The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-11

liens to maintain the public schools
when they are already maintaining
p~arochia1 schools.
Bishop McFaul's solution Of this
situation is to "let Roman Catholic
schools to remain as they are;
ITO let no compensation be made for
religious instruction, letting the pastor
care for his flock;
ITO let Roman Catholic children be
examined by the state n municipal
boards and if Roman Catholic schools
furnish h secular education requir-
ed, let the state pay cash."
A movement Is on foot to organize
q national league of Catholic
keane's Address.
Archbishop Keane, of Dubuque, Ia.
in his sermon at st. Johns cathedral,
said in part: .~-~
1.-THE representative character Of
this assembly. in which are found men
who hold briefs from nearly every
Catholic organization in the land; the
high religious sanction given it by
the solemn service of this hour, and
the presence here of he first witness
Of the faith in America, his Eminence
Of Baltimore, must excite a very gen
eral interest in the convention which
begins it's work before this altar this
morning.
<A14h ILCuSI l. 1lOIt lllo Nj ~ W.
fend it's aims. I know it can have no
political programme. Catholics in
this country are a cosmopolitan body,
protesting and defending every form
of, political creed save socialism. They
are devoted to- the, interests of con-
tending parties which they helped to
create and now maintain.
There is no present or prospective
crisis which could make the creation
Of q TafhN1in M rfyy 1nccfhla-1n dr1Ifn
determinations which might be a root
Of cohesion.
Earnest, practical Catholics are
here convened for the purpose of de-
liberating as to the means of promot-
ing works of religion n education,
and of opposing the anti-religious and
anti-social forces Of the day. There
is much in the past to enlighten US;
much in the present to encourage us.
The Catholic revival of the nineteenth
century has brought many into the
church, and is still affecting many.
It has restored to honor ideals which
had been derided and cast out by the
reformation, such al the value OF
authority, doctrinal and administrative,
and Of ceremonial forms as symbols
OF great truths. It has revived rev.
lerence for sanity characters formed
by the Catholic system, and won re-
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lies the mass, the vital force in Catho-
lie life. England sends a royal yacht
within this year Of grace to bear a
Fapal delegate to the Eucharistic con-
gress of Malta. But yesterday the
city fathers Of Plymouth in the cold
north gave the freedom of that Eng
llsh city to the Catholic congress. The
main consequence Of despoiling the
sanctuary in France and Italy has beer
10 reunite priests and people as they
never were united before and to usher
in that second spring which already
gladdens the heart OF the peoples
pope.
sour growth In this country il
numerical strength, in religious influ'
ence, and our gain for winning thu
esteem and sympathy of our fellow
citizens generally, are most crafty
ing, unless to a few who, though of us
seem to wish that we had lost, tina,
the sinister prophecies of uncatholi'
partisanship might be Justified in tn
event.
catholic people never rejoiced II
the consciousness of an intenser reali
zation OF the facts OF faith, and neve
felt the STRINGS of a deeper love 70
the church, or a truer loyalty to 1T
authority than do those OF today.
ssThese all are facts to
In q. IN OlllCI nallAs & bllC NJ - SCSLa
lsystem of religious truth has collaps
ed. 1t had helped the children of man.
generations in their religious strivings
by the exaltation of the life depicte,
in the New Testament gospels, b.
earnest exhortations to Goodness an,
Through the help given to spiritual eff
Tfortaby association. 1t was unable t.
abide the successive strokes of Biblica
criticism or to survive longer the kill
ing analysis Of its fundamental prin'
~ ciples.
"The tolerance extended to denial 8
what till yesterday was regarded a
most essential christian truth, the ac
ceptance as comrnonplacesfo of criticism
of statements that would have beer
counted till recently as daring infidelity
the substitution OF epics on life moral
Nv correct and intellectually graceful
for acts of faith In God and Christ
show how the d~isintegration Of non,
Catholic creeds lis swiftly moving tx
denomination. While moral life il
still upheld by tin1id reference Il
scripturals pTecept, supernatural aid II
almost disregarded; and uInncertai,
form of words of little meaning take
the place Of sacraments which ono,
fortified christian life. OF church ad
herents who attend worship, many d,
so not on grounds of faith, but as al
act OF compliance or a social duty.
THE masses Of men In non-Catholi
communities and countries recite n,
creed and w no church utilization
"a They have pushed the Fundamental
principles Of the systematic denial d
nocturnal authority and the adequac,
4 ana the right of self guidance Iii reli
gion I'd their logical issues.
And although@Tnen are abandoning
d creedless system which can Civ
Them no intellectual satisfaction ali,