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<“IMMACULATE VIRGIN, PRAY FOR US.”
PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 16, 1893.
tests for Right and ‘ruth. For several
concerned in this business which] bas
educational efforts of Warren E, Mosher
VOL, XxXI. NO.349
edmnewera ¢ thé RIGHT AGAIN. HISTORICAL NOTES, MOSHER THE MOVER. THK LETTER OF FATHER
AEE EE § POOR AL This Jounnar always wins its con! 71.146 suspected many persons fto te || ‘The JouRNAL has spoken of the great MATHEW.
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‘UBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY B
MARTIN I.J. GRIFFIN,
. 711 Sansom STREET,
AS
« Devoted to
Church and Country.
TERMS:
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A BISHOPS SALOON AND
GIRLS’ ORGAN.
Bishop Nerez declares the San Anton-
ia Messenger ‘a powerful aid to promote
Religion and diffuse the knowledge o!
the Truth” but I bet the Bishop never
enters “Pat O’Tooles or Joe Cooley’s
* Saloons” which his Messenger he “‘hopes
will make known’? in every “Catholic
family in the Diocese that understand
the English language.” |
Why dont the Bishop patronize Toe
and Pat who help him to support his
- Messenger of Religion and Truth? It is
published under his auspices and so he
recommends Joe’sand Pat’s saloons to his
people but will not patronize their bars.
‘As the last Council advised all Joes and
Pats to get out of the Rum business why
does Bishop Nerez help them so stay in
by advertising their saloons so they may
get customers and thus keep in the
traffic, The Bishop’s paper inculcates
Religion, Truth and Rum by telling how
a Philadelphia business man thinks
“twenty girls enough”? for him to enjoy
himself with after business Lours—one
at atime of course, and “the girl who
affords the most enjoyment receive the
greatest pnmber of invitations to rela-
ation and pleasure on this business
system.”? Perhaps the Bishop wants the
Catholic men of his~ Diocese ‘who
understand the English language” to
act on this Philadelphia man’s business
system. We Philadelphians are a “slow
people” and may have 20 girls for rela-
tion and pleasure but our notions of
Texans is such that we fear they could
not be passive blooded enough to observe
the more variety in 20 girls than in one!
and might get the relaation and pleas-
ure”? of two girls in one evening and
~ that would destroy the business system
- originated by the Philadelphia man.
That Messenger is a queer paper to be
a Bishop's organ. Saloons and 20 girls
for one man: My! My! My!
Besides as the Bishop's Messenger
teaches ‘No man has a right to get
married on less than $1500 a year’? [fear
but-few of the Catholic men of his Dio-
cese ‘who understand the English langu-
agr’? can adopt his advised ‘20 girls to
one man” system andsave enough money
to get married on or reach a position
bringing in $1500 a year. ~
So I guess the Bishop’s Messenger
wants to have the Texans adopt the 20
girls to one man system of Philadelpbi-
ans, Mercy how the Texan men ‘‘who
understand the English language”’ must
envy Philadelphians; But envy is sinful
the Bishop would tell them. Waving 20
girls of an evening of course cannot even
‘be dangerous or else the Bisbop’s Mess-
enger wouldn’t tell his people’? who
understand English” about it, _ I think
the cause of Religion will be served
when that Messenger dies.
‘ PERSONAL
The Indiana C. K. of A, has endorsed
“the fearless and able course of” Hon.
keep whining that he wasn’t allowed to
try. He isn’t a cry baby.
The Providence Diocesan Catholic
Directory and History has an account
of the Total Abstinence Union. 1
fitly prepare the mind to absorb it nine
Rum Advers take up the preceeding two
pages. . i we
years it has protested ugainst the innov-
ation introduced into Philadelphia about
four years ago of pastors announcing
that the masses on ALL SOULS Day
would be for ‘those whose names are
handed in” on blank slips in envelopes
distributed in the churches. The envel-
opes were to put money in. It was
simply a money gathering plan. Tt was
revolting to my Faith instincts. It
bordered so closely on bartering the
Mass that the unskilled in theological
niceties were mind confused. It was
a terrible shock to Faith and those who
have gathered money by the innovation
better make restitution somehow. n
the Ecclesiastical Review for January is the
decision of Rome, given in 1877, con-
cerning this innovation. The Sacred
Congregation forbid the introduction of
plan. Yet after that decision it was in-
troduced into. Philadelphia and by the
Jesuit Father Murphy Iam told. Last
November I heard that Rome had_ so
decided, but inquiry where knowledge
was presumed to be on such a matter,
could not confirm this.
Even where the practice had grown
into a custom Rome ordered that ‘*Let
there be a notice placed in the church
explaining that for the offerings on that
day one mass is sung on All Souls Day.’?
That was for All Souls too and not simply
for those whose names with money had
been reported and the people tricked
with a Dementoin the Mass for ALL
when they supposed from the announce-
ments that only those ‘tnamed” were
commemorated.
L had selected this decision and origi-
nal document to print in this issue to
prove that the JouRNAL was-RiguT but.
that is not now necessary. Though it
denounced what the most respected and
venerable pastors in the city were doing
yet, moved by Faith, which it knew was
being outraged and weakened, it yearly
protested against this innovation becom-
ing a custom among a people whose faith
is the liveliest and staunchest of any in
America and who are more earnest and
practical than that of their brethern
elsewhere, Yes they are and dont you
leny it.
Well, thanks be to God,I have proven
Rieut again.
READ THIS:
Wednesday Jan. 11, 1891.
Dear JouRNAL.
With much satisfaction and
pleasure, I heard his Grace express his
strong disapprobation of the innovation
of collecting alms on All Souls Day. He
spoke to the clergy of the diocese yester-
day P.M, the 10th in Conference in
Cathedral chapel. Where this custom
exists, ‘he said,” I would like if it were
entirely abolished; a few years ago, the
priest received 50 cents for offering a
Mass for a special intention, now be re-
ceives one dollar, the taking more, as on
All Souls Days, savors of avarice, and he
said, Lhave received some communica-
tions from people, expressing their dis-
edification of the system, .....The on!
thing now required for the education of
the Laity on this subject, is a full and
plain instruction stating that the Mass
on Souls Day, if for All Souls, indepen-
dent of stipends or alms. That particu-
lar Mass is read but once a year.
FR. D.
So God bless Archbishop Ryan. I dont
it is the first time it was in danger and
that too from priests.
those who wrote the Archbishop. I fought
it boldly in this JourNAL and he
odium which it brought apon me for
daring to condemn the doings of pastors.
I knew the barm they were doing but
they do not hear that from the laity.
Atany rate the “innovation” must
go. Iv must stop. Pastors must not
make souls a source of revenue.
So Tur JourNaL Is Rigur AGAIN,
REMEMBER IT ALwAYs Is. It may not
always walk ‘‘in the middle of the road’?
in “getting there” but Truth and Right
being its goal it ‘gets there” and wins,
‘ay my own life be the same.
Now let pastors abandon the lists and
envelopes and tell the people the Mass on
All Souls is for All Souls and dont play
upon their Faith with*special remember-
ons,.. .Piety made to bring Pelf,
ances,” The Pious List are Pious Decepti-| po
been a continuous source of inconven-
ience and disappointments to the Service
but by the artfana secrecy of those em-
ployed, or many of them being underthe
intlueuce of religion all my eflorts to lis-
ve been ineffectual. Before
the
jiesuits and some few of the clergy—since
am confident that the greatest part of
them have entered warmly into the
interest of the Americans and it ismuch
to be feared, find means to correspond
with the enemy.’
This letter nor Ensign Drummer sent
with it did not reach Clinton, » Ensign
Prentice was sent Feb. 7th 1781, with
another of similar import.
Neither had reached Clinton up to
July 23rd 1781, when he received from
Haldiman, a letter of June 6th telling
of the two despatches and saying, ‘‘one
of my letters was to request you should
procure from Arnold, some informa
tion of the disaffected persons in this
rovince of whom he must have ae
thorough knowledge. It would be
infinite use, asthe secrecy of the
uits baffles all my endeavors to dis-
cover them,””
On Nov. 12th, 1781, Clinton wrote
Haldimand, “Gen. Arnold says Mons,
du Calver, Piere Floquet, Mess, Hays,
Cord, Freeman & Walts were friends to
the Rebels,”?
(From Penna Mag., Hist. & Biography,
Vol. 8, Oct. 1884, pages 306 &e,
New York, March 9 1775. Early’ on
Monday roing, Preparations . were
made ior the Meeting at the Exchange
A Union Flag, with a red Field was
hoisted on the Liberty Pole, where as
9 o’clock the Friends ot Freedom assem-
bled, and baving got in proper readiness
about 11 o’elock, the body began their
march to the exchange. They were at-
tended by Music; and the Standard Bear:
ers carried a large Union’ Fla; th a
blue field, on which were the following
inscriptions: on one side, ‘George
Rex “and The Liberties of America.
No Popery; ’’ on the other, **The Union
of the Colonies, and, The Measures of
the Congress”— Zhe New York—Journ'
March 9, 1775. and quoted in Historical
Magazine May 1868.
In 1790, John Churchman ‘Late land
Surveyor of Delaware and Chester
Counties and part of Berks and Lancas
ter”? issued ‘¢An explanation of the Mag--
netic Atlas or Variation Chart, by
which the Magnetic Variation on any
part of the globe, may be precisely deter-
mined for any time, past, present or
future; and the variation and latitude
be accurately known, the longitude is of
consequences truly determined.’’
Among the subscribers for the work,
were the following Catholics: Aedanus
Burke M. C; Bishop Carroll; Charles
Carroll of Carrollton; Louis Le Couteulx;
Mathew Carey;
mours, French Consul for Maryland and
Virginia; Don Diego de ,Gardoqui,
Plenipotentiary ._Encargo de Negocios,
of His Catholic Majesty; Le Compte
Moustier, French Minister; Thomas
Lloyd; George Meade.
Extract from Zeisberyer’s MS. Jour-
nal, referred to in Dr. Shea’s History,
vol. I. p. 614, note: April 23d, 177,
“This forenoon we reached Sakunk at
the mouth of the Beaver Creek.
Pittsburgh to this place the Ohio flows
almost directly north so that we travelled
right back to where we came from,
Sakunk isan old Indian site which at
present however is uninbabited, when
the French occupied Pittsburgh a French
priest lived here who made strenuous
efforts to persuade the Indians, especially
the Delaware, to embrace his religion
but was urable to accomplis anything,
for Pakanke, whothen already was a
great warrior and chieftain among the
Indians, finally drove him away.”
Diary of the Brethern on the Ohio,
** The Brewery corner Sixth & Carpen-
ter, St. Philadelphia (now, 1892, Jayne
St) was erected on the site of the old
Brewery, known as the Papist’s Brewery,
so called, probably from the fact of its
being the property of a papist.””
is. Mag. May 1868 quoting Philada.
Ttem March 27th 1858.
In 1812 Rev. Gabriel Richard printed
at Detroit, Mich., Fleury’s Cathechisme
‘istorique ant nemens de la
Memoire (Finotti p. 119) and Kpitres et
Evangiles &c, (Epistles and Gospels for
all Sundays and Holidays throughout
the Year.) | Zlis. Mag. Jan. 1867 p, 43.]
‘he printer was Theophile . Mettez.
These were the first bound books printed
Be
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between Seneca Lake and the Pacific
Le Chevelier D’Ane- | Cv!
the founder of the Catholic Educational
ion. Father M, MeMahon in closing
Catholic Summer School said of him:
e author of one great enterprise is
not a priest, but a layman, a heroic,
chivalrous Catholic man—who has been
n
the
called: by God to the great mission—
Warren E, Mosher, of Youngstown.
Ohio.. lis brain originated the whole
grand scheme, and to his untiring zeal
and incessant labor is due, in large part,
its wonderful success,”
There is work for our laymen to do if
they but take it up and are persistent.
BIZ AND PATRICK.
Some of our people’s papers speak ill
of Bismark because he altered a dispatch
and so brought on war. But they laud
Patrick Collins of Boston who altered a
dispatch of Patrick Egan when he was
Treasurer of the Irish League and got
caught at it,
Patrick got a chance lately to strike
back at the Patrick he once thought so
well of as to change his telegram so as to
have money sent the League he was
President of and not to the Irish World.
_———____
SHOULD OATHOLIO PAPERS
ADVERTISE THE LIQUOR
BUSINESS 2
The Rey. Father Nilan in another col-
lls attention to a
paper business
which as long as it continues, no matter
under whose approbation whether lay or
clerical, must remain not alone a ‘grave
offence to many readers, and a scandal
to other,” as Father Nilan aptly puts it,
but must remain astigma and a di:
race upon the name of Catholic, Fath
ec Nilan refers to i
advertising saloons, gin-millis,wine rooms,
breweries and anti-chambers of hell g n-
erally, « These institutions exist simply
under toleration. The business of liquor
selling at il and under the most
favorable circumstances is a disreputable
decrees of the Council emphatically de
elare the liquor selling is not an honest
gaining a livehood, and call
upon all pastors to dissuade members of
their flock from engaging in such unholy
traflic.: In the face of this condemnation
it is hard to understand how any Catho-
lie paper, especially those edited by
clergymen, can put the seal of their ap-
probation upon salocns and gin-mills.
With what courage can a pastor urge
upon his parishioner the necessity of
abandoning the saloon business wheu a
neighboring clergyman undertakes to
elevate the nefarious traflic by calling
the attention of Catholic readers in the
im uns of} is paper, which is recom-
mended for persual iu the sanctuary of
the home, the fact that John Smith
Keeps a superior brand of wines and
liquors especially cals to destroy-
in& the peace and happiness of that home
circle? Is it encouraging for a preacher
to urge upon his listeners the necessity
of avoiding the temptations to strong
drink which , beset them on every side
and then see them confronted when they
eave thechureh with a Catholic paper
giving them thestreet and number where
such temptation are held forth and their
lowest appetites may be gratified ? What
justification can there be for a Catholic
paper advertising whiskey-selling when
“the higbest authority in the church con-
demns it
promotors of temperance in our total
abstinence societies labor for the good of
thecause, when they are compelled to
admit to the tables of their reading room
Catholic journals glorifying in their ad-
vertising columns the inquities of rum ?
would have been well ifthe last
Council of Baltimore, when it urged upon
Christian3 for the love of religion and
country strain every nerve to crush out
—
oe
oo
to use every effort to lessen the
the danger which threatens the wellfare
of society to have ad a postscript
requiring editors of Catholic newspapers
to at least asbstain from promoting the
evilif they were nawillling todo any-
thing positive to assist those who are
laboring for its destruction.
Nilan has called attention to
an abuse which should bt i
and the CoLoraDo CATHOLIC will use its
every endeavor to arouse public opinion
a sense of its enormity and thus bring
Catholic enitors, clerical or lay, toa
sense of the duty which they owe to their
Catholic readers. —Colorado Catholic,
. ‘
ith what heartcan the} ¥S
Catholics whether abstainers or not—
works, Our clergy who are not his fol-
lowers speak well of his labors and com-
mend his methods,
All speak of him as one who was not
| @ radical nor a believer in the “fanati-
1 cism of Probibition’’one who relied upon
the power of the sacraments with Catho-
lics and the power of the will with
non Catholics to resist the temptations
and appetite for strong drink.
The JourNAt has often declared that
the present total abstinence movement
was based upon principles which Fath-
er Mathew’s experience had proven in-
efficacious; that the abstainers of to day
were not his followers but that the lat.
ter days of his life were those of a Pro-
hibitionist; that he was a suetainer of
the United Kingdom Alliance for the
suppression by law of the traffic in intoxi-
cation liquor, an English organization
whose motto to day is “Prohibition,”
The Journax to sustain this posit-
ion has several times printed Father
Mathew’s letter to Rev, George Pepper,
Its authenticity was, however doubted,
But people must not even doubt any
statemeut this JocknaL historically
makes. Rev. George W. Pepper is now
U.S. Counsil at Milan. Here is his
evidence of the authenticity of the Pro.
hibition letter of Father Mathew.
UnirEep States Consuvate MILAN.
een December 10, 1892.
In answer to your request I beg-leave to
re- |84y that the letter of Father Mathew
valent among certain Catbolic papers of 8
good Cause and upon my return to Ire-
land, I publisbed a series of letters in
the Belfast Journals, Stati:g the char-
acter of the new organization and urged a
public convention, The clergy fell in with
the suggestion and the meeting was held
in the Union Hall the crowd was
mence and the Enthsiasam was wonder-
ul. Withort consulting anyone I in-
vited many distinguishedmento address
the assembly; James Houghton
long friend of Daniel O'Connell, and
Richard Allen the venerable Quaker
Philantbropist of Dublin were among the
8] ers, Many letters were received;
the one which attracted the m
was sent by Father Mathew, the splen-
dor of whose fame then was world wide.
In the most dismal page of poor Ireland’s
morning star, full of splendor
full of hope, full of cheer to the workers
in the temperance cause,
I left soon after for the United States
where Ibecame a student in Kenyon
College, 0 While there the letter
of Father Mathew by some means or
knew what became of it until I saw it
published in a Prohibition
bot more careful of the sacred relic
of one of the world’s greatest benefactors,
Let the principles of the holy and re-
owned man become practically realized
land of Emmett, of Tone, of Parnell be-
the magnificent country will become the
wealthiest. and happiest nation on earth,
ours Sincerely,
EORGE W. PEPPER, *
st
REPARATION BY SHINING.
Bishop Cotter, President C. T.
of A. in his address said. the SUsion;
history will ‘have associated with it the
grandest names of the century.
“That of the Pope leo XIII,
rom his inmost.heart blesses it, ai
who, in answer to our petition from this
very city, endows it with richest treasu-
res of Holy Church; and who pleads with
nd
that reparation may be speedily made for
the manifold evils of which Intemperance
is the source.”’
“constant repetition”?
Pope’s advice is getting into min
are impressing it on others, -
: toaoe
ds that
speak approvingly of Father Mathew's {
tention and wc rked the mostenthuasiasm —
other was lost or stolen and I never »
and not only will the little Island, the ~
come prosperous and bappy but America ©
of the.
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