s indeed a sad need of unity in our ranks
to-day.

_Principles._

The assured possession of truth and the pressing obligation for Catholics
to spread it: these are the two main principles upon which is founded and
exists the Catholic Truth Society. As Catholics, we are absolutely sure
that we have the Truth; as Catholics worthy of the name, we feel in
conscience bound to give it to others.

The Catholic Church, like Christ, stands at the cross-roads of humanity
and cries out to the passing generations as they come tramping down the
avenues of time: "_Ego sum Veritas, Via et Vita_--I am the Truth, the
Way, the Life." Her kingdom is that very same Kingdom of Truth of which
the Master spoke to Pilate when the latter had asked Him so insolently:
"What is Truth?" Faith gives to everyone of Her children the right to
all the wealth of that Kingdom.

The self-assurance of the Catholic mind in matters of Religion is a noted
and universal fact which implies necessarily the tranquil possession of
Truth. This certainly is not a blind adherence dictated by fear or
fatalism as some would lead the unwary to believe; but rather, as St.
Paul states, the reasonable subjugation of the mind . . . "_Rationabile
absequium_." The universal unrest and chaotic condition of Christendom
outside of the Catholic Church are in sharp contrast with the unity and
tranquillity of the Catholic mind. This is not the place to prove for
our own pleasure and benefit the security of our position. Christian
Apologetics have vindicated it.

This security of the Catholic mind extends beyond the sacred domain of
Religion. Catholic philosophy has been justly named the "scientific
justification of common sense." Its principles do not rest on the
capricious fancies of the versatile human mind, as is the case with the
philosophy of the dreamer of Koenigsberg. We only mention here Kant, for
his influence has in our days been tremendous and far reaching. In
Catholic philosophy the mind indeed reflects the objective order of
things and from that order evolves universal laws. This basic truth of
our mental attitude is still more evident when considered in the moral
order. For, when God becomes but a "pure abstraction," and the moral law
solely dependent on the human will, one readily sees where such
philosophy may lead. This "_ego-centric philosophy_" is responsible for
the frame of mind which gifted the world with German "Kultur." Nietzche
taught