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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18
A NEW CATHOLIC

In Confessions of Convert" Rob-
ert Hugh Benson discusses the defects
of new" Catholics. One of these
faults is. he says, jealousy of con.
verts. Il
"A second defect is that jealousy
against converts. Now should not
have ventured to draw particular at
tention to this If l had myself suf-
fered from it in any marked degree,
since In that case should dlstrust
my own judgment in dealing with it.
The fact is that r have not. have
received extraordinary generosity on
all sides even in such matters as my
early ordination in Rome after only
nine months of Catholic life. OF
course, there were many who disap-
proved Of the rapidity with which
was promoted to the priesthood, but
in practically all these cases it would
be ludicrously impossible to suspect
in them the presence of jealousy or
of that subtle form of it which mani.
tests itself in the desire to snub the
neophyte. On the whole am as
tonished at the kindness which Cath.
olics have always shown to me.
But have come across case after
case, l have heard sentence and frag.
ments of conversation which leave no
possibility for doubling but that many
converts do find jealousy and suspi-
cion on the part OF second-rate Cath
olics as among the greatest trials of
their life. Such an attitude is, indeed,
exceedingly human and natural
Thou hast made them equal to u.s.
cries the man in the parable, who
have borne the burden and the heat
of the day. And this attitude is, of
course, often apparently justified by
the ill-behavior and the arrogance of
a convert or two now and then-of
persons who march into the church,
SO to speak, with banners flying and
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18
OPPOSED TO WAR.

Isl Twenty million people were pres
emit at the great Peace Convention
held in Chicago at which delegates
from every state where present repre-.
saenting twenty million people. Reso-
slations were adopted favoring strict
Neutrality as against the shipment Of
arms and ammunition from this coun-
~ to the warning countries of Eu-
rope. Addresses were made by Con.
slIsssnan Yollner. Of Iowa, Congress-
sslilIAn Barthold, jeremiah O'Leary, Of
Slgewss York, Congressman Fowler, rep
Gsntatiyes Of the Coal Miners
nion, and many notable speakers rep
sitting various organizations. The
0Wing Ii an extract from the ad-
r ~ sot w. j. Bryan delivered at the
Convention.
must not forget the limitations
Z Who occupy Official positions.
must not be too hasty to crit
they may sbe misunderstood
sen. 1 think the President
Zen given full credit always
he has made and is
B sssrve peace. When l,
som the Cabinet | was
ne { . misunderstand-
hs dent ana j we're
s ~ ~ having peace
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18
CHANCELLOR PRAISES POPE.

: Chancellor Won Bethmann-H ollweg.
OF Germany, reviewing events since
the last meeting of the Reichstag,
spoke gratefully of the humanity of
neighboring neutral states, especially
The Netherlands, in the exchange of
prisoners and their care.
Il express the heartfelt thanks of
the German people to Holland, and
word of special thanks to the Pope,
who has displayed untiring sympathy
with the idea of the exchange Of
prisoners and other works of human
ity and to whom belongs the main
credit for their realization" said the
chancellor.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18
THE WILL OF GOD

At a meeting held in st. James
Church hall, Newark, N. j., the other
day, Rev. DR.. John Talbot Smith of
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y, expressed his
opinions on war and suffrage as fol-
lows:
woman suffrage is of enormous i'm
portance," said the priest. II am
amazed at the vigor with which the
women are conducting their campaign
for the ballot. Fifty years ago a
score Of women advocated equal suf-
frage and they were laughed at. It
was the source of jokes in the cartoons
of all newspapers In the last ten
years the movement has become
worldwide. 1t heas a. spontaneous in
ception and is spreading.
1--WE of the clergy never have a
doubt of spontaneous things. What
is not here yesterday is here in abun-
dance today. God Himself is having
hand in this wonderful enterprise
Woman suffrage has been inevitable
ever since democracy placed the bal
lot in the hands Of the voters.
woman suffrage is an indication
that God is intervening because of the
shameful abuse of the ballot and the
drink evil. This evil is fastened upon
US like a snake and behind it all is
that old argument. personal liberty
I'm American life men have failed
in religion. Religion is not in the gov
eminent, state, county or city. 1t is not
in the schools, not in the temples of
art and not in literature or Journalism
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THE COUNTRY PARISH PRIEST.

i6e COUNTRY PARISH PRIEST,
The following words were written
years ago by French poet. They
are an admirable pen picture of Cath
Ollie pastors the world over:
There is a man in every parish
who, having no family, belongs to a
family that is worldwide, who is
called In as a witness, a counsellor
and an actor in all the most important
affairs Of civil life. No one comes
into the world or goes hence without
his ministrations. He takes the child
from the arms of his mother and
parts with him only at the grave. He
blesses and consecrates the cradle,
the bridal chamber, the bed of death
and the bier He is one whom inno-
cent children grow to love, to vener-
ate and to reverence; whom even
those who know him not salute as
Father; at whose feet Christians fall
down and lay bare the inmost
thoughts Of their souls and. weep their
most sacred tears. He is one whose
mission is to console the afflicted and
soften the pains of body and soul;
who is an intermediary between the
affluent and the INDECENT; to whose
door come alike the rich and the poor
the rich to give aims in secret, and
the poor to receive them without
blushing. He belongs to no social
class. because he belongs equally to
ALTO the lower by his humble pow
erty and not unfrequently by his
humble birth; to the upper by his cul-
ture and his knowledge, and by the
elevated sentiments which . religion,
itself all charity, inspires and i'm
poses. He is one, In fine, who knows
all, has right to speak unreservedly,
and whose speech, inspired from on
high. falls on the minds and hearts
Of all with the authority Of one who
is divinely sent, and who has an I'M
clouded faith.
Such 10 the parish priest, than
whom no one has greater oppor.
tunity for good or power or evil;
accordingly % he fulnlls Or fails to
recognize his tranecendsnt mission
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18
THE SOUL OF WAR,

Philip Gibbs tells in his book, "The
Soul of the War;" how Paris was saved
by the taxicabs:
Zone of the most dramatic incidents
of the war was the transport of the
army of Paris to the fighting line
in taxicabs. There were 1000 of these
cabs in Paris, and on September l
they disappeared as though the earth
had swallowed them, just as the earth
had swallowed one of them not long
before when the floods had sapped the
streets. A sudden order from Gen.
Gallieni, the Military Governor of
Paris, had been issued to each driver,
who Immediately ignored the appraised
hands of would-be passengers and the
shouts of people desperate to get to
one of the railway stations with house.
hold goods and hope of escape. At
the depots the drivers knew that upon
the strength of their tires and the
power of their engines depended the
safety of Paris and perhaps the life
of France. It was an extraordinary
incident in the history of modern war.
Five soldiers were loaded into each
cab, four inside and one next to the
driver, with their rifles and kits cram
med i'm between them. In one Journey
10000 men were taken on the road to
Meaux. 1t was triumph of mobility,
and when in future Partisan is tempt
ed to curse those red vehicles which
dash about the streets to danger of all
pedestrians who forget that death has
to be lodged by never failing vigilance
his righteous wrath will be softened,
perhaps, by the remembrance that
these were the chariots Of Gen. Man
oury's army before the battle of
Meaux, which turned the tide of war
and flung back the enem yin retreat"
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state in which he at once preserves
his own individuality and yet is unit
ed to God.
If, on the other hand, he fails to
correspond with grace and yields to
the downward drag of his fallen ma
ture. in such a degree as to be when
his probation closes with death in q
state of enmity or disunion with God.
he passes to that state which he has
himself in effect freely chosen, and in
hell is excluded eternally from the
presence of his Maker. Only, says
Monsignor Benson, it must be noticed
in passing the church has never yet
uttered decision of final condemna-
ton on any individual, since the inte-
rior dispositions of man at the time
of his death can be known only to
God. No accommodation or anathe-
ma can be more than an approximate
attempt to deal with the soul so far
as she falls under the church's juris-
diction; and such are issued with the
express hope of awakening such q
soul to her own condition of danger.
Neither does the church for one mo-
ment dare to dogmatize as to the
state of those who die outside her
pale; for although the church is the
one Ark of Salvation, this does not
in any sense derogate from Gods SOW
ereign right and power to deal with
souls in His own way.
All the Christian beliefs are agreed
as to the condition of man as regards
his Maker, says Father Benson. It is
when it becomes question of the
proper system by which fallen man
shall be restored, that differences be-
gin to declare themselves.
1t is hardly necessary to go into the
matter of the central doctrine of the
Catholic religion, namely, the 1ncarna-
ton, beyond saying that it is by this
Incarnation that God and man are re-
united. The main heresies of the
world have occurred by reason of i'm
proper interpretations being placed
upon the doctrine of Incarnation; they
fall roughly into two classes: (D
those which minimize respectively the
human nature or the divine nature of
Jesus Christ. The earliest heresy was
that the human nature of Christ was
SO merged in the divinity as to be
phantom-like and superhuman. The
church teaches that Christs humanity
was completely real, else the sacri-
flee and suffering of Calvary would
have meant nothing; (p) later here
sizes taught that the divinity of Christ
only meant superhuman quality of
goodness, or else human quality of
goodness raised to the highest power.
The church, on the contrary, teaches
that Christ had all the attributes of
the deity, since He Himself was God.
His human nature, so intimate was it's
union with God, enjoyed always and
increasingly even upon earth the
Beatific Vision, and in virtue of that
same union was and is a proper oh.
ject of alteration.
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FEELING AFTER THE TRUTH.

That the above Is not an uncharita
BILE view must be admitted even b!
the Living Church" from which the
following is taken:
From North Carolina comes re-
port of an interesting address de-
livered at the Baptist Seaside Chau-
tauqua by Prof. w. ]. McGlothlin,
of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, KY, on The
Origin and Doctrine of the Episco-
palians'.
I'm his address, the Origin and
Doctrines of the Episcopalians.' Mr..
McGlothlin showed how the Catho-
lie church in England was cut loose
: from the papacy through the legis-
lation and efforts Of Henry VIII,
how 1t was reformed by the theo-
logians of the reign Of Edward vi,
how England was put back into the
Catholic church by Mary Tudor,
Bloody Mary and how Elizabeth
finally established Professionalism in
England in the form OF the Episco-
pal church. 1t is nearer the Cath
Ollie church than any other form of
Professionalism, retaining In England
the old Catholic organization, large
elements of the Catholic worship,
the old Catholic church. It is still
the church of England.
In America it has been freer.
but here. also, it Is more like the
Catholic. There gre. three parties.
the High. the Low and the Broad
church. 1t has many able scholars.
ministering to the aesthetic and the
social.
PROF. McGlothlin 10 feeling after
the truth, anyhow, though We might
reasonably fault his terminology, as
reported"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18
OUR MONEY.

The dollar bill is made up of parts
gathered from all over the earth.
Much of the paper fibre is linen from
the Orient. The silk comes from Italy
and China. The blue ink is made
from German or Canadian cobalt. The
black ink is made from Niagara Falls
acetylene gas smoke, and most of the
green ink has green color mixed in
white link sulphite made in Germany.
When the treasury seal is printed in
red, the color comes from Central
America.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18

Go through the cities; there you will
see statues of great men and little
men placed in prominent places in pub
lie squares and parks, but never will
you see erected in squares or parks
the statue of Jesus Christ or of His
twelve apostles.
Peace for the nation in men vot-
ing? No need to delve into that fail
ure, but just to state single fact, that
all Europe is at war.
War, the most terrible and expen.
sive failure of men welding suffrage.
In His disgust with men of the democ-
racies God is going to drown them
in suffrage for women. Women do
not argue behind entrenched treach-
cry. They come out in the open and
vigorously assert their rights"
The speaker evoked vigorous ap.
plause when he declared:
"No natioN should ever go to war
unless the question of war is first sub.
mitted to the vote of>the people,"
Women may not be logical" went
on the clergyman, because they are
human. They would weigh the heart
of a boy against all the ambition of
Europe.
WARS shot and shell and poison.
GUS gases are SO horrible that if an
indictment could be brought against
them, not one of those who wear an
earthly crown could escape hanging
or even worse. For the failure OF
man God has brought another weapon
In woman suffrage to bring about re-
FORM"
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SHIPPING COTTON.

cit continues to be the case that
many times the expectations Of ship
ments from the United States to neu-
trail countries has been attained with
great difficulty, and exports are going
freely from Great Britain to the same
countries and in some cases in large
ly increased quantities." The above
was taken from the pen of Consul Cen
'eral Skinner. A review of the sit
uation and the right of these facts
is highly important. Great Britain
issued an order which was known as
Orders in Council. The effect of the
operation of the order placed cotton
on the list of contraband articles. The
figures given in the report of the bales
of cotton shipped from England from
January LIST, to August 5th, 1915, show
445,840; bales of cotton shipped from
the English ports, from January LIST,
1914, to August LIST, 1914, 271,980. An
enormous excess is shown in the above
figures in the exports for 1915 over
that of 1914. Shipments of cotton
from the United States are declared
contraband and the reason assigned
was that the shipments might reach
Germany and Austria. For that rea-
son the United States could not ship
cotton to neutral ports. England at
the same time can ship cotton in in
creased quantities to neutral countries
without any fear that the cotton may
reach either of the countries men,
toned. In short, the situation amounts
to this;-England has taken advan-
tage Of the war to destroy American
commerce, increase her foreign trade,
jeopardize American shipping, and
profit by Americas loss. The figures
given are official. The effect of the
orders in council has been to remove
American competition. Cotton was
sighted as the most glazing example
of the result Of the British order in
council. The same thing is true of
wool, and wooden goods. American
ships have been held upon the high
4 seas. They have been taken to British
prize courts. In some instances they
investigated, and in others they did
not All this is discouraging to Amer
lean trade; but it is the profitable re-
suit to Great Britain of the English
Order in Council The scheme has
worked well, and English piracy has
been successful. AS nation, we have
been too busy looking after the in
terests of those ,unpatriotic citizens
who insist on helping England obtain
her munitions of war by travelling on
English vessels, to spend any time In
the interest of Americas commerce.
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FATHER SCHOONER PRODUCES
NEW ROSE APPLE.

Father Schooner, the Wizard Of
Brooks. Oregon. has produced a rose
apple" small fruit produced by
crossing the Spitzenberg apple with
the wild rose of Oregon. The fruit
is useful In making marmalades and
tellies and the tree which he has se-
cured is pronounced one Of the most
ornamental types for lawns. From
experiments conducted the past sew,
eral years, Father Schooner has pro-.
duced 2 garden pen, the hull Of which
g edible g well @ the peas Them.
solves. - ..s
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-18
THE FALL OF MAN

Man, unlike the angels, is not pure
spirit; he is spirit incarnate, or spirit
In the flesh, says the late Mgr. Rob-
ert Hugh Benson in his brilliant essay
entitled Catholicism" published by
the Catholic Truth Press. Man was
created innocent with certain knowl-
edge Of God, though not that full
knowledge of which he is capable, and
enjoyed Grace. Like the angels, how.
ever, he was created free and like the
angels who fell, he also fell.
Now, says Father Benson, this is an
exceedingly significant doctrine taught
by the church, for upon it depends in
a sense, the entire system known as
the Catholic religion. If man were
merely creature struggling upwards
always, the most fundamental Cath
Ollie dogmas would become devoid of
meaning. Certainly it is open to a
Catholic to believe that certain kind
of evolution had place in the process
of mans creation; that his body, for
example, was gradually fitted by Sc
lection and generation to be the habi-
tation of an immortal rational soul.
But it is an essential of the Catholic
faith that mans spirit, when first Gre
ated, was both free, and innocent and
that it fell from innocence by the
abuse of its own free-Will.
Man was created, therefore, to
know and serve God in this world and
to enjoy Him forever in the next
world. Yet mans first parents fell
from this destiny and transmitted that
fallen nature to their descendants.
And it is only possible for fallen man
to regain his pcs:tion by the aid of
Gods grace-that is, by free gifts
from God of life and strength. Fur.
Their, the sin of man is so great an
outrage against God that nothing but
an adequate sacrifice can compensate
for it, or can win for man that access
to a state of friendship and union
with his Creator. This, then, the
church teaches, is the state in which
natural man finds himself in this
world. He is fallen, but he is not Gas
Calvin taught) absolutely corrupt; he
has still conscience-that is, fac.
ulty by which he can discern good
and evil; he has still aspirations after
good and by the mercy of God, Ger.
tain power of choosing it. He is still
free, though his freedom is enormous.
ly hampered by that downward ten.
dency that is the result of the fall.
Further, it is taught, every man has
sufficient grace for salvation-sufi.
Gent help, that is, from God, to regain
the destiny for which God made him,
and to avoid the final doom to which
sin naturally and inevitably leads. He
is faced by two final states, and two
only; and he has but this one life on
earth for his probation. If he CORE.
spends sufficiently with the grace
God gives him, he passes gradually
upwards to that union with God of
which he is capable, and in Heaven
enjoys eternally the Beatific Vision
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81 am anxious above all other things

Il am anxioAs above all other things
to keep this nation out of the war. l
have been speaking for month in the
upper Mississippi Valley, and if am
any judge the sentiment is strongly
against participation in the war. You
can't make the people prepare for
war until you can convince them this
country is about to be invaded. A
majority of the people are trying to
obey the Presidents request to be
neutral. That is necessary, for a great
deal depends on the attitude of this
nation when the time comes to pick a
mediator"
international law seems to have
been written for nations at war: 1t
is well to understand that our rights
have been violated by both sides.
While both sides have injured us,
neither has intended to. Our injury
has only been incidental to the in
jury they have inflicted on one an
other. It's like man trying to shoot
another on q crowded street; inno-
cent bystanders get hurt.
IF we have to fight, let US fight
with one country alone. 1t will be be.
tween the two of US. If we get into
this war, we will have to consult other
nations. We can't quit when we want
to. They will have their say. God
forbid that we ever join in the quar-.
rels and ambitions of Europe.
when l was in the Cabinet I was
accused of being pro-British, because
l had son-in-law in the British army.
1 wanted to reply to that man by
saying that l know a man high in
Germany who had cousin on the
throne of Great Britain and cousin
on the throne in Russia, and that re-
lationship does not always control"
"The pro-Allies papers have EN-.
phasized our disputes with Germany
and the pro-German papers have EN-.
phasized our disputes with England.
Neither side is our enemy and neither
desires to injure US. When we all
understand this we can deal more pa
tiently with the problems that arise.
1--WE should postpone, If necessary,
action on any dispute with belliger-
ent until after the war is over. The
only trouble we have had is that the
countries with which we have had dis.
putes have been afraid of the effects
of settlements on their enemies.
Il never expected that we would
ever be confronted with the propagan-
da Of preparedness which today is be-
ing preached by some of the metro.
politan press. If preparation prevents
war there would have been no war in
Europe. They spent twenty years
preparing for it.
III you heed the cry of prepared
ness you will have to submit to being
governed here by men who can scare
you the most. This is the duelists
standard Of honor, and no nation is
! challenging us today. If we had pre-
paredness and lingo President imag
inc what would happen.
president Wilson loves peace and
Is trying to find peaceful settlement
Of the disputes we have with bellig
erents. We may not always have
men in office who are in sympathy
! with the ideals of this Government.
SHOULD this country get into diff
! culties where war seemed necessary
l would like to see referendum on
1t. would like to see the first battle
line made up of lingo editors. l want
them to have the glory of dying be
fore anyone else has a chance"
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Profanity is a sign II rhetorical
poverty. Are you ipaid anything for
swearing!" Eli Perkins once asked q
commercial traveller, No. I do II for
nothing" "Well," said the lecturer.
you work cheap. You lay aside your
character as gent slaan. infict rain
on, your friends. bjo6k 81 command
ment. and lose your pwn soul and for,
nothing! You do certainly york cheap;
very cheap" 81
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STUDENTS IN coLLEoEs.

The United States Bureau OF Edu.
cation reports that there were 216.493
students in American colleges. univer.
stiles and technological schools In
1914. The list q schools includes 567
institutions. The male students num-
bered lss ,s7s. N
The dve sons Of John Muckle OF
Stanley. IN. J. !. 40 priests or are to be
ordained Thrss are priests. and two
me- preparing for the priesthood. s