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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-08
OUR LEADING NOVELTIES AND
BEST SELLERS. ~.

London Truth in speaking of the
stories written by the five premier"
novelists of England says:
The novels of may rightly
be termed scrofulous. They are full
of disease and produce the effect of a
visit to CLEARINGHOUSE. If man
lived in SOdom and Gomorrah he
would naturally write novels like
and his readers should be con-
fined to persons who live in a similar
atmosphere"
Another journal naming two out of
these five "premiers" says, in Eng
land, leading novelists like !.
and publish reams of litera-
ture slimed with the trail of lubricity,
and their novels have a huge SALE
We wonder what will be the after
math of such soWing?"
The aftermath is already springing
up. Sometimes we see it in full in
the moral and religious wreck of a
Catholic young man or woman that at
school gave such promise of becom-
ing splendid grown-up Catholic
But, alas, a promise in vain, wrecked
by the reading of our premier" nov
elists' irreverent and loose fiction.
You eschew the company of public
bad characters and criminals, but you
receive worse, because more insidious,
agents Of vice into the sanctuary of
your home and your heart, when you
indiscriminately read ..best sellers" /.
Catholic Waterman
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THE CHURCH CRITICS.

That distinguished French writer
the late Ferdinand Brunetiere, wrote
the following pointed and pithy char
acterization of the kinds of people
who go to make up the main body
of critics and accuserS of the Church: :
Who, then, are they who reproach
religion with being too wearisome?
Those who do not practice it. Who
are they who reproach the Church for
exacting faith in her revealed doc
trines? Those who believe in the
worst fooleries and in the most absurd
superstitions.
Who are they who reproach the
Church for not recognizing the dig
nifty of men? Those who claim the
monkey for their father, chance for
their master, pleasure for their law,
humiliation for their end
Who are they who upbraid the
Church with being a religion of mon
ey? Those who despoil her of her
goods with the utmost cynicism.
Who are they who accuse the
Church of being intolerant? Those
who cannot allow anyone to hold an
opinion differing from their own.
Who are they who charge the
Church with being an enemy to light?
Those who, despising liberty, have
closed the Catholic schools and driven
out the nuns and the religious teach
erS.
hn nn1 I,o
Church with being the enemy of the
people? Those who, ignorant of his
tory are prosecuting the charitable in
situations established by religion (hos-
pitfalls, creches, workshops, etc..
Who are they who indulge with
the utmost audacity in violent TRADES
against the Church and her teachings?
Those who know nothing whatever of
religion or of what it's precepts re-
Quirc.
We are not afraid, then, either of
the number or of the fury of those
who attack us, and dare rather to
congratulate ourselves They know
what they are doing, and that we are
what the world calls "a force" Their
anger is aroused by the knowledge
that they are able neither to slight,
nor to despise, nor, above all, to ig-
more us.
We overaWe them by our number,
our doctrines, our IDEAS the progress
we are continually making, the fear
they have that we shall achieve even
greater things, by our confidence and
our hopes. Out of reach as we are
of their anger, it is their indifference
that we have to dread.
Born under persecution, growing up
amidst heresies, strengthened by con-
troversies, if the Church had no longer
adverSaries we would need to despair
OF the promises Of her Founder. But
as long as struggle and opposition con-
tinue, she will live.
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CATHOLICS DO NOT BELIEVE

That indulgences permit them to
commit sin.
That indulgences remit their sins
committed.
That indulgences can be bought.
That the mere confessing of their
sins to a priest merits forgiveness.
That they can have their sins for
given without resolving to commit
them no more.
That all sins are equally heinous in
the sight of God.
That they can pay for Mass.
That they buy ransom of soul
from purgatory.
That sermons should be preached
in Latin to English-speaking congrega
lions.
That Mary's Immaculate Concep:
ton means that she had no natural
father.
That they are prohibited from pray.
ing directly to God.
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RELIGION, THE MOST NECES-
SARY SCIENCE.

This truth, Religion, the most nee
essary service, is one not always suffi-
GENTLY known or acknowledged. In
fact, among persons excessively de-
voted to social, financial or political
advancement or prestige, it has be-
come the fashion to ignore or to ridi-
cule religion, and to speak of it as I'M
necessary and worthy only of notice
by the lower classes and by the illit.
crate and superstitious
1t is quite possible that at times,
some who call themselves Christians
may be adversely affected by this SUI
percilious attitude of unbelievers, and
so much SO as to minimize the neces-
sity of religion or even to renounce
it. To act thus is certainly dangerous
and destructive to individuals and ma
tons, say the Pilot
To this class, may be given the ap-
propriate rebuke related in the fol-
lowing anecdote. During a tempo
rary spasm when atheism was popular
in France, a lady of the nobility gave
banquet to some acquaintance. It
happened that a conceited young man
was present who was infested with
the mental poison of the day and
thought it a glory to be an atheist.
Attempting to be witty he said to
the noble lady, Madame, | think I
am the only one present who has the
honor not to believe in God" The
lady smiled and answered, Sir, you
are mistaken You share that honor
with my dog"
Science has been defined as the
knowledge of principles and the cor
rect application of these principles to
facts. If this definition be accept
able, it ought to be evident that ac-
curate knowledge of the principles,
otherwise called laws, which the Gre
ator has made for the regulation of
His creatures, ought to be regarded
as Of supreme necessity if creatures
are to be held to obey these laws with
due intelligence and adaptation to
the purpose intended by the Creator
& Disobedience to these laws and
principles, whether culpable or not.
cannot be regarded as scientific be-,
cause the discord, confusion and most
dreadful consequences that follow it
prove either the non-eXistence of
knowledge of principles, or their in
correct application.
The only science that can clearly
and infallibly teach these principles
and correctly apply them to every
fact and phase of human life, is re-
ligion. It's supreme greatness and
necessity are apparent.
A recent eminent writer states, IF
there be one thing upon which the
wise and just of all nations have been
agreed, it is that there is, distin-
guished from the law of political
states, a higher law that in very
potent way affects and controls the
destinies of men, Such law is high
er in sense that it is primal and
fundamental. 1t is antecedent to all
laws of the state, and indeed. the
latter are but the imperfect and par
tial4 oppression. of the higheR-slaw of
morality
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tering, say to the people of Jerusa-
lem: Behold thy Cod
But in one way even with more in
terest one looks to see what impress
sion his stay in Monte Casino left
on Gregorovius, the historian, who
tent to decry the Vatican:
October Is, 1859. Ferdinand Gre.
gorovius, after having studied for
some time in these remarkable ar
chives, leaves Monte Casino with the
deepest and most profound sentiments
of gratitude"
Cardinal Won Hohenlohe paid a
grand tribute to Monte Casino:
September rs, 1856. De Sion exib-
it lex! From this sacred mount came
the divine law to this Germany of
ours; may my dear country always
remain grateful to st. Benedict and
to his children"
Other illustriouS records, such as
those of Charlemagne, Pope Urban
the Second, in 1892; of st. Peter Da,
mien, in 1910; of Emperor Frederick
the Second in 1921, are to be found
in the Archives Of Monte Casino and
in the brochure which was issued in
1913 by Abbot Amelli, O. S. B., from
which these: extracts are taken.
Such is the brief picture of the great
bulwark of the Church, which for 140O
years stands between Rome and Ma
pies, a commanding witness of the
strength, power, majesty and glory OF
the Catholic Church
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IDocTRINAE, Gsg lf7URGicAI.\


Another great author wrote, "The
word of God proves the truth of re-
ligion, the corruption of man proves
it's necessity, and government proves
| it advantageous"
The immortal Washington gives
! testimony that religion is the most
necessary science. "Of all the dispo-
sitions and habits which lead to po-
litical prosperity, religion and moral
ity are Indispensable supports. In
vain would that man claim the tribute
of patriotism who should labor to sub
vert those pillars of human happiness,
those firmest of props of the duties of
men and citizens He adds, Re
ligion is as necessary to reason as
reason is to religion. The one can
not exist without the other. A reason
ing being would soon lose his reason
in attempting to account for the great
phenomena of nature, had he not
Supreme Being to refer to-
Our own splendid Brownson writes,
Reason does and can dictate moth
ing which Christianity does not sup
pOS6 duu 1uCluu0 Ill u0I COuS, LII 81
far as rationalists present truth, they
present only what we already have.
In so far as they insist upon moral
virtues dictated by our Maker
through natural reason, they only in
sist on what the Church always in
sists on with greater energy than
they do or can and with supernatural
sanctions. .ts
Let them understand that reason
receives no wrong from revelation,
and that we under the supernatural
and under divine revelation have all
the reason or nature they have or can
have, and consequently there are no
rights of reason or nature for them
to assert or vindicate against us. All
their labor against us in this direc-
ton is labor lost, for at worst we
have all they have at best"
In other words, all the attempts of
rationalists to prove that religion is
not the most important the most
necessary and the most infallible sci
ence, is labor lost. Outside of re-
ligion there is no correct answer to
the most important, the most neces-
sary question, why am l in this
WOrld?"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-08
CATHOLIC LITERATURE IN PUB.
Lie LIBRARIES.

A point that impresses visitors to
American libraries is the fact that
they are not properly or sufficiently
supplied with Catholic publications,
either in book or periodical form.
There are, it may be presumed, as
many Catholic users of libraries, as
there are non-Catholic, and since the
Catholic is mulcted in taxes to just
the same extent as the non-Catholic, it
cannot be said that he is as gener-
ously or adequately catered for as is
the latter.
1t would be unfair to attribute the
fact in question to either prejudice or
unwillingness on the part of the adj
ministration-for the greater part, non
Catholics.
1t would seem to be rather that
the Catholics themselves are much to
blame in the matter, since they have
not interested themselves to any
great extent in the affairs of libra
ries. There is much excuse, however,
since Catholics are loath to allow
their young people to use libraries
which contain SO much that is Of
either an anti-Catholic, or of a de-
moralizing spirit. Librarians, when
reproached for the small number of
Catholic books to be found on their
shelves, reply by saying that Catholic
works are not called for, and that ex-
penditure on books is made according
to the requirements of the majority
of readers
If Catholics do not, therefore, ask
for Catholic books in sufficient guam
titles to justify trustees in stocking
them, then the onus would seem to
lie on the non-reading Catholics.
The more Catholic books and pa
pers are read, the more will be writ
ten and the greater will be the sue
cess of both authors and publishers
1t is now a well-accepted truth, both
by authors and publishers, that pub
lie libraries are in themselves among
the best media for the advertising of
books and periodicals.
s People who see new book at a.
public library, often wish to own it,
the result being AN incr ease. OF READ.
ing and an increase Of comment and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-08
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.

The soul of man belongs to an or
der of things above and beyond our
earth and it's products-is vastly supe-
| rior to our terrene matter and, there
fore we are the children of God, "made
to His own image and likeness and
in His own favorite prayer are taught
to call Him "our Father" We are
made to stand erect and look towards
Heaven while inferior animals look
only towards the ground.
By the assumption of our nature the
Son of God has enabled us to regain
far more than we lost in Adam. We
were always His in virtue of our Gre
alton, but now doubly so by reason of
our redemption. We@are lifted up to
a level far more lofty-"are made a
little less than the angels, brethren
of Christ" children of God" and
heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven"
The creed says that as soul and body
is one man, so God and man is one
Christ
In accord with the will of God we
are all here from cradle to grave as
Israel was in the desert when en- route
to the Promised Land We are here
on trial and on this trial depends for
us an eternity of veal or woe. Some
times on the way the Christian sees
halcyon days, but often while anxious
for the marrow gate he must row
against a current and press against
a gale. A life of virtue is required of
us by the Creator and Redeemer of
the human race-a life worthy of
those for whom Christ died, whose
destiny is eternal beatitude.
The soul of man is a spiritual sub
stance, and as we are taught it is
-s.ssimpl e@s2er devoid of.aagelementary;
parts, and as it contains no principle.
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The Visitors Book.

We take but birds eye view of
history today. But there is one object
that must be mentioned on this &C.
casion, i. e., the Visitors Book and
the notices on its pages written by
some of the worlds great ones.
In March 2, 1869, Longfellow visited
Monte Casino. When leaving he in
scribed in the Visitors Book four of
his most famous lines:
Lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime;
And, departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time"
And in 1S49 no less a. notoriety
than Ernest Renan came to the mount
of learning. What did the future free
thinker write? His inscription is:
Zone thing is necessary; Mary has
chosen the better part
But more appropriate for the writer
is the volume of admiration which the
bold hand of William Ewart Glad
stone indited in a single word:
Floreat' INLAY it continue to
flourish"
And Newman wrote on leaving the
monastery in Septemberg6, 1S47 words
which show what a debt England
owes to the Order of st. Benedict:
20 Holy Monte Casino, whence
England once drew the saving waters
of Catholic teaching, pray for us who
are now rising. from heresy to our
former strength
The inscription left in the historic
hook by another great bishop, Dupan-
Ioup is not less striking: -
10 February, 1850. Holy Benedict,
console the weak, strengthen the tot
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about especially interesting

talk about especially Interesting
works.
The appreciation of Catholic liter
ature and the demand for it depend
very largely upon the reading habits
formed during school and college
days.
The interest of teachers in Cath
Ollie educational establishments must,
therefore, be enlisted, if movement
to encourage the growth of Catholic
literature in libraries is to have any
success. Some of the finest scholars
and writer's in the world are Cath
olics. Catholic literature should lead
all others in the world of truth, art,
and science.
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If the ideas of youth have not an
autumnal mellowness, at least they
have all the freshness and elasticity of
spring. 1t is good and wholesome to
talk withst the young, not for what they
may learn, but for what they impart.-
Canon SReehan.
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More depends upon the motive than
upon the gift. If the thought be sell
fish, if we expect compensation, or are
guilty of close calculation, the result
will be like the attitude of mind which
invited it.
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The noble life is hardin the begin
ming. The ignoble life is twice as
hardin the end. The unrepentant
sinner endures worse harnesses than
the saint, only he gets them later on.
and must bear them without Divine
aid.
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The most lovable heart is that which
loves the most readily but THAT which
easily loves also easily forgets.
Goethe.
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MONASTERY OF MONTE CASINO

NESS OF THE STRENGTH, POW
Err, MAJESTY AND GLORY OF
THE CHURCH-THE CENTER OF
LEARNING IN ITALY FOR MANY
CENTURIES. ..s.
Evening journal., 1919-03-27

make flesh, simply because the asslmilative
organs are lacking in nerve force. And
that IS why they suffer from various dis
bloodcd. stout, flushed faced. easily excited
men and women, how nervous they get at
times What they really need Is bitr0-
phosphate 10 steady and strengthen their
nerves, 10 supply the nerve vitality that is
missing. They, too. on account Of lack or
sufficient nervc-forcc. are susceptible TO
many functional disorders.
"And there are scores OF men and women
getting along In years, who are almost
physical and mental wrccks-who feel all
in respondent and have no courage 70
again try and restore the nerve Vitality
that once enabled them 20 live happy, pros
porous. cOntented lives.
Every man and woman past forty
should surely take bitro- phosphate tab
let's after each meal. even though the body
seems TO have a normal supply of flesh
red blood corpuscles and vital forces IN
the body may be on the verge OF COLLAPSE
without any apparent outward signs Put
some bitro- phosphate into the system aud
take no chances. /, for one, and I probably
speak the sentiments OF other doctors an
ticnts 10 come TO me for a prescription ir
order 10 obtain this valuable aud remark
ably cflcacious substance. Bitro- Phosphate
can now be obtained from druggists IN
convenient 5-grain tablet form. I advise
every one who suffers. in this or any other
what the taking Of few Bitro- Phosphate
tablets will do and 10 report The results
to their own physicians"
Caution-There are a great variety OF 50
called phosphates. Therefore, tsose s,,lo WrS
wish 20 test this substance should be sIIc ~
TO get the genuine Bitro-Phosphate' as III
penscd I'm Wilmington by Danfortn 'u'
good druggists.
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bury. Crisneld, is paying 5000 this
year, while Asbury, Salisbury, has pass
ed into the $1,000 class.
Conversions.
"Nor has the great war, and The va
rious drives, caused our pastors TO for
set that the one supreme work Of the
church Is o. win men TO the Christ
Notwithstanding the closing Of church,
es, and the dishearlening effects OF the
war and the epidemic, 33 pastors re-
port a total OF 1913 converts during
the year, and $50 received on proba-
tion.
Improvements.
while because Of the peculiar con-
ditions as 10 wages and costs we have
sirivcn TO do just as little building as
possible, yet the spirit OF our people
is toward progress, and a pastors re-
port a total OF Si203S spent for i'm
proyemenls this year.
The Centenary.
Undoubtedly the Centenary Is The
most daring challenge made 90 The
church since peniecost some of the
minor details as applied 20 Salisbury
district ,nd 10 our conference / believe
could be improved and ought 10 be adj
iuslcd Tho Centenary Is supposed TO
Doe for The purpose OF strengthening
the weak places; for developing rural
work by building a model rural church
and putting on a model rural program
for church. for sunday school, for the
rural community; a program that shall
supplement the regular service OF the
church by sicropticon, by lectures. by
mission study. by newest and best
methods OF sunday school work. They
tell Us that no circuit Of three or more
appointments can ever succeed as 10
ought, because no one man can do The
intensive work 20 a scattered charge
that modern methods demand. With
an this ! am In most cordial agreement.
Right here on Salisbury district We
have illustrations 20 prove the state
ment. We have eight four-church cir
cults, and nine three-churUh circuits T;
and we have two little stations that
can never be self-supportlng; with six
other charges now struggling, that need
assistance for a few years 90 put In
line for successful work. These 20 APP
ponimehis out Of the 40 on The district
CONTINUED on Page Sixteen)
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me health and strength Of debilitated, con-
vaIescent patients as Nuxated Iron. Severe
tests recently made with Nuxated Iron have
ebsoiuteiv convinced me that II Is a prep
sration Of most extraordinary merit.
DIf people would only realize that iron l.
inst as indispensable 10 the blood as ~ air
10 the lungs. and be Just as particular,
about keeping up sufficient supply NJ an
times. there would, In my opinion, be far
less disease resulting from annemic, weak
ened conditions. For years Il was prob
lem with physicians how TO administer iron
svsfern and increase the red blood corpus
cies without upsetting the stomach. black
enine the teeth or producing other disor-
ders almost as serious as the lack OF iron
Itself But the Introduction OF Nuxated
Iron has done away with all objectionable
features Of the old mineral salts OF iron
and gives TO every careful thinking physi-
Evening journal., 1919-03-27
FRAIL NERVOUS
FOLKS Can NOW
BE OPTIMISTIC
Physicians Say Strength. Energy and
Nerve Force Can BE Increased In Two
Weeks Time In Many Cases by TAX
ina Plain
BITR o. -PH0SP HAT E

New -"Iegions have foolishly gone
along doctorluE for years with false
sfrength-civing stimulants and drastic
elan, when today many OF them might
have hccu well and strong had they but
known the wonderful power Of organic
phosphate ga substance known among
druggists in this country as Bitro-P hos
phntel discovered sixty years ago by Pc
louz, the eminent French scientist.
"lukc, for instance. thin folks They
lack sound, healthy flesh because they do
not aesimiate their food properly. They
may cat heartily, but their food does not
Evening journal., 1919-03-27

clan tried and valuable prescription which
he can recommend nearly every day with
benefit to his weakened and Rundown pa
tients. Nuxated Iron by cnrichiug the blood
and creating new blood cells strengthens
the nerves, rebuilds the weakened tissues
and helps to instill renewed energy and
endurance into the whole system whether
the patient be young or old. In my opin-
Ion NuNated Iron Is the most valuable
tonic, strength and blood builder any
physician can prescribe"
DR.. James Francis Sullivan, formerly
physician OF Bellevue Hospital (Outdoor
County Hospital, says: Lack Of Iron in
the blood not only makes n man n physical
and mental weakling, nervous. irritable,
easily fatigued, but II utterly robs him OF
the virile force that stamina and strength
OF viii which are so necessary TO success
and power IN every walk OF life. Thousands
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SMALL FARM $4,000

Ten acres on stone road. leading from
tooch.s Bridge 90 Elkton. 2is miles west Of
Cooch'a Bridge, r mile from Iron Hin
Station and 10 miles from Wilmington: b.
room house, good barn. sheds, corn crib,
v,i Z ineira s''Mlns WY Nhnest, h III ,iA,n soon'
wagon, buggy. 30 chickens. "a pillow aud u
lot Of fodder and straw. Terms cash. Pos
session no settlement
Albert l. Tee'e'S Farm Agency
mar21-2s-20. SD king ST.. Wilmington.