The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. III, No.12 May 1927

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. III, No.12 May 1927
Issue Date: Vol. III (No. 12) May 1927
Year: 1927
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extracted text: TllE LITTLE !POSTLE OF THE MOUNTUN PROVINCE r:.Lhe organ of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary \Scheutveld Fath6rs) in the Mountain Province of the PhiUppines. - Edited and published monthly Editor . REV. Q. -VANDEWALLE, P. 0. Box 1393, Manila, Phil. Is. Business Manag-er .•. REV. V. FANIEL, P. -0. -Box 1393, Manila P. I. Publishers . . • . . . THE CATHOLIC ScHOOL PRESS, Baguio, Philippines. { P 1.00 for the Phili-ppines Yearly subscription price: $1.00 for the U.S. and Foreign Countries. All checks and money orders should be made payable to THE LITTJ .E APOSTLE, Manila, P. I. Notice regarding change of ad<lress should be sent promptly. !11 communications must be addressed t0: THE LITTLE APOSTLE P. 0. 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Remember the Happiness of Your first Holv Communion and l'ieep that Happiness Leonie had, also, a r:ery warm place in my heart; she loved me v,ry much, and her lave was rdurned. In I he evening when she came home from sc/Jool, she used to take care of me while the others went out, and it seems to me I can still hear the sweet songs she sang to put me to sleep. I remember perfectly the day of her First Communion,and I remember also her companion, the poor llIRST HOLY COMMUN10.1\! What a blessed day! What happiness! Why? Jesus in us, God in us! What a power this remembrance of, or the preparation for it, has to keep us in God as on that day, for the fir::t child whom my Mother dressed according to the touching custom of the well-to-do families in Alenzon. This child did not leave Leonie an instant on that happy day, and in the evening at the grand dinner she sat in the place of hou,or. Alas! I was to small to stay up for this feast, but I already shared in it a little, thanks to Papa's goodness. Autobiography of the Little Flower. time, we keep Him in our innocent little hearts. This reminds me the story of " . .\ white little child and a big black devil." There was once a little white child, yes, very, very white .... it 254 was shining with whiteness above all its little friends .... its parents liked to dress it in a Yery, very white and elegant costume.... On the right arm it wore a white brace that looked even whiter than it was, because it was flecked with gold .... white gauntlets and a white neckerchief completed the white adc:irment of the little white boy .... In his hands he carried a white taper of an immaculate wax .... its sputtering flame threw a sweet, poetic glimmer on this adorable white creature. The exterior aspect of this little pure child was the ade4uate image of its little holy soul: this, too, was of an immaculate white as on the day of its baptism. I t:s mind was enlightened with a silvery ray of heaven: it knew perfectly, the catechism .... it knew the mysteries of our holy doctrine, the v a I u e of the Sacraments .... nay, the various virtues that change a child into an angel on earth. Its little red heart was, in the eyes of God, a pure lily of the celestial fields. Of a pure soul, one says that she is "candid," and candid means fair, open, pure. white: indeed the soul of the little white child was candid. Its will was free of all evil desires. Not a trace was found in it of any stain .... not ev~n that rest of a sinful mark after the blot has been erased by confession. So, when the little white child approached for the first time, the Holy ·fable and took into its white hands the white cloth , and when the priest showed to the 1 it t I e white child the little white Hos~ containing the glorious Saviour who is of ap eternal whiteness, all the faithful in the little church with deep emotion and as in extacy whispered: "What a white little child!" * * * Many years have passed. One day I met the little white child of the past. At fir;:t I did not recognize the little white child, now a man, for never since that happy day, had I seen him again. How could I have recognized that little whitechi!d, such an outgrowth of such a little white chi1d? He now looked tall and thin; he was wrapped in dirty rags; his hair was matted and tousled; his hands were black and unwashed; his face was sombre, his eyes hollow and dim and as surrounded by a black circle; his shoes were worn out .... he was "a pity".... Talking with him . .I soon understood that his exterior was only the ~ad expre,c:sion of his still darker interior. His mind "as black: darkness had invaded it.... He had forgotten the ca 1 echism, he ignored the truths of religion .... he did not know God any longer. .. . On the contrary, his intelligence was puffed up with all the errors of indifference and the sophisms of a free- thinker .... he saw nothing clearly: neither the family, against which he boasted divorce and free 1 > ve .... nor the society. which he wished to be anarchist .... nor his own person, that walked in the e tern a 1 darkness, all the rays cif the hereafter having been ex1 inguished .... His heart was as black as his reason. Yes, his heart had loved, not for the sake of virtue, not for the consolation of a happy fa~ily with lovely children, not for the peace and bliss of a home .... but to satisfy his lov.,·er pas~ions and brutal vices .... he had become a living darkness, unaL.Je to enjoy purity .... he was stained with ;;ins and blackened with crimes against man and God. His will, too. was obscured with bad designs and sombre thoughts. It was wisLing evil to e\·ery human being; it hated men and cursed all who seemed happy and calm under the light of peace with earth and Heaven. After a few moments' conversation with hh1, who, only in memory had remained "the little white child," I thought to myself: "What a big black devil!" *** I soon found the key to this abnormal devilish change. The little white child had turned his back upon his white litte friends and had associated with little companions that were animated with hellish, black souls .... and his own soul had been besmirched by their contact. He had enjoyed the sight of black movies in the evening .... he 255 had gone to a godless school during the day .... he had read books whose evil insinuations he could n e i t h e r rpfu te nor resist, books wbose ideas were dirty and black ... He had bought papers of a neutral taint and later those of doubtful theories .... papers that by their very neutrality preached contempt for the legitimate authority of God and Church, papers that light in the minds of the youngsters and all who read them. a hellish smoke, thick, 'ile and black. ... He had been seduced by men who hate the light of reason and rev e 1 a t i o n and who plot in the darkness of the night, behind barred doors and drawn windows, against the Way, the Truth and the Life .... the Light of the world .... and he had inhaled the darkness of their words and deeds .... Love of work had fled from his heart .... famine had grasped his stomach .... his parents, having died of sorrow, his home had been converted into a den of wretches like himself.... a den dark, sad, mournful, lugubrious .... The cabaret became his friend .... The drink he swallowed to drown the grieving remorse of his conscience and the dark thoughts of his dizzy mind, had no other effect than of :-'inking him lower into a bottomle"s precipice of s i n f u 1 pitch .... His deep sunken eyes and his black face evidently spoke of his besmirched soul.... He was a heart-rending sight. *** 256 -' ·You are far from being the little white child of your first Communion!" A light glimmered in his eyes. Did he have a Yision of that g 1 or i o us day when. for the first time in his, yet, unsulled life, he sat down at the table of the Angels? This short apparition did it light some regret at the bottom of his heart? His face shone for awhile as if a ray of enJ:ghtenment had pierced the thick darkness of his dirty ;;:ou I .. He exclaimed: -"If I only could start life a 11 over again!" Then his features took the expression as of an outworn sack and he added in a begging whisper: -' Tell the others .... tell the other white little children never to do as I did." But this was only a glimmer. ... Again his face became heart-rending, as if the black cloud that had burst for a moment, had c Io s e d once more and forever.... And at once, and as fast as he could, he disappeared: the big b:ack dedl, a lamentable ruin of a white lit t I e ch;ld .... * * * The other day I attended the first Holy Communion of many white little children .... of as many angels on earth.... Their happy mothers <;obbed .... their fathers wept.... Oh, the white little children that reminded them of their own first Holv Communion! I thought ~f that great b I a ck devil.... Would there some day, out of these white little an g e Is, come forth such a devilish monster?.... Who knows!. ... \i\.hy then, Oh God, do you not permit the~e white little children to die before they besmirch the robe of their innocence and assume the role of a great black devil? A mystery!. ... \o! It is not .... For God has plal·ed into the hancis of the parents the means of preserving their angels in the f u 11 brightness of their white baptismal dress .... He ha~ giYen the white little children the foretaste of heaven on the day of their first Communion, and this souvenir of bles;;:ings and bli,;s should make frem srrive to remain angels forever .... He has made it a sacred duty for parents to preserve and insure the white ne:::s of the ':'Ou ls of their children .... Woe!.... Three times v .. ·oe, to such unnatural fathers and mothers, who, thru negligence, ~acrifice t4eir white little children on the altars of darkness: the misunderstood freedom, day and night, frivolous reading lighthearted converrntions, bad companions, religious indifference. bad ~xamples .... And if then the white little chi Id re n some day become big black devils, the greatest devils are not the children .... but their parents .... devils to their own children. Have your First Holy Communion in view .... remember the happiness of that day .... keep yourself in the state you were on that happy day .... and white little children !"Orne day you will be forever white little angels in heaven. SA YO:\'AROLA. 357 May o. The Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel It is manifest, from the Holy Scriptures, that God is pleased to make frequent use of the ministry of heavenly spirits in the dispensations of His Providence in this world. Hence the name of Angel (messenger) has been appropriated to them. The ani;els are pure spirits and by a property of their nature are immortal, as every spirit is. ·They have the power of moving or conveying themselves from place to place, and such is their act1v1ty that it is not easy for us to conceive it. Among the holy Archangels,there are particularly di.stinguished in Holy Writ-Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. St. Michael whom the Church honors this day, was the prince of the faithful angels who opposed Lucifer and his asrnciates in their revolt against God. As the devil is the sworn enemy of God s holy Church, St. Michael is its special protector against his assaults and stratagems. This holy Archangel has ever been honored in the Catholic Church as her guardian under God, and as the protector of the faithful; for God is pleased to employ the zeal and charity of the good an g e Is and their leader again•t the malice of the devil. To thank His adorable goodness for this benefit of His merciful Providence is this festival instituted by the Church in honor of the good angels, in which derntion she has been encouraged by several apparitions of this glorious archangel. Among others it is reported that St. Michael in a vision, admonished the Bishop of Siponto to build a church in his honor on Mount Gargano, in the kiilgdom of :\aples. When the Emperor Otto III had , contrary to his word. put to death , for rebellion, Crescentius, a Roman senator, being touched with remorse, he cast himself at the feet of St. Rom'l!l.ald, who, in satisfaction for his crime, enjoined him to walk barefoot. on a penitential pilgrimage, to St Michael's on Mount Gargano. which penance he performed in 1002. It is mentioned in particular of special guardian and protector of the Church that, in the persecution of Anti-Christ, he will powerfully stand up in her defence: ·' . .\t that time shall Michael rise up. the great prince, who standeth for t 0 he children of thy people." Let us invoke St. Michael against the p e rs e cu to rs of the Church in Mexico. China . etc. and let us imitate him by defend ing the Church whenever and wherever we can, not only in our com·ersations and writings, but also by deeds and sacrifices. 35 Ecce Homo! Say, can you fathmn a:11 the sorrow of this Face ? How lov'ly, yet eX'.pressive of an endless pain And of the gtieving thought that, for the human tace, He'll die-, but for the- greatest numb't, alas, in vain ! O'h, Cbrfstfan, '"ECCE HOMO! (' Look well at this Pace .... Then,. ask youtself what on your deathbed )·ou stall ~·i~h You'd done fot Christ, your Judge, to bring His sa·\-ing grace On Pag.ans.,.., DO IT .•.• NOW .... for their au d )•our o~·n bliss r 359 So Speak the -Wise . . . And the Young Heed the Lesson ! 241. No answer is also an answer. 242. A good name is sooner lost than won. 243. Cleanliness is next to g·odliness. 244. Method will teach you to win time. 245. Say no ill of the year till it is passed. 246. Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of the mortal life. 247. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 248. More men would go to church if there were a law gainst it. 249. Nobody speaks to Mr. Poor in the street, but very distant relatives of Mr. Rich find him out, even among the hills. 250. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. ~ 251. Better ask twice than g·o wrong once. 252. Never fall out with your bread and butter. 253; There was a wife that kept her supper for her breakfast, and she was dead before the day. 2 54. A bald head is soon shaven. 255. Make not a toil of pleasure, as the man said, when he buried his wife. 256. He is going to grass with his teeth upwards. 257. Like lambs, you do nothing but suck, and wag your tail. 258. Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. 259. That's as true as that the cat crew, and the cock rocked the cradle. 260. A diamond is valuable, though it lie on a dunghill. 360 Address Delivered by Rev. J. Desamber on Occasion of the Installation of the Nueva Vizcaya Center of the Knights of Columbus, Jan. 17, 1927. (Continuation) When the United States declared war against Germany in 1917, the Knights of Colun hus offered the Jervices of the Order as a unit to the Government in 1'ar work. An appeal was issued to the public for Sl,000,000, and in no time the war fu'nd in response to this appeal far ~xceeded the expectation of the Knights, amounting in the end to s~inething over S14,000,000. Sec· fetaries and chaplains were placed in all the camps and cantonments; buildings were erected and com· inunity centers were established,all for the benefit of young men pre· ' paring themselves to go overseas. 'then Headquarters were establi~h· ed in Paris for the Or·der's overseas activities, 'with branches in Lon· don covering the British Isles, and after the Armistice in Coblenz, for the army of occupation. The work M''the Knights at home and o\'erseas won the highest encomiums from bclt}:i soldiers, commanding officer:<:, ' and GoYernrnem them· se"l\·es. -. ' - After peace was effected t h e Kni'ghts immediately devoted their energies and resources to recons· fraction work. Employment bu· reaux to the 'numl•er of 254 were opened, in the first twelve months 300,000 eer'Vice - men c"·e"i-e pl;~ced in employment, 498 scholarships in colleges were given to service men; 150,000 service men, 1,100 service women were enrolled in 48 schools established for that put· pose. By August 19'20, there were 150 Knights of Columbus schools in operation with an attendance of 500,000 pupils. My. dear Bmther Knights! I gave you herewith in a few outlines some of the ,1alnable activities of our Brother Knights in the United States of America. Their Lloings must inspire us with the cheYaliery ideals of our common Knighthood; their activities lay down before us the general outlines of our own program of activities in the Philip· pine Islands in general and in the province of Xaeva Vizcaya in par· ticular. Our Supreme Knight, Bt'other James Flaherty, has said that our Order is an army at war. The battle is not of our making. The challenge has been thrust in our faces by those who would rob ua of our most precious rights, of our most precious ideals, who would, indeed, despoil us of faith itself. As trne Catholic men we could do nothing less than accept the chal" lenge without hesitation. The country is overrun by nu me· 361 rous adepts of the worst kind of sec- that this country is free? To foreret societies, roaring like ferocious lions in search of \vhorn they may devour. They are all animated with the same infernal spirit, they are all aiming at the same end, viz., the destrudion of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The enemies of our ideals are more menacing today than ever before. Today selfishness, pride, hatred, greed, en,·y, intolerance-all these flourish, all these reach out their ever gro1ving tendrils, wrap them around the souls of men, crush the manhood out of them. Today, success means the po:::session of power and money. Never mind how power is gained. Never mind how many are broken and crushed down into the depths of poverty and despair while one man climbs ruthlessly to the top. Never mind if sorrow is brought to thousands that a few may possess happiness, such as it is. Ne1·er mind if God is forgotten and all the fine things of life cast aside.... This is the spirit that moves men now, this is the spirit that we are pledged to fight to the end. Let us, as Catholics, look squarely at our own future in these beautiful Philippine Islands, a beloved country for many of us and a most dear adopted country for others. The Philippine nation will be one day an independent nation, and much more so because it is a Catholic nation. But the question arises and is confronting us: \Vhat will be the Catholic standing once see is to reign, says the wise, and that the Filipino Catholics have the opportunity of foreseeing things is a great favor granted to them by Holy Prm·idence. The world book of history lies wide open before us, and the most instructive lessons are offered to our own earnest consideration and deep meditation. There is Mexico, a Catholic country, where Catholics failed to u n it e themselves, where Catholics. are helpless to defend themselves because they do not enjoy the blessings of strong organizations. We see them, on these our own days of modern civilization, oppressed and persecuted by a Bolchevistic government that deprives them of their most sacred rights ..... There is the great Republic of the United States of America, the greatest country in the world for what is good and for what is evil. A country where the shortest minded bigots, the most selfish and intolerant puritans are ready at any moment of the day to devour their fellow countrymen because they are Catholics, Jews or of colored blood. A country where we meet the most generous and devoted Catholics of the world, where the Catholic Church appears in its full splendor strenght and beauty, where Catholicism enjoys the most wonderful organizations as are the Order of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society and the like. We see, we witness, that the Catholics in the United States are free, that 362 their sacred rights as Catholic citizens of the greatest Republic are respected, thanks to the protecting and defending force that was born from their perfef·t union. l\Iexico and the United States of America alike are warning us: Prepare yourselves for the coming of the great day! But my dear Brother Knights! let us not deceive ourselves! A Catholic Society cannot stand with individuals as members who neglect their duties in the secrecy of their conscience. \Ve have to be knights in private life as we appear to be knights in public life. \Ve have tQ be faithful to our Catholic religion, our Catholic duties and responsibilities in the sight of God Who observes the most secret palpitations of our hearts as well as before men who judge only by external appearances. 'Ve have to heed constantly and perseveringly the admonition given by the great Knight of the early Church, St. Paul the Apostle: ''Love for God and our neighbor is the fulfilling of the law. Know ye the season: that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. .For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy: but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh in its conct1piEcences.' In family life a Knight has ta show himself worthy of his name. He who is engaged in married life, must make of his family a Paradise upon earth where his wife, as a Christian mother, is reigning on her throne of love while he, as a Christian father, exercises a kind but respected authoritiy over his children. He who canno~ keep order in his family, cannot be expected to do much for the general welfare of his religion and of his country. He who is unfaithful to the Sacred duties of his state of life is a traitor to the Order, an enemy to God, to his Catholic religion and his country. In public life, my dear Brother Knights, we have to appear like the true lrnights of old: "sans peur et sans reproche," "without fear and without blame." Knights, indeed, are men who are not interested in trivial things, but men whose mind can grasp eternal ideals, with heart>" and souls of crusaders. It is told of the Knights of the Middle Ages that they went out for the conquest of noble deed. And such is our own program in public life: hand in hand we set out to find where good is to be dune. "Pro Aris et Focis," "for God and Country," is our battle cry when we go to defend the weak, to help the poor, to instruct theignorant and to console the sick. Like our Lord Jesus Himself, our highest Supreme Knight, we are bound to pass by doing good upon earth. (To be continued) How Brother Edward Lost His Spectacles nearly his life, but not his head and he found a soul for heaven I Dear Father Vandewalle. AM AT SALEGSEG building a dormitory for baptized boys. This will be under the direct supervision-of a catechist and this way, we hope to prevent much corruption in the village. Some time ago, on a certain Sun<lay, I decided to go to "Ubel", on the other side of the river, on top of a high mountain. My intention was to visit the family of Alberto, one of our most faithful boys, who in earlier <lays had iived a few years in the convent of Bontoc. His seclusion at the Bontoc mission had been rather involuntary, for he had sown his wild oats and of course Justice had stepped in .... but this proved to be his way to heaven, for actually he is one of our best Christians, and besides a good carpenter, who helps me very much in the construction of chapels, etc. With my big Alpenstock in my hands, and a good pair of spectacles in their proper place, I am walking, or rather, I am gliding down the mountain. Some people think it is easy to descend. It is, indeed, when the grade is rather slight, but when it is from thirty to forty degrees, each step means a thrilling shock through the body and a pinching of the toes, and after awhile the legs are all trembling. In three quarters of an hour [ reach Dosok, where I found Alberto waiting for me. Of course I took sufficient rest to recuperate a normal breathing and to dry as much as possible, the perspiration that soak my body and clothes. I drank the juice of a refreshing co.:!onut (How good Providence has been in giving coconut trees to the tropical countries!) and laugh at the acrobatic maneuvres I made in slipping down that mountain I come from. Onward! To the river! How to cross that torrent? It is very easily done. Providence has thrown two enormous rocks in the middle and man has placed three small, narrow 364 bridges, of six bamboos each, in such a way from the two riverbanks over these big boulders, that ''both ends meet'', as a proverb says. We come to the first bridge. It has rained the night before, the waters under the frail barn boos are simply roaring, and their ~pray moistens bridge and passengers, making the first slippery aml the connecting the first and the Mcor,d rocks, has disappeared, probably carried away by the flood of last night. What can I do but return? That's what I immediately try. But, did I trust too much in my ability due to my success in reach· i ng the first boulder, or did I look too much at the bounding waves under my feet .... I do not know 1 Where Brother Edward lost his spectacles .... second wet, of course. Never mind: "In nomine Domini!" Arms and legs, stick and instinct of self preservation: all work together in perfect harmony to keep an ab!:!olutely necessary equilibrium. Step by step I advance above a tremendoul:! torrent of which well might be said: "Any one who enters these howling ·waters, should leave outside all hope of b0dily salvation!'' With the help of my guardian angel I arrive safely at the top of the first rock. But goodness! The second bridge, but it is a fact that all of a sndden my feet gave way .... I lost m:v equilibrium.... yelled with all my might .... and fell down not without invoking the Little FlmYer. In an unexplainable way, I got hold of the bamboof'I with my handi::, crawled again on the bridge and thanked the L(•td for rny narrow ~cape. Then I rem8mbered a funny story of a drunkard who needed a f!treet five meters wide to proceed home· wards, and coming in front of a nairow bridge like !'.X.lme at this moment and which he had to cross, his spirit of self-preservation told him to sit down on it astraddle and to proceed that way by leaps and bounds, in which manner he succeeded marvelously and by which he landed safely on the other side of the brook. I pwfited by that man's lesson and made my way back to my starting point, not without a hea,·y beating of my heart and only one loss: that of my spectacles ''"hi ch fell 111 to the water and today may .figure so mew here on the nose of a fish in the Pacific. Back in Do8ok I 1rns partaking of the Alberto family's dinner: rice with salt, when somebody called me to g<• and see an old woman dying in one of the nearby shacks. I rnn to the place and indeed find a -rery old· creature at the end of her alwayR aimless life. I kneel down at her side, and by means of an interpreter, I give her the instructions needed in such an emergency. I ask her 1Yhere she wants to go 365 after death; at which she answers: "under the house", meaning that she wants to be buried after the old custom under her own hut. Again and again I repeat all the instructions required for baptism, until finally she consents to receive the holy waters of baptism. I baptize her, hang a medal of the Blessed Virgin at her neck, and leave her, returning to finish my interrupted meal. This last was not finished, when somebody came to inform me of the death of the old lady. When, a little later, I was on my way back to Salegseg, out of breath, thru the efforts of climbing that steep mountain, 1 felt myself the happiest man in the world, and I thought to myself: How wonderful! If that second bridge had not disappeared I would not have baptized that little woman.... I lost my spectacles and see le;;s .... but I won a priceless soul for heayen, that now enjoys forever the sight of God, His Angels and His Saints. EDWARD COOLS Mjssion News and Notes The Very Reverend Father Aldenhuysen has been confined to bed for two weeks with a fever of sometimes as much as 40oc. Thanks to God he has recovered. His indisposition was caused by excessive exhaustion due to continual traveling through the Mountain Province during almost two months. When he stopped at Bontoc, he arrived from Kabugao, Apayao, via Lubuagan, after six days traveling on horseback. Father Cardyn of Baguio was no less sick than the Very Reverend Father Provincial. A good rest has done him good and 366 he has completely recovered. * * * - Mr. jerome Facat, the f i rs t .,,tudent of the Bontoc mission to finish his high school studies at the Ateneo de Manila, was the first of his class. Congratulations, Mr. Jerome, and success in your future studies. More young boys of the missions of the Mountain Province a r e studying at the Ateneo and hold some of the first' places of their respective classes, but as th es e have not as yet been published, we reserve our congratulations till later. In the mean time, we m o s t sincerely thank the Very Reverend Father Carlyn and the Reverend Fathers Professors for their kindness towards our students a n d their generous help giwn to the Missions. "iangan. (From Father Desnick) On the 21 of March we celebrated the feast of St. Benedict at Burnay, Patron Saint of this vi 11 age that belongs to the mission of Kiangan. On the eve there was examination in doctrine and the succe:osful candidates were given prizes consistin~ of ·aresses: the. people are so poor in this village. After this most welcome distribution, judge what we had for the first time in hisrory .... nothing less than a •·ve- · Jada." Of course the entertai·nment could not be comparecrto those of the closing exercises of the Manila colleges and the thea 1 er hJd 11rarly nothing in common with the capital's ·'Opera house," but the people enjoyed it as much as the people of M an i I a their up-to date exhibitions. On the 21, after Holy Mass sung by the youngsters. we went in procession to the ricefields, with the exceptional chance this year, that the river we. had to cross was dry. Next °J ur:e, we will celebrate the feast of St. Peter, at Bulnvung, in about the same way .... that is .... if I receive from somewhere about one hundred dre:-ses for boys and girls .... Of course this distribution is not on the program as yet, for the obvious rearnn that I do not have a single one left for distribu- . tion. Those who want this most necessary number at the feast because they want their brethren of the ·Mountain Province to wear dresses, should send their contribution of clothes to "The Little Apo:otle" 2020 Herr"an, Manila. Motor Cop (after hard chase) - "Why din't you stop when I shouted back there?" Driver (with only five dollars, but presence of mind)-"l thought you just said, 'Good morning, Senator'." Cop-"Well, you see, Senator, I wanted to warn you about driving fast through the next township."-~Yiddle-burg Blue Baboon. 367 The Songs of a People lgorrote Customs in East Benguet ~1' Rev. Father Claerhoudt, .111issionary, Bokod, Beizguet (Copyrighted Lie. 343) (Continuation) IX llT IS THE TIME the harvesting should begin. From Sala-sa to Bokod, the ricefields are ripe and the golden ears are lovely, writhing and flickering under the currents of the glowing air. The ricebirds are flying in joyous swarm~ over the ondulating paddie<>. The youngsters on watch are yelling and shouting at the winged bands of these gluttonous bandits; the "pak-paks" (split bamboo which, when clapped together makes a snappy sound) are clapping, the "ee-wads" (a system of ropes spread over the field to scare the birds and which may be moved by puliing at one of the ends), are swinging up and down and from left to right: the "dilidili" (hay-fly) is shrilling in the pines; the "kee-too-pee'' (a bird) is singing in the somber, green mangotrees, the sky is filled with the smell of incense and the odor of flowers; from the heavy roofs of the gloomy hutsdramingly mounts the curling smoke, and the cooling breeze sings a song of peace and blessing thru the mountains. The morning, when the harvest should begin, a procession of women fol· lowed the curving mountain path that leads to the ricefields of Ba· jek. With the "kai-bang," the woven rattan baskets on their backs, the women of the village stepped over the trail near Da-mu-diak; a blue veil of tobacco smoke was wavering o\·er their heads; and now and 368 then a joyous giggling or a shrieky tittering told that they all were merry. and happy. Old Ba-jek was waiting for them on his ricefields and the "mambunung", together with other men, were busy making the necessary preparations for the blessing of 1 he harvest: "that it might succeed" . Fire was already sputtering near the "abulan" (a small house in the fields) and a small pig, to be offered was screaming and rolling in wild agony, as if it knew its coming end and purpose. And when the women who had come to harvest had all arrived, the "chilus" of the harvest began. One of the women went down to the ricefield, while all the people present intently followed her with their eyes .... she began to cut rice, ear by ear, until she had gathered a whole handful, after which she came back and went 1 0 the mambunung. Another one had brought a handful of gravel: rice and gravel were placed in a rattan basket, the ';sekdjab". The little pig was slaughtered, cut to pieces and cooked near the abulan. In the meantime themambunung was sitting on his heels, whisper. ing the necessary exorcisms over some selected pieces of meat; he painted with the pig's blood t._he first rice ears that were cut; he took into his hands a few leaves of the "te-chem" and a few of the "salinga-nga" and, together with the tail of t he little pig, he placed all this in the " kai-bang" in which the rice-bundles were to be brought to the abulan. Then began the feast around the abulan: everybody ate and , when all had eaten plenty, the women descended toward the ricefields and the harve.;;t began. Bajek's wife directed the harvesting. Ea:::h time she had gathered two "betteks", bundles, she put them into the kaibang in which the leaves of the te-chem and the salinfiga-figa and the pigtail lay, and one of the women designed by the people carried the kaibang to the "abung" (public meeting place of the village) where each "tanai" (a bundle of betteks) was conscien~ tiously counted and carefully tied. So did it go on until the fal!ing evening. when the exhausted women left the fields, each one loaded with her bundles, and all in a long file descended toward the village. From thi., very moment, each and all are allowed to cut their rice in their own field~, the "si-ani., has began with the blessing of Kabunian, with the bles~ing of the divinity, and the han·est will successfully proceed. But the sun doe.; not shine every day and always, when the harvest is being gathered in the mountains of Benguet. Often do the rains fall by streams and torrents for hours and days. Nevertheless every morning the puor mountaineers climb the hills and cut their rice under 1he scourging endless deluge: soaked and chilly they go on, they have to, it is for their daily food. On such stormy days they feel greatly the hardships and misery of this poor existence. Each evening finds them tired, exhausted, sighing under a heavy load of rice they bring home for their very existence or for the payment of the contracted debts on borrowed nee. *** With the new rice starts a new life in the village: with the harvest begin once more the "kaniows". The mambunung does not have much work to perform when the stock of rice in the huts is at its end, but, let the harvest only begin, and again the people b• Jil ricewine and the slightest sickness requires the presence of the mambunung to perform "kaniows" .... Once, the people were harvesting on the extensive ricefields of rich Palang-pang. Many had come to help just as many had come to help in the planting; the work was proceeding nicely and quickly and the bundles were heaping h;gher and higher, heavy bundles of ·'sabool" and "tchaja-ot" and "talangkai". And the rich man's wife, Sincha, was glowing with inner happiness at the sight of the heavy rice which she brought home, and she heartily laughed at the sight of tl·e continuous hasty cutting of more and more rice. When her people took a rest, she went around and gave 369 them tocacco and she felt herself more than ever the rich wife of the rich Palang-pang and she foresaw a feast in front of her house: the old men drinking tapoei and singing their badiew, the bat-bat dance going on merrily, and .... yes, if Kabunian the divinity willed it so, she would celebrate the great ;.Pechit" feast, the greatest feast of the rich, and all people from near and far would flock to it and then .... oh then, then~ would be a feast at her house for a whole month and people would be grateful to her Palang-pang and wherever he would go, he would be honored .... and of course she too .... And towards evening, when the sky was reddening on the top of "Baktang" and the peaks above "Koorel" were dra11·ing a somber line on the pale greenish air, a long procession of women, all heavily loaded with kaibangs, were trekking toward the house of Palangpang. The old man was sitting near a pinefire; his half closed small eyes looked fiery in the glimmering of the dancing flames; on his face was an air of satisfaction and happinness, but he did not say a word although his heart bounded with hope and joy at the sight of the arriving bundles and his swelling granary. In his mind he counted, gain and ::igain, the many a "betteks" (big bundles) cut on his own fields and the betteks the other people had borrowed from him and which they would now give back, capital and interest. (To be continued) 3i0 ;., ·' CATHOLIC CHRONICLE Rome. Pope Pius XI has appointed the second last Sunday of Octobtr to be celebrated throughout the world as MISSIOK SUN - DAY: a day of prayer for the missions and missionary propaganda. The Holy Father has apprO\·ed of the following regulations, lea\-ing it to the prudent judgment of the bishcps to carry t i:em out: r-On that Sunday the prayer " Pro Propagatione Fidei" is to be recited at ail ~Iasses as an ' 'Oratio imperata pro re gravi". 2-The sermons haYe to be of a missionary character, urging the faithful to help the nus:sions. 3-A plenary indulgence applicable to the Souls in Purgatory is granted to all who will go to Hoiy Communion on that Sunday and pray for the cou\"ersion of the infidels. 4-At all missionary Festirnls and Congresses, a solemn votiYe Mass "Pro Propagatione Ficei" may be celebrated, even on days of double major rite and on minor Sundays. -,-A French Catholic Committee has gi\·en to His Holiness a statue of the Little Flower for the Vatican Gardens. -Catholics of the Latin rite in Europe increased in one year by no fewer than 9,576,615, according to the official Catholic Directory for England Wales. The figure of European Catholics giYen last year was 185,265,194. This year it is 194,84 l ,809. In addition there are in Europe 5,164,844 Catholics of other rites, making a total of 200,006,653. The total Catholic population of the world is stated to be 334,664,791, which shows an increase of lo,336,383 for one.year. -As an admirable coincidence with present events in China, the Pope has just approved the introduction of the cause for beatification of 2, 148 Chinese martyrs, almost all of whom were killed in the Boxer revolution of 1900. 6elgium. International interest and participation will mark the celebration of the sooth year of the existence of 371 the Catholic University of LouYain on June 28 and 29 next. Pope Martin V. dated the Bull of Fonndatim1 December 9, 1425. John IV Duke of Brabant solemnly inaugurated the uni \·ersity Sept em ter 7, 1426 and. the professors gaye their first lectures October 6 of that year. As a coincidence of the first anni•·ersary of Cardinal Mercier·s death, the ecclesiastical authority of the diocese of Tournai are making a canonical examination of the instantaneous cure of a priest of Basecles, following the latter's devout appeal to the dead prelate. Consumed by fe\·er and regarded by the attending physicians as beyond hope of recO\·ery, the priest was making his preparations for death, when a friend suggested recourse to the intercession of the late cardinal. At the same time a relic was applied to the priest's body. He felt at once a change for the better and the next day he could say Mass and perform his customary daily. duties as if he had not been ill. France. A congress of the greatest lawyers of France held in Paris, although non-sectarian, has unanimously approYed a group of legislative reforms which should abrogate all the laws agai11st religious Congregations. -Admiral Malcor, who three years ago commanded a naval division in the French fleet, celebrated his first Mass as a CathQlic priest. He 372 joined the Order of the White Fathers and intends to go as a Missionary to South Africa. - Cardinal Maurin, Archbishop of Lyons, challenged the Government in declaring that he would, if necessary, undertake to fou;;d a new· religious congregation, regardless of legal consequences, in order to assert the rights of the F rench teaching Orders. In a public letter he wrote: " I now invite all former members of religious Orders of both sexes in my dio: ese, who are qualified by degrees, to group themseh-es under my personal jurisdiction and to teach in their schools in the robes of their Orders. I do not shrink from accepting the title of being a founder ot schools, or of a congregJ.tion , whatever the legal conseq1 .ence may be." Holland. all Catholic, has increased from 562,000 to 593.000 in the past two years, while those in the State schools have declined from 528,000 to 484,000. How is this possible? The ·state pays all teachers of any school that has been approved : this is only ju~t; and of course the Catholic parents send their children to the schools of their liking according to the dictates of their consciences. Mexico. The Mexican newspaper, El Sol, declares that at least eighty priests have been arrested in various ~arts of the country charged with sedition. It adds that they have been brought to Santiago military prison, where they will be confined pen· ding government action. In the city of Leon among many Catholics shot, were several young men . One of them had his teeth broken and The Catholic Federation of the his tongue torn out before bis death Dio:esan Associations of Dutch · because he asked his companions School Teachers sent to His Ex- to shout once ruore: ''Long Ii Ye cellency, the l\Iexican ambassa<ior Christ, the King!" of The Hagne, a reqllest for the !J, the city of San Angel other names and addresses of bis coun- young men of the Catholic Associatry 's school teachers who resigned tiou, were tortured before their their petitions because of conscien- execution: The skin was pulled off tious scruples against teaching un- their hands and fingers, but they der tbe present \ '.alles' regime. did not cease to call on the Holy Their Dutch colleagues wish to Name of Christ, the King. help them financially to tide over Many priests have been shot and their temporary financial difficul- buried secretly. ties. Many more are hiding. Bishop O'licial figures pttblished by the Orosco has been falsely accm:ed by Ministry of Education in Holland the Government of leading an army show that the nttmber of pupils in of rebels. Mexico looks like Rome the denominational schools, nearly under Nero. Philippines. Miss Angelina Lazatin from Angeles, Pampanga, and one of our most generous Crusaders of the Little Flo\Yer, has entered the novitiate of the newly established Carmelites of Manila. She is here seen in the dress of her betrothal to the eternal Si:;om:e on the day of entrance l\farch 16, standing in front of the !ittle door, that by its narrowness reminds us of the door of heaven, and that, Vl"1: once closed upon her, will put an eternal barrier between herself and the world .. .. foreYer. Good bye, Miss .-\!1gelina, now Sister Angelina of ~t. Therese. Your example is an e,·erlasting sermon to your many friends and companions of St. Therese's College and your prayers will bring the blessings of God upon your family, your friends, your country and the whole world. Remember sometimes your brethren of the Mountain Province. Italy. The Crown Prince of Italy was made a perpetual member of the Archconfraternity of St. Aloysius, Current England. England has three famous questions to settle, her finances, trade-unions, and China. Her deficit of last year is 109,000,000 pound~, but before the end of the fiscal year may attain the 250 millions. This is greatly due to the famous strike of her one million coal miners. This has caused less income from all industries affected and consequently will further increase the deficit for tihe coming year. )lore taxes will have to be levied on the already overburdened citizens. The English trade-unions, formerly simple syndicates, have turned out to be re\'ofutionary forces. due to false leaders and unwise politicians. 1\Ioswhen at the (<!1d of the triumphal journey with the relic of the Saint, the prince received it at Turin with much piety. United States. One million members in the United States have been enrolled in the new Catholic Near East Welfare Association, contributing an aggregate of $1 ,000,000. In one day alone-January 30-the opening day of the national enrollment, more than 750.000 persons in 10,000 communities joined theAssociation. The contributions are to be used in charitable projects in the Near East: Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Greece, Palestine and Russia. Even cow has intervened to sow hatred and discord among the miners and laborers, during the seven months" strike. The Gov.ernment searches means to curtail the power of resistance of her tradP-unions. England is disposed to finish her conflict with China by diplomacy rather than y force of arms. for a war with China might be a spark that starts a great conflict even in Europe, and even a victory over China would mean few practical result~, although England will not permit that rights of trading of her subjects in China be curtailed. What she gives to other nations, she wants for her own subjects and in Canada alone there are more Chinese than English merchants in the whole of China. 375 ••tlltdllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllmilllilllllllllllllllllllllll•ll•lllllll•illlllll"~ - . ; . I • c E • I i .J URRENT VENTS .J i e ,.IJl"".,., ••• llOl .. .,.,"""•llllll•••11•11••••11•111m11•1•1111111111•1111••1•1•1•1•I Philippines Politics. President Coolidge has vetoed the Philippine bill ordering a plebiscite to decide whether or not the people of the Islands desire complete and immediate independence. The Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands upheld the executive order of Governor General Wood declaring the Board of Control illegal. The appointees of President Quezon and Speaker Roxas on the board of Directors of the Philippine :National Bank and the National Coal Company were definitely ·ousted from their positions and Go-.ernor General Wood's nominees automatically occupied the posts by virtue of the Supreme Court's order. The case has been appealed to Washington, but seems hopeless. A legislative party headed by President Quezon visited several parts of ~findar..ao and promised much help, especially for roads in the richest province of the Archipielago. With Datu Tahil in prison and his followers scattered or imprisoned by the Constabulary, and with the Alangkats beaten, leaving many dead on the field, peace is once more restored in Mindanao. Senator Hadji Butu has announced his refusal to contribute to the independence fund. It is understood that ' several legislators have refused to contribute one month's salary to said fund, the amount agreed on during the last session of the legisiature. It is more than probable that the ~Jaros will not send an independent mission to the United States, as had been planned by some. · While ';there has always been a strong American opinion in favor of the separation of the so-called Moro province," the Coolidge administration has taken no position on the Bacon Mindanao bill, Wright R. Davis, Secretary of war, says in a letter to General Aguinaldo, in reply to a cable sent by Aguinaldo protesting against the said bill. fconomics. A general revision of the Philippine customs tariff is urged by Collector Vicente Aldanese. The old tariff act, passed in 1909, is outgrown, he says, because of changing business condi· tions. The maguey industry of the islands is facing extinction, says Mr. Edwards, of the United States department of agriculture. The cause is: poor quality and poor methods of preparation. Some farmers associated in the Cagayan valley and by doing so were able to get higher prices for their crops. Union makes strength. Several strikes in cigar factories have occurred in Manila during the month of April. Philippine cigar manufacturers, seen the slump of prices of their products in the United States, lose about 1"5 for producing and exporting 1,000 cigars; no wonder 376 th us that they have to reduce the wages of their laborers. The Constabulary has been ordered to look for Bolshevist agitators in the South. ·why not search for some in Manila ti{·~t, al though their existence here has been denied when orders -came from Washington to look for Russian agitators? The total foreign trade of the Philippines for February last was 1"46, Oi-t,6i3 or about 1"3,((0,CCO greater than that of February, 1926. foreign China. He is a wise man who can foretell the outcome of China's actual struggle. The Southern army has taken possession of the Shang-hai native town and ma_de several attempts to in\'ade the foreign concessions, but to no avail: there are enough foreign forces in Shang-hai to repel any attack: 20.000 soldiers and more than one hundred men of war. The Cantonese have advanced beyond the Yang-tze river but have been beaten back by the "Northerns. Why? Is it because they have proceded too · far from their strategical basis? This is certainly a cause of w"eakness for any army, the more when the retiring enemy draws nearer his own sources of supply. Or is it because the Southerns themselves feel the c-onsequences of internal divisions they have successfully sewn among the Northerns? Since the time of Sun-Yat-Sen the Cantonese Government was greatly bolschevist. This most radical element, · with its recruits mostly from among the students, has become more and more powerful, and has come into conftict with the more conservative Nationalists, not without much bloodshed, that must naturally w.oaken the southern forces. Peking has raided the Russian embassy, made some prisoners and confiscated valuable papers. Such an act ordinarily means war. Russia sent an ultimatum to the Peking Government and the Chinese give some satisfaction by setting free the captives and 1·endering the valuable papers: anyway it has been proven by these papers and in Russian ink that Russia's embassy was an active center of red propaganda against the actual government of Peking and all other governments that have some interests in the Chinese republic. Four months ago, Russia was already preparing for this event by reorganizing and increasing her military forces in Siberia. Of course Russia denies these facts (who believes any statement of modern Russian diplomacy?) as she denies having sent immediately four divisions of troops to the Chinese border. In fact they were there a long time ago and her ammunition factories in Europe and Asia have been wor!;:ingday and night for several months. Why? Her old policy of having iceless ports, initiated by the Tzars, remains the ideal dream of the Soviets. Weakening China by ,..fomenting her internal struggles, means greater strength for Russia. The foreign Powers having sent a note to the Cantonese Government asll:ing full reparation for the destruction of foreign properties and the death of several of their nationals in Nanking, Shen, the foreign minister, has answered by asking an international investiga.tion of the Nanking incident. It may be noted that Japan these last days has taken more active steps to defend her own nationals in China. That Japan did not do it s_o muc>h formerlv is due t-0 her fear of losing China's -trade, without which ~he would face enormous financial losses. fn the meantime Japan is watchinl!' the Russian movement in )Ianchouria. Mexico. Small sporadic revolutions continue. Several oil companies have decided to close their refining plants; thus thousands of labo1ers will be without work. Taxes haYe increased enormously, some from 5 to 400 per cent: they ha Ye to be paid in gold, seen that the Bank of :Mexico possesses only a fracthm of the original $50,000,000. The Secretary of Industry, Morones. has ad:Jres - sed the Mexican press asking their support in favor of a boycott on American-made products. The Russian embassy distributes films throughout the country for bolshevik propaganda. The economic conditions in Mexico have been so graYe that it has happened that in one day, 10,000 persons applied to the offices of the Railroad for work. The United States has sent more protests to the Government but t~ no avail. Nicaragua. The United States marines having occupied the most strategical.points of the country, the Liberals having been beaten, peace seems to be insured again and Nicaragua has asked for a loan of several million, dollars from Wall Street. Morocco. Spain and France are negotiating an arrangement about .Tanger: the town and the country behind. It is an old question and most intricate. Tanger is the great harbor of north 377 Morocco, on the Gibraltar Strait. England would feel little at el!Se if Tanger in time of war belonged to one of her enemies, for the straits between Tanger and Gibraltar areo>1ly 25 Kilometers wide, and a little eastward. JO Kilometers, thus easily defended , by guns that today have a range of more than 30 Kilometers. Such guns occupying the heights of Tanger could easily prevent any ship from passing these straits. This is the reason why at Algeciras and by other international treaties, Tang-er has been made an international town. But this internationalization has made Tanger a nest of brigands who smuggle arms and munitions and bolschevist doctrines into )forecco, thanks to which the Riff could make war against Spain and France and is still making it. Spain having beaten A bdEl-Krim wants to close that pernicious door and she is right. As long as Tanger remains an open port, )forocco will be the grave of many Sranish soldiers. Formerly Spain and France were antagonizing each other in Morocco. today they are more or less victorious alljes. England will not object much against the claims of Spain on account of the defenses of the Gibraltar straits. for Spain has enough hills. on her own ,;oast at the narrowest point of the straits to be able to. defend them e\'en without the possession of Tanger. France is friendly enough toward Spain, but even so, she will think it well over before she gives away the double door of the Straits of Gibraltar to countries that some day may become her enemies. Then there is Italy to be reckoned with, for she considers the Mediterranean sea as an Italian sea, wherefore )fussolini also wants a word in the settlement of the Tanger question. Where there are many interests to be defended, questions are difficultly settled. 378 ftAILBAG OFTHE For all correspondence with "'fHE LITTLE APOSTLE" send your letter to The Little Apostle, Box l393, Jiunila Manila, :'>fay 1, 1921. Dear Readers: The other day, the Editor of the Little Apostle was asked b}' a professor of one of the well known col!Pge:;:; of Manila, where he could buy the book containing the editorials of· 'the Little Apostle." The Father, undersLanding that the professor wanted the life of the Little Flower, on whose words and deeds :;:;aid editorials are written, answered that he could buy the life of Little Therese at any good library in town. - "No," answered the professor, "I do not need the life. but the editorials on education of little children." -"I am sorry to say", replied the Eddi tor, "but that Look does not exist: the Editorials you ask for are written for 'the Little Apostle' and, if you 1 i k e to have them all, just keep on subscribing to the little Magazine." -"Of course I will, for I have little children and I wish to know more about education of children. Listen, Father, there is only one magazine I read from the first to the last wol'd and that magazine is "the Little Apostle." I like the articles about the folklore of our brethren in the Mountain Province Yery much." As a proof of his enthusiasm for "the Little Apostle," this good man brought us the names of ten new subscribers, "and after vacation I w i 11 bring you more" he added, "I wish a 11 the students to read your Ya I u able magazine." In vain shall we try to have our Catholics of the Philippines help the missions here and abroad, if they do not read Mission literature. The second last Sunday of October is to be observed as "Mission Sunday." In all the churches the priests, according to a decree of our Holy Father, shall have to preach on the obligations and the means of supporting the missions. A sermon on this subject may h ave temporal effect, but if people do not read what is going on in the missions, what the needs are, the success, the efforts, etc. and if they do not read such matter habitually, Mission Sunday will have few lasting effects. Subscriptions to ·'the Little Apostle" and "El Misionero" collected on that day, will mean twelve sermons on missions a year! Priests who have to preach on missions on that Sunday will find Yaluable matter in our two magazines to prepare a substantial sermon. Let us, from today look out for that Mission Sunday: the iioiy Father has spokeh and sent his decree: as children of the true Church and faithful to t he mice .· 379 of the reprei,,entntiYe of Chi rst on eanh; let us µrerare in time. fJ Hl1.Right Rev, Msgr, Sancko, Bishop of T ugue~arao, B, :vr arch 30, 1921, neverend Fa ther~ Herewith I 1>end you !'"6.00 tor th'e missions of the l\f'ountain Province which I had promised to them, in hon" -or of the Little Flower if site granted me a certain fa YOr. P lease pray fo1· my sick father that his health may be restored or that God may grant him, at least, full submision to His ho l y will. Respectfully R de S. 380 We recommend the petition to our readers. Nobody knows who broug-ht the following -Jetter into the office of '·the Little Apostle." Anywa·y it was found together with its contents. Rev. Father; I am very grateful to the Little Flower for her powerful.intercession. I ask ~·ou to publbh in your review that I received a wonderful grace, so that others may ha Ye confidence in and recourse to the glorious little Saint. Herewith I send you f'5.00 for the :'.\fissions of the Mountain Province. Respectfully, A crusader of the Little Flower. It seems that nearly all the inhabitants of Tuguegarao have .. become or are about to become Crusaders of the Little Flower, for again we received a telegTam from the Re\-. Father Alindayo asking for no less than five hundred diplomas and insignio. of our Association. And as if this were not enough three dan later arrived a letter fro1~ the Bio-.ht Reverend Bishop Sancho with a li;tof3-16new member~. The diocese of Tuguegarao seems to celebrate daily a )Iission Day. No doubt that the second. last Sunday of October. as a mission Sunday, will be more th.an a success in the diocese of Tuguei;rnrao.: The Right Reverend Bishop himself is a guarantee to this prophecy. Many thanks to all the beuefactors here mentioned. May their ex~ mple attract others for the 1rreater glory of God and the conrnrsion of the ::\fountain Provin~. Yours gratefully. "The Little Apostle'' -In Memoriam t 7t BSOL YE. we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, the souls of Thy SerYants J-\ Hrmorata Encarnacion, Victoria, Ta rlac: Puri,iicacion de A llc!pitan. Ilagan. Isabel a: Joaqiiin S. Sabaclo. Macabebe, Pampanga: Rclo. P. Isidro Garcia, Sta. Ana. Pampanga; Aleja Gamboa de Langsangan, Sta. Ana, Pampanga: Ni•:olasa Dizon, Manila, Manila: Lounles [Jacio, Tag-udin, llocos Sur: Juana Bacltll 1le Loyola, Guiuan, Samar: from every sin, that in the glory of the resurrection amor:?g Thy saints and elect they may arise in the newness of life, through Christ, our Lord. Amen. A very loquacious woman talked a man prett.v nearly to death at a dinner party, and then, as she got up with the other women to go into the drawing room, she tapped him on the arm with her fan and said: men told the truth I believe you'd all admit that you like talkatiYe women better than the others." "The others?" said the man. "'What others? - The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. , "I talk a lot, don't I? But if you 1 'Continuation 1 CHc\PTER IX How Little There,.:e Learned Self Control ·1ACH TIME WE PRACTICE some act of virtue, we need a certain amount of strength of will. For instance, somebody teases me, I dislike it, I feel my blood boil, but I say to myself: "No, I will not become an gr~', I will not say a harsh word to the one who is teasing· me." and in fact I suffer patiently the insult or wounding words, because Jesus has said: "Love your enemies, do good to your enemies.'' Such an act of virtue requires a great force of will. The will is such a faculty that whene,-er it is exercised in a certain line, it acquires new strength to do again and again that work, and to do it more easily. Take for instance the example just mentioned. The child that did not gh·e way to bad temper, has increased its power to resist the first moYements of bad temper and, after many exercises of that kind, will control itself in eYen more difficult cases and more easily. Little Therese, just by keeping her "practices," as explai1:ed in the preceding chapter, acquired more and more will power, with which she will become, later, strong enough to suffer much and lh·e a holy life. One Sunday, she took a walk in the fields. One of her greatest pleasures was to collect flowers, with which to adorn the statue of the Blessed Virgin at home. She had gathered a whole handful, when her grandmother asked her for them to adorn her altar. What will the little girl do? Will she say: 382 ' 'No, I need them '' or' 'Take some, I will keep the rest for me"? She most certainly felt it \·ery harC. to gi\·e away her dear flowers, but she did giYe them one by one until the last. Celine, her sister, asked afterwards whether it had cost her much to part with her flowers, and Little There~e answered by showing her beads of "practice", which mea1:t that she had \Yon a great victory oYer her selfi~hr:ess. To accede to others' wishes and doings is hard for children and grmrn folks, alike. Little Therese, from her early infancy , included this virtne in her ''practices'' , although she was of rather a stubborn nature and little inclined naturally to obey; but her "practices" which merited the grace and help of God to advance further in vir - tue , oYercame that nature, not however ffithout repeated and hard struggles. Little Therese had to study. Her Mam ma taught her the first letters. Of course little children prefer to play rather than to fix into their memory the forms of little mannequins with which to read sentences and books. So, when the hour for lesson approached, little Therese sometimes tried to hide. Then in the garden or corner, ·.vhere she thought Mamma would not find her, she began to think of what she was doing, how it would displease Jesus and her mother, and, what did she do? After a few minutes she appeared very sorry of what she saw was wrong, and she went to the lap of Mamma to study the let(ers. Her sisters liked to listen to her first lessons. Papa Guerin who was reading somewhere in the same room , found pleasure in looking now and then at the class, in which little Therese, of course, was the first for being the unique pupil, but in which she made remarkable progress, thanks to her strong will to do what she knew would please her parents and Jes us. Little Therese was not of that mild natu::-e we sometimes think Saints are born with. Not at all. Do you wish to know how stubborn she could be? On a certain day her Mamma told her: -Therese, if you kiss the ground, I will give you one scu. One sou is a piece of money that to little children means a fortune: it means some candies one can buy with it, or a cake etc. NeYertheless Little Therese refused flatly to kiss the ground: -"No, l\1amma," she replied, "I prefer not tohaYe the''sou"atsuch a price." You see, how she refused the humiliation of kissing the ground, although this little act would have brought her a great reward. Suppose now for a moment that the little girl had not fought her growing passions. what would have happened? She would have indulged in more and more ·acts of her early faults, these would have become stronger and stronger a n d she wo·ild never have won the crown of holiness that now a_ dorns her in heaven. But she fought, she made her '·practices" and she won her \'ictory. Happily she thought much and it was enough that she was toid that her action "·as wrong, tll'.lt it displeased Jesus, to bring her immediately back to reason and to stop the wro1:g she was doing. Just think of the many graces she won in the eyes of God by tryi::g to please Him by ber '·practices", and of how beautiful her soul became in the eyes of the Angels in heaven, but also of how much her enemy, the devil, must have hated her. One night, little Therese had a wonderful dream. Ofcourse dreams are only dreams, and we must not attach any importance to them, but some Saints have seen in dreams wonderful things or receiYed valuable instructions. She dreamed that she was taking a walk in the garden a:Jd lo, ther-e appeared to her two ugly devils, with wings like those of a bat, horns and feet like those of a goat, as black as coal, with fiery eyes and suffering terribly. These two monsters \Vere dancing on top of a barrel, not withstanding their heavy chains. At first, they looked at little Therese with disdain and hatred, and the child, not afraid,looked at them. At which the devils, like cowards, hid their ugly bodies in the barrel and after a while ran away and hid themselves in a barn of the garden. 383 Little Therese, astonished at the sight of so much cowardice. fo owed them. and , m·ercoming her first impressions of fear, looked through a window of the barn to see wb:t they were doing. Again the de,·ils scared and atrembling ran around as if afraid of her looks. In their wild race it happened that they fell to the ground, but even then, their fiery eyes were fixed with terror on the little girl. Finally they found an opening and disappeared. Although dreams are only fancies of the brains, the dream of little Therese 1:eYertheless contairs a lesson. It teaches us how weak the deYil is before a child \Yho loves Jesus and practices 'irtue. For then, the c'e,·il sees in the soul of that child what makes it agreeable to God, sanctifiyi1:g grace, won by the meritsofJesusdyingonthe cross "·hen he crushed the bead of the snakeorthedevil. The sight of God under the form of grace reminds the devil of His rJl-powerfol er:emy: God, Himself. But.one might say, how then does it happen that a child loses that grace by yielding to the temptations of the devil? It often happens that children and men commit small sins and these sinful stains, little hy little, cover that godly gift of grace. If you wish to keep the devil away, keep any little sin away, and God, interested in the preservation of His grace, will help you efficaciously to guard your holy innocence. Does this mean that you are not 3'1 allo,.\ved to play and laugh? ~ ot at all. Holiness does not mean dryness. Mortification does not mean continual silence and never a hearty laugh. Little Therese seen~ed always most happy; her heart was always singing and her soul fotrnd great pleasure in im~ocent expansiolis. She 10\·ed plants and flowers. birds and animals to which she was \·ery kind: she played like all other children, so that lier mother so:netimes was afraid at the sight of her trying to swing as high as possible. althvugh. at the same time, S\1·inging Therese laughed more than e\·er. Imagine what she did when Papa reached home. She ran to him, and using one of his legs as a pony, took a free ride. Or Papa placed her on his shoulders and ran a few times around the garden, happy with the happy child. First there is no greater happiness than to live in peace with God and men and the thought that heaven is ours forever, when \' e die; and besides, when\\ e gi \'e up some pleasures for the 10\·e of God, then our loving Father of Hea,·en, who sees how generous we are t0 please Him, gi\·es us in return a certain inner contentment that makes us feel happy and gay. Try the "practices" of the ht tle Therese, just to please God, and you \\·ill soon experience happiness much greater than if you satisfied all your little wishes and whims. Try that! A Unique Procession I n the Catholic• solemnities enacted :it Ceylon the elephant ofteil plays an important role. A rch bi sh op Co udert of Colombo tell>' of the solemn dedication of a l'J"Otto to Our Lady in which the big animal~. eYidently prepared b.r expert training-. deported themsekes with exemplary decorum. A procession mo1·ed a long the Yilla)te streets in the cl irection of the new brine. At the head were ;:choolchildren, followed by se1·eral societies of women. Immediately after them came a formidable 12Toup: it was made up of twent-four mammoth elephants, walking t\'>O abrea~t . Next in order came the statue nf Our Lady of Lourdes, then the clergy. and final!,,- a long line of men. .An oriental ,:un lit up t he many-colored banners and added a peculiar beauty to the procession. Arri Yin!! at the grotto the procession halted. Then followed a moYement among the elephants. Ponderous but majestic they turned. standing side by side, with the two lines facingone another. A signal was g-i\·en and clown went the elephants on their knees. Then rnr.v solemnly they raised their trunks and formed a triumphal arch under which moYed the beautiful statue of our Immaculate Mother. The grotto where this ceremon~· occurred is visited each Saturda~· by about two thom:ancl pilgrims. It is the fifth g-rotto of Lourdes to be erected in Colombo. and all the material u1::ed in their construction was transported by elephants. Cu11z licoztia eccl!. siast£ca • You can help the Missions in the Mountain Province by having your printing done by the CATHOLIC ScHOOL PRESS BAGUIO, p. I. -1n pie4monts only! 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