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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
OPPOSING vocATIoNs.

In reading the lives of the Saints we
must be struck with the fact that SC
many of them had to overcome pa.
ternal opposition before they were
allowed to carry on their vocation,
says the Catholic Herald The story
OF how Saint Thomas Aquinas was
even Imprisoned in an effort to force
him to live a worldly life; of how
Saint Aloysius had to Withstand the
wrath of his father; the experience of
gentle Saint Francis of Assist who
was disinherited because he wanted to
follow God, are among multitude of
other instances that will occur at
once to anyone who is at all famil-
lar with the lives of Gods chosen
servants.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
ETERNITY.

No end. No bounds. Illimitably vast.
Before the faintest outlines of sun
Or moon, or world or star had first
begun
To float in space, and give to time
past;
Before a single ray of light was cast,
When earth and air were one-ay,
less than one,
Were nethingness. Before cen thought
can run,
There something was; else nothing.
ness would last.
And so twill be when centuries
have trod
The experimenting path and disap
peared,
And chaos wraps the universe in
gloom;
When even memory has met its doom
Yet hope will live where faith has
never feared,
For then we'll know eternity is God
Catholic World
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CANDLES IN THE HOME.

In the Catholic Church the home is
linked to the sanctuary. Religion is
the every day life, not merely to be
donned occasionally like clothes of
state. We see one development of
that idea in the use of blessed candles
in the home. The blessing on
Candlemas day serves to remind us
that they are sacramento, the use
of which is to excite in us pious dis
positions and draw us closer to God.
AS sacramento the Catholic
should have the blessed candles as one
of the essential furnishings of his
house. 1t is something that sooner or
later he is sure to need. But in spite
of that all too many Catholics need
to be exhorted again and again to do
their simple duty in this respect. Ask
any priest and he will tell you the old
story of hasty sick call to the bed
side of the dying, and his waiting for
a member of the family to scour the
neighborhood, looking for blessed
candle. The family is, of course, NOR
OAAAS0 bI AAeIt1AS3 W hCCp Sl1O III
waiting and every manner of excuse
is offered to explain the lack of the
candles. The candles were hidden
some place or they had meant to get
some or some one had borrowed
them. But in spite of the excuses,
it is plain negligence.
Now first of all, every Catholic
home should have its own blessed
candles and not depend on the kind
ness of neighbors. One never knows
when serious illness is coming. Then
| it is necessary to summon the priest
to administer the last. Sacramento,
There should be peace when he
comes, bringing with him the Divine
Guest in the Sacrament of Love, and
not an uproar, searching for holy
water here and candles there
The table should be ready with all
that is needed, and the priest should
be met at the door with lighted
candle out of respect for the great
visit of Jesus in the Blessed Sacra
ment. Old-fashioned Catholics always
do that and every good Catholic, is al
old-fashioned Catholic Ed
In the second place, even apar
from sickness and death the blesseV
candle should have place of homo
in the home. 1t is not thing o
terror, not an unsightly thing to b,
tied up in papers and hidden away il
box or drawer. Today, "a great dea
is made of the candle for decoratiy,
purposes. Yet in many Catholi
homes while there is an abundance o
such artistic candles one looks in vail
for the blessed candle. This comes
i perhaps, from the fact that tn
blessed candle is associated with tn
thought of sickness. But so to assc
ciate it entirely is mistake. |
should be a sign of the Catholic life
With the old folks the blessed car
die always was lighted at the time o
"a storm to beg Gods protection on tn
home. 1t was. but one of those dea
old customs that showed how nucl
/ religion was very part of the Catho
4 lies existence.
One cannot improve on those oil
signs of ardent faith. And here a
Candlemas we should ask ourselves
! we are retaining the beautiful 81
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
ATTENDING vEsPERs.

Away back in the days when the
Church was young, one of the most
beautiful services of the new religion
was the singing of psalms in the
evening. Work, then, over, all the
trouble and worry of the day were
forgotten for awhile and the people
went to the places set apart for hon
Oring God and there sang the ancient
songs of Israel. Today we still have
that ancient custom. Every Sunday
afternoon or evening our churches
are opened for the chanting of the
holy hymns and for the final benedic-
ion of Christ. But although the
rvice is SO beautiful, although the
enes recalled by the psalms are so
sacred, SO time hallowed, yet unfor-
tunately, too few attend the closing
religious service of the day conse-
Grated to the Lord. In the morning
we have the summoning of Christ to
dwell again under the form of the
sacred elements among men, and the
morning services are well attended;
but in the evening, when Christ, as
1t we're, is. present to bid farewell to
His people, too many refuse to be
present with Him in His churches.
Probably this is due to carelessness,
probably also to the lack of that sin
cere interest and love that were char
acteristic of the primitive Christians;
but now that attention has been
called to the beautiful evening service,
certainly attendance at it should in
crease. Then Sunday is the day of
the Lord, it never was intended to
be observed as day of abstention
from all right and Christian joy, but
a few minutes should be spared
every Sunday evening for. communing
with God, for listening to the singing
of His praises and for receiving His
benediction. The blessing of God
surely must not be lightly esteemed,
1t is the blessing of the Creator and
the Giver of all that will ever make
life holy, happy and benefcent for
future salvation. The Vesper serv-
ices, then, must be better attended.
Every family, or at least some mem
Der of every family, should make it
a rule to attend the service Sundays.
This being done the new week will
be sanctified and the benediction of
Christ will be carried out from the
Church into the great world that
needs it SO much.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
THE oLD-FAsHloNED MOTHER.

The Jesuit Father John Mccarthy,
who is now giving missions, breaches
a sermon on the old-fashioned mother.
She did not long for a career away
from home nor refuse to do her duty
there. She loved her husband and
her children. Her chief ambition was
to be her husbands dearest compan-
ion and to rear her sons and daugh-
tiers to be a credit to the name they
bore. She was willing to work early
and late, for she toiled for those she
loved.
The old-fashioned mother was loved
in return for the love she gave. Her
husband thought the world and all of
her, and her children were sure that
she was the best, the dearest, the
sweetest woman they ever knew. Even
when her boys and girls grew up and
went away to homes of their own,
they came back to her often for ad,
vice and consolation, encouragement
and mother-love.
She was a great force for morality
Faith was to her like the breath OF
life. Virtue was for her the only
course. Vice she hated in all its
forms. She preached by example how
to practice the Christian life
She is not dead, the old-fashione6
mother. But under the inroads of if
religion, of birth-control, of indecent
fashions, of luxury, of materialism
and of the devil of impurity, her mum
Der, is not what it once was. But SHE
still reigns, where she does exist, the
queen of a Christian home.
Catholic Columbian
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LITTLE, VINCENT.

2
There was once alittle fellow named
Vincent, who, when about twelve years
of age, did some work for which he
was paid 30 cents
1t was the first time he had ever
earned anything, and he felt very well
pleased with himself. The sum seemed
quite large one to him. and mis- first
thought was
I'll. take is home and put it by till
/ can increase it by doing some other
work.
On the way home, however. Vincent
meta man who was very poor and his
boyish heart was SO touched BIZ the
sight OF the mans miserable dress and
half-staryed appearance, that lie at
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
TRisTEsSE

i asked-'twas4 foolish asking why
the sea
Means to the midnight, and along
the sands
As 'twere to dramatic her thren-
ody-
Falls and filings wildly forward her
white hands? s
The answer came: lis not the mid
night sea a.s
That means; the sound of sorrow is
& in thee
And then | asked twas foolish my
own soul, .
What is the secret of thy dire dis.
tress?
Whence are the somber clouds that
round thee roll
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TOMORROW"

Is D
tomorrow, he promised his con-
science,
Tomorrow l mean to be good;
Tomorrow I'll think as ought to;
Tomorrow I'll do as | should;
Tomorrow I'll conquer the habits
That hold me from Heaven away"
But ever his conscience repeated
One word, and one only, today"
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow,
Thus day after day it went on;
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
Till youth like vision was gone;
Till age and his passions had written
THE message of fate on his brow,
And forth from the shadow came
Death,
With The pitiIess syllable. Now:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
A GOOD ALPHABET.

Attention at both work and play,
Busy all the nvelong day;
Courteous at home and school,
Diligent to keep the rule;
Earnest in whateer you do,
Friendly with your classmates, too,
Generous of hand and heart,
Honest in life's every part;
Innocent of all that's mean,
jolly as a king or queen;
Kind, where'er your footsteps roam,
Loving to the ones at home;
Merry in the sun and rain,
Neat in dress, but never vain;
Orderly in desk and books,
Patient in your thoughts and looks;
Quiet when tbs time to be,
Ready others needs to see;
Steady in your every aim,
Truthful, though it brings you shame!
Utilizing in the fight
| Vim and courage for the right;
Willing others to befriend,
Exemplary to the end;
Youthful till life's set of sun,
Jealous till success is won.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
THE CHlLDREN'S HOUR
SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY.

This is somebody's birthday,
Just as sure as fate;
Some little boy is six years old,
+. Some little girl is eight,
Some little boy, is three today,
Some little girl is thirteen;
Some little twins are exactly two,
Two apiece, | mean.
Think of the beautiful birthday books
Think of the birthday cheer;
Think Of the birthday happiness, ,a
Every day in the year.!
Every day in the. year, my dears,
Every day were alive, s
Some happy child is one or two,
| Or three or four, or five.
-EncHdDge.
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PLATING

once gave him all his 80 cents, not
keeping a single one for himself.
E That gift was as precious in the
sight of God as if it were $30-for it
was all the boy had.
The charity thus displayed was but
the forerunner of countless charitable
works which he was to perform as a
man; for little Vincent was not other
than the world-renowned st. Vincent
de Paul.
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uNHAPPlNEss IN MARRIED LIFE.

Without perfect confidence, mar.
ried happiness cannot be permanent.
There can be no true union where,
either through pride or fear. or the
consciousness of mistakes or errors
one conceals from or attempts to de.
ceiye the other, who holds back from
any motive that which each has a
mutual right to know. OF course
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Spirit is the highest element in mans
nature; that which is Immediately di-
vine; that whereby man is connected
with a higher order Of things; the
organ through which alone he is capa-
bic of understanding divine things
Origcn
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religious customs Of our fathers and
mothers. Let the light of the blessed
candle shine forth in the home to
show that the Light of the World
illumines it.
The Pilot.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06

He who has placed all his hope in
God may rest assured that. if the en-
tire universe would rise up against
him, nothing will befalI him that is
not ordained by God.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06
WET WASH LAUNDRY

But there are greater goals than gold,
and finer virtues than success,
And how I've fought shall count for
more than what I've managed to
possess.
Edgar A. Guest
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06

We are not here to play, to dream, to
I drift
We have hard work to do and loads to
lift;
shun not the struggle-face tits
Gods gift.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15
Have You Done Your Utmost for the United War Work Fund?

him for such calling But he also would gain. He might
even gain time by lie strengthened by wholesome train
ing at time when the body should be built up and
strengthened.
There are many systems OF such training to choose
lrom Ours v' not be the German which sets the i'm
portare Of soldering and warfare above all other accom-
pl,shments It may be the Australian plan which com
bucs the military training with school days the Swiss
where the school Of the soldier IS brief but intensive not
interfering greatly with other activities. Probably If 1t
comes, it will bc a system Of our own emhodyng the best
features of the others In training present army
American Officers have shown ability to learn from
others and work out few Improvements Of their own
At present it all vague and uncertain, but it is
thing so important that all should give it attention and
study sufficient for the formation Of intelligent opinion
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lori1Wr1N
q byvvh v
A SORRY SKATE.

CONSIDER U1V. with mruVaI tr0v.
Title sorry IDt of ans w.srr.
Who kceus his mon from those who won
This recent shindy with tNu ktI.rI.
Who boards his dough while others so
To pony up lhe pluns and shilling.
Which buy the boys lll sorts ut IOla.
And offer them in manner willing
The ughtwad Jay may smugly say
That hD ig worn win ,UdIuss giving.
or thIt the price uf U.uur. ans rice
Has sent too high The cost Of living.
But better men. who glyc tU'lr ven.
Have such slayherS name and mum
her
And what they think puts on the blink
lIis chance N peace OT easy Eum'rr
Wen Law a bot who shuns this debt
Is very likely 20 deplure it
Mud snort and swear AMI tear his hair.
Because he happened 10 ignore it.
Ills line N grief will not hc brief
Nor VIII his path he srcwn with flow
For men will rate this stingv skat.
About the same ~ central powers.
Nnd when the troops with loud kcrvhoop.
Come homewHrd DER tho deep damn
ocean.
They'll make him wish his breakfast dish
contained tuHr-py sleeping potion.
VIII make his name a thing ot shame.
And object ~ vi'uperpunu.
The same ~ ho who helped The Hon.
And douhlc-crossed his state and ma,
tlon
So shun tho plight ~ such = wight.
Nnd KICK I'm with tho lcyHl tender.
me ola long green. the lack and Hsan.
And prove Yourself q hutar.rnI,r.
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KEEP THEIR INFLUENCE GOOD.

THERE +, mo question of the future power in the alrajr
OF thl, nation OF the who donned khaki to fight
it, greatest war lesser war proved how returned sol
dicrS can dominate the politics and WELD great niluen
in all public activities A' this has been greater conflict
the sway Of the returned is apt to he more
marked They have earned by their offer o complete 'acr
flee by wounds and suffering and hardship any preerncn'
given gad, They are men Of the highest ideals and who
hovcd a ,olorous willingness r, die IT need he for those
deal, The destiny of the nation should he safe in their
hands working as they will for me best interests Of the
democracy they fought to save
Certainly such would be the case Il they could come
home today filled with the love of country and the high
purposes which made them triumph over the best bat
taons the Hun could send against them But both for
lem and for ourselves /, important that those ideals
main high and that nothing happen to mar their peerless
patriotism; their love OF country. They would and
could not love d, well country which neglected them
after all that they have done Nor they remain the
lofty crusaders mes, there guidance and diver
SION Though the endless days Of waiting
The Jued War Work fund provides the mean,
through which you may help toward that end ltgye' you
a chance to pa. something of the debt you uac those gal
liant men But even the migrate who would dodge such
responsibility should understand how much the welfare OF
the whole nation s involved I'll the welfare oi our sol
diers and pay hi, part They have earned all tina, /,
asked. and more and not really patriot unless M,
'ce, 1T privilege to pa, his part a privilege and duty
which must mot be ignored
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

That man who Investigated hi, ga'h
line tank with a lighted cigar. will re-
call, no doubt that Treat I'm rough
Is the motto slogan and clarion note Of
the tank corps
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

A mean man says this Jas, "
Johnson, who Is charged With neg
leeting to pay alimony, mus b, un-
aPprecistive Of the blessings OF lib
erB.
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ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER.

LlghtleSs nights have passed away.
But soon may come tho gasless DAY.
Nfisr which. ~ Ike ~ not.
Follows weather TOO blamed hot
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

In the rush OF other news, you may have overlooked
the fact that Victor Berger elected to congress in
Wisconsin, lIovocr since he !, under Indictment there
chance ,.a' D., he sent to tn, Leayenworth pen
instead oi Washington
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will he other causes Tor gratitude too
numerous 90 mention. a. the sale bills
are wont 10 say
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Stories
d1zlNees0t'H4per Ne, t'
Twenty Years Ago.
from Zp Tues

Lincoln county has a peanut ,hre,her,
the only one west OF the Mississippi
river
Guy Mcclure IS now on division work
with a Ih'ctaw engineering corp, and
Is located at Hartford. Ark
DR. Buxton Of Guthrie va, an Okla
homa City vi'ltor yesterday, rsturnins
again last eyeuus
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

That the Hun soldiers are violating the terms OF tn,
armisuce is about what would he expected of them a
people without honor does not gain honor by defeat
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

There IS some objection in high place, to any mme
dlas reduction of war taxes but so long as they aren't
increased a patient and patriotic public should bear up
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

J, ' sand Queen Nhelmna of Holland wanted 90
en.crr the kaiser. which i, about all the rest of the
world wants to know about her
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

The hg,c grown Thanksgiving din
ner which limits the menu TO products
ot the state where the feast is served,
seems likely 10 eliminate the conyen-
iional cranberry from the Oklahoma
bill of fare for that OCCASION And there
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

Those who expected. peace 10 push
PRICK from their pinnacle will note tina,
the decline has begun service flag, are
selling at half price.
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Revolutionary Noises

Charlie, N Schwab said in . No
Island address:
III the Austrian famine keeps on ,h.
Austrian strikes will keep on, and Aus
tran mlliiarIsm and the Hapsburgs will
There's nothing like = famine "a,
cau',ng revolutions As once heard
an ola Pennsylvania Du,ehman say:
noise W. "'o'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

The Tulsa woman who wants a
divorce because her husband is al
ways tight might also do we'll by
ceiling the recipe Of how he man
ages TO maintain that state Of per
petual piiflication in a bone e-dry re
gion.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

School children who give q the
United War Work fund do so with the
understanding that they must earn their
donation Thus patriotism and industry
lr" both boosted, and paws pocketbook
r helped some. same aS the soldier
hng,
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4 h'uke who sticks. sans groans or kicks.
Until the kline arc homeWard strsying.
And iill our men are hack again
' From fields u rough and ready Staying
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

y 2 MDllncuu. manager 0i lle on,
entail hotel at l'la, Texas. va,ay vie.
't'r IN 'hc city Yesterday 1t j., mder-
stood that he IS negotiating 20 seru.
control OF the new southern hotel on
ihe corner OF Broadway and Second
street
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

Winch reminds us that a contempo
ary complains of the common custom
1t calling the SotIicr' boys" They are
real men, no doubt, with hair on their
chests, and ample intestinal investiture
those chaps who have done the businsss
over there Still The contemporary 5
kick seems futile. boys they are and
will remain until the end Of the chapter
Even the battered remnant Of those who
fought from ~ TO '6S still are called
the "old boyS," and there is certain
endearment in the term which assures
rs continued use.
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len YeATa Aan

Now tha, the high school bond i,,u,
for 100000 has carried, member, ot
the board Of education arc determined
iu exert all possible haste in the com,
pIcilon Of the projected building. which
rs model in every Snse Of ,he word,
NJ. McMahan attorney for the board,
has prepared the necessary pap,r,
which will enable i, to proceed al once
with advertising the sal, Of bonds
Mrs. John Threadgill wa, given m,
highest honor in the power OF Okla.
homa club women yesterday al Ard
more when she was elected president
OF the state organization.
a ieven-story annex and two new
LAYERS, representing an OUTLAY Of 500.
op, will be expended on the Lee build.
ing Main and Robinson streets The
stories arc 20 he added 10 the building
and a seven. story annex in keening
with The Older building Mr. Lee saws
that he will he his own architect,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

Inc canal system in China /, IN.
most extensive in the world. with ths
possible exception Of Holland Wber-
eyer eve, the lay Of the land permits, ths
Sn'nese nave made a canal. Thus they
a. are enabled to carry the predvct sil
- ,n... I.SSS to market at !. slnlnuI
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-15

Goyernor-elect Robertson hasn't made
any appointments, but from an extend
ed observation Of the political pastime.
VIC should say he won't find II necessary
to resort 10 draft
Arrested for celebrating IL was only
natural that II. II. Hur, should feel
that way about il
Some men pray in \ long winded
manner indicating belief that the Lord
has nothing 10 do but listen
Everyone Is glad that the war ia
over, but there IL some anxiety lest
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THE United War Work campaign need.

every dollar you can afford to give 10
keep our soldiers happy and satisfied
until Uncle Sam can get them home.