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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-03
BACK TO CATHOLIC FOLD, HIGH
CHURCHMAN'S PLEA.

Ralph Adams, Cram, a leading High
Episcopal layman, of Boston, created
something of a sensation yesterday
| when, in an address at the monthly
| luncheon of the Clerical Brotherhood
| in the Church House, he advocated
church unity on the basis of a return
| to the Roman Catholic fold, says the
Philadelphia Record of April 8.
Mr.. Cram, who has made a life
study of Christian tenets, manifested
a wonderful knowledge of the fine
| points of Catholic and Protestant
Episcopal theology
The address, which was probably
the most radical of it's kind ever
heard there before Protestant audi
ence, was evidently in accord with
the ritualistic branch of the Episcopal
Church, which has for years been
more and more favorable to Catholic
doctrine, and which, it is rumored, is
contemplating joining the Roman
Catholic body through a special com
mission recently sent to Rome. The
anti-ritualistic branch of the Church
was visibly opposed to the spirit of
the address, though praising it's pro-
found theological value and scholarly
treatment.
Divided Christian Churches.
In the course of his remarks Mr.
Cram showed the divided and scat
tered efforts of the Christian churches
in trying to solve the great and per-
picking questions facing the world in
the present crisis of reconstruction
He then called attention to the doc
trines of the Catholic Church, dwell
ing for a considerable time upon the
sacraments Of that body, which he in,
sisted were indispensable in the pres
ervation and practice of the Chris
tan faith He said that without d
doubt the Anglican Church had to go
back to the tenets of the middle ages,
when Church and State, hand in hand
insisted upon the indissolubility of the
marriage tie and when it taught that
the Sacrifice of the Mass was the
greatest and highest religious service
and that the forgiveness of sins in the
sacrament of penance was essential
to winning back the grace of God.
Concerning the Catholic teaching of
transubstantiation, the speaker said
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THE HAUNTED WAY.

| know that the way is haunted
That leads to the by-gone years,
That it winds where weeps the willow
And where, too, will fall my tears
l know that to wander through it
Will awake the slumb'ring dead,
And fill each deserted alley
With figures long since fled.
Yet for it | quit the gay scenes,
Where the laughter ripples light,
And shun the eyes of the living
For those that were once as bright
But | walk it most at evening,
When the shadows come and go,
And only the ghosts that haunt it
Can see how the tear-drops flow.
Then rises face that childhood
Did not dream would pass away;
And then fits form that manhood
lmplored-but it could not stay.
But the saddest of all the phantoms
Comes back with the darkest year:
The year | parted in anger,
And now-she can never hear,
To the shades, and to silence, sacred
And wet with the rain of tears.
Is the way that winds through the
willows
To the ruins of by-gone years,
Irish Catholic
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BECAUSE LOVE THE BLESSED
VIRGIN.

Father, | came to see you about Il
very sick lady, who lives next door
to me-" said caller before the late
Mass at a Detroit mission. She is
not a Catholic, but is anxious to be
baptized"
is her husband a Catholic ?" in
CURED the missionary.
"The brute is an apostate," replied
the woman. Mrs. White wanted to
become Catholic when they were
married, but he wouldn't let her.
Since then he has abused her shame
fully. During one of his drunken
spells three months ago he knocked
her down and kicked her in the side,
rupturing something internally. She
has suffered terribly since, and is dy-
ing as the result of his mistreatment.'
NO punishment would be too Sc
we're for that man. protested the mis-
sionary indignant. But | am sur
prised,' he went on, that Mrs. White
is anxious to become a Catholic after
receiving such treatment from one
who should have been one"
THAT is just it," continued the
woman. She is the sweetest little
thing you ever saw. She suffers with
out complaining and prays for him
night and day"
please write the address on that
pad at your elbow directed the mis-
sionary. Il will call on her as soon
as the morning work is DONE
AS the missionary started to leave
the woman detained him. Wait a
moment, Father, | haven't told you
ALL" she said when her husband
realized the harm he had done, he
knew there would be trouble, so he
left before the neighbors found out
Mrs. White is staying with her par
ents. They cannot understand why
she wants to- turn after receiving
such treatment from Catholic.
Her mother is anxious to humor her,
but her father says he will shoot any
priest that will dare enter his house.
Besides, Mrs. White belongs to some
beneficial society, the members of
which are bigoted non-Catholics.
They have vowed Mrs White shall
not turn Catholic and watch at her
bedside from early morning till late
at night
THAT makes the case interesting
remarked the missionary smiling
Let us vow that, with the help OF
our Lady, this poor woman will not
only die a Catholic, but will also re-
ceive all the rites of the Church. .
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day he
planned aloud. Would thore good
women be on guard at one o'clock
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HAVE ORGY OF CANNIBALISM

Here is a monstrous case of the
sublime sacrifice.
The burying beetle buries small
birds, mammals and reptiles, not as
stored food for itself, but for the sus-
tenance of it's offspring. In the con.
fines of a cage these undertakers will
scarcely anything, depositing their
eggs with the game. They display
most edifying industry and order I'M
til the proper season is over. Then
they strike work and take themselves
underground.
And now most frightful orgy be-
gins. Despite the abundance of food
both above ground and stored with
the eggs, which they will not touch,
the undertakers begin mutually eat
ing each other. One energies to the
surface with a leg missing, and other
wise in most battered condition
Another appears a little better Off
He has two legs left. This one throws
himself on the first, tears him to
pieces and eats him. Famine plays
no part in the slaughter 1t is time
for them to die, perhaps, and not be-
ing able to die naturally instinct
drives the undertaken to tear and eat
his fellow, needless that he, himself,
Is being torn to pieces and eaten by
another. And SO the horror goes on,
one eating the limbs of another and
that other eating still another, until
the tragedy is over, until next year.
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A MAN AT FORTY.

| No man is worth anything at all,
says writer in the New York Sun,
until he has reached the age of 40, or
at least the age of 30; that is, no aver
! age man. There is class of men who
do their work in life at an early age
| and die young. Up to his thirtieth
year man is like an unripe apple. Bet
ter leave a man more or less to his
own devices until he has reached the
age of 80. If you partake of him be-
fore that age he will only give you
trouble, as the unripe apple causes sor-
row to the unwise small boy. All the
ways of man under 80 are foolish
ness and vanity. He walketh in dark
ness and folly attendeth him.
Between 80 and 40 the apple is rip
ening These are fateful years in a
mans life. Provided a man reaches
the age of 80 without having perpetrat-
ed any more than the usual amount of
youthful folly, the chances are excel
lent that he will make a man of him.
self if he makes good use of the oppor-
tunities presenting themselves to him
between the ages of 80 and 40. These
are the Hateful 10 years and the char
acter of a mans future life largely de-
ponds upon how he uses these years.
Honest hard work during this time
spells success. Slothful ease and
having a good time spell failure.
Life for man begins Tor should
Begin at 40. That is the good time,
the time of harvest, the beginning of
the time of the gathering in of fruits,
the time of partaking of the fruits OF
a life spent in useful activities. The
years that have gone before have been
years of preparation, years of filling
the ground, casting in the. seed and
watching and tending the growing
fruits. But when the harvest is ripe
and the fruits gathered in, then comes
the time of honest enjoyment of ones
laborS. when the barns are full to over
flowing, and all the storehouses and
cellars heaped with the treasures Of
life. When | speak of treasures | do
not refer to silver and gold, but to
good works, for when the time comes
at last when a man knows that he
must go to his account, he does not
turn to his silver and gold for cOnsol-
alton. In that day nothing will give
him satisfaction but the knowledge
that he has spent good and useful
life.
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Il think not" replied the woman
with approval. Come. to my house
and bless my children, who have 4he
whooping-cough While you are pray
ing over them | will go next door and
investigate. If the women are gone
| will tell the folks | have a new
doctor for the children and would
daughter
The following day the missionary
had no difficulty in seeing Mrs. White
In answer to his inquiry she replied:
Il want to become Catholic because
love the Blessed Virgin, l used to
work with a Catholic girl who was
very modest and reserved she went
on to explain. when | asked her
where she learned this nice way, she
took me with her to the Church after
work, and made me kneel with her
before the Blessed Virgins altar. Do
you know | saw the eyes of the statue
look at me reproachfully, and l felt
ashamed of thousand things l had
done to which l had paid no atten-
ton to before. / told the Blessed Vir-
gin | was sorry for them, and asked
her to help me be good. From that
moment l wanted to be Catholic.
Until / met with this accident
visited that church daily and prayed
that Jack would quit drinking. | have
studied the Catechism during my
leisure hours and know all the pray
ers.''
The missionary gave that noble soul
all the sacraments for the dying after
he had baptized her conditionally.
Before leaving he presented Mrs.
White with a large nickel-bound cruel
fix enriched with the special blessing
for happy death. When the women
returned to stand guard that no priest
would enter, they saw this crucifX, as
she clasped it to her lips.
Take that horrid thing away from
her" ordered the more officious one.
When they proceeded to do so they
found that her soul had gone to bet
ter world. @
Req. p. fe, Gefsrmonn. C. SIS Il.
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FROM THE DUTCH EAST INDIES

The Project Apostolic of Dutch Gut
ana is Very Rev H. e. Nollen, NJ. S.
H. He describes the country as chiefly
a mass of rocks and stones, cast up by
one knows not what subterranean up
heaval and covered by vegetation
gedness.
The best part of the land naturally
belongs to the natives, and the mis-
sionaries have no source of income
from plantations. They must rely
upon the Society for the Propagation
Of the Faith, and the Holy Childhood
Society for help, and naturally the Of
ferings from these sources are not suf-
ficient for the entire support of the
missions. Fl.
In the past the Catholics of Holland
contributed generously to the priests
in the East Indies, but naturally dur
ing the period of the war, home affairs
claimed all their attention. Naviga-
ton also was much restricted, and as
consequence the necessities Of life
are very high, and the missionaries in
great distress.
Therefore, Mgr. Nollen addresses d
letter to the United States, hoping
that his schools, churches and char
liable works generally may claim d
share of the aims continually flowing
out from the open-handed American
people.
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GOOD MANNERS.

Parents who are eager to instruct
their children in good manners some
times forget to temper authority ano
good intentions with wisdom Les
sons in courtesy should not always
begin with Don't Such instructions
are apt to be confused with seedlings
or nagging; try teaching courtesy by
saying I'VE do this or 1T is proper,
or 1T is so because" taking care to
explain the reasons of kindness or
service which underlie all permanent
rules of good manners 1t is unwise
to humiliate or embarrass children
by reproving them in public. Note
the failure and talk it over with the
child in private. He will remember
the lesson better.
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Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration.

ADMINISTRATION.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey. IS. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Michael
Brennan, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom It
May Concern:
The petition Of Mary Brennan hav-
ing been filed in this Court. represent
ing that Michael Brennan, then resi-
dent of the County Of Ramsey. state
of Minnesota died inteState on the
18TH day of April. 1919, and praying
that letters of administrator of sal
estate be granted to Joseph j. Joyce.
heard and that all persons Interested
in said matter be and hereby are cited
and required to appear before this
Court on Monday, the 18th day Of May.
1919. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon or
as soon thereafter as said matter can
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 that this
citation be served by the publica ton
thereof in The Catholic Bulletin. ac-
of this citation at least 1 days before
said day of hearing to each of the
heirs of said decedent whose names
and addresses are known and appear
from the files of this Court.
Witness the Judge of said Court, this
24th day of April. a. D. 1919.
T.. w. BAZILLE,,
Judge of Probate.
CSeal Of Probate Court.)
Clerk of Probate.
JOSEPH J. JOYCE.
Attorney for Petitioner.
1915 Pioneer Bldg, st. Paul. Mimi.
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR,
A PRIESTS BLESSING.

A breath of rose was on the air;
heard no voice, ] heard no prayer;
But Ger my head
| saw mounted hands outspread
Like wings of the celestial Dove;
And through my heart, so sad ant
That silent tears believed my cheek
From Gods eternal throne,
Where angels Glorias entone,
Flowed tranquil streams of heaven
ly peace and love.
Eliza Allen Starr.
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NUNS OF THE VISITATION.

The nuns of the Visitation of st.
Paul have received a long letter from
one of their Sisters in Syria. The
effect produced by the war in Ar
menia, Syria and other parts of the
Near East is graphically described.
Following are a few excerpts from
the letter:
During the past four years we have
been cut off from receiving supplies
from the outside world. Our prayers
alone have been our great supports
While sympathizing with the losses
sustained by your nuns at home, we
have our own sufferings and sorrows.
While the war has inflicted great
losses upon you, famine has been ever
present among us. Entire families
have been wiped ont. Many houses
are closed, while many villages in this
part of the world are mere deserts.
Many persons driven from their own
towns by starvation have arrived at
other cities only to find death. The
groans of the suffering continue day
and night and pierce our hearts. AL
most every morning the out Sister
finds at our doors number of dead
through starvation. On every hand
one sees living skeletons that soon
fall into the arms of death. Death
stalks on every hand, and the GENE
teries are no longer able to receive
the large numbers that have passed
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TEXAS ONCE WAS LARGER.

Before it's annexation to the United
States. in 1915, Texas was an indie
pendent republic with a much larger
area than the present state, though it
is still the largest state in the Union.
Its area as a republic was 37G,163
square miles. In 1850 the state coded
to the United States all territory be-
yond it's present limits of 274,350
square miles, in consideration of $10,-
100000 in bonds, with the proceeds of
which Texas paid off her state debt.
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ROBINSON cRUsoE's ISLANDS.

In the Pacific ocean, there is an
island three hundred and fifty miles
west of the coast OF Chile, to which
nandez Island. The original Crusoe
is said to have been a sailor named
Alexander Selkirk, who was cast
away on the island and lived there
alone for four years
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live up to the present day. Without
funds, without outside help. Our con-
dition today is what it has been for
the past four years.
For more than three years we have
been weakened and enfeeblel living
simply on kind of black bread that
resembles bread only in name, and on
a few vegetables cooked in water
without seasoning. During this time
oil, butter and other necessaries have
been out of our reach. Thus we drag
on day after day. sustained only by
holy obedience and the hope that our
suterings will gain great merit for us.
One slight repast each day is all that
we have. Nearly all our Sisters suffer
continually from dizziness and general
weakness, all the result of starvation
At night we lie down without food or
Sustenance of any kind and resign
ourselves to suffer until morning,
knowing that the day will bring the
same experience. Many of us are in
rags, since we have not only no cloth
ments. In order to obtain the little
so-called food we have had it
has been necessary for us to sell our
mattresses, bed clothes, curtains and
sacred vessels. At night our bed is
the hard floor.
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Oh that my lot might lead me in
the path of holy innocence of thought
and deed, the path which august laws
ordain-laws which in the highest
heaven had their birth, neither did
the race aof mortal men beget them,
nor shall oblivion ever put them to
sleep.--SophocIeS
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Provisions Are Scarce.

The Most Reverend Patriarch has
done all he could to stay the ravages
of famine that is carrying off thou
sands. Believing that the war would
soon end, our beloved Patriarch gave
orders to all the religious communi-
ties to assist the needy even to the
extent of selling all our possessions
This we have done. The cost of pro-
visions has grown continually. Flour
is now twenty-five cents a pound.
Bread, butter, oil and other articles
of food have reached an even higher
price You may easily imagine our
condition, deprived as we were OF
outside help and without any re-
sources of our own. Our school has
been closed Our land has been laid
grasshoppers that have formed veri-
table black clouds on every side about
us since 1914. We have shared with
the poor around us the few poor vege-
tables of our garden. To add to, or
rather to complete our misfortune,
our pine NOOuS uctf UCSll
RACED by the Turkish government
Thus our last resource was taken
away Finally we were obliged to
mortgage or sell our lands, and with
these we were forced to dispose of
our sacred vessels and even our bed
linens. Now we are deeply in debt.
Thanks be to God, however, we are
still in our convent.
On May Is, 1915, we received a
severe blow in the death of our saint
~ chaplain, Mgr. Joseph Stair. He
had always been an immense help to
us, in every way. For twenty-five
years he managed our spiritual and
temporal affairs without receiving a
penny for his work. 1t is only Divine
Providence th,.t has enabled us. to
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heartily and ask his blessing. Escort
him to the street door. Often it is
well to bear the priest company back
to the church, whether on account of
the distance, the roughness of the
road, or the worse roughness of those
who live along it.
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Turkish knavery.

The Turkish government had gath
cred together about one thousand
children, made orphans through the
massacre of their parents. These
children are Armenians, Kurds,
Syrians, Jacobites, etc. The govern
ment demanded that we give up our
convent to shelter these orphans.
This meant that we would be abso-
lutely without roof over our heads.
Finally our Reverend Mother con-
scented to take the girls, numbering
$50, into our convent. The military
month for these children in exchange
for the shelter we gave them. This
was in June, 1916 With customary
Turkish honesty the government paid
for the care of these children the first
month, and since then we have not
received a penny. We then were
obliged to leave our convent and live
in nearby caves Finally Jamal
Pasha, in visiting the orphans, feared
that they might be Influenced in a
spiritual sense by contact with our
nuns. So our convent was soon
changed from an orphanage into a
hospital for contagious diseases.
Our venerable Patriarch has as
sisted us to the best of his ability.
The Turks have often invited us to
serve in the hospitals and orphanages
the same as non-cloistered nuns. But
we have preferred rather to live and
die in the care of our Sisters than to
mingle with the Turks. In the midst
of it all four of our Sisters have died
of starvation. We now number thir-
ty-three Sisters, and we have been
obliged to refuse a number of postu-
lants for lack of food to give them.
Last September three terrible
earthquakes destroyed houses and
lands all about us, but Divine Provi.
dence spared us further suffering. We
attribute all our sufferings to our sins
and have seen in these visitaticns the
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necessity to do penance to appease
the wrath of God enkindled by the
sins of men.
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held at least 1000 spectators in the
days when gladiatoral combats were
considered respectable.
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A PRACTICAL QUESTION AND ITS
ANSWER.

priest for my sick brother, who had
come home from Seattle and took a
bad spell. Somehow the messenger
gave a wrong address, and so we lost
two precious hours, the priest hunting
for the place and we worrying because
he delayed. He didn't scold; but he
must have been annoyed 1t was the
first time | had to do with such mat
ters.
Answer
1. Notices of sick calls should be
given in ample time, except in cases
of sudden illness or accidents.
2. Call at the pastors residence
and not over the phone, which often
causes misunderstanding and confu-
sion.
3. Do not send a child or a strang-
er. but one that knows and can talk
of the condition of the patient.
4. Be sure to mention whether the
sick person is conscious, and also if
he is subject to vomiting
). New arrivals in the parish or
those who have moved in recently,
should leave or send slip with the
patients name, street and number
clearly written on it.
6. Do not send late at night except
the danger is serious.
Z. If riding or walking with the
priest carrying Holy Communion, do
not talk to him, out of reverence for
our Lord Whom he carries next to
his heart.
s. At the bedside, there should be
table or stand, covered with clean
white CLOTH and upon it a crucifiX,
one or two blessed wax candles, holy
water, spoon, glass of water, a
napkin, to be used as communion
cloth, and a finger towel.
8. When the priest enters, kneel
and adore Jesus Whom he bears with
him.
10. Tell him what you can about
the sick persons condition, both of
body and soul.
IL. All assist him in every way
possible, being grouped about him
Except whilst he is hearing the sick
persons confession); and kneel dur
ing his ministrations. Thank him