New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-01

in the diocese Of Namur, thirteel
in that OF Melines. and so forth
would not be credited out tor tn,
authority Of the witness. Mos
Of the atrocities. however, can
not be printed, for according t
reliable authorities there is ne
form Of degradation for whicl
the priest is not singled out When
once he chances to fall a prisoner
into the hands of the Huns.
Our own clergy are certainly
not surpassed in their devotion by
the Continental priests. The Bis
hop Of London s council for con
sidering applications for orders
has passed a resolution that the
new candidates must give good
reason why they have not joined
the Army. The Archbishop O
Canterbury the other day de-
clared that there were close upon
5000 clerical students from the
various theological colleges who
had joined the colours. but the
wave of patriotism has not merely
carried off students, it has emp
tied pulpits as well. and we find
clelgymen in every department
and rank.
Creeds in Harmony.
Well do they acquit themsel-
YES, too, these fighting parsons,
and some have fallen brayely and
with distinction. For example,
Captain the Rev. Lionel +. Studd,
a well-known Cambridge man,
who held a curacy at 81. James
Church, Holloway, before the
war, was well known in the Ypres
sector; while Lieutenant the Re>
c. 7. Maclean. Of the 4th Ro>a
has been awarded the
Cross.
For the most part, however. the
British clergy at the front mainly
seek to give spiritual help, but the
under which they
perform that dutv often require
that they display more heroism
than the actual combatants.
A facetious American journal i
st tried to divide them into types
the dOgmatists, because these
attached special Importance to
rites and truths: the
because these helped
he soldier in various ways: and
he missioners. who were out for
conversions pure and simple. AS
/ matter of fact. whatever their
antecede1fts. a few months at the
:ront soon changes the priest into
he man, and all creeds work har-
noniously side by side. Nothing,
or instance. struck Prehendary
Carlisle so much during his So
ourn in Flanders than the way
he Roman Catholic priests, in
'pite Of technical orders to the
contrary, would place their
churches at the disposal Of Church
# England clergymen. In the
ace Of death all distinctions
ease. and Catholic and Protest
mt are laid by side in the same
grave. 1t is quite common
light to see two or more clerov-
nen Of different creeds reading
he different burial services over
he same grave.
The Rabbits Sympathy. I
Perhaps one of the most touch
no examples of this broad tolera-
ion and sympathy is the case Of
he Grand Rabbi of Lyons, the
Rev. Abraham Bloch. The Jew
sh minister was helping to carry
n the wounded when he was mis-
aiken by a poor Irish soldier for
Catholic priest, and the divine
nan called loudly rpon the Rabbi
o come and hear his confession
nd allow him to kiss the sac
of salvation. Naturally
he minister carried no crucifix
nut he at once went off to obtain
me. and came back few minutes
alter cross in hand. Kneelin~
Town. he pressed the image Of the
Jrucified to the faltering lips.
1t that very moment Rabbi and
older were blown to pieces by a
hell which burst few feet from
hem.
The conventional parson has
disappeared completely; only the
ouch Of the black on the uniform