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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
THE, CHURCH OF THE JUST AND
OF SINNERS.

It may be asked, if these agencies
for good in the Church are so power
full, why do they not produce condi-
tions that are ideal? Why do we see
Indifferent Catholics? For many rea-
sons, says writer in Mt. Angel Mag
azine. There are the seductions of
the world, the force OF bad example.
the power of vicious environment, in
herited tendencies to evil, and, more
than all, there is the freedom of the
human will. The Church cannot force
goodness upon her members; she can
lead them, persuade them, help them
but they must save themselves. If
they will not hear her voice or use
her helps, she can only wait and
pray. Christ would not make Judas
honest or honorable, though He was
the Lord God. The Apostles could not
produce a sinless church.
No: the work of the Church is in a
world of sinners, in a world prone to
evil. The tares must ever grow with
the wheat, until the harvest. The
Church faces the situation honestly.
Her mission is to save the sinner, as
we'll as to preserve the good. She
will have none of Pharisaism. She
has no patience with the Donatists'
assumption of immaculate virtue and
their contention that the Church, in
receiving sinners, ceases to be the
Church of Christ. She is the Church
of Him who was accused of sitting at
meat with sinners. Who forgave Mag
dalen and sought out the lost sheep,
and welcomed the prodigal and par
doned the malefactor in his death
agony She teaches that God alone
can judge hearts; that propriety is not
synonymous with sanctity; that a
well-born son of culture or daughter
of fashion, who idles life away and
squanders in selfish enjoyment re-
sources that might be productive of
great good, may be more guilty in
Gods sight than the poor laborer who
seeks in the saloon temporary for
getfulness of his ills, though the one
may violate no canon of polite society
and the other may find himself in the
dock of the municipal court. Though
adamant to sin, the Church must be a
mother to the sinner. Such is the
Church and such are her activities.
Need l say to you that this Church,
with mothers heart for every human
being, has naught but loving solicitude
for the welfare of this great and no
BILE nation with whose future are
bound up, in SO large measure, the
happiness and progress of the human
race? Or that Catholic Americans are
none the less loyal and enthusiastic
lovers of the republic because lovers
of their creed? Rather their Catholic
faith consecrates and intensifies their
| devotion to country.
From the beginning of her history
the Church has enjoined upon all her
children obedience and loyalty to the
lawfully constituted authority in their
respective countries. She teaches that
as the Church is Gods representative
in the supernatural order to lead men
to a supernatural end, so the State is
Gods representative in the natural or.
der to bring men to the end for which
society was ordained-the temporal
happiness and progress of the race
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
THE WISDOM OF GOD IN BRING
ING GOOD OUT OF EVIL.

A man inexperienced in war would
be puzzled by the orders issued by the
general, and would not be able to un-
derstand how they all could tend to
insure victory. We shall understand
Gods ways in heaven but we cannot
understand them here. A child saw
how the thorns tore away little pieces
from the fleece of a sheep and wanted
to remove the thorns. Presently the
child saw how the singing birds col
lected the bits Of wool to make their
nests, and no longer wished to remove
the thorns.
The wisdom of God is displayed in
making use of the most unlikely means
for His own honor.
st. Paul says: "The weak things
of this world God has chosen to con-
found the strong" God chose the
small and despised land of Palestine
as the cradle of Christianity; He chose
poor maiden to be the Mother Of
God, and poor carpenter to be His
foster-father. He chose poor, ignorant
fishermen to preach the Gospel and
spread it over all the earth. He often
uses the most improbable means in
helping His friends. ST. Felix of Nola,
when flying from his prosecutors, took
refuge in a hole in rock. A spider
come and spun its web at the mouth
of the cave, and his pursuers, on see
ing this, concluded that he could not
be inside. 1t is Gods law that all
works done for God should meet with
difficulties and hindrances. "a work
that begins with brilliant promise, =
says st. Philip Neri, "has not God for
it's author and protector
The wisdom of God shows itself in
directing the course of the world to
carry out His purposes:
All things in the world have mu-
tual relation to one another. If man
removes or displaces single wheel in
watch, the watch stops; so if any
thing were altered in the arrangement
of the world, all things would be con
| fused; for example, without the birds
the insects would soon destroy all
vegetation. So the animals that serve
us for food increase rapidly, while the
beasts of prey breed but slowly Moth
| ing in the world is useless; the alter
| atoms of sunshine and rain, summer
and winter, day and night, all serve
some useful end. How useful is the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
pANrE's PRAYER TO OUR LADY.

o Virgin Mother, Daughter of the Son,
OF creatures all the LOWEST, loftiest
One,
Term of Gods counsel, fixed ere time
begun.
Our human race thou hast to such de-
gree
Ennobled in thy M aker's eye, that He
His Creatures Child hath not dis
dained to be.
Kindled anew within thy womb's pure
shrine,
Did burn the love beneath whose glow
benign
Bloomed in eternal peace this Flower
divine.
Here, unto us, thou art the MONDAY
Light
OF Charity-below, in earth's dark
Thou art of Hope the living Fountain
bright.
Lady, so great thou art, by power so
high,
Who longs for grace, nor breathes to
thee his sigh,
Would have his wishes without wings
to fly.
Thy bounty succoureth not him alone
Who asks for it; but, oftentimes is
known
Freely to come ere the demand hath
flown.
In thee all mercy, clemency we find;
In thee all SnlandOur-alI in thee COM
bined,
Whatever is of good in human kind.
o Queen, who canst whate'er thou
wilt, pray
That he who hath such wonders seen
today,
Meath thy protection ever safe may
stay.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
TYPES OF MADON MAS
EVERY NATION HAS CHARACTER
IsTIC WAY IN EXPRESSION.

Every nation has followed it's own
type of feature in representing the
Blessed Virgin. In Germany and
France and Spain and Italy, the art
lists have placed the scene of the An
nunciation in the landscape that was
around them and with which they
were familiar. Thus little towns of
red brick houses, with high-pitched
roofs such as one sees in northern
lands, or porticoe5 with decorated
arches, on classical pillars such as
Italy boasts of, were held to repre-
sent the towns and landscape of Pales-
tine. And the robes and dresses in
troduced into the picture on each oc-
casion were the robes and dresses
worn by the wealthy in the land where
the picture was painted, writes p. L..
Comedian from Rome to The Pilot.
These details, however anachronic,
did not hurt the tender devotional
spirit which breathes from the can
vas. Even the household furniture,
simple as it may have been, did not
offend the taste or spirit of the art
lists intention. 1t was different mat
ter, however, when Renaissance art
lists, lacking the generation, introduced
a cat into the scene,-an animal
which at that time was frequently
painted as the symbol of treachery,
and placed in pictures of the Last
Supper by the side of Judas.
Great colorists, like artists of the
Venetian School, have utilized the
subject Of the Annunciation as a
means of showing how well they could
paint the rich fabrics of the looms
of Italy in the 18th century, and how
ably they could poise the figure of the
descending Archangel as he was in
the act of touching the ground: Bril-
liant as such pictures were in color
and correct in drawing as such pic
lures were, they were more danger
Gus on that account At the present
time the art Of painting in Italy has
fallen to very low state; and there
is not any glimmer Of new day yet
apparent; SO that little is to be looked
for here. When art does revive again,
the study of the pictures of the An
nunciation painted by the old Sienese
and Florentine artists, will contribute
to bring back q spirit of devotion and
yeneration for sacred subjects, and a.
love for beauty of the sanity type.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23

Do you know the difference between
the Latin, Greek and st. Andrews
crosses? Many grown people do not,
and it is reasonable to assume that
the younger readers may need the
information. The Latin cross is The
one with which we are all familiar The
lower limb is good deal longer than
the other three limbs. The Greek
cross, on the contrary, has all the
limbs of equal length-two pieces
crossed in the middle at right angles.
st. Andrews cross is in the fern of
the letter x. The Greek cross is
sometimes called the cross of St
George, and is blended with that of
st. Andrew to form the flag called
the Union Jack.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. BERNARDINE OF sIENA.

In 1408, st. Vincent Ferrer once
suddenly interrupted his sermon to
declare that there was among his
hearers young Franciscan who would
be one day greater preacher than
himself, and would be set before him
in honor by the Church. This I'M
known friar was Bernardine. OF no
BILE birth, he had spent his youth in
works of mercy, and had then entered
religion. Owing to a defective utter
ance, his success as a preacher at
first seemed doubtful, but by the pray
ers of our Lady this obstacle was mir
aculously removed, and Bernardine be-
gan an apostolate which lasted thirty
eight years. He raised his voice in
turn against the civil strife, licentious-
ness, and superstitions of his time,
and by his burning words and by the
power of the Holy Name of Jesus,
which he displayed on a tablet at the
end of his sermons, obtained miracu-
lOGG conversions, and reformed the
greater part of Italy. But this success
had to be exalted by the Cross. The
Saint was denounced as a hereto and
his devotions as idolatrous. After
many trials he lived to see his inno-
cence proved, and q lasting memorial
of his work established in the Church
The Feast of the Holy Name COM
memorates at once his sufferings and
his triumph. He died on Ascension
eve, 1444, while his brethren were
chanting the antiphon, Father, have
manifested Thy Name to men,"
St. Bernardine, when youth, under
took the charge of a holy old woman,
a relation of his, who had been left
destitute. She was blind and bed
ridden and during her long illness
could only utter the Holy Name. The
Saint watched over her till she died.
and thus learned the devotion of his
life To understand the mysteries of
Jesus, we too must become familiar
with His friends-the poor, the suf-
| fering, and the sick.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23

uneven distribution of wealth, of the
talents of men, etc. The smallest in
sect has it's usefulness in the world;
the butterfly going from flower to
flower, carries with it the fertilizing
pollen. Even the destructive agencies
in the world, storms, earthquakes and
floods, serve Gods purpose and are in
tended by Him to help men to save
their souls.-Spirago Clarke, S. J.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
ST. PHILIP NERI AND THE YOUNG.
The Love of the Saint for the Young
Men of His Time-How They Flock
ed About Him-His Whole Anxiety
to Keep Them From Sin.

There is glow of tender devotion
in the biography of ST. Philip Neri,
written by one of his spiritual sons of
the Oratory, Archbishop Capecelatro.
But in no part of the work does this
spirit of love shine more clearly than
in the authors charming account OF
the saints relations with the young.
Many reasons led Philip to devote
himself with especial care to the train
ing of the young, writes this biog-
rapher of the saint Hearts genial and
sympathetic as was his are instinc-
lively drawn towards those who are
just entering upon life with such eager
anticipations and such exuberance of
energy But besides this, Philip
thought that what good he could do
them would yield more abundant fruit,
and that the action of divine grace
on the hearts of the young has a
beauty all it's own; and moreover, he
thought that the true and lasting ref
ormation of Christian life must begin
with those who give it's character to
their time, and mould the generation
which is to follow them. And hence
he tended and trained them with pecu-
liar care and affection.
And the young felt themselves
drawn towards Philip by an irresisti-
BILE force of attraction. His winning
ways, the love that beamed in his
eyes, the simple dignity of his bearing,
all combined to impress them with a
loving veneration. They felt they
could go near him with confidence;
and the charm of his words, the kindli-
ness of his manner, and his gentle
charity won their hearts. Besides this,
there was one feature in Philips char
acter which never fails to fascinate
the young; he was always mirthful and
humorous, even in tribulations and
sorrows. His cheerfulness flowed
from his good, simple, frank nature;
and, like all the Florentines of his
time, he was noted for a vein of pleas
antry, at once delicate, courteous, and
restrained And Philip sanctified these
gifts, as he sanctified all others, to
| the glory of God and the good OF
souls We find him always sprightly,
gay, and even yelling his miracles
from observation with gentle jest.
Let us picture to ourselves Philip
with troop of boys around him, ar
dent and restless in appearance, but in
reality docile to the least sign from
him. AS he looked round on them he
seemed himself to grow young again;
he had a smile and a pleasant word
for each, and he took keen interest in
their amusements. He would often
lead them with him into the fields, OF
to some beautiful villa in the neigh
borhood, and set them to play at
quoits or tennis or some other game;
and, although he was priest and ven
cradle with age, he would make him
self boy with them, and join in their
sport. When he saw that the game
was well started he would withdraw
to a little distance beneath the trees
to pray and mediate on the passion
for which purpose he always had with
him a little book containing the las
chapters of the four gospels. If the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, MAY 2s, 1914.

Disobedience, then, to the State in
any matter within the States compe-
tence, is disobedience to God. Obedi-
ence to the State is loyalty to God and
patriotism Is blessed by religion.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

If hop picking doesn't bring
rain. what will?
Mrs. w. X. Evens entertained
the Debonair club in a delight
full manner yesterday afternoon.
For Rent-Modern six room
house on North willamette
boulevard. Also modern rooms
over store building on Phila-
dephia street. See X. c. Couch.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Day and
Miss Malena E. Long returned
Saturday froni a most delightful
sojourn in New England states.
They report a most enjoyable
and interesting trip.
Thomas r. Wilson, a former
resident of st. Johns, was badly
| injured between a locomotive
and speeder on which he was
riding at Westwood. California.
recently. He sustained a broken
hip and internal injuries. ana III
| is said that if he recovers he
will be paralyzed in his lower
limbs.
Wilbert E. Conley died Sun
day morning. August 30th. at
the Multnomah farm. He was
born in Maine in 1898. and had
made his home in st. Johns for
the past three years, where he
had many friends. The funeral
took place from Lerch's under.
taking parlors, Tuesday; inter
Iment in Multnomah cemetery.
He was a son of j. H. Conley OF
this city. Tine Camden Herald
and Booth Bay Register. Maine,
are requested to copy.
Bring In your Job printing Will
you think Of II. Don't walt until yo'
are entirely out We are equippe'
10 turn out neat and tasty PRINTING
promptly a. Portland price, or less
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04
First Baptist Church

Next Sunday is object lesson
in our Sunday school. The les
son is called THE Redner's Fire.
illustrated with magical effects.
Come one, come all, both great
and small" "
Preaching services at IL am,
subject of sermon. THE Battle
with lmperfection." " Young
Peoples Meeting at Z p. M.
Topic. Prayer. d"
Preaching at s p. m. Sermon
topic. There is n way that
seemeth right unto man; but the
end thereof are the ways of
death" Special music at both
preaching services. f.. p Bor'
den.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

The Occowana class of the
First Baptist church met at the
home of their teacher. Miss Luz
cinda Davis for their regular
business meeting. Thursday,
August 9th.
Owing TO the absence Of the
executive committee no business
was carried on. Those present
were.
Annie and May Key. Matte
Kelaher, Madonna Wright. Pearl
Richtmyer. Anna Toole. Mar
guerite McCarty and Ruby
Davis.
We cordially invite any girls
between the ages of l3 and l6
not attending any Sunday school
10 join our class. Reporter.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

Telegraphic reports from the
large eastern centers give start
ling accounts of the soaring of
prices of nearly all staple food
stuffs due TO the worldwide war.
Fresh meats. sugar and coffee
have made phenomenal advances
In prices. Choice cuts of west
ern beef are selling in New
York, Chicago and all over the
east generally for from 5 TO 8
cents per pound more than the
figures quoted August lst. Cof-
fee is up from 2 to 5 cents per
pound and sugar is quoted at a
price of $500 a sack over quota
tions of 60 days ago.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04
A Splendid Success

The Better Babies Contest i'm
the auditorium of the high school
building Tuesday was a splendid
success. a veXatious delay in
the morning occurred by reason
of the non-appearance of the
score cards which were TO be
provided by a party from
Portland. She failed to make
her appearance or send the
cards i'm time, and il was neces-
sary to phone for them and have
them sent out by motorcycle.
The contest started an hour late
in consequence, but the ply
sicians all worked like clock
work from that time on until
the babies had been examined,
not even stopping for the noon
hour. There were 2l0 babies
registered, but few of these
did not make their appearance.
The contest was under the direc'
ton and supervision of Drs,
| Hart of the st. Johns Sanitarium
and DR.. l.. h. Graves. Fifteer
physicians assisted in the eX
aminations, as follows; Drs
| Hart, Graves. Rambo. Gambee,
Scott and Gilstrap OF st. Johns
| Drs. Webster. Smith. X. G.. Hall,
Tidball. Bloom, Meyers. Christ,
lmas, Story and Bender of Port
land.
There was only one perfect
baby examined Ailleen Alder
son, daughter Of l.. V. and Lola
| Walker Anderson. of 1867 viii
lard street. Portland. Portland
babies We're allowed to register
lin the contest. but were moi
eligible for prizes.
The committee in charge OF
the different branches of work
performed their duties in {
faithful and capable manner
and il was largely through theil
efforts that the contest was th,
splendid success il proved to be
The awarding of prizes fol
the baby show took place Wed
nesday evening at high schoo
auditorium. The boy winner ot
the bronze medal was |. Hamil
ton Kenney. 10 months old bah!
of Mr.. and Mrs. OF. Kenney, o.
$50 East Polk street. 81. Johns
who scored a percentage of 81. 8
Velva Lois. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gail Perrine, 6lS Nortl
Edison street. aged n months
! captured the bronze medal TO
the most perfect female child
, with a score of 96.5.
Diplomas We're awarded TO Ro
land Rogers. aged % months
son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. b
Rogers. 7l5 N. Seneca street
st. Johns. with a score of SO. D
Margaret Erickson. SO; JAM
. Florence Reed. 96.
Those receiving special men
tion were Ailleen Anderson,
months, 100 per cent; Audre!
May Berry, Is months, 90 pc.
cent, both of Portland; Doroth.
May Dennis. 95.5, Viola Florence
Brodahl. 95.5, Mary Thew. 90. 8
, Catherine Downing. 95,5; all o
st. Johns. Also Raymond j
Mcleod. .97.5 of Portland; Franz
Allen Carnahan, 96, Albertus +
Larrowe, 96, and Claire Roy Cor
bett, 96, all of st. Johns.
Preceding the awarding of tn,
prizes was an interesting pro
gram under the direction ofMis
Lillian Perkins. as follows:
Piano solo Miss Case.
Reading Helen Edmundson
Solo Marion Case.
Reading - Miss Merster o
; Portland.
Song Fly, Baby Nine
Alice Brown.
: Reading Mrs. Downy of Port
land.
Reading Wilma ingalls,.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

Miss Rundall, the efficient and
obliging Librarian, with her
customary alertness and enter
prising spirit, had two large
placards beautifully and artis-
tically arranged and embellished
at the high school auditorium
during the Better Babies Con-
test. They gave valuable in
formation for mothers guidance
as to the best books and litera-
ture TO read for successfully
caring for and rearing the child.
She also provided lists of books
for distribution bearing on train
ing and care OF children. Miss
Randall assuredly loses no OPP
portunity to bring the efficiency
of the public library to bear up
on almost any occasion that may
arise, and she uses perfect taste.
discriminating judgment and
most pleasing aptness in so
doing. st. Johns should be and
is proud of its public librarian.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

A delightful birthday surprise
party was given Monday. Au-
gust 3lst, by Mrs. James Key in
honor of her son, Herbert. Sew
eral musical selections were
given by Miss Annie Key and
Miss Genevieve Gammbel.
Games of various kinds We're
played after which a dainty
lunch was served. Those pres
ent We're.
Robert link. Emma link,
Genevieve Gammel. Curtis Phil
lips. Louis keliher. Mae and
Annie Key. Herbert Key, Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Dickey. Mrs.
Earl Balch, Mrs. James Key,
little Lucille Dickey. Juanita
Balch and Clarence Key.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

Mrs. Clay Oxford and three
children of Sheridan, Oregon,
have been guests at the home of
DIR. and Mrs. w. j. Gilstrap for
the past couple of days.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

The ST. Johns Homing Pigeon
Club held their first young bird
race from Castle Rock, Wash,
last Sunday for the Currm Bros.
cup. Awards were, G. DeRieuX,
LIST, 2nd. Bird; w. Beasy, ith; j.
A. Shaw, 9TH. Next Sunday the
club will hold their 100 mile
race.
A display of pigeons and
trophys of the Oregon Homing
Pigeon Club will be ON view at
Currin's drug store on Labor
Day. Everybody interested
should not miss this display.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

Christian Science topic for
next Sunday; Man. "