Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12

to be found in st. Peters challenge,
| 1t is not silver or ri I'D, it Is not sue
| cess in life, it Is nj political power
or secular influence it is none of the
things that human greed makes
much of, that religii on-true religion
| offers; 1t is, rathet E, the power to
| rise out of our me raj helplessnesS
and move forward oward God pre-
scented to us In the II se and obediences
of Jesus Christ IT rs the ability to
escape out of curse Ives, out of our
alarrowness and felfishness, our
starved sectarianism y, our miseries
and blunders and sin b, into the wide
place afforded us In Christ and His
church
True Relig Em.
"From the beglnnin a of Christian
things good men in very age have
put to themselves thei question: In
what, then, does true r, sligion. religion
pure aud udefiled, consi At? In our own
time many have grasl Sed eagerly at
the answer furnished Il ing ago by ST.
James. Tt is to visit THE fatherless
and widows in their aft Aiction, and to
keep ones self unspot led from the
world That indeed, as Catholic
teaching has always m; intained, is al
true and very vital pi resentment of
the case, out IL IS not X be 1t said IN
all reverence the whol w. account of
the matter. Religion |, all this and
something very much n hore. 1t is an
actual, if mystical, pa i ticipation in
that larger and divinei life whereof
Our Lord Himself spo he when He
said: This is life everla! ii ing, to know
Thee, the only true CT ,cl and Jesus
Christ whom Thou has It sent. 1t is
knowledge. very real ki ,Dwledge, and
1t is obedience, or it Il 3 nothing at
all; and Jesus Christ for the soul that
misses Him, has been s ent in vain.
Christian bodies at var I ous times in
ecclesiastical history /, ave insisted
on one aspect or anothe of this pri-
mary and two-fold trut / 1, but it has
been the privilege, as 1t b as ever been
the glory of Catholic c tristianity to
have emphasized all as \ ,ects of this
wonderful saying. Rel yion for the
Catholic, then, is always, and most
vitality an uncompromil ing dualism.
1t is at once a matter OF. mind and of
mystery, thing to be armed and
thing to be done; a def lite disciple
ship, in word, and finite sacra-
mentalism. 1t Is in thi q latter that
the higher and more abundant life
is to be found"
After developing these ideas by an
appeal to Scripture and history, the
speaker went on to point. out the par
ticular paths along which, this definite
discipleship and sacrame 1talism were
to be maintained in a pyorld always
prone to be In OPPOSITE b n to Christ
He appealed to the three disciplines, +"
as he called them, by w hich human
life was kept sound and sweet at the
core--the souls disciplined towards the
rights of God" or thb decency of
religion; the souls disciI, line towards
the mastery and sancti y of sex. or
the decency of individuI i and social
purity; and, last of all and surely
not the least important n spite of its
apparent commonplacen less, the dis
cipline of the soul towa ;rds the gifts
of God in food and d ink, or the
decency of sobriety or tel nperance, as
he called 1t.
Father Clifford said tn a. men of the
Holy Name movement W, ere explicitly
pledged to q high and istere life in
all these matters. THERE were the
three DIS of their rsrofession as
against the shallow and {ften ignorant
and arrogant blasphemi $ uttered on
these matters in these days.
Speaking on the subj ct of drink,
Father Clifford remineb I'd his vast
audience that. while thay must ever
keep the Holy Name mo 'yement apart
from the corrupting inf renee of poll
tics. yet. as matter o fact. it was
the Catholic and cardi nal virtue of
to their position, not tn q .Puritan--he
had almost said Man Fchaean--zeaN
otry known in these d ays as PRO
hibition."
Address by Mr.. ElIley.
This demonstration this after
noon" said Mr.. Hille y in opening
his address, lis essenti ally demon
stration of reverence You have
marched with your banners to pay
open and public tribute to your faith
asid society and this d emonstration
of reverence is Something very much
needed in our time. Thu great need
that confronts us on ev cry side to-
day is the need of reve renee. This
reverence is one that bea ms with the
duty of man toward God. 1t follows
that If man has that reverence for
God he has respect for the laws of
the land.
UNFORTUNATELY that reverence is
lacking in our country today. 1t is
in gatherings such as this that we
point the way to revive that rever-
ence.
1.-THE way to revive and spread this
reverence again throughout our coun-
try is through religion. No punish
ment can guarantee this respect I'M
less there is individual religion. Rev
erence and respect for the laws OF
God follow with respect for our civil
laws.
"It is a source of congratulation
to witness such gatherings as this.
So long as we have organizations
such as the Holy Name Society and
the knights of Columbus we will
have the strong huIwarks to resist
anarchy and Socialism that threaten
| to rob men and government of their
stability.
There is tendency manifest to
| look with suspicion upon such DEM
onstrat1ons as this by those not of
our faith. 1t Is sad commentary
on the light of our day There is an
| attempt to revive the spirit that we
thought was eliminated from our
country.
There is an attempt today by the
/ so-called organizations to take up the
old charges that a Catholic cannot
be a true American because he owes
allegiance to foreign power, the Pope
of Rome. These organizations are in
eexistence today. but the good COM
mon sense of the people of our eoun-
| try win not permit them 10 long exist.
| These sentiments are manifested by
such organizations as the Guardians
| of Liberty
Eve can answer them with such
demonstrations as this and point to
our society banners side by side with
the American flag. We can say to
them: Look back upon the history
of our country and you will find on
every battlefield Catholic Americans
have fought side by side with those
| of other faiths.
| Il feel certain realization Of this
fact, when II Is pointed out els an
Tin ~ a zion of our alleRience IN DIR