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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

and yet IL you read the Gospel ac-
count you will find Jesus saying some
very strange words there in referring
to an ordinary supper. | remember
when | first read-in little book
called THE Faith of Our Fathers"
the way in which Catholics interpret
Christ's words in referring to the last
Supper, | said to myself that if be-
lieved everything the Bible said, |
would think the Catholic interpreta-
ton the most natural and really the
only true Interpretation. was not
then Catholic and thought had the
right to think what / pleased about
what the Bible said.
A word about the Confessional Do
you think that when Catholics go to
confess their sins to priest that they
confess nothing but improper acts?"
will tell you what they say, for
example: "Bless me, Father, for
month"; since my last confession. Dur
ing that time / neglected to say my
morning prayers twice; once | got
angry and swore; I had an impure
thought once and I did not put it out
of my mind Immediately; injured the
reputation of my neighbor by telling
something disreputable that he did,
when had no good reason for saying
that" The priest will then tell the
penitent that he must restore this
neighbours good name. If the penitent
should say he had stolen money from
any one, the priest will tell him he
must restore the money before he
can receive dissolution. The penitent
then recites a short act of contrition
telling God he is sorry for his sins,
and asking the priest to absolve him.
The priest tells him to say the Lords
Prayer or some other prayer for
'penance," and gives him absolution.
What is there so bad about that?
Isn't it good thing to get those sins
off ones conscience? If you think the
priest has no right" to absolve sim
ner, you forget that Christ Himself
told the poor sinful men whom He
had chosen for His disciples that
whose sins We forgive, they are for
given them, and whose sins you re-
tain''-note the fact that these men
can cause others to retain their sins!
they are retained unto them"
Now word more, dear friends.
Catholics love their country; they vote
like all good citizens, and they don't
always all belong to the same political
party. The Pope doesn't bother his
head at all about how they vote, be-
lieve me! He is satisfied with the
progress of the Catholic Church in this
country, and he certainly has no wish
to overthrow the Constitution, and
have Catholics gather arms and fight
for him against the President. Don't
believe ridiculous stories about Cath
olics any more than you believe
stories about any other body of men
or women. | have written this letter
to the Antidote because l have heard
about some very un-American and
shameful doings down in Texas
against Catholics. Nobody asked me
to write this, and am a total stranger
to the priest at Hereford. Perhaps If
you know of some Protestant who has
been misinformed as to what Catholics
believe and do, you will pass this
paper along to him.
Yours sincerely,
WILLIAM STETSON MERRILL.
Chicago, Ill.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

Next week the priests of the
Archdiocese of st. Paul will make
their annual retreat at the st.
Paul Seminary under the direction
of the Right Reverend Bishop Fal-
lon of London, Ont. For four
days they will, withdraw from
the ordinary routine of pastoral
duty in which they are engaged in
the service of others and devote
their attention to their own spirit
ual needs. These are the only
days in the year which they may
call their own. During the re-
treat they will mediate on the
great truths of religion and take
stock of their spiritual condition
to the end that they may be the
better able to minister to others
in the pastoral office. The Catho-
lies whom they serve should pray
during the coming week that this
retreat may be profitable from a
spiritual point of view to their
respective pastors that they may
return to their fiocks with re-
newed vigor to carry on the work
of the Lord for the coming year
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
WORK FOR AMERICAN EVAN.
CYCLISTS.

Some time ago The Boston
Transcript chronicled the fact
that the city Of Chicago was send
ing representatives to Europe to
study vice; and added the apt
comment that this proceeding be-
trayed a decay Of American hui
NOR A similar comment may be
made on the announcements Of
many American newspaper men
and preachers regarding the pres
ent troubles in Europe and in
Mexico. One scribe says that
America has a bumper wheat crop
because Americans are meek; and
blessed are the meek, for they
shall possess the land. Another
attributes the wealth Of Wall
Street to evangelical religion.
Still another says that this coun-
try will start in and teach re-
ligion to Europe after the war is
over, the religion to be taught be-
ing the New England formula of
the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man in all its
beautiful New England cloudi-
ness. The five leading denomina-
tions that call themselves Evan
gelical, because they repeat the
formula which expresses Luther s
misinterpretation of verse of an
Epistle, and call the formula the
Gospel, agree for a wonder in
looking upon the immaculate Vii
la as modern John the Baptist,
preparing the way for their Cos
pei.
One would imagine this coun-
try never was at war with Spain,
or Mexico, or England; that there
was no such thing as the Civil
War for the preservation of the
Union and the liberation of the
slaves. Yet we have also our I.
w. w. with their maxims of sheer
anarchy. We have our Colorado
massacres. We have our divorce
evil, our white slave traffic, our
race suicide. We have our cpl
demic Of foul language spoken
and written. We have our educa-
tional authorities gravely recon-
mending the pollution of the
minds of the little ones as a pro.
gressive step in education. We
have our commercial frauds, big
and little, the restraining of which
is the principal business of the
Government. We have our mil
lions who never darken the door
of a church, and our hysterical
preachers who give them the ex.
cuse for staying out.
We cannot afford to applaud
ourselves like the Pharisee and
boast OF our superiority over the
Mexicans and the Europeans
The facts forbid it. We have too
many difficult and delicate prob
lens of our own to attend to-
Least of all are the non-Catholic
denominations of this country
qualified to Christianise any other
country. There is plenty of work
for them to do at home. If any
one of them were able to hold
its own membership, rich or poor,
| by definite religious and moral
teaching, it might claim some sym
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
MODERN "ISMS" AND MOD
ERNISM.

The present Holy Father has
defined Modernism as the synthe-
sis of all heresies; in other words,
it is the sum and substance of all
modern isms." Every particu-
lar heresy attacks some particular
truth of the revealed word Of God.
Each word Of Christ is in turn
called a "hard saying" each in
turn demands too much from the
pride, the conceit, the passions,
of some "chooser" (heretic) and
he starts his new brand Of heresy
on the basis of the denial of the
truth he does not like. He and
his followers are far more anxious
that people agree with them in
their denial, than in the afir-
nation of the fragments of truth
that they happen to retain.
They are far more anxious to
curse and to call names than to
fraternize and unite. To be sure,
no intensity of bigotry can hold
the dissolving heap of heresy to-
gether; not even the utterly un-
paralleled bigotry of the New
England Puritans. This dissolu-
ton and decomposition of Prot
estantism, while yet retaining a
sort of life, such as one may see
in such conditions, this complete
breakup is becoming as it were
granular in the fneness of the
atoms into which it is reducing the
inheritance of Luther and Henry
VIII. 1t cannot be stopped. Every
effort to stop it, to hinder the final
breakup of Professionalism is just
a stirring-up of the decOmposing
mass, an acceleration of the proc
ess of decomposition. Each little
faction in turn insists upon all
the rest joining it in it's frantic
denial of some phase of God s
revelation that had escaped up
to that; and it damns and
reprobates all who do not join
with it in the denial. Now the
denials Of all the factions added
together leave precious little, not
merely of the vaguest kind of
Christianity, but even of decent
paganism. All the denials taken
together make up a pretty sour
combination. Each of them is the
particular ism" Of some sect
the particular crouch it has
against the Church of God. As a
rule they are not manly or clear
headed enough to mean anything
definite or to be serious about any
thing else but the isms," the
denials. Now the union and
fusion of all the ismso is called
Modernism. We find preachers
anxious to get people not to be SO
bitter for their wretched little
| isms; but what those preachers
want them to do, as rule, is to
make one big dose out of the
whole lot Of them, sweeten the
dose with sugary words devoid OF
meaning, and then swallow il
whole. In other words: drop your
wretched little modern isms'
and take instead modernism,
the synthesis of all. It is not even
decent quackery; it is merely al
invitation to an abandon of mega
ton, of the very disease in It's
most aggravated form which af
fiicts the sufferer now. 1t is like
advising the beer victim to 60 in
for straight whiskey, strong and
hard.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

Look over the list Of Catholic
schools, academies and colleges
advertised i'll The Catholic Bulle-
tin. They are second to none in
their class in the country. All are
located in the Northwest and are
well equipped for the work they
propose to do, Patronize them in
preference to others. They are
worthy of support. If they were
not, it would be useless for them
to ask for the consideration of
prospective pupils.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

Bishop Fallon, of London, Ont,
says: "There is no room in the
Catholic Church for spineless
Catholics; no room for jellyfsh
Catholics; no room for men who
have no backbone, and there is no
room for Catholic who is always
apologizing; there is no room
among our self-respecting separa-
ted brethren except for the type
of Catholic who has something
backing every action which he
wishes to put forth
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
FAREWELL TO THE OLD
CATHEDRAL.

In the course of a few weeks the
old Cathedral Of st. Paul, which
has been a revered landmark in
the center of the city for nearly
three score years.. will be given
over to the ruthless hand of the
wrecker who will not leave ga
stone upon a stone. +" The onward
march of commercialism and the
erection Of a temple of worship
more worthy of the Catholics OF
the diocese have decreed that the
sacred edifce must give place to
a palace Of trade.
The passing Of the old Cathe-
dral will not be unheralded. Fare
we'll services, described elsewhere
in this issue, have been planned
for the last two days Of the month
and an effort will be made to
gather before it's high altar, in
places specially reserved for
them, the survivors of the band
Of pioneer citizens who witnessed
the laying of it's cornerstone on
Sunday, July 81, 1856.
The closing of the old Cathedral
of st. Paul as a house of worship
deserves more than passing notice.
1t will evoke many heart-throbs
Of genuine sorrow. The venerable
edifice bridges the chasm between
the pioneer days and the present.
1t is a civic landmark. It saw St.
Paul put aside the swaddling
clothes of a struggling frontier
village and put on the vesture of
metropolitan city and become a
commercial center Of national i'm
portance. When the walls Of the
old Cathedral rose high above the
dingy roofs Of the pioneer dwell
ings, Minnesota was an unculti-
waited prairie just emerging into
statehood and beginning to beck
on the vanguard Of the millions
who, during the intervening half
century, have found a home and
attained no small measure Of sue
cess within its borders. 1t was
the pride Of the pioneer inhabit-
ants, irrespective of religious af-
filiation, for it was a magnificent
structure for these early days.
And even during subsequent years
it has scarcely been surpassed in
generous proportions by more
modern temples of religion. Dur
ing all these years the commercial
life Of the city has throbbed
through the arterial avenues that
bound it ON every side. Beneath
it's shadow two generations have
passed in their unceasing round
of daily activity.
But the old Cathedral is some
thing more than a civic landmark.
For years it was the solitary home
of Catholic worship in the nascent
city of st. Paul. Before its affairs
the pioneer Catholics knelt in
reverent worship and heard the
gospel story from the lips Of the
early missionaries. Later genera
tions thronged it's aisles with an
ever-increasing congregation. If
the venerable walls could speak
what story they would tell of
the intimate communing of souls
with God which they witnessed,
of the outpouring of generous self
sacrifice and whole-souled conse-
Grafton to the Most High which
took place before the Tabernacle,
and of the countless other acts of
religion prompted by the story of
Bethlehem and Calvary. Yes, the
old Cathedral is dear to the hearts
of the Catholics of st. Paul and
especially of the congregation to
which it ministered and it's pass
ing away will be keenly regretted
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

Catholic parents should not de.
fer till the eleventh hour the Sc
lection of a school for their chill.
dren. The, choice should be made
at an early date that everything
may be in readiness for the open
ing of the scholastic year. In
less than a month the majority
of our Catholic educational in
stitutions will be opening their
doors to welcome the incoming
classes and their accommodations
should be filled to the limit. Will
your boy or girl be among the
number clamoring for admission
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

AS we go to press the National
Convention of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of America is
holding its sessions at Niagara
Falls. We hope to be able to give
an account of it's deliberations in
the next issue. AS far as we can
learn from the program, no topic
of special Importance calls fol
consideration. In fact, the pro
gram gives no indication that any
thing more than routine business
will be attended to. There is nc
mention of any papers to be read
on subjects that ought to be of in.
terest to the delegates.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

On August Z, the Society of
Jesus throughout the world CON-
memorated the one hundredth an
niversary of its restoration under
Pope Plus VII. The Society was
founded by st. Ignatius Loyola
and approved by the Church I'M
der Pope Paul III on September
q, $40. 1t was suppressed by
Pope Clement XIV on July q,
1878. 1t is said that he acted IN
der compulsions brought to bear on
him by the enemies of the Order
who had attained to positions OF
power in many countries in which
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

Life is largely a matter Of habit. AS
we grow older we shall certainly have
habits good or bad. We cannot live
on without fixed habits of action. 1t
would be great waste of strength If
we could. But the formation of good
habit is not a matter of accident or
circumstances. Bad habits will form
themselves; good ones must be cult
vated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
SATURDAY, AUGUST is, 1914.

To what school do you intend
to send your boy or girl during
the coming year? There is only
one answer for a Catholic to make
to Catholic school.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

If you have to speak against heresy,
let it be done with respect, compass
sion, tenderness and love; conceding
all that you possibly can concede, con-
sistently with truth. Above all, alb
stain from reproach, inyectiye or con-
.temptuous words Cardinal de Be
rule.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15
Rev. James M. Reardon, Editor.

Entered as second-class matter, Jan
Paul, Minn.' under Act Of March 3 1873.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-15

A little explained, a little endured,
a little passed over as a foible, and
10! the jagged atoms will fit like
smooth mosaic.
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-11-12
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
A Vegetable Element That Is Papidly
Doing Away With the Use OF
CalOmel.

Mack's Drug Store is one of the
first progressive concerns to offer for
sale the new system of medicine that
is fast supplanting the use of old
fashioned calomel as liver medicine.
Nearly everyone knows how easily
the. liver becomes sluggish in this
climate and how this sluggishness
effects not only all the other physi-
cal organs but the mind as well.
The signal towers Of this dread
condition, which some call malaria
are coated tongue. lack Of energy,
dull eyes, constipation, sallow COM
plexion.
Taken with regularity this proven
scientific liquid vegetable medicine in
the form of CARSWELL'S LIVER
AID will prevent or promptly relieve
all liver troubles.
On sale under money return guar
antee by Mack's. Drug Store, Bam-
berg, S. C.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-11-12
UNCLE SAM HAS BIGGEST Gun.
Just Completed Biggest Gun Eve1
Built.

Washington, Nov. THE largest
and the most powerful naval gun
ever designed has just been complet-
ed for the United States navy. 1t is
a 16-inch rife and was secretly con-
structed at the Washington navy
yard. It's existence became known
today when tests were begun at the
Indian Head proving grounds on the
Potomac below this city.
If the new weapon proves the sue
cess it's initial trials promise the type
probably will be adopted for the main
battery of the three dreadnaughts
authorized at the last session Of con-
gress. These vessels will be larger
by several thousand tons than any
ship now afoat.
The largest weapon now used in
the American navy are the 14-inch
guns carried by the dreadnaughts OF
the Pennsylvania, Nevada and New
York class. The newest batt!eships
of the British navy carry eight Is
inch rifles.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-11-12
JACKSON LOST MONEY.
Cleveland Slugger Should Have Clung
to the Mackmen.

While talking about money, pen
nants, and the like, suppose one
takes the case of Joseph Jackson,
slugger extraordinary, with the un-
fortunate Cleveland Maps, says the
Greenville News. Did it ever occur
to you that the South Carolina boy
tossed away what to most of us would
be a neat little fortune by his dislike
for Philadelphia and the men who
work for Connie Mack?
Jackson hit so many home runs
here in 1908 that Connie Mack sent
a scout down this way to look him
over, and the result was that Joseph
Joined the club that fall. But he
didn't stay long. He said he was
homesick, and hoped train for
the South. Connie sent for him
right away, but he could not keep
him, and it was the same old story
the following spring. Jackson would
not stay with the Athletics, and when
he did, he played like an amateur.
Connie had to give Jackson up,
and finally, when he needed an out
fielder in 1910 to win the flag, he
got Bris Lord from Cleveland with
the understanding that the Maps
might pull Jackson in from the
minor league and give him a trial.
Jackson liked Cleveland. He soon
developed into the star that Mack
knew he was, and has been Cobb's
principal riva! for batting honors ev-
er since. This season Jackson had a
good chance to finish ahead Of the De-
troit master of the base hit. But
what has Jackson missed?
Well, the Mackmen did capture the
pennant in 1910, beat the Cubs in the
worlds series, and each player got
check for $2,062.79. Again in 1911
Comics machine got the big purse
by reason of a triumph over the
Giants, and the individual reward
was s3,654.59. In 1913 the second
victory over the Giants netted each
Athletic player s3,246.36. By sim
pie addition you will find that Jack
sons bank account is shy exactly s8,-
963.74, because he did not like the
Mackmen and Philadelphia. And
the purse this year will mean several
more thousands.
Figure, too, the added prestige in
being with worlds championship
team. And where prestige goes in
baseball money is bound to follow
So that Jackson surely tossed away
A neat little fortune
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-11-12
THE TILLMAN CHILDREN.
Senator Makes Statement Concerning
Coming Hearing.

Senator B. R. Tillman has given
out the following statement:
II desire to make correction
about the hearing to be held before
the South Carolina supreme court,
concerning the Tillman children, on
the 23rd of November. News items
in the News and Courier of Novem-
Der 6, and perhaps other papers,
speak of this hearing as contest
between Mrs. Lucy Dugas and Sena-
tor Tillman for the possession of the
Tillman children This is erroneous.
I have not had anything to do with
this lawsuit The supreme court it.
self initiated the proceedings.
The facts are as follows: The
supreme court issued an order direct
ing that the children spend the
months of July and August with their
grandparents, as their father was in
Alaska. On the first of July the two
little girls came to Trenton on the
train, but did not get off the train at
all, although they were met by Mrs.
Tillman, who asked them to go home
with her. They were sent by their
mother on the train second time a
few days later and my secretary, Mr.
knight, met them and tried to get
them to get off the cars, but they re-
fused. Some days afterwards they
were sent to Trenton. accompanied
by their negro nurse, who returned
to Edgefield. My daughter, Sallle
May, met them and they came home
with her and spent the night. They
seemed excited, but did pot show any
temper. Neither of the children ate
supper. The oldest one did eas after
the other had gone to sleep. Next
morning they ran away to Trenton
before breakfast and took the early
train for Edgefield.
These facts were brought to the
attention of the chief justice and he
initiated the present proceedings OF
his own volition.
81 am deeply concerned about the
future and education of these two
little girls, and that is all there is to
it. My sons lawyers will present
his side of the case on the 23rd and
he himself will be in court