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For Uie flnt Urn* in ttio history of H«r yard Vnivorsity » Catholic pnvst oecnpud tho palnit in Anplotoo ehapol at the rcga)ar Sunday scrricos for the stuUoots April 1. Bo wao tho Bm\. Father Peter J. O’CaltKluB, of Nov York, afradtfate of the college ' tn IJm eloM of 1cn». JIU discoaroe was on **Battonalioai tn Faith,” and was listened to by aa nansoally largo congregation, which inAidod Professor Kliot, the Ker. Dr. Pea* body. Professor Palmer and a number of others of tho facnlty. Father O’Calagfasn ■orprisei all by tho able manner in which ho handled his topic and its freedom from any tingo of Catholicism. It was in its entirety an argnmont for greater faith, and waa 00 well made that at the close of the oorrioaB many of those who had beard him crowded forward to eongmtnlate him on hie otlort, amoof them President Kliot It is expected that other Catholics will be called ta address the students. Father O’Calag* han said, as reported m tho Chicago Herald: “ThT testimonies are become eiccedingly credible.” St. Angnstine afiirmed that oe holieced because that which be believed was incredibi*. I once heard an eminent professor analyze these works of St Angustine and try to show how impossible it was to iMlievo Rie Incredible. This professor could not have been familiar with Bt. Augustine’s style, of which this sentence is thoroughly characteiiatio. It is always absurd to treat an eloquent exclamation as an exact stateueiit of opinion. No doubt, if the word incredible be taken in its most rigorous and extreme sense, it is impossible to believe that which can not be believed. That which contradicts reason can not be accepted by a man of reason. St. Augustine would not be likely to hold to anything so foolish as what this professor would’ have him mean. The evident meaning is that truth about Qod must of necessity be so inettably sublime that resaon can never fully grasp it. "He that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory.” “O the depth of the riches of wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are Ills jndgroeuts and how unsearchable His ways!” Bt. Augustine wished only to repeat in another form the words of the psalmist: "Thy testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul hath sought them.” . "Fkith Is the substance of thmas hoped for the convictions of things which appear not.” The necessity faith comes not from the weakness of reason to grasp its proper objest, but from the infinite character toward which faith must be directed. God is the one object of faicb> 1 do not say that reason is incapable of knowing God by its native powers; all I would say is that unenlightened reason can not know enough of God to satisfy the cravings of the human •onl. The soul is like a banished child-king whiLknows he has lost something great, but can not understand the value or the nature of what be has lost until he has received it back again. God made man in his own image and likeness and breathed into biro a soul which was the reflection of himself. Han seeking to be a God became a sinner and the origin of evil; “man when he was in honor did not understand; he is comE ared to the senseicu beasts and is become ke to them.” XC8T FEEL THE TRUTH. But in that banished soul there is an everpreseut invitation to return to its lost treasures. Many tildes the soul may not sppreeiate the value of that invitation. •It may be only after it has tried all things under the sun that it will be ready to admit that all Is vanity. Bnt whether at the expense of its own tad experienoe or from ibe teaching of wise men, it must sooner or later feel the truth which 8t. Augustine has exprstsed so beautifully: "Our hearts wers made for Thee, O God. And they are restless till they find-their rest in Thee.” Faith is the evidence of those things which appear not— things of God whicn lead the soul to its true and proper rest in God. Faith is the beaoon light which guides the soul to safe anchorage. It bolds out to the soul God aa never could be shown by reason. It speaks such aw/nl truths that words can not be shaped to its meaning. Divine revelation is as essential lor supernatural faith aa Asowledge it for inteJligenoe. Hatlonalism, aa generally understood, is • technical term (^signating that doctrine which teaches that reason hat been man’s only guide to truth, and that there has been no tuoh thing aa divine revelation. But all that is not rationalism is not irrational. If rationalism did not insinuste too often that faith is irrational lentimentslism we might allow a mere name to go unchallenged. But, because rationalism would too frequently wish to have us think that it monopolises tbs rational I hope to show tonight the rationalism in faith. Too often we hide beneath a name inconsietuncies and shallowness. Wo bundle together many processes under a single name, and when we have labeled the bundle we think no more about it. What is this bundle we call reason? Why is it so strong while faith is weak and childish? Why is the one pure reason while the acceptance of the other is, at best, merely a convenient supposition int practical reason? In my eoilege days a olaumate was very much worried over the seeming strength of my position oF the solipsist Be went to the professor and asked him how he got out of solipsism. The professor answered, “1 jumped out of it” T deubt if that professor, who I think is a rationaHst, imagined fora moment that hit jamp was in any sense an act of faith. No matter bow tho extreme skeptic may seek to diaprove the reality of the external world, or, rather, to show the flaw m the avidetice for such reality—no matter bow much hejnay sneer at Dr. Johnson’s quaint proof of the existence of the outer worldin ordinary dealings in hte he will jump out of his soUpsiam—he will return to oonimoB wnie. Although faith, strictly speaking. is an acceptance of truth upon the authority of another, the word is also used to dethraata trust and confidence in anything. In this sense we may say that the •ohpsist makes an act of faith in the evldenea ol his senses when he jumps out of his solijMhMB. It would be a symptom of a disordered brain if a man persevered for any length of time in tlie conviction that idl is a dream and he, the dreamer, the only leality. Of oourae, we have been speaking of faith aa that natural and healthy confidence which we repose in our reasoning faculties and In the testimony of our lellow-men. No donbt it is not the same thing as supernatural faith. Supernatural faith, as the name inplies, has for its object that which is above nature, and for the manner of seeking its object a help which does not come from the powers of nature. The fiset that there is a- snpcrnstnral world hardly needs proof. There are few who maintain that nature is the aVL We nan not be eobvineed that oifr little world of nature is all there is of reality. Wo feel m eertimn of the reality of the unknown and the unknowable aa we do cf that which eemes within the range of our experience. And to call all things nature is simply a quibble over words. XATIOKALlSM IN FAITH. ^ppoeing the faet of revelation’of the aupcmatnral—can the acceptance of it be. In any tease, rational? Can there be .any mtifioalisBi in faith? The faith 1 have afaown to be in reaaen is a confidence in tboaght, to which we are driven liy the very neeeeeitit ef Utonght If we would think BAail, we Rust profeee eonfideace in oar ♦aught It ic eonoeivable that a man Bt^t lend a brutish lite, without feeling fte heed of any eenfidenoe in his thought, bo not care what kgio demanded, ms at bie senaatloBs were pleasant But ♦e iMn ef tkoencht mnet be a man of faith •^hie wbde mental life depends upon many Mtie^ faith. 1 see in this nataral faith aa tmace of snyarnaMnd faith. The man of Qod ta a man H fsHb, Hie wbrie spiritual life is one fPMihR«f faith. The need for Qod lain «H^p|ri%Mdweni«nUandir daieieatif,

weliaveitaot There has been no nation t williottt at hmst some aspiralions toward < liod. That aspiratiou may be sooictinits | hiitit and som^'tiUHs grotesque, bnt there it is, a universal testimony to the soul’s need . of God. Show me n people which has been led out of hsrharisai by atbeism, or a | nation which bad been civilized bv so-callcd . rationalisui. and then, and only then, will j it be possible to arcue in this matter. For, | in orasr to argue, ae need evidence on both aiuea. Wi- bavt no evidence to show what so-called rationaiisin can do. We can not prove its value by the lives of individuals, for we can uot undo the nast. and the | rnulu of our fathers’ euofliete and { triumphs are in the very marrow of our i bones—the lives of many rationalists are I testimony against rutionalisni. 'fo eradicate the effects of religion upon bumauity vrould I be to brutalize mankind. No man can ' measure exactly what is, directly or indi- j rectly, due to the influence of religion; but i if wo can not measure its exact amount it I would be the hight of absurdity to question j its universal and almost omnipotent in- j fluence.\ We need God and our hearu are restless until they find their rest in God. i There it a tnirst in oiir souls which nothing I earthiv can satisfy, which must be slaked m that living water of which if any man | dnoks he will never thirst, j If the need for reason can demand faith ; of us, why 1 an not the need of a spiritual life in us demami that which alone can fill I such a life? And if our acceptance of j reason—our act of confidence in reason— j was a reasonable act, because'it was iveces- i sory for our progress, any is notour acceptBuoo of the supernatural—our a<'t of faith | in God and His revelation—also a rational j act’ Perhaps this communion with God may not be desired by some. There may be those who are so much of this earth earihy that they allow nothing spiritual to trouble them. The lives of these are analagous to the lives of those unthinking men who enre for nothing more than pleasing sensations. There is no way of reaching such men.. Reason can do no more than present itself, relying upon its charms lor captivating men’s souls. For who can convince a man that refuses to accept the axioms of boman thought’ The man may be a fool, but he is free to be such, and we can not coerce him into becoming something better, fco. in like manner, the spiritual life—the life of faith—presents itself to the soul, it also must depend principally upon its charms to gain an jeotrance into man’s soul It has an advantage over reason, inasmuch as reason is its handmaid—to go before it and to sweep and garnish the soul ID preparatioiffor it. If a man feels no need for this life of faith then iPhis soul in darkness and in the shadow ot death. Hia soul mnst be sick unto death—it has lost its normal appetite for God. The appetite for God—the instinct of faith—is native to the soil. Superaatural ViAce comes only to intensify and transform that appetite into Christian charity. The need which humanity has shown for God ought to be sufficient to show, to the disordered soul of the unbeliever, the f xteut of its disease. If we could go on further than this it seems plain that the acceptance of a spiritual life which is self-consistent and well authenticated is thoroufehly reanonable, because necessary for the realization of the Boul’s'^highest aspirations. Faith appeals to us by the presentation of its object to our souls. It |he faith which we have feund in the necessary acts of our reason be a ratinna! faith, the supernatural faith of the Cliristiun, nltliough supernatural, is not the less rational. I am not considering the credentials which the Chnstiun faith presents. I do not say that those credentials are sufficient; I simply ^sert that, if they satisfy the aspirations of the Hoiil, the acceptance of theuris no weak sentimentality, but, indeed, a most eminently rational act FAITH CAN SATISFY THE SOUL. I have purposely taken for granted that the Christian faith alone can satisfy the aspirations of the soul, though I am fully conscious that I have not proved this. ‘‘Without faith it is impossible to please God.” To Bt. Paul Christianity was the only faith. “One God, one faith, one baptism,one God and Father of all, who isabove all and through all and in ns all.” And I might add that Tam convinced that Jesus is the only master to whom the world will bend its stiH neck, if U bends it ut all. The art by whiidi we accept the life of faith is a rational act, because it is an act which ds necessary fur the fullness of our life. It makes us wholo—it rounds us out. “Amen, amen, I sav unto you. he who believes in Me hath everlasting life.” Faith is the condition of life eternal, and because it 18 such a life ot faith is the highest rationalism. It reason does not enlighten man in the way of his greatest progress, its brightness must be dimmed by some fault. There is uot and can not be reason which would put a block in our way, saying thus far amino farther, when we feel in us the ability to press on lur beyond that impediment We see the road beyond—we know our strength, and siiall we be detained by that over which we can easily leap? Reason is man’s guide to truth and not man’s hindrance to progress. It would be this latter if faith w ere irrational. For it is by faith we walk, and according to our faith it will be done to us. .\Dd by our faith the greatness of our souD roust be measured. Buppose a child could be born into this world who refused all the achievements of tlm race, doubtrd all the teachings of his masters, threw all books and mannscripts into the lire, who tried to rid himself of all which he would be obliged to receive from others, woultHie ever become much more than a chiltLr He could not rid himself of all— he could not rid himself Of himself— and he himself is largely a product of the race. But let him even try to do it and he will become a fool. By natural faith in our teachers, by faith in the achievements of the race, by faith in books, by faith in our fellow man—by faith only we become worthy to be members of himian society. In like manner it with our spiritual life. By faith, and by faith alone, can we be saved. Not that faith alone will save us, “for the devils believe and tremble,” and ‘‘faith without good works 18 dead.” Bat it is only through the way of faith that we can enter into life eternal. For “without faith it is impossible to please God.” Without faith it is impossible to know God as He ought to be known and as He wishes to be known. As He deigns to show Himself so can we know Him. He mnst speak to ns by revelation if we are to know Him, For “how. then, shall they call on Him in whom thev have not believed? Or how shall they believe Him of whom they have uot beard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” SAVIOR THE PREACHER. Jesus Christ is our preacher, and it is only by God’s stooping down to man that man can be lifted up to God. As the child is led to the wisdom of manhood by human teachers through natural faith, so is man, by supernatural faith, made worthy to be c^led the brother of Jesus Christ. “Take, therefore, the shield of faith wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one, and take unto you the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God).” Only by this word of God —by faitn and the divine revelation—can we be brought to the knowledge of God. God’s wisdom is above human comprehension. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your wsys My ways, smith the Lord. For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are .\ly ways exalted above your ways and My tlioughts above your thoughts.” "For that which appeareth foolish of God is wiser than men, and that which appearetb weakness of God is stronger than men.” If God’s wisaom appears as folly to os then we are sadly in need of enlightenment. The vulgar man may think that the luanoera of a gentleman are unmaaly. It is his loss to think so. He can ha converted only by becomingy^ more tike a gentleman. The eondeoioed soul may be less miserable in hell than it would be in God’s jpresence; that awful presence might, indeed, make it call upon (he mountains to fall upon It and to the hills to cover it. But tbie IS the soul’s terrible loss. To feel otherwise it must itself be transformed. The man who has no appreciation for go<*d music leaiiisto love it by patient listening to iRand tiying to bring himself to the love of iiT In like manner, if you bare not faith, yon must bring yourself to appreciate the loss yon are suHering. “Thou mayest not know that thou are wretched ana niizerabie and poor and blind and naked. (But) 1 counsel thee, buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be •lothcd In white garments, that the shame

of thy nakednese may not appear, and anoint thy eyes with eye salve that thou mayest see.” Pray then that thou mayest have the eye salve of faith that thou mayest tee. Beek it and you shall find it, for God will never be wanting to any honest seeker after true wisdom. Aceordiug to our faith will it be done to ns. The more there is of fsuth in us the more we shall see God and the nearer we shall be brought to Him. “This is the victory which overcometh the world—our faith.’’ A OUABAKTEE OF PROOREKS. Faith, then, is the condition as well as the guarantee of our progress. Burely there is good and sufficient reason for accepting it. We stand in more need of communion with the world. He has begun to b« perfect, says one of the holy fathers of the desert, “who can say in bis heart, God and I, we are alone in the universe." Faith is essential for communion with God. To accept faith, therefore, is the highest rationalism, because the necessary condition for our greatest enlightenment. If evil communications corrupt good manners, holy thoughts and holy associations build up the edifice of sanctity. If good music will, when perseveringlylistened to, arouse the dull and unmusical to an apprecication of its charms, so will the contemplation of divine mysteries—the communion with God—make even our weak souls godlike. Faith alone can open the book ot God’s mysteries for our instruction. Let this bouk be opened for us and let our hearts be initamed wi h enthusiasm tor lU study—let us oegio to think the thoughts of (rod, and we shall become veritable sharers in the divine nature. “Thy tesiimonies are wonderful, O God, therefore hath my soul sought Thee.” “As the heart panteth after the fountains of water, so my soul panteth after Thee, O God. My soul has thirsted after the strong, living God.” “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after justice, for they shall be filled.” And they shall be filled through faith—out of the rich treasury of God’s ineffable truth. May God grant to us much of that eyesalve by which we may see tlie blindness of our souls. And when He has filled our hearts with the brightness of His veiled presence, may He give us grace to love Him. “If anv man may love Me, he will keep My word, and we will come to Him and make our abode with Him.” While He is present all will be well with us. And if we keep our hearts clean—“for the clean of heart shall see God”—the dark glass of faith will reveal more truth to us than the deepest thoBght of philosophers, and God’s “testimonies will become exceedingly credible.” THE APHIL. PL’ZZLES.

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The prize for March hat been awarded to Miss Nelli* Wales of 1367 North Illinois street 391.—Numerical Kiiigiua. I em a couplet of sixty-five letters from Mother Goose. Mv 11—24—36—53—5&-16—1-41—27—31 is a so-called disease common to elderly persons. My 4—20—39—5—17—45—8—22 is an immense diamond. My 04—23—41-29—15-35—49—33—35 is going from place to place. ^ly 2-21—46- 11—64—14—28—50—67 is a very violent wind. ily oij—40-31—5—43-52-*24—32-46—3 is a Half globe. My 9—25-^59—13—30—63—64—41—20—65 is the first thing to' build in a house. My 60—12—62—8—18—61 is a Chinese temple. My 47—35—26—34—7—40 is one oblige to do hard manual labor. My 10— 45—22—40—48—38 is a dense growtii of trees. My 37—45—6—51—42—20—63—27 is very strange. My lit-8—11—44—12—11—34 is the battle cry of success. 292—Wineglass. X o o X o o X X O O X O O X X O O X O O X X O O X O O X X X X 0X0 0 0X00 'I he bowl of the gloss is a triple acrostic, and the three words taken together are a requisite for soap bubbles. Each cross word is formed ot two words of four letters each—the last of one becoming the first of the other. 1. Separate widely and brings a report. 2. One of the LTiited States and one of the Sandwich islands. 3. A place in Italy famous during the fifteenth century as a place of refuge for Christians fleeing from Oonstontinoulc, and •our pungent. 4. A very small quantity, and a domestic animal. The upright down the center (9 letters) is a magnesian stone. The neck of the glass (letters 5 and 6) are found on the superscription of i most envelopes. Tlie last 5 letters of the upright 18 a weight of 14 pounds. The base of the glass is a pyramid. 1. A vowel. 2. A conjunction. 3. Topic. The central is a numeral. The diagonal on the left is a gram, and on the right a poem. 393—Hidden Poetry. In the following stanza find a familiar nursery rhyme. One word will be found in each line. There is a li^le maiden Who oft drops in on me, To tell me of her troubles By water, land and sea. This charming little maiden Brings with her golden grains Of corn to feed the birdies That fly o'er sand and plains. I make her sit beside me. And we tell the story o’er, While the mighty waves are rolling, And we bear old ocean roar; And when the twilight gathers, And the stars are peeping through, How pleasant ’tisto wander O’er the land all bright with dew. 394—Cube. X X X Z X

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