The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-10
BITTER WAR WAGED AGAINST
CHURCH BY PROTESTANT
PROPAGANDA.

the purpose of collecting aims Tor
his nearly destitute missions in the
Philippine Islands.
The Bishop is very simple man
with a very kindly face, and one great
thought in his heart-the Church in
the Philippines. 1t is not many min
utes before he begins talking on his
favorite subject: There are enough
Protestant denominations in the field, ;"
he declared when interviewed at the
Office of the Catholic Church Exten-
sion Society.
There are the Episcopalians, and,
of course, the Methodists. Then the
Presbyterians are there, and the Camp
bellites, or, as they call themselves
The Christian Church And they are
very active, and very clever. The
different sects have divided the coun-
try up into district zones, one taking
one section and another denomination
being in charge of another section.
The idea of this is that the Fiipinos
might not behold the dissention OBJ
tanning among them.
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upon the Catholic Church With a
view of proseltizing, they also have
hired as evangelists, young Filipino
men, who, for fixed salary endeavor
to pervert their fellow citizens"
Protestant Sects Found Institutions
of Philanthropy.
The Bishop paused, but it was only
to take a breath. He was on sub
iect that filed his soul and he had
many things that could be said.
"The Protestant sects," he con
tinued, 'have established many insti'
tutions of learning and charity, also
with a proselytizing purpose in mind
They have not ceased to wage a re
lentless war against the Catholic
Church. To counteract the assaults
made upon our holy religion, the
American Catholic bishops assigned
to the Philippine Islands have beer
obliged to erect similar institutions Of
learning and charity"
This of course takes money and the
motive of Bishop Dougherty's visit tt
the United States at this time is thai
of collecting funds with which tt
finance his diocesan seminary, and bis
hospital, his orphan asylum and his
dormitory for the young men and the
young women attending government
schools, and also his two colleges fol
young ladies of the better families
He is particularly anxious about his
hospital.
Il am obliged to receive all patients
free of charge" said the Bishop, "witt
the exception of an occasional ricf
person who is willing to pay some
thing for medical attention"
Since his arrival in this country h'
has been successful in receiving more
than forty foundations for beds IL
his hospital-the maintenance of eacl
bed is $1,OO0-and it is his hope tina
through the generosity of American
Catholics throughout the United
States, the sum of 100000 will b.
realized. Ten thousand dollars is thu
minimum sum necessary for the main
tenance of these various institutions
The Sisters of Saint Paul of Char
tres, France, are the worthy religious
who are in charge of this hospital.
Sects Wage War Against Church.
The Protestant Propaganda conside
the field in the Philippines -bleedin,
and torn from the revolution of 'S8-
a fitting place for exercising thei
efforts. There is truly ripe harves
here in the States for them, but some
how or other, the main idea of Protes
tantism is not building up-but tearinj
down, and they chose country tina
is fainting under it's troubles, and ex
pend their money and their mission
aries upon it. The Catholics in on
Island possessions are indeed suffer
ing spiritually from their misdirecte'
zeal.
Districts without priests-and sucl
districts are indeed many-are at thu
mercy of the sects. The great neet
of the Philippines today is priests
and another great need is something
for them to live on.
"Protestants," said the Bishop
are particularly active Throughout
these districts which are withou
priests, and which have been withou
priests for the last fifteen years.
since the outbreak of the revolution
of '9S, and sad to say, they are max
ing inroads upon the Church, but
is certain that If we we're able t.
maintain priests there we would b
able, not only to Offset this propaganda
successfully, but to restore the Churcl
once more to its former fiourishin
condition. At least five hundreds do
lars a year." he continued, would b
necessary to maintain priest in on
of these countries, but think of tn
harvest of souls!"
1t is a strange fact that Protestant
who really do not believe that thei
own pet doctrine and religious thee
ries are infallible and of necessit
absolutely true, should strain ever
nerve and sinew to send money an
missionaries to countries that for Gel
turtles past have belonged to tn
Church One must question their m
tive, and wonder whether it is to e
tend the Kingdom of Christ, {
whether they are only "protestin
against Rome" as they did at the
birth, and as they will be doing wit
their dying breath.
But there is another thing that
stranger still, and it is that Catholic
who believe in their faith, who woul
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