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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
SUDDEN DEATH USUAL LOT OF
THOSE AT ENMITY
WITH GOD.

One strange fact stands out in the
experience of all priests. The grace OF
holy and happy death seems re.
served for those who have served God
faithfully during life A sudden death
seems to be the retributive punish.
ment melted out to those who have
lived in chronic state of enmity with
God. This is particularly true of open
or public sinners. They are called out
of the world suddenly, or something
happens to prevent their receiving the
last Sacraments; and this is also true
to a large extent of those whose
vicious habits are known only to them
selves and God.
They have had their chance and
failed to take advantage of it. They
have spurned Gods grace during the
years allotted to- them, and their ter.
ror-strfcken efforts to turn to Him
when death is near bear all the out
ward appearance of failure.
While no man can presume to sit in
judgment upon another's life, and the
old Church, like a true and tender
mother, gives her erring children the
benefit of every doubt, yet her teach
ing on this matter is all summed up in
the terrible words: 'tAs a man lives,
SO shall he die" From the standpoint
of human reason, the logical ending Of
a sinful life is final impenitenee and
eternal separation from God.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
A GREAT OBSTACLE.

One of the greatest obstacles to the
Church's progress is the Catholic lay
man whose life is inconsistent with
his faith. He stands as barrier be-
tween her and the souls of those
whom she would bring into her fold.
He is a stumbling block in her path
way, traitor to the cause he pledged
himself to serve. The more inf1uen-
tial is the position he occupies in life.
the more disastrous is the damage his
un-Catholic conduct occasions.
For the Church these are momen-
tous days. Against her there is well
conceived and well organized cam
paign of vilification and misrepre-
sentation. Her claims are denied;
her most sacred principles are re-
jected; her religious worship is bias
phemously caricatured; and to her
are attributed every conceivable infiu-
ence which can confirm her enemy S
charge that she is a menace of so
ciety. These attacks are made in the
press, upon the public platform and
wherever the bigot can find men will
ing to tolerate his ranting.
From these INSCRIPTIONS fomenters
of hate the Church has nothing to
fear. There have been times in her
history when more violent methods
were used to bring about her extinc-
ton, and yet she has survived even
the bitterest of her foes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
coUNsELs or BISHOP
cHALLoNER.


Always fear God and fee from
everything that offends Him, with an
absolute resolution of never wilfulIy
consenting to any known sin, upon
any account whatsoever; and renew
this resolution every day.
Be ever firm in your faith in the
Blessed Trinity, Father, Son and Holy
Ghost. three Persons in one God; and
in Jesus Christ the Son of God, true
God and true man. incarnate for the
love of us, and crucified for the love
of us; and in the One, Holy, Catholic
and Apostolic Church: and reject with
horror all suggestions contrary to any
point of the belief and doctrine of this
Church; and daily beg of God to in
crease your faith.
Be firm also in your hope in the
infinite goodness and mercy of God,
Who has created you for Himself, out
Of pure love, and desires to make you
happy for ever; and in the merits of
the Precious Blood Of Jesus Christ,
the Son of God, your Redeemer, which
He has shed for the love of you, to
wash you from the power of Satan,
and to bring You to heaven.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

its fragile stem. Her mood before the
public is generally of the volatile, sun
shine order, but she has reserve
force for sentimental moments, and is
equally aggravating and discreditable
in either role. Her giggles, her
glances, her loud-voiced remarks, re-
plete with emptiness of intellect, are
simply maddening; she revels in driv-
ing rational women to the verge OF
frenzy, and then attributes their con-
dition to jealousy of her superior
charms No reproof can quiet her,
no insult even penetrate the shield
armor of her vanity. In ten-minutes'
ride you get acquainted with all her
accomplishments, the Christian names
of her numerous admirers, the short
comings of her feminine friends, and
their perfidious efforts to supplant her
in Franks growing affection, or
Jimmie's passionate love. Every ring
and she generally wears lot of
them-represents conquest, a tro-
ply prudently kept after the giver had
been discarded = heart-broken, of
course.
The Echo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK
3. ANGELA OF. FoLlGNo.

B. Angela was born at Foligno in
Italy, 1909. Marrying early she passed
her youth in frivolity and sin. The
cares of large family were, under
God, the means of her conversion. 1t
was in the midst of these RESPONSE
bilities that she saw her souls danger,
and Wept at the sight. Still she dared
not make complete confession, and
even communicated many times in sin.
At last she broke her letters and was
fully absolved. Her heart was now
possessed by hard and bitter sorrow,
which the thought of the Passion
alone could soften. By degrees she
gave up her rich attire and delicate
food. and finally made vow of per-
petual chastity, to be accomplished
when circumstances would permit.
Yet she felt rather shame than love in
these sacrifices, and in her family
resented keenly every little slight.
God Himself at last completed her
conversion. Her mother, a worldly
woman, died, and Angela lost in quick
succession her husband and her sons.
Alone in the world, she gave her
whole heart to prayer, and one day,
when repeating the 'sOur Father un-
derstood as a new revelation Gods
goodness and her own ingratitude.
She entered the Third Order of St.
Francis, and by persevering penance
in few years became a saint. She
died, as she had said of another,
buried in the knowledge of her own
defects, but risen to taste the sweet
ness of God.
The solitude of a sick-bed, constant
pain, incessant temptations, the loss
of every earthly friend,-all these
only convinced B. Angela of her abso-
lutte dependence on her Father in
heaven. She learned to love poverty,
sorrow, and contempt as the sole COM
panions which He had chosen for His
Son, and by studying the life of the
Goldman she acquired SO perfect a
detachment, and such an intimate
knowledge of the things of God, that
the writings of the penitent wording
rank high among the revelations of
the saints.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

.fous to- the sBabylOnian Captivity
i. e.. from about the middle of the
eighth century before Christ down to
the year 5SS B. C. when Jerusalem
was destroyed by the Babylonians.
Baruch the disciple, the secretary, as
it were, of Jeremias, prophesied dur
ing the first years of this Babylonian
Captivity. Ezechiel exercised his min
istry during the last years before and
the first years after the ruin of Jeru-
salem, j. e., between 500 B. C. and 572
B. C. Daniel carried out Gods sacred
mission during the whole period of
the captivity.
Of the twelve Minor Prophets some
come from the kingdom of Israel and
some from the kingdom of Judah.
Osee, Amos and Jonas lived in. the
kingdom of Isreal during the first half
of the eighth century before Christ.
In the second half of this same cen
fury, Joel, Abdias and Micheas were
contemporaries of the prophet Isaias
of the kingdom of Juda.
After them came Nahum and Haba-
cue who taught and preached during
the time of the rule of Manassas, King
of Juda, between 500 and 642 B. C.
Toward the end of the existence of
Juda as a kingdom Sophonias worked
simultaneously with Jeremias. Ag-
geus. Zacharias and Malachias, the
last of the line of Minor Prophets,
fiourished after the time of the Baby.
lonian Captivity.
The writings of these Lesser
Prophets abound with accurate proph-
ecies concerning "the Messias to
come" of whom they give precise de
scriptions. They foretell, for example,
of His virginia. birth; they give the
very date and place of His nativity;
they tell of His works, of His passion
and death, of His resurrection and
Qualification.
With Malachias the list of the
Prophets closes.
EXCHANGE
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
A VISIT TO THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT.


I enter softly the hallowed place,
And kneel for. moment before His
face;
I know, though my eyes. are too dim
to see,
With plying love He is looking at me,
So lay my burden down at His feet
My sin and woe. and a feeling sweet
OF peace steals into my restless heart
For feel have chosen the better
part"
tell Him my troubles one by one,
/ speak of the good have left un
done;
OF hopes and fears, of each anxious
care,
For know He is waiting and listen.
ing there;
I pray for my loved ones and ask
for all
The grace to be faithful to His sweet
call,
And then with a stronger soul ga
Back to my daily task and To-!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
POPULAR APoLoeETlcs.
Adapted from the German of Rev.
Peter Mikes, S. j., by Rev.
James Watcher.
80. Dn Prel and Lourdes.


Objection: Charles Du Prel says
in his work: Magic as Natural Sci
ence": The miracles of Lourdes
have nothing to do with the Madonna,
but with the belief in the Madonna
and the mistaken confidence in her.
The healing power comes from within
the patient"
Answer: Du Prel acknowledges
the facts at Lourdes; only he wants
to explain them through auto-sugges-
ton, excitement of the nerves and
the like. That is difficult business.
Let Du Prel try to cure tumors, frac-
lures of a bone, carries (ulceration
and death of bone), ETC., suddenly
and by 1.-The healing power from with
in the patient" The discovery of
this inward healing power would make
him the founder of a new school of
medicine.
Perhaps there never was more en-
thusiasm, firmer confidence and surer
expectation of miracles in Lourdes
than at the National Pilgrimage,
which Dr. Boissarie (4191T describes,
and still of the 500 or 600 sick not
one was healed. The theory of sug-
gestion does not explain the miracles
of Lourdes, says this doctor, who was
for many years a member of the
Bureau of Physicians 10 to 20 resi-
dent physicians), who for years have
examined the cures scientifically.
This DR.. Boissarie has written several
books on Lourdes, one at least of
which is translated into English:
Heavens Recent Wonders.
There are sudden cures of tuber-
sumption of the larynx or throat),
pleurisy, fractures of bones, carries of
tic spine with complete swapping of
the spine, etc.
All this and more lola (f1902)
knew when he wrote his Infamous
book on Lourdes, in which he chooses
as a type of those healed a nervous,
hysterical person, who then is healed
through nervous excitement. Is this
not perfidious and mean? But it is
a proof in favor of Lourdes. For if
lola, the enemy of God and of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, could have
found something more in his favor,
he certainly would have cried:
J'accuse-I accuse.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, article
Lourdes by DR.. Bertrin, whose book
on Eourdes is perhaps the most criti-
cal (also in English) says: 1T is
estimated that about 1000 cures have
been obtained at Lourdes within the
first fifty years of the pilgrimage, and
this is undoubtedly considerably less
than the actual number" Dr. Bertrin
records 1858. The article is very in
teresting and instructive.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
THE PRoPHETlcAL OFFICE.

The gift of prophecy has been CO.
existent at least with the Jewish race.
Thus, for example, we read that Abra-
ham was prophet (Gen. Xxx, y, that
Moses prophesied Deut. XVID; that
all during the varied history of the.
Jews Almighty God in His Mercy sent
specially gifted ambassadors to ''the
Chosen people, in order that these.
messengers, raised up to speak for
God to men, might, by their inspired
preaching, by their wonderful works,
and by their divine prophecies con-
corning the Messias to come, keep
alive the faith of both nation and rul-
ers and lead them on to a glorious
fulfllmeint of their vocation as chill
dren of God.
The prophets who came after the
time of Moses are usually divided in
to two schools-viz., the Older
Prophets, among whom were such men
as Samuel, Cad, Nathan and others
whose work was chiefly reformatory
and whose ministry consisted for the
most part in oral teaching of the word
of God and in performing miracles
and, the younger Prophets whose mis-
sion was principally preparatory for.
the coming of the Messias. The con-
Meeting link between these two schools
was the prophet Jonas who lived about
eight hundred years before Christ
These later Prophets in turn are
separated into two groups according
to the extent and the Importance of
their works, viz, the Major and the
Minor Prophets. There are four of
the former and twelve OF the latter.
But let us note well that this title of
Minor Prophet is not one of dispar-
agement but rather an arbitrary
academic term, for as st. Jerome says
in writing of these Minor Prophets.
s"they tell us such grand and wonder
full things that one does not know
which to admire more, the shortness
of their speech or the greatness of
their thought
The four Major Prophets all belong.
to the Kingdom of Juda. Isaias and
Jeremias lived and performed their
wondrous works during the time prev
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

Have always a great desire to- love
God and to please Him in all things.
Every morning offer up your whole
heart and your whole soul to. the
Eternal Father by the hands of Jesus
Christ Tin union with the oblation He
made of Himself) to be forever dedi-
Gated and consecrated to divine love-
Every day make frequent short but
fervent acts of'faith, of hope, and of
divine love, as also of contrition for
all your sins, and of alteration, praise,
and thanksgiving to God.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
uNsPokEN WORDS.

LIE kluuiy WOFuS THAI rise WllIilH Tie
heart
And thrill it with their sympathetic
tone,
But die ere spoken, fail to play their
part,
And claim a merit that is not their
own.
The kindly word unspoken is sin,
A sin that wraps itself in purest
guise,
And tells the heart that, doubling,
looks within,
That not in speech, but thought, the
virtue lies.
But it's not so; another heart may
thirst aa
For that kind word, as Hagar in the
Wild
Poor, banished Hagar! prayed well
might burst
From out the sand to save her
parching child.
And loving eyes that cannot see the
mind
Will watch the expected movement
of the lip,
And can We let its cutting silence wind
Around that heart and seattle it
like a whip?
Unspoken words like treasures in the
mind,
Are yalueless until we give them
birth.
Like unbound gold their hidden
beauties shine,
Which God has made to bless and
gid the EARTH
How sad 'twould be to see masters
hand
Strike glorious notes upon a voice
less lutte!
But, oh, what pain when, at Gods own
command,
A heartstring thrills with kindness
but is mutei
Then hide it not the music of the
soul
Dear sympathy, expressed with
kindly voice,
But let it like a shining river roll
To deserts dry-to hearts that would
rejoice.
Oh, let the sympathy of kindly words
Sound for the poor, the friendless
and the weak
And He will bless you; He Who struck
these chords
Will strike another when in turn you
seek. Y
John BoDle O,ReiHp.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
GREATEST INVENTION IN
WORLDS HISTORY.

The greatest invention of all time,
and one of the greatest incidents in
the Christian era, was the invention
of printing. Without it all other in
ventions would have been of little
avail, as the knowledge of them, and
the principles on which they were con-
structed, would have been the prop
erty of a chosen few, says writer
in Extension Magazine. The art of
printing has been an indispensable
factor in the education of the people.
Culture and progress ceased to be an
aristocratic privilege with the inven-
ton of the printing press.
For this great invention the world
is indebted to a Catholic Heine
Gansfeisch EUR Laden, commonly
called John Gutenberg, the name be-
ing derived from the house inhabited
by his father and his paternal ances-
tors. Little is known of the youth or
early life of this great world benefac-
tor. A cloud of obscurity conceals for
the most part his life, his personality,
the time and place of his invention.
We do know that he perfected his in
vention of the press about the year
1448.
His declining years were spent in
the court of Archbishop Adolf of Mas
sau, to whose suite he was appointed
on January Is, 1865.
He died at Mainz about the end of
the year 1857 and was buried as a
Tertiary in the Franciscan church of
that city.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
THE HOLY ROSARY.

A beautiful note on the Rosary in
lie Soleil,' Quebec, signed "Ginevra, >
is as follows:
When the month of October comes
round in all Catholic Churches crowds
surround the altar of the Blessed Vir-
gin, shining with bright lights and
with the fragile grace of the last
flowers, surrounded with a cloud of
incense.
NOf unequal age and social condi-
ton, they are one in their love and
their faith who come to implore their
queen and mother. The fingers that
count rosary of precious stones may
hold themselves up to Heaven with
the same confident gesture as those
through which pass the humble beads
of black wood.
Nothing can be more touching
than all those faces, all those looks
raised towards heaven, asking differ
ent graces, but all equally necessary
to them, for the Rosary is a universal
devotion. 1t is a devotion with the
ignorant, who do not know many beau
tiful prayers, who can only read by
print, and who do not always under
stand the sense of what they read.
It is the same for learned people,
whose heads are full of formulas;
whose minds can no longer mediate
on mysteries too great for human rea-
son, and who, before the light-glowing
altar, wish to find no answer to the
eternal why
1T is devotion with children who
are still little beings without self-con-
seriousness, and whose constant prayers
to the Blessed Virgin protect youth
and young manhood or womanhood,
and enable them to walk, when they
must, in perilous paths, without losing
their robe of innocence.
.sThe Rosary is hymn of thanks
from joyful hearts which have not yet
suffered and which ask the Mother al
ways loving to preserve their joy. 1t
is the prayer of resignation of souls
who go weeping on the roadways of
life, who have laid those they love
in the grave with an adieu forever,
and who reflect with less bitterness,
before the consider of the afflicted, on
their hearths without fire and their
heads forever in mourning
1T is the recourse of the wretched;
the poor in body or in mind; unhappy
or guilty; it is the invocation which
is in the very bottom of their soul; it
lis the supplication of those who love
them, who lead them back to the peace
of a good conscience, to repose under
the eye of the Good Shepherd.
And for those who are near the end
of their career, whose hair is silvered
by age, whose step is slower, and trem-
bles, the Hail Marys in their thin fin
gers are the hope of a future life .eter-
nal and happy, thanks to the pity of
Mary.
In the troublous times we are pass
ing through, instead of burying our
troubles in so many distractions,
which are not always without danger,
it is in the Rosary we should seek
help against the dangers which sur
round us; against the want that
threatens us; against the misery that
is at our doors; against the war, the
effects of which we feel more and
more; the war, which would cease if
there were launched against it the
universal crusade of the perpetual
Rosary
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

The rough is smooth, and the crooked
straight,
And duties that irksome seemed Of
late
Are light and easy since His dear
voice
Has bid me take my cross and rejoice;
Yea, for | carry it not alone,
But He has taken it for His own;
And so | can happy be and gay
Throughout the round of the busy
day,
For He is beside me, my love divine,
Lightning each labor and care of
mine.
Sister Anoineffe Marie Pyatf.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
DEFINING MoDEsTY.'

Who has spoken in the happiest
manner of modesty !? "A French author
calls it the shadow of a noble mind.
st. Bernard styles it the jewel of man
ners, the sister of chastity, and the
guardian Of good reputation.
Diogenes was pagan philosopher, and
therefore may be supposed to express
himself coarsely;; but what description
could be more appropriate or delicate
than his calling q blush the color Of
yirtue2
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
THE SILLY GIRL.

On the street her very walk,
something between pitching gait
and mincing strut, marks her as de-
ficient in sense; in the ears she is the
observed Of all observers; particular
ly if she is obliged to stand. There
seems to be no center of gravity in
her makeup: she sways with every
motion of the car, doubtless acting
out conception Of a lily nodding on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-06
BULLETIN
ON CROPS IS ISSUED

Springfield. ILL.,. June 5.-H-sr wealth
er the week ending Tuesday. June ..
has hindered corn planting and el.tt-
waiting and fields are becoming weedy.
according 10 the weekly crop bulletin
issued by the weather bureau here to-
DAY In the bottoms Of the southern
part Of the state much Of the land IS
under water" the report states
The condition of oats is very prom
Using The surviving wheat is impr0v-
ing and vegetables are doing we'll The
cherry crop rs not heavy.
six inches of rain fell In 81 hours
exceeding all former 24-auur records.
the bulletin SAYS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-06

The weekly toll If German sub
marines win be made public in
London today and the forecast
rom the British capital usually
Inspired, predicts that the an-
alogneement wil3 carry the cheer
iAE news ui another marked de-
crease iH merchant shipping loss
8, The ravageS aT the U-b0ats
nave steadily diminished since the
Reek ending Anrl -. Last week
ealy Is vessels were reported
sunk.
The unrest which Is Seethiug
throughout continental Europe has
aad fresh manifestation in an
outbreak Of riotiHg i'm stockholm.
Tor some months there have been
reports Of growing discomfort
among the masses Of the Swedish
people. and now comes the siEaifi-
amt news of military and police
sa2rd> thrown about the p8rlia-
aeh- building and clashes between
me workers and the police.
In Austria and Spain. two other
stefm centers whence have come
aany Indications ri trouble, the
censorship Is operating effective
LII preventing the outside world
ION learning the march Of eTents.