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THE TABLET

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DUM V O B I S GRATULAMUR AN IM O S E T IA M ADDIM US UT IN IN CCEPTIS V E S T R I S CONSTANTER MAN EAT I S

From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4,1870.

Vol. 156. No. 4 ,7 11. London, August 23, 1930.

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News and No t e s .................. 233 Our Own Business................. 237 Propaganda Up to Date . . . 238 Wesleyans and Malta . . . 240 From The Tablet of Eighty

Years A g o ............................ 241 Review s :

Dr. Galloway’s Lectures 242 Queen’s Crony ................. 242 John Bunyan .................243 Biblical Archaeology . . . 243 Criminology ................. 244 New Books and Music . . . 244

C O N T E N T S

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Books Received ................. 245 Catholic Education Notes . . . 246 The Budapest Festivities . . . 247 Ch e s s .......................................... 247 Correspondence :

Rome (Our Own Corre

spondent’s Weekly Letter from) ............................ 249 Obituary .............................. 250 Et C.e t e r a ............................251 Letters to the Editor :

Oberammergau : A Warn

ing ....................................... 252

Mozart and Plain Page Orb1 8 Terrarum (Oontd.) Chant 252 Page Nazareth House, HammerHungary 258

smith .............. 252 India

W i l l s ...........................

ORB1 s Terrarum :

252 I t a l y ..............

Korea

England, Scotland and

Wales .............. 253 Poland

Liberia

The Americas

Ireland .............. 254 Rhodes

254 Russia

Austria .............. 255 Spain

Belgium .............. 255

China .............. 255 Venezuela . ..

Tanganyika

Egypt ................ 256 Yugo-Slavia

France .............. 256 Comtng Events

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NOTANDA

Things new and old. Example and encouragement fo r would-be saints and actual sinners in the Lives o f St. Imre o f Hungary and St. Augustine o f Hippo (p. 233).

H ow to be Happy though Industrious. The Archbishop o f Sydney’s timely speech (p. 235).

A first glance at the Lambeth Letter, Resolutions and Reports. A mistake in last week’s news is faithfully corrected by The Tablet’s leader-writer (pp. 237-8).

“ The Pope has left Rome.” W ho has imposed upon two London Editors? (p. 233).

Seven Cardinals at Budapest. A Hungarian politician who speaks in Latin, and an Italian Cardinal who answers in LIungarian (p. 247).

One more Wesleyan lawyer on the Dispute in Malta. Some piquant letters (p. 240).

M oscow ’ s propaganda by cinematograph. Disquieting facts (pp. 238-240).

Can the Hieron at Paray-le-Monial be imitated in England? (p. 251).

A pretty story o f Politeness Rewarded (p. 251).

N E W S A N D N O T E S O UT of her Treasury, the Church is ever bringing things new and things old. Much is being said in our columns, these days, about the rejoicings on the Danube in honour of the youthful Saint Imre or Emery, Emeric or Amerigo. The very variety of the Royal youth’s names is a witness to St. Imre’s antiquity : yet he is to be reckoned among the things new rather than among the things old o f the Church. Not until lately have Catholics outside Hungary known or cared about this fairsoul’d forerunner o f St. Aloysius and his bright example to young men in every station of life.

N ew S e r ie s . Vol. CXXIV. No. 4,110.

Next Thursday will bring before us one of our things old. St. Imre has been dead nine hundred long years ; but it is just a millennium and a half since the very great St. Augustine of Hippo came to the end of his prodigious life. While Imre has only lately been reclaimed from the dust of forgetfulness, Augustine has always been honoured in the Church. In our own land, this year, we can profit greatly by keeping St. Augustine’s Feast with attention. His Mass-proper contains these timely words :

For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but according to their own desires they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears and will indeed turn away from hearing the truth. And it is not only as a giant Catholic Doctor that we must regard St. Augustine. His sainthood is a shout of hope even to those who are in despair. Many a young man may be saying : “ What use is this chaste Imre’s example to me, seeing that I have'already surrendered to my grosser instincts ” ? To all such, Augustine answers : “ I too was a pagan, a worldling, a young man to whom carnal pleasures were very dear ; but the Divine Grace saved me.” St. Augustine o f Hippo is not only “ the Doctor of Grace ” for theologians but is also the immortal example o f Grace in action for the most unlettered of tempted sinners. By following in Augustine’s footsteps, the young man of 1930 can “ cleanse his way ” and will be able to chant that great prayer, so long ascribed to Augustine himself : ” Make me to be numbered with Thy Saints, in glory everlasting.”

On five days of every week there comes to the office of The Tablet a summary of the Sovereign Pontiff’s work, including his many audiences. A lthough these summaries are more brief in August than at other times of the year, there has not been one week this month when we have not read half a dozen or so o f messages recording the activities of His Holiness in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. It was therefore with nothing less than