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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-20
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ly He detests it, and how severely he
Furnishes it, Any sect which made God
the author of evil was by the very
fact stamped as an irrational and i'm
moral parody of Christianity.
Does God cease to be infinitely good
because the creatures He made with
free will to obey His law, and endowed
with the grace necessary to fulfil their
destiny, refuse knowingly and DELHI
erately to observe that law, and reject
Gods preferred help? God is perfect
justice, and will take into account
every possible factor that might pal
late the sins of men, such as the ex-
ample of wicked parents, birth in the
slums, inherited tendencies of evil,
lack of religious education, tempera-
ment, and the like; but the worst of
men realizes that he is free to do the
right and avoid the wrong. Can he
rightly blame God if he freely chooses
evil, with it's consequences here and
hereafter?
Why, then, did God make us free, is
the further objection of the unbeliever.
We grant God could have created a
world free from all evil; that He could
by constant miracle have preserved
man from all sin without interfering
with His free will. But, as a matter
of fact, he has not done so, and no one
can say that He was bound so to do.
He made us free because He wished
to be freely served by His creatures;
because He knew He could restore the
disturbed moral order by the sanction
of His eternal punishment of the sim
ner, because He knew how to draw
good out of evil.
We must in the last analysis, there
fore, say that in the existence of moral
evil is a great mystery, but that it's
existence is in no way referable to
God, but to the sins of our first parents
and the actual sins of men. The great
remedy of evil is Jesus Christ's atone
| ment on the Cross and the grace of
God which comes therefrom, especial
ly in the Mass and the Sacramento
established by the Saviour.
Take, if you dare, the alternative:
There is no God. Does that do away
with the fact of moral evil? Or the
alternative: God is infinitely bad
Does the addition of such badness to
the sum of moral evil help the case?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-20
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. SIMON STOCK.

Simon was born in the county of
Kent, and left his home when he was
but twelve years of age to live as a
hermit in the hollow trunk of a tree,
whence has was known as Simon of
the Stock. Here he passed twenty
years in penance and prayer, and
learnt from our Lady. that he was to
join an Order not known in England.
He waited in patience till the White
Friars came, and then entered the
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
His great holiness moved his brethren
in the general chapter held at Ayles-
ford, near Rochester, in 1245, to choose
him prior-general of the Order. In
the many prosecutions raised against
the new religious, Simon went with
filial confidence to the Blessed Mother
of God. AS he knelt in prayer in the
White Friars' convent at Cambridge
on July 10th, 1851, she appeared before
him, and presented him with the
scapular in assurance of her protec'
ton. The devotion to the blessed
habit spread quickly throughout the
Christian world. Pope after Pope
enriched it with indulgences, and mir
acles innumerable put their seal upon
it's efficacy. The first of them was
worked at Winchester on man dying
in despair, who at once asked for the
Sacraments when the scapular was
laid upon him by st. Simon Stock
The Saint died at Bordeaux A. D. 1865
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-20
THE SOUL OF MAN AS VIEWED BY
SCIENCE.

For some years so-called scientists
have given out the idea that it cannot
be proven that man has soul and
they have found good many follow
ers, at the present time. If man
has no soul, of course that does away
with all religion. Hence, remarks a
writer in the Catholic Columbian, it is
refreshing to come across one who
takes issue with such men, merely
liam McDougall has published a book,
Body and Mind" in which he says:
Il am aware that to many minds it
must appear nothing short of scan
dial that anyone occupying a position
in an academy of learning, other than
a Roman Catholic seminary, should in
this twentieth century defend the Old
World notion of the soul of man. For
it is a matter of common knowledge
that Science has given it's verdict
against the soul, has declared that the
conception of the soul as thing, or
being, or substance, or mode of exist
ence or activity, different from, or in
any sense or degree independent of,
the body, is a mere survival from
primitive culture, one of the many
relics of savage superstition that OBJ
stinately persist among us in defiance
of the clear teachings of modern
science. But I am aware also
that not one in a hundred of those
scientists and philosophers who con-
fidently and even scornfully reject the
notion has made any impartial and
thorough attempt to think out the
psycho-physioIogical problem in the
light of all the relevant data now avail
BILE and of the history of previous
thought on the question"
Even science now and then must
hold it's head in shame when it con-
siders that it has tried to break down
great truths that have supported
humanity and given it courage and
strength in the many dark places of
lifes journey. Was it not Addison
that said:
"'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us,
'Tis heaven itself that points out an
hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man."
Even old Plato could give some
pointers to those, who in the language
of one remarked that souls had gone
out of fashion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-20
MORAL AND PHYSICAL EVIL.

The difficulty of reconciling the ex-
istence of evil with the providence of
God has been felt from the beginning.
Christianity does not pretend to an
swer the problem fully, but declares
it the height of folly for men to deny
the many and overwhelming proofs
that reason gives up of Gods infinite
goodness and love, simply because in
our ignorance we cannot explain the
complete working out of the divine
plan.
The Christian, says a writer in the
American Catholic Quarterly, is not
disconnected by the existence of physi-
cal evils, for he knows they are the
consequences of drunkenness and i'm
providence of an unworthy father of a
family. Is it reasonable to blame God
for the diseased children who are the
fruit of immoral parents? God, in
deed, could, in His omnipotence, pre-
vent natures laws from acting in
these cases; but no one can prove that
He is bound to perform a miracle.
The Christian, again, knows that
physical evil is often in reality a posi-
tive favor and blessing of God to the
individual, and always, though we in
our ignorance may not perceive it, has
some good purpose in Gods universal
has brought great sinner back after
many years to his God. If Adam had
been truthful, the race would have
been free from evil The Christian
realizes also that much of the poverty,
sickness and misery in the world is
directly traceable to the actual sins of
men. Is it reasonable to blame God
for the poverty of the tenement-house
dweller, when often we know that it
is due to the actions of the people
themselves? How often the loss of
worldly goods has stripped a man of
his pride, avarice and lust, because he
began for the first time to realize the
uncertainty of material prosperity and
the fact of his utter dependence on
God. God can bring good out of evil,
as we see in the case of Joseph in
the Old Law, or in the great Mystery
of the Redemption-the death OF
Jesus Christ at the hands of those He
came to save. Even if we at times
cannot see the good, our reason tells
us it must be there.
But the innocent suffer SO much!
Granted, but again Christianity
teaches that this life is not the all;
that physical evils give us chance to
acquire the virtues of humility and
patience, to satisfy in union with
Christ for our sins, and to merit
through Christ Gods kingdom. They
are constant reminder that I'VE have
not here lasting city, but seek one
that is to come (Heb xiii, IA; ''for
that which is at present momentary
and light of our tribulation, worketh
for us above measure exceedingly an
eternal weight of glory" QI. Cor, w.
III.
With regard to moral evil, the Cath.
Ollie Church teaches that God in no
way wills sin. On the contrary, every
page of Scripture witnesses how great.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-20
HIS CATHOLIC WIFE.

Thank you for coming, Father"
said the proprietor of the hotel. 1T
is a stubborn case. The girl will not
be married except by a priest, and
the man having persuaded her to
come here for the purpose, can get no
farther with all his persuasion. My
wife has been with them since they
arrived" -...-
There are they?" said l gravely. I
was shown into a quiet parlor where
the mistress of the hotel sat with the
young man and woman.
The young man was talking earn
estly to the girl, who was quite young
and pretty. She rose respectfully and
advanced to meet me.
You are very good to come here,
Father she said, with the ease of
one used to meeting strangers.
But, my dear young woman" said
l, don't you know this is a very
strange affair for you? Are you not
aware that matter like this not only
requires the consent of your parents,
but certain respectable publicity?''
Father, l know all about it. 1t is
certainly a runaway match, as the
world will call it, but there is no help
for it. l have thought it all over,
and there is no other way out.
can't be married at home, for if we
we're to live hundred years my fam
lily will never consent, and will mar
ry no one but Arthur. I shall never
give up my faith, and shall bring
him to it some day; and as for the
rest, we can both work, for we are
young and strong"
The young man spoke for the first
time.
"All this is true, sir. l will do all
I can to be good husband, and never
interfere with Armies religion.
have no faith, but my faith in her
She consented to marry me if | go,
priest, and my friend here and his
wife have helped me, as you see, in
bringing you here. He seems to know
you WE'LL
Yes, he is an old friend, and hap
pened to know l was around. / an
aware it would be hard to adjust the
matter now in the young lady's parish
She cannot go home. She might be
compromised if she stays here. Car
you wait an hour or two? I will &C
to see the Bishop myself. 1t is only {
short distance from here. | will re
turn
The girl answered: Thank you from
my heart, Father. Certainly, we viii
wait Arthur has the license in his
pocket, and we are both of age
am aware dispensation is required
You know (smiling) l have relative:
priests!'
81 know all about you," said l. "Ant
l know when a women will, she will
and that's an end ont, and of two
evils we must choose the lesser" 81
saying I left.
In two hours | returned. The pro
prietor and his wife were still will
the young couple.
Il will marry you now" said |.
The simple ceremony was soon over
and gave the bride and groom some
serious and strong advice The pro
prietor of the hotel and / had little
talk. He promised to have the mar
rage in the morning papers. Tht
young couple departed to distan
city, where they were to reside will
the groom's mother.
1t was not an unusual affair. OPP
| position, perhaps too long persisted
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-20
EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST.

EPISTLE: Brethren, we are
debtors, not to the flesh, to live
according to the flesh: for If
you live according to the flesh,
you shall die: but If by the
spirit you mortify the deeds of
the flesh, you shall live.
GOSPEL: There was a GER
tain rich man who had
steward; and the same was ac-
cused unto him that he had
wasted his goods: and he
called him, and said to him,
How is it that ! hear this of
thee? Give an account of thy
stewardship, for now thou canst
be steward no longer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17
NEW PHONES FOR
DOUGLAS
New Exchange Building Is Practically
CompIeted; System to BE Made
New With Modern Equipment.

Douglas, Ariz, Sept. 17.-Five hun
dred desk and wall telephone instru-
ments. of the latest type manufactured
by the Western Electrical company,
have arrived in Douglas for the local
office of the Mountain States Telephone
& Telegraph company The tools which
will be used in their installation arrived
at the same time and the work of put
ting the new Instruments in place in
the business houses and residences of
the city will be started within a few
days
The company's new office building
on Eleventh street between d and Z
venues is rapidly nearing completion,
plastering n interior finishing being
in progress now.
Road Work Delayed.
On account Of the heavy rains which
fell during the summer season all over
Arizona. progress on county road work
has necessarily been quite slow, accord
ing to county road superintendent J. %.
Benton. Practically every road in the
county has been washed out more or
less.
To cope with this situation, Benton
has an entirely Inadequate force, hav-
ing but six men and four teams at his
command The road building crew is
now between St. David and Fairbank,
working east. They will not be able
to reach the Douglas district for az
least two months. Benton stated.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17

service and emphasizes also the repent
ance and personal praye for the for
giveness of each individual SHINING
soul It completes the penitential pc
riod of 10 days hat had begun with
the New Years day.
The celebration of the Day of Atone
ment begins in the synagog with the
evening service, called Kol Nidre from
its opening formula, which refers to
vows concerning the individual n his
conscience. With its strongly marked
melodies and songs, this service as
Sumed in the course of time a very i'm
pressiYe character. Throughout the
following day a continuous series of
middle of the afternoon is heightened
in impreSsiVenesS by a most solemn
commemorative service for the dead.
This is followed by the Neilah or clos
ing service in which the main ideas of
the day are especially emphasized; re-
pentance conditioning forgiveness n
Gods sealing the decree of man for
the ensuing year The service ends
with a solemn invocation of Gods
name, the Shema and the eX-
clamation, The Lord, He is God" AS
a signal of the close of the sacred
day. the trumpet (shofar) Is blown
once, and the deyout W~OrShipper turns
homeWard from Gods house with the
and sincere repentance the sins of the
past have been forgiven.
Rabbi ZieIonka will preach at Tenn
pie Mt Sinai Friday at ] p. m, on
Life?" on Saturday, at 10 &. m, on
"On the Heights" and at a Memorial
service at 1 p. m. Saturday on out of
the Depths"
Sinai will open for the enrolment of
pupils Sunday, Sept. p, at 10 a. m. All
children desiring to attend are expect
ed to be on hand at this time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17
DEVELOPMENT
TUCUMCARI HAS
BOOM IN BUILDING
Bids Are Opened For Five
Government Buildings on
Experiment Farm.

Tucumcari, \. NJ, Sept. 17.-Exten-
sive improvements will be made this
winter and next spring on the local
opera house, the changes contemplated
being the pebble dashing of the pres
ent structure and the addition OF. a
so by 80 foot airdOme on the south side
of the building as it now stands. RltZ
& Son. contractors, of TucumcaTl, VIII
begin the pebble dashing of the build
ing this week and the remainder of the
work will be completed as soon as the
weather permits. 1t is said.
A. !. Walker "a let the contract for
a residence on South First street, ad-
Joining the McAlpine residence, which
is nearing completion. Another build
ing to be erected IN the same neish-
borhood will be the residence of A ].
Clavel. adjoining the home of L c.
Pearson.
Work is being rushed on the home
of J. D. McMurtrie, on South Third
street. The building will be finished
with stucco.
U. n. Whitehall. a contractor of this
city, was declared the lowest bidder
on the construction of the five build
ings for the government experiment
station north of town His bid approx
mated. it is said, $500. Two other
bidders tried for the work, the lower
being more than $500 above the sue
cessful bidder in his bid.
Work has started on the clearing of
the section of land recently purchased
for the station and this land will be
broken and prepared for crops as soon
as possible. Prof. i. c. ChilcOtt, chief
of the office of dry land agriculture at
Washington, has been in Tucumcari
comforting with the local officers in
regard to the plans n locations for
the farm will be in good shape by next
spring.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17
HOIEsT Of DAYS
FOR JEW SATURDAY
Celebration Will Begin on
Friday Evening, Ending
Saturday Night.

When the first stars appear in the
heavens Friday evening, they will
usher in the day hottest to the Jew
in his entire religious calendar. From
that hour until the evening of the fol-
lowing day, Saturday, Sept q, the de-
VOut lsraelte VIII give himself entire
soul by repentance. It Will be a day
spent by hin in meditation and pray
er, with no thought Of the world, its
profits or pleasures. 1t is the great
fOod, from shutdown to shutdown, the
people OF Israel ..afflict their souls"
for the sins Of the past year.
The holy day is mentioned in the
Bible in a number of places; Leviticus
XVI describes the elaborate priestly
ceremonial of atonement; ibid XIII,
1852, il appears in the list of festivals
where the "afflictiOn of the soul" fast
ing) is ordained; ibid XIV, D, an
nounces that on the day of atonement,
each 50th year, the trumpet sound
shall usher in the jubilee year; while
Numbers xxx, I'll, describes the sac
rifices Of this sacred day. From these
references and later accounts of the
Talmud We can get a picture of this
lical times The holy day on the 10th
day Of Tishri was observed by Austen
ton from food and drink and by an
elaborate ceremonial In which the high
priest was the central figure. He be-
sought forgiveness for his own sins
and those of his own household, then
for those of the wider household OF
priests, then for all the people. OF two
goats, he slaughtered n as a sacrifice
for the Lord" and set the other aside
for Azazel." The blood Of the sacri-
fees he sprinkled upon the curtain of
the holy of holes to purify it from the
sins Of the people.
From this Biblical ceremonial which
throughout seeks for forgiveness of
the community as a whole, the day of
atonement has been somewhat changed
in Rabbinic Judaism and in the modern
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17

In the first place I never cooked a
turn1p & wuddent I'VE one in my hand,
& in the second place I cuddent throw
strate enuff to hit anybody in the he'd
unless 1 aimed at his feet.
Pa got Kind of mad then. Wife,
deer sed Pa, is hare anything that I
ever did that you liked2 1 was al
most sure that this one time you wud
like this song. I spent a lot of time on
it. | thought the chorus was kline Of
catchy.
Your poor old boy. sed Ma, I dident
think that o were going to cry so
maik you feel any better to tell you
that I think the song is good, 1 will
say that the Ong is good. I only
thought that you wanted my real
Opinyun. Ma sed.
You know as we'll as l do that poly
ticks Is everything rite now & that it
is always a important part of American
life. Why doant you rite a song about
the OF the lake. OF Sumthing
of that kind. Everybody knows that
thare is moonlite on the lake when
thare is a lake and a mite that the
moon is out.
1 guess you better lay off on song
writing, sed Ma, e try sumthing else.
man that got ten thousand dollars for
curing a horse that belonged to q rich
man.. Why doant you try beeing a vet
Urinary urgeOn instead of a poet.
Beeing a what2 sed Pa
Oh, anything. Sed Ma. Try beeing a
shipping clerk. But doant be a song
writer.
So then Pa toar up his song as eesy
as he used to tear up Broadway.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17
Little Boobies Pa By william ?: KIRK:

= HAVE jest rote a song. wife, sed
Pa. that I think you wud like to
L hear.
I wud i X to heal it all rite if you
viii let Bobbie sing il, sed Ma. l am
afrade that you Wuddent b. abel to do
so fine a song justice.
Well, sed Pa, then Bobbie can sing
it. 1 knew that he wanted to sing it
hisself, but Ma sed about it bee
ing a fine song made me feel kin of
song, & L sang it the best 1 cud for
the kind of song it was. This was the
nalm OF the song:
The drawing room was rowde in a
city far away.
1t was a politishun's hoam, so bril-
yunt and so gay.
HIS wife was cooking Inner wen a
guest CAIN through the door
d sed Do o think William Taft
will get jest one term moar?
She hit him with a turnip on his
bald and shiny pate
& sumthing like the following was
the word that she did state.
Chorus:
Nix, Nix, Nix on Polyticks,
I'm tired of Teddy Roosevelt &
1 wuddent are if Taft grew Daft
& Wilson crossed the Styx,
Nix, Nix. Nix on PolytickS!
Well. Sed Pa, what do you think of
that for a Song2
It dident seem to impress me favor
able ,sed Ma. 1t is not true, not true
to life & not true to wimmen. sed Ma.
Did o ever see me, for instens,
throwing a turnip at a mans bald hed2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17
NEW TO
BE FINE

State College, n. NJ. Sept. 1.-THE
new Engineering building will be the
finest building on the campus and is
to be first class in every respect It
will cost $4,000 and will be built in
an L shape, and viii be three stories in
height. A tower or dome will be con-
structed over the entrance of the main
unit, and large steps will lead up to
the main entrance on the second floor.
The first loo is to be of a semi
basement character. and the building
will contain class. lecture and draw
ing rooms and Laboratories and viii
make room for the physics department
and woodwork shops. Eith electrical
and mechanical laboratories and all
the power equipment The new build
ing will give ample room for the new
% horsepower Corliss engine and the
Universal grinding machine which are
now lying idle for want of room.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17

the Rio Grande is one that enlivened
the discussions at the congresses held
at Albuquerque in 1908 and at Pueblo
in 1910.
The board of governors OF the con-
gress has arranged for a program that
will exceed in general interest that of
any previous session.
The rendition of the Ode to Irriga-
ion" by the Tabernacle choir aug
mented to 500 voices. at the opening
session Of the congress will be one of
the greatest musical events in the his
tory of this famous choir, according to
Prof. J. J. Mcclellan, Of the
ode. The choir will sing other seIec-
tions, with full orchestral and organ
accompaniment.
Musical features for the
will play an important part in the
amusement and entertainment features
of the program. The official band will
be on duty from the Saturday before
the congress opens until the close, six
days later, and. in addition to every
available band in Salt "a City. on the
opening day of the congress the cities
of Price and Spanish Fork will send
their bands for the great parade.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17
NEW PLANT REPLACES
ON WATTS :

Within two weeks the old Watts
pumping plant of the Waterworks viii
be an entirely new structure Brick
has entirely replaced the old sheet iron
structure that stood there for so many
years.
The roof is being placed or that part
OF the building in which the steam
boilers rest. The steam plant is not
to be entirely dismantled, but will be
reserved for emergency in the event Of
accident to the new electric pumping
machinery which is now in working
order.
As the mesa plant is fulfilling all
that was expected of it, no water is
being pumped from the old Watts
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-17
NOGI B~EQUEATHS BODY
TO MEDICAL COLLEGE

Toxic. Japan, Sept. 17.-The will OF
his wife, committed suicide the mo-
ment the body Of the late emperor
started on its journey to the tomb.
suggests that his body be given to. a
medical college, requesting that only
his teeth. hair and nails be buried in
the grave.
The document bears the date of the
night of September u, "A hours before
he took his life, and it indicates that
the death of the countess had not been
decided upon when the instrument
was prepared.