The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-01-10
A BLASPHEM0US
CALENDAR
Protestant Missionary in Philippine
Islands Prints Anti-Catholic
Calendar for Year
Nature of Articles Point to Morbid
State of Religious Activity
in the Islands
Society of Divine Word Takes up
Fight Against Distribution of
Slanderous Articles

Fight Against Distribution of
Slanderous Articles
The Philippine Mission of the For.
eign Christian Missionary society.
Cincinnati, O., has stations in Manila,
Vigan Qsl Surf, Laoag isle. Norte),
and APART (Cagayan). The president
in Vigan is Mr.. w. H. Hanna, we'll
known man with a sonorous bass
voice and gifted with extraordinary
oratorical powers. He is also a cele-
brated songster in the temple of the
Lord. Missionary excursions, at least
here in Abra, do not seem to appeal
to him. Last year he came to visit
his poor neglected flock in San Jose.
His chief work, apparently, is that of
author and instructor of the young
lads in Vigan. He is also editor of
the Protestant weekly Qlok.) Dalan ii
Cappia. (Way of Peace.)
Around here the Mission is called
Mission Cristiana." He and his as
sociates generally cali themselves
Christians" or Believers in Christ"
as the name Protestants is extremely
distasteful to the people at large. His
ordinary followers, however, claim the
title "Protestants," in order to distin-
guish themselves from the Romanists,
as they spitefully call the Catholics.
Under the auspices of this associa-
tion a printing press was established
in Vigan. The students of the high
school who sleep in Protestant dormi-
tories are Obliged to work in this es.
tablishment. Thereby they become
converted to Professionalism, receive
Bibles and biblical instruction. This
printing establishment has developed
wonderfully in the course of time
Their insignificant little sheet has
grown into a respectable newspaper
lat least for this locality and now
and then even contains beautiful H.
lustrations. In order to crafty not
only the weekly but also the yearly
needs of his readers and in order to
fill a long-felt want, Mr.. Hanna pub.
fishes an almanac in Ilocano. A won
derful production! 1t contains the
dates, weekdays, and in place of the
saints names the. author quotes verses
from Holy Scripture, torn out of their
context, and spatters lies, calumnies,
and the vilest scurriltty over every
thing Catholic. We will submit few
citations to the reader:
Jan. 19.-Do you understand the
Latin of the Mass?
Jan. 20.-H you initiate the priest,
will you profit thereby?
Jan. 25.-St. Paul believed, was
converted, and was submerged. (Bap-
tism by submersion, of adults only, is
defended by the Mission Cristiana of
Vigan. Mr.. Hanna has even written
a pamphlet by which he tries to prove
from the Greek baptizo? that all bap-
tfsms mentioned in the Bible were
performed by submersion. All the
baptisms, he says, are humbug. In
their writings they call San Juan
Bantista simply batoe (submerger).
Jan. 26.-Holy water will produce
no peace.
Jan. 31.-Holy water is the cause of
mans sickness.
Feb. 3.-There is no such thing as
the priests purgatory.
Feb. 5-Do not soil your forehead
with ashes.
Feb. THE priest is a hypocrite;
he does not practice celibacy.
Feb. 9.-The Mass is an enemy of
the cross on Calvary.
Feb. 12.-(Birthday of Abraham
Lincoln.) He hated the Jesuits.
Feb. 23.-The Mass is a false and
worthless sacrifice
Feb. 25.-Is the priest of your To-
cality really celibate (that is, chaste
as an unmarried man should be)?
Feb. 27.-Let God alone be your con-
fessor.
Feb. 2s.-St. Augustine was a Pro.
testant.
March S.-Abandon the Roman
church, for it longs to get your pos.
sessions.
March 10.-The blessing Of the Ro-
man Pontiff is equal to a curse.
March 12.-Pope Gregory deserves
nothing less than hell.
N. B. In the almanac for 1912 it
says in connection with this: "Pope
Gregory the Great was fornicator."
March 13.-Many Roman Pontifs
were (children) sons Of Satan.
March 17.-St. Patrick was not