This spirit evinces the sublime of moral heroism, Then how commendable in the good priest not to As to that small and ignorant class who may think That our readers may appreciate these remarks we publish (see Appendix A.) one of the Father's challenges and a few of the many favorable notices from the press which his work has called forth. Father, surely, will not object to this gratuitous advertisement of his work, which we desire our readers to purchase and peruse. There be many, not in sympathy with the D m, to the ort ies th ha ink Ous ved ned part cher the giti s we hal rom The ad ders Catholic faith, who believe that the cause of righteousness can be best subserved by a suppression of truths which seem to them to militate against religion, and of sentiments, however honestly entertained, which are regarded by the majority as erroneous. This well-meaning class should remember that there is a correlation of truths as well as of forces, and that two truths cannot possibly antagonize each other. That especially in this age of enlightenment and of intellectual freedom we may safely discard the disguises and spiritual enchantments which lent a charm. to primitive faiths; and that error, exposed to popular scrutiny, is less dangerous than when hidden in the secret recesses of the individual mind or whispered into the ears of the few who may entertain kindred sentiments. To errors exposed the proper antidotes may be administered; to errors concealed no adequate correctives can be applied. PHILADELPHIA, January 1st, 1885. man |