Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-18
10 sAe Edlaor a ne Epsssao oagstaI::


lsws. dsa0s Capikal
40 ne Editor n fAe EpeEia0 Capstal.
Dr.. Garmsrs ssaaaanans tat La
there ener9y sbr0sxs TIE hold q 81 sst
stislon And ignorance ana rsieaasa Tie
human intellect from the tganmels ~
which Ii had been retrained Tor hun~
dreas of ysars. tlfaesby enabling II TO-
soar 10 any heights within its ken. n
one that Is positively disproyed by
history, including the year 1919. In
the thirteenth century, owing to the
influence Of CathpIiei6m, the human
intellect reached Ga attainment end
human society contentment that
has never been equaIled since Right
On the heels az the Reformation, after
the s0-caiIed regormera had destroy
ed and conascated the gilds, the work
meas friend. unjustly enriched them
selves. there followed periods Of uni
yersal discord and misery capitalism.
which, was unknown before, gained q
hold. sgostered and engendered ~ Luz
theirs creed of private Justification.
and with the same principle 80 ifa
foundation. there began machinery
or ekacis in the world and fn Germany
that has inst reached isG grand cui-
nlinataOn HI blood and H0iahevism.
These are the Heights 70 which the
human iateIlect'r hes scared after
being released. from Ehe 'strammeIss
Eof ignorance and superstition. This
Iis what came oslt O9 To land of Luz
Etheg! These are the mighty achieve
ments Of heresy and schisn, agnosti-
Ecism and religious science! They
have had All the rope they wanted and
now they are hanging themselves
with II.
Il reformation was necessary, but
not by way OF schsan Instead or
creating schism and founding new
sects at variance with one another.
Luthur and his followers, had they
been content with reforming only,
might hive given the world new re-
iigious orders without affecting Chris
tlan unity and bringing the scorn Of
the heathen and the Jew upon Chris
tendon today. This was the method
.og the saints who arose to reform and
reJuvenate and light corruption In the
church The church IL human as
well as divine, and unless great pre-
cautions are taken and even then.
corruption Is apt 70 occur III the hui
man heart, and we are confronted
with whole crop Of tares, but the
way to cure and insure against cor
rupti0n II not BY schiain The devil
assaults the church from within as
well s. feon without and the fight viii
so on until the end of time. Take the
case OF the Y. M @. IA. We have known
this % be a4aplendid and wonderfully
efficient organisation. yet. according
10 universal complaint from returning
soldiers. corruption has crept into the
ard reformation Ii necessary.
This n only what might be expected
in such vast organisation. but It iii
wrong To condemn the W. Wholesale,
and seek To destroy the unity OF d
body that can. aud does good work.
An Irish Catholic soldier writing ia 81
recent number Of the stars and
Stripes. brings out this point In an
article that discusses fnparsially the
war work of our American organiza-
items overseas.
Let the pask sins and mistakes 81
Catholics and pr0eestants remain bur-
fed IN the dust og old centuries. The
rekashing of dead issues d not going
40 solve the problems Of the present,
nor clear the WY for the fature. We
nnust t,sgn Our facss toward the morn
Ing and be occupied with the business
at hand We must see that real
reformation 10 aeconapl ished, civic and
religious, or We may expect rsvofa-
kions Of MI kinds.
However, Whan we turn the pages
Os HISTORY. 81 asssnIsle for discussion.
let ~ Arss be sure We have the right
focus, 30 That We can sea things at ali
angles, regardless Of tliS calamity to
0ar pat opini0ns and our pregudaces,
waether tasy naay be eongenial 81 m
congsRial, oe both!
EVA DORSEY CARR.
+