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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06

Thesecond annual convention of
the FIrida Equal Suffrage Associa-
: ton VAS formally opened in Orlando
in Uity Chapel by Rev. Mary A.
Safoi, and the meetings at which
representatives. from all over the
statswere in attendance, were char
actdzed by enthusiasm and earnest
nesjof purpose.
Ne chapel was decorated very ar
tistally in the colors or the suffrage
wd1ers by J. II. Harvey, who had
detly arranged yellow jessannine
aeinst background of yellow and
wife, and placed the brilliant yellow
bnner Of the state association at the
rar of the platform, on which potted
llms were used very artistically.
After the reading Of the minutes Of
ne last convention by the recording
secretary, Mrs. Frank B. Tracy, of
Pensacola; Miss Irene Adams, of
/ Lake Helen, Mrs. S. v. Moore, Of Co
coanut Grove, and Mrs. John Schnarr,
Of Orlando, were appointed commit
+ tee on credentials and reported that
SIS votes, either by delegates or proxy,
were accredited.
The secretary stated that there
were sixteen leagues in the state that
had affiliated with the state organiza-
ton, and three that had not, includ-
ing a membership of seven hundred.
Later il was announced that other
messages had been received, and that
now every league in Florida is Dir
rectIy aiding the state work. One of
the most important victories In the
year was the suffrage resolution
passed by the Florida Federation of
Women's Clubs and the admittance to
that body of the Orlando Suffrage
League, the first to obtain member
ship.
An announcement received with ap-
plause was the statement of the ac-
ton taken by the Florida Equal Fran
chise League of Jacksonville in d.
rectly affiliating with the state asso-
.ciati0n, and the steps being taken by
il to change it's name to the Jackson
Vile Franchise League. This organi-
zation was represented here by Mrs.
Herbert Anderson and Mrs. Katherine
L. Eagan.
At twelve o'clock, the morning ses-.
SION was adjourned, and the visitors,
representatives of t',e local leagues,
and number OF friends were enter
tanned by the Orlando Equal Suffrage
League with pretty luncheon in the
lecture room of the Presbyterian
church, dainty served by members
Of the young ladies' auxiliary OF the
church.
This was the only social gathering
of the convention, and was greatly
enjoyed. A short program followed
and included several vocal solos and
brief talks by Mayor Sperry, Mrs. F.
81. Clum, president of the Women's
League; Mrs. +. ID. Tracy, Of Pensa-
cola, the newly elected president;
DR.. ]. G. Howell, representative of
the mems league; DIR. Audrey Wilson,
q visitor from Detroit, Mich; Rev. E.
K. Gordon, and Rev. Mary A. Stafford,
the state president.
Mayor Sperry welcomed the dele
gates and spoke briefly of his interest
in suffrage and prohibition, saying
that the two went hand in hand, and
that If the first was granted, the sec
-ond would follow.
Mrs. Clum, as president Of the hos
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
MEETING MISSIONARY
CIRCLE

The Missionary Circle of the First
Methodist church will meet on Mon
day afternoon at 80 in the Sunday
school room.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-12-23
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS CAROL.

In the second chapter of st. Luke it
is recorded that on the night of the
Nativity there were in the same coun-
try i'll which the Christ was born,
shepherds abiding in the field keep
ing watch over their flock by night.
And, 10, the angel of the Lord came
unto them, and the glory of the Lord
shone round them, and they were
sore afraid. And the angel said unto
them, Fear not, for, behold, bring
you good tidings of great joy which
shall be to all people. For unto you
is born this day, in the city of David,
a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be sign unto you:
You shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly
hosts praising God and saying, f'Glory
to God in the highest and peace on
earth to men of good will This is
the first Christmas carol which, sung
on the very night of the Nativity, af-
forded model for all the carols of
the following generations.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-12-23
WILLS AND MASSES.

In biographical sketch of West
ern nun, the first anniversary of whose
death occurred one day recently, we
find this suggestive paragraph:
The last words ever penned by her
were written shortly before her death,
and they>were in keeping with the
keynote of her life: IF you wish to
do something for me, have a Holy
Mass said for me now; it will be of
greater benefit than flowers and empty
praises later
The same admirable sanity would
doubtless characterize any message,
could she send one, which the dead
religious might now convey to rela-
tives and friends. Masses offered
and prayers recited for the repose of
the souls of the departed are Infinite
ly more worth while than empty
eulogies of their lovable qualities and
virtues. Nor need our SURFACES for
the dead terminate with the Month of
the Holy Souls. Purgatorial suffer
ings endure throughout the year, as
we'll as in November.
A,,o AF,.1o
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AN ABoMINATToN BEFORE GOD.

The Supreme Court of the Nation
will be, called upon to decide whether
a State has the right to stop open
propagation of immortality. Two New
York women were convicted on
charge of distributing birth control
pamphlets. Their case has been ap-
pealed to the highest civil tribunal.
The present agitation for birth con-
troll is the natural sequence of the
eugenics, sex hygiene, twilight sleep
and kindred movements which have
nauseated the sensible public for the
past few years. If one would believe
the inspired" doctors and socio-
logists, the vast majority of us should
never have been born One would
imagine that humanity was on the
verge of physical and mental collapse
which could be averted only by these
supermen. They view man as nothing
more than an animated machine.
The question of morality or the SUI
preme rights of God never enters
their calculations. With blasphe-
nous egotism and monumental con-
ceit that battles comprehension they
assume the power to decide for the
unborn child whether it is to be or not
TO be, the power of life and death.
The argument most frequently
brought forward by these advocates
of birth control is that it is an evil
to bring children to birth in abject
poverty. While everything that will
alleviate poverty should be done,
birth control is no remedy. It is Gre
ating greater evil. It not. only robs
the race and the nation but brutalizes
the individual by stultifying the natu-
raj desire for parenthood. The nation
and the race want all the children
they can get. God wants saints to
serve Him and eventually be happy
with Him. We must fight poverty but
we dare not fight nature, which is
God
Birth control is a distorted and abb
normal theory. Viewed from the
standpoint of science and logic it is
unprincipled and impracticable. In the
light of morality it is crime and an
abomination in the sight of God
H
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-12-23
THE "ApEsTE FIDELEs."

AS the "Adeste Fideles'' is sung I'M
til Candlemas Day, February 2, this
word about it's origin will be interest
ing.
Individual authorship the "Adeste
F'ideleS' may not have had. The at.
mosphere of the monastic scriptorum
breathes, however, through it's melo-
dious strophes. 1t is in many re-
spects unique in Christian hymnology.
More than any other church song it
blends prophesy, history, prayer, ex-
ultation and praise. If it were printed
side by side with the Nicene creed, it
would be found an astonishing verifi-
cation of that august prose.
Every line of the ''Adeste" is a cas-
ket of faith and love- Upon it's
Cadences many hours must have been
spent for the capitalization of sub.
lime truth into crisp and dazzling
syllables. "Adeste," approach; eide.
les" ye faithful; "laeti," joyful; tri.
umphantes,' victorious; 'venite,' =
come; 'adoremus," let us adore;
"Dominum," the Lord
The present musical setting had its
origin in 1897, and is popularity at
tributed to Vincent Novello, who was
the organist at the Portuguese Lega.
ton in London at that time. e
The hymn was sung on the CONT.
nent in the Latin form, which was SO
musical that it. is memorized almost
without effort. tits found continu-
ously from the middle of the seven
teenth century. 1t is believed that in
many centers of devotion it was made
also a recitation, as if in oratorio,
Plays drawn from Holy Writ were in
vogue during the same period, and
the "Adeste Fideles" would have
been a congruous incident in either a
passion play, miracle play of Ma
donna play. 1t was usual in these
plays to introduce the folk melodies
which in every country have become
the basis of the national music As
these plays were gradually prohibited
by the Church on account of violation
of strict decorum, which insensibly
crept in, oratorio succeeded to the
vacated place, and many of the melo-
dies disappeared or were framed into
new settings.
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Citation for Hearing ON Petition for
A6nniniufrnttOm

Citation for Hearing ON Petition for
Administrations.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Patrick
M. Hennessy, Decedent.
May Concern:
= The petition of Rose NJ Hennessy
having been filed in this court. repre-
senting that Patrick M. Hennessy, then
a resident of the County of Ramsey.
State of Minnesota, died interstate OH
the 18th day of November, 1915, and
praying that letters of administration
of said estate be granted to herself,
Rose M. HenneSSy.
1t Is Ordered, that said petition be
heard and that all persons interested in
said matter be and hereby are cited and
required to appear before this Court on
Monday, the 10Th. day of january, 1917,
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon or as soon
thereafter as, said matter can be heard,
lat the Probate Court Room, in the Court
House in the City of St Paul, in said
County. and show cause. If any they
have, why said petition should not be
granted and that this citation be served
by the publication thereof In The Cath
folic Bulletin, according to law, and by
mailing a copy of this citation at least
IA days before said day of hearing to
each of the heirs of said decedent whose
names and addresses are known and
Witness the Judge of said Court, this
14th day of December, A. d. 1916.
(Seal of Probate Court.)
e, W. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
Attest: F. w Gosewfsch,
Clerk of Probate.
c.. d. & r. d. O'Brien, Attys.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-12-23
THE STORY. THAT NEVER GROWS
OLD.

And this is the story of ancient days.
The story we read through its won
drous ways
A story so often retold,
A story that never grows old:
One night the stars together sang,
And angels sang with them;
And Ger the hills the anthem rang,
4 ooh, come to Bethlehem"
"To Bethlehem of Juda come,'
AS the prophets sang of yore;
ITO Bethlehem of Juda come
To the Crib, and there adore. ..
And the stars and the angels q
And the simple shepherds, then,
Three units in Gods universe, Il
Took up the grand Amen:
"To God on high the glory be,
Who maketh strife to cease!"
go We the Angels word to see,
The newborn King of Peaee!'
And this is the story of ancient days,
The story we read through its won
drous ways
The story so often retold,
The story that never grows old:
The Heayen-sent Babe in Manager
laid
For this was the Angels sign
And in light nor of sea nor of land
arrayed,
Close by Him, the Mother Di-
vine;
And Joseph, dear husband of Mary,
young
In the Holy Family care,
With shepherds adoring, who erst had
sung,
And the Star DER the Baby fair:
The story of ancient days,
The story of Wondrous ways
The story often retold-
OF love that never grows old.
IT. IT,, in Franciscan Herald.
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prospect nearly killed her / could see
by the tears that trickled down and
froze as they fell Those tears could
not have proved an alibi il they had
wanted to.
: Very pleasantly for me the Christ
mas season rolled around, and the
temperature did exactly what mother
had said it was going to do. 1t
.slumped down to thirty degrees be-
low, but the caribou moss packing on
the outside of the houses and the
wood stoves within kept us quite
coy. The trappers had broken camp
and come home several days ahead OF
time to be on hand for Christmas. I
was thinking of what Mary Bell had
said, and looking forward to did not
know exactly what exciting thing she
was going to do.
Then, four days before Christmas,
an invitation was handed in at the
door. gathered from it that the
tWenty-third was Harrison's birthday,
and that that overgrown boy was
about to have party. l surmfsed
that the prime fnStlgator IN the analf
was Mary Bell, and found out after
ward that she was ably assisted and
egged on by Harrison's sister Kate.
/ could scarcely wait until the party,
was SO anxious to see what new
devilment Mary could be up to, and
what the result would be.
On the afternoon of the twenty
third Mary stopped in her sledge, her.
self at the handle-bars, and asked me
to hurry and dress and go up to Har-
rison's, to help in the receiving line.
AT first hesitated, but then reflected
that if anything out of the ordinary
should transpire, Mary and Mary only
would be blamed, on general pfin-
ciples if for no other reason. So l
hurried into my furs and went with
her.
Harrison seemed in great good
spirits. He had fires roaring in every
legitimate place that fire could roar,
the house, was festooned and deco
rated in great shape. and the scents
from the kitchen were perfectly satis-
CONTINUED on page 60
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Oh, let the little ones behold
The bending branches blaze will
light;
God grant to them till they be OLD
The mem'ry of this sacred night
Let some one speak of Christ the
King
Z Who lowly in the manger lay,
And let the children's voices sing
A song to welcome Christmas Dhy
Oh, happy time! Oh, time of mid h'
oh, time when God-forgetting hen
May hear the angels peace on
earth"
Fall softly on their ears again.
When naughty hearts, to faith re-
stored,
Desert the worlds delusive way,
And find their Saviour and their Lord
Within the crib on Christmas Day.
So let us seek the holly dough
Our hearts and homes to deck with
green,
And let the sOmbre fir-tree now
TRANSPORTED in the midst be seen,
And let our merriest mood prevail
Against the gfefs that make us
gray
The while our carols blithely hail
Another blessed Christmas Day!
Dents A. MccdrthD.
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PHILOSOPHY or FIR. sREBoEuF.


For almost twenty years, Breboeuf,
the great Jesuit missionary to the In
dams, led a wilderness existence, liv-
ing in filthy tepees, subsisting on dis
gushing fare, and Drawing the rigors
Of the Canadian winters.
He wrote in his diary: 1T is mis-
take to protect yourself from the cold,
for the cold is an enemy YOU can
make your friend, if you only open
your arms wide enough
And in another place he exclaimed:
climbing rocks and skirting cataracts
wi, &c pleasant il you think of Cal
vary
1t was this spirit that sustained Bre-
boeuf, for though his physical strength
was great, it would not have been suf-
ficient of itself to account for his pow
ers of endurance.
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MUST BE ALWAYS THE SAME.

s @
You should be perfect Christian
and should love God with all the
strength of your soul, as much during
vacation as during the year. You
must be just as self-denying, as united
to our Divine Saviour, as retired with
in yourself, as faithful to grace and as
much an interior man, as at any other
time. There is not a moment in our
life when all our desires, all, our af-
fections, our whole will and all the
powers of our soul should not be en-
tirely and solely consecrated and
given up to God alone. We should be-
long entirely to God, in all things, in
all places, and at all times.
Venerable Liberm0nn.
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rIE. cATIioLIc BULLETIN. pEeEMRER b. 1a1s.

tie, have drawn from the Rosary.
There is sprnething simple and sweet
about that devotion; it revives faith
and enkinfiles fervor just as 1t did
when the tainted Dominic first taught
1T to the hultitudes as they swayed
toward the Albigensian heresy. No
Catholic soldier will come back from
this terrible war but with an increased
love and reverence for the beads.
An officFr writes in the London
Chronicle:l
AT one side Of the hill where the
men lay a fife and drum band was.
playing WILL known Irish airs, and
they WereI listened to with keen APP
probation end followed by cheers. At
the same tme, these men, SO gay and.
light-heartEd, are filled with the deep
est and pulest feelings of religion. On
the particular night the writer refers
to, just as the camp fires were dying
down and the men were preparing to
wrap themselves in their coats for the.
rest which they might be able to
snatch, AT officer came over the hill.
and down to the centre of the camp.
1t was the Catholic chaplain-a de-
voted priest who had been with the
Irish troops i'll Ireland, in England.
and in France, and whose never-ceas-
ing work is keenly appreciated by all
ranks. In a moment he was surround
ed by the men,, They came to him
without orders-they came gladly and
willingly, and they hailed his visit with
delight. He spoke to them in the sim
pie homely language which they
liked. 1t was simple yet most mov-
ing address, and deeply affected the
soldiers. / When the chaplain had fin
ished his address he signed to the men
to kneel and administered to them the
General Absolution given in times of
emergency The vast majority of the
men present knelt, and those of other
faith stood by in attitudes of reverent
respect. The chaplain then asked the
men to recite with him the Rosary.
1t was most wonderful, the effect pro-
duced as hundreds of voices repeated
the prayers and recited the words,
pray for us now and at the hour of
our death. Amen" -. the hour of
death now approaching on swift wings
for many a gallant son of the ''ould
land"
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THE PRIEST.

Shepherd of men," they call thee
through the years:
All! more than this thou art whom
hallowed oils
Have knighted Priest while Hells
black heart recoils
Before thy strong arm, daunted not by
fears.
o best Samaritan. The darkest souls
arrears
Are loosed in 44ayment of thy holy
tolls,
Through thee a happy death grim
Satan toilss
Thou glimpse of sunshine in a world
of tear!
Emblem OF ChrisA made man! Oh!
when His. word
Shattered sthesIcharnel gloom, and
Lazarus heard
And hushed hf3aister's sobs, or when
He went to Nam to cheer the mother
Sorrow-Sdre,
Or dried the dyes of Mary penitent,
Thy sins ar all forgiven; sin no
Francis y. Reilly
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AISANT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. MAcRINA, VIRGIN.

ST. Macrina belonged, both by
father and mother, to some of the
most illustrious families in Asia.
Minor, and families equally eminent
for sanctity.. Her paternal grand
parents, during. the persecution, lost
their large possessions, and had to
leave home for the mountains forests,
where they lived for seven years.
Her maternal grandfather lost for the
faith both his property and his life.
Her mother, too, is a saint, and three
of her brothers. These three we're
bishops, and two of them are fathers
and doctors Macrina was the eldest
of ten. Her betrothed husband dying
before marriage, she chose a single
life. For time she remained at
home, and was the comfort and stay
of her widowed mother, taking the
oversight OF the house and family, and
of their large estates, and still more
of their progress in holiness. First
of all, by her ,obedienee and useful
ness, she won over her mother to a
religious life; then she turned to her
brothers. First she took in hand the
eldest, and he became st. Basil The
Great, father of Eastern nonachism
Then she turned to Naucratius, an
accomplished and attractive youth,
and he retired to the forest, where
he tended the sick and aged poor,
supporting them by his skill in the
chase Then came Gregory, who was
married. Through her influence his
wife became a deaconess; and he
took orders, ending by being Bishop
of Nyssa, a saint and a doctor. The
youngest was Peter: he too, became
a bishop and saint.
Macrina at length retired to a CON
vent. There. struck down By fever,
her brother Gregory, then a Bishop,
went to see her. He found her lying
on two boards, one being her led, the
other her pillow. Seeing IN him not
only the brother, but the bishop, she
contrived to raise herself on her knees
to receive his blessing; then she died
There was no clothes IN the house t.
bury her withal, and Gregory gave Va
for that purpose his episeopal cloak.
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among them being the Bishop him
self. They had landed in Sierra Leone
at time when a deadly fever was
raging. Urged not to penetrate the
country. the Bishop said: Il am in
my diocese; how can be absent now,
when / may be able to effect much
good? Shall we not share the lot of
our tiock?" This heroic act cost the
life of all but one of the little band
and almost DESTROYED the now.born
Society.
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AFRIcA's TOLL or MISSIONARIES.

Countless ate the heroic mission
aries who, unnoted and unremem-
bered, have laid down their lives on
Africa's burning soil, that the sons of
Ham may know the gospel of saliva
ton
Rightly called the White Mans
Grave . the Dark Continent has taken
a dreadful toll of our apostles. From
1859 10 1914 no less than 314 members
of the Lyons African Missionary So
ciety lost their lives by fever and
other climatic causes. OF the first
contingent of these apostles, among
whom was the founder, Mgr. de Bresil-
lac, five died within a short time,
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GLORIA IN ExcELsls.

Then let us sing the anthem
The angels once did sing;
Until the music of love. and praise
Der. whole world will sing:
Gloria in excelsisl
Sound the thrilling song;
In excelsis Dec!
Roll the hymn along.
Gloria in excelsis!
Let the heavens ring;
In excelsis Dec!
Welcome. newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis!
Over sea and land,
In excelsis Dec!
Chant the anthem grand.
Gloria in excelsis!
Let us all rejoice;
In excelsis Dec!
Lift each heart and voice.
Gloria in excelsisi
Swell the hymn on high;
In excelsis Dec!
Sound it to the sky.
Gloria in excelsisI
Sing it, sinful earth.
In excelsis Dec.
For the Saviour's birth.
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ANOTHER BLESSED CHRISTMAS
DAY!

Now let the holly boughs be sought,
To deck our hearts and homes with
green,
And let the stately tree be brought
To lord it DER the festal scene;
And let our merriest mood avail
To chase our grown-up griefs away,
The while with happy hymns we hail
Another blessed Christmas nay
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FHE ROSARY AND THE WAR.

1t is almost unspeakable what con.
ISOLATION the Catholic soldiers of the
'diFerent Municipalities, facing the hat
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