South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-19

man is sincere until he has proved
himself insincere. That is all I ask
OF you who are not OF the same faith
as l. and who cannot belive as I be-
lieye-that you look upon me as sin
cere; that when you hear the teach
ings of our church maligned you will
not believe i'll of US; that, in uncer-
tainty, you Will come 10 us for ex-
PLANTATION"
Father DeGroote closed with a
tribute TO Father Conway and with
an expression OF thanks To the South
Bend and Notre Dame councils Of the
knights OF CoIumb bus and TO l. w
MCGann, grand knight, for making
possible Father Conway's coming. to
Catholics and non-Cathoics and to
the press Of the city for their cooper
alton.
The delightful musical features Of
the evening were an orchestral num-
Der by Miss Lucille Weber on the
harp; Miss Mildred Guilfoyle. violin
Miss kathleen GuilfOyle. cornet, and
Miss Maude Weber at the piano; two
splendid vocal numbers by Prof. John
Drurry Of Notre Dame university, and
another by Miss Josephine Decker of
South Bend.
Father COnway's closing lecture
was in part as follows:
4 am a Catholic because the Cath
Ole church guarantees 10 me, with a
0ivinely infallible certainty, the an
swer to my souls most ardent yearn-
ing, the union with God through Jesus
Christ, Gods only son, in a society
OF God, founded in a love made per
feet by the presence of God within
me. I am a Catholic because the Cath
Ollie church answers a demand OF my
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Of the complete revelation Of God and
satisfies the aspirations Of my soul
and will and heart by It's perfect in
depreciation the commands and
counsels OF the Savior 1 am Cath
Ollie because the Catholic church gives
me God, complete in His doctrine
law, love and worship.
Three Great Problems.
Three great problems have wor-
ried the minds of men from the be-
ginning. Whence am I? Why am
here? Whittier am I going? There
are the essence of the religious prob
lem. What is man? What is God?
What is the relation between them
These questions demand an author
itative answer. L look around me
and see millions Of unbelievers. doubt
ing, skeptical and Indifferent. Some
exalt man to the level of the Most
High. These are Pantheists others
lower man to the level Of the beast
of the field. These are the material
lists Some few declare there is no
God. These are atheists. Others de-
clare that He exists, but that no one
knows. anything about Him or His
plans. These are the agnosticS. Some
say that He cares naught for the
creatures He has made. These are
deists. Others say the world is too
evil to be the product of a good God
These are pessimists. Some declare
that we should worship only the great
men of the race and call this the re-
ligion OF humanity. Christian Scient-
lists declare religion to be only a sys-
tenn of bodily healing. Some say that
one religion is as good as another,
thus in cOwardly manner attempting
to free themselves from all religious
obligations. These are indifferentists
A great chorus Of denial cries out
every day in its despair and its long
ing.
Reasons for Faith.
ct am a Catholic because the Cath
Ole church has always protested
strongly against indifierentism and
unbelief and tells me that / am come
from God and that one day I shall
be n free intelligent being, TO an