Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-08-18
Roman Catholic School DGQdon
Though Inferior TO Protestant Institutions
Protestaats PationIze Them TO Sorrow.
By Rev. G. F, Wemberly

Protestaats Pati0nIze Them TO Sorrow.
By Rev. c. F. wemberly
From The Christian Witness, July %, 1915.
Our people are asleep Oh many
vital propositions, touching life
and morals, but on no point do
we seem to be so incapable Of be-
ing aroused az on the question Of
Catholicism in general, aud Catho
lie schools in Particular, we mean,
of course. our Protestant people.
The question of Romish school,
especially their institutions for
girls. presents and unfathomable
conundrum. That system; we
cannot call it a church, as Carlisle
has truly called it ''the most gl-
gantic delusion of the ages has
in the face of all history, observa'
ton, aud experience created an
impression that Catholic schools
are the best and most thorough.
Just how this idea has fastened 1T.
self upon us is the mystery. But
1t has, and Protestant people are
making themselves the henchmen
and dupes of Rome by helping to
propagate this falsehood. Moth
ing could be farther from the
truth.
One must be in school work to
know the extent to which this idea
has grown; on the other hand,
one must know the spirit and AMI
mus of Rome to understand why
she has dotted our land with acad'
emies and converts, equaling IN
numbers and building display all
such institutions of Professionalism
combined.
Someone who doubts the sltua-
ton touthing the relation of two
systems of education should ex-
plain how it is that u Protest.
ant schools must put men IN the
field and campaign as vigorously
as q candidate seeking office. BY
so doing they can scarcely make
"tongue and buckle meet" Some
do not make them meet. But a
score of "Sacred Hearts," "st.
Vincent's,"''St. Osollia's," est.
Mary's," and Holy Rosaries"
remain quietly behind their ten
foot walls, and have all the girls
they want. Who ever met up with
an agent out drumming for some
convent or Saint Somebody? We
have been doing work for our
schools several seasons, in this
and other States, and we have the
first one to hear of.
They don't have to get out and
hustle; our blind, deluded Pro-
testsnt fathers and mothers act
as their advance agents, that Is so
much better. So long as the de-
lusion remains as it 10 we can do
the hustling and they get the girls.
We wonder if all our preachers see
this thing in it's true perspective.
Here and there we find Methodist,
Baptist, Presbyterian and Chris
tian Champbellite girls attending
Converts. One rule of our minis
terial oarser we have religiously
lived up to: no Protestant girl
within the bounds of this preach
er's BALL wick gets off to a Cath.
olic school without our vigorous
Protest. At such time We are
Protestant in deed and in truth.
Much could be done by our pas
tors to counteract this dangerous
idea, but not all, the delusion is
upon us.
We never met one of our Pro.
testant victims of convent delu.
sion without quietly getting from
them all the info, nation possible
Hero are q few items which some
of our pious fathers and mothers
ought to let filter into their gray
matter receptacles, if possible.
In one convent there were 14O
b~oarders, 70 per cent of them were
Protestant girls. In another there
were 20 Protestant girls, II of
them joined the Catholic Church,
two moro were taken out to pre-.
vent them from joining. But the
harm was done; those girls are
ruined for and fruitfulness in the
future to their own denomina-
tions.
We once had q nelghbor who
was a Jealous member of the
Presbyterian Church; their daugh.
Ter vonnp and haautiful. had grad.