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’.'HE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA 7 THE LATE FATHER JOHN S. MCCARTHY By H. A. S. It had been my privilege and pleasure to live wih him for two years as assistant at St. Patrick’s Church, Savannah, where he had been Pastor for about twenty-five years. In this time I learned to know the better I knew him the greater became my regard for him, and so it was with all who knew him. He was a man of exceptionally strong character, fearless and kind; he, indeed, was a Proverbial Rough Diamond, misunderstood by many, though kind to all, yet neither friendship nor favor would deter him in stern corrections of wrong doings. He had the highest regard for his superiors and looked upon authority with the greatest respect, not only from an ecclesias tical, but also from a civil, standpoint. He was a man of prayer, and in the fulfillment of his many priestly duties he was ever faithful, even at times when through ill health he should have re lied upon a brother priest to perform them he would say, “Oh, I can attend to it, why bother another?” One of the most touching scenes of his life, no doubt, was when he last appeared in his Church, at the Forty Hours’ devotion, scarcely able to move along with the assistance of a cane, he insisted on attending those devotions and following the Blessed Sacrament in the procession. Here, indeed, he demonstrated his great love for our Lord in the Holy Eucharist. I dare say this was only the climax of the great devotion and piety he had been exercising throughout his forty or more years of priestly life. In his five years of sufferings, three of which were intense, he would never complain, and refused to see any except his nearest friends when in his greatest sufferings. Father John, as he was most familiarly known in Savannah, had won the hearts of the children. No matter in what part of the city he was seen you would hear some one say, “There is Father John,’ or the childish greeting, “Hello, Father John.” He was indeed a friend to all. As a friend and adviser, not only the laity, but his brother priests, were properly directed; in advising he was always very thorough, thoughtful and delib erate; as a man of business he stood alone among his brothers, and many young men of high business rank owe their success to the advice obtained from Father John. He loved his labors in the vineyard of his Lord, and ever sought to do His will, ready at all times to sacrifice friends, if need be, for His honor and glory. May the God of mercy have mercy upon his soul, and grant him the reward he had so faithfully labored for. POSITION OF THE CHURCH IN CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR WRITTEN FOR THE BULLETIN. There are several kinds of controversies that arise, one time and another, between capital and labor; and different kinds involve different principles. The position of the Church is always one based on prin ciple and, therefore, to know her position in any case one must know at least the main principles which she recognizes as governing right relations between the persons or classes involved. The principles governing capital and labor are not of an intricate nature, but rather simple. Such is the complex nature of industrial life, however, that the correct application of those principles is not al ways clear. Scarcely ever, does the settlement of a controversy turn on one lone principle. Even where the issues involved in a given case are all reduced to one, the facts bearing on this one issue most likely occasion disagreement, and thus the application of the governing principle is not perfectly clear. This is but another way of saying, that without a conscientious purpose underlying the conduct of both capital and labor, no right settlement of their dis putes is practically possible. Here, is the first prin ciple recognized by the Church. Both sides in the controversy must try to do justice. Both must be guided by Christian motives, from which alone justice flows. Nothing was ever settled right that was set tled on a pagan basis. Paganism was tried for more than four thousand years, during which the human intellect proved itself again and agayi, as brilliant, as profound, as keen, penetrating, deft, resourceful, matchless—as ever since; and yet, after a hundred generations had come and gone, the pagan world was just where it started, so far as morality and justice were concerned; so far as human rights were con cerned; so far as the dignity of the human person was concerned. Here we find the second principle recognized by the Church, namely, the dignity of the human person. Not dignity consisting of pomp and circumstance, or arising from possessions or attainments; but inherent in a human being as such. Man is the lord of crea tion. He is made in the image of God. The Son of God suffered and died for him. The earth and the (Continued on Page Fourteen)