Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-13

to admit that all our publications were
of this character, but we can at least
be sure that our Catholic press Is not.
"A more immediate danger and one
more difficult to combat, because sane
titled by most secular educators, Is the
movement for the teaching OF sex
hygiene in our schools which is now be
ing persistently agitated.g The more as
tonishing still is the lack of organized
resistance to It. The only body of men
who have objected TO it with any degree
of consistent effort has been our own
hierarchy and priesthood.
The crnx of this propaganda aims at
the humiliation of innocence. That
which fathers and mothers hesitate to
impart TO children about to enter man
hood and womanhood Is, 1t is planned.
school days. Intimate details of sex re-
lationship made horribly attractive by
chart and picture is to be the subject
of discussion TO children. In the first
place were this necessary It would i'm
ply degree of uncleanliness among
Americans that ! am unwilling to believe
exists But If 1t does exist and the need
for its curing Is at hand the teaching
of eugenics will not eradicate 1t, for the
appeal of this propaganda is not properly
directed
Wreck Their Banks.
Again. today with its great problems
industrial and social; with Its constant
conflict between entrenched capital and
reDeIll0uS laDOr, with ltS vast ocean OF
doubt and unbelief the upbeaval of all
established things would seem iminent.
In these waters of contention many false
Ravens have appeared. The keepers of
the lighthouses such as Karl Marx. Bebel
and their associates swinging the red
lamp of socialism, have lured many weak
minded souls and caused them to wreck
their barks on the rocks of doubt and
despair. This ignis fatuis with It's COM
munistic doctrines and teachings has be-
a attnaffOp whprQin individual p
sponsibility has become an unknown fac
tor In public or private life. The
state Is to be the conscience and the man
relieved of all sense Of personal account
1--WE are no more to feel that there is a
power above the state from whom the
state derives its authority and to whom
the state and the individual owe all of the
blessings which they possess. They
would have us believe that mans
honesty can be measured and controlled
by statute and q woman's virtue by the
enactment of a living wage law. That
beyond these man made laws no power
of an Almighty can hold us responsible.
| In fact they would purge the world of
! all moral training and teach it only the
materialistic doctrine of the survival of
| the fttest.
"what a contrast Christianity offersi
| No conflict presents itself In Catholic
, doctrine between man made laws and
| Gods laws Render unto Caesar the
things that are Gods mans soul
| belongs to God and the things that con-
| tribute to make that soul pure and
| worthy OF its creator are not within the
ganda to inculcate. Honesty and purity
| are not attributes of the mind. They
are the jewels of the soul.
THE Catholic has proven himself a
| patriotic citizen on innumerable occa
sions The members of the Holy Name
Society are proving themselves the best
of citizens today. In your Junior HOLY
Name Society You are educating the mex
generation 40 follow your example, NJ
| one can ask more and no one will ash
more of any society or group of men
Let us live then our lives so that al
men can say that our actions We're al
ways inspired and performed for ia
greater glory of God and the honor o
our country"
Reads Pledge.
Father Corcoran, in the silenc,
preceding the benediction service
read the pledge of the Holy Nam'
rally, prepared with the sanction o
Bishop John j. O'Connor, as follows
BLESSED be God, the Father, Sol
! and Holy Ghost! | profess publicl!
my belief that our Lord Jesus Chris
: is the Son of God, made man for tn
salvation of mankind. | recognize Hi
divine authority, and believe that a
! power on earth, civil and religious
comes from Him. All lawfully con
e stituted authority I respect and prom
! Use to obey May the God of Justic
? guide the minds and uphold the hand
of those vested with it's power Ma
the God of Might break asunder tn
4 bonds of those met together agains
: the Lord and against His Christ.
t honor of His divine Name L pledg
e myself against perjury, blasphem!
q profanity and obscene speech. Praise
Q be the name of God, and blessed be tn
name of His divine Son.Slow and fol
O ever!
4 Benediction was celebrated b
e Father White. Rev. Justin Corcorai
!. of st. Michaers, was deacon. an
. Rev. William j. Baird, former vice
president of Seton Hall College an
now of st. Jamess Church, acted 6
:. sub deacon.
' Rev. James j. Sheehan, of Sacre
It Heart Church, was master of cer'
a monies. The music was in charge
II Rev. John e. Herman, of st. Pa
!, rick's Cathedral. and included %
- Salutaris,' "Tantum Ergo" "Hol
,s God, We Praise Thy Name" and IL
lie "Star-Spangled Banner"