The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-03-04


one, saving, true Church, her doctrin,
and her right principles of morality
For them no standard of right o.
wrong and no God-given code O
morals exist Public opinion and in
tellectual self-sufficiency, such is thei
senseless, vain and foolish boast. The
| limited and fallible human intellect
is regarded as the only criterion Of
truth, thereby producing this modern
crop OF pernicious errors. Protestant
sects are powerless to stop the on
ward current of iniquity. Protestant
| ism, at last. must confess it's defeat
under the oVerpoWering weight oil
divisions are so multiplying within
the realms of Professionalism that il
appears difficult to discover for the
new spronting sects even sensible
names. Our Blessed Lord has
declared, every plant which my
heavenly Father has not planted shall
be rooted up" Every kingdom
divided against itself shall be made
desolate."
The Remedy of the Evils.
Where shall the remedy of the evils
be found? Goddess education! That
is the ruin of the morality of human.
ity. Divorce! That wrecks the
family, the basis of society. A mere
system of police! That is to dechris-
tianize and brutalize human beings.
Socialism! That is to destroy private
ownership, the Christian constitution
OF the family, duly established author
ity and the legitimate existing in
situations.
The Absolute Necessity of a Divine
Teacher.
Let no human being be so irrational
as to deny that the world needs a
divinely appointed teacher. Human
teachers sadly mislead men into
errors and sin, a divine teacher is
absolutely necessary to free men from
the trammels that enslave their
souls. Unaided by the light of divine
revelation, human reason sank to the
lowest stratum of monstrous aberra-
lions, being unable even to keep
natures laws. Without the assist.
ance of divine revelation, history
amply manifests, that geniuses have
grOveled in the mire Of the most
monstrous and disastrous errors
The DivneIy Appointed Teacher, the
Catholic Church.
The divinely appointed teacher is
no other than the infallible Catholic
Church founded nearly twenty cen
turtles ago by the eternal God, truth
Himself incarnate, which He solemnly
commissioned Ito go, therefore and
teach all nations, teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever l have
commanded you. That same power
that shook off the shackles of pagan
ism from the world is absolutely need
ed today to prevent the world from
returning to paganism, the Catholic
Church. She who converted, edu-
Gated, and civilized barbarians in by
gone days, she alone can effectively
stem the onward march of evil and
save mankind from deluge of misery,
turmoil and Woe. Willingly or un,
willingly the world must admire the
purity, the nobility and the fortitude
of the multitudes the Church has so
tenderly moulded into virtue The
constant protector and friend of poor
humanity she always lifted her voice
against oppression, injustice and greed
Ever did the Church throw her mantle
of protection around the weak and
helpless and defend victims of brute
force. Calm, immovable and safe, in
face of universal disquietude, solving
the difficulties Of the age as those of
past centuries, she speaks equally,
without fear and hesitation, to the
capitalist, to the laborer, to the rich
and to the poor, indicating to them,
in no uncertain terms, their rights and
their duties. For over nineteen hun
dred years has the Church pointed out
the evil consequences of dangerous
systems and manifested the remedies
for all contentious When the nations
of the earth are in trouble, through
the passions of men and deadened
human conscience, then she, the
beacon light, sends forth her rays
and shows the path that leads to the
true peace of nations, peace of con-
science; peace of heart, brotherly
love and temporal and eternal welfare
Such is the magnificent and world.
admired attitude of our Holy Father,
Benedict XIV now gloriously reigning,
in his strenuous efforts to relieve the
wounded on the European battlefields,
to exchange the prisoners Of war and
to restore peace among the warning
nations.
The Church Not Opposed to Moral
Progress.
Thoughtless and passionate individ-
uals proclaim that the morality of the
Church of Rome is a degraded Chris
tianity. If men indeed would practice
what she teaches earth would become