The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-20

on their eyes, now purified by tears,
they would recognize the city placed
on. the hilltop. Democracy must be
educated. What had been done in that
direction since? Something, but by no
means all that was required. To be-
gin with the standard works on So
,cialism had since found places in the
library of almost every priest; but the
catalogue Of these works would be in
complete so long as Father Plater's
book, "The Priest and the Social Ac.
;tion, WAS absent.
The Catholic Truth Society and "The
Messenger" Office have done splendid
work in turning out valuable books on
the subject for the modest sum of one
penny each. It was no longer suffi-
cient to be a practical Catholic; the
toiler should be an intelligent one too.
and, considering the splendid number
of cheap books at his disposal, if he
remained ignorant on social subjects
he had no one to blame but himself.
Purchase Irish Publications.
They were told that Ireland spent
annually four hundred and sixty-four
thousand, almost half a million, on
English publications. Thus, they were
assisting the English author and pub
Usher to the carriage and the suburban
villa, they were placing two grim alter
natives before their own gifted writ
>ers-the poorhouse or the emigrant
ship. To Danish the strong arms Of
the nation was bad, but the evil as
sumed its most acute form when they
drove out the brains of the land also.
Every time they turned to a bookstall
for an English magazine they were as.
:sisting in this great national crime,
and every time they bought an Irish
publication they were doing one mans
part in keeping an honest Irish roof
standing and saving the children Of
this island from the horrors of Chicago
>or the slums of New York. Let them
support their own writer's; encourage
native genius to dip her pen into the
old holy we'll of Catholic truth and
build up literature that would be
racy of the soil and redolent of it's
faith. On an occasion like that it
would be ungenerous to forget the
splendid service rendered by the vigi-
lance Committee. Taking their cour-
age in both hands, they fought with
the spirit of the crusaders. They de.
fled the greatest tyrant this world
holds-human respect, for men who
bravely face the point of a bayonet
'oftentime melt before the point of a
sneer. They saw it was time wasted
to try gentle remedies with a brazen
truculent vice, so the gloves were
thrown aside and they went to their
work with bare knuckles. Those who
described them and called them mar.
row fanatics he asked did they treat
Dublin authorities to cheap sneers,
rather did they not give them their
heartiest approval a few years age
when they saved the city from the
Bubonic plague by shutting out the
Glasgow ships that carried it? The
Vigilance men had preserved the
homes of the people from plague
that eats deeper than skin. or flesh
and goes to the marrow of the soul.
The Leo Guild.
They had also established the Lee
Guild to promote a practical knowl
edge of the laws upon which Christian
society was formed. AS its name i'm
piled, its work was based on the study
of the great encyclicals on the socia
question by Pope Leo XIII. He ven
tured to suggest how their difficultie,
might be remedied. To begin with tn,
priest. In this movement he mus
hold his old place-at the head Of tn
people, especially in subjects wher
their spiritual interests were so inter
wound with social subjects. In doin
so, he had the emphatic approval o
Leo XIII, who said: every ministe
of holy religion must throw into tn
conflict all the energy of his min
and all the strength of his endurance.
To do so effectively, his trainin
should commence in the Seminar,
where, after the Professorship of D
vinity, the chair of Catholic Sociolog
should hold first place. The currfc,
lum should be reset to meet the mo,
.ern requirements Of our time. He al