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About The bulletin of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia. (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1920)
14 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA HOW HISTORY IS “WROTE.” (From Seattle Union-Record.) The Pacific, a California weekly, quoted an article, supposed to have been printed in a paper called The National Catholic Register, to the effect that the Catholic Church was glorifying over its influence in the United States, and expressed the belief that the Pope would some day be the temporal spiritual head of God’s Kingdom on earth. It was also said to be a source of great joy that the secretary of the President was a Catholic. The Pacific found the article in The Herald and Presbytery, a Cincinnati publication, the writer who made use of it having stated that The National Labor Tribune of Pittsburgh, had quoted it as a declaration of The National Catholic Register. The article went from The Pacific to the calendar of Plymouth Church, Oakland, one of which was mailed to the New York Christian Advocate. The editor before publishing sought to ascertain its au thenticity. He found no such paper as The National Catholic Register, but one at Denver called The Catholic Reg ister. The editor of that paper disowned the article with a judicial oath, and a number of Catholics have denounced it as a forgery. The editor of The Christian Advocate sent out sev eral tracers and failed to locate the origin; except, according to one paper, it was first issued by the Guardians of Liberty, an organization of which Gen eral Nelson A. Miles is the head. ADMIRAL AND MRS BENSON GUESTS OF K. OF C. Admiral and Mrs. Be nson will be the honored guests this evening at the Macon Council of the Knights of Columbus when they will be entertained at a box party for the performance of “Listen Lester” at the Grand Theater. Seated in the box will be Admiral and Mrs. Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hogan, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Brown Taylor, and Mrs. Duncan Brown.—Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, November 13th. SEND IN NAMES. Every member is urged to see that those of his or her acquaintance who are opposed to Catholics owing to misunderstanding get the literature of the Asso ciation. Nearly forty thousand are now getting it, but there are tens of thousands of others who should. Each knows some of these. All that is necessary is to send the name and address to the Publicity Depart ment in Augusta, or to give the information to your local president or secretary. This is a part of your duty to the work. Keeping the organization intact is praiseworthy, but keeping it active is even more important. Let each do his or her part. The officers will do their duty. OUR ACTIVITIES FROM A BAPTIST VIEWPOINT. (From The Christian Index, January 1, 1920.) We recently suggested a State and South-wide evan gelistic campaign, following the success of the Baptist Seventy-five Million Campaign. Prior to its inaugu ration a State and South-wide campaign should be put on for the purpose of giving a new emphasis to Baptist doctrines and Baptist principles. These doc trines and principles are not too well understood by the rank and file of Baptists. If there ever was a time when the Baptists should be rooted and grounded in their faith it is now. Catholics have never been so aggressive in the State and in the South as they are today. Catholic Laymen’s Associations are being organized in all the leading cities of the State, and thousands of dollars are being raised and expended for Catholic propaganda. The State is being sown down in tactfully prepared literature in an effort to win popular favor. The Interchurch World Move ment and other unionizing agencies seem determined to overthrow the distinct doctrines and principles of Baptists. They have already overthrown the faith of some, and there is among them at least one preacher. It is a time when Baptists need to be deeply intrenched in their doctrines and principles. PROTESTANTS PRAISE TEACHING IN CATHOLIC PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. At a recent meeting of the New York Association of Congregational Churches in Brooklyn most of the speakers emphasized the need today of religious edu cation and teaching, and some of them pointed out that the Protestant Churches were far behind the Catholic Church in this matter, says The Catholic News. The Catholics maintain and pay for 1 1 4 element ary schools and four high schools in Brooklyn, that their children may receive adequate religious instruc tion, remarks The Brooklyn Eagle, commenting edi torially on the discussion by the Congregationalists. ' Long controversies have been waged in the past over church schools, but there is at least this to be said for them, that none of the young Socialists and in cipient revolutionists who are now seen as a danger, ever received their training in such schools. Root of Revolution. “The root of this revolutionary teaching is agnos ticism or a thinly veiled atheism. Faith in God and reverence for God make for the respect and obser vance of moral and social law, and the need for re ligious training is seen clearly at a time when men and women go about seeking to overturn the founda tions of the moral and social order.” With the work of the money-geters out of the way each Layman should devote himself to seeing that he does his part toward distribution of literature among his non-Catholic acquaintances, and should also fur nish the publicity bureau with names and addresses of those to whom he wishes Association literature sent.
