The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-31

owes all he is to his mother. The
sacrifices of mothers have won for
them more than regal honor. They
have learned the spirit of sacrifice
from the church, which teaches the
duty and the value of service. She
watches girlhood with Jealous care,
teaching them modesty and guard
ing them from the dangers that beset
innocence. In the church, marriage
is more than a contract-it is sacra-
ment. 1t means conservation. God
founded it for companionship, pro.
creation and protection. It is not
human. 1t is divine. Paganism de.
graded it. Socialism destroys it. 1t
robs it of its sacred character. 1t
makes it matter of convenience and
allows not divorce, for there is no
permanent union, but another ALI.
ance, according to the will of the par
ties. 1t. therefore, kills two of the
greatest assets of life-the devotion
of parents and the Joy of home life.
Responsibility ceases when children
become the property and the care OF
the state, and with the death of re.
sponsibility comes the death of sac.
rifice, the fairest flower in the garden
Of humanity.
| Marriage Is indissoluble.
Against all this, the church pro.
tests. She tells US marriage is indis-
soluble. Until death do us part is
more than form. 1t is an irrevoc.
able promise. It is made to God as
we'll as to the partner. and no power
can separate what God has Joined.
Tell woman that she is to be cher
ished only so long as she appeals to
passion and you make her lower
than those who trade in their own
flesh.
THE hatred of Socialism for the
church, and especially for my
church, is supreme. 1t denies the
divinity of the Founder and brands
Him as the greatest imposter in his
tory. He claimed to be the Son of
God, equal to the Father. When 9TH
ers asserted it, He Endorsed it. In
this claim He was put to death, and
the resurrection is the proof He Of
fers. Socialism talks about Jesus,
but it makes Him only a man, His
words are meaningless and works are
fable. No, Socialism is not the
Light of the World. There is one
Light. 1t is He who said He that
walketh after Me walketh not in the
darkness" We walk after Him. We
are without fear. Our Leader cannot
go astray. Socialists walk after men
like themselves. The blind lead the
blind. Both are cropping in the dark
ness of atheism and agnosticism. No
wonder Mr.. Hilquitt tells us, 80 per-
cent of us are agnostics, and Mr.. I'm
termann declares 1t is the purpose of
Socialism to make men atheists.
In any philosophy of life there
must be system of morality. There
can be no such system without the
sanction of lawgiver who is of a
higher order than those for whom he
makes laws. Socialism tells us the
legislator will be humanity. But hui
manity is not more than the man. It
cannot control man. 1t cannot in
spire man. The only power than can
make man what he ought to be is the
International, ultra-human power of
religion. The mold must be stronger
than the clay.
1.-THE world is not all bad. Some
men lie and cheat and steal, but they
are few. Some courts fail to dis
pense justice, but the failures are
rare. Some law makers are currupt.
but corruption is not common. Re-
ligion creates public opinion, and
public opinion condemns evil.
Besides perishing matter, there is
spiritual soul, spirit world and i'm
perishable ideals in truth and reli-
gion. We have love and devotion
and blessed enthusiasm for right.
There is want, but there is some.
thing to help us with our burden.
There Is sickness, but there is some.
thing to comfort us. There is death.
but there is something beyond the
grave. There is One who will make
all things, not only new, but right.
This is what the Church holds. To
teach this is her mission. What she
holds, Socialism rejects. She seeks
to reform society by reforming men,
and men by forming or reforming the
mind and the head. Socialism seeks
to reform society by legislation. You
can never make men virtuous by fur.
nishing them with work and with
food and with pleasure. Let me
close with the famous question of
Mr.. Strickland to the Chicago con.
vention: If economic determinism be
true, how dare you say we have moth
ing to do with religion?' With Mr..
Hilquitt's 'Ninety-nine per cent of us
are agnostics.' With Mr.. Inter
mann's Let us make them Socialists
first; then we will make them athe-
fStS' With tho doc1a ration If tho ca