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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-07

druukard and n law breaker, but even
to attempt to Justify A change in the
law on the basis of the breach Of the
law.
Truly some people do need to be
saved from their friends.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-07

The Germans like their beer too
we'll to try to Good the British army
with IT. 80 they propose to utilize
water.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-07

How would Colonel Roosevelt nj
into the Job Of provost marshal ot
Chicago during these days of pacifls-
tic distur bance?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01


Jalisco.. They were imprisoned in
the State Penitentiary, where they
remained till July %. Cause of ar.
rest not stated.
Great distress is felt by the people
of Guadalajara over the announce
ment that the parish church of Mexi.
ealtzingo is to be destroyed by the de
facto government as a punishment
for the public parade Of protest
against the revival of the religious
persecution. A Catholic student,
sAnacleto Gonzalez, who organized the
protest, is in grave danger of being
put to death for his stand in defense
of religious rights.
Among the churches that have been
closed to public worship, is the old
church. of Mezquitan, venerable
monument of past ages. The parish
priest and other priests of Zapotlan ell
Grande have been arrested and
brought to Guadalajara for imprison-
ment; on what charge is not stated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
THE POPE'S APPEAL
ITALY NOT HOSTILE TO PoPE's
PRoJEc T-GovERNMENT OR
CANS AND EVEN ANTLcLERl-
CAL PRESS SERIOUSLY I'M
PRESSED.

u. Z /. e Il Z /. ~ - II.
The general attitude in Rome re
garding the Papal peace note is one
of awaiting Developments, according
to a dispatch to the New York Times
it being considered impossible to
ascertain from mere reading of the
documents the real meaning of GER
tain statements regarding especially
the application of the principle OF
nationalities to regions to be detached
from the countries to which they now
belong.
The Osseryatore Romano, official
organ of the Vatican, commenting on
the note, says
THE document is SO important
that it marks a glorious date in the
history of the; .Pontificate. The ap-
peal has produced a profoundly sat
isfactory impression on the Italian
people, !, even the anti-clerical press
having emphasized it's Importance.
The. same can be said about the for
eign press, although from kilograms
so far received, foreign papers seem
to have started from the most oppo-
q
site viewpoints. in commenting on the
Pontifical initiative" -
Naturally the anti-clerical press,
headed by the Messaggero, is openly
against the Papal initiative, while the
Catholic press, led by the Corriere
d'Italia, is enthusiastically favorable.
Between these extremists, all other
organs of public opinion, including
the Giornale d'Italia, which generally
represents the view of the governing
classes, do not oppose the Papal pros
poets, but also do not believe it posi-
blee that the Central Empires are
Italian, Serbian, Roumanian and Po-
lish territories now occupied.
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AUTHORITIES DIFFER
PRELATES AND PRAY
ERS FOR THE DEAD.

According to the "Daily Dispatch
of London, in connection with the an
niversary of the commencement of
the war, which was observed in the
Anglican churches recently the Bishop
of Manchester has sent letter to all
his clergy forbidding the use of GER
tain prayers for the dead which are
included in the form of service issued
by the authority of the Anglican
Archbishops for use on those days
Il can grant no permission writes
DR.. Knox, for the use of the third
Collect in the Communion Office and
the last prayers on page II, since
they are not in accordance with the
Book of Common Prayer" Here we
find Anglican prelates at variance not
on mere matter of administration or
ritual, but on doctrinal question of
great Importance, notes the London
Catholic Times. During the war
large numbers of Anglicans have been
appealing to God ON behalf of those
who have fallen in the struggle. They
believe that it is holy and whole
some thought to pray for the dead!
Two of their prelates give their sane
ton to the practice, but a third
refuses to tolerate it, and in the Ca
thedral of this third prelate's diocese
Dean Weldon declines to comply with
his prohibition. Can we be surprised
that there are differences and constant
quarrels on doctrine between ordinary
Anglicans when the authorities to
whom they look for guidance cannot
agree as to what is true doctrine?
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Old St. Paul's Basilica
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BURNING
OF THE GREAT HISTORIC
CHURCH IN THE CITY OF. ROME.

A sad anniversary was recalled in
Rome on July Is, that of the de-
struction of the Basilica of st. PauRs
on the Ostian Way, a disaster that
swept away one OF the most historic
piles of Europe. st. PauFs was burn
ed to the ground on the night of July
1916, 1928. Like most catastrophes
of the kind, the burning of st. Paufs
originated in the simplest manner A
workman, who had been engaged in
repairing the roof, left lighted can
die near the rafters when leaving on
the evening of July Is. At midnight
the grand pile was in a blaze, at
o'clock the next morning the work
of destruction was completed. 'O1d
ST. Paul's" was thing Of the past.
Nor was the pathetic note wanting
to the general ruin. Pope Plus VII
lay dying while the ashes of st. Paul's
were still smoking. But no one
breathed a word about the occurrence
to the Pontiff. AS Cardinal Wiseman
put it: mot a word was said to the
dying Plus VII OF the destruction of
st. Paul's. For at st. Paul's he had
lived as a quiet monk, engaged in
study and in teaching, and he loved
the place with the force of an early
attachment 1t would have added a
mental pang to his bodily suffering to
learn the total destruction of that
venerable sanctuary, in which he had
drawn down by prayer the blessings
of heaven upon his youthful labor
And SO the aged Pontiff closed his
eyes in death and learned of the oc-
currence in Paradise. But no time
was lost in the restoration of the
Basilica. And in 1854 in the presence
of Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops
from many lands Pope Plus TX sol
emnly reopened st. Paul's in it's pres
ent form, st. Pauls which, has no
rival in the churches of Rome except
st. Peters.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
THE CHURCH in RUSSIA
FIRST STEP IN CONVERTING RUS
SlA,IS TAKEN IN cONSEcRA-
TON OF BISHOP.

The first movement in what may be
the conversion of the Russian peoples
to Catholicity recently occurred when
the first Russian bishop of the Ruthe-
MAN rite of the Catholic Church, for
many years, was consecrated-B Bishop
Leonid Fjidorow, who will probably
make his see at Kijow, capital of
Ukraine. He was consecrated by
Count Andrew Szeptycki, Archbishop
of Lemburg and metropolitan of the
Ruthenian rite. Russia used to have
many bishops of this rite, but the
cars government drove them out and
refused to permit successors to work,
knowing that, when the Russian peo-
pie are converted to Catholicism, it
will be through the Ruthenian rite,
not through the Latin. The hierarchy
of the schismatical Russian church
has had little fear of Latin mission
aries. Hundreds of Russians are now
becoming Ruthenian Catholics.
The new bishop is a convert from
Orthodoxy having been brought into
the Church by Archbishop Szeptycki
when youth. His aunt is a sister Of
the former minister, Sazanow, and is a
Catholic herself, having founded a
Ruthenian rite church in Petrograd
Through the influence of Archbishop
Szeptycki, Leonid Fjidorow studied at
the Gregorian university, Rome, TAX
ing a course in Latin as well as in the
learning of his own rite. He then
went to Louvain and other European
universities, hence he is highly edu-
Gated. Archbishop Szeptycki is proud
of him and declared, long before it
was known that the youth. would be
a bishop, that the true faith would s'be
spread through Russia by means of
Leonid.,,',
Leonid, in 1910, was ordained to the
priesthood, becoming monk Eof the
new Order of the Studyty Fathers,
After two years, he was made supe-
rior in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Both the
Ruthenian and Russian people are de-
lighted at his appointment as bishop,
as he thoroughly understands the
languages of both and the needs of
the nations.
The Ruthenian Catholics in Amer
lea eagerly await word from Russia
about the literary and art collection
of Archbishop Szeptycki, which was
seized by the Russian government
Many of the treasures of the Ruthe-
nian rite were included. The arch
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
Italian Clergy Organize
LOCAL SOCIETIES WILL BE
MERGED INTO NATIONAL BODY
OBJECT is TO PROTECT
RIGHTS OF cL-RGY.

Within three months we shall see
the formation of a federation or union
Of the clergy of Italy, an organization
advocated for a considerable time as
a means of defence of the rights of
the ecclesiastics of the peninsula.
The object of the union is not con-
fined to the defence Of these rights.
The forces of the Italian clergy are
to be organized with a view to con-
front successfully postwar problems,
and any attempt that may be made to-
isolate, them from their proper place
in the life of the nation. One need
not, live in Italy very long to find out
that the enemies of religion are ready
to grasp at any pretext, no matter
how unjust or outlandish, if, it can.
only serve to the disadvantage of the
clergy. Hence the need for organiza+
ton is quite imperative.
Always in the van OF every move
ment calculated to benefit the priests
and people Of Italy, Cardinal Mafi,
Archbishop of Pisa, has accepted the
honorary presidency of the meeting of
delegates from all the dioceses in the
country - roughly speaking, about
three hundred. which is to be held in
Pisa early in October for the purpose
of approving the statutes of the
Federation. These statutes have been
already submitted to the Sacred Con-
sistorial Congregation, and the or
ganizers of the federation have been
assured by Cardinal De Lai that they
may continue to work out the consti-
tuition of the union on the basis of
the draft laid before. the Holy See.
Heretofore each diocese has had its
own organization Of the clergy. But
separate bodies could not hope to at
tain the results which national or
ganization of the ecclesiastical forces
will have it in it's power to achieve.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
Catholic is Appointed Chief
OF THE NEWLY CREATED EN-
RARKATIoN SERvIcE-HIS "a
FINE CAREER.

The recent designation of Major
General Francis J. Herman by the
Secretary of War as Chief of the EN-
barkation Service, just created, has
caused much favorable comment, not
only in army and navy circles, but
with the public at large.
This service was established to en-
able the Chief of Staff to exercise
effectively his supervisory and co-or-
dinating powers in respect. to over.
seas movements for the period of the
existing war, to take charge of the
embarkation of troops. and supplies
for transatlantic transportation, and
to exercise under the Secretary of
War the direct control incident to this
service. 4,.ss
General Herman, who has had a
brilliant army career, comes of an old
Irish-American Catholic family. He
lis the man who put the machine guns
in the army, for when member Of
the general staff, General Herman
worked out the details of the machine.
gun platoon. He. is also an authority
ION military law $3.50
He was born in Jacksonville. Fla,
ION October 10, 1859, and served
from that time until March, 1917,i with
the infantry, meanwhile advancing
from a second lieutenant to colonel.
B On March %, 1917, he was appointed
"a Brigadier General, and now he has
been made Major-G eneral of the new
National Army.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
CHURCH GOVERNMENT
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH is CON-
SENTATIVE, BUT 1T APPROACH
Es CLOSE TO A DEMOCRATIC
FORM.

Is it true, as Mr.. Athelstan Riley
contends in the Church Times
that THE Church of God is not nor
ever can be Democracy? ITO
give members of the Church of Eng
land food for reflection, he says.
the Papal theory of government is
IN lar closer accordance with the prin-
clples laid down by Christ and His
apostles than the democratic theory
and can be made easily defended by
an appeal to primitive Christianity"
80 lar as doctrine is concerned, the
Catholic Church is obviously bound to
De conservative, but there seems to be
no reason why conservatism should be
inconsistent with democratic rule.
In regard to the choice of persons for
positions Of authority, the Catholic
Church is to a large extent demo
cratic. The elective principle. which,
may be regarded as the most essential
characteristic of democracy. governs
the selection for the highest Office.
and some of the greatest Popes have
been men Of humble origin. In cases
IN which the right of election has be-
come more limited, this has taken
place not because of objections to the
elective principle, but to obviate the
danger of disputes or to expedite the
Church's work. 1t may be quite true.
as Mr.. Riley says, that Anglicans are
at present feeling the power of the
tide OF democracy, but it does not
seem as If the Church of England.
whist connected with the State, will
undergo a great change and become n
democratic institution.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
PERSECUTION. IN MEXICO
REPORTS SHOW THAT THE.
CHURCH Still SUFFERS IN
THE SOUTHERN COUNTRY.

Additional confirmation of the re-
cent reports that the persecution of
the Catholic Church in Mexico is be-
ing continued reached the United
States last week. The report says
that Very Rev. Joseph Garibi
Rivera. D. d., while on his way to-
iGuadalajara, accompanied by ten
young priests recently ordained by
the Archbishop OF that See, was ar
rested together with his companions
at the little town Of La Magdalena;
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
Music and Text.

Music and text must agree; the
former must reflect and reveal the
spirit of the latter. Herein lies the
clue to the character of church mu-
sic. This character does not consist
in mere absence of profanity and
worldliness Ca merely negative quail
iity) ,-nor in slow tempo,-much less
in stiffness of melody, awkward har-
monies, want of feeling and the like.
But sacred music combines at once
the melody, rhythm, tonality (and all
that the word music" implies) of
prayer, i. e., of prayer as the Church
offers it, so as to give expression to
the sentiments of the Church in the
various parts OF her liturgy in the
same manner musically, as she does
verbally according to the different
feasts and seasons. as well as the diff
ferent parts of any liturgical service.
Not Cold or Mechanical.
Let no one say that Church music
is cold and mechanical If this were
SO it would not be the true art so
emphatically insisted on by the Metu
PrOprio. The Church music ex-
cludes feeling no / more than her
prayers do. But just as her prayers
are inspired by faith and as every
thought every emotion of the soul to
which these prayers give expression,
is controlled by faith; so it is faith
that inspires the Churchs music, de
.termines it's character and regulates
its feeling.
This music knows no extremes of
feeling, has no excessive joy or sor-
row, no presumptious hope, no black
despair. Neither can it ever descend
to the soft level of sentimentality or
indulge in the exaggeration of emo
tlonalism. Liturgical music is above
all purely human or animal affection.
Its inspirations must. come from the
altar; it's pathos is of a spiritual kind
the well-balanced pathos of a soul
in communion with its God in Whom
whilst sorrowing for it's sins and
craving pardon, it finds peace and
rest! There is a solemnity, calmness
and reserve about this music which
obviously points to the supernatural
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81 : ~ a. p 9 y :
flee of sacred music is to clothe with
suitable melody the liturgical text
proposed for the understanding of
the faithful" and its proper aim is
to add greater efficacy to the text,
in order that through it the faithful
may be more easily moved to devo-
ton J. - we are logically forced
to conclude that the music must help
the people to a. better understanding
of the text.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
MUSIC OF THE CHURCH
POSSESSES A DISTINCTIVE CHAR
AcTER OF ITS OWN.

Church music has a distinctive
character of it's own, by which it diff
fers not only from music professedly
worldly, but even from that relative
ly sacred music" which, not with
standing it's quasi-religious style and
the sacred words of the text, neither
aims to reflect the spirit of the Cath
Ollie Church. in her doctrine and lit
|urgy nor transcends the domain of
the secular in purpose and manner
Of composition, says "The Catholic
Choir Master
Sacred music in a iturgical sense
is nothing else but liturgical prayer
with an appropriate musical setting;
in other words (a) prayer, (b) of the
liturgy, (c) in music. Since three
elements enter essentially into its
composition, prayer, liturgy and
music,-so three requisites are essen
tial for a correct understanding and
a thorough appreciation of sacred
music, viz, a spirit Of prayer or piety,
knowledge of the liturgy and musical
liability.
LiturgicaI Prayer.
Now, liturgical prayer. is not the
subjective prayer of the individual,
giving expression to his own per-
sonal ideas and vent to his personal
feelings as such; but it is the prayer
of the Church prayer as the Church
offers it in the liturgical text.
1t follows that the liturgical text
must also be interpreted as the
Church interprets, the same, whether
this Interpretation be verbal or mu-
steal.
/ And since,-to quote the words of
the Motu Proprio, the principal Of
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cathedral. His sanctity was testified
to by numerous miracles and his can
onization was published only two
years after his death. King Henry
later did severe and public penance
for his criminal persecution of the
Archbishop.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01

bishop worked in Russia before the
present war and, at the first good OPP
portunity, the government seized him
and held him prisoner for months.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01

The birth of Christ makes all Chris.
tian art significant
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Continued from page II
The Trappists Of
the Picking Hills

BuddhiSts' two days away. At PERIODS
of the worship, a monk tolls the
chapel bell. In the Buddhist cere-
monies, monk leaves the line OF his
colleagues and chimes gong. AT
the Trappists', they chant in an even
tone. At the Buddhist shrine, their
deep cultural monotone had the same
significance of religious awe. Candles
burned at the Trappists', likewise at
the Buddhists'. The Trappists left
their places and formed professional
at times in the prayers. Likewise did
the Buddhists.
The Chinese monks and lay-broth-
ers of the Trappist monastery, as in
the days of three hundred years ago
when revival of the Trappist-Cis-
tercian order among the monks of La
Trappe in France drew hundreds who
wished to enter it's austerity, are
drawn to the order. They, too, have
the smile of kindness and friendship
which marks. the heads of the monas.
terry. The life, even in a short tive
days in the monastery, its aloofness,
the evident spirit of peacefulness and
religious fervor of the priests, their
devotion, surrender, grip with a strong
impression. The. unseen in life comes
closest to the real in an atmosphere
of this kind. ,,.s>..a
The Father Abbot.
The old Pere Able spirited whole
some, kindly, was as sprightly as a
boy as he took his guests out in the
hills to walk. In the company OF
monks, splendid French boy OF
eighteen, nephew of the Abbot, stood
out by reason of his youth and easy
swinging carriage One wondered il
he should not be leading an Amer
lean college football team rather than
engaged in silence and prayer in the
Chinese hills, He was at once an in.
teresting though somewhat sad figure
in the white long robe Of q, medieval
monk. a: n.
One talked long into the. night with
q Father of the Church, Frenchman
of high education, seeking admission
to the order as a Postulant, man OF
rare intelligence and learning, with
singular gift, for public service in
speaking and leadership.
But how are you going to-. accom-
Iplish in the world if you retire from
it, one asked the Postulant,. He was
CARRIED in black, his coat reaching to
| the floor. 81,
Prayer for the salvation of the
world, for universal salvation, abso-
lutte devotion to- prayer, away from
the turmoil of life in order to see the
truth, is the only effective way to
Tlghte eusness for ALL is it not?''
This was his reply,
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Continued from page II
On Vacations Ecclesiastical
and Religious

is no impeachment in the way. Such
a grace is for the individual the deter
mination in his favor of the call made
in a general way to ALL
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-01
Is ST. GATHERINGS College, ST. Paul,
a boarding school for small girls?

st. GATHERINGS College is intended
professedly to give a college educa-
ton to girls; that is, to give more
advanced education to those who have
finished the grades and high school
work. These branches, however, are
also taught in the College. Another
Catholic school that boards and edu-
Gates young girls is the Visitation
Convent, st. Paul. st. Joseph's Acad-
envy. st. Paul, is day school for girls.
Neither of these schools pretends to
do college work.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-06
Rural Carrier Examination

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an
examination tor the County OF
Cassia. Idaho, to be held at Oak
ley and Burley, on April 28th.
1917, to fill the position of rural
carrier at Kenyon, and vacancies
that may later occur on rural
routes from other postof1ices in
above mentioned county. The
examination will be open only to
male citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory OF a
post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set
forth in form No. 1877. This
form and application blanks may
he obtained from the Offices
mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission at Washington. DC.
Applications should be forward
ed to the Commission at Wash
ington at the earliest practicable
date.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-06
Business Versus
Politics in Idaho.

The Governor Of Idaho is a
business man and he has pruned
out OF the appropriations heaped
up by the politicians in the late
legislature $422, ,2S2 by use OF
the veto ak.
He further declares It to be his
ambition when he retirrs at the
eud of 1919 he will try to leave
a surplus of 100000, for his
successorf instead of deficit.
The net appropriations for the
next two years total, after de-
lucting vetoes, SO ,645, III OF
which / 1894, ,562 are for the high.
er educational institutions, state
university and normal schools.
The total net appropriations
are 100000 above those OF two
years ago, largely on account ol
the people, or rather the office
holding class, demanding ne "
functions and extensions OF their
jobs:
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Statement of Ownership.

Management, circula ton, etc. !.
required by the act of June "a,
1912. ofOakley Herald, published
weekly, at Oakley, Idaho, for
April 1917.
Editor, business manager, pub
Usher, Fred Jenkins.
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cages, and other security holders,
holding one per cent or more OF
total amount of bonds, mort.
cages, or other securities: None.
FRED JENKINS.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 4th day of April, 1917.
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Notary Public, Residing at Oak
ley, Idaho. (My commission
expires Oct. %, 1919.