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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE.

1t is customary in many places
in this country for minor officials
to minimize very often the sancti-
ty of Christian marriage. Very fire.
-quently employees in the various
courts where marriage licenses
are issued suggest to persons
calling for such licenses that they
be married by an official of the
court. Personally we know of
many instances in various parts of
the country where even Catholics
have yielded to the temptation of
being united in matrilnony by a
court official i'll order to save a
few dollars. Certain judges in this
country have acquired the sobri..
quet Of Marrying Justices. !"
Catholics, and especially foreign
ers, unfamiliar with our laws and
possibly, with the teaching of the
Church, should be on their guard
against this Dissertation Of the
Sacrament of Matrimony. They
should remember that such cere-
mony in the eyes of the Catholic
Church is not only illegal but also
invalid. =
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the Church, priests and laymen from
all parts of the country; and in their
deliberations as these are revealed in
the official program and developed in
the discussions it will be found that
no subject of interest and concern to
the public has been sighted or over
looked. The clerics and laymen who
compose this convention give their
lively attention to every project that
affects the welfare of the population.
Whatever the subject may be-the
character of theatrical productions,
the quality of marriage and divorce
laws, the educational enterprises of
the Church and of the State: in every
relation of human life the alert and
vigorous Intelligence of a great body
of men and women subscribing to a
common faith will be found at work,
striving at all times for the improve
ment of conditions in the community.
"The observer will find that the
Church, besides it's spiritual efforts
and what may be called it's sectarian
activities, promotes and supports a
multitude of movements that affect
its own communicates directly in
their daily engagements, and react in
a degree frequently ignored on those
outside it's fold. In the prosecution
of what, for want of better term
may be described as secular work, to
distinguish it from purely religious
nursllitS a remarkable organization
has been built up, by which the prin-
cipal mission of this mighty engine
is served. In the development of this
patience, wisdom and devotion have
been conspicuous. and the reward for
the ceaseless application of these
qualities to the antagonistic elements
that compose the membership of the
Church is the power and authority it
has attained without the assistance of
State grants or the aid of discrimina-
tory legislation"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
THE PRESIDENT.

Since our last issue the momem-
tous question Of the election of the
President of the United States has
been laid to rest. In spite of
threats to demand a recount in
several states, it seems that Mr..
Woodrow Wilson will still be as
sured a sufficient number of cleo
toral votes to justify him in re-
naming our Supreme Executive
for the next four years.
Now that the smoke of battle
has blown away and the fiercely
blazing fires of partisanship have
been quenched, it is the duty of
every American citizen to display
by word and action the loyalty
which the Constitution demands of
our citizens towards the Chief Elk
ecutive. Whatever reasons may
have been alleged In favor of or
against Mr.. Wilson Is reelection, it
is the plain duty of every citizen
to uphold the President as such.
it would be too much, indeed, to
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

expect that his every action and
pronouncement will square with
the ideas OF all our people. 1t
remains true, nevertheless, that all
should bow in this case to the will
of the majority.
Order and discipline are heav-
ems first law order and discipline
should be the first law of the Re-
public. Christianity and the Con-
stitution allow us full liberty in
choosing the man who shall be
placed over us; and Christianity
and the Constitution demand that
we recognize the authority of the
State when that authority is law
fully welded by our legal repre-
sentative. 1t matters little what
our personal opinions may be with
regard to the action or policy Of
the President; st. Paul reminds us
that all authority is from God, and
as practical Christians, as well as
dutiful citizens, we are obliged to
respect that authority.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
LIE DOWNWARD PATH.

DIR. Evans, who is paid $4,000 a
year to write daily health article
for The Chicago Tribune, must be a
man of considerable knowledge and
experience. In that light, it is worth
while reading twice the following
paragraphs from one of his recent
articles:
when a young life starts out from
the. shelter of home to fight the bat.
ties that must be fought and brave
the dangers that must be faced, one
of the most priceless possessions, one
of the greatest safeguards he, or she
can have, is that of total abstinence
from all alcoholic liquor.
This, think, is one of the saddest
things that can be said about alcohol:
that many a life that otherwise had
kept its purity, but now inhabits the
underworld of our social system, en-.
tered the pathway that leads to the
gutter whilst under the influence of
alcohol; and there, sooner or later in
fected, becomes source of infection
to other lives trooping that way, led
on by the king of the carnival-alco-
hol.'
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ST. DOMINIC.

Travelling down the centuries
we notice on the highway OF the
Church certain milestones that
stand forth conspicuous and COM
manding. In national dangers, as
a rule, Nature raises up great lead
ers. Alfred, Sobieski; and Wash
ington are names that indicate not
only exalted leadership but ma
tional triumph. SO, likewise, when
great heresies confronted the
Church God called forth cham
pions peculiarly fitted to lead His
children through the entangle-
ments that beset their path. When
some great evil appeared to men
ace the Church the opposite virtue
invariably was exemplified in
some heroic character whom God
sent to counteract the evil. Thus
in the thirteenth century, when
the Church was suffering from the
vicious assaults Of the Albigensian
heresy a heroic leader came forth
from historic Spain and challeng-
ed the forces of evil.
In the year 1176 Dominic was
born in the castle of Calaroga, In
old CASTLE, Spain. Entering the
clerical state he soon became a
canon of the Cathedral of OSma.
God, however, had higher designs
for this chosen soul. 1t was nee
essary to combat the ever-increas-
ing evils of the day by vigorous
campaign of preaching. The little
band of preachers founded by St.
Dominic was approved by the
Holy See in the year 1216, this
year being the seven hundredth
anniversary of its approval. What
the Order of FIiars Preachers has
accomplished in the Church Of
God is matter Of history. Tt
would seem that God, foreseeing
the peculiar nature of tue heresies
that were to come, chose the
Friars Preachers to lay the foun-
dation for Christian philosophy,
and to build. up a structure that
would prove to be a strong outer
defense of the realm of the Cathol
lie Church. The SONS of st. Dom
inic gathered together all that was
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
THE vILEsT FIEND OF ALL.

False spirit! take thy f1endish shape,
Thy name is demon, and not wine;
burst thou cling to the purple grape,
burst thou seek shelter meath the
vine?
Nay, cling unto thy patron, Death,
And hide thee meath his blacklist
pail,
Throughout creations length and
breadth
Thou art the vilest fiend Of all.
What are thy crimes? Go, ask the
grave,
That yawning waits it's lifeless clod,
Thy murdered serf, thy poisoned
slave,
A type, once, of the living God;
The shrieks within the maniac's cell,
The chain clanks in the PRISONS
wall,
The walls and groans of millions tell
Thou art the vilest fiend of all
What are thy crimes? Yon soulless
thing
Was once Gods image pure and
fair;
Yea, fiend, as witnesses III bring
Lust, hatred, murder and despair
To prove thy guilt! The 1ercest
flame
That burns below when sinners fall,
Is fed by thee, remorse and shame
Proclaim thee, vilest fiend of all
Oh, God of justice! God of right!
Why is the world SO full of woe?
Why are souls withered by this
blight?
Is this the working of thy foe
The rebel, sire of sin and crime,
Who makes thy likeness, man, his
: .5 thrall? ,,.,.....-.g., E.,,,.,..-y. mn.
Oh, Father. Shield our newborn
From this, the vilest fiend of all.
By the NeLD Zealand poet
the late Tom BT0ckeH, in Exchange.
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Almost every week. European
exchanges chronicle the CONVEX
sion of prominent non-Catholics,
both lay and clerical. Our own
country shows steady increase in
the number of intelligent and en-
frightened men and women who are
embracing the Catholic faith. All
these acquisitions more than COM
pensate for the few weeds from
the Pope's garden" that are, from
time to time, thrown into the adj
joining fields Of Professionalism,
After all, a weed is only a weed,
wherever it may be planted.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
THE CHURCH IN AMERICA
HAS BEEN CALLED UPON TO
SOLVE MANY COMPLEX
PROBLEMS.

Under the heading, 1.-THE Roman
Catholic Church in the United States"
and referring to the recent Catholic
convention held in New York, the
New York Sun in a recent issue pub
lished the subjoined appreciation Of
the Catholics of this country:
.eI1l the United States the Roman
to solve problems unlike those forced
on it elsewhere. Religious liberty, the
absence of State support, with ethe
consequent necessity of obtaining its
revenues from voluntary contributors,
have posed one set of questions. The
Heterogeneous population, composed
of immigrants of numerous nationali-
ties, many of them accustomed to
rigid secular and clerical regulations
in their native countries, and unpre-
pared to exercise the self-restraint
essential to democratic institutions,
presented another. jealousy and dis
trust springing from old-world envir-
onments have complicated the situa-
ton. But, In spite of these evident
difficulties, the influence of which Isl
observable in all parts OF the nation
the Church has had a wonderful
growth, and enjoys today marvellous
prosperity, material and spiritual,
ITO the none Catholic this gathering
offers an opportunity Of informing
himself on the processes and methods
of the Church that is Invaluable.
Here's are gathered, in common en-
deator for a single cause, the highest
ecclesiastical dignitafies, princes Of
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18


Catholic students at secular uni
versities would do well to cult
vate the gentle art of raising the
eyebrows. This is the most mr.
bane manner of expressing sur
prise and dissent, and it is rarely
without good effect on the lectur-
er. II he is really learned, he will
not be too sure that he has not
Numbered in some way, and will
be curious to learn how. Many an
unconscious offender has been
brought to his sober senses by the
gentle rebuke of an arching brow,
says the Catholic Universe.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
JoHNNY's ARITHMETIC.

Johnnys father had been speaking
to his mother, and Johnny had been
so intent in his book that he had not
heard a word; but as he leaned back
in his chair to rest moment he
heard his father say: Dean got
beastly drunk last night; drank ten
glasses of wine. was Disguised with
him."
Johnny looked UP with bright eyes,
"How many did you drink?"
Il drank one, my son." said the
father, smiling down upon his little
boy.
"Then you were only ohe7tenth
drunk" said the boy, retlectively.
joint" cried his parent, sternly, in
a breath. But Johnny continued with
a studious air.
"Why, yes; if ten glasses of wine
make a man beastly drunk, one glass
will make him one-tenth part drunk;
and"
There, there!' interrupted the
father, biting his lips to hide the
smile that would come; Il guess it's
bedtime for you. Well have no more
arithmetic tonight
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good and reasonable in pagan
philosophy and, together with the
truths of Christian theology, wove
a Wondrous fabric Of Catholic
apologetics, Rightfully, there
fore, do the. members of the great
Order of st. Dominic rejoice this
year that seven centuries of tur-
MOL, of moral disorder and Of in
tellectual upheayal have rolled by
that the disorders have produced
much less evil than otherwise
would have resulted had not the
valiant sons Of st. Dominic used
every effort to break the waves of
evil as they dashed against the de-
lenses of the Catholic Church. n,
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musical life. The old spirit of a
Sobieski, of a Pulaski, of a Kos
'ciusko, of the myriads who i'll
|olden times stemmed the inroads
of Asiatic invaders, still lives, and
will now be called forth to vital
action. The Poles, like the Irish,
long ago lost their autonomy, but
never their national spirit. While
national spirit lives there is al
ways hope for even the most down
trodden nation, for that spirit,
vital with the breath of noble an
cestors, awaits but the opportunity
to reassert itself; it may shoulder,
but never. is it quenched. Given
the occasion it will once more
burst into flame.
The fact that the Poles have re-
manned ever steadfast in the
Faith despite repeated efforts to
extirpate their religion, gives
cause for added joy to the Church.
The Pole is the child of emotions.
When these emotions are directed
in the proper channel they even
tually burst forth in the highest
form of religion and art. The
world may now look to Poland for
a vast increase in the products of
the imagination and the mind.
The world rejoices with the eman-
cipated nation, and the Catholic
world, in particular, extends the
hand of affectionate congratula-
ton, even as it ever has proffered
the hand of sympathy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

"
Religion and politics must be
kept separate ill this country or
both will be ruined, and the coun-
try with them, :" says the Knights
Of Columbus Report on Religious
Prejudice. Religious questions
injected into a campaign by one
side and met by the other, create
too much excitement, too much
bitterness, for the parties to keep
in mind the public good, The more
uniformly and severely Catholics
frown upon all attempts at max
ing religion political issue, the
more deserving will they appear
in the eyes Of their countrymen. =
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
AN INJUSTICE TO THE POOR.

The respectable people who vote to
have saloons in their community are
very careful not to allow them in their
own neighborhood. Saloons are rigid
ly excluded from the so-called "resi-
Dental DISTRICTS" the tenement dis
tricts are allowed, and even forced to
accept, all the saloons. But the tene-
ment district is the one place of all
others where the saloon should not
be placed. "In the tenement dis.
tricts," says recent writer, there is
the greatest need of frugality and
temperance. The loss of wages in
these districts causes the greatest dis.
tress because every penny is needed
for legitimate purposes. The suffer
ing caused by intemperance is great.
est, there" The people of the resi-
Dental districts have power and in.
fluence, and they keep the saloon
away from proximity with their fine
houses. The poor do not get any
thing like q square deal in this mat.
ter.
Sacred Heart Repiep.
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TIME FOR READING.

The average man Of today, the
man i'll the street, takes his opin-
ions from the editorial utterances
in the press or the periodical.
Rarely does he stroll off into the
byways of the past and, history in
hand, seek to find for himself the
truth about the big problems that
have been left as a heritage to us
by the world agone. If lie desires,
however, to understand intelli-
gently and with reason the nature
OF certain world movements it is
necessary that he delve into the
chronicles of the past, and get at
facts first hand. Otherwise, he is
but the victim, frequently, of a
distorted presentation of facts, or
of a false Interpretation of those
same facts.
During the coming year the
Lutheran world will commence
rate the achievements OF Martin
Luther, the branch that was lop-
ped off from the Tree of Life.
Countless volumes have been writ
ten in the attempt to. prove the
greatness Of Martin Luther's al
legged mission. These volumes
have become the textbooks of the
schools, and the basis upon which
rest SO many of the accounts and
narratives that have to deal with
conditions i'll the sixteenth cen
fury. AS many other volumes also
attest to the fact that Luther
erred in his idea of a divine mis-
sion to the world, it behooves the
intelligent man and woman to
read history not as it is often
written but as it stands upon the
solid rock of authenticated evil
dence.
Luther's age was a period of
transition, so to say, from the me-
diaeyal to the modern world. The
fall of ConstantinopIe threw num-
bers of Oriental scholars into the
Christian fields of Europe. Pagan
ideals, that had found home re-
Gently i'll the old Eastern Empire,
were now transplanted into West
ern civilization. Pagan philoso-
ply became the fad of the hour:
Oriental teachers ,were the pam
pered pets of the wealthy. Gradu-
ally Europe aristocratic Europe
experienced an involuntary
turning from the principles of
Christianity to the softer ideas of
material philosophy. Morals were
weakened; the flesh grew insolent,
while the spirit languished, or
passed into more verdant fields,
vitiated In it's desires and aspira-
tions. A generation of avaricious
land-grabbers arose, and the result
was that conditions being ripe and
Faith weak, a leader like Luther
found little difficulty in winning
over those who were lured on by
the bait either OF unbridled SEN
suality or of unscrupulo1is avarice.
Religion became a cloak: the doe
tl.ine of Christianity appeared a
menace to the qualification OF the
newly aroused passions, and the
final upheaval came when the
dikes gave way, and the flood
came. The food has been surging
and seething ever since. Read his
tory,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
POLAND RESTORED.

= :. IS
On Sunday, November fifth, a
momentous decision was announc-
ed to the world. The Central
Powers-Austria and Germany
proclaimed at Lublm and Warsaw
the restoration of the ancient
kingdom of Poland. Henceforth
Russian Poland will be saved to
the Western civilization to which
she of right belongs. The dom
mating influence of the knout and
the Cossack will disappear, and
Poland will once more feel the ele-
waiting force of a civilization more
in accord with her past history and
her present aspirations. The. new
kingdom will receive certain guar
antees needed for its development,
and it will possess a national army
ready to enforce its will for the
good of the new nation. Neces-
sarily Poland will remain to some
extent a ward of the Central Pow
ers; but at the same time she will
enjoy the prestige of their help
and protection. She will be en-
abled to develop her national life
and to realize those yearnings
which form the basic longing Of all
peoples who have ever been accus-
toned to the advantages Of ma.
tional autonomy.
Poland, like Ireland, has ever
retained her national and tradi.
tional spirit. Persecution has
failed to efface entirely the yes!
stiges Of a former greatness thai
still fingers in her artistic and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

If we are to believe the rumorS
from the war-torn nations of Eu-
rope, all the prisoners of war in
the various countries are being
horribly mistreated. Possibly if
the real facts were known mis-
treatment Of war prisoners in Eu-
rope has been reduced to a mini
mum. We should not forget the
echoes of our own Andersonville
and Libby prisons.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

According to Cardinal Bourne,
the Catholic chaplains of the Brit
ish forces are Suficiently numer-
Gus. Cardinal Logue complains of
a deaFth Of chapaains for the Irish
forces; while the Canadian bish-
ops assign a reason for the scar
city of chaplains, when they de-
clare that although the number
seems sufficiently large, still many
of these chaplains either are held
at base hospitals or have been in
valided home. NJ
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

A man of intelligence would feel
ashamed to admit ignorance in
matters pertaining to his business,
his family, his lodge, or his party !;
when there is question Of religious
conditions in his Church, very FREE
quently his ignorance and his neg
ligence are 100 per cent pure. The
reason is that he never reads a
Catholic paper or magazine.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

A report has been going the
rounds of the press that Mr.. Shane
Leslie has been appointed editor of
the dublin Review" In re-
spouse to letter from the editor
of America" Mr.. Leslie denies
the truth of the report. Suggest
ing among other reasons that, "my
principal one is that Reverend
VIM. Barry, the editor, is still
alive
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

An exchange remarks that it
would be well if certain class of
pious persons would indulge less
in eccentricities, and more in sim
plicity of manner. Some persons
by their peculiar ideas of piety
cause annoyance to others and
bring discredit on religion in quar-
ters where religion otherwise
would be honored.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
ANTI.TREATINe.

Anti-Treating puts its finger on a
running sore in our social system, II
may not plant all at once feeling OF
decency in the heart of the tipnler.
1t will, however, lay deep and solid
the foundations Of a genuine temper.
ance revival that will in time uplift
the community. Treating ID .
wretched custom at variance with the
elementary rules of civilized polite
ness. Large and daily increasing
numbers of people are coming to
realize that the treating habit is the
seed which year after year fosters the
deadly plague of intemperance.
! e Pittsbwoh cashoiir
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

Reports from all parts of the
country indicate that the teneday
campaign idea has taken a firm
hold on the popular interest, and
everywhere Catholic institutions
are enjoying their share of the
prosperity which is resulting from
this novel method of raising funds
for worthy causes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

Nearly every parish has some
kind of an aid society. At this
season of the year the poor and
the needy are peculiarly deserving
of assistance from their more for
tunate fellowmen. If you are not
an active member of the society in
your parish, at least contribute
something money. clothing, pro-
visions, fuel-to the support Of
those who, though unfortunate,
are still your fellow-parishioners.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
A report from Rome informs us

A report from Rome informs lis
that pamphlet has been distribut-
ed among the hierarchy of the
Eternal City with reference to the
cause of Irish rights and independ-
ence. The informant states that
it is the opinion that the only
action that the Pope has taken is
to advise the Irish clergy to re-
main aloof from demonstrations
and various forms of political ac-
tivity.