The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, April 17, 1896, Page 3, Image 3
THE AMERICAN A CATHOLIC FATHER Preaches From a Protestant Pulpit In East Aurora, New York. lie Talk on "The Catholic ( hurth and Americanism" in a I'nhf rsllt Sanctuary. Early last month East Aurora was treated to a novel scene that of Roman Catholic priest preaching1 from a Protestant pulpit. The Universalist church, where he preached, wa not large enough to contain the crow that turned out to hear him, says the Luffalo'tCourier. The Incident is hav incr a most wholesome effect on the mind of the people. Father Zurcher'i statement of the attitude of the Roman church toward American Institutions was well received, and no doubt cor rects many erroneous Impressions, After reading passages from the Bible in regard to Christ washing- the feel of his disciples, and the new command ment of Charity, Father Zurcher said In part: "la ancient times the authority of rulers waxed great, to the detriment of individual rights. The Greeks were famous for great men, but later on the Romans were famous for great things, and when the Roman Empire had reached the pinnacle of its glory, iadl vldual character was at its lowest dis count. To distinguish themselves from the common herd, the Roman emperors ranked with their gods. With the ad vent of those imperial idols and their worshippers, the rights of man were compressed within their narrowest possible limit. Even the synagogue brought forth hardly more than the Pharisee, who was a mere shell of a man, a semblance of character without conscience, rotten Inside like a sepul chre. Christ brought a new germ of life for the expansion of the individual charity the only requisite for eter nal salvation. Those in authority are to be the servants of the inferiors. Thus did Christ lay the foundation of true equality, of the rights of man, of the American citizen. The individual has been expanding ever since, until it looks now as though he might as sume his full proportions under the be' nign rays of American freedom." The priest then described how his church had fought for human rights and the abolishment of slavery during the centuries and added: ''In the Middle ages she fought for the rights of property, of persons and of nations Most of the learning in those times was in priests and monks, and it was necessary for a whllejthat they should fill the civil positions. But the church made the mistake to allow many eccle siastics in politics after laymen were able to run stats affairs. Political honors are not conducive to the virtue of churchmen sometimes not even of laymen and the occasion was given for what is called the Reformation The Catholic church today and in America! Our age, so pregnant with prosperity and charity, promising the fullness of the rights of man, can have no truer or more congenial friend than the Catholic church. Yes, it needs her aid. It needs more charity. Many rich individuals and corporations are said to be withoutj'feellng. Many in high office are not servants, but Phari sees. Many unfortunates give up the fight for life because they imagine that charity has fled from the earth. Where suffering is greatest the charity of the Catholic church is most profuse. Where a leper settlement is shunned by the rest of mankind, priests will go there and live unto death. In times of peace and war many of her best young women take the placesof dead and ab sent friends around the bedsides of dying strangers. Without children of their own, they care for the motherless. In the ideal republic authority is un- felt, modest and retiring, while obe dlence is cheerful and pleasing. The Catholic church is essentially a repub lic. Her ecclesiastics having no faml lies, cannot establish dynasties in high places. Talent and virtue are the lev ers of promotion. There Is no olass of men so ready to serve their inferiors, and to go, day .and night, at the beck of charity, as priests. Note, however, their equality and Independence. In this diocese the salary of pastors is $800 a year, except the ten parishes where it is $1,000. The pope is as much obliged to confess his sins as the humblest layman. "In modern life and occupation Cath olics cannot be under the continual su pervision .of the church. The only way to make safe Christians out of them is to drill them into an interior strength, and a certain amount of self reliance, and to aid the growth of their character. The combination of the strong American character with the Cathollo faith will, In time, give the Catholic church the most loyal body of men she ever had on earth. "It may be asked whether the Cath ollo church would use her full author ity as a rampsrt against the waves of sin and upheavals of lawlessness which may endanger at times the ship of state. Let us suppose that drunken ness is becoming the besetting national sin. Let ui compare the highway of moral progress to a trolley line tin snowdrift. The Cathollo church can fit out her kind of snowplows and steel sweepers. But a brewer in Catholic uniform may sit on a beer-keg near the track; and, if the steel sweeper came along it might bury the poor fel low out of sight, without damajlng him seriously. There is a lingering im pression among some that the Catholic church cannot roll up her sleeve for hard work until ber church structure! are built. But moral character is worth more than stately buildings; the cathedral of Milan is of less value than the temple of one bumble but pure soul, Very often, too, the church was too saving of her steel sweepers, because she was afraid that her aid was not wanted, on account of a lack of confi dence between Catholics and non Citbolics. "Sometimes it is objected that the Catholic church is opposed to the pub lic school. She knows too well that popular education is even more neces sary In a republic than any whera else We scarcely ever loose an educated and virtuous member, but we loss thou sands among- the uneducated. The false report wasicaused largely by ec cleslasticswho were educated In Eu ropa, and who mistook the geniui of America for a spirit of revolu t on and unbelief. They held that no Cathollo child could attend public schools. This was condemned by Car dinal Satolll land the pope within the last four years. The great principle to which the Catholic church addresses is the safe-guarding of the moral con duct of the children. But in this the people In general seem to agree. "Equality.simpliclty and frugality are charming virtues In any republic. Our fasting laws produce frugality and health of body and mind. The absti nence from meat on Friday is not only an act of self-denial, a reminder of the death of Christ on a cross on a Friday, a slight penance for our sins, but a rest for the stomach from strong food one day out of seven. Lent is one of the best blood purifiers and a cheap spring medicine. Lincoln and most all great Americans were noted for frugality and modesty. Let us hope that the vicious importations from foreign snobs concerning stylish idlers, feasting glut tons and dress-parading struts will never be popular in America. 'Republics are fond of teaching by example the lives of their bestclti zens. As an artist takes the best works of art for models, the Cathollo church holds up the lives of her saints as pat terns of virtue. She gives divine wor ship to no saint not even to the great est one, the mother of Christ. She honors them as benefactors of the race, and invokes their Intercession as friends of God. "The Catholic church adapts her self to the particular needs of America Eternal law cannot be modified. It is always wrong to steal; (two and two never make five. That alone la perfect, infallible and unchangeable truth which is part of the divine or moral law, as perfect art is perfect nature But in all laws which are human, or made by popes and bishops, there may consistent change. A notable instance of this was the recent permission of the pope to American Cathollo working- men to use meat on Wednesdays in Lent, with the approval of the bishops. Archbishop Katzer of Mllwaukkee, and Bishop Messmer, of Green Bay, in publishing the above permission to their people, recommended abstinence from alcoholic beverages Instead of meat on those days. "In conclusion, I thank1 you and your pastor for your kind reception at this splendid meeting. May Godi bless, may He bless and guard the noble des tinies and aspirations of America." If the pope is infallible, what-has he to confess? The Law Overruled. The Washington (D. C.) Star, In Its report of the proce3dlngs of a trial of a woman arrested for bigamy, publishes the following evidence offered by a priest who had been summoned as a witness. After several witnesses had testified, Father McAfee, now of Wood stock, Md., but formerly of St. Aloyslus church, this city, was called and stated that he performed the marriage cere mony which united the defendant aud Robert M.Frost at St. Aloysius church, August 3, 1892. Attorney Cook asked: "How was the marriage ceremony performed, Father McAfee?" "According to a dispensation from the cardinal," answered the priest. Where is that dispensation?" asked the attorney. "Among my papers. It is of a pri vate ecclesiastical nature," replied the the priest. "Do you mean to say that there were any circumstances connected with the marriage that cannot be made public?" queried the attorney. "There are certain enactments of the church that overrule the law!" de clared the priest. 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