The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-01-20
what We OWE THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Methodist Clergyman Tells What Civ
ilization and Religion Owe the Cath
Ollie Church. During All the Dark
Ages Mother Church Preserved
the Essentials of Christ's
Teachings.
FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN
DOCTRINE.


DOCTRINE.
Never Weavered From it's Steadfast
Adherence to the Principle of Re-
Iigion. The Church That Has Given
the World Its Saints. Its contribu-
ton to the UpIift Of the Race Is
IncaIculable.
DR.. Dimmick, at Wesley Chapel,
Philadelphia, took for his topic, What
We Owe to the Catholic Church"
Among other things, he said:
Il offer no apology for asking you
with me to thoughtfAlly and seriously
consider the contribution that the Ro-
man branch of the Church Catholic
has made to the common Christianity
and to the progress of civilization.
There is, am sure, much to con-
denim in the past history of that
Church, and we do not surrender what
Professionalism stands for by honestly
commencing what we must recognize
as good and therefore of God. 1t must
not be forgotten that the history of
Professionalism has not always been
free from the spirit of tyranny, and
has laid itself open to condemnation,
as we'll as the Roman Church.
For centuries the Roman Church
was the only organized representation
of Christianity in the world. During
all this time she stood as bulwark
of defense against all foes that as
saulted our holy Christianity. But for
her. the Church of God would have
persisted from off the EARTH
During all the centuries of dark.
ness and heathenism in the world this
Church preserved the essentials of the
doctrines of Christianity. We have
the the fundamentals of Christian doc
trine, such as belief in one true God
and in His Son, Jesus Christ, our
Blessed Lord.
Roman Catholicism has never wa
vered from her steadfast adherence to
the divine incarnation of the Son of
God in His vicarious death, in His
resurrection from the grave, in His
ascension into heaven and in His d.
vine rulership as the King of Kings
and the Lord Of Lords over the world.
"A church that has given the world
the example of so many holy saints as
has the Roman Church has made a
contribution to the uplift of the race
that is incalculable. No one
will deny that she has gone very far
in presenting the world with rare
Christly lives.
THE world would be very poor if
there had not lived in it such charac-
tiers of Fenelon, Pascal, Thomas a
Kempis. Savonarola, Faber, Newman
and host like them. OF them the
world was not worthy.
THE Church of Rome has given us
splendid examples of Jealous mission
airy spirits. Among the successors of
St. Paul as world missionaries such
names as Xavier of India, Raymond
I4ull and Lavigerie of Africa; the Je-
suits of Canada and the United States,
and Father Damien must be placed
with those like Jordan. Taylor and
Thoburn.
"She has always been able to get
the poorer classes into her fold in
large numbers. She is solving the
vexed questions: How to Reach the
Masses and how to Save the City,
"In every city of our land she main
tains large churches. She seems to
have little trouble with the downtown
portions Of the great cities.
THE devotion of her people to the
Church is an example to our Protest
ant people. Every Catholic Church
has services at S or o'clock Sunday
mornings and great congregations at
tend, while there is no Protestant
Church in the world that is trying
to keep up a service at that hour, for
the very good reason that it could not
be done.
"We do not claim that these earl!
hours are the best for church services
but we simply claim that the Catholi
working people get off to church a
that early hour while many Protest
ants cannot get out in the morning a
all, on the plea that they work har
all week and need the Suday mornin
for rest.
"Protestants are mainly drawn t
the service by the attractions of tn
preaching and the music. while Catht
lies go purely from sense of dut
Order for Hearing Petition for Letter
Of Administration.
No. 1923.
State of Minnesota, County Of Hen
nepin. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate of Gather
inc McCutcheon, Decedent.
On receiving and filing the petitio
Of Anna McCutcheon of Hennepi