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The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
CHURCHES IN OHIO
CONDITIONS ADMITTED
BY VARIOUS DENoMINArioNs-l
RURAL CHURCHES HAVE BRok.
EN- DOWN..

Five years ago the federal council
OF (ProtestanD churches engaged to
take religious survey of the state of
Ohio. The result has been startling,
and we are told that it is typical of
other states, Ohio has Ito rural
townships, and in them are 5000
churches, averaging one church to
every 2S0 people. ...:.. ..-..
We learn that two-thirds of the
rural churches are without resident
minister. In the open country only
one-eighth of the churches are thus
supplied. In 317 rural townships more
than quarter of the total, there is
not one resident pastor. Five-sixths
OF the churches are served by men
who divide their time with other
churches.
Further, we are told: "In certain
extensive areas in Ohio the country
church seems to have broken down.
In regions where it has been active
for century it has failed and is now
failing to dispel ignorance and super
stition, and to prevent the spread of
vice and disease . A situation has
been allowed to develop which threat
ems the welfare of the whole state and
demands the immediate redirection of
the church's missionary activities."
Again. 1T is in part due to the
failure of an insuficiently educated
ministry to stimulate the intellectual
life of the neOn1e that from one mil
lion and half to two million people
in Ohio have no public libraries.
The above is said to be the typical,
not the exceptional, condition in the
various states with regard to rural
churches and communities. The whole
admission must be disheartening for
the sects, especially in view Of the
millions in money collected for the
conversion of pagans in heather lands.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
CARDINAL GIBBONS
NEW YEAR RECEPTION FOLLOWS
SERMON-ALL CREEDS JOIN
IN EMONSTRATION.

Citizens of every faith and profess
sion greeted Cardinal Gibbons at his
New Year reception last Sunday fol-
lowing the preaching of his New Year
sermon. There were hundreds in the
throng that assembled in the corridor
and entrance hall of the Archiepisco-
pal residence when the aged prelate
accompanied by priests of his house
hold entered from the Cathedral and
grasped the hands of the first in line.
In his sermon the Cardinal laid
stress on the great part which this
country played in the world war and
"how America poured her treasure in
abundance into the lap of Europe"
Continuing, he said:
"Only a few days ago Mr.. Hoover
that noble manifold me that America
today is feeding two or three millions
of men, women and children in East
ern Europe
The Cardinal also touched on the
struggle between labor and capital,
and said remedy lies in sympathy
between the great forces.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
sPEWING OUT THE POISON.

One of the notable defects in
our government for some years
has been the excessive delicacy
with which it has treated alien
enemies. Realizing, as it did, that
foreign peoples have fed from op-
preston at home to the freedom
advertised to the world by our
country, the government Of the
United States seems to have felt
somewhat timid in dealing severe
ly with dangerous aliens lest for
eigners in general acquire a mis-
taken notion of our people.
This policy of indulgence has
been utterly wasted on the alien
criminals who flock to our shores
to escape death or imprisonment
at home. Quietly and systematic
ally these moral degenerates have
organized themselves into some
what formidable clement in this
country: An outrage here and
there indicated the locality where
in these poisonous reptiles thrived
and gained strength. The utter
helplessness exhibited during the
past few years by our government
towards the bandits and murder
ers of Mexico led these alien dis
turbers into the belief that over
throw of such a vacillating gov
ernment would be a comparatively
easy task. In a monarchy the
ruler seeks primarily to ward off
danger from his throne: in Re.
public the people are ever alert
to repel the invader Of their rights
either within or without their bor-
ders. Hence it is that the force
of public opinion became so pow
erful that the authorities in Wash
ington were aroused to the dan.
ger which threatened the nation
America, in admitting these alien
renegades, had taken poison into
her system, thinking it was food
Now that she has begun to speW
this poison forth let the physicians
insist that every vestige Of this
deadly venom be eradicated from
her system. Let the Red danger
be completely wiped out OF this
country.
In the first centuries of Chris
tianity the pagans often seizec
large numbers Of innocent Chris
tians, placed them upon leaking
vessels, without food, water OF
sails, and then turned the ships
adrift. 1t may or may not bt
charitable to speak of such things
with reference to the avowed enc
mics of all law and order in thi
country, but
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

There are some people so ungra-
cious and unbelieving as to main
tain that the alleged attack on the
life of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land was not such a grewsome at
fair after all, says the Catholic
Transcript. His Lordship was
passing along in an armored mo-
tor car. The bullets glanced from
the side of the car, and the high
official passed through the hail OF
lead unscathed. The next day the
Lord Lieutenant appeared in the
streets Of Dublin in an open car.
The would-be assassins should
adopt means to ends, and take
note of the days when he travels
behind armor and those in which
he chooses to appear in the open.
Perhaps his assassins' feared
that some harm might come to his
Lordship if they were to attack
him when his person was unpro-
tected and exposed. At any rate
the only one to suffer was a mem.
Der of the attacking force-ii
force indeed there was.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
CHURCHES BREAKING DOWN.

Elsewhere in this issue there ap-
pears an article from the report OF
the Protestant churches in Amer
lea. The gist Of the report is that
the Protestant church system in
rural communities in the State OF
Ohio has completely broken down.
1t is stated also that Ohio repre-
sents not the exception but the
rule in this matter.
Catholics with their compact or
ganization, their Mass and sacra-
ments, may rest certain that the
appeal of religion will be suffi-
GENTLY strong to keep our Church
from such a catastrophe in locah-
ties where it is already solidly
established. It is to be expected
that where no strict obligation
exists to attend church there will
be little willingness to make sac
riice in order to ensure attend
ance. On the other hand, where
the Church places a. stringent
moral obligation on the conscience
| of every member to attend serv-
ices once a week, it is quite prob.
able that the great majority OF
Christians will fulfill that duty
This distinction at once marks the
weakness of the Protestant church
and the secret Of Catholic
strength.
A wise man learns from the mis-
takes Of others as well as from
their successes. For this reason
the failure Of Professionalism II
Ohio and other states, according
to their own admission, should b.
a telling lesson to us. For a grea
many years Catholicity has beer
notably weak throughout th'
tSouth and in many western part
of this country. Reference to th'
4 Catholic Directory shows that il
i the South and, West many priest
/ are. forced to care for not onl,
their own parish, but eight, tel
land fifteen missions. The resul
lis that Catholics in these mission
see q priest and hear Mass yer,
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

The war compelled recognition
of many basic truths that we had
forgotten or were neglectmg, says
the Catholic World. Duty has
been given a higher place; service
has been sanctifed; fasting and
modification have been made al
most fashionable; and the eternal
necessity for vicarious sacrifice
has been acknowledged by the
world. which sent its strongest
and healthiest out to die, that
others mi ght live.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

A surprising number Of Amer
ican-born children are growing up
illiterate-more of them in the
country districts than in the cities
according to figures made pub
lie this week by the Children Is Bu-
reau Of the Department Of Labor
Statistics gathered in five states in
which the employment of children
is general show that out Of 1886
children between IA and 16 years
old more than one-fourth could
not read or write their names leg
IDLY. Nearly 10 per cent had new
er gone beyond the first grade OF
school and considerably more than
half were in the fourth grade or
lower when they left school.
About 3 per cent got as far as the
eighth grade and about one in 100
reached high school.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
SEES IRISH FREEDOM
DE VALERA PREDICTS REcoGNI.
TioN THIS YEAR.

A prediction that 1920 may see the
recognition of the Republic of Ireland
by the United States was contained in
a New Years message cabled to Ar
thur Griffith, acting president, by
Eamon De Valera. The message fol-
lows:
Greetings to the prosecuted people
of Ireland from the many millions of
Americans who love liberty and ad-
mire people everywhere who wilI not
be denied liberty. Endure yet a little
while. You will be sustained. The
year 1920 may see the Republic of Ire.
land officially recognized by the
United States and then final victory
after $50 years. Work and pray,
everyone. colleagues and SELF are do.
ing our duty. "a 1i1a 91i1SifH Sit
sWe send our regards to every Irish
citizen" fssat IN '''s'fa
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10


When a child's conduct shows
that he. is acquiring the principles
of Kindness, decency, regularity,
a regard for the rights and inter-
csts of Others and the other quail
ties that, are the very foundation
of democracy, you need have no
fear about his classroom studies.
They will follow logically and nat.
urally. says Governor Brumbaugh,
The thing Of most Importance is
the development Of moral fibre. a
willingness for each to do his
share and a determination to dc
the task before him thoroughly
and conscientiously.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

Speaking of the recent fuss
about the German opera in New
York City, the musical critic of
the British organ. Evening Post,
says: 'The sooner a certain class
of patriots get over their fuming
and raving against the German
language, and get busy studying
it, the better it will be for the bus
mess interests Of our country. The
Germans may hate the Allies, but
they do not exhibit it by foolishly
boycotting the English, French,
and Italian languages. On the con-
trary. they learn them thorough
ly and then capture all the fat
jobs the world over They did
that before the war and they will
do it again if we fight languages
instead of mastering them.''
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
SISTER LEONARDO DEAD
FORMER TEACHER. AT ST. AGA.
THA's CONSERVATORY PASSES
AWAY.

Sister Leonardo Mccarthy died at
st. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, De-
cember 20. She was in the thirty-sev-
enth year of her age, eighteen years
of which had been spent in the relig-
ious life. She had been i'll for more
than ten months previous to her
death.
Sister Leonardo was born in the city
of Quebec, the daughter of John and
Catherine Mccarthy. She graduated
from st. Gabriers Convent, taught by
the Sisters Of the Holy Cross, in Mon
treal. She then entered the novitiate
of the Sisters of St. Joseph in st.
Paul, where she received the veil of
the Order, March 19, 1902 Almost the
whole of Sister Leonarda's religious
life was spent in teaching music, the
greater part of this being at st.
Agatha's Conservatory, St. Paul. She
also taught at st. Johns Academy,
jamestown, N. D. Her last. mission
was at the Convent of the Ascension
in Minneapolis. She is survived by
her mother, three brothers and two
sisters, living in Montreal, and one
sister, Sister Mildred, now2lat St. Jo-
seph hospital, st. Paul. ~ rtaiyslc
Burial took place from the Church
of the Ascension, Minneapolis, on De-
cember 81. At $3.50 a. m. a Solemn
Requiem Mass was sung by the pastor,
Rev. j. Harrington, assisted by Rev.
Francis Nolan as deacon, and Rev.
Godfrey O'Sullivan as subdeacon.
Father Harrington gave an eloquent
and touching eulogy on the beautiful
life and death of Sister Leonardo. The
remains of the deceased were brought
to st. Paul and placed in the Sisters
burial plot in Calvary cemetery.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
CHINESE At L0URDES
SOLDIERS FROM NOR T II { r N
CHINA MAKE PILGRlMAGE-
EDIFY ALL BY THEIR DEVo.
TION.

The greater the difficulties of get
ting to Lourdes, the greater seem to
be the swarms of pilgrims who arrive
there. But it is not only the number,
it is still more the diversity of the pill.
grims which appears to everyone so
marvellous. More and more from all
nations and of all races do the crowds
flock to Lourdes. ..+~.g
There recently arrived in the city
OF the apparitions the first Chinese
pilgrimage. Fourteen Catholics from
the north of China, attached to the
British army near Dunkir and Calais,
before returning to their distant ia
therland, formed the wish of going to
Lourdes. This they proposed to their
chaplain, Father Van Dyk, who, in the
| face of almost incredible difficulties,
organized the party. The little pill.
| grimage was not only one of the most
striking, but also one of the most edi-
flying that have been seen. Every day,
at 4:30 A. NJ, the Chinese started
their prayers; they merely said they
had not come to Lourdes to lie in bed
| At all times of the day one saw them,
two by two, going down to the grotto
! and reciting, or, rather, chanting, in
their own way, the Rosary or the Lit
any of Our Lady, and then going to
offer a candle to burn at the foot OF
the statue.
| They made the Way of the Cross
in the same way. AS doubtless many
people do not know, the Chinese do
not say, but sing their prayers, and
this psalmody is of an undulating and
monotonous nature which is not un-
like certain chants of the Arabs or the
sound of the bagpipes.
During the second part of the Mass
they also chanted their prayers aloud,
and all went to Communion, and then
in procession with Father Van Dyk as
he carried the ciborium back to the
Rosary Church.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

Solomon said. GA merry heart
doeth good like a medicine, but a
broken spirit drieth the bones. -
And now Health Commissioner
Copeland Of New York says
I'VE should advocate cheerful
ness and a happy manner: q
grouchy man will not live as long
as the happy one. Poise and an
even temper, the elimination OF
worry by the substitution Of
cheerful thoughts, are established
aids to health and longevity
Old, old Catholic teaching.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
CHURCH PLANTS MEMORIAL

Eleven memorial trees, planted by
the members of st. Charles Borromeo
Church in Brooklyn, in honor of those
from the parish who gave their lives
to their country have been registered
on the national honor roll of memo
rial trees being compiled by the
American Forestry Association at
washington, D. G. The association
will send free tree-plant instructions
to any who ask. i'1's..
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

Clement Shorter, editor Of the
London Sphere, writing to the
London Times, states: Il have al
ways northumberland l write
with some personal knowledge
that Mr.. De Valera and Mr..
Arthur Griffith have the most con-
structive brains and the clearest
gifts of craftsmanship of any of
the politicians who have inter-
vened on behalf of Ireland for a
century. Neither believes in force
as a remedy. 1t is time that Sim
Fein as bogey was abandoned by
our newspapers, and Sim Fein as
an accepted political creed was
acknowledged"
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
ROOSEVELT THE WISE.

On January 6, one year ago, the
country and the world at large
were startled at the announce
ment that Theodore Roosevelt had
suddenly passed away. The first
flash Of news was challenged in
every country, so unexpected was
the event. When confirmation of
the tragic tidings had been af-
firmed, men began to ask them
selves, Who will now take his
place?
Excepting Lincoln and Wash
ington, perhaps, no other man in
American public life has been
more discussed and written about.
Theodore Roosevelt was not the
possessor of single track mind:
he was rather a whole system in
himself. Reaching out into so
many different directions, touch
ing upon such diverse topics, in
teresting himself in such a multi
plicity of problems, it was only
natural that enemies, usually vic
TINS Of ignorance or Of misunder-
standing, should oppose the dy-
mamie force known as Theodore
Roosevelt. His achievements in
public and private life might we'll
form the subject Of a whole series
Of lectures. At every step through
out life-from the western from
tier to the courts of kings-Roos-
cvelt was conqueror. All classes
of men fell before the persuasive
ness Of his arguments and the
power Of his personality. In the
midst of all his. triumphs, that
would have completely y turned the
head Of lesser characters, Roos-
evelt remained ever the straight
forward, square, upright, demo-
cratic American.
Now that one year has elapsed
from the date of his departure,
men are beginning to look upon
Theodore Roosevelt as a man of
prophetic vision. His wisdom was
in keeping with all his other great
qualities of mind and of heart.
This wisdom, superior in its kind
and far-seeing in it's nature, kept
him ever from ten to twenty years
ahead Of his contemporaries. He
possessed a deep knowledge of
men and Of governments, and his
analytical mind enabled him to
foresee just what effects would
follow from certain combinations.
Hence it was that on so many oc'
casions men tried to cry him down
as false prophet, while within a
few years these same men realized
the truth Of what he had foretold
Scanning the horizon of states
men today we fail to see even one
who measures up in the smallest
degree to. the greatness, the up
rightness, the genuine unselfsh
ness of Theodore Roosevelt
America is proud of her Clays anc
Calhouns, her Websters, Jeffer
sons and Hamiltons. 1t seems safe
to say that fifty or one hundred
years hence Americans will de
clare that this country has pro
} duced only three towering giants
Washington, Lincoln and Theo
: dOre Roosevelt.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

Mr.. MACPHERSON, replying in
the House of Commons, to ques-
ton, said forty-three newspapers
had been suppressed in Ireland at
various times since May, 1916. Six
had not applied for permission to
resume printing, and of the 9th
crs eight refused to sign the neces-
sary undertaking not to print any
thing that would constitute an Of
fense, and eight had ceased to
exist.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
K. OF c. STUDENT HOME
MA S SONS ALSO WILL ERECT
THEIR OWN BUILDING.

The erection of the knights of Co.
lumbus student home at Columbia,
Mo-, has aroused the Masons of that
state to a spirit of friendly rivalry
with the Knights. The Knights were
the first to see the need for such a
home and 100000 building is ex-
pected to be opened formally in JAN
uary. The Masons are now planning
on building of like or greater pro-
portions for their student members.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

The bill known in England as
the Animals Anaesthetic Bill has
at last become a law. BY this
measure the majority of opera
tions, from time immemorial per-
formed on farm and other ami
mails without any anaesthetic, will
now. legally, be performed only
when the animal is rendered un-
conscious Of pain.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclica

Pope Leo XIII in his Encycical
on the Condition Of the Work
ing Classes briefly set forth the
kind of good will that seems most
reeded in our day: Whoever has
received from the Divine Bounty
Il large share of temporal bless.
ings, whether they be material
and corporal, or gifts of the mind
has received them for the purpose
of using them to perfect his owl
nature, and, at the same time, tt
employ them as the steward OF
Gods Providence for the benefit
of Others -M .as-s =.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

There is an old-fashioned pre-
independence law still upon the
blue books of New Jersey, which,
if enforced there, or elsewhere,
might cause trouble. It. is as fol
lows: "That all women of what
ever age, rank profession or de,
gree. who shall after this act i'm
pose upon or betray into matri-
mony any,efFIIis Majesty's sub
iects by virtue of scents, cos
metics, washes, paints, artificial
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
LOUISVILLE RECORD

Father Deepen, editor of the Record \
of Louisvilie,n Ky.s g died recently.
Bishop g. o 'Donaghue has just ap-g,
pointed a committee ofsseveral priests
and laymen to takea charge of the
paper for the PRESENT.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
FATHER ROBINSON

Rev. William F. Robinson, S. J., of
st. Louis, has been appointed presi-
dent of st. Louis University, accord
ing to an announcement January 1.
He succeeds Rev. Bernard j. Citing,
S. J.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1920

The Roman people certainly
want no divorce law. At the po-
litical elections held recently they
took care to throw out two aspir-
ants to parliamentary honors who
favored such law.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
ROBERT f. FORD DEAD

Robert E. Ford, 54 years old, the
eldest son of the late Patrick Ford,
the founder of the Irish World, died
December 81 of apoplexy. He was a
member of the executive board of the
Friends of Irish Freedom.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10
DENOUNCES BOLSHEV|SM
RUSSIAN ARCHBISHOP SSUES
VIGOROUS CONDEMNATION OF
COUNTRYS ENEMIES ExcORI-
ATEs MURDERERs AND THEIR
DEEDS.

Archbishop Tikhon, Orthodox Patri-
arch of Moscow and all Russia, has
published a scathing denunciation of
the Bolshevist government, on the oc-
casion of the celebration of the revo-
luton of 1917. Prefacing his denun-
citation with the words that "They
that take up the sword shall perish
by the sword" Archbishop Tikhon
says in part:
This prophecy of Christ we address
unto you, the present rulers of the
destinies of our country, styling your
selves the Peoples Commissars.' You
have held the state power in your
hands and are about to celebrate the
anniversary of the 1917 revolution,
but torrents of blood of your brothers
mercilessly killed at your bidding,
compels us to speak unto you the bit.
ter word of truth.
I'm seizing power and inviting the
people to place their confidence in
you, what did you promise them, and
how did you fulfill your promise?
Truly you have given them a stone
instead of bread, and a serpent in
place of fish.
What conquests could you renounce
you who have brought Russia to a
shameful peace, the humiliating condi
tions of which even you dared not fully
publish? You have robbed the fight
ing men of all they lately gallantly
fought for. You have taught those
who short while ago were brave and
invincible to give up the defense OF
their country and flee from the bat
tlefield. Against whom are you lead
ing them? You have divided the
whole people into enemy camps anG
have hurled them into fratricide un
heard of for it's cruelty. You have
openly challenged the love of Christ
for hatred, and instead of givins
peace have artifcially kindled class
war.
Nobody Is Safe.
Nobody feels safe; all live in con
stant fear of perquisitions, robbery
| arrest, execution, hundreds of defense
| less people are seized daily and lie
for months rotting in your prisons
are executed without Investigations o.
| trial, even with the simplified methot
of trial established by you. Not onl.
are those executed who are fount
guilty towards you, but also those
whom you know we'll to be innocent
and who were merely taken as hos
tages. Innocent Bishops, priests
monks and nuns are shot on a whole
sale vague and indefinite accusation
| of counter revolution.
| "The memory of your power will re
main for long time uneffaced in th'
soul of this people, for in it you hav'
darkened the image Of God and i'm
printed the marks of the beast. Th'
blood of the just which you have shet
shall be required of you, and you tina
have taken the sword shall perish b.
the sword"
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

Rev. James NJ. Reardon, EdttOr-fn-Chief
Rev. c. F. McGipnis, Ph. d.,
Associate Editor.
Harry Locheed, Advertising Manager.
Printed by WilIwerscheid & Roth.
The Catholic bulletin., 1920-01-10

teeth, false hair or high heel shoes,
shall incur the penalty now in
force for witchcraft and like mis-
demeanors.