Morris tribune., 1911-05-19
FATHER JONES' SERMONS.
First of Five Volumes Issued and
on Sale.

Rev. Edward Jones. the highly-es.
teemed and much beloved pastor OF
Assumption Church, through the house
of B. Herder, St. Louis, Mo-, has
just published the first of a series OF
five volumes of sermons entitled,
1.-The Beauty and Truth of the Catho-
lie Church. The complete work
will cover the entire field of the dog,
matte and sacramento teachings of the
Church.
The first volume treats of the
Church of Christ; the second volume
takes up the sacraments and specifcal-
ly the Holy Eucharist; the third VOL
umes completes the sacraments and also
considers very thoroughly the questions
regarding education. In the fourth
volume the Existence and Attributes
of God. the Redeemer and the life of
grace will be exhaustively treated,
and the fifth volume will give the
final and only correct solution of the
questions of vital Importance to man.
kind.
Returning to the first volume,
which now lies before US. we must
preface our remarks concerning it by
informing our readers that Archbishop
Ireland, one of the greatest of living
orators. has most warmly congratu-
lated our distinguished fellow citizen
upon the excellence of the work that
he has undertaken. Too much, indeed,
cannot be said in its praise. Every
subject is of paramount Importance
to the welfare of the human race and
most timely in every one of its as
poets.
Beginning with the necessity of
revealed religion, the reverend author
takes up question after question that
has value in considering the Saviour
establishing His Church upon earth.
The Nature, the Marks the attri
butes of the Church, the meaning of
the prosecutions against her, her gov
ernment. her position in the world,
the glories of divine faith, and the
dangers that menace that faith have
all found their proper place in this
first volume.
The logic and eloquence of the ar
guments employed, the wealth and
aptness of original illustrations. the
practical adaptability to the needs of
daily life of the doctrines PROFOUND
ed, are all of such sort that they can
not fail to make deep and lasting
IMPRESSION Add to this fact that the
language, though simple, is chaste
and elegant, and fully calculated to
bring conviction to the high and the
low. the cultured and the unlettered.
In taking up the subject-mater,
point by point, the reader is struck
with the forcefulness of the manner in
which the truth is presented. More
over, the treatment is so beautiful
and satisfying, that it becomes hard
for one to determine just which one
of the sermons is more perfect than
another. Father Jones' work is GER
tainly most timely one in every re-
gard, and its proper use is destined
to make its influence felt in a large .
and ever-increasing circle of mental
and religious activity.
We cannot escape the fact that the
trend of modern thought is away
from the divinity of Christ and to-
ward the dedication of the human in
5ellect. What this will eventually |
oring us to is evident to every serious
thinker to whom the welfare of society
s not matter of Indifference. Al
'eady the portents of things to come
ire at our very doors. Gradually, but
lone the less surely, the generous,