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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-03

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PCBLlCATION NOTICE
II The District Coart.
state Of Oklahoma.
County Of Bryan
FANNIE HANNA Plaintiff
VS. Case No. 33lS
CHAS j. HANNA Defendant
he State OF Oklahoma to Chas. J.
Hanna. Defendant:
The Defendant. Chas J Hanna. ia
hereby notified that he has been
sued by the Plaintiff. Fannie Hanna.
for divirce on the ground OF abandon
ment. and must answer the petition
filed by the plaintiff. Fannie Hanna,
Oh or before the Sth day OF June.
1918. or the allegations as set forth
in the petition by the said plaintiff
will he taken as true and Judgment
for absolute divorce will be render
ed accordingly.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said court on this the 18th day OF
April. 1918. ". A. JONES.
(Sean Court clerk
GEO. F. DECK
Attorney for Plaintiff
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ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BE
BEATEN.

When we allow a thing to conquer
us, we are practically confessing our
selves its inferior. And yet when we
stop to realize what trif1es some
times get the better of us, we must
look small in our eyes. How many
of us give up for little failure, when
determination and persistence would
carry us triumphantly through, on a
second trial. An obstacle in our way
often turns us aside, even though it
is so small that resolution could
easily find a way to conquer it. We
let our spirits be overcast because the
letter we expected does not come.
We allow ourselves to be beaten by
triHes. And in each defeat we tacitly
acknowledge our inferiority to these
little conquerors. If we are to strike
our colors, let it be to worthy foemen.
Let us make an end of being beaten
by little things which courage and
determination could trample under
foot
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MARY IN THE LITURGY.

Both in her offices and in the most
holy liturgy. the Church hath been
accustomed to apply to the creation
of Mary the language in which the
Holy Scriptures set forth the eternal
generation of the uncreated wisdom,
and that because Mary was predes-
tined the decree of the incarnation
of the same wisdom.
This practice hath been received by
the faithful in all quarters, and plain
ly showeth what hath been in the
mind of the Church of Rome, which
is the mother and mistress of all
churches, of the sinless conception of
the Virgin.
Nevertheless it is fitting to set
forth in greater detail the celebrated
acts of the Church on account of that
preeminent rank and power which all
other churches are bound to yield
her, because she is the center of
Catholic truth and utility, wherein
alone doctrine is always preserved
pure, and from which fall other
churches must needs receive the ira
dition of the faith.
Thus it hath always been one of
the most striking features of the
Church that she hath most power
fully asserted, guarded, promoted and
indicated the doctrine that the Vir-
gin was conceived without sin.
-"S0Ire Regina
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and to God what is Gods, thereby
expressing in words whose meaning
is definite and unmistakable the duty
of Christian perfection and national
fidelity.
From the earth that witnessed our
birth, we draw our sustenance. Its
manifold blessings have placed within
our grasp opportunities for progress
and enlightenment denied to many
less favored. It's institutions have
enabled us to advance mentally,
physically and morally, and have held
out to each individual the great boon
of worshipping God according to con-
science These inestimable blessings
have budded forth a generation
whose recognition of past graces rem
ders them susceptible to the expression
of highest love and attachment.
The Church, teaching ever honor
for those who have begotten us, and
for the land that gave us birth,
teaches that we must recognize ma
tional responsibility no less than
parental; she insists upon the duty
of filial devotion, and upon this
builds up the responsibilities of the
man to his home and country. AS
we must even at sacrifice protect,
support and comfort those who be.
got us, so, too, we must protect, de-
fend and assist the land whose bene-
ficent graces and abundant oppor-
tunities have made fair our progress,
and when stress and trouble lower
over our country, we must arise as a
sacred duty, giving of our fortunes
and lives.
The devotion of the Catholic has
been pronounced in every national
trial that this country has seen. His
spontaneous support has been of su-
preme value. The records of the
past witness the truth of such an
assertion. Today. no less than in
the past, the Church teaches the duty
of good citizenship which involves
willingness to undergo even death
for the glory of our country and the
triumph of her cause.
Such teaching is fundamental with
the Church. Hence her children, i'm
bued with these sacred duties to the
nation, are ever ready to immediate
themselves and become voluntary
victims to the cause of justice and
in the hearts of men the noblest
Christianity that she has enshrined
in the hetarts of men the noblest
ideals, devotion to God, and love of
country.
Boston Pilot.
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THE PARISH PRIEST.

An humble shepherd, he; and we his
flock,
Unruly oft, and all too prone to err
May try his heart with many a sinful
shock;
Yet how we love him; guide and
comforter!
No lambkin doth he suffer from his
sight:
(The pitfall dangerous; the hidden
snare!
By day, the precipice; the wolf by
nightly
His life one round of unremitting
care.
Beloved shepherd, we, thy little flock,
Rejoice to follow thee with lasting
trust:
Our hope and refuge, the Eternal
Rock;
Our sustenance, the Eucharistic
r.. Crust.
And oh, y. beloved shepherd, when
alone
Unmasked, we stand for Judgment,
as foretold, ....
Plead thou for us before the Father S
Throne.
Plead thou to place thy lambkins
with His Fold! =.
Roman w, Kramer.
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A MODEL MOTHER.

A picture dear to Catholic hearts
depicts a mother, advanced in years,
instructing sweetly serious little
maid standing at her knee. Both are
intent on the lesson, and every detail
tells of home where peace and order
reign, where the atmosphere is frag-
rant with innocence and sanctity.
For this was the early home of the
Virgin Mary, the Lily of Israel, who
was blessed among women. The wise,
kind instructor is the good Saint Anne,
to whom God entrusted most sacred
mission, to bear and rear the Mother
of Cod
For this, Saint Anne is venerated
by the Church and the faithful the
world over Her festival is kept on
the 26th day of July. The Introit Of
the. Mass for that day makes the
jubilant supplication: Let US all re-
joice in the Lord, celebrating fes.
tival day in honor of blessed Anne;
on whose solemnity the angels re-
joice and give praise to the Son of
Cod
And the prayer asks that all who
honor her may find in her patronage
a sure support
Saint Anne is model for all
mothers With what joy she well
coined her child, and how zealously
she guarded this most precious of
treasures. Father Faber in his hymn
to Saint Anne, repeats the tradition
of Mary's nativity:
mid the carols of shepherds, the
bleating of sheep,
The joy of that birth, blessed Anne,
came to thee
When the fruits were grown golden,
the grapes blushing deep,
In the fields and the orchards of
green Galilee."
Since creation, was ever such glad
ness as thine,
To whom Gods chosen Mother as
daughter was given?
O, her beautiful eyes, dearest Anne.
how they shine,
And the sound of her voice is like
Music from heaven"
Tradition relates that in gratitude
for Gods goodness to them Joachim
and Anne decided to consecrate the
child entirely to His service. Much as
they loved her they made the sacri-
fee of taking her to the Temple
when she was old enough: and. it is
said. the little maid eagerly hurried
mp the steps, so ardent was her desire
TO serve her Lord.
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THE LORDS PRAYER.

The spirit of the Lords Prayer is
beautiful. 1t breathes:
A filial spirit-"Father."
A Catholic spirit-"Our Father"
A reyerential spirit-"Hallowed be
Thy Name"
A missionary spirit-"Thy Kingdom
come"
An obedient spirit-"Thy will be
done"
A dependent spirit-"Give us this
day our daily bread"
A penitent spirit-"ForgiYe us our
trespasses."
A forgiving spirit-"As we forgive
them who trespass against u.s.
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THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVIL.

"A red-cheeked peach that does not
know anything but the dew and the
sun. and to grow sweet and pretty
it goes wrong when it is wrenched off
the stem and eaten by hog which,
paraphrased in a newspaper article,
reads this way:
"A rosy-cheeked girl who does not
know anything but Il mothers love
and a fathers love, and day by day
grows sweet and pretty-she goes
wrong when she is torn away from
home and thrown where the tempta-
tions and pitfalls of vice are about
her"
We do not like to believe that in
nocence-trustfulnes in the. goodness
of human nature, is a source of weak
ness amid the struggles of life in a
great city. Must We educate against
this innocence in order to protect the
pathway of the virtuOus?
In any event, it is a safe and prac-
teal step for men and women of
goodwill. everywhere to oppose all
things that may deceive innocence,
and to do away, even by force and
violence if necessary, with the pit
falls that ensnare the unwary. Chris
tan civilization should mean state
of society, in which innocence may
live unscathed and unendangered; and
purity may go about without guard
ianship, much as the lady in the Irish
ballad:
Rich and rare were the gems she
wore,
And a bright gold ring on her wand
she bore;
But oh, her beauty was far beyond
Her sparkling gems or snow white
wand.
Lady, dost thou not fear to stray
So lone and lovely through this bleak
way?
Are Erin's sons so good or so cold
AS not to be tempted by woman or
gold?
Sir Knight. 1 feel not the least
alarm,
No son of Erin will offer me harm
For though, they love woman and
golden store,
Sir Knight, they love honor and
virtue more
Exchange
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PRAYER AND TROUBLE.

Have you felt that curious unrest
that envelopes you when in time of
distress you have tried to carry your
burdens to One Who has promised
us that if we ask we shall receive?
Your mind whirls from one thought to
another and often strange thoughts,
words and bits of disjointed sentences.
You try to force yourself to calmly
consider your great need so that you
may the better petition the Almighty
God to lift the sorrow from your soul
and to give you peace.
Though you desire that favor more
than anything in the world, you can
not concentrate your thoughts upon
it and again your heartaching desire
is buffeted about like wisps of grass
in storm. You begin to feel that God
has hid His face from you, and that He
has found you unworthy of His care
You feel that God has been very hard
to you in denying you health and
means.
But if you have the will to strug-
gle you will reach a plane of thought
that is to be compared to beauti-
full upland where fragrant flowers
and cooling waters seem to bloom
for you and those you hope to lift out
of want.
Some seeker of peace out of
trouble has written, 'The darkest
hour is just before the dawn This
old, old saying has comforted many
a sad heart. The severer the storm,
the sooner the sunshine" bears an
old and familiar bit of optimism that
never fails to cheer. A less quoted
saying but none the less comforting
one is this GOD never shuts the door
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PROCESS OF sAncTlFlcATIoN.

When a diamond is found in the
rough, it looks like pebble or bit
of glass, says a writer. Its fire is
hidden, it's brilliancy cannot be seen. 1t
must be taken to lapidary to be cut
and polished. 1t is caught in wise
measured and shaped and ground un
til it glitters.
So with a soul that is to be made
beautiful, to be fit for the glory OF
heaven.
1t has to go through the crucible
of pain. The mark of the Cross is
stamped on it. Trial, suffering
anxiety, temptation, sorrow and some
times shame are used to wear away
it's roughness and to make it glow
with the light of the accepted grace OF
God.
This is the process of sanctifica
ton through which all the saints have
gone. Faith and love have sustained
them. Now they shine like stars for
all eternity.
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ST. IGNATIUS.

'T'-for Ignatius, brave Spanish
knight,
Who was wounded and had to retire
from the fight;
He asked for book that would an
swer his needs,
Some book about battles and chival-
rouS deeds,
But they gave him the Lives of the
Saints" which he read
From beginning to end as he lay i'll
in bed
And when he had finished, he vowed
and he swore
That he'd follow the saints and be
worldly no more
No longer a soldier, he rose from his
bed,
And enlisted an army for Jesus in
stead.
R alert Hu0h Benson
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STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Ramsey, S. In Probate Court.
In the Matter Of Proving the Alleged
Last Will and Testament of Charles
J. Meade, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom
1t May Concern:
Whereas, Elizabeth Meade. Of the
sofa has delivered to the Probate
Court of the County of Ramsey, an
instrument in writing, Purportlng 70
be the Last MI ana Ie st Ramse OF
County, Minnesota, decedent and filed
Herewith her petition to said Probate
Court, praying that, the said instru-
ment may be, proved and admitted to
probate and that Letters Testamentary
be granted thereon to Elizabeth Meade
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter be cited and required
to appear before this Court on Monday,
the 23rd day of September, 1918, at 10
o'clock \. NJ. or as soon thereafter as
said matter can be heard, at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms. in the Court House
in the City of st. Paul, in said County,
and show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted and
said Will admitted to probate and that
this citation be served by the publica-
ton thereof in The Catholic Bulletin
according to law. and by mailing
copy of this citation at least II days
before said day of hearing, to each of
the heirs. devisees. legatees of said
decedent whose names and addresses
are known and appear from the files
of this Court.
Witness the Judge of said Court this
26th day of August, A. ID. 1918.
E. w. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court.)
Attest: +. w. Gosewisch,
Clerk of Probate
O'Brien, Young, Stone & Horn.
Attorneys.
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He then described his trip to Mount
Saint Hilary's College and repeated
his conversation with Father Ven
drone Next he spoke of that day
which his friend we'll remembered,
the one on which the companionship
had commenced, and with an elo-
quence born of deep feeling and
genuine sincerity. traced the gradual
evolution of his mental being through
the days and weeks of his association
with Finney.
And now" concluded Ed, smiling
happily, Il am as sound-minded and
as free from nervous complaints as
any normal person and the cloud has
disappeared from the horizon of my
future. I no longer fear that / may
some day suffer the fate of my kins-
man. for | have learned how to get
the best out of life, how to live.
have learned to take an interest in
others, to get out of my own selfish
SELF Oh, don't you understand, Fin
ney, what you have done for me-?
You have taught me the value of
association. of companionship. You
have taught me what beautiful fact
friendship is"
Night had settled now, and the two
men walked on and on in silence. each
afraid to speak lest he should break
that sweet and holy spell which lay
like q great calm upon their souls.
hfton AcGoUsrn, n The Messenger of III.
Sacred HeaT,
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ALONG ALL LINES.

Says Rt. Rev. T. J. Shahan, D. D.:
The Church freed and uplifted and
spiritualized in man every artistic
sense and force until she filled Europe
with masterpieces of religious ideals,
forever eloquent of God and the soul,
of the life to come and ideal Justice;
no longer the fleshly beauty of dumb
idols, but the very odor and shadow
of paradise.
Similarly she taught men how to
govern one another, as children of a
common father, equal in origin and
destiny, in fundamental rights of life
and welfare. She recodifed human
laws in the spirit of the Gospel and
enforced justice, not by the sword
but by subtle and irresistible appeals
to charity and remuneration, to the
religious imaginations and by a gentle
conquest of the inner citadel of hui
man sympathy and equity.
She ennobled and sanctifed the
office of teacher, for her missionaries
IN every land were essentially teach
ers of natural as we'll as supernatural
truth and her teachers were likewise
missionaries of the gospel spirit and
Christian life.
During thousand years her count
less small churches grew to stately
basilicas and her numerous small
schools grew into universities, and
from both cathedrals and universe
ties she dominated the moral and in
tellectual life of men.
In her monasteries, likewise, she
saved the arts and sciences, writings,
manuscripts, libraries; in a word, the
intellectual documents and monu-
ments of the past
She introduced wonderful new ele-
mehts of popular teaching through
her varied worship, appealing to the
eye in architecture, painting and
sculpture, to the ear in preaching
and music, and to the whole man in
the combination of light and color of
sound and movement that her great
ceremonies exhibited.
And beneath them all lay a still
subtler symbolism, her loving service
of the EuCharistic Christ, the source
and purpose of them ALL Similarly
in the majestic round of her feasts
and in the public administration of
her Sacraments she appealed steadily
and happily to the sense, to memory,
imagination and feeling, and so she
led along many ways the education
of whole peoples and nations.
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on your hopes but He opens the door
to-something better" All these say
ings, and they are truths, show us that
God loves those who persevere, even
though brought low in everything
necessary to life. We knew an Irish
mother who used to say in the darkest
hours that fell upon her family, God
feeds the birds of the air." and those
who heard her were often struck with
the force of her faith, for the express
sion itself undoubtedly carried a
prayer with it that was heard on high.
e X
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THE PROBLEM.

My problem is this: How can
believe the word of the priest when
my own experience clearly contradicts
it? Take for instance the case of a
habit of sin. The priest says to me:
Receive the Sacraments often, and
you will surely overcome it. Well,
did receive the Sacraments often
just as often as he advised me-but
still commit the sin as frequently as
ever.
Your problem is easy to solve. The
priest did not mean that any kind
of frequent reception. of the Sacra-
ments would cure you--he meant a
worthy reception Your Communion
was not worthy unless it was preceded
by worthy Confession. Your Con-
fession was not worthy unless you had
firm purpose, by the help OF Gods
grace, never to commit that mortal
sin again You did not have this
firm purpose unless you were deter
mined to use the means, both natural
and supernatural, necessary to insure
against relapse.
The Devil says to you: You have
received the Sacramento frequently
and you were not cured; give them up
Gods minister says to YOU, Receive
the Sacramento frequently with a
firm and honest determination to
avoid sin and to use the means neces-
sary thereto, and you will surely be
saved. Which will you follow? asks
the Rev. Editor of The Liguorian.
That is your only real problem.
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PATRIOTISM OF CATHOLICS.

There is something inspiring in the
attitude of Catholics toward the land
of their birth. The spirit of love
and devotion to national ideals surges
high at all times but particularly is
it evidenced when their country is
beset by trial or harassed by issues
involving the ideals to which land
has dedicated it's fidelity. Then the
Catholic has always risen to his duty
of defence, protection and advance
ment of the interests of his country.
This is, indeed. true patriotism.
It's presence in the Catholic heart
has come to be well recognized de-
spite the slurs of false citizens. No
crisis has arisen since the founding
of this great Republic that has not
witnessed wholesouled patriotic effort
and ELECTED the best even at great
sacrifice that has been in the Catho-
lie heart.
This admirable trait of loyalty to
country. fidelity to her ideals, and
love of her institutions finds its.
origin in that holy religion that has
from the beginning of Christianity
driven oppression from society and
insisted upon the dignity of man.
The Church has proved through long
centuries her answering adherence
to the ideals of patriotic devotion
She has taught her children that
God and country must have first
place in their affections. She has,
in season and out, preached that we
must giYe IQ Caesar what is Caesars,
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There where Joachim and Anne left
thee, wondrous little child,
Parent lips no longer grooming music
DER thy slumber mild,
Angle.heralds brought knowledge,
Mary, Mother undefiled."'
No thought of worldly gain in
fiuenced the mother of Mary. No
selfish plans took shape in her mind to
keep her child to herself for the joy
of having her, or to profit by her
labors. All she asked was to do the
will of God, to be faithful guardian
of the young life He had committed
to her keeping.
Mother of her who is full of
grace" the good Saint Anne points
the way to all mothers who seek the
true happiness of their children.
Dear patron, dear mother, wherever
thou art
Joy reigns in the household, and
peace in the heart"
Sacred Heart Rebir ID.
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THE WILL OF GOD.

The will of God comprehends every
thing in the domain of faith and
morals proposed to man as means
of salvation, says Rev. ]. J. Hurst in
The Homiletic Monthly. This is the
will of God, your sanctificatiOn" Il
Thess. ", 81. That a matter of such
vital importance should be revealed
and sufficiently understood was due
to the justice of God. Who made His
holy will the standard of human
thought and action Hence God mani
tested His will at all times and in all
able and conscious manner.
In the primitive or patriarchal re-
ligion the positive law, engraven on
the heart, taught man his relations
and duties to God and to his fellow
man. In the Mosaic law this was
formulated into the Ten Command
ments promulgated on Mount Sinai.
In the Christian Dispensation, in ad-
dition to the Decalogue which is uni
yersal, perpetual and common to all
three forms of religion, the will of
God embraces all things whatsoever
Christ has commanded or prohibited
in person or through His Church.
From this it is clear that to know
the will of God more fully and to fol-
low it more perfectly it is necessary
to seek it through the Church, Christ S
mystical body, which is at once the
repository of divine truths and the
dispenser of divine graces.