The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

alss and above all, in spirit. No nat |
ter with what religious denomination |
a man may be affiliated, how faith
full he may be in attending church on |
Sunday, how prominent he be in the |
congregation, if he is dishonest in
his every day life, full of deception in !
his dealings with his fellow men, takes |
advantage unto his own undue profit |
in his business tactics, simply be
cause he Is IN position to do so, !
under tins conception there is some |
thing wrong and the wrony is not |
with religion but with the man him |
self, because he refuses to conform |
his action to the profession of faith 1
that flows from his lips. But a lit /
tie thought will conceive any sincere |
mind of the logic of the above con-
sideratlon, and this view, once and |
for all, skaters the Illogical argu- |
ment that religion is failure because !
OF bad christians. Let us ask our
selves who would be to blame if a |
sick man refused to take curative |
medicine prescribed, or simply went |
through the motion of taking it but |
spittin" it out when the chance offer !
ed? Would you blame the medicine !
or the senseless tactics of such a fool !
ish man? Or again, since criminals |
are found IN every state, would you
condemn the entire state and its wise
provisions, made for the good of or
der. or would you blame the criminal
and hold him responsible personally?
But the parallel applies with all its
driving force, and is clear to any
fair minded, thinking man. The one
great object of religion is to tear out
all that is evil in man and rear a
spiritual structure which converts the
soul into temple of the most high
God. And without the least fear of
successful contradiction it is to mani
fest that religion, in the shape of
keeping the commandments, is bound
to transform a man and make him
better for the commandments not on
ly shape a mans exterior action but
shape his very thoughts and inner
most desires, to pursue a course along
those lines which are social in their
tendency, moral in their effect. How
significant this becomes is realized
from the fact that no immortality is
perpetrated IN action which has not
been, first of all, conceived in the
mind and hence, to follow the argu-
ment farther, where the mind is kept
clean. action is bound to be upright
and moral for the clean fountain
gushes forth waters which are whole
some and untainted, all of which
makes clear the statement that rell-
gion, which impinges the determina
ton to keep the commandment in let
ter and spirit is bound to produce
one result only. better men and thru
them Il better community. Hence the
deSirabllity, yes, the necessity of dis
seminating Christian ethics and ideals !
in city or town.
Julesburg is well ramified with
Christian churches. Several denomi
nations being represented, each having
a substantial church building wherein
those who desire may gather to wor
ship their God and Creator.
Among them is st. Anthony's Ca
tholc church. From the earliest |
days., while still but "a mere hamlet,
Catholic priests in their itineraries
held services at Julesbur%. Travelling |
out of Denver, whenever members Of !
the faith were found these mission |
aries. under untold hardships. sought !
out their flock ard minstercd to their 4.
spiritual wants. .lulcshur~ Catholics. /
few in number, received their share, I
services being held in section houses
private homes log huts, tattered tents
or even out in the open. In the course
of time Father Hewlett came regular I
ls to this city and he finally secured
four city lots, desired to be the sight
for the future church building. In
der Father Froegel, the little parish
grew in numbers and in grace and
when he FINALLY, broken in health, due
to the hardships of his missionary
life, became 4 resident pastor, the