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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25
only foundation of it: the existence
of God and the immortality OF the
soul: hence the necessity Of religion.
cALMNEss AT THE HOUR or
DEATH.

have always been puzzled at the
extraordinary calm, peace and free
dom from anxiety that l have OBJ
served in the dying, even in those
who have not been models of virtue,
says the Right Reverend Bishop
Vaughan, and. since it is subject
which has always possessed a certain
fascination for me / have again and
again questioned other priests re-
garding their experience, which has
in no case differed from my own.
Well do remember proposing this
fact as a difficulty to the late Cardinal
Manning. Seated one winters even
ing in his room, almost roasted by the
huge fire before which he was wont
to toast his meager and wasted form
and chatting upon all kinds of en-
crossing topics, he began to refer to
his declining strength and advancing
years. This turn in the conversation
soon gave the opportunity sought
for. How" l asked him, "do you
account for the strange circum-
stance that when deathAreaIly comes
people seem to fear it so little? 1t
seems to me that however good a
man may be, the mere notion of fall
ing into the great unknown and of
meeting God face to face, and of hav-
ing ones fate definitely and irrevoc.
ably settled for all eternity, ought to
cause any one on the brink of the
grave the most indiscribable appre-
hension and the most acute anguish"
well, dear fellow" replied this
Cardinal, "the. vast, majority of per-
sons do undoubtedly die calm enough,
and my explanation is briefly this
So long as God intends a. man to-
live He wisely infuses into his soul a.
certain natural dread and horror of
death in order that he may be. in
duced to take ordinary care of him.
self and to guard against danger and
needless risks. But when God in.
tends a man to die there is no longer
any object for such fear. 1t can serve
no further purpose. What is the re-
suit? Well, take it, God then simply
withdraws it. This explanation of
the old Cardinal pleased me we'll and
seemed not only to account for the
singular phenomenon, but to set God
in a peculiarly amiable and tender
light.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25
TO MAKE A PROTESTANT A
CATHOLIC?

Would to God" said Monsignor
Robert Hugh, Benson at. St.. Mary's
Church in Chicago last year, tsthat
we Catholics were more guilty Of the
reputation we have for proselytizing.
1t is certain knowledge that our re-
ligion is divine that makes us want to
impress it on others
But while your faith may be strong
enough for you to desire to convert
others to it, you may find yourself I'M
able to do SO. Would you like to
know how?
The famous convert, who himself
converted Monsignor RESPONSIBILITIES
Maturin- gives three suggestions to
those who want to bring another to a
realization of the truth in the Catho-
lie Church.
Il. In the. first place we must be
very sure of the truth ourselves. We
must know well the truth to which
we would bring them. Know it, not
merely with a kind of traditional
knowledge, from the fact that we have
been brought up in it from infancy,
but clearly, definitely intelligently.
We must so to speak, see all around
it, so as to be able to meet objections
and express it in language that is not
exaggerated or likely to lead to mis-
apprehension. Many have been kept
back from a consideration of some
doctrine of the Catholic Church be-
cause they have heard it expressed
in language that really misrepresents
it.
%. But, secondly, he must know,
and not only know, but be able, if only
for the moment, to throw himself into
some sort of intellectual sympathy
with the position of those whom b?
would win around.
If he does not know and cannot
understand their difficulties he will be
arguing in the dark, and will surely
ALLEVIATE those whom he desires to
win. A great number of people take
little interest in the faith of others;
they do not understand, nor do they
want to understand. Very well. They
are quite satisfied in their aloofness.
They have perhaps neither the time,
nor the talent, nor the sympathy that
would lead them to such studies. But
let them keep out of controversy and
avoid any effort to win these people
to the truth. Their efforts, if they
make any, are likely TODD more harm
than good. rs
20. And thirdly, no man can ever
act as q conyert-maker who allows
his mind to entertain for a moment, "a
doubt of the sincerity of the men
with whom he is dealing
1T is narrow, hard, uncharitable
view of men to suppose that because
their position seems to you illogical
and absurd they must themselves
realize that it is so. 1t is very diff
cult to see the inconsistencies of a
system in which one has been
brought up from childhood; and in.
telligent, well-educated men who in
every other department of life are
sane and reasonable, in religious
matters will be found to have left
aside all reason
ITO approach a man therefore, on
controversional questions, whose good
faith one doubts or disbelieYes in, is
to insult him.
With these qualifications then. the
Catholic can go foFth into the world
Equipped for the deIicafe task of bring
ling others under the dominion of the
truth that shall make them free.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25
AeNus DEL.

In the city of Rome on July 26 Pope
Benedict XIV performed the ceremony
OF blessing the "Agni Dei,' which it
is customary for popes to perform in
the first year of their pontifcate and
every seventh year thereafter.
The "Agnus Del" Latin for Lamb
of God is disc of wax, impressed
on one side with the figure of lamb,
and on the other CASUALTY with a
figure of a saint or with the name and
arms of the pope, who blesses them.
1t is. commonly covered with some
textile and worn suspended from the
neck. It is not definitely known when
they first came into use, but mention
was made of them as eariya the first
quarter of the ninth century.
AS the blood of the paschal lamb
of old protected each household from
the destroying angel, the purpose OF
the "Agnus Del is to protect its DOS.
SCISSOR from evil.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25

well taught His is the most careful
and well balanced training of both
mind and heart in the science of the
saints that is given to any profess
sional man in the world today. His
diploma is his ordination; when he
qualities for that, he is SO master of
self that he can lead a solitary, iso-
lated life; SO self-controlled that his
passions are his. servant, not his mas.
ter, and in the full vigor of young
manhood he is strong enough to prom.
Use lifelong celibacy, and so unset.
fish as to devote and consecrate his
whole life to the extension of Christ's
work on earth. Thus equipped and
prepared, the candidate for the priest
hood. kneels before his Bishop and
hears those words he can never forget
through life: Thou art a priest for
ever"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF.
ONCE of the Register Of Deeds.
This is to certify that the. within
office at st. Paul, on the 10th day of
September, A. d., 1915 at 11:10 o'clock
A. NJ, and that the same was duly re-
NJ W. FITZGERALD,
Registereof Deeds.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25
IA SAINT F0R The WEEK.
SAINT ADAM.

Aidan was a monk of the island of
Hy or Iona. From this great monas-
tic establishment, founded by st. Co
lumba,i went forth many bishops and
preachers into all the land as far as.
the Tyne. At the invitation of Os-
valid, King Of Northumbria, Aidan I'M
dertook the conversion of that coun-
try; and, while he was still imperfect
in the English tongue, the king him
self would act as his interpreter. The
Saint travelled everywhere on foot,
urging the faithful to frequent the
Sacramento, and the heather to give
aims and do good. Whatever he
taught he practised; and though he
rebuked the powerful with true priest
ly authority, he administered his re-
proofs in spirit of such Christlike
meekness, humility, and sweetness,
that none ever took offence. He fixed
his episcopal see at Lindisfarne,s after
wards called Holy Island" from the
number of saints who were Enursed
and trained in the monastery founded
there by the Saint: whence also
sprang the noble monasteries which,
in latter years, covered the country
from the Tyne to the Forth, and
owned Holy Island as their mother
house Adams converts were known
for the fervor and austerity of their
lives; even the laity of the north
tasted on all Wednesdays and Fridays
the greater part of the year. st.
Aidan died A, D.. .631, and st. Cuthbert,
then shepherd-boy in Lauderdale,
saw his soul ascending to heaven, and
was inspired to renounce the world.
He was buried in his church in Holy
island 17s
When an apostolic missionary COM
planned once that the English of
Northumbria were obstinate, barbar-
Gus, and wild, St. Aidan said, ut
seemeth to me, my brother, that you
have been too harsh with your uncul-
tured hearers. According to the ad-
monition of the Apostle you should
have given them first the milk of
mere easy teaching, that, being thus
gradually fed and strengthened by the
Word of God, they might, little by
little, be led to understand the deep
things and perform the perfect things
of His holy law" Whereupon the
whole of his brethren judged that he
himself was the one who ought to be
sent to preach to the Northumbrians.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25
STATE OF MINNESOTA.t COUNTY OF

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF
On this 9Th day of September, a.. d.
1915, before me appeared =. A. Willwer-
scheid, Eugenia Willwerscheid and
Lawrence e. Wil1werscheid, to me per-
sonaIIy known to be the same persons
described in and who executed the
foregoing Instrument, and acknowf-
edged that they executed the same as
their free act and deed.
(Seal) s4
NORBERT .WILLWERSCHEID,
Notary Public, Ramsey County, Min
nesota.
MY commission expires June Is, 1920.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, DEPART
s4ment of State
/ hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this
Office on the 10th day of September, a.
d. 1915, at II o'clock A. NJ, and was
duly recorded in Book IA of Incor-
porations on page -.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHLl
Secretary of State.
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THE PRIEST.

The priest in the Catholic Church.
says Bishop Gum. of Natchez, is
not self-appointed, automatically
made preacher; he is a picked man;
long taught man; much tried and
tested man. For years he is trained
to the hardest of all tasks, the task
of self-control, self-mastery and self.
sacrifice. The result is that he is an
upselhsh man. master Of himself, Of
his higher and lower nature. He is
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-25

How many who are the oppressors
of the poor, love to be esteemed by
men. Father PGlaN, s. j. @
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07
STATESBORO MINISTER
GETS REAL HELP
Rev. ]. Powell Tells How He Found
New Strength to Give to
His Iabors

Rev. j. Powell of Statesboro, Ca.
suffered from stomach troubles so sc
riously that they affect his work
He struggled on under the handi,
cap as best he could-hardly realiz-
ing, perhaps, just how wmuch his
sickness was hurting him
One day he learned of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy. He took the first
dose-then decided to take the full,
treatment. He wrote:
Since using the six bottles of
your wonderful remedy | feel like
another man. 1t has been quite a
wonder to me to know how one could
have a stomach disease like mine
and live and do the work | did. !.
just escaped the operating table.
Now l can eat what | please and
it doesn't hurt me nigh or day"
Mayrts Wonderful Remedy gives
permanent results for stomach. liver
and intestinal ailments. Eat as much
and whatever you like. No more dis
tress after eating, pressure of gas
in the stomach and around the
heart. Get one bottle of your drug
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07

Lakeland entertains the Central
Florida Highway Association on the
9TH Well certainly be thar if
cur shoes hold out Tampa Times
Come right along and don't for
get that the latchstring of the Tele-
gram Office hangs right on the out
side in plain view. There will prob
ably be big bunch of Florida news.
papermen here on that occasion and
they will all be mighty welcome at
these headquarters From certain
sinister remarks, conveying yelled
threat, recently appearing in the st.
Petersburg Times, we judge that it
may be necessary to disarm Editor
Straub before letting him into the
Telegram building. but we don't an
ticipate serious trouble. and if it
should come We are prepared for de-
cisive action and quick results
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07
MAKING COLLECTION OF ALL
FLORIDA WILD FLOWERS

A collection of Florida wild flow
, ers, which will be the first of its kind
known, is being made by Arthur
Haycock, of Bermuda, who has been
travelling through the state for the
past five months and is now stopping
in Kissimmee. The collection is de-
/ signated for the Smithsonian Insti-
tute, Washington, D. c., says the
Kissimmee Valley Gazette.
Mr.. Haycock states that so far he
has obtaindd $50 species of wild
flowers and hopes to add materially
to this number. Some of the species
he thinks will be most valuable, es-
pecially some wild orchids, and
other plants found in the Ever
glades. He also mentioned a wild
hibiscus found on Single Creek in
this county, as being the only speci-
, men Of its kind he had ever seen. In
talking he described it as a pretty
bright-red flower, almost identical
with the cultivated hibiscus. He has
obtained twelve new specimens in
this county, six of them being found
along Single Creek.
Mr.. Haycock is a former resident
OF OsceQla county, having settled in
Narcoossee in the eighties, where
he still owns an orange and tanger-
inc grove. For several years he has
been located in Bermuda. His
daughter, charming young woman.
is travelling with him and is engag-
ed in the work of painting the flow
ers. She also helps her father in
securing them. They came to Flor
ida in April to begin the collection
and since that time have been trav-
cling over the state visiting the
cities of the East Coast and the
southern sections of peninsula. Mr.
Haycock said that he expected to
be occupied with mis- work several
months yet.
During his residence in Bermuda
he made valuable collection of
bermuda sea shells, which is now in
the hands of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute. In this collection were found
six unknown species and the natural
list hopes to have valuable finds in
his collection of Florida wild flow
ers.
So far as known this will be the
first collection of wild flowers of this
state, and it cannot but be an i'm
portant contribution to its floral his
/ tory. The best known works on
/ flowers contain no thorough catalog-
ing or enumeration of Florida wild
, flowers. Mr.. Haycocx has not de-
cided whether or %, he will publish
a book on his labors.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR
IN THE SOUTH

For good many years our organ
ization of "brotherly love" grew
slower here than in most other Sec
:ions of the United States. Long dis
tances between towns made field
work expensive, and the sectarlan
spirit which grows less and less as
/ we climb heavenward, KEPT back
from organization many societies or
hindered in growth and usefulness
: those already started. But better
days are coming" and have come.
Last year Florida was represented
ty its secretary at the called con-
ference of southern workers at the
great tourist hotel on Signal Noun
tain, Chattanooga. In this meeting
DR.. Ira Landrith of Nashville was
chosen president and Rev. L. E.
Brubaker, from Ensley, Ala, became
southern secretary.
At the convention in Chicago this
July there were some fine southern
delegation meetings and in choos-
ing of Officers DR.. Landrith and Rev.
Brubaker, president Of the Alabama
union, were again selected to their
important Offices. Our own State
leader, Duncan B. Curry is vice
chairman, and w. Roy Berg, of Dali
las, Texas, treasurer. The presidents
of all the State unions in the South
are members of what is called 1.-THE
All-South Christian Endeavor En-
tension Committee" also three men
from Boston headquarters, DR.. Clark,
Daniel A. Polin, and John r.
Clemants Karl lehman, already
so well known in Florida and all
parts of North America where C. E
is also known, is to be the Southern
States secretary, commencing his
work Sept. /
Mr.. Lehman is to be in our State
Nov. 3-19, and eight district con-
ventions are anticipating hearing
this inspiring advocate of Christian
Endeavor progression. In the sprine
he is to return for the State conven-
ton in DeLand We have never had
a Boston man" for our fall district
meetings, and ought to appreciate
such first ever chance, also be
glad to pay the State Union dues
promptly and in all ways expected
of loyal Florida Endeavorers do our
, share in meeting the expense of hav-
inf Mr.. Lehman here. All the
/ Southern States are expecting to
have the southern secretary in their
, turn and also plan for more socie
, ties, more members and many other
forward steps because of his coming
to their unions Let us aim high
for Florida; let us pray earnestly for
success in large measure to come in
the fall campaign of conventions and
results from them. Let us not only
aim high and prayerfully but HUS-
TIE ourselves. 1t is going to take
it in order to get really good dele
cations this year of war times"
financial shortcomings But we will
appreciate the results of sacrificinS
service for our beloved Christia /
Endeavor, all the more If sacrifice
was necessary in order that tho
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07

The Jacksonville Metropolis quotes
recent article from the Telegram
on the relations Of the North and
South, suggested by the heated talk
of papers on both sides of the line.
growing out Of the Frank lynching.
and has this by way of preface:
"The most distressing feature, of
the whole dissraceful Frank case is
the way SOME people, North and
South, lost their temper, and the re-
ordinations that followed. An un-
balanced observer might have
thought the United States was just
two turbulent seas Of hate separated
by an imaginary marking popularity
known as the Mason and Dixon line.
He would have been wrong. The ma
jority Of people, North and South,
deplore the hot-headed, ill-consid-
cred utterances. They consider the
source" as does the Lakeland Even
ing Telegram in the following edi-
torial''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07
In Society

A pretty affair took place yeste'
day afternoon when Mrs. ClifioI
Livingston entertained about fiftqti
little people in honor of her sol
Delvert's eighth birthday. Upon ii
arrival of the guests, various cams
were played, after which they weil
invited into the dining room, whicI
was artistically decorated in pin
and white, this pretty combinatiOi
of colors being effectively carried oil
in crepe paper streamers suspend
from the ceiling to the corners d
the table. The center piece, a hue
white birthday cake, was ornamen.
ed with eight pink candles, an
around this table the little fOs
gathered for the delicious refresh
ments, consisting of ice cream an
cake, with which they were serve
by. the hostess. Master Delvert wa
the recipient of many handson
presents given him by his lit
friends. Those who assisted him
celebrating his birthday in so d,
lightful manner were Franc
Boring, Elizabeth Love, Ruth Col
ner, Eva Louise Tweedell, Mar
Louise johnson, Martha LarmOl
Mary Watson and Robert Mcglwain
Keith Smith, Irwin Van Huss, HI
Register, Jr., Clifford Livingsto
Jr., and Edwin Galloway.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07

it does not for that reason bar from
its columns matter favorable to him
or other candidates when it is of real
interest and is worth the considera-
tion of the people who have to eiec;
a governor. We are glad to hear
from Claude L'Engle again. and our
readers will note with pleasure from
his article in the Telegram that lie
still retains his clear, crisp, incisive
style of writing which leaves no
doubt of what he means or where he
stands.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07

A good many people are under the
impression that prison farms where
state convicts are incarcerated and
kept at profitable labor in the fields
are peculiar to the South, and that
in all the Northern States they still
have the penitentiaries with their
walls where all State cOnvicts are
confined. This is mistake The
State farm for convicts is, we be-
lieve, Southern idea, made neces
sary by the immense number of
negro criminals and the impossible
ity of caring for them in the old way
without imposing an intolerable
burden upon the State treasury; but
its good features have become so APP
parent that the system has been
adopted in number of Northern
States, and in the end It will prob
ably extend to all of them as the
best solution of the ever-present
convict problem. Here are some in
teresting facts on this subject which
we take from the Jackson mich.
Patriot:
THE escape of couple of con-
victs at work on the Jackson prison
farm within few days ago is a mat
ter of small significance. Probabl.
they might better escape in that way
than through the action of the par
don board. Prison farms should not
be abandoned for this reason. They
are, as rule, very successful. Pris-
on labor employed in cultivating the
land prOvokes no clash with free"
labor, and the outdoor work on the
farm means better health and NOR
ais for the prisoners. The State o.
New York now has prison farm
employing between 500 and zoe
men, and the city of New York has
recently purchased reformatory
farm. On the prison farm near 10
a profit of over $4,000 last year,
which was turned back to the State
| In the South, where farming is gen
| orally more profitable than in the
North, largely because of a milder
climate and shorter winters. man,
profitable prison farms are in opera
ton The Arkansas convict farm re-
turned net profit TO the State of
over 100000 last year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-07

A St. Louis college professor just
returned from France, brings the
cheerful news that the war will last
from five to fifteen years. 1t is COM
fcrting to believe that this ST. Louis
professor knows no more about the
subject than any of the rest of us
and his opinion is swept into the
discard along with millions Of 9TH
ers as perfectly worthless verbal
junk.