears;
I kneel in homage at this shrine
Thro' all the rip'ning years.
Thomas O'Hagan in Songs of the
Settlement" .....
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

Harvard University has branch es-
tablished at Shanghai to combat the
spreading of contagious diseases. DR..
r. M. Edwards is head of the school,
In his opinion China is menace to
the civilized world, SO poorly are con-
ditions effecting the public health
guarded. EVERY ship he says, (which
sails from Chinese port, is q possible
carrier of cholera, bubonic plague and
China has all the diseases of Europe
and America and many others. Against
them it has no adequate medical pro-
lection"
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

fess familiarity with the old saying,
Pride goeth before the fall" they
nevertheless admit that they are proud
of the special issue. But the kind Of
pride that goeth before the fall is not
pride in the performance of good
work, as is the case with the publish
ers of the Sun, and therefore we think
their pride is not of the sinful stamp.
The number is a splendid specimen of
enterprise in Catholic journalism.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
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The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

Three local non-Catholic churches.
all of different denominations, have
united and are to hold union services
for a period of three weeks at each Of
the churches in succession. For three
weeks the congregations will be
Methodists. for three weeks Baptists
and for three weeks Presbyterians. The
preacher whose creed is flexible enough
to sanction that certainly has no
ground to complain If his church is
empty in weather that Is little too
hot or little too cold or little too
wet or a little too dry or a little too
anything.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
of the various religious beliefs on tn,

of the various religious beliefs on tn.
minds of those in danger of death.
so far as I have observed persons
nearing the end of life" he answered,
the Roman Catholics understand the
business of dying better than the Pro-
Roman Catholics on their death beds,
and it always appeared to me that they
accepted the inevitable with compo-
sure; which showed that their belief,
whether or not the best to live by, was
better one to die by than most Of
the harder ones which have replaced
it,"
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
Catholic Conventions

In August will take place the follow
ing conventions: The National Con-
vention, Knights of Columbus, Sill, at
Detroit; the National Convention, g.
o. F., LILA, Cleveland; the forty first
National Convention, Total Abstinence
Union, Sill, Scranton, Pa; National
Convention Of the American Fedora
ton of Catholic Societies, 2o-14, Co
lumbus, o.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

1t is easy to remember God and tt
pray when the clouds are black and
ragged and the sea is tempest-tossed;
and It is easy to forget when the sea
is calm and glistening in the light of
a cloudless Sky. And yet we are as
dependent on Him in the one case as in
the other, for without HON no heart
could beat for moment were the
weather ever so fail.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

Canon Augusta Combra, of Portu-
gal has been condemned to six years
hard labor for having preached SER
NOR against divorce: The new IRE
public" Is furnishing brand of liberty
that Is certain to work internal dissen-
Saions and ultimate destruction to itself.
IA he nation that tries to Danish God
i from its confines must, in the natural
course Of events, soon present sor.
Sroyf,l picture to the world. For it to
bs divided against God means that it is
ataiyided against itself which in turn
means that 1t must fall.
The Diocesan Historical Number Of
ttae Catholic Sun Of Syracuse, N. T., is
gsf hand. and though the editors pro-
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
Tho Grads in Ireland.

There are 3,23s,656 Catholics in Ire
land, decrease of 2.O1 per cent Pro-
testant Episcopalians number $3.50
a decrease of 1 per cent; Preshyter-
ians, 439,S76; Methodists, 61,SO6. The
Catholics are 1873 of the population
The progressive decline in the popula
ton is shown in this table: 1871. s.
196,597; 1851. 6,574,27s;' 1851, 5,7ss.se7;
1871. 5,412.377; 1881, 5,174,sse: 1891,
4,7o4,75o: 1901, 4,46s,775: 1911, A.
3s1,s51.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

The associated press correspondents
are again busy Stating" candidates for
the honors OF the Sacred College. This
time Archbishop ireland and Arch
bishop Farley are among the names
mentioned. We would be pleased to
see these eminent prelates raised to
the dignity of the cardinalate but we
prefer to allow the Holy Father the
privilege of a voice in the matter,
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

THE Irish American announces that
the paper will henceforth be published
by a stock company, the purpose being
to enlarge and increase the prestige of
the publication. Major Edward T. Nc
Crystal is president of the new COM
pany and will, no doubt, continue to
WELD the editorial pen.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

read again and ponder over the words
of Cardinal Logue whose advice is the
cream of long years of experience in
mans noblest calling. Read his words
and re-read them and don't forget that
they apply to you as well as to your
neighbor.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

The substance Of the speech of chan
cellor Won Bethn1ann- Hollweg, anent
universal peace, says the Denver Cath
Ollie Register, which has created such
sensation all over the world, is to
the effect that "the weaker nations will
remain as before, the prey of the
stronger" An ear-witness writes: II
could not describe the profound inn
preston caused by the three last SEN
fences, coldly scanned and falling like
a guillotine, after the pressed and log
ical augmentation of the whole dis
course: Germany" he concluded, "con-
siders universal peace as a dream;
moreover, it will not give up war, and
expects to play to the end and in all
it's fullness, the part of a strong ma
ton" Will Mr.. d'Estournelles de Con-
slant do some missionary work in
Germany?
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
The Washerwoma an. sona.

'sque western lawyer, once commits
ioner of pensions, died recently, aget
seventy years. Many years ago h
published under the nom de plume Iro,
Quill, a book of poems. One of which
became famous and is herewith sub
oined.)
In a very humble cot,
In rather quiet spot,
In the suds and in the soap,
Worked a woman full of hope;
Working, singing, all alone,
In a sort of undertone:
with the Savior for a friend,
He will keep me to the end"
Sometimes happening along,
I had heard the semi song,
And often used to smile,
More in sympathy than guile;
But 1 never said q, word
In regard to what I heard,
AS she sang about her friend
Who would keep her to the end.
Not in sorrow nor in glee
Working all day long was she.
AS her children, three or four,
Played around her on the floor:
But in monotones the song
She was humming all day long:
with the Savior for friend,
He will keep me to the end.'
It's song do not sing,
For 1 scarce believe a thing
OF the stories that are told
Of the miracles of old;
But know that her belief
Is the anodyne Of grief,
And will always be friend
That will keep her to the end.
Just a trifle lonesome she,
Just as poor as poor could be:
But her spirits always rose,
Like the bubbles in the clothes,
And, though widowed and alone,
Cheered her with the monotone
Of a Savior and a friend
Who would keep her to the end.
I have seen her rub and scrub, .
On the washboard in the tub,
While the baby, sopped in suds,
Rolled and tumbled in the buds,
Or was padding in the pools.
With old scissors stuck in spools;
She still llumming of her friend
Who would keep her to the end.
Human hopes and human creeds
Have their root in human needs;
And I should not wish to strip
From that washerwoman's lip
Amy song that she can sing,
Any hope that song can bring;
For the woman has friend
Who will keep her to the end.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

~ lady down in Georgia who has
just been graduated from the Atlanta
law school has begun already to fight
her' first case, which in this instance
Is to persuade tho legislature to pass
law admitting women to the bar,
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

Whatever the future may have in
store for Ireland she merits the ad-
miration of the world, says the Provi-
dence Visitor.
Men admire constancy and heroism
and the world sees both in Irelands
history. For the sake of her religion
she has preserved her nationality and
her aspirations for independence. And
now that her complete Independence is
impracticable and the preservation Of
her faith assured, she may bow to the
inevitable and accept without loss of
prestige the security and good will
proffered by England.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

The Irish ENJOYS In New England.
one of whom is the young son of John
Redmond, have received contributions
for the Irish cause amounting to $780,
o0O and have assurances that the
amount will soon be Increased to $780,
900.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

1t is reported that the artist whom
King George has selected to paint the
browning of himself and Queen Mary
is a Catholic.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

a head line in an exchange says,
Hell--an Answer to Pastor Russell"
A hot answer, don't you think?
The Irish standard., 1911-07-15

Western churchmen are agitating in
favor Of cheaper Insurance rates for
Catholic churches, says the Catholic
Messenger (Worcester). They claim
that the losses in ten years have not
equalled three per cent OF the pre-
miums paid in. One reason for insist
ing upon lower rates than the prevail
ing church insurance tariff which
places Catholic and Protestant church.
es on the same footing is that the Cath
Ollie churches are in use fifteen hours
a day, seldom the moments when
there is nobody watching and praying
in them, while, on the other hand, the
Protestant churches are closed nearly
six days out of each week vacant and
unmatched during those long spells.