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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

from the time of Eden seems to
run through the souls Of certain
men soaring the very nature OF
their beng. AT times authority
IN the hands Of unprincipled men
has been used as a weapon for
oppression. This abnormal use
has tended to embitter such rest
less souls, until finally they vault
the barriers that separate true
liberty from aimless wanderings.
Such persons claim what they call
the right Of free thought-as if
thought were not always some
thing free.
Following along the lines Of I'M
brldled and unguided speculation
the men who propose free thought
as their privilege have invariably
come to grief. The unrestrained
wandering into forbidden fields or
upon mcharted seas has had but
one effect, rebellion and heresy.
An ancient wood-cut pictures
symbolically two Of the greatest
men that Africa has ever produc-
ed: Tertullian and Augustine.
Each Of these brilliant intellects
is presented to us under the guise
OF a noble ship In the harbor OF an
African port. The one marked
Augustine rides majestically upon
the calm surface Of the waters to
her anchorage; the other, marked
Tertulllan, IS. seen to plunge be-
meath the waves even in the very
sight OF a secure haven. Tertul.
Liam INDUCED in free thought, and
his noble life was finally wrecked
on the shoals Of heresy.
Free thought is as prevalent to.
day as i'll any age in the world S
history. Outside the Catholic
Church it is rampant under every
sky, upon every strand, in the
midst Of all classes Of men. Among
the members Of the Church her.
self frequently this pestiferouS
error worms it's way scrpent-likt
into the souls of otherwise practi
cal Christians. In spite Of its
name, it denies the freedom II
would demand for itself. Itrears
it's head against the DEGREES of the
Church. 1t challenges the value
of tradition or the force Of Papa
decisions. In smaller sphere i
rebels against the authority, thu
rightful authority, Of the pastor
Of the flock. While PROCESSING
| broadness of view it is narrowly
centered in it's own mental graft
fication. Far from freeing tn,
person thus afflicted, it enslave,
him in his own narrow sphere
Free thought is a deceptive lure
which holds out peculiar entice
lments, and therefore dangers, tt
the person Of intelligence. Tn
less restrained it will wreck com
munities as well as individuals
| 1t caused the downfall Of Luther
and his countless followers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

With regard to the law OF abb
stinence it may be interesting to
note a remark made by the Jour
nal Of the American Medical Asso-
citation. The suggestion is quoted:
1.-THE practice of refraining from
meat on a certain day Of the week,
like that Of certain religious
bodies, should be made a regular
custom in state institutions, hos
pitfalls, barracks, etc.. EX-
perience has shown that day
without meat. once a week, and a
change Of other foods, results in
distinct HYGIENE gain, as a
rule. "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

Speaking of the number and
variety of Protestant sects, Car
dinal Gibbons says: "The multi
plicity of Protestant sects, with
their mutual denominations, is the
scandal of Christianity, and the
greatest obstacle to the conversion
of the heather" Washington
GLADDEN. emphasizes this when he
says, "What possible need have
we for thirteen different kinds OF
Baptists, twelve kinds of Men
nonites, eleven kinds Of Presby-
terians, seventeen kinds of Metho-
dists, and twenty-three kinds OF
Lutherans 2" Yes, indeed, what
possible need can be imagined.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

new problems and new situations
arise in his life which, usually
speaking, he is left to wrestle with
alone. He considers such things
beyond the intelligent understand
ing of the mother, while at the
same time he is often deferred
from unfolding them to the stern
ness Of an unsympathetic and I'M
appreciative father. The result is
that from about his fourteenth
year until the age of maturity the
boy is left to founder about in a
sea of temptation and uncertainty
with no guiding hand to direct
him securely to a port Of safety.
It is chiefly during that period
that the influence of the father,
his kindly interest, and his genu-
inc sympathy for the boy and his
problems are sorely needed. Many
a young man can trace his serious
errors and frequently his downfall
to the lack OF real sympathetic
guidance which he expected and
deserved but never received from
the father. The girl is watched
over, counseled and protected for
many years, and rightly so: but
the boy usually is left to shift for
himself and to depend upon the
conclusions and decisions derived
from his immature and inexpe-
rienced Judgment.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
SELF-SACRIF!cE OF TOTAL
ABSTAlNERS.

The aim of the total abstainer is
to produce the most beautiful aspect
of the true Christian life-self-
restraint-in life which should be
the fitting and proper life of a child
of the great Catholic Church. And
such virtuous life of self-fastraint
should not be considered the eXcep-
ton, but the general rule.
Whenever and wherever the vice
of drink prevails, the demand on
Catholics for total abstinence is i'm
perative and should be as willingly,
and promptly responded to, as the
call to arms is answered by loyal
citizens in time of dire danger to
their country's welfare. Sacrifices,
we know, are readily made for tenn
poral things. How much more so
then should sacrifice be made for
souls which are of eternal worth!
We honor our flag for the glorious
achievements won under it's fold,
and, remembering its glory, we would
willingly die to uphold and maintain
it's prestige. The cross of Christ is
the glorious standard of many vic
torious battle-millions have gone
down in its defense and for it's glory.
It's conquest is indicative of eternal
rest and joy. The standard bearer
is the Eternal Son of God, Who
never considered the cost in His con-
quest for souls. He says: Follow
Me- But an unbridled appetite is too
heavy an accoutrement, if we would
keep up with such a leader. Shall we
who are strong encourage the weak?
Whatever you do for the least of My
brethren you do for Me-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

Last Sunday Carranza was
elected President Of Mexico by a
very large vote with but few
scattering voices Of dissent. The
fewness Of the dissenters is eX-
planned by the tactics which Car
rama uses against all those who
disagree with him: tactics which
are reducible to this formula !:
Adobe wall, firing squad, quick
lime, interment. The election is
much like the famous plebiscite
which was held in Rome after the
Italian occupation when Catholics
and loyal citizens were terrorlzed
on election day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
DRINK AMONGST WOMEN.

The questions have often been asked
as an objection against the organiza-
ton of women's total abstinence So
cieties: Do women drink intoxicating
liquors? Do women become drunk
ards? Do they need to be banded to-
gether for self-support?
1t is sad avowal that there are
women who drink, women who be-
come drunk, and their number is not
lessening. Would to God our eyes
could be closed to the terrible truth!
But that women drink is disgustingly
true. This evil is not confined to the
poorer classes of society nor to the
outcasts, who may seek to drown their
sorrows and misery. 1t has found a
welcome in all grades of society and
makes no distinction of position.
A careful study of conditions in the
city of New York has shown that
there are more women than men in
that city who drink Intoxicating
liquors, and go to the extreme of
drunkenness, and, although the same
results may not be found in every city,
yet it is a fact that vast number of
women are addicted to drink.
We have only a word to say on the
subject. Any woman who INDUCES in
Intoxicating liquor to excess, of her
own free will, or who allows herself
to be prevailed upon by another to do
$50, deserves no confidence whatever.
While single, she will remain the re-
proach of her sex; and, if ever mar
ried, she will bring sorrow, desolation,
and shame on her unfortunate family
that is cursed with her as wife and
mother. What refining influence can
possibly arise from the heart of such
woman? Drink clouds the reason;
stunts the sensibilities; bushes the
cries of conscience; robs the character
of its delicacy and refinement; arOuses
and excites the animal passions, so
that morality becomes obsolete, and
immortality follows in the train as a
natural consequence. We dare not
deny this consequence, for observa-
ton has proven the truth of it.
catholic Temperance Advocate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
THE PRIESTS SISTER.

A valued exchange has the fol-
lowing beautiful apprecidt ton OF
a class of women whose work sell
dom evokes commendati0 IN from
the public. The priests lister or
other near relative, who hi s sacrl-
feed material prospects and the
lawful pleasures Of life i a order
the more closely to assist in the
work Of the minister Of Christ, is
one whose toll and labor S never
can be fully requited with a mate
rial recompense. The devotion
and sacrifice Of such lif E places
these women in a class wi tn those
pious women who in holil less and
devotedness ministered to Christ
and His apostles. Our e change
has this to say:
Last at the Cross, and First at
the Sepulchre," is tribu tie often
paid to women, and it is deserved
in numberless lives Of women,
who in loWly places are faithful
to the Saviour Of the VIC rid and
those who do His work.
Not in cloisters, or in schools,
or in orphanages, or in hospitals
alone, do they unobtrusive ely show
their faithfulness. The New
World has a word of appreciation
for a class whose devotion has not
attracted attention as a class be-
cause they are in the sh adow of
others, that is a sister or near rel
atlve OF those whose lives are con-
secrated to the service of God.
Unpretentious and devoted, they
Tighten the cares and labdrs Of the
brother, asking nc reward, claim
ing no tribute, and they Il 'uly give
their lives to His service.
Who Of us has not known the
priest s sister, the one in his fam
lily who has relinquishdd other
claims to make a home for him,
InaJ he may the, more Gthclently
do the work to which he has been
called? You find her eve rywhere,
sometimes young and s. sometimes
old, but always, we like to think.
sharing in some way known to
God alone in her brothers. conse-
Grafton. We can ourselves count
four Of these women without half
trying. One Of them, when but a
girl of Is, accompanied her broth
er to his first parish, an almost
aboriginal place, and remained
with him there for eight years
Hard? Of course. She didn 4
deny that when we questioned
her. 1t was only what ! ought to
have done, she said simply. Won
en- were most faithful to Our LORD
when lie was on earth, and they
Iare most faithful to Him now
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
HOW DOES ONE BECOME a
DRUNKARD?

The reply to this question may seem
strange and. contradictory to some,
but we hope to show it's perfect
accuracy One becomes drunkard
without his own knowledge or desire.
Where will you find the drinker who
will willingly accept in exchange for
the temporary services which alcohol
will give him, the sad consequences
which that passion fatally carries with
it? There is not one drinker in
existence who, although he may see
the results of drink in others and de-
plore the excess to which they go, yet
dares admit to himself that possibly
he. too. may reach that same excess,
and that others will look upon him as
an awful example of the evil OF in
temperance. The consequences of in
diligence will in some way, he hopes,
pass him by, if indeed his mind ever
pauses to consider this phase of the
| question. But as a general rule, he
| does not think, he does not even
suspect, that he can become the
finished product of drink. He ex-
poses himself to the same tempta-
tons, he satisfies his appetite when
ever it makes the demand for drink,
now and then he even feels the
| effects, but he excuses himself, and
neither sees nor wishes to reach the
| pitfalls into which his neighbor has
cast himself
Where is the young man of twenty
years of age, who is strong and
robust, with his appetites in check to
a certain extent; or, where is the
honest and happy father of a family,
the lawyer, the physician, who says to
himself at the beginning of his career
as drunkard: Il know where this
passion for strong drink, to which
am beginning to yield, will lead me.
Under its influence my intelligence
will sink gradually lower and lower
and will finally become destroyed; my
will and my memory will follow that
ruin; and my heart will disappear
In the place of the strong and sweet
affections which today have for my
family, l will have only a feeling Of
hardness, Indifference, or even hatred"
Sacred Heart ReuieW.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
HERE IS THE LAW

A person who continues to accept a
paper sent him through the mail is
liable for the subscription price of it,
regardless of the fact that he never
subscribed for it, or that he has or
dered it stopped, and has not settled
any person who makes use of any
article must pay for same, even if no
direct purchase was made. This is
the law of our land, as has been de-
termined in every state where the
question has been passed upon by the
Supreme Court. We cite you spe-
officially few decisions: 1877 S. w.
Rep, page 61S; Am. Dec, page 191s
8 Hol. (Del), page 379; AZ N. w.
Rep. 379; A N. H., page lis, and Iowa,
6S1.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

The Playground and Recreation
Association Of America is en-
deavoring by practical methods
to promote civic centers FOR rec
reation and physical improve
ment. The work which the Asso-
citation is promoting should com
mend itself to all who believe IN
the ancient dictum that usually
one finds a sound mind in sound
body. Wellington is quoted !:
''The battle of Waterloo was
won on the play fields OF /Eton
and Harrow.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
FATHER AND SON.


Among the many movements
that have originated in recent
years III order to promote the well
fare OF society may be mentioned
that Of father and son. The ira
ditional belief seems to persist
that the moral and social develop
ment Of the children is almost ex-
clusively subjected to the direct
ing hands Of the mother. Great
men, when in a reminiscent mood,
are wont to recall the influence
which a mothers teaching and ex-
ample has had upon their early
and even their later development.
1t is usual to hear men say that
they owe all their success to the
inspiration Of the mother. While
all this may be and, possibly, IS
true, there still remains a great
deal to be said about the duty Of
the father with regard to the son.
In most families the relations
between father and son are con-
fined to an exchange OF remarks
or views on general subjects dur
ing the evening hours after the
father has returned from the occu-.
pations Of the day. The good or
bad that may have distinguished
the particular day in the boys life
are made the subject of the inter
view: the boy is praised or he re-
ceives a reprimand. Usually that
is the sum total Of their relations.
Now it would seem that the
father should play far more i'm
portant role in the development OF
his son. AS matter of fact while
the youthful mind is plastic and
pliable and easily susceptible to
the loving impressions made
thereon by the tender solicit
tude of the mother, the mascu-
line fibre in the boys nature
seems to demand another force
that is at the same time directive
and corrective. This force should
be not SO much stern as sympa-
thetic. The future man should be
made, to see things, to view life, to
grasp problems, from a man S
standpoint. The average boy ven
crates his mother, but he cult
Yates a kind Of hero-Worship for
the father. To the boys mind his
mother is an angel, but his father,
a hero. just as it behooves the
mother to so rear a girl as to gain
from her complete and unlimited
confidence, so it is the duty OF the
father so to make himself a part
of his boys life and interests as to
win for himself the fullest trust
and confidence Of his son. Once a
boy understands thoroughly that
his interests, childish though they
seem, are looked upon by the faith
er as being important, from that
moment the relations between
father and son will be closely ce-
mented.
/ During his earlier years the boy
confides entirely in his mother.
but as youth succeeds adolescence
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

One of the best means OF OBJ
serving Lent in fitting manner
is to attend the evening services
in your parish church. A serious
command obliges you to attend
Mass on Sunday morning.: but
the merit Of voluntary choice IS
gained when one freely wends his
way to the church and takes part
in the evening devotions which the
Church presents to all the faithful.
There is no reason why every
Catholic Church should not be fill
ed to capacity on the evenings
when Lenten devotions are held,
since the same churches on Sunday
mornings, ordinarily, are filled
more than. once for attendance
at Mass.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

Charles Kingsley gives this
good advice: Thank God every,
morning when you get up that
you have something to do that day
which must be done, whether you
like it or not. Being forced to
work, and forced to do your best,
will breed in you temperance
and self-control, diligence and
strength of will, cheerfulness and
content, and a hundred virtues
which the idle never know.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
MONUMENT TO NUNS
BILL FAILED TO PASS RECENT
CONGRESS.

The bill for the erection of memo
rial to the ts.Nuns of the Battlefield"
in Arlington National Cemetery, by the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, has failed to pass Con-
gress, and this is the more to be re-
GREETED On account Of the fact that
through the efforts Of Senator Robert
F. Broussard of Louisiana this resolu-
ton passed the Senate last July by
unanimous consent. From that time
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

But few short years ago liquor
advertisements were to, be found
in almost every newspaper. The
change of sentiment is apparent
from the fact that on January l,
Of this year, there were 1857 pa
pers refusing to publish this class
of advertising. The same reasons
are given by all these papers,
namely, that liquor advertise
ments are bad business policy,
and they lower the tone of pa
per.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

In a certain town in this state
we are told that A very pretty
entertainment was put on at the
Baptist Church" The occasion
was a Tom Thumb wedding. The
various details of this travesty are
disgustingly puerile and indicate
very low social, mental, and re-
ligious standard in a so-called
Christian community.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

There has recently been pub
lished in a large volume the
Transactions of the Second An
nual- Meeting Of the Catholic Hos
pjtal Association, Il held in Mil
waukee, Wis, last June. The
meeting was attended by repre-
sentatives from twenty-six states,
comprising two hundred and Aine-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

According to press dispatches,
an American committee has been
formed to restore the University
of Louvain. The committee will
be composed of heads of some of
the leading universities and col
leges Of the United States, and
also will include several promi-
nent American financiers. 1t is
said that the restored University
will be the gift to Belgium from
American educational institutions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
FREE THOUGHT.

Horace Greeley once said:
There is no bigotry like that of
free thought. I AS we look
through the pages of history the
pernicious effects Of so-called free
thought are apparent on every
hand. Certain restless souls in
every age have chafed under the
restraint Of authority. The orig
lnal faint Of rebellion inherited
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
"Our Lady Of Light"

The first missionaries who went to
India we're Franciscans, and the first
Catholic church there was dedicated
to Our Lady of Light Still re-
naming carved in it's stones is this
inscription: Fra Pedro de Atongia,
a religious of the Observance of St.
Francis, built this Church OF Our Lady
of Light in the year 1916,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

The Catholic Telegraph is try
ing to discover who is the oldest
priest in the United States. The
search so far has revealed that
the Rev. Francis Buechel, c. PIP.
S., Chaplain for the Sisters of the
Precious Blood at Franks, Ohio,
seems to be the oldest. He was
born September ,, 1926, and, con-
sequently, is in his ninety second
year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

4 successful New York broker
is quoted in the Columbiad: "A
course Of regular study in general
Catholic apologetics is as good a
recreation for Catholic man S
leisure time as could we'll be
imagined, and the subject is as
interesting as any that can be
found"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
SATURDAY, MARCH IL, 1917.

Archbishop Glennon, Of st.
Louis, indicates the truth when he
says: 1.-THE trend Of the age IS
towards amusement; the people
are being educated downward,
and their lower tastes are devel-
oped."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

teen Sisters, fifty-eight physicians,
thirteen clergymen, and more
than one hundred other persons
connected with hospital service.
St. Mary's Hospital, of Mime
apolis, was represented by a
learned paper.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

On Sunday, March 4, and on
Monday, March 3, Mr.. Woodrow
Wilson took the oath of office as
President Of the United States.
On both occasions the oath was
administered by a Catholic, Chief
Justice White.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

Word came out Of Missouri re-
Gently that a law was to be enact
ed prohibiting hasty marriages.
1t now appears that the bill was
not even introduced on the floor
of the House. 1t was quietly
slnothered in committee
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

Rev. James NJ. RcardOn, EditOr-in-Chlef'
Rev, c. f. McGinnis, PHI. d.,
Associate Editor.
Harry Lochced, Advertising Manager.
Printed by WiIIwcrscheid 6 Roth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17

Entered as second-class matter, jan
uary u, 1911, at the post othce, 81
Paul, Mimi, under Act of March 3. 1879.
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For a man to think that he is going
to do the work Of his life without OBJ
stacles is to dream in the lap OF folly.
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