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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19
THE CHURCH's OPEN DOOR

There are many Christians, and
among them not few Catholics,
who deem it no harm to take a
vacation from religious exercises
during the summer months. They
remain away from church because
the weather is too hot or because
the "call Of the wild" cannot be
resisted and the early Sunday
morning hours are the best for
fishing, motoring or other forms
Of amusement which, at another
time, would be quite legitimate.
Then, too, many Protestant
churches close their doors during
the summer months while the min
lister in charge takes a vacation,
leaving his people without shep-
herd and without the usual oppor-
tunities to satisfy the religious
obligations imposed upon them
during the rest of the year.
The Catholic Church, Of course,
never closes her doors. Not only
on Sunday but during all the days
Of the week, the portals stand in
vitingly open and the passerby
may drop in from time to time to
worship his Creator. Even non
J Catholics admit that the Catholic
Church never sleeps, but is always
ready to welcome her children to
her sacred enclosure.
In the course of a sermon on
Are the Protestant Churches
Dying?" preached in New York
on the last Sunday in June, DR.
Straton, pastor Of Calvary Bap
| fist Church, paid the following
tribute to the Catholic Church:
Il am glad Of the fact that the
Catholics never shut up shop from
the Cathedral down to the hum
blest parish in this city. They
continue their activities twelve
months Of the year. | am alto
gether opposite from them in al
my religious thoughts, but | de
say in frankness and honesty tina
they are giving to the city fal
more consistent service to Their
convictions than many of oul
Protestant churches. Some com
plain of Catholic success in thi
city. Why should they not sue
coed with this situation? They de
serve to succeed. .
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

During recent confirmation
tour Archbishop Keane Of Du-
buque, took occasion to speak of
the dangers Of the movies" and
pleaded with the children not to
patronize them as a matter of
principle, since the picture show
offers them very little compensa-
ton for the harm they suffer in
mind and soul from viewing I'M
fit plays. Il admit - said the
Archbishop, "that there are some
good MOVIES but the great ma
jority of these pictures are harm
full. They fill the mind with sights
and scenes that lead to impure and
harmful thoughts and desires.
When | observe numerous chill
dren entering into or coming out
Of movie show houses [ am sur
prised and Mortified. Parents who
escort their children to the NOV
les are not acting wisely and
should have care In the case
of children the great danger from
such shows arises from the impress
sionable hearts and minds Of the
little ones which are easily inf1u-
enced by shows of this character,
If the photoplays be carefully Sc
lected they have value from the
educational point of view and can
likewise be made the means of in
nocent amusement and recreation,
all of which is quite legitimate.
But despite all that may be said in
favor Of the movies, the intelli-
gent Christian cannot overlook the
great and serious dangers asso-
ciated with them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19
sUREsT FOUNDATION OF TEN
PERANCE.

The grace of God is the surest foun-
dation of temperance, as it is the only
solid foundation of any virtue. Grace
purifies the heart, restraints the pas
sions, clears the intellect, strengthens
the will, elevateS the whole man. Help
must come from God. God helps those
who help themselves. Self-conquest is
conquest and self-denial of individual
total abstinence we have the form of
prohibition which is most personal,
voluntary, effective and Christian.
The principle Of intoxicating total absti-
nence by moral suasion and the grace
of God, son which this Union was
founded in 1872, in the city of Balti-
more, offers the best solution of the
many drink problems that confront US.
1t appeals to the free will of the in
dividual, fosters the desire of nobler
manhood, elevates man in the order of
nature by reverence and self-respect
and in the order of grace by prayer and
the sacraments, by self-denial prac-
tised for his own safety and for the
love of God and of his neighbor.
The history of the Total Abstinence
Union of America contains the record
of cheerful sacrifice to resist and sup
press the power and cruel ravages of
intemperance. The Union has had
forty-four years of heroic effort,
earnest struggle and some reverses
and defeats, and, while it's victories
and advances have not been as great
as the justice and holiness of the
cause and the zeal and labOrs of the
Union might seem to warrant, never
theless it has stood as the chief Cath
Ole organization for truth and virtue,
for sobriety and purity, for the sane
tity of the Christian home, and the
deliverance of society from one of
the most cruel and destructive vices
that can enter into the hearts and
homes of men.
You can name no evil custom
which has Knocked and defeated the
Church of Christ as the demon of
drink has done in this country 1t
has, in many instances, been mightier
than the priest, and has bowed his
head with shame and filed his heart
with sorrow, as he contemplated in
his parish it's ruin of men and women
of every class, from the most rude to
the most refined.
Right Req. sis Canepfn.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19
ENGLISH P|LGR|MAGES
TO SHRINE OF OUR LADY AND IN
HONOR OF MARTYRS.

Two interesting pilgrimages took
place in England during June. That
to Kings Lynn visited what was once
one of the most magnificent shrines
of Our Lady in England, Walsingham,
which was despoiled by Henry VIII.
Strangely enough, the present Catho-
lie church, which stands near to the
site of the original shrine, has been
enriched by another English King,
for it is the church to which any
Catholic guests of the Sovereign, stay
ing at Sandringham, always go on
Sundays for Mass; and King Edward,
in recognition of this made the church
more than one handsome present.
The other pilgrimage and procession
to York was undertaken in honor of
the English Martyrs, many of whom
suffered there; and, in particular, in
honor of Blessed Margaret 'Clitheroe,
who was crushed to death for harbor-
ing priests. The pilgrims went in pro-
cession past the wonderful minister
and finished with Benediction in the
grounds of Tyburn Convent.
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Continuing, he said: Within

Continuing, he said: Within
our own Baptist denomination,
for example, there are twelve
churches that have gone out of
existence. We now have left only
one self-supporting Baptist church
on the eastern half of Manhattan
Island from the Battery, all the
way to the Bronx. And this sole
survivor continues because it is
buttressed by helpful endowments
given by the consecrated people Of
previous generations.
DR.. Straton said that a clergy
man Of another denomination told
him that the New York City
Church Extension Society ought
to be called the Church Extinc-
ton Society, because is was bury
ing churches and merging them
with other churches so rapidly.
We see many Of of our greatest
and richest churches closing their
doors completely for three and
one-half or four months and sus-
pending their work during that
season of the year when the best
work might be done for God s
Kingdom "
The sentiments expressed by DR.
Straton should afford non-Catho-
lies food for reflection and they
should stimulate Catholics to take
advantage of the continuous OPP
portunities for religious worship
afforded by the Church that never
sleeps. Above all, they should
make a certain class Of Catholics
more attentive to their religious
duties on Sunday and more care
full not to give scandal or bad
example by absenting themselves
from the Holy Sacrifice Of the
Mass in order to indulge in forms
Of amusement or recreation that
interfere with the prescribed OBJ
servance Of the Lords day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19
A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY.

The attitude of too many Catholic
papers manifests evident sympathy
with the liquor interests in their death
agony. These papers seem to forget
that if all Catholics in the United
States were of one mind with them
they would not count for more than
one in five of the citizens of the ma
ton. If any fraction of any COM
munity puts itself in opposition to the
conscience and convictions of the
whole body or that community, and
says things that are false and exasper-
ating, it may expect to bring upon it
self the contempt, if not the wrath,
of that community. If the Church of
God suffers in the days to come, let
be upon those who have maligned the
people of whom they have been part
and have enraged patient nation.
America has spoken for prohibition
and made the Eighteenth Amendment
part of it's Constitution. 1t has done
this in the manner prescribed by the
Constitution and the Secretary of
State has proclaimed the amendment
as definitively embodied in the basic
law of the land. There is no reason
able possibility of it's execution being
stayed. The question of the merits or
dement's of prohibition as federal
policy has now only an academic in
terest The question before the Amer
lean people next January will be one
of obedience to law. Those who
range themselves on the side of law
lessness will bring shame upon them
selves and dishonor upon whatever
they represent.
The Mssiondyp
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

In an address delivered before
the Episcopal Club at a banquet
in the Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati,
Ohio, on July Z, Bishop Vincent
of the Episcopal diocese Of South
ern Ohio, discussed the interview
which he and other Episcopal
Bishops had with Pope Benedict
XIV, for the purpose of laying be-
fore him their plan for world
congress Of religious denomina-
tions to bring about Christian
unity. He said that the Pope re-
ceived them in private audience
and accorded them a charming
welcome. However, the Pontiff
frankly, but courteously, refused
to cooperate in the proposed con-
ferences in the same way as other
religious bodies, saying that, as
the successor Of st. Peter, it would
be impossible for him to sanction
such a conclave, though he ex-
pressed his personal sympathy
with the plans of Christian unity
for which the conference was to
be called. What other attitude
could the Holy Father take
Truth cannot yield to error. The
sects must be reunited to the par
ent stock or there can be no union
worthy of the name. A union of
non-Catholic churches is possible
but from the very nature of the
case the Catholic Church must
stand aloof.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19
MOVIE PICTURE CENSORSHIP

In many parts of the country
Catholic laymen of influence are
making a determined effort to rid
the moving picture business of
Objectionable films. In New York
Brooklyn, st. Louis, Chicago, and
other cities they are taking a deep
interest in the question of rea-
sonable censorship of the
movies. A bill establishing
state censorship has passed the
Illinois Senate and is already be-
fore the House where it is meet
ing with strong opposition on the
part Of the "movie" producers.
1t would eliminate all objection
able films and establish a board
of censors to whom the pictures
would be referred before being
shown in the state.
Several states - Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Ohio have
established a rigorous censorship
Of moving picture films; and it is
because Of this strict censorship
in Ohio that movies of the Viii
lard-Dempsey fight at Toledo, on
July 4, are not allowed to be
shipped out Of the state.
In Minnesota practically moth
ing has been done in the way OF
establishing a censorship of the
movies A bill was intro
duced at the last session Of the
legislature but was killed in COM
mittee. In st. Paul there is need
of a strict but reasonable super
vision of moving picture houses.
One or two suburban theaters
have agreed to arrange "group'
program for one evening Of the
week for the benefit Of families
who desire to patronize the
movies but do not care to risk
the seeing of Objectionable films.
Apart from that practically moth
ing is done except what is ac-
complished by the policewomen
who visit the play houses fire.
quently, without announcing their
coming, and report to the author
tiles not only any Objectionable
films thrown on the screen but
also the condition Of the theatre
in regard to lighting and exits.
The theatre managers make an
effort to provide sufficient illum-
nation even when the film is run
ming to make it difficult, if not
impossible, for any Objectionable
conduct on the part of the patrons.
The matter Of movie censorship
is one which should be taken up
by the representative people of
this city in an effort to remedy
abuses and give assurance. to the
general public that no objection
able films will be displayed in any
of the houses they patronlze.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
A LONG DRY SPELL.

Governor Livingston Keeckman of
Rhode Island, said in Providence,
apropos of the gigantic strides that
the temperance movement is taking:
1.-THE whole country now seems to
look at excess as the young wife did.
Jim, DEAR said young wife, I
do wish you'd stop drinking. Every
time you go to one of those banquets
of yours you get up the next morning
pale and silent, you eat nothing, you
just gulp down ten or fifteen glasses of
water Do stop drinking, won't you?
l know it can't be good for you, dear
"'All great men nave Deen drinking
men, said Jim. Look at Poe, at
Charles Lamb, look at Burns, look at
"'Well, Jim,' said the young wife,
you must swear off till you become a
great man, too, and I'll be satisfied !"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

Church in France and not to add
to her burdens.
The assurance contained in this
letter is worthy of note. 1t re-
moves all apprehension in regard
to the attitude Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in any efforts
it may make for the welfare Of the
sorely stricken Catholic people OF
France. Would that other non
Catholic sects might view the
situation in this same Christian
way.
The other denominations are
taking advantage of the destitu-
ton which prevails in France as
a consequence of the war and are
sending emissaries into that coun-
try with bread in one hand and
the Bible in the other. Both or
neither will be their battle-cry.
We feel sure that they will have
no more success in making real
conversions than they have al
ready had in other Catholic coun-
tries where the people, however
lax they may be in the practical
profession of their religion, can
never be transformed into good
Protestants.
Why do the leaders Of these re-
ligious organizations not give heed
| to the advice of those who are
familiar with the situation in
France? Captain Herben Of the
American Red Cross, a Methodist
minister and editor, has no SYM
pathy with proselytizing or with
any scheme Of religious activity
which will attempt to upset the
faith Of the Catholics Of France.
Here is an excerpt from an adj
dress which he delivered on June
% in the Madison Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal Church of New
| York:
II saw the Church at work
there Tin France) and | honor it
and it's work to the full extent of
it's deserts. [ have had the most
kindly relations with the Catholic
priests and laity Of Brittany, and
anything in my power to help
Catholic France [ stand ready to
do. | hope American Catholics
will help their French brethren to
rebuild their devastated places OF
worship, and [ hope many Ameri-
cans who are not Catholics will
help them.
"Help France to get on her feet.
[ repeat that [ have no sympathy
with PROSECUTING and hope Ameri-
cans will help all churches and all
peoples, but I repeat that that
part Of France which is not Catho-
lie ought not to be neglected by
us. And there are millions such,
and they are suffering. They look
to America. -
In view of the proselytizing
efforts which the program of the
Methodists and the Y. NJ. G. A.
calls for, backed as they are by
such enormous sums of money, it
behooves the Catholics of America
not only to pray for their core
ligionists in France, but to come
to the assistance Of the national
organization now being formed in
this country for the purpose of
restoring the ruined churches of
France and thus aid in giving
back to the French Catholics the
houses of worship which they pos
sessed before the ruthless invader
destroyed the work of centuries Of
religious zeal and Catholic en-
deavor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

One must be up-to-date in
church matters nowadays. The
pastor of a Protestant congrega-
ton in one of the smaller towns
of this state is considering the
advisability of substituting a
steam whistle for the church bell
to call the people to service on
Sunday morning They respond
to the call of the whistle on work
days and he thinks that the fami-
liar sound on Sunday morning will
get them up in time for church
Any port in a storm.
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erals and other army officers who
were educated at that historic
military academy.
But why erect it where those
who accuse Catholics Of disloyalty
cannot see it? The Guardians OF
Liberty, for instance, would be
afraid to enter Catholic Church
lest one Of the Internal machines
supposed to be stored in the base
ment should accidentally explode
and snuff out a precious life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

Catholics living in this state
have no need to look beyond their
home territory for Catholic
schools Of higher education to
which to send their children. The
Northwest is well provided with
such institutions. Look up their
names on our advertising pages
and send for copies of their cata-
lOgues and then make arrange
ments to have your boy or girl en-
ter in September.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

''Piously rotten is the phrase
which Bishop Williams of the
Episcopal Church applies to the
so-called Christian who, wearing a
long face, sits in the front pew on
Sunday morning and on the other
days Of the week does not scruple
to disregard the fundamental
principles Of the gospel in the con-
duct Of his business. With such
a one, profession and practice do
not dovetail.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

The Bishops of the Episcopal
Church in the West are begging
the Board of Missions of New
York to send them motorcycles in
order that they may visit more
missionary stations. Automobiles
and Fords are common among the
clergy Of all denominations in
city parish and country mission
and the Episcopal Bishops see no
reason why they should be left
behind in the ecclesiastical pro-
ceSSion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

In a pastoral letter Cardinal
Lucon of Rheims, calls on France
to reinstate God in the family and
i'll the life Of the nation. This does
not mean that France is not Cath
Ollie at heart. The civil rulers
have banished God from the state
as far as possible and infidelity is
beginning to eat its way into the
home. We hoped that the great
war would bring France to her
knees before the Tabernacle; but,
evidently, those in authority are
as far away from God as ever.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

The Methodists contemplate
asking for $40O,OO0,OOO to carry
OH their church program for the
next ten years. How much will
Catholics give for the work of
religion within the same period ?
The knowledge of what one
branch of our separated breth-
rem proposes to do should stimu-
late us to greater generosity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

More than half the summer
vacation has passed and it is time
for Catholic parents to decide
about the school which their chill
dren will attend next year. 1t
goes without saying that it should
be a Catholic school. The only
question is, which one?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1919.

Methodists have voted 100000
for the evangelization of Latin
America. Why not set aside this
enormous sum for some useful
purpose? 1t will gain few adher-
ents for Methodism among the
Catholic republics of the South.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-19

The Catholic Columbian says
that it would be a good idea for
the Knights of Columbus to erect
a tablet in the Catholic Church at
West Point, New York, to com
memorate the fifty Catholic gen
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Rev. james NJ. ReardOn, EditOr-in-Chtef
Rev. C. f. McGinnis, Phi. D.,
Associate Editor.
Harry LOcheed, Advertising Manager.
Printed by Willwerschcid & Roth.
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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-01
N E w PORT
Local News

P. c. Blanchard has just installed
by True & Blanchard Co., a new
Spencer heater in the Arlington
block.
Miss Beatrice Miller and Miss
Young of Westfeld were in town on
Thursday
H. O. Smith was a business caller
in st. Johnsbury, Thursday.
Miss Altha Hislop is employed with
b. F. Moore & CO., and is boarding
at K. NJ. Berry's.
0. w. Carron, proprietor of the
Barton Movie Theatre was in town
Friday
The barber shop Of John Vigneault
has been moved from the Gaines
building on Main street to the Lori
mer Block on Coventry street where
it was formerly located. The block
was recently purchased from 3. c.
Davis
DR.. II. o. loyal has gone again to
Sherbrookc hospital for further treat
ment His condition is serious.
The George Tideman house on Mt.
Vernon street has been purchased by
G. E. Hill.
There was washout on the Ca
nadiaa Pacific railroad tracks be-
tween Newport Center and North
Troy Friday morning.
Several special policemen were on
duty in Newport Friday night to
watch the children in their Hullowe'
en- cscapades. The night passed with
very little trouble from the young
sters.
Mrs. Martha Bowker has gone to
West Medford, Mass, where she has
secured employment with private
family
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-01
BARTON

Charles Morse has been working at
N. M. Hubbard's in West Glover
this week.
Miss Eleanor Ryan won in a spell
ing match in the senior high school
Friday afternoon.
The teachers of the Junior Sunday
school Of the Methodist church held
their monthly meeting with Mrs. M.
A. Turner, Thursday evening" On
account of the inclcment weather
only a few were present. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Ynar
Hanson. ,44
The first year class had charge of
the Friday morning chapel at the
Academy. They gave q very interest
ing program.
Ralph Hubbard Of LyAdon Institute
is spending the week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie, Hib-
bard.
A Halloween party was given at
the Methodist church Friday evening
The rooms were attractively decorat-
ed for the occasion and many ghosts
were present. Refreshments Of cook
les and pumpkin pie were served,
many games were played and a good
time enjoyed by all.