The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-09-07

uatte ana " never VII, 20 long ~ the
Down through the centuries until
our own times, the Catholic church
teaches Christ is God and bids all men
observe both the great law 81 the Ten
Commandments, and the Masters law
OF love. There 10 not q dome Or
tower or . cross upon our churches,
eathedrals, schools and Institutions ef
mercy that does not both point the
way 70 heaven and testify 10 the w
dying faith of this church In the d..
vinity Of Christ Her priests and her
people are determined In the profes.
sion that Jesus vas God 40 were her
early children who died In the Roman
arenas because they were followers OF
the despised Nazarlte, and they are
as willing TO die for Him a. their
martyred brethren.
'lf the world would but open its
eyes TO this proof of.the churoh's pres
eryation. unchanEinE. and unchAnge-
able the scandal OF Christianity az
vided into countless waTTing sects
would not last over night Nearly
twenty centuries ago Jesus sent those
twelve poor fishermen 10 teach the
whole world and spread His church
over all the earth, aud during all this
time she has had TO struggle against
the forces Of hell and the world. but
today she Is stronger and more vigar
Gus than ever, still calling upon man
kind not 70 seoh and derlde her when
they do not know her teachings and
the principles for which she stands
As the Master did TO His tempters
she still Is demanding unqualified obe-
dienee to the Ten Commandments and
announcing the question What think
ye OF Christ, whose son Is Her The
world replies as OF old, 'Dayid's Son
merely n man, a perfect man II you
will, a wonderful moral teacher. the
founder OF the greatest religious or.
ganlzation that time has ever seen. a
profound philosopher. a man leading a
life OF most exemplary virtue but the
church answers in thunder tones; 'Je-
sus Christ is more than man; lie is
God.
THAT there Is such apathy in re-
ligious matters, that the Protestant
churches are empty, that the world is
all agog with crime and disorder Is no
wonder, when the influence of Gods
law and Gods love Is being deprived
OF SO many little children. Far from
me from opposing education. no, We
must have education, but education
that educates the mind only and neg.
lects the heart is no education at all,
for man has two natures, a physical
and a moral, and TO be perfectly edu.
Gated, both must be trained. This ls
the position Of the church; by this she
viii stand no matter what curses and
threats may be hurled at her.
''In our schools and universities We
are teaching young hearts TO love God,
70 know that Jesus is the Saviour OF
mankind, and that by keeping the com.
mandments and respecting the rights
OF our neighbors only can a life be
rightly ordered Here Is where the
Catholic church is doing her great
work for this nation yet sometimes
she receives In return abuse and de-
rlsion. We do not want to tear down,
We want to build up the social struc-
ture. We want to bring the law OF
God into our everyday relations: to
teach capital it's duty toward labor and
labor its duty 10 employer; 10 show
mankind that through Christ Jesus
alone Is there a solution OF the evils
which infest society. Ambassador
Bryce, n great statesman and a non
Catholic, many years ago sounded the
warning Of the destruction that would
befall' our country II our people turn
entirely from God and the restraints
which Christian morals puts upon
their selhshness and passion. His
prophecy is coming true and the
church OF God now calls upon all to
hear her voice, ere IL is too late.
1T will be admitted. am sure. that
only by concerted, united action, We
can bring about effective results. Here
let me say that We Catholics are anx-
ious TO hold out the right hand Of
friendship 10 all Christian denomlna.
tons combating the civil and religious
errors Of our day. We are with our
non-Catholic neighbors against di.
voTce, against race suicide, against
socialism, against the social evil,
against lntemperanee, against the enc
mics Of the Bible, the ten command
ments, and the Divinity Of Christ.
"Looklna out into the future ! see
the Catholic church as she will be In
America not many centuries hence. Ny
vision ls that Of a great cathedral,
built net BY mortal hands. but the
Great Architect Of the universe, the
eternal mouataias are the foundations