Christian Cynosure . iceswere conducted—one by the priest, theother by the Elks. Now, for Catholicsthere is only one ritual and one religiousservice; and the non-sectarian organ-ization that obtrudes itself into a Cath-olic house or a Catholic cemetery to per-form rites and ceremonies which arc andmust be meaningless and futile, so faras Catholics are concerned, is most pre-sumptuous. But the blame rests not somuch on the organization, which usu-ally does not know anv better, as on theCatholics who belong to it, and put them-selves on a level religiously with allsorts and conditions of people
Christian Cynosure . iceswere conducted—one by the priest, theother by the Elks. Now, for Catholicsthere is only one ritual and one religiousservice; and the non-sectarian organ-ization that obtrudes itself into a Cath-olic house or a Catholic cemetery to per-form rites and ceremonies which arc andmust be meaningless and futile, so faras Catholics are concerned, is most pre-sumptuous. But the blame rests not somuch on the organization, which usu-ally does not know anv better, as on theCatholics who belong to it, and put them-selves on a level religiously with allsorts and conditions of people outsidethe church.—Sacred Heart Reviezv, Bos-ton, Vol. 51, No. 19. THE MYSTERIES. BY PRESIDENT C. A. BLANCHARD, WIIKATOX COLLEGE, ILLINOIS. Stenographic report of an address by Pres-ident Blanchard at the National Conventionheld in the Moodv Church, Chicago, May I found myself sort of envying my brethren as they were speaking. I should like myself, just to preach the Gospel to-night for the Gospel is the. good news. To-morrow 1 hope to havethe privilege of holding forth the Wordof Life in a distant city. I am to have thatprivilege for three successive days, andI shall enjoy it a great deal better thanwhat I have to do to-night: but you knowthe prophet once said to Israel to pluckup as well as to plant; to pull down aswell as to build; and it is the most fool-ish thing in the world for a man to tryto put a good house on a poor founda-tion. We are commanded by the HolySpirit not to sow among thorns. Thereis a lot of that sowing done. Sowingamong thorns: good seed thrown outinto the places where it is. humanly 14: CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE. September, 1914. speaking, bound to die. When I was aboy slavery ruled this country, preach-ers owned slaves ; bishops owned slaves ;sold little baby slaves to get pin moneyfor their wives. That was the commonthing. It was legal. No church mem-bers, speaking generally, dared to sayanything against it. No preacher w^hovalued his reputation
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