The Jeffersonian (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1952 Page: 4 of 4
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THE JEFFERSON I AN
FEBRUARY? 1982
Only 20% Of Plowable Land Is Now Plowed
"THOU ART DUST"
AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF GROWTH OF
HUMAN RACE THE CREATOR HAS LEFT 80%
OF TILLABLE LAND FOR FUTURE CHILDREN
Since about the year 33 Catho-
lics and later some who have In-
herited part of the Catholic tra-
dition and way of life have sr id
in the Apostles Creed: "I be-
lieve in God the Father Almigh-
ty, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND
EARTH." With this expression
of belief In Clod as the Creator
of Heaven and earth of all be-
ings In both places the Apostles
Creed, the official statement of
what the Holy, Roman, Catholic
a nd Apostolic Church believes,
begins.
Since the year 33 the Catholic
Church has never been vague a-
bout what this first tenet of her
official creed means. She li a s
taught the world that Uod is the
Creator of Heaven and of earth
tind of all things and that since
the time He created Adam not
one of the billions of descen-
dants of Adam could have gotten
Into this world except that God
wanted him or her to come. The
Historic Church has taught that
God, not man. Is the Creator of
each human soul born in the
world. Throughout 2,000 years
with the unchangeableness of di-
vine truth Catholicism ns a reli-
gion li"s stood for the Idea that
no child enters this world until
itnfl unless Almighty God by an
Oct of creation infuses an iin- I
mortal soul into the body pro-
created by human coop-orators
who are absolutely unable to
pro-create without the 'Divine
Creator.
I NO ONE DISBELIEVES
Although the sin of lust im-
planted deep in the selfishness
of some human hearts Jias caus-
ed some children of God, begin-
ning with Onan in the very first
took of the Bible, to act contrary
to thin teaching, and h'.,d led
still others, in their pride, to re-
volt against tfiis teaching with
their minds also, still there is
not. a man living who in his
heart can say tin t tills teaching
Is, wrong. Sinca the existence of
Cod cannot be denied except by
a fool who Is crazy or a liar who
doesn't want to tell the truth,
all men know that there is a
Supreme Being Who is directly
responsible for their existence.
They know that had not this Su-
preme Being willed to create
that spiritual soul which gives
life to their body, that they
would never have seen the face
| of this earth. Their parents,
' they know, not being God, could
I never create something spiritual.
| They could only cooperate in a
material way. s
RUSSELL'S VIEW
Although this truth Is rooted <
in the human heart, some child- I
ran of God at times don't like to
accept it. For example, in Eng-
land 7!) year old Socialist Ber-
trand .Russell, who once with
one of his wives openeil a "pro-
gressive" school In which the
children wore no clothes tend vo-
ted to attend classes when they
wanted to, says in his recent
hook that God is creating 70.000
souls a day and that the world
will have to do something about
this, for soon there won't be en-;
ough to eat.
Dr. Russell, who was deserved-
ly thrown out of a New York
teaching post in 1940, "of course,
gave no statistics of the number
of people dying each day. He at-
tacked what he called "tf&perstl-
tlon" in Massachusetts and Con-
necticut, only 2 U. S. states
which legally bar his moral ath-
eism.
Doctor Russell's views, how-
ever, are not important. Those of
of the Infallible Teaching Church
of the ages are. And they are
backed up with facts. •
GOD HAS PROVED
Thousands of years have pass-
j ed since God created the first
I human being. During that time
J God the Creator has provided
■ for each humnn being that Ha
| h; s created. There j^jis alway.-s
been plenty of food in the
world. Currently most of the
two and one half billion people
in the world are eating three
times a day. If some are not get-
ting as much to eat as they
should, it is not the fault of the
Creator but the fault of the na-
ions with penty who do not di-
vide it with those who have less.
After all these thousands of
years God's billions of children
who have been created by Him
have, according to a survey re-
cently made, plowed only 20% i
of the soil of the earth that Is
capable of being tilled. This ex- |
eludes mountains, the deserts, j
soil covered by water, etc. Of
the soil of the earth on which I
food can be grown to feed the !
children whom God, not man,
sends into the world only one-
twentieth of it is at this v.ary late
date under cultivation. 80% has
been set aside by the Ruler of
Heaven and earth for the child-
len that will follow after the
children now living. With 80%
left for the next 20.000' years
there isn't a person in "tile world
who has a right to start worry-
ing about God creating too many
children for this world.
Authorities of the U. <S. De-
partment of Agriculture and
its soil expert. Dr. Salter, state
that only 7 to 10 per cent of
the total world land area is
cultivated. Of the earth's sur-
face 48% is not useable. Of
the 52% that if, only about a
fifth of it or 20% is being used
at present. This means that
80% remains for future chil-
dren.
The brains God gives to men
will help future men too. For
example, technology has so de-
velot ad that in time the U. S.
corn crop now grown on 85,-
000,000 acres will be grown on
25,000,000 acres. Milk per cow
has more than doubled the last
25 years. U. S. production is up
40 per cent abov.a the 1935-39
level, with but 8 per cent in-
crease in acreage.
God is very good.
PLENTY OF ROOM IN TEXAS
The State of Texas is but one
small .section of the immense
globe where motorists driving a-
round it have ample opportunity
to observe the truth of these
world-wide statistics. Land cap-
able of being plowed in Texas is
probably far below the world av-
erage. of 10%. There's lots of
room for more creatures in Tex-
as if God so desires tu place them
here. So also with the world.
Belief in the Apostles Creed is,
when all is said and done, the
most rational thing in the world,
ffiod is indeed the Creator of
Heaven and earth and of all
things. And it is comforting to
fcnow that God is so good that
He has provided for our child-
ren's children for a long time
head.
Midnight Mass
Held For First
Time At Fatima
Dalngerfield — In honor of the
completion during 1951 of a mis-
sion church dedicated to the
Mother of Jesus Midnight Mass
was celebrated on the birthday
of Christ in Our Lady of Fatima
Church here. At the same hour
by special arrangement made by
their pastor Jefferson Catholics
gathered in their parish church
to assist at Mass celebrated by
Father Charles Gormley of Mai'
shall.
The congregation at Our Lady
of Fatima Church was mostly
Frotestant.
Next year the pastor ,jyill cele
brate the Midnight Higli Mass at
Jefferson. As is required by the
obligation of his office to be the
father of all, the pastor has an-
nounced that in the future he
will rotate this service.
■As Is required by the" liturgy
this Midnight Mass must be a
Hfgh Mass with the Mass sung
by the choir. Under the direction
of Mrs. James Berry, organist,
musfc for the recnet high Mass
at Dai'ngerfield wa3 presented by
the OUr Lady of Fatima Choir.
Jan. IT, 1952 God 'biassed its di-
rector, Mrs. Berry, with her
third child, Panlette Ann.
Music at Jefferson was tinder
the direction of Miss Angela
Whelan, organist.
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•'.Remember, man, that thou are dust and into dust thou shalt
return." Wed. Feb. 27th, local Catholics, like the lady, above, receiv-
ed the blessed ashes in the sign of a cross on their forehead whilst
the priest said in Latin the above words. The ceremony marks the
beginning of Lent, a season of penance kept by the Catholic Church
in her effort to remind her children in the words of Jesus: "Unless
you do penance, you shall all likewise perish." Photo courtesy, LOS
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Three Kinds Of
Catholics Named
Dallas — Speaking at Forty
Hours in tCathedral of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Father
Sweeney, superior of the Dallas
Jesuits, divided Catholics into
three groups: (1) those who nev-
er go to Communion; (2) those
who go only once a year and
barely keep the pulse of their
feeble Catholicism: beating; and
(3) those who go just as often
as they can.
Catholics should: aim at being
in the third clfrss.. Father Sween-
ey said.
ADJECTIVES POSTED
FOR PUSH CHURCH
Sunday, Jan. 20th th« following
long range objectives were an-
nounced by tha pastor of Imma-
ciilato Conception Chiurch, Jeffer-
son: (1) New garage for shelter
for car; (2) new pews for the
church; (3) altar in cemetery
•tor annual Mass;. (4) outdoor
stations of tile cross on the
Church property adjoining the
hospital; and (;5)> the church and
house brick-veneered in white
brick.
Population seen
As Big Problem
Longview — The Russian anul.
th« free world battle may-he
should be called off and 'In its
place a gigantic joint effort of
IShKt and West to' solve this pro-
blem of over-population" shoulir
be' started. THE LONGVIEW
MORNING JOURNAL has editor-
ialized in its 1-23-52 issue. The
paper noted that some countries'
have> loo many people.
No> concrete proposals on how
to get rid of some of these peo-
ple' or prevent more were1 given'
by the writer. No proposal's'"of
the: rich helping the poor were
made r«nd no consideration given
to world statistics that' since the
creation of man the human, race-
has never used more than 20%
of available tillable soil in the
world. , ,
The writer, possibly a believer
in separation of Church and
State and a product of a non-re-
ligious school environment, pro-
bably believed it best to separate
religion from this and other
wurid problems. A vast multitude
of good people who1 huT3 such
views and who h a v e been so
trained are currently living in
Uhese United States. They- are
Known as secularists.
To Gossipers
"Blessed are you when men re-
proach you. and persecute' you,
and speaking falsely, say all
manner of evil against you for
My sake." — Our Lord'. J«sa3
ffiBrrfet.
! 1,008 BRICKS ABE STIIL WAITING TO
BE GIVEN TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA BY DONORS
The late .Mary Boehmer of
happy memory, who was called
to lier reward Jan. 26 whilst pre-
paring flwwers for Our Lady of
Fatima, is shown above lust St.
Patrick's Dry when ground was
broken for Our Lady of Fatima
Church. Mrs. Boehmer, who often
called herBelf the "mother" of
the .parish, spaded the first bit
of dirt for the beautiful chapel
which was later built. Her Re-
Mtuem Muss Jan. 29th was tne
first in the new church and was
held on the 1st anniversary of
the purchase of the land.
Early Leaders Wrote About Priests
Hierarchy As
Rulers Seen
As Accepted
From the time Jesus Christ
took twelve men apart and or-
dained them to the Priesthood the
idea of a hierarchy set up fey
God to rule and govern and di-
rect the Church has been accept-
ed by the Church of Christ. The
writings of the great leaders of
the Church from the year 33,
when Jesus returned to Mewven,
to the year 438, when St. Patrick
landed in Ireland, indicate that
the distinction between clergy
and laity in the Church Is not
a superficial one created by any
development since the time of
Christ hut one that was set up
by Jesus Christ Himself. A study
of the letters and hooks written
by the active leaders of the ear-
ly Church reveals that the cler-
gy lalty relationship was not just
accidentally set up for the sake
of good order in the Church.
This data shows that priests
were never mere office holders,
deriving their office hnd their
powers from the people.
BIBLE WRI.TER8 FIRST
The earliest mention of the hi-
erarchy of bishops, priests and
demons occurs in the writings of
the Church leaders who wrote
the Bible, St. Peter, 8t. Paul,
etc. (Acts 20. 17-28; Phil. 1, 1;
1 Tim. 3, 2, 8, 12; 6, 1, 17, 19;
Tit. 1, 6, 7).
St. Clement (90-99), a succes-
sor of St. Peter as Bishop of
Rome, wrote: "Christ is from
Qod, and the Apostles from
Christ. Preaching from city to
city and thoughout the country,
the Apostles appolntod their
converts, testing them by the
Spirit, to be bishops and deacons
for the future Christians" (Cle-
ment, Ad. Cor., 43, 2, 4) He se-
verely rebukes the Christians of
Corinth, Greece, for daring to
"dismiss from the ministry those
who had been placed In office
by the Apostles or their succes-
sors with the approval of the
whole Church" (44, 2, 3). , .
SYSTEM WAS APOSTOLIC
The Corinthians received
this reibuke from Pope Clement
well. They realized that the sy-
stem was APOSTOLIC for the
Apostles and their successors to
choose candidates for the hier-
archy and that once In office
they had no right to dismiss
them, for their office was from
God and not from the people.
(Special note: Today, as in the
time of Pope Clement, candidates
for the Priesthood must have the
approval of the faithful. In the
ordination ceremony the Bishop
pauses to hear If any of the peo-
ple have an objection to the en-
rolling of someone in the Priest-
hood. This approval however,
does not mean that the office
is being bestowed by the people.
It is from God.)
POPE'S AUTHORITY
Pope Clement's letter to the
Corinthians in greece was on a
level almost with the Bible. It
was read in the churches there
for nearly 75 years. It was an early
example of Papal authority as-
serted and listened to.
The Dldascalia or Teaching of
the Twelve Apostles (290), tells
the laymen to honor & respect
the Bishop as a father and a
king; as the priest & the inter-
mediary between God and man.
whom the layman must not call
to account. In order not to op-
pose God and give offense to the
Lord.
BECOMES COMMANDRR
8t. Gregory of Nyssa, Greece
(395) wrote: "The same power
of the word renders sublime and
honorable the priest, who, by
the newness of Ordination, has
been singled out from the multi-
tude: he who was yesterday one
of the people suddenly becomes
a' commander, a presiding offic-
er, a teacher, of righteousness, &
the dispenser of hidden myster-
ies."
St. John Chrysostom (344-407),
Patriarch of Constantinople and
brilliant Catholic Bishop who is
bliricd tO(Say in St. Peter's Home,
wrote as follows; "If the pledge
of the Holy Spirit no longer ex-
isted, there woml be no Brptism
and no remission of sins — nor
should we consume the mysteries
—Nor would we have priests, be-
cause. without, such a descent,
Orders, would be impossible."
St. Augustine (354-4:30) placed
Orders on a level with the Sac-
rament of Baptism. "Each is a
Sacrament, and each is given to
a man by a certain consecration
Baptism when a man is baptiz-
ed. the other when he is ordain-
ed; and for this cause, in the
Catholic Church, neither can be
repeated."
PATRICK SET IT UP
In 433 St. Patrick landed in
Ireland, bringing the then 400-year
old Catholic Church with him.
When he died in 493 with a
Catholic Ireland behind him ha
had set up the Church there
on the hierarchy plan. Some had
been selected to be bishops, more
to be priests. The faithful were
taught by these men.
CONCLUSION: The Fathers or
early leaders of the Church make
clear in their writings that: (1)
Jesus set up the hierarchy; (2)
that the office of those In the
hierarchy comes from Jesus and
not from the people; (3) that
this office makes one "who was
yesterday one of the people — a
commander, a presiding officer,
a teacher — a dispenser."; and
(4) that the system of Church
rule practiced by the Catholic
Church today, though called un
democratic by those who want the
office of priest to come from the
people. Is the exact same system
as practiced by the Catholic
Church, beginning in the year
33.
lli'JOOi bricks are still available
in Our Lr.dy of Fatima Mission
Church. The bricks are waiting
for II people who would like to
mak>* a present to Our Lady itai
memory- of some love(l one or
for some special Intention. Cost
of the bricks, when purchased
from the Marshall Brick Co. last
April', was $34 per thousand,
bricks)' in Our Lady of Fatima
Chapel'.
It is desired that every brick
in the mission shrine of Our
Lrdy of Fatima represent a gift.
13,000 bricks were used in tli?
building. 7,000 of these so far
jlave been given. Gifts of a thou-
sand bricks have bc,;,ii made to
the chapel by Mr. Albert Luten- |
bacher, Berclair, Tnx;, Mil. tnd
OTcs. Albert Marx, St: Louis,. Mo.,
Mrs* Helen Currie, Dallas,, end
Mrs. Margaret Grube, Big Spring,
Tex. and by an anonymous friend
iii memory of Tim O'Connor kill-
ed In Korea. Mil'. Stan Fenelon
of Fort Worth has given 2,000
bricks to Our Lady of Fatima.
Memorial gifts of 1,000 'bricks
can still be made to Our Lady of
Fatima Church. When the 11
remaining donations have been
received, a placque will be made
with names of donors and will
permanently kept in Out*
Lady's chapel.
The Church exists to receive
service as well as to give it.
ALTAR CLOTH - -
"My Jesus Mercy," will be
Item very much.
1 PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS -
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Some furnishings- of Our Lady of Fatima Mission Church re-
cently finished are still not donated. THE JEFFERSONIAN pub-
i'shes the list here Mice regain, hoping that interested readers will
select and give their little gift to the chapel. The alms raised will
:ielp to meet debts.
Donors may pay on the installment plan. These are the items
that are left:
PRIEU DIEU FOR USE AT WEDDINGS —$36
Prleu Dieu is French for "beT've God." A Prieu DIeu is a kneeler
for the sanctuary.
COVER FOR THE PRIED CiEll $36
This cloth is m&de of a very attractive design.
WORDS OF OUR LADY OVER ALTAR - $174.77
The words, "if my requests are granted, Russia will be converted
and there will be peace," are erected In large red letters on the wall
of the church behind the altar. They make a splendid gift.
"My Jesus Mercy," will be embroidered upon it We need this
item very much.
$13
>d this
$14
These are needed for the altar.
1000 BRICKS - - $34
Eleven donors needed to pay for 11.000 bricks still unpaid for.
SOFA AND CHAIR FOR ROOM - - - $129
This furniture Is in the office of Our Lady of Faflma Church.
It serves also as a bed for overnight use.
SEARCHLIGHT - $75
This light rioods the church at night so that it Is seen from
(he highway.
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