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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK.

Although these prayers are part of
the ceremony of Extreme Unction,
they might very well be said at any
time for the physical recovery and the
spiritual consolation of a sick person.
20 Lord God, Who has said by Thy
Apostle James: Is any one sick among
you? Let him call for the priests of
the church, and let them pray over
him, amounting him with oil in the
name of the Lord; and the prayer of
faith shall save the sick and the Lord
shall ease him; and if he be in sins
they shall all be RENTED to him.
heal, we beseech Thee, o our Redeem
er, by the grace of the Holy Ghost, the
maladies of this sick man, cure his
wounds and forgive him his sins, and
eXpel from him all pains of mind and
body, and mercifully restore him to
perfect health, interior and exterior,
that being recovered by Thy mercy
he may return to his former duties,
Who with the Father and the Holy
Ghost, lives and reigns one God, for
ever and ever, Amen.
Look down, we beseech Thee, o
Lord, on Thy servant (name), fainting
under the infrmity of his body, and
refresh a soul which Thou has Great
ed; that he being improved by Thy
chastisements may be saved by Thy
medicine. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
20 Holy Lord, Almighty Father,
everlasting God, Who by imparting
the grace of Thy benediction to sick
bodies preservest, according to the
multitude of Thy mercies, the work of
Thy hands; favorably attend to the
invocation of Thy name and deliver
Thy servant from his illness, and re-
storing him to health, raise him up
by Thy right hand, and strengthen
him by Thy virtue, defend him by Thy
power, and restore him to Thy Holy
Church. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
HOW DID WAKES ORIGINATE?

From the earliest centuries it has
been the custom of Catholics of all
nations to watch at the side of de-
parted relative or friend until the
time of burial. In good old Catholic
times the hours of watching were
spent in prayer and Christian songs.
The Psalms we're read, the Rosary re-
cited and every newcomer sprinkled
the corpse with holy water. In mon
asteries and converts throughout Eu-
rope, and to some extent in this coun-
try, this custom is still observed, the
monks and nuns relieving each other
every hour during the night. Unfor-
tunately this pious custom led to re-
gretable abuses among the lay people,
who made the death watch an apol-
ogy for smoking, drinking, card-play-
ing and riotous conduct, forcing
ecclesiastical authorities to forbid
wakes in some places. 1t is in most
cases more becoming to watch with
the dead for a few hours in prayer,
and then to have all except, perhaps,
few, retire for the night or leave
the house of mourning.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
A GOOD WEAPON TO BE USED
AGAINST THE BIGoTs.

In the "Catholic World" for August
there is an editorial that contains an
excellent suggestion in regard to the
present propaganda. of anti-Catholic
calumny and vilification. Let us, the
writer urges, qualify as an intelli-
gent laity, let us organize as able de-
tenders of our cause; and thus lend to
the clergy and to the Catholic press
the support which is their due" The
Church, he goes on to remind us, has
an answer for every question which
may be propounded an explanation
for every doctrine she teaches. What.
then, is there for us to do? Simply
and earnestly to inform ourselves, that
we may give the necessary answers
and explanations when confronted by
'the honest inquirer whose curiosity
has become aroused by the ceaseless
activity of abuse" And this most
beneficent result may be accomplished
through the medium of the Catholic
Reading Circle. Were we sto see a
1ourishing Reading Circle in each
city and town throughout the land
intelligently directed and affiliated
with some central organization, ven
ture to say that the ghost of bigotry
would be speedilyilaid at rest again
for it would be a reflection upon the
intelligence of our fair-minded non
Catholic felloW-citizens (and, thank
God, the great and overwhelming
majority of them answer to that de.
scription) to suppose that calumnia-
tors, whose only weapons are lies and
filth, will continue to find an audience
once the facts have been placed at
their disposal" This is all very well
so far as t'the, honest inquirer" is con.
cerned; but it is..Rat she, but the dis
honest bigot, that is trying to deprive
us of our rights as American citizens
because of uor religion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
Al SAINT FOR The WEEK.
ST. PIoR, SOLITARY.

When very young, Pior left his
home, promising God never again tc
behold the face of his relations. He
placed himself under st. Anthony, and
made such progress in virtue that
when only twenty-five, Antony deemed
him fit to live in solitude. The cell
| in the desert of Nitria in which he
spent his life was SO miserable that
other solitaries who tried to initiate
him could not remain in it single
year. The little food he took he ate
walking about, lest he should feel any
pleasure in the act. The last thirty
years of his life he drank nothing but
water so salt and brackish, that the
solitaries who visited him brought
water with them rather than taste it.
Yet by his prayers he obtained a
spring of excellent water for some of
the brethren.
Fifty years after he left home, his
sister hearing he was living sent her
sons to implore him to visit her. He
refused, and she then procured letters
rom the bishop to st. Antony, desiring
lin to send Pior to her. Antony gave
lin the obedience, and Pior immedi-
ltely complied. When he reached her
house he shut his eyes, and said, "My
sister, behold your brother Pior; take
your fill of gazing at him." She
begged him to enter. but he would not;
and after making his prayer outside
her door he returned to the desert
without having seen her, faithful to
his early promise. Pior died in his
hundredth year, towards the end of
the fourth century.
Pior hired himself one summer to
husbandman to gather in the har-
vest, as was the custom with some
solitaries, that they might earn their
bread in the sweat of their brow, and
when he came for his wages the man
told him he should be paid another
time Pior did not ask again, but re
turned next summer and worked for
him with equal care. Again he re
ceived no payment; the same hap
pened the third year, and Pior uttered
no impatient word, nor relaxed in his
diligent labor. At length the man
brought the money, and throwing him
self at his feet, implored him to par
don his delay. But Pior simply tolG
him to go to the church and take il
to the priest.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14

Did we, who are members of holy
Church, but keep burning on the altar
of our hearts this holy fire of divine
love, by the exercise of faith, hope
and charity, and by our daily loving
attention to the Holy Spirit of Love,
we also would, by holy life and
ardent prayer for the salvation of
souls, be the means of setting other
hearts on fire with love for Jesus
Christ, zeal for the salvation of souls,
that is, as it were, a flaming tongue
of fire rising from a heart all burning
with divine love, would ever and
again burst forth in acts of charity
which leads to the conversion of non
Catholics and the spread of the Faith
BY one or other of the thousand and
one ways which leads souls to God,
would we endeavor to draw their
minds attention to the teachings of
Holy Church, and their hearts love to
Jesus, our hidden God, ever in our
midst in the tabernacle on our altar.
o that each of our readers could
exclaim with the Prophet Elias:
With zeal have l been jealous for the
Lord God of hosts" 6 Kings XIX,
100, or say with the Royal Psalmist:
My zeal hath made me pine away"
Cps. 118, 1897 And again-"For the
zeal of Thy House hath eaten me up!"
Zeal for the salvation of souls may
be described as burning thirst, aris-
ing from the scorching heat of a heart
that has become furnace of divine
love. Who can illustrate this more
clearly than Jesus Christ, Whose
Sacred Heart has so loved men that
it has spared nothing, even eXhausting
and consuming itself to testify it's
love for men! On the Cross on Cal
vary, dying, did He not exclaim: Il
thirst?" His Sacred Heart was in
deed a glowing furnace of charity, tes-
tifying to the presence of the Holy
Ghost, consuming fire." Who
formed that heart in the womb of the
Virgin. Let us, like the Apostles and
disciples of our Lord, be but filled
with the Holy Ghost, and, like them,
have hearts on fire with love for
Christ, and for souls, for then we
most certainly will influence the
hearts of others, for fire enkindles
fire.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
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yelled amid the booming of cannon
and the cheers of the multitude. 1t
was only recently that the equestrian
statue of General Phil Sheridan was
unveiled at Somerset, O., with great
ceremony and amid enthusiasm. And
yet we know that the honor paid to
the statue of Sheridan as we'll at that
paid to the memory of other warriors
and statesmen is relative honor.
The honor which we pay to the images
of our Lord and of the saints is also a
relative honor. n*
When Abbot Stephens in the time
of the Iconoclasts was brought before
the emperor and was asked the ques-
ton: ''Can you assert that you are
injuring Christ by trampling on the
crucifix?" he merely cast the emper-
ors image on the ground and tram
pied upon it. He was Immediately
seized by the soldiers and charged
with treason. He said eff deserve
punishment for trampling upon the
image of an earthly king, how much
more would I deserve it for trampling
upon the image of the King of Kings?"
st. Paul says: IF you be risen with
Christ, seek the things that are above,
where Christ is sitting at the right
hand of God. Mind the things that
are above, not the things that are
upon the earth" (Col. III:1.)
Business or amusement perpetually
estranges our attention from heaven
ly things, and it is difficult for the
best of us to remember them as we
should. The things of the earth
anchor us to the earth, hence anything
that tends to raise our thoughts heav-
onward is of great spiritual value to
us. And is therefore very useful for
Christians to keep before them those
things which are calculated to raise
their minds to God and make them
think of their eternal home.
It looks very bad and very much out
of place if we see no outward sign of
religion in the Catholic household. If
there be no external evidence of faith
or piety, it is always to be feared that
the inmates are forgetting their faith
or keeping it out of sight.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
ZEAL FOR THE SALVATION OF
SOULS.

AS fire enkindles fire, so did Our
God, Who lis a consuming fire" (Heb.
XII, 29), when, entering into the
hearts of the Apostles, at Pentecost,
and taking entire possession of them,
enkindle within them the fire of Di-
vine Love. So greatly we're the Apos-
ties inflamed by the Holy Ghost with
the love of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate
God, that at once they, in their adj
dress to the people, converted to the
faith thousands of their hearers, land
there were added to them in that day
about three thousand souls" (Acts H.,
AID.
With mind enlightened from on high
and with heart overlooking with Di-
vine Love, the Apostles again adj
dressed the people, and thousands of
other souls were added to Christ's
newborn Church: But many of
them who had heard the Word, be-
lieved; and the numbers of the men
was made five thousand" (Acts W.,
A..
The grace-the Fire of Gods Love,
enkindling the hearts of Christ's Apos-
ties and disciples, they knew not what
it was to be silent and still! "They
were all filled with the Holy Ghost;
and they began to speak in divers
tongues, according as the Holy Ghost
gave them to speak that the
people of different nationalities ''were
all amazed, and wondered, saying,
we have heard them speak in our own
tongues the wonderful works of Cod
(Acts H., 4, Z, ID.
Yet not only we're the Apostles and
Disciples of our Lord filed with the
Holy Ghost, but while Peter was yet
speaking these words, the Holy Ghost
fell upon all them that were hearing
the word (Acts X, 44). And, so, we
behold the hearts of those who, with
attention and simplicity heard ser.
mons and instructions, likewise be.
come enkindled and set on fire with
divine love for Jesus Christ Crucified.
In fact, the Jews themselves were
astonished,' as it is written, for that
the grace of the Holy Ghost was
poured out upon the Gentiles also
(Acts x, 45).
Now, the same Divine Person of the
Blessed Trinity, God the Holy Ghost
at the present day. descends upon al
the members of Christ's one, holy
Catholic, Apostolic and infallibl,
Church. For He Who was sent in {
visible manner by Jesus from thu
Father on the day of Pentecost tt
give life to the Church, is sent nov
linyisibly to sanctify its members b!
His personal indwelling in their souls
that they may hereafter enjoy eter
NAL life: ''sanctifed in the Hol!
Ghost from. xya 16l.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
SAINTS VS.. NEAR-sAINT.

Speaking generally, Father Faber
tells us, the tone of writer's that are
saints is much more condescending
and indulgent to human weakness
than that of other spiritual writer's
1t is refreshing to ordinary mortals to
hear the genial Oratorian contrasting
the methods of these two classes of
teachers
1T is consoling, and perhaps, all
things considered, not surprising he
says, "that the spiritual writings of
the saints were much more condo
scending towards our low attachments
and faint hearts than the writings of
good men who are not saints. How
often is the poor, timid, yet aspiring
spirit wearied and cruelty beaten back
by the hard, dry, theoretical system
of some spiritual books. How full
they are of heights, so high that an
angel scarce could breathe upon them!
They are ever putting before us an al
most impossible detachment from
creatures, a continual stress and
strain of mind, complete death of
all natural activity, or else they tell
us we are not in the right way: do
not say already on the mountain tops,
but not even on the road How diff
ferent are the writings of the saints!
Even st. John of the Cross, the doc
tor aof nothingness, as he has been
named, how sweet, encouraging, mild,
hopeful and gradual he is to the low
est of us in his teaching, Of my st.
Philip it used to be said laughingly.
in his lifetime, that he drove men to
heaven in a carriage and four. Wise
st. Ignatius said that if men in re-
ligious houses we're not fed well, they
could never pray we'll; and in the
work of a Good Superior we NAV
see how he was always teasing the
Father ministers to get better food
/ and of more expensive quality. st
Francis of Sales complained to the
Bishop of Belley of the bad dinners
he gave him. yet he was the saint OF
pure love. Would that pure spirit, st
Alphonso, have been half SO lax, il
he had been but half as holy?
i Spiritual books tell us that If We
indulge. for instance, our sense Of
smell in some fragrance. it is a huge
immortideation; yet st. Mary Mag
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14

UNDOUBTEDLY THIS POTATO will take no prize It will
not be the only potato entered at the Minnesota State
Fair Sept to IL Its owner, however recognizes the
value of State Fair Advertising and will continue to enter
potatoes until he does take prize Furthermore he wants
to look over the million dollar livestock show and buy
boar to head his herd AS he is also thinking buying
spreader and so he wants to look the suit
able types at the 7Oacre machinery show and decide what
to do His wife is to show lemon pie and his oldest boy
is to exhibit They sent to Secretary John c.
Simpson, Hamline, Mimi, for premium list, looked it
and decided to get into the game. Then they all
to Aviator Art Smith, ten weeks at the Frisco EXPOSE
tOn the auto pOlO horse racing the fire works. auto racing
music and other great features. Say, LET'S GO TOO!
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11
UGH! CAIOMEL MAKES
YOU DEATHLy SICK
Stop Using Dangerous Drug Before
II Saliyates You! It's
Horrible

You're bilious, sluggish. constipat-
ed and believe you need vile danger
Gus calomel to start your liver and
clean your bowels.
Here's my guaranteed ASK your
druggist for a SOC bottle OF Dodson's
Liver Tone and take n spoonful to-
night. II 1t doesn't start your liver
and straighten you right up better
than calomel, and without gripping
or making you sick want you to 20
back in the store and get your money.
Take Colonel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and nau-
seated. Don't lose a days work. Take
d spoonful Of harmless, vegetable bod
sons Liver Tone tonight and wake up
feeling great. It's perfectly harmless
so give II totho children any time. 1t
can't saliyatc you, so let them eat
anything afterwards. G1
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

W o. W. Lodge, No 2Ol7, Ira,
Texas are active candidates for the
splendid library offered by Cation
Dodson Dry Goods Company at sny-
der. Texas. Al Interested helpers are
urged to save their voting coupons
for this lodge The library will be
given to Ira community SO.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Methodist Missionary Auxiliary
meets Monday June fourteenth, 1880
p. m.
Bible Study, Isaiah /.
Leader, Mrs Scoggin.
Mcsdames Ezell and Towle gave an
interesting report Of the Conference
and later we will have paper read
by Mrs. Towle which am sure VIII
be very instructive.
Press Reporter.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Chopping cotton is the order Of
the day here now. Cotton is growing
fast, but a large woolly worm is do
Ing some damage In fields around
here.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11
Majority Of Friends Thought Mr.
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him To
Recovery.

Pomefoyton. Ky.-ln interesting ad-
vices from this place, Mr.. A. ]. Hughes
writes as follows: n was down with
stomach trouble for five t5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, that thought surely would die.
/ tried different treatments, but they
did not seem 10 do me any good.
Igot so bad, could moi eat or sleep,
and all my friends, except one, thought |
would die. He advised me 10 Try
Thediord's Black-Dfaught. and quit
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Stone Garden and Warren scriv-
ner made a trip to Dallas in a car
last week. They purchased a new
out III for the union gin Of Snyder,
while there.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Mr.. ]. Wright Mooar bought new
binder and brought II In from Sny
der Saturday
MARK TWAIN.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11
BETHEL.

Mrs. W. d. seabourn and daughter
Miss Annie. spent Tuesday evening
with Mrs. F. l.. Davis.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Mr.. +. l.. Davis left for Haskell,
Texas. Sunday. as witness In the
trial to be conducted there.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

A large crowd from Bethel at
tended the "Children's Day" services
at Arab Sunday.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Mrs. zelma and Maggie Davis and
children visited Mrs. +. l.. Davis and
family.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Miss Annie and vlrgie Davis visit
ed their sister Mrs. NJ. Mlnyard ~
Snyder Wednesday.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR five YEARS

taking other medicines. ! decided TO
take his advice, although did not have
any confidence in Il.
ihave now been taking Black Draughi
for three months, and II has cured me-
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since began using n.
am so thankful for what Blach-
Daughi has done for me-"
Thsdiord's Black Draughi has been
found very valuable medicine Tor de-
rangements Of The stomach and liver. u
Is composed Of pure, vegetable herbs.
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. II can be freely
used by young and old, and should be
kept In every family chest. seNA1
Get a package today.
Only a quarter. dyrTTv -
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Col. Wilmeth Is having the wood
work done on his new livery barn.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Neal Fllppen, S. Womac and Les
ter Whitfield helped Mr. shuler
shock oats last week.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-06-11

Oats and wheat are ready to be
cut now. About half crop is all
that will be harvested In this coun-
try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
PANAMA CANAL TO REMAIN CLOSED AN
 INDEFINITE PERIOD
Danger of Serious Slides to Be Eliminated By Governor
 GOethals

Panama. October 7-The Panama canal will remain closed until all dan ger of serious slides is passed Gov ernor Goethals of the canal zone to- day issued orders to the dredging en- gineers to blast away the tops of the hillo at Gaiiiard, cut to bring into the channel all loose dirt and thus per- manently remove the source of the slides.
 Governor Goethals was unable to say when the canal again would be in con dition for passage of ships, but he said he would leave November l. the date to which the canal has been officially closed, unchanged. He expressed the personal opinion, however. that the canal would be closed much beyond that date.
 temporary channel for the use of a few ships. When the canal is re- opened, the governor said 1t will be with a permanent channel through the cut, even if this work should take the remainder of the year. The work will be done by the dredging fleet. Steam shovel operations will not be resumed. study of the situation today
 Of the 95 ships here many are de- parting for their destinations by way of Cape Horn, while others are trans shipping their cargoes across the isthmuS by rail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
THE WAR AT A GLANCE

The invasion of Servia by the Austro- German allies has begun and two Rus sian cruisers are reported bombarding yarna. Bulgaria's principal Black sea port. Across the Danube, the Save and the Drina rivers the Germans and Aus trians have sent 400, 900 men in an attempt to cut their way through to Bulgaria and eventually reach Constantinople
 Along the Servo Bulgarian frontier, or scattered at strategic points. are several hundred thousand Bulgars, while farther southeast behind the Tchatalja line the Turks also may have strong reserves ready to be thrown into battle.
 The British and French forces landed at Saloniki already are well on their way along the railroad running north from Saloniki to Nish, the Servian war capi- tai, a distance of about 250 miles. to aid the Serbs
 A new Greek coalition cabinet, headed by Alexander Zaimis, former premier,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
Mrs. Patrick Campbell

The incomparable Mrs. Patrick Camp bell appears in this city at the Jefferson tonight and matinee and night tomorrow In two plays, one new, a comedy by G. Bernard Shaw, entitled "Pygmalion," and a problem play, "The Second Mrs Tan queray." in which she has been seen be- fore.
 Mrs. Pax and Bernard Shaw in alli- ance offer what may be called in the ap- preciative phrasing of theatrical talk, a very distinguished event
 In this play the noted dramatst who has made I'll of us merry for years by his intellectual hootings of everything which the average middle-class Briton holds sacred has become romantic and in "Pygmalion' has written love story 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," the mas terpiece of A. w. Pinero, will be the bill at the matinee tomorrow. The play has created great deal of discussion upon moral grounds. However, the greatest plays ere those in which the woman is the pivotal interest. Take Shakespeare, r'Annmicia. Zola. Obsen and innumer- able other playwrights who have formed the dramatic thoughts of the past cen tlry, analyze their plays, and it will be found that they almost invariably use the woman strength of good or evil, as the central point around which the action revolves.
 Mrs. Campbell will be supported by her own London cOnlpany-AdV.