Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . that the Roman Catholicism withwhich we are familiar is its normal judge of its policy and power every-where by what we see of these about are ignorant of history, are notfamiliar with present-day facts in Catholiccountries, and do not know the condition ofthings in many parts of our own ihe Mexican and Spanish-speakingpeoples of our country we have a conditionof things which calls for our earnest andconstant attention. These people are igno-rant, superstitious, blindly obedient to theirspiritual advisers, intoleran
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . that the Roman Catholicism withwhich we are familiar is its normal judge of its policy and power every-where by what we see of these about are ignorant of history, are notfamiliar with present-day facts in Catholiccountries, and do not know the condition ofthings in many parts of our own ihe Mexican and Spanish-speakingpeoples of our country we have a conditionof things which calls for our earnest andconstant attention. These people are igno-rant, superstitious, blindly obedient to theirspiritual advisers, intolerant of Ihe Bible,Church and public school, and un-Americanin speech, habit and spirit. Now we haveadded Porto Rico to our country, probablyalso the Pnilippines, and have a responsibleinterest in Cuba. The power of Rome hasbeen absolute in these islands. The prob-lem becomes more difficult, duty greater,call more urgent and the work, instead ofgrowing less, grows larger. How is this gigantic and growing powerin our country to be vanquished ? Public. Typical Street Jo a Town in New Mexico. 428 ROMAN CATHOLIC REVELINGS—WORK AMONG MARICOPA INDAINS. [November, schools, say some. By all means: but thefact is that these Roman Catholic com-munities have no sympathy with publicschools. Church schools, and these onlyto a very limited extent, are is to come the influence which is topersuade and enable a Catholic populationto establish and maintain public schools ?The answer has not been given. A repub-lican government, say others. But thetruth is that Rome not only can surviveunder a republican form of government,but flourish. With consummate skill sheadapts herself to the situation and is ableby an unsurpassed astuteness to so allyherself with the powers that be as to greatlyadvance her interests. Does not everylarge city in our country furnish evidenceenough of this ? The true and all-sufficient answer is thegospel, and that is what our Church is doingthrough its Board of
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