The Irish standard., 1913-05-24


to believe that it is mentally or. NOR
ally good for boys and girls to be
brought up and taught in the same
sehoolroon1. am quite sure should
{ do my Svery best to stop. any child
friend Of mine from going to a school
where this system was in vogue. At
:; best it is method to be tolerated
's1,aers severe protest il I.s in itself it
We're a desirable system the Church
would have sanctioned it and adopted
it as her pet system Of a thousand
ID. years ago.
- 'N -'' Socialism.
1--WE have been reading most flat
tering reports of your new book, So
calism from the Christian Stand
point" suggested one of those pres
ent, land everyone is wondering how
YOU managed to have time to write
and give SO much local color to the
interesting chapters it contains"
t II readily admit" replied Father
Vaughan, that l nearly broke down
under the effort of persistent writing
in train and on boat, whenever l had
time to spare between the pulpit and
platform; but I was anxious before
leaving America to leave the best l
had at the feet of my best friends,
and | felt could do nothing better
: than offer them in testimony of my
affection and gratitude Il work express
sive of the Christian mind upon the
ing America is UP against Socialism.
and the Catholic Church stands alone
in her fight against it,
The Decay of Professionalism.
. 50, How is the Protestant Church far
ing i'll the Statcs:" aucricd the Cath
Ollie Times representative.
Father Vaughan: II am sorry to
: say it is a fact that Professionalism in
; all it's forms and fashions is daily
it's old dognlatic tenets so
more readily to adjust itself, to
the modern world. Protestant thcol-
. ogy is being reshapcd in it's sclnin-
aries TO suit what it calls tho social
: implications of the Gospel 1t no
longer asks what is mans dogmatic
y freed, but what is his social work. 1t
calls itself by tho old name of Chris
tan, but its Christianity is dying of
,apacmia. Professionalism can no long
= or be called the breakwater against
tiniidelity. IL is too invertebrates to
@stand UP against anything, and its
present mission seems to be to nirt
with Socialism,. Thousands of it's
ministers are being claimed by So
cialists as their ardent followers. III
Socialism is to be put back and kept
IN its place, it is the Catholic Church
that will have to do ii. The salt of
other Churches has lost it's SAVIOUR,
and their lights have burned out or
else are quenchcd."
Are you full of hope about the flu
turc of the Church in America, Faith
err Vaughan" asked the representa-
: tive.
"The Church question in America"
he replied, lis a school question:; in
other words, it's fate tomorrow de-
ponds upon its state today. If through
out the States the children OF Cath
Ole parents were schooled in u Cath
ole atmosphere, and under Catholic
teachers, in another generation Cath
olics will be on top. The tide of emil
grafton is a Catholic one. And, what
is more, it is from these Catholic cmi-
grants settling in the States that
teeming generations are to come; con-
demning by their overwhelming num-
Ders the sterling OF the old American
settlers who, by processes l need not
mention, are robbing God of His chill
dren and pauperizing the growth of
the nation.
~ Twenty live years hence" contin-
ued Father Vaughan, speaking in
prophetic vein, 1.-The Catholics of the
United States will not be sixteen mil
:, lions, but twice that number. The
=. vote will be in their hands and the
future of the Republic will depend
'lupon their use Of it,
,ss"God forbid exclaimed Father
Vaughan, that Catholic successes and
triumphs should be in any measure
due to the plurality of divorces among
their fellow citizens, and to the inl-
1 quitous practice of racial suicide. BY
tsless ignoble processes than these we
should like to see the Church of Christ
triumph in the land discovered by her
chivalrous son-Columbus."
The Cross and the Stars and Stripes
y..s. At this stage Father Vaughan was
called away ana expressed his sorrow,