New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-21

oneness with the Father. He was not
only a teacher Of dogma, but
saviour and regenerator.
What to-day are the serious ana
threatening forces that are opposing
the Church-the Kingdom Of God!
They are first, the tendency to do away
with positive belief, the teaching that
dogma is unimportant, an unnecessary
burden on the intellect; that the need
of the hour is conduct.
Secondly, the attractions of worldly
gain and possessions; the allurements
of pleasure, so often tinged or filled
with sin and vice, the unwillingness to
make sacrifices and the desire for ease
and comfort.
Thirdly, there is that fearful blow
at family life in the assumption OF
our courts to Dissolve the marriage tie.
The statistics Of divorce in the United
States are nothing less than appalling;
while against all this stands the edict
of Christ for the indissolubility Of
marriage.
Propaganda Against Social Order.
"Then comes the propaganda against
our social order and even govern
ment, whose appeal rests so often on
class hatred or on a reckless Jealousy
that pulls down and destroys. Into
this movement men are led to their
personal loss in religious life, and to
the detriment of society and govern
ment.
SHOULD we remain inactive and al
most Indifferent when We know that
in the world to-day there are mighty
forces at work against faith and NOR
ais?
perhaps a brief survey of the con-
ditions of our day may give emphasis
to this tratment and appeal.
at is a matter Of general informa-
tion that across the border and at our
very doors indignities have been heap
ed upon bishops. priests. nuns and
people-what united actions have we
taken in protest?
at is also a fact that the mail SER
vice of our government, which we sup
port. has been used to vilify and cal
umniate the Church. What efforts have
been made to stop it?
What a deplorable condition is
found in current literature and the
present day exhibitions on the stage.
What united action are we taking
against this end?"
Prominent Churchmen Among Visitors.
Prominent among the visiting prel-
ates were Archbishop Prendergast, of
Philadelphia; Archbishop Aversa, Papal
Nuncio to Brazil; Archbishop Bruchesi,
of Montreal Bishop Gabriels, of Og-
densburg; Bishop Cusack. of Albany;
Bishop O'Connor, of Newark: Bishop
McFaul, of Trenton: Bishop Muldoon,
of Rockford, H.; Bishop O'Connell. of
Richmond; Bishop Canevin. of Pitts
burgh; Bishop Fitz Maurice, of Erie,
Penn; Bishop Hoban. of Scranton;
Bishop Mcdonnell, of Brooklyn; Bishop
Currier, of Havana; Bishop da Silva,
of Portugal; Bishop O'Reilly, of Baker
City, Ore; ishop Schrembs. of Toledo;
Bishop Nussbaum, of Corpus Christi,
Tex; Bishop Richter. of Grand Rapids;
Bishop Lillis. of Kansas City; Bishop
Allen, OF. Mobile; Bishop Donahue, of
Wheeling W. Va; Bishop Gallagher, of
Galveston; Auxiliary Bishop Hayes, Of
this city; Bishop Corrigan, of Balti-
more, and Bishop Shahan, of the Cath
Ollie University.
Among the Knights Of st. Gregory
who attended the mass and sat within
the chancel were John d. Crimmfns,
Henry V. Cunningham, Michael J. Null
queen, Justice Victor J. Bowling. Ber-
nard Coleman, Joseph frey, Ut. James
j. Walsh, John +. O'Rourke, Justice
Eugene A. Philbin, Thomas F. Hynes,
w. Bourke Cochran, James J. Ryan, OF
Philadelphia, and Anthony Matre. Of
Chicago.
Among the three thousand laymen
were large delegations in uniform from
the Knights of Columbus and the Lokal
verbund, of the German Catholic Cen
trial Verein.
The uniformed bodies remained with
covered heads until the elevation Of the
Host, and then, removing their plumed
hats, drew their swords and held the
blades up at arms length until that
feature of the ceremony was over.
The main aisle of the cathedral was
filed with about two hundred priests,
who sat four abreast after the process
sion had entered the chancel.