San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

1 are the same as Iuey were III liit
days of the Pharisees, and further
| that these conditions will remain as
| they are until the American people
| awaken to the deceptive state that
they are in, was stated in lecture
on Tolerance" given by Rev Father
George &. Mulvaney before a ca
pacity audience at the regular meet
ing of the Academy of Arts and
, Sciences, which was held at the Men
ger Hotel Friday night.
Reverend Mulvaney's lecture fol
lows:
Tolerance supposes a certain de
| gree of genteness of mind, the fruit
of association with men, yet is con
sistent with the deepest convictions
and the purest and most ardent yea
for the propagation of the truth. lr
the moral as well as in the physical
world, fiction polishes, use wears
| away and nothing can remain for .
| long time in an attitude of violence. A
man will become accustomed to oppo
sition; he will, by habit, bear it calm
| ly. However sacred may be his be-
lief, he will content himself with de-
| Tending and putting it forward at con-
venient opportunities, and at other
| times he will keep it at the bottom
of his soul as treasure to be guard
ed.
| Cause. in Human Nature.
Tolerance does not suppose any
new principles in a man, but rather
quality acquired by practice; dis
| position of mind into which a man
| finds himself insensibly led n habit
| of patience, formed in him by con.
stantly having to bear with that OF
which he disapproves. When NEIL
divided in creed, find themselves face
to face for the first time, shock
more or less rude is the result. The
cause of this is found in human ma
ture itself: it is one of those neces-
sites against which we struggle in
vain. But men of different creeds
who live together for a long time
should end by tolerating each other
They are led to this by growing weary
of collision with each other and by
the wish of a kind of life more quiet
| and peaceful. Tolerance. then, is
the result of a social condition.
"The multitude of religious sects
infidelity, indifference, the improve
ment of manners, the lassitude pro
| duced by strife and war; industrial
and commercial organizations, com
! munication by means of travelling, the
| diffusion of ideas through the press
all these tend to universal tolera
ton.
Old Ghosts on Parade.
| "Does that spirit of tolerance ex
list here today? Witness the organized
! fanaticism, subsidized prejudice ant
hate dispensing propaganda confront
ing us. With brazen effrontery. the
spirit of intolerance has become d
curse to mankind, a menace to good
| government, scandal to nationa
the Constitution. on Americanism and
on Christianity. Families are
broken up. friends of years are turned
to enemies, and whole communities
rent asunder. Bigotry and prejudice
reassert themselves. moth-eaten lies
and calumnies are circulated, and all
the old ghosts are on parade. Unjust
legislation is enacted; vile newspa'
pers and magazines are tolerated; the
characters OF decent men and women
are permitted to be torn to shreds
without pretext; no news is sought
but gossip and scandal, and the dema-
gogue and fakir are glorified. And
| all this in America, the land of re-
lgious. freedom and tolerance! Wei
indeed may We ask: What is it all
about? Why this change from thu
peace and harmony of recent years
| We are conscious that the decent
fair-minded people of America, ire
spective of religious opinion, are moi
in sympathy with this movement. The
American spirit of fair play and tht
| constitutional guarantee of religious
| freedom will prevail. How account
| for this present condition?
| Human nature remains always the
| same. The conditions in the time OF
| Christ, that seem to us so strange
are reproduced under our eyes today
We have our Pharisees and Saddu
| Gees. The Pharisees were strictly OBJ
servant of the laws as far as the sur
face of things were concerned. Fol-
such people Christ had only contempt
for one thing he could never stand
was insincerity. He had shown t.
| the sinner not only tolerance but ever
| tested only loathing. Our moderI
| I0HrlSPeS llheWiSt tulHh lutlustlNt'
all holiness and wisdom. They thfnl
chiefly of the smallest minutiae o.
the law. 1t is the surface of religion
that appeals to them. The founda
tons on which all religions must res
escape their notice and so we mus
not be surprised to find them in thu
attitude of posers and fanatics, goin,
about in pious attitudes, yet disre
garding the chief obligations of TIL
moral life and most of all the require
ments of human brotherhood. Thes'
are the opponents of bigotry ant
prejudice some of whom hide behint
the guise of religious teachers to SOW
discord among their brethren.
Need Of Indulgence.
"The Sadducees care little about TIL
divine. They are not interested il
religious teachings. They are deepl.
interested in the good things of thi
world. All the ideals, pure, true ant
spiritual, may stand before them il
perfect clarity: yet to them it al
seems only a mockery unless thei
ideals advance their own material pos
sessions. their own wealth, their owl