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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1898)
THE AMERICAN. AMI HH M AVI ! AN - fMlW( t ...ie A -m ! ' ' M.im .! i..m nMAtt A, NMUJASKA. MitUW. M NI MHI U 'M vh. 'V t'fclt I, I IV I. I SIH A I I M V M V I'.t K. Vi.M vi Vlil JESUITS THROUGH WITH MR.M'KINLEY HrliT.H 1 1 AVt Srcurril AIout All the lavon Ho Will (WmU'l hrm. lhr lists I FRitTD!ir4 Him at I wtj Turn ) ere I'lsaMi ltl llim ile nr a Irmwrl. The f I'" n Hri'- d '""i I'v'" lug Times if l. dated ' t'1' ,"'",r 1? will b tntereMing to your twenty iliniisnnil milicfi itir: MAM Von THi: KMPHHSS. Solemn Ceremonies at 81, Matthew Church Today. T1IK PIU'SIMCNT ATTKNO. Cardinal Gibbon Celebrate llcqulem Mass (or the Krpoa of II10 Soul of the Dead F.mpres of Austria-Many Prominent Men Are Prcaont, Solemn requiem moss for the repose of the soul of Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, who was assassinated at Geneva, Switzerland, on last Saturday, wan eelebrryl thi morning at St. Matthew' Catholic Church, the cole brant being Cardinal Gibbon. The ceremony waa moat Impressive, and waa attended by a congregation which filled the vast auditorium of the edifice. The sanctuary waa draped In mourn ing and the pulpit waa veiled In black. In front of the chancel atood the cata falque. At the head and foot of thi burned eandlea. At the foot of the catafalque waa a large and beautiful cross of white roaea. The ceremony waa attended by President McKlnley, Secretary Gage, Secretary Wllaon, Postmaster General Smith, and Alvey A. Adce, Second As latant Secretary of State, who were eated In pew reserved for them on the right, and Immediately In front of the altar. Gen. Mllea and hla ataff aat on the right. There were many other persons who are prominent In official circle. On the opposite able of the alula and Jn front of the altar were many mun bera of the diplomatic corps, There were present rcpreaentatlvea of Aus tria, Russia, Hclglum, Turkey, Korea, France, Japan, China, Mexico, Ger many, Italy, Switzerland, Venezuela and Chile. Cardinal Glbbona waa assisted In the mas by Father Schmidt, of St, Joseph' Church, aa deacon, and Father Ilevlna, of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, aa nb-deacon, with Father Hart, of St, Matthew'a, aa assistant prleat, and Father lce, the rector of St. Matthew's Church, aa mauler of ccremonlea, Among the other Catholic ehtirchc represented were St. Putrlck'a, by Father Stafford, and St. Mary'a by Father Glaab; llrothers Fabrlclal and Gordinn, from St. John' College, were present. During the aervlce Cardinal Glbbona, - atanding at me ncau or me caiaiiiu.", apoke briefly of the dead Queen, whom he aald had by her goodncn come to be beloved by her people. He apoke feelingly of the tragedy In Geneva, lie aald that the deed of the assassin In 1 atrlklng down an unoffending woman had allocked the civilized world, What aggravated the horror of the crime wa the fact that ahe waa walking peace- fully, having confidence In the people and fearing no evil, and not seated on a gorgeous throne which might have excited the mind of some Jealoua fun ink1. The cardinal declared that the hand that atrlkea at the ruler of a nation la an enemy to an aocleiy, aa the ruler la the embodiment 'f the nation Itaelf, We thought ao when the Church of Home assassinated Abraham Lincoln. He spoke of the sympathy the whole world had expressed for the afflicted , . .. .. .1 .. ,1 .nl.t ho fl.1t aure that none waa more heartfelt than that of President McKlnley, In the above you ae one of the many waya by which the papal hierarchy compela the outside world to take notice of her to recognize her prea , ence. and, In a manner, to endorse her doctrines. The church kenw exactly how to put McKlnley and hla cabinet "between the dog and the wolf." We have never disparaged the papacy for want of aa- tuteness. If McKlnley accepted the In vital ion, he gave countenance to the . church and her mass aa having power to ease the paint of purgatory. If be Nt MH I ,'1't. .: -.-n im.&.tf. . .. .... vA) JyJ'c - w filliilB ; feJTOi refused, the refusal could be used ngiilnsl him at coming election, Per haps hla refusal would have suited the church belter; for an astute and en thusiastic Jemult here has Just assured us (confidentially) that McKlnley Is not to be supported by paplata In 1900 that they have got out of him about all they can expect, and that they must have a democratic president In the next administration! True, the Em press was a Roman Catholic; but what has the United Statea government to do with her religion? Suppose ahe had been a Methodist, would the Meth odist churchea have held apcclal re ligious service In memory of her death? Aa an Empress, a civil ruler, It waa, doubtless, entirely proper for other civil rulers to express their sympathy for her tragic end; but a president of the United States, whose conatitutlon enjoin an entire separation of stat and church, ought not to lend hi offi cial Influence to the encouragement of any sect - especially an alien religion, whose fundamental dogmas are ao dan gerous to all civil government, When McKlnley attends the Metho dist church, he la there, not In hi offi cial capacity, but. as a private citizen; but. he attended mass In St, Matthew' II. C. church to reprenent the people of the United Slates, Ha McKlnley been so busy with politics In late year that be haa forgotten hla Bible? IM hlrn turn to 1 Cor. fl:9: "Know y not that the iinrlghteou shall not Inherit the Kingdom of God? He not de ceived; neither fornicators, nor Idolat ers, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abuser of themselves with mankind, (10) nor thlevea, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revller, nor extortion er shall Inherit the Kingdom of Qod." Was he not In bad company In that mans housITof Idolaters? And fief, 221f: "For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and Idolaters, and whoso ever loveih and msketli a lie," And see I pete 4:3, and I Cor. 10; 1 : "Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from Idolatry" and 1 Kings 21:25, 21; "Hut there wa none like unto Ahab, whbh did sell himself to work wick edness In the sight of (he Ird, whom Jezebel, his wife, atlrred up. And he did very abominably In following Idol, according to all things as did. the Amorltea, whom the Ixrd cast out be fore the children of Israel;" 27, "and it came to pass, when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his clothe, and put sackcloth upon hla flesh, and fasted, and lay In sackcloth, and went eoftly," We don't know whether Mc Klnley will put on sackcloth and ll la It or not; but every Protest fit Chil ian know that he ha been following Idols, and w fear lie will go lnt sack cloth after the fall lHlon, iinles the "A, P. Azes" fitted their dutM, ClfAMK ftfV, Attorney, Washington, I, C Sept. 19, Merh (rtind, K-lltor The American, Omaha. Hear Sir: When your article u tilled "American Hill Study" began to pper In the American, the que tlon arose In my mind, why term them "American" studies? And weekly slne, as tb aui'ceasiv artlclt bv both Interested nd grailfled m, tha question i-cboed that "why?" At Ut I think f have your reason, at least a reanonable solution. lo th study of such a unique book a nie Hlbl differ here in America from the Uidy of It In any other land? Certainty, undoubtedly, unavoidably la ottur land the people r T'v'Bed by some monarch, emperor, dictator, etc., ! thefr pre I not "free," their idea ate tinted with the popular teaching of "th divine righfa of king," and similar claims, which the United State of America I fast, exploding In a most practical manner. Not very long or deep consideration I requlr1 to e why the study of the Hlbie can be pursued better, In the most unfet tered and unreserved manner, her In America, And from here, from Amer tea' liberty-loving and liberty-giving people, go forth the bent interpreta tion of the Hible, of it preclou liv ing truth sent to all mmklnd, and be ing even now brought to their home by America, a never before. Bo wa hail again your title and It accom panying teaching of Hiole Truth a seen from the view point of an Ameri can Christian, Your for truth' ake, FKANK K. HAKKINUTO.V. Denver, Colo., 8"pt. 17, l9i.